The next morning, Huo Haocheng first went to the canteen to get breakfast and then borrowed a car from the army to take Ruan Ruan and Gu Jinghe into the city.
"Brother, you can come with us to the supply and marketing cooperative first, and see if you can buy some gifts for your wife. When we're pursuing someone, we need to act like we're pursuing them. After we buy the things, we'll go straight back. You can decide for yourself. If your wife isn't busy, you can take her to a state-run restaurant for dinner, and afterwards, you can watch a movie or something. If she's busy, you can go to a state-run restaurant and get two meat dishes to take to the hospital to eat with your wife, or you can stay with her at the hospital. Understand?"
Last night before bed, Huo Haocheng was still talking about how his uncle asked him to teach Gu Jinghe how to treat his wife. He didn't know how to treat his wife either, he just acted according to his heart, doing whatever he thought. This is something that can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words.
So as soon as they got in the car, Ruan Ruan began to give Gu Jinghe detailed instructions on what he should do that day. As for the rest, that was up to him to figure out.
It takes an hour to drive from the military base to the city. On weekdays, the women can ride in the military's procurement vehicle, which departs every Monday morning at 7:00 AM; or they can take the bus, which takes two hours and costs two cents. There are two buses a day, at 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
The three arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. Ruan Ruan first bought Gu Jinghe a piece of clothing. Considering that Jiang Yuli was a doctor and traveled back and forth every day, she bought her a pair of comfortable cloth shoes. Combined with the fabric she brought back from Beijing, the gift was complete. Then, the two drove Gu Jinghe to the hospital entrance. When Gu Jinghe got out of the car, Ruan Ruan said to him, "Brother, good luck!" In Huo Haocheng's view, if you've already been fed to the point of being unable to eat, then you really can't blame the person feeding you. All I can say is, being single is great.
"Where do we go next?" Ruan Ruan asked Huo Haocheng as she watched Gu Jinghe enter the hospital with his things.
"Is there anywhere you'd like to visit? I have two days of vacation left; I can spend two days with you in the city."
Upon hearing that Huo Haocheng only had two days off, Ruan Ruan stuck her head out of the car window again to look at the sun overhead. The temperature in Yuncheng in June and July wasn't very high, but the solar radiation was intense. However, she didn't want to spoil Huo Haocheng's mood. Forcing herself to speak, she said, "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first to replenish what we're missing, then go to the food station to buy the vegetable seeds you mentioned yesterday, and then go to the post office to check if the package we mailed has arrived. After that, we'll go eat. You can arrange the afternoon."
"Okay, let's go buy some things first," Huo Haocheng said, starting the car and returning to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The couple first bought a set of bowls and chopsticks, then several pounds of wedding candy, melon seeds, peanuts, and some snacks. After wandering around for a while without finding anything else to buy, they drove to a food station and bought some rice, flour, oil, salt, and seasonings.
"By the way, should we treat them to a meal?" Ruan Ruan suddenly thought that they were considered newlyweds in the military region, and Huo Haocheng had attended the meals his comrades had treated them before. Now that they were back, should they treat them to a meal too?
"I need to invite them," Huo Haocheng thought for a moment, "How about we set it for the night after tomorrow? I'm on holiday, so I can help out at home." Just thinking about his bandit-like comrades gave Huo Haocheng a headache. The reason for the headache was that he had to cook for so many people. If he couldn't help, Ruan Ruan would be very tired, and he couldn't let her be so tired.
“Okay, let’s come back to buy groceries the day after tomorrow morning,” Ruan Ruan said, looking at the fruit in front of her. If she bought it now, it would definitely not be fresh by then. It would be better to come back and buy it fresher.
"I don't need to go that far. There's a small vegetable market a few kilometers west of the family compound. It was set up to facilitate the exchange of supplies between military families and surrounding villagers. I'll just go there early the day after tomorrow to buy some things."
"Oh, that's convenient. I'll go with you then. Let's go, we've bought everything we need here, let's go to the post office."
The two arrived at the post office. There was nothing to send at that time, and the two staff members sat inside chatting.
"Hello, has Huo Haocheng's package arrived?" Ruan Ruan asked the staff.
"Huo Haocheng's packages arrived several days ago. Our staff went to the military base to deliver the package slips, but they said the soldiers hadn't returned yet, so we brought the slips back. Come over here and sign them." Because of Huo Haocheng's military status, the staff were very polite to them, found Huo Haocheng's slips, and handed him a pen to sign.
"There, piled up, are all of them," Huo Haocheng said, pointing to several large packages piled up in the corner after the staff checked that there were no problems.
Then, Ruan Ruan chatted with the staff while watching Huo Haocheng move the packages into the car. After Huo Haocheng finished, Ruan Ruan thanked the staff and the two drove off to eat.
The work had been going on non-stop since early morning. Although Ruan Ruan was traveling by car, she still felt tired. When the two arrived at the hotel, Gu Jinghe and a girl were already sitting inside.
"Ruan Ruan, Hao Cheng is here." Gu Jinghe was sitting facing the restaurant entrance. He saw them driving over from afar, so he stood up and waved to them as soon as they entered.
"Brother, why are you here so early?" When Ruan Ruan saw Gu Jinghe's happy face and looked at the girl who had already stood up and was standing next to him, there was nothing they didn't understand.
"This is my cousin, Ruan Ruan. You know Huo Haocheng, they're a couple." Gu Jinghe, seeing Ruan Ruan raise an eyebrow at him, introduced her somewhat shyly to Jiang Yuli, "This is my girlfriend, Jiang Yuli."
"Sister-in-law, you're so beautiful!" Before meeting her, Ruan Ruan thought Jiang Yuli would be bold yet gentle, a bit like a demure young lady. But now that she'd seen her in person, she was definitely a mature and sophisticated woman. Thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose with ethnic minority features. If she had a big wavy hairstyle and red lipstick, she'd look like a powerful female CEO standing right in front of her. Ruan Ruan was completely mesmerized.
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