"Tiedan!"
"I'm sorry, Ai Xue, you see we just moved in and haven't cleaned up the house yet, so it's not appropriate to invite you in to sit down. We will definitely invite you and Commander Zhou to have a home-cooked meal some other day after we have cleaned up the house."
Lu Zhengxiang raised his voice slightly and scolded Tiedan, then tried to speak in a gentle tone as he looked at Zhou Aixue and politely ordered her to leave.
"Okay, Brother Zhengxiang, please invite me and dad to come when the time comes. Dad will definitely be very happy."
She nodded obediently, waved and said goodbye. After turning around, her smiling face suddenly became gloomy.
"You fat guy, you are totally unworthy of my brother Zhengxiang. He is so good and outstanding. Only I can be worthy of him. Just wait for me. I will not let you have an easy time. I will make you give up brother Zhengxiang on your own initiative."
Zhou Aixue muttered softly, clenched her fists, and walked towards the building.
The gate of Lu Zhengxiang's house was closed tightly, and his breakfast was kept warm in the pot in the kitchen.
After Ruan Suhe finished cleaning the living room, she fetched some water and washed up with the two kids. When she was about to prepare some breakfast in the kitchen, she saw the stainless steel lunch box still warm in the pot.
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"Where did you get your meal? A restaurant outside?"
"No, there is a canteen in the family compound. Usually there is food in the morning, noon and evening, but you need to bring food coupons to get food."
After hearing what Lu Zhengxiang said, she learned that there was such a thing as a canteen.
“Is it expensive?”
Ruan Suhe used a rag to take out the stainless steel lunch box that was warm in the pot. The lunch box had several layers and could be placed separately.
"It's OK, because it's a family compound, and a meal usually costs half a tael of food coupons or one tael of food coupons."
"This is still a bit expensive. You are the only one with a salary right now. We can't just squander your salary."
"Is there a market nearby? Let's go shopping after dinner and buy some dishes and chopsticks. By the way, I see this yard is much bigger than our home. It would be nice to fence it off and grow vegetables and raise some chickens. That way we can have more money."
Ruan Suhe counted on his fingers and figured that he would not be able to afford eating in the cafeteria every day with his salary. Considering the overall situation and without having to cut back on food, the best way was to be self-reliant.
"Yeah, that's fine. There seems to be a small market at the entrance of the alley today. Let's go take a look later."
Lu Zhengxiang didn't think there was anything wrong with this plan, so he nodded slightly to show his agreement.
After the meal, Ruan Suhe felt that her decision was completely correct, because the taste of the big pot rice in the cafeteria was really average, and she even felt that it was not as delicious as her own scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
"I don't know when the market will end, so we'd better go early."
Lu Zhengxiang looked at the time and estimated that it was about time, so he reminded in a low voice.
Ruan Suhe quickened her pace of packing. Not only did she change into clean clothes, she also changed clean clothes for the two little ones, to avoid running into comrades who knew Lu Zhengxiang when she went out to the market, and having them say that she, as a mother, had not taken good care of her children.
"Okay, let's go."
She smiled, only to find that she could see the huge apple muscles on both sides of her cheeks, and she immediately retracted her smile.
I was wailing in my heart, God, I can’t stand this fat on my body for another day, I must lose it!
The entrance of the alley was still a long way from the family compound, and then she remembered the little girl who provoked her in the morning.
"By the way, who is that girl?"
"You mean Ai Xue? She is Commander Zhou's daughter. I have been under Commander Zhou since I joined the army. She and I are just colleagues. You don't have to worry."
There was no guilt in his eyes when he answered. Ruan Suhe guessed that he probably had no other extra thoughts about Zhou Aixiu, and suddenly she felt inexplicably relieved. She didn't know what was going on with her, she was simply a little worried.
"Hey, Xiao Lu, you're back? Come to the market? Is this a family member? Oh, you're a lucky person."
"Oh my! Why are these two children so thin? I'll go back and talk to your Commander Zhou, and ask him to apply for more meat coupons for you so that you can feed the two children a little more. They're too thin and will get sick easily."
The family of four just arrived at the market to go shopping when they happened to run into Commander Zhou's wife.
Ruan Suhe could see that although Commander Zhou's wife had a smile on her face when she looked at her and spoke, her eyes were filled with coldness, sarcasm and disdain.
"What a coincidence, Aunt Zhang, are you here to shop at the market too? No need, my salary is enough to buy meat, but the two kids have weak spleens and stomachs, so they absorb nutrients too slowly."
"By the way, Aunt Zhang, has the teacher's gout recurred? When I asked for leave to go home, I saw that the teacher's old illness had recurred and I told him to pay more attention to keeping his legs warm."
Lu Zhengxiang was not completely unaware. He clearly felt that Mrs. Zhou disliked Ruan Suhe. Not only did she defend Ruan Suhe in her words, she also cleverly changed the subject while speaking.
"Oh, you don't know Lao Zhou's temper. No matter what I say, he won't put on a pair of pants. He insists that he is fine and can handle it. I am so angry that I don't want to pay attention to him."
"You know that the teacher is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. If you say a few more soft words, the teacher will definitely listen to you. Aunt Zhang, you go shopping first. We came late and need to buy everything before the market closes."
Seeing that Commander Zhou's wife had no intention of ending the conversation, Lu Zhengxiang found an excuse and tactfully expressed that his family was short of time.
"Oh, okay, okay~ Did you just move in with your family? Then you do need to buy a lot of things. If you need any help, remember to call Ai Xue. She will definitely be happy to help you."
Aunt Zhang smiled with her eyes narrowed, the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were so deep that they could pinch a mosquito to death, and her words were full of contempt for Ruan Suhe, a fat country woman.
"Thank you Aunt Zhang for your kindness. Zhengxiang, the children and I appreciate it. However, we probably won't bother Comrade Ai Xue with help. Housework is rough and I'm afraid Comrade Ai Xue is not used to it. So we'd better not bother Comrade Ai Xue."
Ruan Suhe just couldn't stand the high-ranking leadership's always condescending attitude. What's wrong with country women? Country women once held up half the sky.
When she scolds people, it doesn't look like she is cursing at all. Her smiling face and tactful description without using any dirty words can easily make people very angry.
"Okay, okay, Xiao Lu, you married a man with a sharp tongue. I'm sure he will have great potential in the future, hum."
Aunt Zhang certainly didn't want a stranger to say bad things about her daughter. She was so angry that her chest rose and fell many times. Finally, she uttered something sarcastic, shook her sleeves and left.
Ruan Suhe rolled her eyes in relief. Ha! The younger one had just finished cleaning up an hour ago, and now here comes an older one who is clearly discriminating against the class. Isn't she the one who has the upper hand?
"You shouldn't be like this."
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