Chapter 47: First is First
The two of them caught the last bus and just breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could even rest for a moment, a sarcastic voice came over.
"Hey~ Isn't this Ye Wangshu, who has the support of the senior leader and his wife? Who did you bring your man's sister to the city to hook up with? And you even asked someone to buy you all these things. That person is pretty nice!"
As soon as Mrs. Chen said this, everyone's eyes fell on Ye Wangshu and Zhou Xiaohong.
"You're still a dog that can't change its habit of eating shit!" Ye Wangshu looked at Mrs. Chen with a gloomy look. "Mrs. Chen, you said that about us. Could it be that all these things were bought for you by other men?"
Mrs. Chen's face froze, and she quickly moved the things she bought to herself. "Of course not, these were all bought with the food coupons and meat coupons my husband gave me."
"Then how can you be so sure that this thing of mine was bought by someone else?" Ye Wangshu's eyes turned cold, and he looked at Mrs. Chen with displeasure. "I respect you as a fellow military wife, so I'm courteous to you in every way, but that's no reason for you to gossip about me!"
"You look like a foxy girl, and with so many people protecting you, who knows what you're up to behind the scenes!"
Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at Ye Wangshu, then snorted coldly and turned her head away.
"Heh! It seems that Mrs. Chen thinks she's not good-looking, and thinks that good-looking people are not good people!"
Ye Wangshu shook his head helplessly, "You live such a pathetic life. Imposing your pain on others is truly pathetic."
Ye Wangshu looked at Mrs. Chen with pity, shook his head, and said to everyone, "Although Mrs. Chen is quite pitiful, we can't let her bully us. Otherwise, if we encourage her arrogance, we will suffer in the future!"
Everyone knows that Mrs. Chen has a harsh temper.
Most of the time, everyone would just listen to what Ye Wangshu said, but after hearing what he said, they suddenly felt that they couldn't just let Mrs. Chen keep talking nonsense.
"Mrs. Chen, you need to be more careful with your words."
"Yes! I heard from Sister Li that they're going to Zhou Jincong's house for a celebration dinner! Doctor Ye must have gone to the city to buy ingredients. But you... I remember your husband coming back today, right?"
"None of your business is my family's business!" Mrs. Chen snorted coldly and turned her head away.
All the people in the car were military wives. The army had a half-day holiday after the competition. They all knew that Zhou Jincong won first place, so naturally they all gathered around Ye Wangshu to congratulate him.
Facing the praise from everyone, Ye Wangshu smiled and said, "This is not just Jin Cong's efforts, it is the common glory of everyone in the company. Moreover, Team One and Team Two are also good. Jin Cong just won by a narrow margin!"
Mrs. Chen was instantly excited when she heard this. "That's right, he was just lucky to get first place. If it weren't for my husband helping with training, Zhou Jincong might not even have won first place!"
Mrs. Chen felt furious when she thought about the fact that her husband had taught the company led by Zhou Jincong.
Why isn’t the first place ours?
If I were their family, maybe the leader and his wife would pay more attention to me.
Mrs. Chen was still lost in thought when the person sitting next to her immediately spoke with disdain on his face.
"No matter how small the difference is, first place is still first place. If your man is so capable, why doesn't he lead his own team to first place?"
"Isn't Mrs. Chen just like the fox who says the grapes are sour because they can't eat them?"
Everyone was talking at once. Mrs. Chen blushed, shrank into a corner and stopped talking.
When they arrived at the station, Mrs. Chen got off the bus in a hurry with her things.
Zhou Xiaohong frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong.
In her impression, her second sister-in-law should be the kind of woman that Chen's sister-in-law described. After all, it was her eldest sister-in-law who told her these things, but... judging from the reactions of others, it seemed that this was not the case.
"Little sister, after these few days, have you decided what craft to learn?"
When he was almost at the door of his house, Ye Wangshu turned his head and looked at Zhou Xiaohong.
Zhou Xiaohong was stunned. She didn't expect Ye Wangshu to ask her at this time.
"Second sister-in-law, I want to learn how to be a hairdresser, is that okay?"
"Haircut?" Ye Wangshu frowned slightly. In fact, haircutting can also make money.
However, with the development of the times, the current style will be updated in a few years.
"Do you make money by cutting hair or do you think styling is fun and want to learn how to do it?"
"Both. I think those barbers are amazing! They can make people look great with just a few strokes of the scissors. Besides... barbering is profitable, too. Sister-in-law, just let me learn!"
Zhou Xiaohong thought Ye Wangshu was dissatisfied with the low salary from hairdressing, so she assured her directly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Although the apprenticeship doesn't make much money, I will definitely study hard and bring money home as soon as possible!"
"You're not the kind of girl we need to make money with. What's important is that you study hard." Ye Wangshu smiled at Zhou Xiaohong, then added, "You need to use your brain when you're learning. Not only should you learn the hairstyle your master teaches you, but you should also learn to innovate on your own, okay?"
Zhou Xiaohong nodded, "I just wanted to do the styling myself!"
"Well, if you learn well and have some skills, we can open a shop in the city. When the time comes, it will become bigger and stronger, and you can make more money."
“Yeah!”
After hearing what Ye Wangshu said, Zhou Xiaohong nodded excitedly.
"It's just... it costs a lot of money to open a shop!"
Zhou Xiaohong curled her lips, and suddenly felt a little melancholy in her heart.
"Why are you thinking so far ahead? The most important thing for you right now is to learn the craft. I'll keep an eye on you when I have time and find a good master to teach you. Or you can just find a school that specializes in hairdressing. What do you think?"
Zhou Xiaohong's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly.
"Sister-in-law, I'm willing to do anything! As long as you let me learn how to be a hairdresser, I will definitely learn it well!"
After Zhou Xiaohong's repeated assurances, Ye Wangshu felt relieved.
Since the child really wants to learn hairdressing, why not?
Not long after Ye Wangshu and his friend arrived home, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhang came to find them.
"We thought they would be back soon, so we came over to cook together. Look, what can we cook?"
Mrs. Li is open-minded and outgoing.
As soon as she stepped into the kitchen, she rolled up her sleeves and moved closer to Ye Wangshu. Seeing Ye Wangshu picking vegetables, he immediately pushed her aside and said, "You are the chef. We can just do these small things."
"My two sisters-in-law, please help prepare the ingredients first. Then we can cook whatever dishes we want."
"Okay! I'll peel the potatoes."
Seeing that Sister Li was already picking vegetables, Mrs. Zhang naturally did not want to be outdone.
Ye Wangshu looked at the two people scrambling to do the work, feeling a bit amused and helpless.
But she would not sit idle either. She turned around and took a knife to prepare the chicken, duck, fish and meat.
Ye Wangshu raised his knife and slashed it with a very free and easy movement. Seeing this, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhang's jaws almost dropped to the ground.
"Doctor Ye, you're even more skillful at slaughtering chickens and ducks than my wife!"
Mrs. Zhang looked at Ye Wangshu with admiration, "I wish I had this skill."
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