Gu Lingxiao looked at the sky outside and seemed to return to that summer when his ideal was to build the best ship in the world, but now he had gone in the opposite direction.
It's something that's hard to achieve in this lifetime, but he fulfilled his brother's wish, lived his brother's life, and found that it wasn't so bad after all.
"I have no regrets, and I think it's pretty good."
Someone knocked on the door and brought a thick stack of documents.
Gu Lingxiao simply stood up and said, "I won't keep you from your work any longer, I'll be going now."
"Okay, that's all for today. I'll get back to work."
Du Kang then got to work, his brow furrowed as he looked at the documents.
The people who came in sensed something was wrong, but they still began to report on their work one by one.
Gu Lingxiao turned and left the office, then went outside to find his car and got in. He checked his watch and saw that it was only a little past three o'clock.
"Go to the place where we picked up Comrade Lu yesterday."
"Okay!"
Xiao Zhang immediately started the car and drove along the route from yesterday.
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Meanwhile, Su Lan was at the supply and marketing cooperative purchasing ingredients for mala tang (a type of spicy hot pot), including various kinds of vegetables, vermicelli, corn noodles, and wood ear mushrooms.
With my hands full, I finally arrived at the condiment stall and selected the best chili powder, Sichuan peppercorns, and Sichuan peppercorns.
Lu Zhixia finally set her sights on sesame paste, which was in limited supply.
"Comrade, may I buy a little more of this sesame paste?"
The waitress looked around and said, "You're Director Yu's relative. If you buy it the original price, I'll only give you half a jin."
"Considering we're relatives, I can only give you two jin at most! Do you think that's enough?"
Lu Zhixia felt that it was already quite good that she was able to buy so much, so she nodded.
Then the waiter started preparing it and gave her two pounds of sesame paste.
Lu Zhixia paid the money and left the supply and marketing cooperative with Su Lan, completely satisfied.
Gu Lingxiao saw a familiar figure at the supply and marketing cooperative. Upon closer inspection, he recognized Lu Zhixia and immediately said to Xiao Zhang,
"Pull over to the left."
Xiao Zhang immediately did as instructed and stepped on the brakes, thinking to himself that his captain was really unpredictable.
Just as I was about to ask what was going on, I saw that the captain had already opened the car door and gotten out.
He walked toward the two women, and upon closer inspection, one of them was the woman who had gone for acupuncture with the captain yesterday.
The captain has sharp eyes; he didn't even notice.
Lu Zhixia was quite surprised to see Gu Lingxiao suddenly appear.
"Captain Gu, what's going on?"
"We didn't have anything planned for the afternoon, so we came early." Gu Lingxiao noticed they were carrying groceries, and the amount didn't seem to be enough for a family. "Why did you buy so much food?"
Lu Zhixia put the things on the ground before speaking to Gu Lingxiao.
"I plan to sell mala tang tomorrow, so I came to buy some vegetables."
"You're really capable." Gu Lingxiao felt that the closer he got to Lu Zhixia, the more admirable qualities he saw in her.
He couldn't help but be attracted to this woman; she was emotionally stable, self-disciplined, and strong-willed.
Su Lan nudged Lu Zhixia with her elbow, signaling her to introduce them.
Lu Zhixia then realized she hadn't introduced them yet, so she quickly began to speak.
"Sister Lan, this is Captain Gu, the soldier who injured his arm while saving me."
"Hello, my name is Su Lan," she introduced herself confidently. "I'm Xia's neighbor."
"Sister Lan is actually my landlord. I rented her house."
"If that's the case, then you're still my boss."
"Sister Lan! How can you do this?"
"So let's stick to our own business. Outside, you're my boss, and you'll work with me to make money and do business."
"Okay, okay, I'm your boss."
"That's more like it."
Gu Lingxiao felt that the two had a good relationship, and he noticed that there were quite a lot of things on the ground.
"Do you want me to help you move some things?"
"Of course I'll ask. Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have asked you to bring me some things back later." Lu Zhixia sorted the items, giving all the heavy things to Gu Lingxiao.
"There's a bottle of sesame paste inside. Put it in my car, but don't break it."
"Okay, I understand." Gu Lingxiao carried everything back to the car, leaving only a bottle of sesame paste in his hand.
"So how will you get back by bike?"
"Yes! We'll be slower than you guys if we ride our bikes. Just wait for me downstairs."
Gu Lingxiao turned and went back to his car. He watched the two women go to get their cars, and only after they came out did he speak to Xiao Zhang.
"Don't drive too fast."
"oh!"
Xiao Zhang started the car again, but his mind was in complete turmoil. The captain was unusually attentive to women.
There's a saying that's true.
You can't judge a book by its cover!
Gu Lingxiao had no idea what Xiao Zhang was thinking. Looking at the sesame paste in his hand, he was a little curious about whether the things they were selling tasted good.
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