Chapter 177 Military Wife Visits Home
noon
Gu Yihan was finally able to eat food that tasted normal. Grandma Gu's pigeon soup was delicious.
She gave a thumbs up and praised, "Grandma, your cooking skills are truly exceptional."
Grandma Gu glared at her granddaughter with annoyance.
"Didn't you already eat several during your postpartum period? I heard you complaining to Xiao Lu that the soup was tasteless."
Gu Yihan smiled, put down her chopsticks, walked over and sat down next to Grandma Gu, and took her arm, saying coquettishly, "Grandma, your granddaughter knows she was wrong."
Grandma Gu glanced at her fair-skinned granddaughter, who was still recovering from childbirth, and said, "She doesn't know how lucky she is."
Gu Yihan nodded quickly and smiled in agreement, "Grandma's words of advice are absolutely right."
"Thump, thump, thump."
When Grandma Gu heard the knocking, she tapped her granddaughter's forehead and said with a smile, "Grandma will go open the door."
After watching Grandma Gu leave the living room, Gu Yihan also got up and went into the bedroom.
A moment later, Grandma Gu pushed open the bedroom door and said softly, "Xiao Han, she's looking for you."
Gu Yihan tiptoed to the door and whispered to Grandma Gu, "Grandma, the little one should wake up soon. Please stay with him for a while."
Grandma Gu nodded and went into the bedroom. Gu Yihan turned around and closed the door.
She walked into the living room and looked at the three women sitting on the sofa; she didn't recognize any of them.
He asked, puzzled, "You're looking for me?"
Upon hearing Gu Yihan's voice, Jiang Yue, Liu Aihua, and Li Duo all stood up and called out to her, "Sister-in-law."
Gu Yihan was startled by the three people's synchronized shouts.
Jiang Yue quickly introduced herself with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I am Jiang Yue."
Pointing to a fair-skinned, tall and slender woman beside him, he introduced her, "This is Liu Aihua."
When Gu Yihan heard them call her "sister-in-law," she knew these women were military wives, and greeted Jiang Yue and Liu Aihua with a smile.
Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't introduce herself first, Li Duo's eyes flashed with displeasure, and she hurriedly said, "Officer Gu, I am Li Duo, a female worker in the textile factory."
Gu Yihan glanced at Li Duo, and could tell from her dark complexion that she must have just arrived at the family compound. She smiled and nodded, "Hello."
After chatting for a while, Gu Yihan finally understood that Jiang Yue's lover was named Cheng Changzheng, and his position was deputy regimental commander.
Liu Aihua and Li Duo's lovers are Ma Aiguo and Han Jiaguo, both of whom are battalion commanders. All three of them are soldiers under Lu Huailin.
"Director Gu, you don't know while you're at home recovering from childbirth, but our factory's output is booming! We've even sold all the fabric from our workshop to foreigners!" Li Duo said, gesturing excitedly.
Gu Yihan smiled and said, "Really?"
Before she even went on maternity leave, she had heard Hu Shan grumbling about it for several days.
Because there was nowhere to dye the fabric, they used the office that had been built for her, which made her angry and she gave Secretary Jiang a long sullen look.
Li Duo said proudly, "That's right! The female workers in our workshop now earn just as much as you managers."
Gu Yihan: "..."
Jiang Yue glared at Li Duo, then smiled and changed the subject: "Sister-in-law, we should thank you for getting us jobs at the textile factory."
Liu Aihua quickly replied, "Yes, sister-in-law, we owe you so much."
"Otherwise, it would cost a lot of money just to feed the adults and children. Now we can supplement our household expenses with what we earn."
Gu Yihan didn't have much to talk about with people she wasn't familiar with, so she smiled and said, "This is all thanks to the military leaders, it has nothing to do with me."
Just then, the little one's cries rang out from the bedroom.
Grandma Gu's voice, soothing the child, drifted into the living room.
Jiang Yue was very perceptive. She patted Liu Aihua beside her, and the two of them stood up: "Sister-in-law, it's getting late, let's go back first."
Seeing that Li Duo was reluctant to stand up, Gu Yihan didn't mind and greeted her with a smile, "Okay, come visit again when you have time."
After seeing the three of them off, Gu Yihan quickly went into the bedroom, took the baby from Grandma Gu, and sat on the bed to breastfeed.
Grandma Gu looked at the little one who had just been placed in her granddaughter's arms and immediately stopped crying: "Look at how smart she is, she already knows how to recognize people when she's only a month old."
Gu Yihan smiled at her grandmother, then looked at the baby nursing with affection: "Grandma, you'll have to work hard after I go to work."
Grandma Gu glanced at her little granddaughter and said with a smile, "Such an adorable great-grandson is something others would love to see but never get the chance to. It's not hard work at all."
Gu Yihan didn't believe it. The little guy grew quickly, weighing six pounds and eight ounces at birth.
She gained four pounds at one month old, and now my shoulders hurt from holding her for too long.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Grandma, when Lu Huailin comes back from his mission, let him make a stroller so he can play in it when he wakes up."
Grandma Gu knew that her granddaughter cared about her and was worried that she would get tired, so she didn't refuse: "Okay."
On the other side
Liu Aihua launched into a tirade against Li Duo: "What kind of attitude did you have at your sister-in-law's house?"
Jiang Yue glanced coldly at Li Duo without saying a word.
She had made up her mind to keep her distance from Li Duo from now on, and not let such a stupid woman ruin her life.
Li Duo rolled her eyes at Liu Aihua.
He retorted, unconvinced, "I didn't say anything wrong either. We both work in a textile factory, so we have more to talk about."
Liu Aihua was furious: "She works as an accountant in a textile factory, what do you have to talk about? Only a military wife can have something to talk about."
Li Duo shoved Liu Aihua and said irritably, "What kind of job is this? The salaries are about the same, maybe even lower than mine."
She now earns thirty-two yuan a month, plus so many coupons. She never dreamed that she could earn so much money one day.
Liu Aihua was about to say something when Jiang Yue, who was beside her, tugged at her sleeve and asked with a smile, "Next time you have a day off, shall we go to your sister-in-law's house together?"
Liu Aihua glanced at Li Duo, who was pretending not to hear, and nodded: "Okay, we're just killing time anyway."
Jiang Yue: "That's right. If it weren't for the fact that my sister-in-law's child is still young, I would have liked to bring my little troublemaker along."
Liu Aihua laughed when she thought of Jiang Yue's son. He was incredibly mischievous; even a dog would lose a couple of tufts of fur if it walked up to him.
Li Duo glanced at the two of them, pursed her lips, and muttered, "Sycophants."
Soon they arrived at the courtyard where Jiang Yue lived. After greeting Liu Aihua, she turned and left.
Liu Aihua couldn't resist in the end and took Li Duo's arm.
He instructed her, "The military spouses in the family compound also form a group. We have received kindness from you, so it will be beneficial for us to get closer to you."
Li Duo pulled her arm away and glared at Liu Aihua: "Are you deaf? Officer Gu said it was the credit of the military leaders, and it has nothing to do with her."
After saying that, he ignored her and walked away quickly.
Liu Aihua watched Li Duo's retreating figure, furious.
Her educational level was similar to Li Duo's; both had graduated from primary school, and they were both assigned to work as factory workers.
Thinking that they were both military wives, they could help each other out, but it turns out they don't care. It seems I'll have to keep my distance from them in the future.
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