Chapter 147: Stirring Up Trouble

“As for the matter of Hao Rong’s family member needing a job, someone from the family compound will handle it. She’ll find a way to arrange something when the time comes. You just wait for further notice. For now, could you please leave?”

Instructor Xie had already decided to go talk to Hao Rong later—he needed to get his mother under control.

Here she was again.

She’d already made a scene yesterday.

Now she was back at it.

If this happened every day, it would definitely start affecting others.

Not to mention, they lived right next door to Qin Wenhuo.

That just wouldn’t do.

Mother Hao didn’t believe a word of it.

Find a job on her own? Who was she kidding?

It was everyone’s first time coming along with the military. Who did they think they were fooling?

Wasn’t it all arranged in advance?

Heh.

“—Well, Leader, you’d better pay attention to this. My daughter-in-law is very capable. She could be a teacher or something like that.”

Instructor Xie: …?

Teaching jobs were so hard to come by—if there was an opening, would it really go to Hao Rong’s wife? There were plenty of people eyeing those positions.

He nodded perfunctorily. “There will be someone specifically assigned to handle jobs for family members. You should go back for now.”

Though Mother Hao was unwilling, she knew that those in power always had the final say, so she could only leave, her face full of displeasure.

Back home, seeing her daughter-in-law looking so downcast only made her angrier.

“Look at you, useless thing. Look at others—just arrived, and the unit already arranged a job for her. But you? Nothing at all, just relying on my son to support you.”

The young woman looked up. “Mom, I asked this morning. It’s not easy to find a job here. There are a lot of family members, and many are still waiting their turn. How could it happen so quickly—”

Mother Hao sneered. “Heh, that’s because you’re incompetent. Look at others—they came at the same time, and they already have jobs.”

She didn’t believe for a second that the girl next door had found the job on her own.

Just then, someone passing by overheard her words.

Their face darkened, and they walked away.

By noon, the news that Qin Wenhuo’s wife had landed a job as soon as she arrived had spread throughout the entire family compound, including to those living in the apartment building.

It was hard not to believe it, after all—many people had seen a car come to pick up Qin Wenhuo’s wife.

Suddenly, some of the family members who were still waiting for jobs were unhappy.

They went straight to the family affairs office to complain.

“Sister Wang, this isn’t right. We’ve been waiting for jobs for so long—why does Fu Mingxue get one as soon as she arrives? Why does she get to cut in line?”

“Exactly, Sister Wang. This is really unfair. You can’t give her special treatment just because she’s Qin Wenhuo’s wife. Jobs should go to whoever’s been waiting the longest.”

“Sister Wang, everyone’s waiting in line. Now she shows up and gets a job right away? No way, we don’t agree.”

—

One after another, everyone voiced their dissatisfaction.

Sister Wang was bewildered. “Everyone, stop shouting. Tell me clearly—what exactly is going on?”

“It’s that new army wife, Fu Mingxue—how can she get a job as soon as she arrives? Isn’t that just bullying those of us who play by the rules?”

“Yeah, and she even got picked up by a car for a good job? If jobs were given by seniority, we’d have no complaints, but giving it to her? No way.”

Finally, Sister Wang understood.

“Don’t talk nonsense. I didn’t assign Qin Wenhuo’s wife any job. If she has a job, it didn’t come from me.”

As soon as she said this, someone was even more upset.

“Sister Wang, what do you mean? Isn’t every family member’s job arranged by your office?”"