Chapter 306: Eating a colleague's gossip

Lu Qiao also nodded in agreement; it seems Shao Le has learned.

Then Auntie Liu blinked her eyes and looked around. Why does this way of speaking feel so much like someone?

The people in the large office, especially Sister Qiao, who was familiar with Lu Qiao's working style, looked at Lu Qiao several times.

That's right, this way of speaking was learned from Lu Qiao.

Old Teng continued: "Shao Le spoke like that, and Zhao Laolai Zi was ashamed and angry, but before he could scold anyone, Shao Le started pointing fingers and complaining all over the house..."

"'Look at you, in the whole village, our Zhao family is the poorest. How did you manage to live like this? Still living in a thatched hut. What have you been doing all these years? Just eating and not working? No wonder. You worked my mother to death. Aren't you afraid she'll come for your life in the middle of the night?'"

"Zhao Laolai Zi not only didn't get anything, but was instead scolded by this son he had just recognized."

Old Teng's eyes carried a smile as he said this.

"'Then Shao Le said to Zhao Laolai Zi: I'm visiting home for the first time, and you won't even give me a meal? There's no father like you. Let me tell you, I'm getting married soon. The girl didn't ask for much, but we should buy luggage, bedding, and a set of good clothes, right? I'm not asking for much, just prepare a bicycle for me.'"

"'Zhao Laolai Zi finally found an opportunity to speak this time, and he cursed furiously: You bastard, I don't have a cent now, and I owe external debts. I can't even afford to eat, where am I supposed to get a bicycle for you?'"

"'Shao Le said: Aren't you capable? You're so famous in the surrounding villages. Keep borrowing money! If that doesn't work, learn from your second son and go steal or rob.'"

"'Anyway, you're the father. It's only right for you to pay for your son's marriage. You can go ask around the world; when a son gets married, how can the father not care?'"

"'This isn't recognizing a son; it's simply recognizing a living ancestor,'" Sister Qiao said with a chuckle.

"'Treating a person like Zhao Laolai Zi, you should do it this way. It's useless to reason with him nicely. All his concepts have already been formed; you can't educate him to be a good father, so scolding him is exactly right...'"

Officer Liu frowned and said: "Even so, you can't let Zhao Laolai Zi go steal or rob!"

Everyone looked at Officer Liu. Oh, this is from the Security Management Office. Shao Le followed him for a while before going to night school.

Auntie Liu said firmly: "Don't worry, a person like Zhao Laolai Zi values his life the most; he wouldn't do such a thing."

He belongs to the type who doesn't commit major crimes but constantly commits minor ones. You can't do anything about him; he's cunning to a certain degree.

But he has no choice when he meets someone like Shao Le who throws a tantrum and demands his father pay for his marriage.

Everyone asked excitedly: "And then? And then?"

Sure enough, no one dislikes eating gossip.

Even if it's the gossip of their dearest colleague, they eat it just the same.

Old Teng pushed his glasses: "I only found out about this yesterday. Shao Le should be able to come to work tomorrow. You can ask him about the specifics then."

"Then how do you know so clearly?"

"Shao Le didn't go back alone; he went with his good friend, Fatty. Fatty told me about this."

Oh, so that's how it is.

At this moment, Old Hu returned from a meeting. Seeing a large group of people gathered together, his face darkened, and he scolded sternly: "Gathering to chat during work hours, what do you want to do?"

Auntie Liu quickly said: "We weren't gathering to chat, we just wanted to get some data from Old Teng."

Sister Qiao said: "Me too, I just came to check some numbers."

"What about you, Officer Liu?"

Officer Liu blushed, not knowing what he should say.

Old Hu didn't actually say he wanted to punish anyone; he just asked, and you just need to give him an answer.

But Officer Liu was upright and didn't know how to respond.

Lu Qiao said from the side: "Officer Liu was just giving us legal publicity."

Old Teng also nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, that's right, it was legal publicity."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh inside.

But with the leader here, they had to hold it in.

Director Hu glared at Lu Qiao, then pointed his finger at these people, but in the end, he didn't say anything and turned around and left.

However, before leaving, he called Lu Qiao, Sister Qiao, and Officer Liu: "The three of you go to Wei Xia's house. Neighbors reported to me that she's not in a good mental state now, often beating and scolding her four children, and hasn't been to work for a week. Investigate what the situation is. Don't let anything happen."

Lu Qiao and Sister Qiao looked at each other.

Is that the Wei Xia who was tricked into divorce by Jiang Chusheng?

I remember Jiang Chusheng was a worker at the subordinate steel mill, and Wei Xia was a worker at the Wangjiang District shoe factory.

I haven't heard from them for so long, I thought they were each doing well.

Lu Qiao said to Director Hu: "Then I need to go to the archives to get something."

Old Hu asked: "What do you need to get?"

"It's the divorce agreement that Wei Xia signed last time. It has our neighborhood office's stamp on it, which is effective both in the unit and legally."

The archives were in the office at the very end.

After taking it out, Lu Qiao put it in her bag, and then the three of them rode their bicycles to Wei Xia's house.

Wei Xia's house was some distance from the neighborhood office, but they arrived after riding their bicycles for more than ten minutes.

This area belonged to private property, not many, totaling only a little over a hundred households.

Wei Xia lived on the west side, in a brick house with a fence wall around it.

Seeing the three people from the neighborhood office coming, neighbor Auntie Han quickly pulled the three of them aside.

She lowered her voice and said: "I don't know what's wrong with Wei Xia recently. She's either crying or laughing, or she's beating the children. The children cry loudly when beaten. You neighborhood office should manage it, otherwise, it won't be easy to handle if something really happens."

Auntie Han was a warm-hearted person. She pushed open the courtyard door directly and led the three of them in.

The main room looked quite tidy, about forty square meters.

At this moment, three children were squatting at the base of the wall.

Two girls and one little boy.

The older one was holding the youngest, staring with big eyes, looking at the people walking into the courtyard with some fear.

Auntie Han whispered there: "You say Jiang Chusheng is so shameless, telling all sorts of lies to trick Wei Xia into divorce. Wei Xia is also a useless person, just a bully at home. If you have the ability to beat children, why don't you go ask that bastard man for money?"

Auntie Han was clearly very angry, but she shut her mouth when she got close.

She asked the oldest girl: "Where is your mother?"

Then seeing the scars on the child's hands, she frowned and asked again: "Did your mother beat you again?"

The three children stared with wide, fearful eyes and shook their heads together.

Auntie Han sighed, stood up, and shouted: "Wei Xia, are you home? The neighborhood office cadres are here. If you have anything to say, you can tell them."

After a moment of stagnation, they heard movement in the room, and then a woman walked out slowly from the room. Her expression was gloomy, her face was thin, and she seemed to be swaying as she stood there.

Lu Qiao frowned, and so did Sister Qiao. This was too different from the Wei Xia they saw more than a month ago.

What happened to make her like this?

?? Babies, have a happy weekend~ ===== CHAPTER 307 =====