She lowered her head, stretched her neck, and looked at her sisters-in-law sitting on the ground one by one, her face full of contempt.

One sister-in-law loved to gossip about others. She scoffed, "What do you mean by 'from the countryside'? If she really was from the countryside, would Team Leader Song be willing to marry her? Didn't you see that day? Team Leader Song's wife and Zhang Jingwan from the art troupe stood together. They were both fairer and looked more like city people."

A sister-in-law held the squirming child in her arms and continued, "That's right. Yesterday, Team Leader Song pulled a huge truck of furniture. Wasn't it all what his wife wanted? And last night, Team Leader Song treated everyone to dinner. I could smell the aroma of meat even from the tube-shaped building."

"I'm from the countryside too. I wouldn't cook meat dishes like that even if I were entertaining guests. I've never seen that big wardrobe with flowers on the truck yesterday. Even if my husband asked me what I wanted, I wouldn't be able to say what I wanted."

Zhang Xiufen threw the melon seed shells in her hand away, smirking with a crooked look and a smirk: "I think Team Leader Song's wife is just a hedonist. How can such a person be worthy of being a military family member? She should be sent to a labor camp and criticized."

Zhou Dajuan next to her agreed: "Tell me, all the family members who come to accompany the army have a hard life. She came to accompany the army and brought a relative to work with her. She is young and has all the necessary hands and feet. Isn't this the meaning of enjoyment?"

Xu Fengzhi, lying on the ground, sighed and said regretfully, "I heard that the chief and the political commissar both attended dinner last night. They were all doing it for Team Leader Song's sake. His wife is so lawless and disregards Team Leader Song's reputation. I think sooner or later, Team Leader Song will be dragged down by her wife."

The sisters-in-law were talking back and forth, and they hadn't even seen Lin Qingqing in person a few times, let alone had any contact with her, but they were still belittling and insulting her, spreading her bad reputation.

......

The private plot of land in the military compound is right in front of the tube-shaped building, and many sisters-in-law are busy working here.

Xiaomei dug up her own land, sowed vegetable seeds, and carried water from the river that her sister-in-law Xiuhong mentioned to water the land.

Just as she was about to go home, she was stopped by several sisters-in-law. They were all sisters-in-law from the Eagle Claw Group. They saw Xiaomei upstairs and came to say hello.

Yesterday at Team Leader Song's house, Xiaomei took care of the child all night, and before leaving, she stuffed a handful of candies into the child's pocket.

Being nice to children makes her happier than being nice to herself. Her sisters-in-law also like Xiaomei's cheerful personality and her diligence and capability.

The sisters-in-law came to greet me with everything they brought. It was the season for beans, and they picked a lot of vegetables from their own fields. The most common ones were beans and green peppers.

"Xiaomei, you can take some food from my fields. What is Qingqing doing at home?"

"My sister is reading at home, so thank you, sister-in-law."

She knew that these were all people in her brother-in-law's group, so she had to build good relationships with them and accept the gifts they gave her. This way, they would interact with each other and become familiar with each other in the future.

When she got home, she was carrying two baskets full of vegetables.

It's almost 11 o'clock now, and the Wei family is cooking.

"Sister, I'm here."

Lin Qingqing sat in the pergola, looked at the vegetables in her hand, and asked, "Did the sister-in-law from the tube building give them to you?"

Xiaomei smiled and nodded: "Sister, how do you know? These two baskets are all beans. I will boil them and dry them to make dumplings in winter."

"Have you planted vegetables in your private plot? Take a break and get busy later. There's no rush."

She poured a glass of water in the living room and asked Xiaomei to sit in the awning to rest.

Xiaomei couldn't sit still, so she drank the water and went to the kitchen to cook beans.

After cooking, scoop it out into a basin and place it directly on the bluestone slab to dry. Then you can make lunch.