Chapter 194 First Year of Junior High
1971 passed by day by day.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year
Gu Yihan picked up the cotton coat draped on the chair, put it on shivering, and sighed that it was still warmer in the quilt.
She walked out of the living room and happened to see Grandma Gu handing out candy to a group of mischievous boys who had come to wish them a Happy New Year.
I stomped my feet and looked at the cotton shoes that Grandma Gu had made by hand. They felt so comfortable.
"Grandma, do you know all these children?"
Grandma Gu heard her granddaughter's voice, turned around and looked at her with a smile: "I know them. They often come over to play because you and your husband aren't home during the day."
“Especially that kid at the very front, Gou Dan, he’s the one who brings us all the tree branches now.”
Gu Yihan thought of the thin boy standing at the front and asked疑惑地问道, "Does he have several children?"
Grandma Gu smiled: "Deputy Battalion Commander Ding only has one child, Tie Dan. No matter how much he eats, he's still as thin as a broom handle."
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At first, she also thought that Gou Dan's stepmother was abusing him, so she specifically asked the military wives in the family compound, and found out that the stepmother treated him quite well.
Gu Yihan nodded without asking any further questions, and went to the kitchen to mix some warm water to start washing up.
After tidying up, I walked up behind Grandma Gu and whispered, "Grandma, did Lu Huailin go out with Hao Hao?"
Grandma Gu was tidying up the yard when she heard her granddaughter's question. She replied, "Xiao Lu took him to Commander Tang's house to pay a New Year's visit."
A hint of doubt appeared in Gu Yihan's eyes.
Although she found it strange that Lu Huailin went to Commander Tang's house instead of Commander Hu's, she didn't think much of it.
After Grandma Gu finished tidying up the clothes that had been drying, she fed the chickens and urged, "Xiao Han, don't just stand there like an idiot, there are dumplings left for you in the kitchen."
"Huh? We're having dumplings again!" Gu Yihan's face fell instantly.
Grandma Gu glanced at her and said, "You should be grateful that you can eat dumplings."
Gu Yihan walked listlessly toward the kitchen, beginning to regret taking out the flour from her spatial storage.
Grandma Gu thought she was very capable, having a way to get fine grains.
The consequence was that starting from the Little New Year, the family ate dumplings in different ways, such as tofu and cabbage with vermicelli, and radish with vermicelli.
It's not an exaggeration to say that Grandma Gu made a pound of meat enough for her family for two days.
She had to use a magnifying glass to find the meat filling.
Gu Yihan doesn't dislike eating dumplings, but she can't resist eating them every day during the holidays, until the fifth day of the new year!
"Grandma Gu, is your sister-in-law home?"
Grandma Gu is gathering the trash in the yard, planning to throw it away after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Startled by Jiang Yue's voice, she scattered the trash she had just gathered on the ground.
Grandma Gu looked up at Jiang Yue with a cold face, and her brows furrowed when her gaze fell on what Jiang Yue was carrying.
"Inside!"
After saying that, he ignored Jiang Yue. Who brings gifts to someone's door on the first day of the Lunar New Year?
It caused her trash to scatter, and she couldn't sweep the floor.
Gu Yihan had just finished eating dumplings and hadn't even sat down yet when she heard footsteps. She looked up and saw Jiang Yue.
"Sister-in-law is getting more and more beautiful." Jiang Yue said and immediately stepped forward to take Gu Yihan's arm warmly.
Gu Yihan was stunned, wondering what Jiang Yue was up to.
Isn't she and Liu Aihua together every day? Why is she here alone today?
However, since she's already here, we can't just send her away for no reason.
With a smile, he greeted her, "Please sit down and rest for a while. It's not a short distance from your house to mine!"
Jiang Yue smiled and walked to the dining table, placing the things she was carrying on it.
He turned to Gu Yihan with a smile and said, "I didn't know what my sister-in-law liked to eat, so I bought some canned food and malted milk powder."
Gu Yihan frowned as she looked at the food on the table. This stuff wasn't cheap, and it was hard to buy tickets.
He walked to the dining table, picked up the thermos, made a cup of brown sugar water for Jiang Yue who was sitting on the sofa, and handed it to her.
Jiang Yue took the water glass, sipped her lips, and said, "Sister-in-law, congratulations."
Gu Yihan didn't understand Jiang Yue's seemingly random words and looked at her with a confused expression. What was this joy about?
Jiang Yue noticed that Gu Yihan remained silent and assumed she was being cautious and unwilling to show off.
Finally, unable to resist, he inquired, "Sister-in-law, who is Commander Lu planning to recommend to the leadership to replace him?"
To succeed Lu Huailin?
A hint of wariness flashed in Gu Yihan's eyes: "Sister Jiang, are you joking? Lu Huailin never talks about military affairs at home."
Jiang Yue didn't know if Gu Yihan was pretending not to know or simply didn't want to tell her.
He stared intently into her eyes and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, we've known each other for so long, don't you know me? I'm very discreet."
Gu Yihan's eye twitched involuntarily. Jiang Yue was really good at talking nonsense; the two of them had only known each other for less than seven months.
The number of times they met was extremely limited.
Ignoring Gu Yihan's aloofness, Jiang Yue shamelessly grabbed her hand and whispered, "Sister-in-law, could you please satisfy your sister-in-law's curiosity?"
What is this for?
Lu Huailin's deep voice rang out as he frowned, looking at Jiang Yue whose lips were almost touching his wife's face.
It's disgusting. I wonder if that ugly woman has bad breath.
Gu Yihan quickly withdrew her hand, stood up and walked to Lu Huailin's side. She lifted the blanket covering the little guy's head and made a funny face at him with a smile.
"Ha ha……"
The little guy kept laughing.
Jiang Yue watched the interaction between Gu Yihan and her family of three.
She didn't understand why Lu Huailin had returned so quickly, and had originally planned to take advantage of his absence to try and get some information out of Gu Yihan.
Lu Huailin handed the child to Gu Yihan, picked up a towel from the shelf behind the door, and carefully wiped her cheeks.
Jiang Yue watched Lu Huailin's movements, stiffly stood up, and forced a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's getting late, my Changzheng must be getting impatient."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan immediately placed the little one in Lu Huailin's arms.
He jogged to the dining table, picked up the net bag, and handed it to Jiang Yue: "Sister-in-law, please take this back for the children to eat."
Jiang Yue refused, saying, "Sister-in-law, this is for you!"
Gu Yihan didn't say much, but simply took her hand and stuffed the net bag into her hand: "I can't accept something for nothing."
“We don’t lack these things at home, and my wife doesn’t like malted milk powder either,” Lu Huailin said coldly without even lifting his eyelids.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yue glanced at Lu Huailin, who had maintained a cold expression ever since entering the room, and didn't dare to speak.
Although she herself had some ulterior motives.
But his gratitude to Gu Yihan for buying him things was genuine; without her, he wouldn't have such a good job.
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