Jiang Ci: ...
She sighed again, marveling at how useful the status of a sent-down youth from the city was.
Cheng Huasheng looked like he understood and smiled, "We heard from Zhou Gou that you were back, so we came to visit. It was a bit sudden, but we hope we didn't disturb you."
Zhou Mingli said, "No, have you eaten? You talk to my wife first, and I'll go cook a few more dishes."
"No need, no need! It's too much trouble!"
Cheng Huasheng hurriedly chased after him, but Zhou Mingli had already gripped the knife again.
Before Cheng Huasheng could react, Zhou Mingli had already swiftly cut another piece of meat and put oil into the freshly cleaned pot.
this……
"I heard from Battalion Commander Zhou that your husband is a good cook. Now it seems he's the one doing all the cooking at your house?" Li Ailian asked with a smile.
Jiang Ci felt no remorse whatsoever. "Yes, I'm a bad cook."
"Then we'll shamelessly mooch a meal today," Li Ailian said somewhat embarrassedly. After saying that, she looked at her daughter Cheng Ke and said, "Keke, go to the car and get the gift we prepared for your Aunt Jiang."
"Okay!" Cheng Ke immediately shouted, then quickly left and returned.
The entire suitcase was carried in by the guards.
Jiang Ci looked at the box in surprise. "Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"
"It's no exaggeration. We're heading back to Beijing tomorrow, and our father can't leave yet, so we'd really appreciate it if you could take good care of him. I'd be embarrassed to even ask you for these things if you didn't accept them."
Li Ailian smiled and opened the box from the guard's hand. "Shall we go inside and talk?"
"Okay." Jiang Ci led Li Ailian and Cheng Ke into the house. As they passed the two children who looked like mud monkeys, she glared at them and pointed at their little heads. "Go wash yourselves!"
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao pouted and went to change their clothes, wash their faces and hands, looking dejected.
They were having a bit too much fun today and forgot that their mother told them not to get themselves dirty.
Zhou Gou looked around, touched his nose, and then followed them into the kitchen.
After entering the house, Li Ailian opened the box.
He first took out a bundle and introduced it to Jiang Ci, saying, "This contains a complete set of face cream. Although Zhongmo Town has everything, this brand is from abroad and can only be bought in places like Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. I find it very useful, you can try it!"
“And this too.” Li Ailian took out another bundle and whispered in Jiang Ci’s ear, “When you get your period, put these little packets on your underwear so you don’t have to worry about getting them dirty.”
With her saying that, how could Jiang Ci not understand what it was?
"To be honest, my husband also bought some for me when he went to Linyun City. I know these things are very useful. The ones you gave me, plus the ones my husband bought for me, are enough for me to use for several months." Jiang Ci was very grateful. "Comrade Li, thank you!"
Li Ailian was very surprised, never expecting that Jiang Ci's husband would buy this for her.
Thinking that Jiang Ci was an educated youth and would tell Zhou Mingli about such things, Li Ailian felt relieved. She then went to get the other things inside. "My husband and I bought two coats at a department store in Beijing, one for women and one for men. Battalion Commander Zhou only mentioned your heights, and I figured we were about the same height, so I bought them for you based on my size."
"There are also cotton-padded clothes that Cheng Ke wore when she was little. I have washed and dried them all. They can be worn by Miao Miao, or they can be taken apart and made into new ones for Yang Yang."
This box is huge; it must have contained quite a lot of things.
And they were all practically usable. Jiang Ci could tell how much thought Li Ailian had put into preparing the gifts just by looking at the small, useful items inside.
"Thank you so much for preparing all these things for us. They're truly a godsend," Jiang Ci said, expressing her gratitude once again.
Seeing that she genuinely liked it, Li Ailian smiled.
After introducing the gifts, Li Ailian let Cheng Ke go out to play with her two younger siblings.
Li Ailian glanced outside and whispered to Jiang Ci, "Xiao Ci, I'll call you Xiao Ci then. Yesterday, Hua Sheng's nephew sent a telegram saying that starting this month, a purge campaign will officially begin against a certain committee. The return of educated youth to the city will intensify. Do you want to leave here?"
After listening to her words, Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Comrade Li, you should know that if I want to leave, I can get a letter of introduction to return to the city by signing a divorce agreement with my husband."
Jiang Ci said earnestly to Li Ailian, "I have deep feelings for my husband, and I believe that times are constantly changing, and that my husband and I will be able to leave this place together in the not-too-distant future."
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