Chapter 43

Zhang Ruidong was so angry that he was puffing his beard and glaring, but after all, Jiang Yan and the others were still there, he did not really chase them out.

After putting on his shoes, he smiled and looked at Jiang Yan and the others and apologized, “I’m sorry to have embarrassed you two. Did Zhou Yaodong steal other people’s things again?”

“Secretary Zhang knows about this.”

Jiang Yan was a little surprised that Zhang Ruidong actually knew about this.

Seeing that Jiang Yan didn’t call him comrade, Zhang Ruidong’s heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Zhou Yaodong had really gotten into trouble and made the military wife very angry.

He sighed.

“It’s all because of poverty. The situation in the village has been bad in the past two years, and everyone has had a hard time. It’s inevitable that things like this will happen. I thought it was just something between children, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”

“Secretary Zhang, you can be poor but you can’t be poor in ambition. There are some things you can’t say.”

Jiang Yan’s voice was very flat, and no emotion could be heard from it, but this was what made Zhang Ruidong so upset. She didn’t have this attitude yesterday.

Comparing the before and after, Zhang Ruidong felt that things had gotten serious.

He wondered in his mind how he could make the two military wives calm down.

Jiang Yan also calmly recounted what happened on the beach, but did not mention Huang Zhaodi.

Zhang Ruidong was terrified when he heard that Zhou Yaozu actually slandered a military wife.

This matter can be big or small.

If Jiang Yan really cares about it, this matter will be difficult to handle.

“Comrade Jiang Yan, don’t worry. I will deal with this matter severely and will never let your reputation be damaged.”

Zhang Ruidong made promises repeatedly and cursed Zhou Yaodong thousands of times in his heart. He must not let this kid get away with it this time, otherwise, he didn’t know what kind of trouble he would get into in the future, and even his parents would be criticized.

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Jiang Yan softened her tone a little, “Secretary Zhang, they are all children after all. As long as the mistakes are not too serious, they can be corrected. I don’t want to be too fussy about it, as that would make me seem ungenerous.”

Zhang Ruidong agreed again and again, “Comrade Jiang Yan, don’t worry, I will definitely strengthen the education of the villagers. There must not be any bastards in the village who bully the weak.”

Jiang Yan smiled with satisfaction, “Then I’ll trouble you, Comrade Zhang.”

“You’re welcome.”

Hearing Jiang Yan calling him comrade, Zhang Ruidong finally felt relieved.

“It’s getting late, so we won’t bother Comrade Zhang anymore.”

“No need to send it.”

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Jiang Yan’s attitude returned to the same as yesterday, and she said goodbye to Zhang Ruidong with a smile.

Zhang Ruidong watched the two of them leave. When they reached the door, Jiang Yan suddenly turned around and said, “By the way, I heard from the children that only the grandfather, father, and son are left in Huang Haizhu’s family. This family is strange. There is not even a living woman. I heard that the sister also passed away last year.”

“In some aspects, our village still needs to strengthen ideological education. Such things cannot happen again. Otherwise, how can the village develop? What do you think?”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Zhang Ruidong broke out in a cold sweat. As the brigade secretary, he naturally knew something about Huang Haizhu’s family, but he didn’t expect Jiang Yan to bring it up suddenly.

But she mentioned it so obscurely that after thinking about it carefully, he came to his senses.

Is she giving me a hint? Such things must not happen again, otherwise it will affect the development of the village.

develop?

What kind of development can our village have? Is the military district going to build a factory?

Yes, yes, yes.

That must be the case. Comrade Jiang is reminding me to grasp the village style and appearance so that I can seize the opportunity in the future.

After figuring out the situation, Zhang Ruidong hurried to the village broadcasting room, turned on the village radio and shouted:

“Pay attention, pay attention!”

“From today on, our village will vigorously improve its appearance. Some senior and junior comrades cannot control their hands and feet, and they steal petty things and even rob others.”

“I won’t say anything more, but some people know it in their hearts. If they do something messy again in the future, the brigade committee will never tolerate it.”

As Jiang Yan and her companion just reached the edge of the field outside the village, they heard the village broadcast.

He Hongxiu didn’t expect that the brigade secretary was so efficient, and her impression of him inevitably improved.

In the distance, a young soldier ran towards the two of them.

“Sister-in-law, are you okay? The squad leader and other sisters-in-law asked me to come over and help.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan understood what was going on and said with a smile, “It’s okay, it’s all resolved, let’s go back.”

The young soldier stood aside to let Jiang Yan and the other person pass, and then he followed behind them.

Zhang Ruidong saw this scene when he came out of the broadcasting room, and he was immediately overjoyed.

Fortunately, he was smart. These two military wives were of prominent backgrounds! The army even sent people to protect us.

It seems that my guess is correct. We need to continue to pay attention to the appearance of the village, pay close attention to it, work hard to develop it, and strive to become an advanced village.

…

Boom!

As soon as we walked outside the family compound, it suddenly started to rain heavily.

Jiang Yan looked at the young soldier and said, “You should go back quickly. Thank you for today. Please also thank your squad leader for us.”

“yes.”

The young soldier saluted, turned around and ran towards the military area. Jiang Yan and the others also hurried back to their own yard.

squeak!

Pushing open the gate and closing it, Jiang Yan rushed to the eaves and brought the chick into the house.

Fortunately, she just put them under the eaves when she left, otherwise she would have been soaked.

“You guys are so lucky to have such a caring owner like me. If it were someone else, you would be dead today.”

Touching a few chicks, Jiang Yan muttered to herself somewhat narcissistically.

Crack! Bang!

A loud thunder sounded again.

Jiang Yan was startled. In an instant, the rain became heavier, as if a river was falling from the sky.

She walked under the eaves.

The continuous rain flowed down from the roof tiles and fell under the eaves into a dense rain curtain.

Thinking of Lu Yunsheng who was still training in the wild, Jiang Yan couldn’t help but feel a little worried. He thought he should be fine in such heavy rain.

After standing under the eaves for a while, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.

“Girl, are you back? I brought you some fish.”

It was Yuan Sufeng’s voice.

Taking an umbrella from the cabinet in the living room, Jiang Yan hurriedly opened the gate. Yuan Sufeng was carrying a small wooden barrel containing a fresh grouper.

“Girl, take it quickly. The rain is too heavy. I have to go back quickly.”

Jiang Yan took the barrel and said, “Sister-in-law, I’ll send it to you tomorrow.”

“Okay, no problem.”

Feng Yingchun left quickly holding an umbrella. Jiang Yan closed the gate and walked into the kitchen carrying a wooden bucket. Her stomach was growling, and she had just the right ingredients to make steamed grouper.

The rain keeps falling.

And it’s getting bigger and bigger, with no sign of stopping.

Jiang Yan became more and more worried and sat restlessly in the house. In order to stop herself from having too many wild thoughts, she picked up a broom and swept the whole house.

The heavy rain didn’t stop until evening.

Because of the rain, it got dark much earlier than usual. Jiang Yan had dinner and went to bed early.

Hiding in the bed and smelling Lu Yunsheng’s scent, she slowly fell asleep.

Midnight.

Jiang Yan woke up from her sleep, and then the bed next to her sank, and she was suddenly hugged from behind.

Terror instantly spread throughout her body and she kicked backwards.

Who would have thought that the next moment, his foot would be grabbed by a rough big hand, and Lu Yunsheng’s deep and magnetic voice rang in his ears, “Wife, it’s me.”

Hearing this familiar voice and smelling the familiar scent of Lu Yunsheng, Jiang Yan finally calmed down.

She turned over and snuggled into the warm embrace behind her. She murmured with a tearful tone, “It was raining so hard. I was so worried. I thought you were going to continue the training in the rain.”

Hearing his wife crying, Lu Yunsheng’s heart collapsed. He hugged her tighter and said softly, “It’s okay, don’t worry.”

“We are on a training march, not on a mission. With such heavy rain, it is very easy for landslides and mudslides to occur in the mountains. We will not be stupid enough to continue staying in the mountains.”