"Comrade Lu, are you here to take a bath?"

"Ah... um."

Lu Fangfang was carrying an enamel basin when she ran into Xu Jinbu at the entrance of the bathhouse.

Thinking about the gossip her sisters-in-law had been talking about, she carefully examined the man.

Xu Jinbu was all smiles, her hair was shiny, and she was wearing a clean, straight white shirt without a single wrinkle.

To be honest, Lu Fangfang felt that he had a kind of pretty boy vibe.

It's nice, but it doesn't feel right in the military camp, especially when I see other soldiers passing by, this sense of bewilderment is even stronger.

"Comrade Xiao Lu, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Lu Fangfang was staring at him, Xu Jinbu adjusted his glasses and looked down at himself.

"No, it's nothing, it's just that Comrade Xu seems a little different than before."

"Hmm? Maybe she just took a shower."

Xu Jinbu was taken aback for a moment, then put on a fake smile again.

He secretly warned himself that the marriage was not yet finalized, so he couldn't be too high-profile.

Just as Xu Jinbu was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Comrade Xiao Lu, when are you and Battalion Commander Zhuang getting married?"

Forehead……

“Mingcheng said that we will register when he comes back.”

Xu Jinbu's smile widened. "Comrade Xiao Lu, congratulations! I will definitely attend your wedding."

"Thank you, welcome."

Lu Fangfang could only force a smile and agree.

To be honest, although Xu Jinbu across from her was all smiles, she always felt that he was a cold and treacherous person.

Especially after hearing about Xiao Ting's experience, she became even more suspicious that this person had sent the whistleblower letter.

After all, according to later generations, whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious.

"Well then, Comrade Xiao Lu, I'll be going now. See you again sometime."

Lu Fangfang smiled and nodded.

Watching Xu Jinbu's retreating figure, she inexplicably thought of Xiao Ting.

If it really was Xu Jinbu who reported Xiao Ting, then the two of them are quite a "good match".

With both of her rivals now in relationships, Lu Fangfang felt much better.

She hummed a little tune and strode into the bathhouse.

She took a good shower and made herself smell nice before returning to the family compound.

By this time, it had already gotten dark.

She had just reached her front door when she saw a dark figure standing there.

Startled, she immediately shouted, "Who? Who's there?"

"Comrade Xiao Lu, it's me, Gao Dajiang."

Gao Dajiang was quite helpless. He raised his arm and shook the empty plate in his hand. "Comrade Xiao Lu, I brought you a plate. Thank you for frying the small fish. It was delicious."

"Don't worry, our residential compound is very safe. Nothing has ever been stolen."

Lu Fangfang felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly went over and took the plate.

With some doubt in her heart, she asked curiously, "Where is Sister-in-law Shuhua? I waited for a while this morning, but I didn't see her come over."

Forehead……

Gao Dajiang blushed, feeling somewhat awkward. "Your sister-in-law Shuhua has gone back to the performing arts troupe."

After delivering the plates, Gao Dajiang turned to leave, "By the way, Comrade Xiao Lu, what is your educational background? Do you have any talent for singing or dancing?"

"Educational level..."

Lu Fangfang was stunned for a moment, and then her heart started pounding.

Judging from his tone, it seems the troupe leader wants to introduce me to a job? And a cultural troupe at that? That's a great place.

Lu Fangfang took a deep breath, somewhat hesitant.

Unable to reveal her education level from her previous life, she could only say, "Elementary school..."

Seeing that Gao Dajiang seemed somewhat disappointed, she quickly said, "However, I have taught myself junior high and high school knowledge. I have never learned to dance, but I can sing... well, not bad."

"Self-study? That's good. Okay, Comrade Lu, it's getting late, you should go home now."

After Gao Dajiang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"..."

Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't call out to the leader, since she was only guessing.

Standing there, she felt conflicted and uncertain.

She suddenly regretted it, wondering if she should have only said that she had studied junior high school knowledge on her own.

After all, to outsiders, claiming to have learned high school knowledge on one's own seems a bit too boastful.

"Alas, every cloud has a silver lining. Things are about to get chaotic. The family compound is a paradise, much safer than the cultural troupe."

Lu Fangfang composed herself and carried the basin home.

Standing in the yard, she could still smell the rich aroma of fried fish. She listened carefully, and then she realized that the neighborhood had become completely quiet.

By now, Yang Yufeng should have started eating, right?

"Alas."

Lu Fangfang rubbed her arms and hurriedly went inside.

Her mood fluctuated wildly, which made her even hungrier. After rinsing the rice, she decided to cook some porridge.

She still had some steamed cornbread from yesterday, so she put it in the steamer, intending to heat it up.

...

next door.

Yang Yufeng's whole family sat together.

In the center of the table were two plates of fried small fish, which the group was currently eating heartily.

"Mom, it tastes bitter."

The girl took a bite, and her face scrunched up.

"Mom, your cooking isn't good. Tie Dan said that the small fish that Aunt Dong fries is crispy and crunchy."

Beside her, Yang Yufeng's son, Erbao, was also extremely dissatisfied.

He chewed and took a small fish bone out of his mouth.

"Pah, how much oil did she use? We can't waste food like that in our house. You two are lucky to have anything to eat. Chew it up, it'll be fine."

Yang Yufeng also felt that the taste was a bit off.

But it's much better than eating boiled cabbage, since it has oil and meat.

She picked up a few small fish, chewed them thoroughly, and then bent down to feed them to her youngest son.

"Wow……"

"You're so unlucky, you might as well not eat it."

Seeing her youngest son start to cry, Yang Yufeng pursed her lips and swallowed the chewed fish directly.

"Let me tell you two, we don't have much oil at home, so we can only fry this once. You won't be able to eat it again even if you want to."

As soon as Yang Yufeng said this, Da Niu and Er Bao forgot about the bitterness and lack of tenderness of the fish and immediately grabbed their chopsticks and started fighting over it.

"Slow down, slow down."

Seeing the two of them, Yang Yufeng was finally satisfied.

Frying small fish uses too much oil, so she doesn't plan to cook them for the time being.

However, she still had to catch fish. Luckily, she had some beef bones that she had stolen from Lu Fangfang, so she had to make good use of them and catch more small fish. She could then dry them and keep them for the chickens at home.

"Hey, you two starving ghosts, leave some for me."

Yang Yufeng knocked her daughter's chopsticks away and grabbed the biggest fish for herself.

The fish's belly was bulging, as if it had roe, and she smiled as she popped it into her mouth.

"Ugh, what's that smell?"

Yang Yufeng frowned and almost vomited.

But when she thought about how she had gone to great lengths to fry it in oil, she forced herself to swallow it, suppressing her nausea.

...