Chapter 20: Gu Qingye in Undecided
Lu Youyou is not short of money, nor does she envy the regular job. The only thing that worries her is Gu Qingye's life.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken so much trouble to give advice to the kitchen team. As long as the breeding efficiency can be improved, eating meat twice a month can be increased to twice a week.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for thinking of me. Can you let me think about it?"
Just put it off for now and find a way to refuse it later.
Li Sanhua has seen many people begging for jobs, but it is rare to see someone like Lu Youyou who can remain calm even when something good falls from the sky.
"Sister, this is a good job. Many people want to go but can't. We women can only be confident if we can make money. We don't need to be polite at this time!"
Lu Youyou was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She really wanted to say, "Sister-in-law, you are absolutely right," but she really didn't want to go to work!
Before the original owner went to the countryside, his family prepared a lot of money. Although the girl was not good at judging people, she kept it a secret and did not tell Gu Shuchen's family.
When Lu Youyou saw the small locked box, she was shocked for a long time. There were actually 1,700 or 1,800 yuan in cash!
The original owner's parents were either careless or the matter was urgent and they had no time to make proper arrangements, so they let a young girl who was ignorant of the world carry a huge amount of property to the countryside. Even if someone was taking care of her, her safety could not be guaranteed.
It can be said that in this era when the average salary is more than 30 yuan, Lu Youyou is an absolute rich woman.
Besides, according to the timeline of the original book, Gu Qingye’s accident should have happened before the college entrance examination, and whether he can be saved depends on this year and a half.
With so little time, do we still have to find ways to be a social animal in the 1970s?
Forget it. I never did it in my previous life, and I don’t want to experience it in this life.
However, Li Sanhua did have good intentions and was considering her in every word and action, but she was a delicate and "unmotivated" young lady.
"Sister-in-law, I know you are doing this for my own good. How about waiting for Gu Qingye to come back so I can discuss this with him?"
When in doubt, Gu Qingye is also very skilled at pretending to be her fiancé.
Li Sanhua had no choice but to hold Lu Youyou's hand and said earnestly: "Sister, you should listen to what men say, but if it doesn't make sense, you have to learn to make your own decisions!"
Lu Youyou applauded Li Sanhua in her heart.
It is said that women hold up half the sky, but in real life there are still many women who unconsciously put themselves in a low position.
Especially in the family quarters, there are many women who come from their hometowns to follow the army. Many of them have little education, and their daily lives revolve around their husbands and children.
It's not impossible to do so. For military wives, some sacrifices are inevitable. It's just that for them, self-struggle and self-pursuit are still too far away.
Li Sanhua could think like this and dare to give such advice, which really showed that she did not treat her as an outsider.
Lu Youyou thanked her again, and Li Sanhua could only suppress her anxiety for the time being, but she was determined to find an opportunity to persuade him again, and if it didn't work, she would ask their director to step in.
The two agreed on a time to go up the mountain and then went home.
After dinner, the gate rang and a woman in her thirties stood outside.
She had a kind face, but her complexion didn't seem very well. There were no wrinkles around her eyes, but she looked a little aged for some reason.
As soon as Lu Youyou came out, she smiled, and her smile diluted the sadness.
"Hello, Comrade Lu. I am Zhao Wan, the wife of the instructor of the third battalion. I live across the street from you." As she spoke, she pointed to the yard opposite.
The instructor of the third battalion, isn’t that Gu Qingye’s work partner?
Lu Youyou smiled and greeted, "Hello, sister-in-law. I just arrived yesterday and didn't have time to visit the neighbors. I'm sorry."
Zhao Wansheng's voice was just like her personality, gentle and soft: "No, when I first came here, it was also very busy and chaotic. It took me a week to barely clean it up."
"Sister-in-law, do you have something to talk to me about? Come in and talk."
"It's nothing important..." Zhao Wan handed over the rough cloth bag in her hand, "This is the sand dates from our hometown. I'll give you some to try. You can cook porridge or steamed buns with it."
"Sister-in-law, you are too polite. I feel embarrassed!" Lu Youyou waved her hands repeatedly.
She still hasn't gotten used to the enthusiasm of people in this era, and no one is rich, so everything to eat is very expensive.
Zhao Wan handed it forward again: "Keep it, it's not something valuable. We still have a lot of time in the future, so it doesn't matter how little you spend."
Zhao Wan really wants to have a good relationship with Lu Youyou.
Firstly, her man and Gu Qingye are in the same team, and secondly, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Gu Qingye has a bright future, so it's always a good idea to have a good relationship with him.
Although Zhao Wan looks frail, she is much more skilled in the traditional art of "pulling, pushing and shoving" than Lu Youyou.
But in the blink of an eye, Lu Youyou had a heavy bag in her hand. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry and could only accept it.
"Sister-in-law, please wait for me for a moment!"
Lu Youyou went into the house and took out a bag of dried apricots, which was a thank-you gift from the secretary's daughter before she left Qiaoshan Village.
"Sister-in-law, take this bag of dried apricots. Every household in the countryside where I went to dine on dried apricots. They are especially delicious. Try some."
Zhao Wan thought about it and accepted it, believing that give and take is the only way to long-term success.
Li Sanhua happened to come over with two backpacks and handed one to Lu Youyou.
"I was just wondering when I would introduce you two to each other, but you two are already talking. How great!"
Lu Youyou took it with a smile: "Thank you, sister-in-law, this is exactly what I needed! Wait for me to lock the door first."
Seeing Lu Youyou enter the house, Zhao Wan asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
Li Sanhua: "I'll take people up the mountain to get familiar with the environment."
Zhao Wan thought for a moment and said, "I happen to be free, how about we go together?"
Li Sanhua pointed to the door opposite and asked in a low voice: "Is your mother-in-law not here?"
Zhao Wan smiled bitterly: "I went to the city."
Li Sanhua secretly sympathized, but it was inconvenient to say more at this moment: "Okay, go back and get a backpack, and I'll tell my sister."
Looking at Zhao Wan's thin back, Li Sanhua sighed helplessly. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an eternal problem, especially when encountering a difficult mother-in-law.
I remember how pretty Zhao Wan was when she just got married. She looks nothing like she did back then.
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The family compound is built at the foot of the mountain. There is a small path leading up the mountain from the back door. Perhaps because there are many people walking on it, the front section is very flat.
"There's nothing here. We have to go a little further inside." Li Sanhua said as they walked.
Zhao Wan agreed, "Yes, I came here to pick up blue-headed mushrooms two days ago, and I only saw two or three after walking for more than half an hour."
Li Sanhua nodded repeatedly: "Who said it wasn't true? My little brat suddenly said he wanted to eat some amaranth steamed bread a while ago. I wandered around for the whole afternoon and only picked less than two kilograms!"
Lu Youyou listened silently. Her experience in surviving in the wild was limited to camping. She had picked wild vegetables and mushrooms before, but that was when she went to a friend's farm.
She couldn't recognize any of the mushrooms or amaranth when they were placed in front of her.
She only saw lush greenery everywhere and thought there were a lot of food ingredients, but it turned out they were all wild grasses?
Lu Youyou blushed for some reason.
Fortunately, she joined the army after one month of working in the countryside, otherwise no one would believe her when she said she was an educated youth. How could there be an educated youth who didn’t know wild vegetables!
(End of this chapter)
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