After politely seeing Zhu Jiabao off and promising not to damage Zhu Fanfan's reputation, Jiang Yuhe turned to Jiang Xiaomi and said sternly, "Are you only happy if you offend everyone in the compound and bring me down? What good will that do you?"
Things haven't been going well these past few years, so he's even more careful not to offend anyone, especially since his children aren't particularly outstanding. He figured he could just get through these next few years and retire once his children were settled. Who knew Jiang Xiaomi would cause such a huge mess? Luckily, Xie Minglei is upright and only made a few sarcastic remarks. If he were more petty, all his sons would have been criticized. Given the current dire situation, he might even be demoted. Fortunately, Zhu Jiabao isn't one to mince words, otherwise he and Xie Minglei would have fallen out sooner or later. That guy's brain is unpredictable; he's always scheming and calculating. You have to be on your guard when talking to him, or you might get tricked yourself someday.
Jiang Xiaomi whispered, "I haven't even taken a liking to Zhu Fanfan yet! It's the Zhu family who are just being presumptuous."
It was that little girl who complained that she was scolded. After that, nothing went smoothly for her, especially since people knew that she had offended Vice President Liu. Everyone disliked her. As soon as they heard that she had offended Vice President Liu, a group of people would gang up on her and make sarcastic remarks. During that time, she didn't want to go out. So even though Zhu Jiabao was very capable, she never considered Zhu Fanfan as her granddaughter-in-law.
Jiang Yuhe had no idea where her sense of superiority came from. Zhu Jiabao held real power, while Zhu Fanfan was the only child in the Zhu family. She was the highest-ranking person in the entire compound. She was the only one who looked down on others, not the other way around. Especially after joining the army, she completed several high-difficulty missions in a row. Even his superiors knew that the Zhu family's child was outstanding and praised her for her limitless future. Even Xie Yuanyuan looked down on Jiang Yu, so how could Zhu Fanfan possibly look down on him?
Back home, Zhu Jiabao felt refreshed. There were many onlookers during the day, and who knows who might be gossiping about Fanfan. With Jiang Yuhe's assurance that Fanfan wouldn't be dragged into it, it's not good that someone would be eyeing him at such a young age. Fanfan needs to stay away from them; men are all the same.
Zhu Fanfan asked curiously, "Didn't they say that Grandma Jiang went to school? How come she still can't see the situation clearly?"
Most people who have been to school are reasonable, and even those who are not reasonable will not offend people in a careless manner. I don't know what Grandma Jiang was thinking.
Zhu Jiabao provided the explanation: "Jiang Xiaomi was the Jiang family's adopted daughter-in-law. From a young age, she was taught how to take care of her husband and raise children. Because the Jiang family was a landlord at that time, Jiang Yuhe felt that his wife couldn't be illiterate, so Jiang's parents had no choice but to send her to school for two years. Before that, she was fine and proper. But after Jiang's parents passed away, she started to act arrogant. Old Jiang had too deep an impression of her before and didn't notice it in time. That's why Jiang Xiaomi became so arrogant, speaks without thinking, and even tries to act like a mother-in-law."
To put it bluntly, they are all victims of feudalistic thinking. Because it wasn't her son who was sold, she was inherently insecure and favored sons over daughters. She was tormented by her in-laws for half her life. Old Jiang probably knew this, but since they were his parents, he couldn't say anything. He was more tolerant of Jiang Xiaomi and wouldn't criticize her unless it was a matter of principle. But she finally got rid of her in-laws and could finally be free. She wanted to act like a boss to her mother-in-law. It's a new society now. Daughters-in-law are also intellectuals. They can live without each other. If they're unhappy, they can get a divorce. In marriage, it's all about who's afraid of whom is weak. Her son was completely submissive and didn't even like his own mother. How could she not be furious?
She vents her frustrations on others, but she also maintains the persona of an intellectual, unable to let loose. She can only grumble endlessly around others like a muttering grumbler. If you vent your anger on her, she'll just speak nicely. If you don't vent your anger on her, you'll feel frustrated yourself. Her husband's position isn't even as high as Lao Jiang's, so she has to give him face. This also gives Jiang Xiaomi a taste of the sweetness, making her happy. She's quite an awkward person.
Not wanting to worry about outsiders, Zhu Fanfan spoke up: "Grandpa, Chi Zhen just came by. He said that he and Grandma Yin have nothing going on. He was beaten because Grandma Yin had a problem with him introducing you to someone. He suspects that Grandma Yin has feelings for you."
Zhu Jiabao instinctively retorted, "Your Grandma Yin would never fall for me, no matter who she likes. She only has your grandma in her heart."
What kind of nightmare is it to fall for him? Yin Wenning is a scoundrel and a tough nut to crack, she's his nemesis. It's more believable that she's after his wife. When his wife just passed away, that guy even wanted to be buried next to her tombstone after he died. Dream on, there can only be him next to his wife.
Zhu Fanfan didn't say anything more. She also felt that Chi Zhen was being suspicious: "However, I've never seen Grandma Yin make a move. I didn't expect her to be able to beat Chi Zhen. It's quite unexpected."
Zhu Jiabao chuckled twice: "I taught her those moves to deal with unexpected accidents. It's a real surprise that Chi Zhen is still alive."
He shouldn't have thought Yin Wenning was weak in the first place. He taught her a few tricks so that she would learn to protect herself and stop clinging to his wife. But the first thing she did after learning was to push him away. She shamelessly claimed that she could also protect his wife. He had never seen such an ingrate who turned on him faster than flipping through a book.
Zhu Fanfan could also see her grandfather's anger, but she didn't say anything. She wanted to ask Grandma Yin directly if she wanted to know anything.
Zhu Jiabao said, "The military region has assigned you another mission: to assist the Dragon Group in completing an exploration mission. The mission will be assigned to you when you go to the military base tomorrow."
Zhu Fanfan asked in confusion, "When did our unit start cooperating with the Dragon Group on missions so frequently?"
The Dragon Group has a small number of members, and sometimes we need to cooperate with them, but usually it's with special forces. Why do we always have to ask them to go?
Zhu Jiabao said confidently, "You're very capable. You'll be promoted to platoon leader when you come back this time, and we'll assign you more people to command."
Zhu Fanfan looked directly at her grandfather: "I've only been in the army for a short time and I've already been promoted to squad leader and then platoon leader. Haven't you considered whether I can command respect? Aren't you afraid people will say you're selfish?"
There's definitely something fishy about this mission, but she can't figure out what her grandfather is up to.
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