Fang Xiuli came to the southwest with Tan Siqi because of his job transfer, but she was not used to the hard life here and could not forget the colorful days in the capital, so she would find reasons to go back to the capital for a few months whenever she had time.
The Chinese New Year a while ago was a legitimate reason.
Fang Xiuli took her five-year-old daughter to the provincial capital, took a train back to the capital.
After two months away, Fang Xiuli finally returned reluctantly due to Tan Siqi's continuous phone calls urging her to come back.
When Fang Xiuli went back to the capital a few years ago, she brought nothing with her except her daughter. Now she came back with two suitcases filled with large and small bags. The suitcases were so heavy that she could not lift them, so she had to ask the guards to bring them in.
Fang Xiuli was dressed fashionably when she was in the capital. Now that she appeared, she immediately became the focus of the compound.
From the hair to the dress, to the stockings and shoes on the feet, for many simple sisters-in-law, these were just strange things that they had never seen in their lives.
After seeing this from Fang Xiuli, I felt that my eyes had been opened and I had gained some knowledge.
It's not just Fang Xiuli, even the little girl standing next to Fang Xiuli, Tan Rourou, is so pretty and delicate that she looks out of place.
Tan Rourou had two long pigtails, and wore a red cape suit, white socks and red leather shoes. She looked like a little princess who had walked out of a picture magazine.
The sisters-in-law hadn't seen Tan Rourou for a long time and they missed this beautiful girl so much that they couldn't help but praise her.
"Rou Rou, I haven't seen you for a few months. Have you grown taller again?"
"Our Rourou is just beautiful. There is no girl prettier than her in the whole compound. I am not used to Rourou's absence these days."
"Rou Rou, let me see your red cape. It's so beautiful. What material is it made of?"
As Li Dahua was talking, she naturally reached out to touch the red cloak that Tan Rourou was wearing.
However.
"You're dirty! Don't touch me! You'll ruin my clothes!"
Tan Rourou looked unhappy and turned her head away from Li Dahua's outstretched hand.
Li Dahua was an adult after all, but she was slapped in the face by a five-year-old girl. She felt disheartened and held her hands in the air, not knowing what to do with her embarrassment.
The sisters-in-law around felt as if they had been slapped in the face when they saw what happened to Li Dahua. Their smiles froze at the corners of their mouths, and the atmosphere instantly turned cold. They didn't know what to say.
Because Tan Rourou could be avoiding Li Dahua's hands, disliking Li Dahua's dirtiness, or she could be disgusted by them.
They are from the same world as Li Dahahua, but Tan Rourou and Fang Xiuli are not.
In the end, Fang Xiuli smiled and tried to ease the atmosphere for her daughter. "Rou Rou didn't mean it. She is just a germaphobe and was in a bad mood. When she was on the train, she wanted to eat candy, but I didn't let her have it, and she got mad at me."
These words could be considered an explanation, but there was no apology in them, and Fang Xiuli did not lecture her daughter either. They were just some polite remarks.
The sisters-in-law understood it in their hearts, but they had to give everyone a way out by using Fang Xiuli's words.
"Rou Rou is in a bad mood, no wonder..."
"It's normal for children to have temper tantrums. They will be fine after a while..."
Li Dahua apologized to Tan Rourou in a low voice, "Rou Rou, I'm sorry. I was careless just now and shouldn't have reached out to touch you."
Tan Rourou raised her fair little face with her pointed chin up, without even glancing at Li Dahua, and turned to Fang Xiuli and said, "I don't want to be here, I want to go home! Back to my grandparents' house!"
"Rou Rou, didn't mom tell you that we are going to stay here for a while. Time flies. We will go back to grandpa and grandma's house during the Dragon Boat Festival."
Fang Xiuli has calculated the time for her next return to the capital. The Dragon Boat Festival is only a few months away. She can then take her children back for the summer vacation and stay for the whole summer.
But this arrangement obviously could not satisfy Tan Rourou.
The little girl still looked unhappy. She snorted at Fang Xiuli, then turned around and walked away in her red leather shoes.
The clattering sound of footsteps felt like they were stepping on everyone's heart.
Only Fang Xiuli looked indifferent, as she was used to the little girl's willfulness and rudeness. Her daughter was naturally more delicate and different from ordinary people.
Fang Xiuli fiddled with her hair and pulled her skirt, then remembered something important. "Is Sister Song home? I haven't seen Sister Song since I came back. I have a lot of things to give her."
She looked down on everyone in the compound equally, except Song Hongmei.
Fang Xiuli is very clear about the importance of these things.
The sisters-in-law hurriedly replied, "Sister Song, she went to work in a nearby village again. This time the situation is more complicated. She got stuck and has to stay in that village for seven days. She can only come back next week."
"But don't worry, Sister Song is not going alone this time. Sister Chu is accompanying her. The two of them can take care of each other and will definitely be back soon."
After hearing this, Fang Xiuli replied in a calm tone, "Is that so..."
Since Song Hongmei was not in the compound, there was no one worthy of Fang Xiuli's special attention. As for who the "Sister Chu" that the sisters-in-law had never heard of was, Fang Xiuli didn't care at all, as if she hadn't heard it.
Fang Xiuli thought for a moment and said, "Since Sister Song is not here, I will wait until she comes back before visiting her. I will go see Meijiao first. I don't know how she is doing recently."
"Comrade He has returned to the capital, Xiu Li, didn't you know?" Wang Xiu Lan blurted out and asked.
As soon as these words came out, the expression on Fang Xiuli's delicate and nonchalant face finally changed.
"Back to the capital? When did she go back? How come we didn't know?"
"Not long ago. Just a few days ago."
Communication and transportation were very inconvenient these days. It took at least three or four days, and at most seven or eight days, to get from the southwest to the capital.
When Fang Xiuli set out from the capital, He Meijiao was exactly leaving the compound. Both of them were on the road, one going south and the other going north, and they just missed each other perfectly.
In addition, the reason why He Meijiao left the military camp was always shameful, so she held her breath and told no one, so Fang Xiuli naturally didn't know.
Fang Xiuli was totally unprepared. When she suddenly heard that He Meijiao had returned to the capital, her subconscious reaction was disbelief, and then suspicion.
"Why did Meijiao suddenly return to the capital? She told me before that she would marry Lu Zhanlin, and she also lived in the same compound with me and continued to be my best friend. Tell me, what happened? Why did Meijiao leave? Even if she wanted to return to the capital, she couldn't have told me. Did someone bully Meijiao during my absence?"
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