"Sister-in-law, we didn't get involved for no reason. We are here to act as peacemakers and persuade you."
"We all come from all over the world, and it's fate that we're all here. We all live together, and we can be considered a family."
"Men are working in the front lines, contributing to the country. Family members should help each other, show solidarity and love, and not hold them back. They shouldn't be attacking and arguing with each other, embarrassing them."
It was Meng Xiaoying who spoke. Her voice was as clear as an oriole, but her chin was slightly raised, revealing a hint of arrogance, and the accusation in her words was very obvious.
Hearing her words, Jiang Yaping suddenly laughed. "Comrade Meng, you're right. Family members should be united and friendly, and not hold the men back. Your original intention of being a peacemaker was also good, but what effect did you get from all your persuasion?"
Meng Xiaoying's face froze. She had come with good intentions to persuade them, but these two unreasonable people didn't listen to her. Instead, they argued more and more fiercely and finally started fighting.
Seeing that she had stopped talking, Yu Ximei took over in a loud voice: "They were just arguing and cursing at first, and then they calmed down after a few words. Comrade Meng, you came in to act as a peacemaker, and they started fighting again. You were really good at persuading them."
"Sister-in-law Yu, Xiaoying meant well to persuade you. It's not what she wanted to see, and it's not her responsibility." Xu Wei, who was standing nearby, spoke up to help.
"It's not what she wanted to see, it's not her responsibility, is it all my responsibility?"
Yang Xiaolan's temper flared up when she heard this, and she directed her anger at them, "Do you want me to repeat what you just said here?"
"This old woman is not the first time to steal things. Today she steals the cabbages from this family, tomorrow she steals the onions, the day after tomorrow she even steals the children's toy guns, and today she broke into Deputy Commander Lu's house and stole the peppers."
"You don't teach a person like this a lesson, but you help her to criticize me."
"You came here for no reason and asked me to apologize to her. Where do you have the nerve to do that?"
"Is there anyone who tries to reconcile like you?"
"Why should you, the people from the art troupe, interfere in our affairs?"
Being pointed at and questioned, Meng Xiaoying's face turned ugly, and she quickly explained, "We didn't mean to interfere in your affairs. We just passed by here and saw Aunt Qian crying so sadly. We thought that making a big deal out of this would not be good for your man, so we spoke up to persuade her a few words."
"You're not trying to persuade me, you're asking me to apologize to this old woman. Why should I listen to you and apologize to her?"
"She stole things from my house, and I have to apologize to her. How can this be justified?"
"Comrade Meng, I'm from the countryside and haven't seen this kind of logic before. Could you please tell me if your logic is different from that of you city dwellers?"
"If you don't explain it to me today, don't blame me for rushing to the office with my children to find the leaders and ask them to seek justice for me."
Yang Xiaolan was already very angry with them. If Xu Lu and the others hadn't helped her, she might not have had the upper hand in the fight with the old woman today.
She was obviously right, and it was her family that lost the things, but Meng Xiaoying and Xu Wei came to her house for no apparent reason and asked her to apologize, and to apologize to Qian Pozi who stole the things. She was so angry that she didn't care about anything else and directed her anger at them.
She was so angry that her face turned red. Meng Xiaoying seemed to be angry too. Her face looked particularly ugly. Her delicate brows were tightly furrowed. She said with a stern face: "You are being unreasonable."
"My request for justice is unreasonable. You're forcing me to apologize to Mrs. Qian without any reason. Do you think you're right?"
Yang Xiaolan became even angrier and spoke even more bluntly, "What's happening in our family quarters has nothing to do with your art troupe. You're so bored you're actually meddling in our affairs. Are you trying to steal the political commissar's job?"
As soon as she said this, both of their expressions changed at the same time.
One is naturally Meng Xiaoying, and the other is the political commissar’s wife Yu Ximei.
"Sister Yang, don't talk nonsense."
Meng Xiaoying's voice suddenly rose, and the originally pleasant sound of the oriole became sharp and piercing.
"Where did I say that?"
Yang Xiaolan stood with her hands on her hips, confronting her and continuing to chatter away, "This bitch Qian has been stealing things more than once or twice. The political commissar has lectured her several times, and the second deputy battalion commander has also visited the neighbors to apologize several times."
"Today I came to your place, but you asked me, the one whose things were robbed, to apologize to her. Who the hell do you think you are?"
"You can't tell right from wrong and you condone bad people. Did you read the moral education textbook through your asshole?"
Meng Xiaoying was usually the apple of everyone's eye in the art troupe and the apple of her parents' eyes at home. This was the first time she was scolded by someone. She was so angry that her eyes turned red and tears came out.
Seeing that she was crying, Xu Wei jumped out and accused Yang Xiaolan, "Why are you so harsh? We came here with good intentions to help you mend your relationship, but you scolded Xiaoying instead. Your kindness is truly being taken for granted."
"Who wants your kind heart?"
Yang Xiaolan opened her mouth to retort, her hands on her hips, and angrily said, "The robbers stole other people's things, and you are still helping the robbers. How can you be so kind? I think your hearts are completely black."
"That's right. I don't know where she got the nerve to say 'Good intentions are taken for granted.'" Xu Lu had a good relationship with Yang Xiaolan, so she also stood up to help her.
Another military wife echoed this sentiment: "I used to think that people in the art troupe were all educated, cultured, and reasonable. Now it seems I was mistaken. So what if they're educated? They can't tell right from wrong and still like to meddle in other people's affairs. It really broadens my horizons."
"This old woman Qian is a notorious cancer in the family compound. Everyone hates her. Who wouldn't want to curse her when they mention her? I don't know what these two people were thinking. They actually dragged Yang Xiaolan to apologize to Old Woman Qian. Did someone just hit their brains?"
"That old woman stole my son's eggs last time. I wanted to kill her at that time. If my husband hadn't stopped me and persuaded me to let it go, I would have made her eat a mouthful of chicken shit."
"The second deputy battalion commander of the first regiment is also unlucky. He has to deal with such a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. I think his future is worrying."
"Haven't you noticed that the second deputy battalion commander and Chen Eryan have a terrible relationship? He goes out for training before dawn every day, eats all three meals in the cafeteria, doesn't come back during the day, and doesn't return home until very late at night. I heard from his son Gangzi that his father used to sleep with him at night, but now he sleeps in a separate room from Chen Eryan."
"The Second Deputy Battalion Commander is such a good and ambitious man. It's really unlucky for him to marry such a wife."
"Marry a virtuous wife. Marrying a daughter-in-law like Chen Eryan, and having a mother-in-law like Qian Pozi, it will be difficult for the second deputy battalion commander to move up in the future if he doesn't divorce."
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