Chapter 67 Husband and Wife as One
Listening to Guo Lanying's words, some women couldn't help but sigh, "Who can disagree? I was born more than ten years ago. Conditions were so tough back then. We couldn't even afford eggs. We've never experienced such a life of luxury."
Resentment towards the rich is ingrained in everyone's bones. If no one starts it, then it's fine, but once someone says it, then everyone follows suit and becomes dissatisfied.
They used to live in poverty, but seeing how well Shen Zhixia eats is truly enviable. They both live in the same family compound, so how can there be such a big difference between people?
"There are only two of them now, how can they eat so much? There's chicken and fish, even I can't eat this well."
"Commander Huo's wife is such a spendthrift, isn't she afraid of bankrupting him? Even though Commander Huo has a high income, he can't afford to squander it like this."
"I wonder what Commander Huo saw in her."
Guo Lanying was overjoyed to hear everyone subtly criticizing Shen Zhixia. She loved it when everyone was dissatisfied with Shen Zhixia. Who told Shen Zhixia to bully her son? She would make sure Shen Zhixia couldn't stay in the family compound in the future.
Shen Zhixia is different from them. She is a capitalist's daughter, and her background is not as clean as theirs.
Shen Zhixia knew nothing about these things, and of course she didn't care.
She's always chattering when there are people around. If she cares about all the gossip, wouldn't she be exhausted?
Huo Chenzhou cooked a lot of delicious food, including poached chicken, boiled fish, sweet and sour pork, braised duck, a plate of peanuts, and a dish of stir-fried potatoes, green peppers, and eggplant.
They made it look like a holiday.
He seemed very happy and even opened a bottle of wine, but there was no wine for Shen Zhixia at all.
Shen Zhixia asked worriedly, "Can we eat all this food?"
If we can't finish it, it will probably spoil by tomorrow. Even if it doesn't spoil, the taste will be greatly diminished.
Huo Chenzhou said, "I can eat it."
Shen Zhixia: "?"
Although they didn't finish it all, they were almost done, because Huo Chenzhou ate half a chicken leg in one bite.
Shen Zhixia: "..."
She knew that Huo Chenzhou had always had a large appetite; in the past, he would eat three times as much as she did. But after not seeing him for a while, she felt that Huo Chenzhou's appetite had increased even more.
Just like not eating properly during this period.
Actually, this wasn't just Shen Zhixia's imagination; Huo Chenzhou really hadn't eaten properly since she left.
Because a lot of meat dishes were prepared, the aroma of food filled Shen Zhixia's courtyard.
After she finished eating, Huo Chenzhou went to wash the dishes, while she went out to digest her food.
She saw a group of women talking outside, which was a common sight in the residential compound; she saw groups of women talking all the time.
Shen Zhixia had no interest in this and usually avoided it.
But she didn't want to get involved. Old Mrs. Huang, however, came over and said, "Little Huo's wife, you're living such a good life. You've been eating chicken, duck, fish, and meat all day. We can smell it from outside. We can't even afford meat these days. If you keep eating like this, you'll run out of money soon. You should think about Commander Huo and be more frugal, okay?"
Grandma Huang looked at her and spoke to her with the air of someone who had been through it all and was doing it for her own good.
Shen Zhixia: "?"
It's really inexplicable.
She looked at Old Mrs. Huang speechlessly: "Old Mrs. Huang, can you please stop being so possessive of other people's money? This isn't your money. Even if I throw it away, it has nothing to do with you, let alone use it to buy meat."
Old Mrs. Huang's expression changed: "What do you mean by this? I'm reminding you because it's for your own good. You don't appreciate it, and you speak so rudely."
Shen Zhixia rolled her eyes: "Do I need you to remind me? You should mind your own business. Stop doing nothing all day, staring at other people's affairs. If you care so much about money, why don't you plan how to use your own money? Otherwise, I'll think you're the one who earned our money."
Grandma Huang felt embarrassed in front of so many people. Her face turned red, and she said angrily, "I am an elder. You should respect the elderly and care for the young, you know? At your age, you should also call me grandma. You really don't respect the elderly."
Shen Zhixia gave a cold laugh: "Respecting the elderly and caring for the young, you should first consider whether the other person is worthy of my respect. Besides, what is there to respect about age? I've been young before, and I will grow old too. Time is fair to everyone. Since everyone goes through childhood to old age, what makes you special?"
This was the first time Old Lady Huang had ever heard such absurd reasoning. Her eyes widened: "You, you're just being unreasonable!"
Shen Zhixia said, "My grandmother died a long time ago. Are you my grandmother? Then go to the cemetery and keep my grandmother company."
This was a curse wishing her death. Old Mrs. Huang was so angry that she staggered. She pointed her trembling finger at Shen Zhixia, her face filled with extreme rage.
"I think you just bully others in the family compound because of your age. Don't you think your age is your passport to do whatever you want? You think you can just act like an old man and give orders to anyone younger than you? You want to be everyone's grandma, but they don't want to acknowledge you as their grandma. They are well-mannered and don't bother with you. You really think you're something special."
Shen Zhixia said bluntly that if Old Lady Huang treated her so badly, she must treat others the same way. After all, old habits die hard.
Sure enough, after listening to Shen Zhixia's words, everyone nodded. When Grandma Huang spoke to them, she did sometimes like to give others instructions.
Old Mrs. Huang was so angry that her chest heaved. She walked over and happened to see Huo Chenzhou, who had just finished washing the dishes. At first glance, she was a little intimidated by the tall and imposing man, but she quickly composed herself: "Commander Huo, you should control your wife. I was just trying to remind her because I was worried about her, and she actually cursed at me like that."
Huo Chenzhou glanced at her sideways and said in a deep voice, "Mind your own business."
"What?" Old Mrs. Huang thought she had misheard.
Huo Chenzhou said unhappily, "You don't think that just because you're older you can give me advice to my wife, do you? There are many older people in this military dependents' home. Do you think any of them can come and interfere in my life?"
These words showed no respect for Old Lady Huang. She was so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into a hole. She didn't think she had done anything wrong and believed that Commander Huo would let the matter drop in front of so many people. Little did she know that the couple were the same.
Huo Chenzhou said, "No one can talk about my wife. If you can't control yourself, then stay away from my wife from now on."
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