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Although Qin Yunfeng didn’t believe a single word, he had to step forward to save face.
“Where, where, welcome, welcome!”
“Commander Zhou, it was all a misunderstanding, just a little squabble between neighbors. You came just in time, we were about to have a feast. We’ll set up another table right away.”
He quickly pulled Bai Ruolin to make arrangements.
Everyone heard that even Qin Yunfeng was respectful to this man, and they heard Su Yi and Qin Yunfeng both call him “Commander.”
Immediately, they all showed respect and dared not say anything rashly.
When the table was reset and the dishes were served, everyone eagerly invited Zhou Jinchuan to sit down.
After Zhou Jinchuan sat down, he asked Su Yi to sit beside him with the two children, and then seemingly casually asked, “Comrade Su, when I came in just now, I heard you say something about marrying someone to exchange for someone else? What’s going on?”
Su Yi knew he was asking on purpose.
She immediately started complaining, “It’s this Deputy Company Commander Qin’s mother, she wanted to introduce me to her forty-year-old cousin.”
She pointed at Qin Yunfeng’s mother and her cousin.
Qin Yunfeng’s mother awkwardly waved her hands, “It was all just a joke, how could it be true?”
The cousin was also too scared to laugh, and hurriedly found an excuse to leave.
Zhou Jinchuan pursed his lips, “It’s best not to joke like that. What about the exchange marriage?”
Su Yi pointed at Zhang Guilan and Su Xingfa, “Our house was robbed, my parents don’t have money to get my second brother a wife, so they want to marry me off to exchange for someone else.”
Zhou Jinchuan followed her finger and looked at Zhang Guilan and Su Xingfa.
He then looked at the man with the center-parted hair, “Exchange marriage is a bad practice. I thought such practices had disappeared long ago, but I didn’t expect to encounter it here.”
The man with the center-parted hair knew he was in the wrong and didn’t dare stay long. He also found an excuse to slip away.
Zhang Guilan was unconvinced, “What bad practice, isn’t it my own daughter, can’t I decide for myself?”
Zhou Jinchuan snorted coldly and directly had someone call the village head over.
“Don’t we have legal education in our village? Now it’s free marriage, no one, including parents, can force their children to marry, let alone this exchange marriage, which is essentially arranged marriage and sale.”
The village head hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, “Yes, yes, we didn’t know about this exchange marriage beforehand, we only found out when the noise started just now. This matter definitely won’t work.”
The village head had only ever met the leaders from the town at most.
He had never seen anyone as imposing as Zhou Jinchuan, so he immediately gave Su Xingfa and Zhang Guilan a stern lecture.
After he finished his criticism, Zhou Jinchuan spoke up to warn them, “Su Yi is a good comrade in our army’s logistics department, if she really suffers such a great injustice, we won’t just stand by.”
The village head hurriedly nodded in agreement several times.
While they were talking, Qin Yunfeng came back with Bai Ruolin, who had rearranged everything.
They both sat down at Zhou Jinchuan’s table.
Qin Yunfeng knew Zhou Jinchuan was here for Su Yi, but it was still a great honor for the village to have him attend his wedding feast.
Plus, he didn’t want Su Yi to agree to any marriage proposal today.
So he was more relieved by Zhou Jinchuan’s arrival.
Bai Ruolin was happy at first, but seeing Zhou Jinchuan constantly speaking up for Su Yi, she couldn’t help but feel unhappy.
However, she noticed Zhou Jinchuan didn’t seem particularly close to Su Yi.
She deliberately tried to gain face for herself, “Mom, this is Commander Zhou from our army. He’s always been very kind to me and Yunfeng. He specifically came to attend our wedding feast, which is a blessing for our family.”
Qin Yunfeng’s mother , upon hearing this, also changed from worry to joy, “Yes, yes, I didn’t expect the leader to come here specially. We haven’t been hospitable. I hope the leader will continue to take good care of our Yunfeng and Ruolin in the future.”
Su Yi saw Qin Yunfeng’s mother and Bai Ruolin, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, singing in unison, trying to put gold on their faces.
She couldn’t help but laugh.
Qin Yunfeng’s mother, seeing this, couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her, “What are you laughing about, girl? Commander Zhou is kind-hearted and has no airs, but you can’t be so disrespectful. Besides, Ruolin is doing much better in the army than you. We haven’t seen our Ruolin act as recklessly as you, daring to overturn the table at someone else’s wedding feast. You’re so ill-mannered.”
Bai Ruolin also seized the opportunity to speak up, “Mom, it’s a happy day today, don’t get angry. Some people are just naturally ill-mannered.”
Su Yi didn’t intend to embarrass Bai Ruolin today.
But now she was being indirectly criticized, so she decided not to give her any face either, “Auntie is right, Comrade Bai is doing better in the army than me. I’m only responsible for one window in our canteen, but Comrade Bai is responsible for the toilets in our entire building.”
Qin Yunfeng’s mother angrily glared at her, “What nonsense are you talking about? My daughter-in-law is in the art troupe! What toilet, this and that. I think you’re just jealous of others.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Jinchuan nodded and said, “Comrade Bai’s current job is indeed cleaning the toilets. Comrade Su is not lying.”
After he said that, the crowd fell silent.
Previously, everyone thought Bai Ruolin was very glamorous in the army, but they didn’t expect her to be cleaning toilets in the dormitory.
Bai Ruolin, seeing everyone whispering, ran away in tears.
Qin Yunfeng’s mother ‘s face burned with shame. She glared at Qin Yunfeng and questioned him, “What’s going on here?”
Qin Yunfeng pursed his lips, “It’s only temporary. We’ll talk about it after the New Year. Just don’t ask, Mom.”
He then stood up and went to find Bai Ruolin.
Bai Ruolin was lying on the bed sobbing at the moment. When she saw Qin Yunfeng, she sat up and pointed her nose at him and cursed, “Go and drive Su Yi away now. We kindly invited her to eat wedding food, but she made us a laughingstock like this. How can you not see how vicious this woman is?”
Qin Yunfeng also looked unhappy, “Today’s incident, wasn’t it you and Mom who instigated bringing your cousin over to introduce him to Su Yi? Don’t you know why Mom asked Su Yi to come? And, if you hadn’t been sarcastic earlier, Su Yi wouldn’t have exposed you.”
Bai Ruolin, upon hearing this, jumped up from the bed in anger.
She grabbed Qin Yunfeng and was about to fight him.
The people outside who were eating the wedding feast heard the commotion and looked at each other.
Qin Yunfeng’s mother also didn’t care much, she hurriedly brought her daughter in to pull them apart.
The Qin family’s happy occasion turned into a farce, and Zhang Guilan and Su Xingfa couldn’t help but feel better.
They had been thinking about getting Su Yi’s job for Su Erqiang.
With the presence of the senior leader, their hidden intentions became active again.
Zhang Guilan gave a signal to Su Xingfa, who then began to speak highly of Zhou Jinchuan.
Despite a string of compliments, Zhou Jinchuan remained indifferent.
So she directly stated, “Commander Zhou, we only have this one daughter in our family. Both her mother and I can’t bear to send her so far away to work as a menial laborer. The work in the canteen is not too strenuous. How about letting our second son go in her place this time?”