Chapter 482: It is easy to change the country, but it is difficult to change one’s nature

It snowed for two or three days in a row, and the snow on the ground was very thick. Gu Xiaoxi turned back, took a shovel, and while shoveling the snow, he quietly gathered the snow outside the house and moved it into the second-hand grocery store.

What was more surprising was that a small pile of snow could actually earn her a box of heat-clearing and detoxifying oral liquid.

After thinking about it, she simply started shoveling the snow with peace of mind.

It was actually still early at this time, and many families in the family compound were still having breakfast. Seeing that a pregnant woman like Gu Xiaoxi was shoveling snow, many people also started to go out to shovel snow.

Seeing that there were more people around, Gu Xiaoxi became less active and just shoveled snow and chatted with his family members. He was very friendly and sociable.

After a while, Gu Xiaoxi learned a lot of news. For example, the enthusiastic sister-in-law Guifen was not at home during the New Year because her mother-in-law in her hometown was injured, so she went back to her hometown to take care of her.

The new deputy head of the team, Yin's family, who are now living in the team's home, don't seem to get along well with them. His family members don't interact with the people in the family compound.

Some people also talked about Huang Xiao, the newly transferred deputy commander of the regiment where Lu Jiansen was stationed. They said that Huang Xiao was a good person, but his family was from the countryside, and his wife was a rather mean person who liked to take advantage of others.

Gu Xiaoxi was very surprised after hearing this and couldn't help saying, "Didn't Deputy Commander Huang and his family just arrive yesterday afternoon? How come you know so much news? I asked Lu Jiansen last night and he only knew that Deputy Commander Huang had two children and his wife was pregnant with another, he didn't know anything else."

A young military wife who had received high-efficiency fertilizer from Gu Xiaoxi couldn't help but chuckle and said, "That's because your Captain Lu doesn't know what happened last night."

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, "Did something happen last night?"

Feng Xia whispered, "Deputy Colonel Huang's wife brought her children to visit our family compound last night."

Gu Xiaoxi was startled again, "Really? She didn't come to my house! Lu Jiansen said they might come to visit us today and have lunch at my house. I prepared it this morning."

"She only went to the home of someone whose rank was lower than Deputy Captain Huang's in the regiment, borrowed a thermos from my house, and took away one of my old cotton-padded coats..." Feng Xia said in a low voice.

"She also came to my house, borrowed a pot, and took away an old cotton-padded jacket that my son had worn..." the wife of the battalion commander of the first battalion said in a low voice.

"She came to my house and borrowed an old quilt, and took away my daughter's old pants..." The second battalion commander's wife sounded a little annoyed.

"She went to my house and borrowed a few bowls, and also wore a pair of my shoes..."

Gu Xiaoxi's expression froze for a moment. "Didn't you just say that Deputy Commander Huang is a very good person? Doesn't he care about the situation?"

"At first, Deputy Colonel Huang didn't know his wife had come to the family compound. Later, he came to our house to apologize and asked his wife to return the things. His wife said she borrowed them from us and refused to return them. Later, Deputy Colonel Huang secretly gave us money, saying that his family followed the army so suddenly that they really forgot to bring many things..."

"If you have any difficulties, tell the troops and the political commissar!" Gu Xiaoxi could see that these military wives all had strong opinions.

After all, every household is not so wealthy nowadays, and they are not happy to borrow things.

Especially things like thermos, which had to be purchased with tickets or coupons, and every household didn’t have many.

"She did that on purpose. She thinks Deputy Colonel Huang has a higher rank and we are too embarrassed to say anything to her..." The second company commander's wife snorted coldly.

"I'm afraid that after this incident, she will suffer similar incidents again after she moves into the family home..."

"That's right. For some people, it's hard to change their nature..."

Gu Xiaoxi listened to everyone's words, was silent for a while and said: "Deputy Colonel Huang's salary is not low, it is more than enough to buy daily necessities."

"That's why we say she did it on purpose. She just likes to take advantage. She relies on the fact that her husband's position is higher than ours, and she finds all kinds of ways to bully us and want to get some benefits..."

"That's right. Once she meets you, seeing that you are young, she might bully you! You have to be mentally prepared and talk to your Captain Lu." A military wife had already given Gu Xiaoxi some warnings.

Gu Xiaoxi coughed lightly, "Then I'll talk to Lu Jiansen and ask Deputy Colonel Huang to use some of his salary to buy things for the family, so that his wife doesn't have to borrow things from everywhere. If they can't buy something, I'll go to the city and buy it for them and bring it back."

"Xiaoxi, you are so nice!" Feng Xia sighed.

"It's fine if I don't know, but now that I know, I have to try to stop it so that every household won't have to borrow things from her. If you guys need to buy anything, you can tell me and I'll bring it back for you."

"Xiaoxi, can you bring me another thermos? I'll give you the money later. There are only two thermos in my house, and she borrowed one. The other one doesn't keep warm." Feng Xia said immediately.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded. "Sure. I'll go to the city tomorrow and bring it back to you in the evening."

"I want a pound of peanut oil. Can you help me buy it?" a military wife asked immediately.

"OK."

"I want half a pound of brown sugar..."

Gu Xiaoxi wrote down what everyone wanted and continued sweeping the snow.

When the snow in the courtyard was almost cleared, everyone went home.

Gu Xiaoxi quietly cleared a few piles of snow and then drove out.

The snow on the road was quite thick, so after driving some distance out of the yard, she stopped and cleared another wave of snow, then drove forward for a while and cleared another wave of snow.

Because no one was walking outside and there were cars blocking the way, she was not worried that anyone would see her throwing the snow into the junkyard.

The car was halfway towards the scrapyard when it started snowing again.

However, she did not return to her family yard, but slowly drove the car to the scrap yard.

When she got off the bus, she took out a woven bag from the empty space, filled it with some rice, flour, oil, grain and noodles, and then took out a roast duck.

When Master Qi saw her coming in the snow, he was shocked. "Girl, it's snowing, the road is slippery and cold, and you are carrying a child, why are you running out?"

Gu Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, "I came to wish you a happy new year. It wasn't snowing when I went out."

"Come in and warm yourself by the fire." Master Qi had no choice but to let her in.

"Wait a moment."

Gu Xiaoxi put down the things in his hands, then walked back to the car and brought down two small jars of rice wine and one small jar of bone-correcting wine.

Master Qi rushed to help, "How come you carry so many things?"

"Not much! I came here today, but I may not be able to come here for a long time."

Master Qi sighed, "Are we going to have lunch here?"

Gu Xiaoxi went into the house and roasted by the fire for a while, then smiled and shook his head, "I won't eat today. We may have guests at home at noon."

"Then I won't keep you here. Go back early while the snow is not heavy." Grandpa Qi looked at the gloomy sky and felt inexplicably worried.

It's really worrying to see this girl running out alone!