vstars Chapter 54 Uneasy and kind-hearted
Chapter 54 Uneasy and kind-hearted
The sudden criticism made the child in front of Li Wanqing a little nervous.
Li Wanqing patted her shoulder gently, "Go find Aunt Deng first, don't run around."
After the child left, Li Wanqing looked at the person who had spoken.
"Hello, Sister-in-law Wang!"
The person in front of me is Wang Xiumei, the family member of Battalion Commander Xu of the Third Regiment of the Second Division, whom Guo Chunxiang mentioned before.
Isn't it busy over there?
They even have the leisure to come to their First Division, Third Regiment and point fingers!
Wang Xiumei scrutinized Li Wanqing with a critical eye, her tone revealing a clear sense of superiority.
"Comrade Li, makeup requires skill and technique; not everyone can do it!"
“Especially this stage makeup, sister-in-law, I used to work in an arts troupe, I have more experience than you.”
"You can't do your makeup like that!"
Aside from the members of the performing arts troupe, she was the only family member in the entire military region who knew how to do makeup.
Other groups would go to great lengths to invite her, showing her great courtesy and respect.
Only these three groups remained silent!
She thought the Third Regiment was some powerful figure, but she never expected that he was actually a relative of Cheng Baichuan!
Would you call this a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road?
Li Wanqing was slightly surprised, as she was not familiar with Wang Xiumei at all.
Why does this statement seem to carry a sense of targeting?
Li Wanqing smiled aloofly yet politely, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I think that's fine too."
She didn't want the children to go on stage with "monkey butts" on their heads.
The scene was too beautiful... She refused to imagine it!
However, this attitude was viewed negatively by Wang Xiumei...
That meant Li Wanqing didn't take her seriously.
Wang Xiumei's expression immediately turned sour. "Comrade Li, this concerns the honor of your Third Regiment. Your attitude is very inappropriate!"
Li Wanqing was slightly taken aback. This was really being taken too seriously!
Li Wanqing gave a cold laugh, then stopped laughing altogether.
"First of all, it's not up to you, sister-in-law, to judge whether my attitude is good or bad."
"Secondly, your sister-in-law also said that this is a matter for the Third Regiment. Aren't you afraid that your fellow women in the regiment will have something to say about your concern?"
"You!!!" Wang Xiumei's face turned green with anger.
Although the military spouse on her side didn't say it aloud, she was indeed dissatisfied with her sister-in-law's behavior of siding with outsiders.
They were all from the same military region, and it was a mutual agreement, so no one dared to say anything.
Li Wanqing's words were utterly disrespectful!
"Li Wanqing! Don't think that just because your man has done something good, you can be arrogant and disrespectful."
"I'm older than you, and I've been with the military region for many years..."
"Stop!" Li Wanqing raised her hand to interrupt Wang Xiumei. "Sister-in-law, my husband's meritorious service was earned with his life. It has nothing to do with what you and I are doing now."
"You say I'm arrogant, but aren't you just taking advantage of your age?"
"Time is of the essence, I really don't have time to argue with you."
"If you really feel wronged, then go to the division headquarters and complain about me!"
WTF!
Wang Xiumei was so angry that her face turned red and then white, then red again.
Pointing at Li Wanqing, he trembled for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.
In the end, he could only shake his hand and turn away.
When Deng Hongmei arrived, she saw her leaving indignantly.
"Hey girl! Is Wang Xiumei here to cause trouble?"
She was in charge of looking after the children in the back. When she heard that someone was bullying Li Wanqing, she asked Guo Chunxiang to look after the children and she rushed over.
Unexpectedly, in just a short while, she seemed to have arrived late.
Li Wanqing shook her head. "No! Sister Wang just wanted to help out of kindness."
Deng Hongmei: ...That doesn't sound very reliable!
"Don't believe anything she says!"
"She's definitely up to no good, like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken!"
Li Wanqing chuckled, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I don't believe her."
Deng Hongmei breathed a sigh of relief. "That's more like it. I just ran into a few sour military family members too. If you don't like it, just snap back at them."
Li Wanqing nodded in agreement.
but.......
"Sister-in-law, why do you feel that she has ill intentions?"
Deng Hongmei looked around mysteriously and said, "Let me tell you, her husband, Lao Xu, has been a battalion commander for many years without a promotion."
"I heard that the regimental commander of the Third Regiment of the Second Division is probably going to be demobilized due to family reasons, and her husband, Lao Xu, is likely to be promoted."
"I just didn't expect your man to suddenly come back and do such a great service. Now things are in jeopardy."
"So, she's hoping you'll make a mistake so that it will drag your husband down with you, and that way her husband will be secure."
Li Wanqing sighed inwardly, never expecting the relationships between military dependents to be so complex!
No wonder the other person looked at her with such disdain, as if she were a complete stranger!
But she clearly heard Cheng Baichuan mention this Battalion Commander Xu, and the two seemed to have a pretty good relationship!
Is it really okay for Wang Xiumei to bring such a bad reputation to her man?
Because of Wang Xiumei's interruption, the performance had already begun after she finished doing the makeup for the 12 children.
"Don't bother with all that, go watch the performance first," Deng Hongmei urged Li Wanqing.
She herself had been a new military wife, so she naturally understood the curiosity young military wives had about military life.
Li Wanqing's eyes lit up; this was the first time she had ever seen a military performance to entertain troops.
"Okay, I'll definitely be back before the children go on stage."
After saying that, he ran away in a flash.
Deng Hongmei smiled helplessly and turned to attend to her own business.
Twelve children! She absolutely has to keep them under control.
When Li Wanqing arrived at the viewing area, she saw rows of neatly arranged soldiers on her left, each with a small folding stool, sitting upright.
It doesn't look like watching a performance; it looks more like attending a class.
To the right is the military dependents' area, which is relatively... unusually loose.
Each household brought their own stools, of varying heights, and they gathered in small groups, with many children running around.
Cheng Baichuan was supposed to be in the left area, but because he was still recovering from his injury and hadn't officially returned to the team yet, he watched the show with Nuonuo in the family area.
As soon as Nuonuo saw her mother, she happily jumped right into her arms.
"Mommy~ I miss Mommy~"
The soft, sweet voice left Li Wanqing completely defenseless, and she hugged her daughter and showered her with kisses.
"Shouldn't we keep an eye on things backstage?" Cheng Baichuan asked, assuming Li Wanqing would at least finish the chorus performance before coming over.
"Sister Hongmei said they were backstage and told me to come and watch the performance first."
Li Wanqing sat down with her daughter in her arms. "I'll go backstage when the performance is about to start."
Most of the performances for the families of military personnel were for military families; the performing arts troupe only had three programs.
The song and dance performance "The Spring of Literature and Art" that just ended is one of them.
Li Wanqing had seen the program list before; most of the programs for military families involved singing, with a few involving dancing.
The first performance by the military family members was singing. Although they were not professionals, apart from being a little reserved at the beginning, their performance was quite commendable.
As Li Wanqing clapped with her daughter, a discordant jeer came from behind them.
Li Wanqing initially didn't intend to pay any attention, but unfortunately, the fire ended up burning her as well...