Su Lan panicked; she saw that almost half of the meat had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Girl, you just eat yours, they have enough meat."
"Sister! When we're better off in the future, we can't eat braised pork every meal, but we should eat it every few days."
Lu Zhixia gently picked up the plate and poured some soup into her bowl. "You can't just save money in this life. You have to enjoy yourself sometimes, don't you think?"
"That's true, but just thinking about it is enough. When we can live like that without worrying about meat, that's when the good days will truly arrive!"
Su Lan ladled herself a bowl of soup, and as she looked down, she noticed several extra pieces of meat in the bowl.
Seeing that the meat on the plate was still there, I looked at the children and sure enough, there was less meat in their bowls. They had taken the meat from their bowls on their own initiative.
She has to work hard to earn money for the sake of these children.
Lu Zhixia envied the warmth of Su Lan's family; having them by her side had improved her mood a lot recently.
——
Chen Jianing woke up after a nap inside, expecting to have a hot meal that evening, but when she came out, she was surprised to find that...
There were only a few shredded pickled vegetables and half a bowl of corn porridge on the plate on the table.
This food is incredibly shabby!
Watching her daughter sitting on the sofa with a cookie in her hand, slowly munching on it, her teeth not yet fully grown in.
It must have been tough on the child.
Well! Her own meals weren't even as good as her daughter's. She didn't see the fat nanny, and then pushed open the door next door.
They saw Song Weidong's mother still lying in bed sleeping, her face pale and her eyes closed. Upon closer inspection, they found that she was breathing weakly.
As I walked to the side, I kicked something. Looking down, I saw it was a white medicine bottle. I squatted down and picked it up.
I saw the words "sleeping pills" on it. I turned around and looked at Song Weidong's mother. Was the old lady given sleeping pills? That's why she was so quiet.
That fat guy is really cunning; he's got something on him now. He still won't listen to reason after seeing that fat guy!
She put the medicine bottle on the table, showing no intention whatsoever of caring for the old lady.
She had just reached the door when she heard the sound of a key turning in the lock, so she strode out and saw the plump nanny returning, carrying a cloth bag.
She leaned against the doorframe. "Is this all you're going to give me for dinner tonight?"
Sun Meihua glanced at the woman. She had just gone to the hospital to tell Song Weidong about Chen Jianing's visit to their home.
The man's surprised and greedy expression left a deep impression on her. Then Song Weidong said that he would be handling the discharge procedures tomorrow.
That lecherous look—truly, all crows are black!
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Jianing asked coldly, casually tidying up a stray hair behind her ear.
"Your eyes are almost swollen shut, and you still have the mind to talk to me."
Sun Meihua retorted coldly, then went back to her room on her own.
If she doesn't want to eat the food on the table, then she doesn't have to.
It's good that the money is saved to feed that wicked old woman. Every day, I thought I had found a good job.
It seems like nothing special now!
This family is in complete chaos. The husband is having an affair and now he's even living in the house. The wicked old woman is abusing her daughter-in-law, leaving her paralyzed.
As for that little brat and that little brat, they won't have a good ending either.
Compared to them, she was just trying to make some money to give that old man some sleeping pills.
Compared to this, I'm so much kinder!
Chen Jianing went to the bathroom mirror and saw her face. No wonder her face didn't feel anything after waking up; it was so swollen.
She quickly washed her face with cold water, hoping to reduce the swelling as soon as possible.
Nothing worked, and in her anger, she started cursing at the mirror.
"Lu Zhixia! Everything I'm doing today is because of you, I won't let you get away with this!"
——
Lu Zhixia got up very early to take the first bus to the military base to find Gu Lingxiao.
Before leaving, prepare the dough. As for the minced meat, it was already chopped and salted yesterday so it won't spoil.
I blanched the pork bones last night, prepared a sauce, and simmered it over a low flame. I instructed Su Lan to keep an eye on it.
After getting everything sorted out, she hurriedly left the apartment building and went to the bus stop. Although she left a little late, she managed to catch the bus without any problems.
I took the first bus and arrived at the military base at 7:30.
It took another ten minutes or so to reach the entrance of the military base, where two soldiers stood guard with guns.
Remembering what Gu Lingxiao had said, she strode forward.
"Comrade, I'm here to see Captain Gu Lingxiao. Could you please call him for me?"
The soldier returned the salute, then proceeded to memorize the woman's features by striking her from head to toe before replying.
"Comrade, you wait here, I'll go in and call for help!"
"OK."
Lu Zhixia thought the soldiers were all quite polite. She heard shouts coming from inside.
"1234, 1234, run forward!"
I thought to myself, they're really going all out, starting training so early!
Gu Lingxiao was in the office discussing the training program for the following week with Vice Captain Ma Chao. He wanted to make sure all the work was settled before leaving.
Upon hearing a knock at the door, Ma Chao went to open it.
The soldier ran in from outside, saluted, then lowered his hands before speaking.
"Captain Gu, there's a woman outside looking for you. She has shoulder-length hair, is neither tall nor thin, and has a faint mole on her brow."
Gu Lingxiao only asked after hearing the last sentence.
"Where is he? Take me there!"
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