Chapter 18 Serving the People
"Sister Li is here, what are you buying today?"
"Come quickly, sister-in-law, there is fresh fish that just arrived this morning!"
"This comrade looks unfamiliar. Xiao Li is your relative. Does the young lady have a boyfriend? He is my nephew..."
Li Sanhua hurriedly grabbed the chattering old lady and said, "Hey, don't talk nonsense. This is Captain Gu's fiancée, Comrade Lu. She just arrived yesterday!"
"Oh, it's Captain Gu's fiancée!" The old lady's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally turned into X-rays.
This is the excitement of being hit by gossip. Lu Youyou has seen it many times since she came here.
There were many people around, so Li Sanhua did not introduce them one by one. Lu Youyou was able to deal with the enthusiasm of most people with a standard business smile.
She took out the list she had prepared, which was a whole page full of everything. Li Sanhua took it and looked at it, and smiled before she said anything.
"You young people live a meticulous life. Let me take a look... Well, I can buy almost everything. If you still need something, I will take you to the city next time."
Lu Youyou smiled and nodded. She seemed to like Li Sanhua more and more. Although she seemed careless, she actually had a very good sense of propriety and never gave advice like an experienced person.
Lu Youyou entered shopping mode. She didn't ask any questions about what she wanted to buy. She just paid and gave tickets as long as the goods were available.
Although the salesperson's movements were not slow, his eyes became increasingly cold.
If she didn't cover it up with indifference, her jealous look would be unconcealable.
The saleswoman is Zhou Jing, also a military dependent. She got married earlier this year. Her husband is the second best person she had after failing to get Gu Qingye.
Gu Qingye didn't come to the service center often, but she liked him when he came once in a while.
So he asked someone to introduce him to a blind date with a famous comrade in the army, but the famous comrade rejected the matchmaker without hesitation.
Gu Qingye might not even remember this incident. After all, every once in a while someone would ask him through someone else's name if he was willing to develop a revolutionary friendship with someone, and he had gotten used to refusing.
Gu Qingye had been in the army for eight years and had encountered at least eighty or so setbacks. Everyone thought he would live out his life alone, but he suddenly decided to get married.
However, now that the real person has appeared, no one can say against their will that the two are not a good match.
Many people who are not well educated and cannot come up with very nice adjectives think that Lu Youyou is like a fairy. Didn’t they see that everyone’s eyes followed her after she came in?
Not only because of her identity as Gu Qingye's fiancée, but she herself looked like a painting when she stood there. After taking one look, you would want to take another look.
Zhou Jing was the same. She was envious, jealous and sulking, but she couldn't help but look at him. The more she looked, the sadder she felt.
How come she has such fair and delicate skin?
Aren’t they educated youth? How can they be so cute? It’s unreasonable!
How dare she spend so much money? Captain Gu picked and chose and finally chose this spendthrift woman?
Still buying?? How much stuff is she going to buy?!
If it was me who married Gu Qingye, maybe I would be the one spending money without blinking an eye today!
Suddenly, a sour and hot feeling surged into Zhou Jing's heart. She finally couldn't help it. She pointed at the slogan above her head with a righteous look.
"Comrade, saving is glorious and wasting is shameful."
Lu Youyou had noticed the salesperson had a strange look in his eyes. He had been waiting for a long time, and that was it?
She raised the corners of her lips and smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, comrade. Please measure four meters of the dark blue corduroy over there."
Zhou Jing couldn't believe it and said angrily: "Comrade, the military allowance is exchanged for life. Don't you think your behavior is disrespectful to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the front line?"
Lu Youyou's expression instantly turned cold. Who allowed this bad habit to happen?
The clear voice poured into Zhou Jing's ears.
"Without an investigation, you have no right to speak. If you accuse me of being wasteful and disrespectful to soldiers, please show me the evidence!"
Lu Youyou looked at her with a faint smile on his face: "Also, I used my own money."
Seeing Zhou Jing's expression gradually cracking, Lu Youyou said again: "Even if it is Gu Qingye's money, what's the problem? It's a waste for a wife to use her husband's money to decorate a new home? Unheard of."
Lu Youyou's voice remained steady and calm throughout, making Zhou Jing seem even more panicked and at a loss.
In fact, there are many people who secretly criticize Lu Youyou for spending money like water, but Zhou Jing is the only one who dares to be a thorn in the side.
The tone here was a little higher, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention like a spotlight.
The older sister who was buying soy sauce pricked up her ears, the aunt who was buying mung beans held down the salesman's hand as he was weighing the beans, and the uncle who was killing fish didn't even scrape the scales, for fear of making noise and being attacked by the crowd of onlookers.
Li Sanhua was buying meat. Seeing that something was wrong over there, he gave up the pork belly he had chosen and rushed to the cloth counter.
"What's the matter? Is the item you want to buy out of stock? Don't worry, I'll ask the director of the service center later. If it's not in stock, we can go to the city to look for it."
Li Sanhua changed the subject with a few words, then looked at Zhou Jing with a serious face.
"Comrade, I remember you are the sister of Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou of the Second Regiment? Look, there are more slogans than just the one above your head. There is also one on the opposite side that says 'Serve the People'. Am I right?"
Li Sanhua came out to smooth things over, and Lu Youyou of course gave her face, but——
"Comrade, please measure four meters of the dark blue corduroy over there, thank you."
You still have to buy what you need to buy, Lu Youyou repeated the same thing again.
Zhou Jing shuddered at the cold and scorching gaze. She wanted to be tough and fight back, but Li Sanhua had already named her, and she really couldn't produce any evidence.
The gazes from all around made Zhou Jing's breathing more and more rapid, but if she fainted at this moment, she would lose all her dignity and dignity.
She turned around without saying a word, gritted her teeth and shouted to her colleague next to her: "Didn't you hear them say that we serve the people? Why don't you go get it?"
The colleague had little experience and dared not to be angry or speak out. Zhou Jing was the deputy battalion commander's sister, and she was just an orphan who came to live with her cousin.
She was about to do so when the cold voice sounded again.
"I saw a slogan on the way here: 'Work hard, strive for excellence, and build socialism quickly, efficiently and economically.' Comrade Zhou, do you think this is correct?"
Zhou Jing glared at Lu Youyou hatefully, with a tooth mark on her lower lip.
Does she dare to say it's wrong? Then she doesn't need to come tomorrow!
Li Sanhua originally wanted to advise people to forgive others when they can, but changed her mind and did not say anything.
Lu Youyou has just arrived and has such an eye-catching appearance. With her abilities, she will never be buried in the future. If she stands up for herself now, she will have fewer troubles in the future.
Zhou Jing could only suppress the anger in her heart and uttered a few words with difficulty: "I'll get it for you!"
After the storm, there were more topics of conversation about Lu Youyou, such as spending money like water and having a bad temper.
But the effect is immediate.
Until she came out of the service center, no one dared to point fingers at her anymore, and the glaring stares became vague.
Lu Youyou's back as she returned with a full load was imprinted in many people's minds and is still fresh in their memory many years later.
(End of this chapter)
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