Ruan Yunxi exaggeratedly: "Ah, I see. It's such a pity, sisters-in-law. I heard that this year's benefits are incomparable to previous years. You guys are really unlucky. It's okay, there are still Mid-Autumn Festival benefits. You should do your best!"
The women's faces turned green.
Ruan Yunxi pretended not to notice and deliberately said, "This year's zongzi are really delicious. I didn't expect the zongzi in the family compound to be like this. I've never eaten this kind before. We always eat the sweet and savory kind."
"Salted duck eggs are also delicious, plump and oily, perfect with porridge."
"There's so much rice, flour, and oil! My family and I can't possibly finish it all!"
The sisters-in-law, nearly driven mad with anger: "......"
Ruan Yunxi deliberately showed off the pork belly in her hand: "How do you cook this meat? Braised, boiled, or pork shoulder?"
The women's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when they saw the layered pork belly.
Ruan Yunxi, you've gone too far!
The women's eyes turned red with anger as they looked at the cart full of supplies.
"The political commissar did this on purpose, didn't he? We've never seen so many supplies before. Rice, flour, and oil are usually given in five-pound increments, but this year for the Dragon Boat Festival, he's sending ten-pound increments! There's even fruit to eat, and those loquats look delicious!"
"And those cherries, they're big and red, even better than last year's."
"Last year it was ten yuan, but this year it's twenty yuan."
"We'll go talk to the political commissar and say a few nice words, see if he can make up for it," the women said, their hopes soaring.
The political commissar looked at the women who had come to plead for him and said, "Your benefits have been canceled. You won't receive them this year, but we'll talk about it next year. From now on, stay united and harmonious in the family compound and don't disrupt the unity of the compound."
The women were unwilling to give up: "Political Commissar, it's okay if we adults don't eat, but the children are making a fuss at home because everyone else is eating!"
Political Commissar Li wasn't buying it.
What does your kids' tantrums have to do with me? They weren't my children.
To shut them up, Political Commissar Li said, "If you want to eat, buy some glutinous rice and make it yourself. If you don't want your Mid-Autumn Festival benefits to be canceled, then get out of here!"
Seeing that Political Commissar Li was completely unyielding, they gave up hope.
They were all afraid of losing their Mid-Autumn Festival benefits. There are three major holidays a year, and if they missed two of them, they would lose a lot of money this year.
What can we do but watch others enjoy a life of luxury, eating meat, salted duck eggs, and zongzi (sticky rice dumplings).
When children cry and make a fuss, a beating will calm them down.
When Gu Weizhou returned from training, he said, "The cultural troupe came today. Let's learn something. There's a performance tomorrow, and I'll take you to see it then."
Ruan Yunxi smiled and offered him a cherry: "I heard from Sister-in-law Sheng that the cherry trees we grow in our backyard are also this kind?"
Gu Weizhou nodded, hugged his wife and kissed her: "Yes, it will take three years to bear fruit. You can eat it however you want then."
"I didn't expect the cherries grown here to be just as good as those from abroad." Ruan Yunxi had eaten cherries before; they were about the same size, but the taste was a little different.
"The varieties are similar, it seems to be an imported one. The climate here is suitable for growing big cherries." Gu Weizhou played with her small hand. The couple looked at each other, their eyes almost locked, as their heads drew closer and closer.
Someone interrupted them: "This is the place, right? Thanks, I can find it myself."
The voice that spoke was that of a young woman; it sounded soft and familiar.
Gu Weizhou and Ruan Yunxi distanced themselves from each other.
Ruan Yunxi stood up from his lap, and the young couple resumed their serious revolutionary friendship.
They all turned to look at the young woman walking towards their house. She had a braided pigtail on top of her head, bright almond-shaped eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a tall and slender figure, comparable to Ruan Yunxi's thinness.
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