Mom Su fell silent upon hearing this; not answering the country's call would result in being labeled a passive element with problematic thinking.
If Lao Su, who was in that position during such a sensitive period, were also labeled as having problematic thinking and reported, the consequences were unimaginable.
"Have you thought it through? Your Baba's idea is to first have the Second Son retire and come back, stay in the Countryside for two years, and then figure out a way to bring him back. After all, you are a girl, and it's not safe."
Lao Su had already discussed this matter with her.
The Eldest Brother was already married and didn't meet the requirements, but the Second Son had spent several years working his way up from a mere private to a platoon leader through his own efforts.
Asking him to retire and come back now... as his mother, she felt heartache and couldn't bear it.
But if she sent this old daughter instead, she would feel even more heartache, unable to bear it and uneasy, which is why she had delayed making a decision until now.
Seeing her mother's Expression, what was there not to understand?
She said with some amusement, "Comrade Huang, are you worried about my safety? Don't look at me as being thin. But have you forgotten that in the entire Military Compound, from the rowdy kids eight years older than me down to those five years old, which ones weren't raised by me beating them up? And which one dares not respectfully call me Jiaojiao Jie?"
When I got angry, even passing dogs would get two slaps from me.
If I, a cultivator who started practicing since childhood, couldn't even beat a Mortals' body child, then I wouldn't even dare to die, fearing I'd have to face those Acquaintances down there.
Because she couldn't afford to lose face!
She didn't feel it was shameless at all for a cultivator like her to bully Mortals, especially children; instead, she proudly lifted her chin toward Mom Su.
Mother Su got angry hearing this. Although there was an unwritten rule in the Military Compound that children had to rely on their own fists and methods to gain influence among themselves.
There were still some parents who protected their children and would come over to cause trouble if their own child was hit.
From childhood until now, she had apologized and paid for medicine countless times because of this old daughter.
She was more troublesome than both of her older brothers!
Thinking of this, she glared at her daughter again and lowered her head to start tidying up the documents on the desk.
Hiding her emotions, she spoke irritably, "Wait until your Baba comes back to discuss it. Is there anything else? If not, hurry up and leave. The moment you arrive, you know how to anger me. Don't you know what good it does you if you anger me to death? I think I must have owed you all in a past life, and now you've all come in this life to collect debts from me!"
Hearing this, Su Jiaojiao pretended to be scared, looking left and right, and disagreed, "Comrade Huang, that's not something to say now! If someone overhears, you'll be labeled as superstitious and banned, and then they'll drag you away for re-education."
Mom Su's face darkened upon hearing this, she raised her hand as if to hit her again, gritting her back teeth, "If you have the guts, go report me! Let them drag me away for re-education too. So I can learn how I raised a daughter like you?"
Su Jiaojiao was not convinced by these words.
"Comrade Old Su didn't say that. He said a daughter should be like me—not only beautiful but also smart, looking delicate and charming but never letting herself suffer a loss." As she spoke, she proudly threw a Seductive Glances at Mom Su!
Thinking of this father and daughter pair, Mother Su was genuinely angered into a laugh this time, muttering curses inwardly!
"Hurry up and go. You better not come back. If I live with you any longer, I'll lose two years off my life!" Saying that, she stood up and pushed Su Jiaojiao toward the door.
Su Jiaojiao didn't resist, moving out as Mother Su intended. Before leaving, she turned back to Mother Su and said, "Call Comrade Old Su later and tell him to come back to the Old Residence for dinner."
"Got it, got it, hurry up and go." Saying that, she shoved Su Jiaojiao out of the office and closed the door.
Su Jiaojiao: ... Rejected again? Who am I doing this for? This is truly too hard!
...
Around six in the evening, Father Su drove the Jeep with his Wife to the Old Residence.
Father Su was over fifty, and because Su Jiaojiao occasionally used treasures from the Soul Space to condition him, his health had always been very good, with hardly any white hair on his head.
Standing over 1.8 meters tall and being a former Soldier, his physique was well-maintained, dressed in a black Zhongshan suit...
Tsk~ Truly a handsome uncle!
Before Father Su and Mother Su even entered the door, they heard the noisy sounds from next door. Sure enough, as soon as they entered the Courtyard, they saw their daughter standing on the Washstand, climbing the wall to watch the excitement.
He was about to step forward to pull his daughter home; after all, they were neighbors, and it was better not to watch the excitement.
It wasn't that he forbade her from watching; after all, the habit of loving to watch excitement was ingrained in the very bones of the people of Country Z.
But for her to watch the excitement...
Her Expression of 'I'm just here to watch the show' was completely unrestrained...
It was truly unbearable to look at.
He was afraid that if she watched the excitement somewhere he couldn't see, she might get beaten up by the perpetrator too.
Before he could make a move, Lao Su next to him flashed by, skillfully bypassing those few rows of the Vegetable Patch. In a few steps, he was standing on that Washstand with his daughter.
Mom Su: ... Gave the father and daughter a Helpless glare, then went inside to help Mother-in-law cook.
Su Jiaojiao turned to look at her father, whom she hadn't seen for several days. Both of them had curved Eyebrows and eyes, showing the same wide, white smile. Neither said anything, and she turned back to continue watching the excitement next door.
...
"This House was assigned to me by the factory, why should I give it to you? If you want a House, earn it yourself! If you're incapable, you come to rob mine?"
"On what grounds? If it weren't for your mother, everything you have now should have been mine!"
...
This family was surnamed Wang. The first voice speaking belonged to the youngest son of the family, who was about twenty-four or twenty-five now.
He was the one whose physique Su Jiaojiao had criticized as being like uncooked white chicken when he was bathing earlier.
He was born to the wife Father Wang married later after the founding of New Country Z.
Those who could live in this Compound all had status, and when this youngest son was born, Father Wang's status was already established. Therefore, both his education and his conduct were cultivated from childhood without fault.
Father Wang and this current wife were an old man with a young wife, and this younger wife had given him a late-life son, whom he treasured immensely.
The one arguing with him was the son from his first wife, who had been separated from him during the chaotic years of war.
While he was away fighting for those years, his parents were taken care of and served by his first wife. The first wife passed away a few years later, leaving behind a son who was only in his teens.
When Father Wang found him, because the family was poor, and his son, who was already thirty or forty and unmarried, had no one to manage him, he became a notorious hoodlum in the area.
So, even though his eldest son was almost forty, Father Wang felt deeply guilty toward him because of the years his first wife and this eldest son lived alone.
A few years ago, Father Wang pulled strings and finally found a Wife for him, and they also had three children.
They hadn't separated the household, so the entire family had to squeeze into one House.
Friction was inevitable.