Chapter 141
Lu Yuanzheng’s face sank, his voice chilled a few points, and he pressed, “Who are they?”
“Don’t scare the child” Xu Wen glared at Lu Yuanzheng, “So what if you ask? Even if you go and find those parents They apologized to me on the surface, can you control what they say behind my back? Maybe they’ll even say that you’re bullying others”
Lu Yuanzheng’s thin lips tensed into a straight line, “Then you can’t just let them slander you”
“Those who are clear will be clear” Xu Wen sighed lightly, “Other people’s mouth is the most difficult to control, we can only do a good job ourselves”
Lu Yuanzheng reached out and rubbed the top of her head, “I’ve wronged you Don’t worry, I’ll give you an explanation”
Xu Man has paid so much for Rainbow Island, if he still wants everyone to throw dirty water on her, is he Lu Yuanzheng still a man?
When the family of three arrived at the shore, Lu Yuanzheng put the foam board into the water and held Xu Man’s hand to pick it up
First, he put Xu Man on the boat, and then he picked up Dongsheng
The entire Rainbow Island was shaped like an unfolded fan, with the southernmost tip being the fan’s handle, the highest point of the island, and also the place where the Kaya hit
In seafood terms, it is like the shell of a scallop or a clam
It’s not that the F-nation had to pick the most dangerous place
It’s just that there’s a slight blind spot there, and it’s deep water
If they had chosen any other location, the ship would have run aground long ago, and would have been discovered by the officers and soldiers on Rainbow Island
The location of the houseboat is the side with the largest curvature of the fan, the entire fan arc is sandy beach Further north are several islands of different sizes
When they went to Kaya, they would often take the houseboat and row along the edge of the fan to the end of the fan
Lu Yuanzheng was in charge of rowing
Xu Man found a comfortable position to lean back, and asked the sullen Dongsheng, “Can you tell me what really happened today?”
Dongsheng shook his head, “It didn’t happen today It’s tomorrow”
Xu Wen understood, it was yesterday
Toshio couldn’t quite tell yesterday from today from tomorrow, and sometimes got confused
“Huh?”
“One of the kindergarteners said that you’re a bad person for giving food to bad people every day
They also said you’re a ‘traitor’ and a ‘traitor to your country’ I then fought with them
The teacher called us to the office and lectured them, but when we were leaving the office I heard our teacher say to another teacher that you are feeding the white-eyed wolf You can’t feed a white-eyed wolf”
“Nonsense!” Lu Yuanzheng’s voice was particularly cold
Xu Wen was much more calm, “Don’t be angry, I’m fine if I have a clear conscience, who cares what they say?”
“It’s not okay to wrongly accuse you now! This island one by one is either a soldier or a military wife, should be clear, qualified to be here, ideological awareness will not be low, how can there be ” Lu Yuanzheng paused, a bit unable to say those two words, “What’s more, all of this is in my eyes I’m not sure who’s behind this slander I don’t know who is slandering you behind your back” Lu Yuanzheng was furious, “Don’t you use your brain to talk nonsense?”
“Do you still talk nonsense when you use your brain?” Xu Wen shook his head, “One kind of rice raises a hundred kinds of people Some people’s vision can only see so far They can only see the appearance of me sending food and drink to the Kaya”
She glanced at Lu Yuanzheng, “Don’t feel like you’re just endorsing it either Maybe the letter reporting you has already been handed to Uncle Song’s desk by now”
Lu Yuanzheng snorted lightly, “Being upright is not afraid of shadows They report it!”
Xu Wen smiled and didn’t say anything
At this point in time, she wouldn’t say anything halfway
In fact, she more or less felt that some of the people on the island were hostile to her
If the sisters-in-law on the island used to be a circle
Then it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Xu Wen was basically the c-suite of the circle
Sister-in-laws liked to come and play with her, were willing to listen to her opinions on things, and some of them liked to mimic her daily food and clothing
In the past few days, the wind direction changed a bit
On the road, she met a couple of strange-looking sisters-in-law who brushed past her without even saying hello
At first, Xu Wen did not know, but also smiled and greeted them first
Then the opposite side of the sister-in-law on the face of almost constipated expression, reluctantly smile a little, hurriedly crossed the Xu Man
Once she thought someone else was in a hurry, but two or three times later, Xu Man realized something was wrong, and since then she no longer took the initiative to greet others
It was only the few sisters-in-law who played well with her on a daily basis that treated her the same as usual
For example, Song Baoying, DouDou’s mom, Wang LingLing, and Li’s sister-in-law were known to her from a long time ago
When she went to the kiosk, Mrs Li even pointed out to her, “Ask Mrs Li, we’ve known each other for almost two years, and I know what kind of person you are I know who you are, but there are some new sisters-in-law on the island who don’t know you well Why don’t we have a pajama party sometime? Let’s have a nice chat?”
Xu Man didn’t know that Mrs Li had good intentions at the time, plus she was busy with her printer and had to deal with a series of physical discomforts brought about by her pregnancy, such as lower back pain, frequent urination, and a variety of contraindications and so on, so she politely declined Mrs Li’s good intentions She also said, “Mrs Li, you guys get together first I’ll come back next time”
Now that I think about it, at that time, Mrs Li had a look of hesitation on her face, which should be because she wanted to remind her but didn’t know how to say it
To be honest, this accident was not within Xu Wen’s expectations
Like what Lu Yuanzheng said, leaving aside the officers and soldiers, all the sisters-in-law on this island had gone through a political trial before they could get married
Xu Man wasn’t new to the island either Didn’t what she had done on the island over the past year speak for itself?
Even if some of her sisters-in-law had just arrived on Rainbow Island and didn’t know Xu Man, they should know that she had recently been researching three-dimensional printing technology, right?
Why are they still criticizing her behind her back?
This time, it was Lu Yuanzheng’s turn to comfort her, “They only know that you’re getting some equipment again, but they don’t know what the specific equipment is for”
For many people nowadays, they’ve never even seen a printer, let alone a three-dimensional printer
Xu Wen waved his hand, “Forget it! They can say whatever they like! Their mouths are on other people, so I’ll pretend I don’t know if they don’t say it to my face But ”
Xu Man adjusted his posture and came nearly face-to-face with the sullen Dongsheng, “Dongsheng, are there any other children in kindergarten playing with you lately?”
Dongsheng nodded, “Yes! Most of the kids play with me There are only a few that don’t want to talk to me And after the teacher’s lecture, none of them talked nonsense anymore”
Xu Wen nodded, fortunately, it didn’t affect Dongsheng too much
However, Xu Man had never treated Dongsheng perfunctorily and did not intend to just muddle through
Slowly explaining to him, “Dongsheng, mom is trying to blow away that ship with the bad guys on it But before blowing it away, mom still wants to take a look at their ship This is also important to our country To get on the ship, mom has to gain their trust Delivering the stuff is just part of the plan Can you hear me?”
Toshio nodded and shook his head, “Why is it so much trouble? Can’t we just go and tell them that we want to visit their ship?”
Xu Wen shook his head, “No you can’t oh! Because the secrets on their ship are not for us to see And people are our enemies Would you show your treasures to kids you don’t like?”
Toshio shook his head, “Of course I can’t give it! But aren’t we supposed to respect other people’s secrets?”
Toshio wondered
“Right That’s the way it’s supposed to be But those bad guys didn’t follow the rules first Rainbow Island is our home right? They had to stay in front of our house without our consent and refused to leave Shouldn’t we be angry then?”
“Yes! Very angry, especially angry!” Dongsheng clenched his small fists with an indignant face
He had even sneaked over with a few kids yesterday to throw stones at that ship
Unfortunately, it was too far away to throw
Closer than close, the uncle on guard duty would not let them go over
“Special angry that can do? Boom them, they refused to go to play a trick saying that the broken foot in our door to rest for a while If we force them, we’ll have to fight, and if people see us, they’ll say we’re impolite and immoral, and we won’t let them rest when they’re injured And their weapons are also particularly powerful, there is a possibility that we can’t beat them, what should we do?”
Dongsheng tilted his head and thought, “Then we’ll switch to weapons that are even more powerful than theirs to beat them off!”
“But right now, all of our weapons are a little bit behind them, what if we still want to beat them away?”
The five-year-old Dongsheng was distressed His tiny features were wrinkled into a ball, and after thinking for a while, he said, “Then we’ll call more people to fight them”
“But we don’t know how many people are on the other side? If the other side has one person, we can send out two people to fight If there are five people on the other side, we can send ten people to fight But if we don’t know how many people are on the other side, how can we call for support?”
This time, Dongsheng was silent for a longer period of time, and tapped his head, “Just go to their ship and take a look”
Without waiting for Xu Man to speak, he himself added, “Oh! I see, that’s why Ma Ma you want to go on the ship and take a look right?”
Xu asked, “”
Xu Man thought for a moment and said, “That’s right partly We can’t just go up and look at the people We also need to see what kind of weapons people have Why are other people’s weapons more advanced, we have to learn ah! We need to learn so that we can build weapons that are more powerful than theirs But they won’t show us their secrets Their ships are so sturdy, we can’t sneak up there either, so we can only think of a way to get them to agree to let us go up and take a look”
Dongsheng nodded and waved his little fist, “When I grow up, I will definitely be able to build a ship that is a hundred times more powerful than theirs! That way, Ma Ma, you won’t have to please the bad guys!”
Not to mention Xu Man, Lu Yuanzheng laughed
Xu Man stroked Dongsheng’s head, “Good son! The future of our country really lies in you kids Our country will become stronger and stronger, and sooner or later, one day we won’t have to be subservient to others”
Dongsheng nodded with a firm face, “Ma Ma, I will definitely study hard in the future!”
“Hm Then are you still angry now?”
Dongsheng thought about it and honestly said, “There’s still a little bit Why is it that they say you’re a bad person when you’re clearly doing good things, Ma Ma? It’s hard for me to hear”
“Because it’s mama’s secret that she can’t tell them, so they misunderstood thinking that mama is a bad person Now that mommy has told you this secret, you must also help mommy keep it a secret, okay?”
Dongsheng hesitated, but still nodded, “Okay! Then I’ll leave them alone from now on, and when we win, I’ll let them come and apologize to you”
Dongsheng stood up and fiercely waved his small fists, “At that time, whoever doesn’t apologize, I’ll beat him up!”
Lu Yuanzheng snorted, “This doesn’t have to wait for later! Whoever says that Ma Ma is bad, you can fight now Come to me if you can’t win!”
His daughter-in-law didn’t do anything wrong, why should she be criticized?
What’s wrong with kids? Adults do not discipline, do not blame others “help”
Dongsheng loved to hear this and immediately agreed
Xu Wen glared at Lu Yuanzheng, busy added a command to Dongsheng: “Do not take the initiative to look for trouble!”
Dongsheng let out a cry
Lu Yuanzheng suddenly changed his tone: “Son, a man can bend and bend, let’s not bother with them in general Anyway, after the matter is resolved, they will come to apologize to you and your Ma Ma”
Xu Wen and Dongsheng both looked at him oddly
I’ve seen those who changed their minds, but I’ve never seen those who changed their minds so quickly
Dongsheng asked him nonchalantly, “Dad, are you afraid you can’t beat my classmates?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Without good humor, he said, “I just suddenly remembered that I have to go out to train again tomorrow If you let someone beat you up and cry, I won’t have time to give you a head start”
At that time, if Dongsheng cried his nose it would be another case of him not counting his words
Dongsheng bristled, the corners of his mouth pulling down as he reluctantly said, “Alright then!”
Xu asked, “Huh?” He asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Why do we have to train again?”
Wasn’t it just a few days after the intensive training?
“Don’t worry, it’s not closed this time We’ll go out during the day and come back at night”
Xu Wen gave an oh, didn’t ask any further questions
Seeing that he was about to cross the corner and see the Kaya, Lu Yuanzheng retreated back into the bamboo house and switched to Dongsheng to row the boat
Dongsheng was a five year old child, of course he couldn’t row such a large houseboat
Lu Yuanzheng had specially modified it for this purpose
Just like a tandem bicycle, Dongsheng rowed on the outside and he pedaled on the inside
It looked like Dongsheng was rowing the boat, but in reality, he put in the most effort
The officers and men of the Kaya were already very used to Xu Man’s friendliness and “gifts”
They threw down ropes from the boat, hooked away the fruits and ice, and threw the money back to her in the bucket Xu Man had given her yesterday
Xu Man took it as usual, smiled at them and then walked away
Xu Man felt that Lu Yuanzheng’s training this time was a bit like a deliberate attempt to show the officers and soldiers of the Kaya
This time, not only was it not closed training, it was simply open training, or rather, a play
Not only could everyone on Rainbow Island see it, but also the officers and soldiers on the Kaya
In fact, it was hard for them not to see it
The maneuvers were in the vicinity of the Kaya
Not only did this one battalion from Rainbow Island participate, at the very least a regiment was deployed, a dozen or so military ships of various functions, shuttling right through these waters
Every now and then there was a red and blue confrontation
The blue side was a warship that was very close to the Kaya in terms of length, width, and height, and compared to the Kaya where the officers and soldiers were all hidden in the cabins, the blue side’s soldiers patrolled the decks in a circle from time to time, and there were obviously quite a few of them
Bright defense looks even more strict than the Kaya
And all the Red Side had to do was to force a landing on this ship
Such training was right in front of the Kaya, plainly showing them
Xu Man felt it was the real-life version of killing a chicken to show a monkey
Day one
The blue side had armed guards at all the key places
But a group of people suddenly appeared under the ship, climbing up the smooth walls
The guards were put down before they could make a sound
After a few hours had passed, the flag of the blue side was changed to the red side
Lu Farsighted and the others called it a day and headed back to the island for dinner, while the other ships brought back their own
The Kaya looked like it wasn’t moving, and when Xu Wen warmed them up, he realized they were giving more money
The next day, it was still red and blue against each other
The blue side still had the same cottage version of the Kaya
And it was also upgraded, with a lot of protection around it, such as getting a lot of sharp steel spikes on the walls or applying a lot of oil so that the frogmen couldn’t climb, and with twice as many officers and soldiers on patrol than yesterday
This time, however, instead of boarding from below, the red party threw hooks and locks at the ship from the island, hooked them, and slid them on board quickly
The sentry who was startled, still had no time to cry out in alarm before he gave his “life”
That night, when Xu asked for ice buckets, the buckets sent over from the Kaya contained twice as much money as usual
Xu Man didn’t understand, “What do they mean by that? Tips for rewarding your ‘performances’?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, stating, “Perhaps it’s simply because he feels afraid that he won’t have the life to spend all this money, and he’s giving it all to you”
Xu asked, “”
So reasonable looking
On the third day, Red and Blue confronted each other, and Blue double upgraded again
But Red changed their approach again, and Blue’s ship would still be captured
On this day, when Xu Wen went to deliver warmth, the money he received doubled again
In a flash, it was Saturday again
As usual, Xu Man went to his sisters-in-law’s place to collect all sorts of handicrafts, woodwork, or food
However, he found that this time, the amount was far less than before
Xu Man guessed why and left without saying anything
“Ask your sister-in-law” DouDouMom caught up
Xu Man stopped to look at her
“Sister-in-law, the relationship between the two children playing together every day, I think the two of us are quite familiar I won’t hide anything from you Why on earth do you always deal with the people on that ship?” DouDouMom’s chin lifted towards where the Kaya was moored
Xu Wen didn’t know how to answer, and picked an answer that he thought was acceptable, “To make money”
DouDouMom: “”
She let out a light sigh, and from Xu Man’s hand, she took over a portion of the objects, “Sister-in-law You don’t seem like someone who makes money from everything”
In fact, as far as she could see, Xu Man couldn’t say that he didn’t like money, but he didn’t care that much about it, with an attitude roughly similar to that of just having enough money to spend, and anything more was dispensable
Such a person would go and curry favor with the officers and soldiers of other countries for the sake of money?
She didn’t believe it either
Besides, even if Xu Wen was open to money, Lu Yuanzheng wouldn’t let it go
Now, he was not only ignoring it, but also “helping” it!
Seeing that Doudou’s mom believed in herself, Xu Man didn’t know how to explain himself for a while, and only said, “This is something that can only be announced after a while”
Doudou mom is a measured person, also do not ask more questions, only said: “You pay attention to safety In addition there are individual short-sighted sisters-in-law, the mouth is a little bit not to stop the door, if it reaches your ears, you do not take it to heart! We all believe you!”
“Thank you” Xu Wen was really a bit touched, “So, this time, the goods are so much less, is it a protest against me? Or do you dislike the dirty money you earned with me?”
DouDouMom: “”
After a long time, DouDouMom let out a long sigh, “I don’t blame people for saying at every turn that we women are ‘big-breasted and brainless’ and ‘short-haired and short-sighted’ As a woman myself, I sometimes don’t understand how these people think Why do they like to impose their own ideas on others? Whenever someone does something that is beyond her understanding or not what she wants to see, she immediately puts a big hat on them and says that they are not good in this way or that way It’s as if she’s the smartest in the world and has the most flawless character”
Although Doudou’s mom didn’t answer positively, with just this one sentence, there was nothing Xu Wen didn’t understand