Chapter 143: Apology

Mrs. Fu turned to the crowd and said, “Come on, everyone, help me judge this. My son-in-law is away on a mission, so he asked Xiao Yang to help us buy some things in advance. What’s wrong with that?”

“She’s really got some nerve, insisting that Comrade Xiao Yang give her all that food for free. Tell me, do you think it’s reasonable to just give it away?”

Now the onlookers finally understood what was going on.

They all looked at Mrs. Hao with contempt.

Goodness, how could she expect to get it for free?

Mrs. Fu wasn’t about to let it go. She raised her voice and said, “If you want to put it bluntly, what she’s doing is basically undermining socialism.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Hao panicked. “You—you’re talking nonsense! I didn’t! How was I supposed to know you paid for it—”

Fu Mingxue stared at her. “Didn’t Comrade Yang already explain it to you? Do you want me to bring him over so you two can confront each other?”

Now Mrs. Hao was completely flustered.

“What’s there to confront? You people just didn’t make it clear from the start. Fine, since it’s a misunderstanding, I won’t argue with you anymore.”

She threw out those words and hurried off.

Her hasty retreat only confirmed that she had just been lying.

Everyone: …?

Fu Mingxue went back inside, but Mrs. Fu stayed outside and told the others about what had happened on the train.

After all, they’d be living here for a long time—they couldn’t let others misunderstand her daughter.

Fu Mingxue didn’t bother with any of this. She carefully recorded everything that had been delivered.

She’d tell Qin Wenhuo about it when he got back.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Fu returned.

Her face no longer showed any anger.

But she still grumbled, “What kind of people are these!”

“Mom, don’t be upset. Look at all this meat—we can make a nice stew tonight. Tomorrow, let’s ask Sister Wang next door where the supply and marketing cooperative is, and then we can go buy some more things.”

“Alright.” Mrs. Fu agreed that it was a good idea to have a nice meal.

There were still some seasonings left in the kitchen, enough to cook the meat.

And the commotion just now quickly spread throughout the entire family compound.

Everyone agreed that neither of these families were easy to mess with—they weren’t to be trifled with.

Also, the news that Qin Wenhuo’s wife was very beautiful spread throughout the compound as well.

After Fu Mingxue finished tidying up, her mother had already boiled some hot water, so she bathed the two kids first.

They hadn’t had a bath in days and were starting to smell.

Then she washed herself from head to toe.

Once she was done, she told her mother to go wash up too.

She kept an eye on the stove in the meantime—

Just as the family was about to eat dinner, there was a knock at the door.

“I’ll go see who it is.”

Fu Mingxue got up and went to the door.

When she opened it and saw who was standing outside, she immediately guessed who he was.

“Hello, sister-in-law. I’m Hao Rong from next door. I just found out about what my mother did to you this afternoon. I’m really sorry.”

Fu Mingxue saw that his attitude was decent. “Deputy Commander Hao, we really can’t get along with your mother, so you’d better keep an eye on her! Don’t let her come looking for trouble with us.”

Hao Rong’s face stiffened, but he quickly nodded. “I’ll talk to her. I’m sorry.”

“If there’s nothing else, I’m going back to eat.” Fu Mingxue closed the door.

When she returned to the table, Mrs. Fu asked, “Was it the neighbor?”

Fu Mingxue nodded. “Yes, he came to apologize for his mother.”

Mrs. Fu sighed. “Looks like the neighbor did raise a good son after all.”

Fu Mingxue didn’t comment.

Maybe he was a good son, but letting his own mother bully his wife—did he really not know anything about it?"