"Why are they back so early?"
Seeing Shen Xiao's car, Wu Meili suddenly became nervous and turned around nervously: "Captain Shen is back, why is Captain Shen back so soon?"
Wu Meili looked inexplicably guilty, as if Qiao Baozhu had done something bad with her.
Qiao Baozhu looked at Wu Meili, who was spinning anxiously, with amusement: "Why are you panicking?"
"I, I'm not panicking."
Wu Meili didn't know why she felt guilty, and she saw Shen Xiao still talking to Instructor Duan outside.
She pointed anxiously at the pile of cloth on the kang and said, "What should we do? Put it away quickly. If Captain Shen finds out that you bought so many coal coupons for your mother's family, he will be furious with you, right?"
It turned out that she thought Qiao Baozhu was spending money on her parents' home without Shen Xiao's knowledge. Now that Shen Xiao is back and sees this scene, the couple might start quarreling.
“Sister Wu, Shen Xiao won’t be angry with me over such a small matter.”
Qiao Baozhu's indifferent expression made Wu Meili feel like she had thrown nothing into the mix.
Wu Meili found it very strange because they were newlyweds and Qiao Baozhu was so young and should have been looking forward to the future. Why does Qiao Baozhu look like an old lady who has seen through marriage?
She looked out the window and saw a young man in military green clothes getting out of the car door behind Shen Xiao.
Wu Meili's pupils dilated instantly. That young man was Wei Dong. Today was Shen Xiao's last day of marriage leave. Instead of staying at home with his new wife, he took Wei Dong out to play?
No wonder, no wonder Qiao Baozhu dared to take things from her parents' home with a clear conscience just after getting married.
She didn't spend any money, and the money she saved was spent by Bai Hongmei and her mother.
Wu Meili thought she had figured out the truth, and when she looked at Qiao Baozhu again, a hint of sympathy appeared in her eyes.
"Sister, please pick out fabrics for the children first. Settle the bill for the coal tickets first, and then talk about making cotton-padded jackets for my parents."
Wu Meili nodded, and without further ado, she picked out the most durable and cheapest work cloth from a pile of floral fabrics.
"No floral fabric?"
Qiao Baozhu picked up a piece of floral cloth and said, "This roll of floral cloth is defective. A large piece in the front has been gnawed by mice. There is only half a piece left, and it was sold to me as a defective product."
"You want to make a smock for your daughter to wear during the New Year? Take this. It's the same price as the work cloth."
Wu Meili's eyes lit up, and she smiled as she held onto half a piece of floral cloth, her eyes narrowed into a line.
"Then I won't be polite with you. If you don't tell me, who can tell that this is a defective product? Sister Baozhu, you are so kind-hearted."
Wu Meili was used to being poor, so she was reluctant to exchange all the thirty yuan for cloth.
She only asked for a piece of indigo work cloth and a piece of pink cotton cloth with white flowers, and Qiao Baozhu gave her another twenty-nine yuan.
As soon as Shen Xiao entered the room, he ran into Wu Meili walking out.
"sister in law."
Wu Meili's heart is now completely on Qiao Baozhu's side, and she has long forgotten that Shen Xiao is her man's leader.
Shen Xiao took the initiative to greet her, and Wu Meili snorted fiercely out of solidarity. He rolled his eyes at Shen Xiao and walked away angrily.
Shen Xiao, who was angered, glanced at Wu Meili's back in confusion. When I entered the room, I saw Qiao Baozhu with her back to the door, holding the opened cabinet door with one hand and sorting the things inside with the other.
"Wu Meili is here to defend herself?"
Shen Xiao walked to the cabinet, raised his hand to hold the cabinet door, and his eyes fell on Qiao Baozhu's face.
Seeing that she looked normal and there was no sign of tears in her eyes, my nervous heart instantly relaxed.
Shen Xiao himself didn't realize how nervous he was just now.
"No? Why would Sister Wu come to quarrel?"
Qiao Baozhu looked up in astonishment, confusion written all over her small face.
"Oh, as long as there was no quarrel. I saw her leave in a huff, and I was worried that she would bully you."
Wu Meili is a woman with brute strength. When she is angry, she is like a bull. In just two years since he was seconded to the Corps, Captain Jiang had been beaten by her five times. Every time he was beaten black and blue.
If Wu Meili hadn't had to stay at home to take care of the children, Shen Xiao would have even wanted to recruit her into the army.
Shen Xiao was really afraid that Qiao Baozhu would be bullied by such a brutal and fierce female warrior.
"I want to exchange some coal tickets with Sister Wu."
Qiao Baozhu tidied the cloth and gently closed the cabinet door.
"Is there not enough money? If not, you can withdraw the money from the passbook."
When Shen Xiao saw Wu Meili leaving with two pieces of cloth in her arms, he knew that they were Qiao Baozhu's dowry.
Just a few days after getting married, Qiao Baozhu had to sell her dowry to make ends meet, which made Shen Xiao feel very uncomfortable.
"I have enough money. Sister Wu wanted to make clothes for her child, so I gave her two yuan."
Shen Xiao looked unconvinced, thinking that Qiao Baozhu was whitewashing the situation. He quickly explained, "If you don't want to touch the money in the passbook, then owe her a few days' money. We pay her allowance on the fifth of every month, and I'll personally deliver it to her when it's paid out."
As Shen Xiao spoke, he walked out, and it was obvious that he wanted to get the two pieces of cloth back.
"Don't go, I really have money."
Qiao Baozhu was afraid that Shen Xiao would not believe her, so she quickly opened the drawer, took out her wallet, and stuffed all the money inside into Shen Xiao's arms.
Shen Xiao didn't count how much money there was in that handful. When he saw a big unity note in it, he finally believed that Qiao Baozhu didn't lie to him.
"That's your dowry. If she wants to buy some cloth, she can go to the service center to buy it. How can she steal your things?"
So, that bull Wu Meili really bullied his Baozhu.
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