After a good sleep, those who had attended the meeting had returned.
Just as she had said she would, Gong Chunhua arrived at Yang PeiMin's place right after the meeting and told her about what had happened there.
"Just like you said, they criticized the two individuals and also gave us a warning, saying if there's a next time, we'd have to bring our own men to talk things out. The threat really did the trick—once their own men are involved, even the most fierce women quiet down."
Yang PeiMin listened and nodded in agreement. This was to be expected; everyone knew that Military Wives regularly had study sessions—it was all about these rules and realizations. Everyone understood the rationale; it's just that some habits are hard to change and when certain things happen, it became quite difficult to keep one's reason, which was understandable. One could only make gradual progress.
