After dinner, Lu Jingchuan stood up and said, "It's early, we have to go to training."
Shen Li nodded, "Okay."
After watching Lu Jingchuan's tall figure leave, Shen Li took little Duoduo down from the chair, put her on the sofa, bent over to look at her, and said softly, "Duoduo, you can play by yourself for a while, okay? Auntie will go and clean up the things on the table."
Xiao Duoduo looked at her with her dark, soft and shiny eyes. She hugged the little bear in her arms and nodded obediently.
Shen Li smiled softly and reached out to touch Duoduo's dark hair. "Duoduo is so good."
When they had almost finished their meal, Li Cuicui came over slowly.
Seeing this plate of green, sweet, and glutinous rice dumplings, Li Cuicui's eyes lit up, "Let's eat. It just so happens that I didn't eat earlier..."
As she spoke, Li Cuicui was about to sit at the dining table and touch the rice dumplings on the table with her waxy hands.
Shen Li's soft and white lips held the chopsticks and tapped Li Cuicui's lips.
"What are you doing?" Li Cuicui looked at her back which was all red from being hit, feeling a little annoyed.
"There's no share for you." Shen Li slowly stood up, picked up the rice dumplings in the bowl, and walked towards the kitchen.
"What do you mean? You don't even give me breakfast while I'm working here?" Li Cuicui glared at Shen Li fiercely.
Shen Li put the rice dumplings in the refrigerator. She looked back at Li Cuicui and said, "If you are responsible for the three meals a day of this family, I will naturally take care of your meals, but do you cook now? Then eat at your own home."
Li Cuicui gritted her teeth in anger, you little bitch!
"Also, you came too late today." Shen Li looked at the clock on the wall. "If you come so late again in the future, even if you are late for work, you will be deducted 2 yuan from your wages for each time you are late."
Li Cuicui gnashed her teeth in anger.
"Of course, if you are satisfied," Shen Li smiled, "you can also resign."
"It seems that you just want to chase me away and make things difficult for me!" Li Cuicui sneered, "I will leave now! I want to stay in this house!"
"Since you want to stay, then you should work hard and don't dawdle and come so late." Shen Li smiled faintly.
…
Shen Li packed the remaining rice dumplings into small portions and delivered them to the remaining army wives door to door.
She had just arrived at the Military Dependents Hospital and was unfamiliar with the place, and she also needed to build good relationships with the sisters-in-law.
The military wives were all warm and polite. When they saw Shen Li giving them rice dumplings, they all gave her gifts in return.
There are mantis shrimp, kelp, conch, coconut...all of which are seafood products.
The military wives were afraid that Shen Li would take so many things, so they personally carried these things to Shen Li's house.
"Sisters-in-law, you are too polite." Shen Li smiled helplessly, "You gave me so much seafood and even delivered it to me personally."
"Why should we be so polite? The men in your family are all on the island, and you are neighbors. We have seen each other every day." One of the military wives was named Zhang Ye. She was quite enthusiastic. "Besides, these things we gave you are not rare things. On the island, you have plenty of these things!"
"Yes, it's the dumplings you carefully wrapped that are rare!" One of the military wives said with a smile, "Our child is a picky eater. He has also been reluctant to eat rice recently, but I didn't expect him to eat three of your dumplings in one go!"
"If you like it, we have more at home and I'll give you some more!" Shen Li said with a smile.
"How can I be so embarrassed!" The other party said with a smile, "During the Dragon Boat Festival before, our cooking team on the island also made zongzi, but the zongzi they made did not taste as good as the ones you make, sister-in-law!"
"Yes, my sister-in-law's cooking skills are amazing! These rice dumplings are even better than those sold in restaurants outside!"
Seeing Shen Li being treated like a star by so many military wives and her home being brought back so many good things by those military wives, Li Cuicui's eyes turned red with jealousy.
This little bitch, she got along well with these military wives on her first day.
If we continue like this, what will happen?
We must find a way!
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"Sister-in-law, do you want to go to the sea with us?" Zhang Ye suggested enthusiastically.
Rush to the sea?
All her life, she lived by the sea. Going to the scenic spot to catch seafood costs a fee of 90 yuan per ticket. She also has to rent rubber shoes, a small shovel, a small bucket, and a locker to store her shoes. Moreover, if you catch seafood at the scenic spot, you can only pick up some small things such as shells, conchs, and kelp. If you pick up expensive seafood such as a sea cucumber or a crab, the scenic spot will forcibly take it back during inspection.
Now that we live on an island, isn't it true that we have abundant resources and can keep everything we pick up?
"Okay!" Shen Li nodded.
"It's probably around four o'clock in the afternoon. The tide is low at this time, so you can usually pick up good things." An experienced military wife laughed.
Shen Li agreed.
After delivering the gifts, the military wives chatted for a few words and then left.
And Shen Li should also go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.
At home, Li Cuicui looked after the two children, and Shen Li got up and left.
Li Cuicui came to Duoduo and said, "Duoduo, I'm telling you, what good is this Shen Like? When she marries your father, she will definitely abuse you two!"
Duoduo was sitting on the coffee table, drawing with one hand holding the teddy bear and the other holding a paintbrush, and ignored her at all.
Li Cuicui was a little angry. Yes, this girl is just a fool. What's the point of telling her these things?
Li Cuicui went to look for Lu Minghui from the building.
"Ming Hui, I'm telling you, Shen Li is not a good person. She is pretending to be nice to you and your sister just to gain your father's trust. When these two prove it, this woman will still know how to abuse you!"
"So, you have to find a way to get her out! If she leaves, you and your sister won't have a good life in the future!" Li Cuicui said, and she paused and continued, "Minghui, you have to help you deal with that woman, you know? You grew up with your father, and everyone in the Lu family likes you very much. Your grandpa and grandma all praise you. You are the one who really wants to be your stepmother. If you please her, you and your sister can wait to enjoy happiness in the future!"
When Lu Minghui heard these words, his dark eyes were filled with annoyance and disgust.
Please her?
How good is she?
She abused herself and her sister a lot for these things.
But he never dared to tell Mr. Lu about it. He was afraid that he would become a burden to Mr. Lu and cause trouble to him, so he endured it all the time.
If she became their stepmother, she would be even more successful, and her and her sister's lives would only become more and more miserable.
But Shen Li... He also knew that Shen Li did all this just to please her father. She was really sincere to him and Mi Mi.
But my sister seems to like that beautiful girl a little.
If I chase her away, will my sister be sad?
Lu Minghui felt that he had to be more careful with Shen Lidian in the future. If she dared to be nice to his sister, he could find a way to drive her away.
"Minghui, did you hear what you were saying?" Li Cuicui was a little anxious.
These two children are ashamed to be born from the same mother!
If other children heard me instigating like this, they would definitely clench their fists and swear to drive that bitch Shen Li away!
Lu Minghui's dark eyes slowly fell on Li Cuicui. His eyes were clearly black and white, and when he looked at her with a stern face, he gave her a creepy and pervasive feeling.
Li Cuicui felt a little guilty when she was looked at like that.
Ridiculous! How could I be frightened by a 6-year-old child? !
"If you want to drive her away, you have to rely on your own ability." Lu Minghui pursed his lips, staring at her with a pair of black and white eyes, "Don't come here to profit."
Li Cuicui stood there in a daze.
Is this still a 6-year-old child?
Why are you so clever?
So he was chasing that little bitch away?