Chapter 357 The Old Lady Who Is Not Easy to Provoke
Some people were not met yesterday, and Lin Xia and the others were too tired from decorating the house and did not come down at night, so they were not seen until today. This caused a lot of discussion among everyone.
"Are they really from that place? Why do I feel like they are more like from the city?" Someone saw Lin Xia and the others and felt a little confused. They heard that they all came from the area near the beach, which was a very remote place with few people. But now, even when they were standing, they looked quite elegant.
"The woman in the middle is so pretty, and the clothes she wears are beautiful too."
"What's so good about her? She doesn't look honest at all." An old lady from an unknown family frowned and said with contempt, "If this was my daughter-in-law, I would definitely teach her some manners. How can she sleep in until now and then and get up!"
The remaining young military wives looked at each other and didn't want to respond. This old lady loved to make things difficult for her daughters-in-law. At her age, she still had to take care of the affairs of the eldest son in the family.
The elderly sleep little and have to get up early every day to buy groceries. It goes without saying that the young military wives have jobs, and those with many family members also have no time to rest throughout the day. Even during normal morning hours, they will be scolded as lazy by the old lady.
"You're so shameless that you still try to act coquettishly at your age!" The old lady spat at the backs of Lin Xia and the others.
"That's right. Fortunately it's not mine, otherwise there would be unrest in my house!"
The sisters-in-law who were working turned their faces away, and some of them even stopped talking and made excuses to go home.
Suddenly, half of the people under the big tree in the yard were gone, and the remaining people had the same opinion, they all loved to gossip.
until---
"What are you talking about?" Director Zhang was about to go to the office. She saw Lin Xia and others downstairs when she was upstairs. She knew that this person's appearance would definitely cause a stir. Sure enough, she heard the conversation between them.
"Morning, Director Zhang!"
"Director Zhang is going to work, right? We were just chatting."
Several young people laughed it off and didn't want to admit that they were talking behind people's backs. The main reason was that Director Zhang, as the director of the Women's Department, hated people causing trouble in the family compound the most.
"These people are the same as you, also family members of soldiers. You'd better not cause any trouble." Director Zhang stared at the old ladies. It was obvious that he was talking to them. He was afraid that they would take advantage of their age and bully the younger family members.
Everyone knew who Director Zhang was talking to, but the three people he was talking to didn't want to admit it. They looked away with sour faces and didn't respond.
Director Zhang didn't say much to them until she was done. She still had to go to the office to look at the information of several people, most importantly, Lin Xia's information.
Lin Xia and the others had no idea. Because of their elegant demeanor, they were not mistaken for country girls. They were asking their sisters-in-law about some matters in the family compound.
My young sister-in-law is called Shulan. She has been with the army for only two years, but compared to Lin Xia and the others, she is much more familiar with this area.
Shulan also has a cheerful personality. After the few people introduced themselves to each other, they quickly became familiar with each other.
"The most difficult people in our family compound are those old ladies. It's better to take a detour if you see them." Shu Lan thought of those people, and a hint of unhappiness flashed in her eyes. She had just joined the army and was not familiar with anything. She also suffered losses when she first arrived.
Yang Hongmei and Lin Xia looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Lin Xia also thought of the people in the yard. She felt the stares she was getting downstairs just now, but it was nothing to her.
Han Wei also frowned. Coming to a family compound where she was unfamiliar with the place, not only did she have to familiarize herself with the environment again, but she also found out that there were people around her who loved to point fingers at others. She was not in a good mood at all.
"We live our own lives. If anything happens, we're not far away. Besides, the person who led us yesterday was Director Zhang from the Women's Federation. If we have any problems, we can just go find the leader." Lin Xia saw that she was frowning and a little annoyed, and said with a soft smile.
Maybe it was the nonchalant tone in Lin Xia's words that made Yang Hongmei and the others feel relieved. When they saw Lin Xia say that she had something to ask the leader, they suddenly remembered that Lin Xia had dealt with such things in the family quarters many times before, and they couldn't help laughing.
Isn't it! There is a former women's officer next to them. If she hadn't changed her job, she might have taken over Director Pei's job and become a leader.
Shu Lan was a little curious about this scene. Lin Xia looked like the youngest of the two, but she made the two of them laugh again with just one or two words. She was immediately very curious.
Seeing Shulan's gaze, Lin Xia did not explain and just gave her a faint smile.
Shu Lan was dazzled by Lin Xia's smiling face and almost stepped on a stone. She couldn't help but smile awkwardly.
Lin Xia also pretended not to see her embarrassment and touched her face thoughtfully. It had been a long time since she saw such a thing. People in the family area were used to it and few people would look at her like that.
A few people chatted and laughed as they arrived at the vegetable market. The vegetable market here was about the same size as the previous one, but there were fewer varieties of seafood. After all, many sea fish would die as soon as they were taken out of the water, and without ice and in hot weather, they would easily go bad during transportation.
There were fewer sea fish, but there were many freshwater fish. Lin Xia liked them all the same, so she bought a catfish and made sauerkraut fish without any disgust.
Seafood such as shellfish and shrimps are easy to transport and there are plenty of them in the market.
The children followed around and looked around curiously. If An An and her two siblings wanted to eat something, they would call Lin Xia for it and order the dishes directly on the spot. Lin Xia would indulge them and buy as well, since they were all eating as a family after all.
Yang Hongmei and Han Wei were used to her buying groceries in this way. Lin Xia also taught them not to be stingy with food. But for Shulan, it was a shock.
"Are you buying so much to treat people to a meal?" Shu Lan murmured. There were families living well in the staff quarters, but most of them were frugal, especially those with elderly people, who would cook two dishes for a meal.
"No, my family loves it." Lin Xia reached out to pick a carrot. Unlike the carrots that looked exactly the same in later generations, the carrots now looked good thanks to their own efforts.
Seeing that there was only a fish and two vegetables in Shulan's basket, Lin Xia retracted her gaze and said, "Eat vegetables of different colors. This will be good for your health."
She likes to cook according to the style of later generations. In addition to stir-fried vegetables, other dishes will have side dishes in them. They are colorful, beautiful and delicious.
It was the first time that Shulan heard of this theory, but when she thought of her family, she just smiled. She grew up listening to the sayings of frugality and housekeeping, so she didn't quite understand it.
Lin Xia didn't force it, everyone has their own way of living.
After they bought some vegetables, Lin Xia just asked where the fruit stand was and was about to go buy some more fruit. "I'm going to buy some fruit, do you want to come?"
Yang Hongmei and Han Wei also agreed after hearing this, and they looked at Shu Lan.
Shulan was not in a hurry, she just wanted to see how much these three people could buy, so they went to the fruit stall with their children.
Lin Xia thought about buying more things that are easy to store so that she wouldn't have to come every day, so she bought some fruits for the children to carry.
Shulan had become numb. She could no longer be surprised. She had a hunch that there would be a lot of topics to talk about in the family compound behind.
But she couldn't tell them directly that they were spending too much money and people would gossip about them, so she could only smile awkwardly and say nothing.
Yang Hongmei, Han Wei and the others didn't think this was a big deal at all. Lin Xia had taught them not to care much about other people's eyes. One of them had been stared at a lot in the past, and the other got along well with Lin Xia and had been influenced by her a long time ago.
The group returned to the family compound and, as expected, received a lot of stares. Lin Xia would stare back at anyone she met. If the other person smiled at her, she would smile back. If the other person was unfriendly, Lin Xia would stare back coldly.
Everyone in the family compound had different thoughts. After watching Lin Xia and the others go upstairs, the whole place seemed to return to normal.
Shulan had guessed this was going on, so she went back to her own home as soon as she entered the family compound, but she still had some acquaintances who came to visit and ask about her.
"Mom, can we go downstairs and play?" An An put down the things in her hands and asked Lin Xia. Da Jun, Xiao Jun and the others had just stayed downstairs to play.
It's still summer vacation, and there were quite a few children in the yard just now.
"Remember to go home for dinner later."
When An An saw Lin Xia agreed, she happily took her younger brother and sister to drink a few sips of water before going downstairs.
In the past, Lin Xia had to remind them often, but now she doesn’t need to say anything, because the three children know what she will say.
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