Chapter 200: The Foolish Child

“It’s better to be alive than dead, it’s a real pity.” Lin Xiangnan sighed.

Lin Xiangnan had been living in this family compound for about two years, and this was the first time she had encountered such a thing. She felt a sense of emptiness.

She and Captain Wang were only acquaintances, not even friends, and she felt sad to hear this news.

Not to mention Gu Zhenhua and the others.

They were all comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side.

At noon, Gu Zhenhua returned home and discussed with Lin Xiangnan, “See if you have any tickets that you don’t need for now, and then give me twenty yuan.”

“Okay. I’ll go clean up the tickets at home later.” Lin Xiangnan agreed readily.

Every unit had humanitarian care.

Every household didn’t have extra grain and oil tickets, so Lin Xiangnan collected some industrial tickets and tobacco and alcohol tickets. These tickets were hard to come by, and the price was also high if they were exchanged for money.

After handing the things to Gu Zhenhua, Lin Xiangnan asked, “Are you going to give this money and tickets to Liu Feng?”

“This money is not a pension, it was raised by the comrades-in-arms. Everyone’s idea is to give it to Old Wang’s parents.” Gu Zhenhua explained, “Liu Feng is not very reliable.”

The comrades who sent Captain Wang’s ashes back to his hometown would give this money to the Wang family.

But Gu Zhenhua sighed and said helplessly, “But the ownership of this money is uncertain now. If the two children are willing to follow Liu Feng, we can only give the money to Liu Feng.”

Captain Wang was not an only child, he had brothers in his hometown, so everyone wasn’t worried about the elderly not being taken care of. They were worried about his two young children.

Wang He had his biological mother, Luo Caixia, to take care of him, so there was no problem. Wang Hu and Wang Bao were miserable. Liu Feng was their stepmother with no blood relation to them, and she was also mentally unstable.

“Liu Feng doesn’t want to go back to Captain Wang’s hometown with the two children. The two children don’t want to go back to live with their grandparents either. The leaders have tried to do ideological work on them, but it’s no use.”

Gu Zhenhua couldn’t help but feel a headache when he talked about this. He cursed, “Those two kids don’t know what they are doing. Did Liu Feng give them some kind of mind control? They insist on following Liu Feng.”

They wouldn’t rely on their own grandparents, but on their stepmother, who had no feelings for them and had only been with them for less than half a year.

Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but complain, “With the current situation, who would be willing to go back to the countryside if they can stay in the city? Wang Hu is young, but he’s also afraid of hardship.”

“Sigh, it’s difficult.”

Now that Captain Wang was gone, Liu Feng couldn’t stay in the family compound with the children, so she could only rent a house outside. She couldn’t afford a good house, and renting a house in a suburban village was fine, as long as she had the money to solve it.

These things were easy to solve, but Liu Feng also demanded compensation for work, which was more difficult.

Xu Zhengwei and the other male comrades couldn’t reason with Liu Feng, so they could only send their wives to deal with her.

Even Lin Xiangnan and Hu Meili were entrusted by Gu Zhenhua.

“Everyone else is going, you guys go with them and try to persuade her. If you can’t, then forget it.” Gu Zhenhua reminded cautiously, “Run away if things don’t look right. I heard that Liu Feng is mentally unstable, I’m afraid she might suddenly hit someone.”

“Got it. I’ll stay away from her.”

In Lin Xiangnan’s eyes, Liu Feng was no different from the fool in the village. Not only would she suddenly spit, but she might also throw stones at people. She was a dangerous person.

Compared to Lin Xiangnan’s perfunctory attitude, Chen Xiulan was much more serious. After all, her husband was the political commissar, and she had to do ideological work for everyone. As the wife of the political commissar, doing ideological work for family members seemed to be a matter of course.

Liu Feng’s current state was not good. Her eyes were swollen from crying, her hair was messy, and she looked like she didn’t care about her appearance.

Even though Chen Xiulan didn’t have a good impression of her, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness when she saw her.

“Everything has passed, we have to look forward. If you live a good life, Old Wang will be at peace in the afterlife.”

Liu Feng retorted, “Who doesn’t want to live a good life? Old Wang sacrificed himself for the country, he is a martyr, why doesn’t the leader arrange a job for me?”

“Martyr families are definitely given priority in employment. But now, none of the nearby units have quotas, and we can’t do anything about it.” Chen Xiulan glanced at Liu Feng and said tactfully, “Besides, your current situation is not suitable for some jobs.”

For ordinary martyr families, even with two children, the leaders could find a way to arrange a job. But Liu Feng’s reputation was too bad, and everyone thought she was mentally unstable, so no one wanted to take on a freeloader.

“What’s wrong with me? I just have a bad reputation? Old Wang sacrificed himself, you guys are still clinging to this point, you guys are bullying me!!” Liu Feng cried loudly.

Most people wouldn’t dare to scold a bald monk in front of him, and they lived in the same family compound, so there was always a sense of face.

No one would be stupid enough to go to Liu Feng and ask, “Are you crazy?” or “Are you mentally unstable?”

They would get beaten.

Especially now, with Captain Wang gone. Everyone thought Liu Feng would be stimulated, so no one dared to provoke her.

Feeling that Liu Feng’s emotions were unstable, Chen Xiulan also silently moved her body, her buttocks only touching the edge of the stool, so she could run faster if anything happened.

“Liu Feng, you can’t rush the job, you just have to wait.” Chen Xiulan said with a forced smile.

“Wait? What’s the use of waiting? Don’t think I don’t know. If I don’t get this settled now, I can wait for a lifetime.”

Liu Feng used her trick of making a fuss to the leaders. She cried and cursed, “Old Wang, how could you be so stupid? You sacrificed yourself for the country, leaving us orphans and widows behind, what are we going to do…”

Seeing her using Captain Wang’s death to manipulate everyone, Hu Meili couldn’t help but secretly roll her eyes.

“Comrade Liu Feng, Captain Wang is gone, but you are not the only martyr family, his parents are also. If everyone wants a job, how can the leaders arrange it?”

Seeing Hu Meili speak, Lin Xiangnan also chimed in, “You all live in the family compound, everyone knows each other. Even if the organization has subsidies, they will most likely be given to the elderly and children.”

Lin Xiangnan’s words were very clear. Everyone knew what kind of person Liu Feng was. She wanted to get benefits by making a fuss, did she really think the leaders were fools?

These words directly hit Liu Feng’s fragile heart.

Because she knew this was the truth, Liu Feng was even more devastated. She directly drove them away, “Get out, get out, all of you get out, you are all bullying me… My life is so miserable…”

Without her having to make any big moves, as soon as Liu Feng stood up, Lin Xiangnan and the others ran away like rabbits.

This was because Lin Xiangnan and the others were prepared. They were afraid that Liu Feng would suddenly attack them.

After leaving Wang’s house, Chen Xiulan still sighed, “Oh my god, I’m scared to death. Liu Feng really can’t take any stimulation now.”

“Anyway, I’ve done what our man asked me to do. I’m not going again next time.” Lin Xiangnan said disdainfully.

Chen Xiulan frowned, “But I can’t just let this go. I’m a little afraid of this Liu Feng, will you come with me next time?”

This was no different from girls holding hands and going to the toilet. But Lin Xiangnan still refused, “I’m working at the 130th factory recently. I only have two days off. I definitely won’t be able to accompany you later.”

“I’m a little scared without you.” Chen Xiulan mumbled, “If she really goes crazy and hits me, I won’t be able to fight back.”

As they were whispering, a cry came from inside the courtyard.

Liu Feng hugged Wang Hu and cried loudly, “My dear son, your dad is gone, everyone is bullying us orphans and widows.”

“Mom~~ woo woo woo~” Wang Hu and Liu Feng hugged each other and cried.

Hu Meili rolled her eyes, “Stupid kid. If this were my child, I would be so angry.”