The Lu family usually eats out, while everyone else eats in the factory cafeteria. Only one or two people go home, and when they are hungry, they just get some food.

I never go out of my way to cook.

Although it was her turn to cook, she was the last one to know that guests were coming over.

If Lu's mother had told her in advance, things would not have turned out like this.

Shen Man combed her hair in front of the mirror. The woman in the mirror looked a little pale, but her facial features were still delicate and beautiful, with red lips, white teeth, and fair skin.

A pair of affectionate peach blossom eyes slightly raised, instantly making the whole face more charming and attractive.

Lu Zhengguo entered the room and saw that the bath water in the bathtub had not been dealt with. He took the initiative to step forward, took out the bath water and poured it out, and put the bathtub back in place.

Shen Man glanced at the man's actions in the mirror and said nothing.

She felt that the Lu family had suffered a lot of grievances, and it was not too much for Lu Zhengguo to help her get rid of them.

Besides, this was his own initiative, and she didn't ask him to help.

Thinking of this, Shen Manxiao ignored the man and concentrated on combing her hair.

Her hair was black and shiny, waist-length, braided into two pigtails and hanging in front of her chest, looking bright and beautiful.

Even if she doesn't dress up, just combs her hair and wears clean clothes, her face is still recognizable in the crowd.

Lu Zhengguo walked over to her side and suddenly placed a box of exquisitely packaged high-end facial cream in front of her. "I asked someone to bring it to you from Hai City last time, but I heard that you never went to get it."

"I brought it back for you."

Shen Man looked at the face cream in front of her and was stunned for a moment. It seemed that this was really the case and she would have forgotten it if he hadn't said it.

Unexpectedly, this man is still thinking about it.

"Thank you."

You still need to be polite.

Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, "You don't have to thank me."

Thank you. These two words, placed between her and him, were too polite and too distant.

Shen Man could tell that the man's tone was not right, she curled her lips and ignored him.

She said thank you because she is polite and would say thank you to anyone else.

This guy is really weird, does he really want her to scold him?

Suddenly, Lu's mother called out from the room, "Zhengguo, come out for dinner."

Lu Zhengguo looked at Shen Man's beautiful and fair profile, and paused, "If Mom says something unpleasant later, you can push the blame on me."

Although he was not aware of all these, he knew something about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which often happened in the military compound.

Especially a few days ago, I learned from Hongmei that these days at the Lu family's home with Shen Man were actually not easy.

He had some thoughts of making up for it in his heart.

Shen Man turned her head to look at him and was about to say something.

Suddenly she saw Lu's mother standing at the door, looking at her with a cold face, as if she had done some unforgivable sin.

Shen Man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously pulled Lu Zhengguo's sleeve, indicating that he should look in the direction of the door, your mother is here.

Why didn't she realize before that Mother Lu had this hobby and actually ran to the door of her son and daughter-in-law's room to peek.

I almost scared her just now.

Lu Zhengguo noticed that Shen Man was pulling his sleeve.

He turned around and looked in the direction she was looking, and was stunned.

"Mom, why are you standing here?"

Shen Man withdrew her hand.

Mother Lu glanced at Shen Man's little action and became even more displeased with her daughter-in-law.

This white-haired girl started flirting with people without locking the door. No wonder she has a bad reputation.

"What am I doing? Why don't I come to invite you to dinner?"

After saying this, she turned and left.

Lu Zhengguo thought of what Hongmei said again. When he was not around, Shen Man suffered a lot in this family.

He pursed his lips and said, "This time when I go back, I will apply to the army to accompany the troops. When it's my turn to be assigned a house, you can go with the troops."

It might not be very happy for her to continue staying in this house.

Shen Man was stunned.

She had never really thought about joining the army. She had a job and was living a good life here, so why would she want to join the army and live under the same roof with Lu Zhengguo?

But on second thought, it is only 1974, and there is still a long way to go before the college entrance examination is resumed.

She and Lu Zhengguo haven't divorced yet. If they keep living apart, it won't be good, especially her mother will be worried.

If she follows the army, this man won't be at home often, and she will live alone. It's much better than staying here and seeing the troubles of the Lu family.

If you think about it this way, there are many advantages to joining the army.

Shen Man thought for a while and said, "I'll think about it for a while and give you an answer then."

Anyway, it's still a few days before this man returns.

Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, "Okay, you think about it for a while, there's no rush for now."

He had not thought about joining the army before he came. From filling out the application report to waiting for housing allocation, it would take at least several months.

He has a total of three months' vacation this time. He originally planned to stay for one month, but it seems that he will have to stay longer.

At mealtime.

Shen Man and Lu Zhengguo walked over together.

Mother Lu and Liu Aihong have already started eating.

꿷꽭 ate more than usual, a plate of scrambled eggs, garlic-flavored greens, stir-fried meat with shredded potatoes, and a dish of pickled vegetables.

Normally, there are no eggs and no meat.

As soon as the two sat down, Lu Zhengguo was the first to notice that there were dishes and chopsticks in front of him, but there was nothing in front of Shen Man.

This must be his mother's doing.

He raised his hand and rubbed his brow, then grabbed the woman who was about to stand up to get the dishes and chopsticks, and pushed the dishes and chopsticks in front of him in front of her.

"You use this, I'll get another one."

Shen Man glanced at him, and regardless of Lu's mother's gloomy face, she simply sat down and ate with Lu Zhengguo's bowl and chopsticks.

Mother Lu's expression instantly became even uglier. When Lu Zhengguo stood up and went back to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks, she slammed the chopsticks in her hand onto the dining table with a bang.

Suddenly the air around me became quiet.

Liu Aihong, who was eating, couldn't help but look at Shen Man.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Mother Lu's anger was directed at her.

But Shen Man acted as if nothing had happened. She used the bowl and chopsticks that Lu Zhengguo had just given her, picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth.

It’s true, this dish tastes really good. It’s almost as good as the state-owned restaurant next door.

After eating the meat, she picked up some scrambled eggs for herself and put them in her mouth. They were fried very well.

Shen Man nodded as she ate, like an eighth-level chef appreciating her apprentice's dishes, nodding in praise from time to time.

When Liu Aihong saw Lu's mother's increasingly ugly expression, she couldn't help but feel worried for Shen Man.

In their rural area, how could a daughter-in-law treat her mother-in-law like this? If she really did that, she would be beaten to death by her husband's family and abandoned to death by her own family.

There must be something wrong with Shen Man's brain, otherwise, she would be too bold.