"After they've been given out, everyone seems to feel that they haven't given enough." Chen Yun sighed.

Feng Yu pointed at his hands and said, "Don't carry it. I'm tired of carrying just a dozen bags of preserved fruits. If I buy gift boxes, I won't be able to carry so many things."

Liu Qiao said disdainfully: "They are used to being picky. I didn't even see what they gave us."

"They won't send anything now, but they will definitely send something better after today. I just want to make a comparison. However, we don't have to worry about these. Now we are all independent and just need to take care of ourselves." Chen Yun shrugged.

Feng Yu nodded: "Where there are many people, there are a lot of gossips. We just need to take care of ourselves." Feng Yu has been the wife of a director for many years. She knows that women are prone to gossips. Being too nice can easily cause trouble. It is better to have an average relationship with others.

"Yes, Mom, the water is ready, go take a bath first."

As soon as Feng Yu entered, Liu Qiao took the opportunity to steal some sweets. He said to Chen Yun, "Don't worry about them. You can't really get into a relationship by giving them these little gifts. Unless they really want to promote you, the battalion commander and his wife used to be so good to Qin Guizhi, why are they in trouble now..."

"Are you saying that a battalion commander and his wife also tried to curry favor with the regiment commander?"

Liu Qiao laughed and said, "More than that. In the past, when Qin Guizhi's son wanted to go to study in another place, Zhou Qin always sent him there. How good is this relationship? When he was a child, Yang Yiner always stuck to her to play. Later, you also found out that there was someone else as the deputy commander. At this age, a battalion commander will not be promoted to the next level, so didn't you make a scene?"

No wonder Chen Yun thought the relationship between Zhou Qin and Qin Guizhi was weird. There was a lot of water involved. In the end, one had to rely on one's own abilities. Evil ways would never accomplish anything great.

When Feng Yu came out of the shower, she asked to buy some vegetables. Chen Yun opened the refrigerator, which was full of vegetables, fruits, and meat. Feng Yu smiled and said, "It's a relief to have this, but I still need to know where to buy vegetables. Liu Qiao will go with me later, and you can rest at home."

Considering that she was indeed tired today and she was pregnant after all, Chen Yun did not insist.

On the other hand, Zhu Xiaofang felt that she was much more popular than Chen Yun when she returned home. She could talk about clothes with Xu Lijie and often go shopping together. She could also flirt with Zhou Qin and talk about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Chen Dafen. These were all her experiences living in the apartment building!

At first she thought these trivial matters were boring, but now she feels that she can only live a better life if she integrates into this place. At least before she becomes truly successful, she must live here. She wants to be a person who appears to be the same as everyone else, but actually has her own grand goals in her heart.

Unlike Chen Yun, she was very nice to Chen Yun when she first came, but she was always on guard. She seemed to be generous with her money, but she was never lavish with it. Sometimes she would not go shopping when she was asked to.

She thought that Chen Yun probably didn't have much money, just her family background was okay. However, in this era where men were generally valued over women, she should just take some money as a betrothal gift, and once it was spent, it would be gone. Besides, if she married the director's son, she wouldn't know how much suffering she would endure.

You still have to rely on yourself in life!

In the afternoon, Liu Qiao took Feng Yu out for a walk, and Chen Yun went into her room to sleep. I don’t know how long she slept, but when she woke up, the sunset glow was shining in from the window.

She went out in her slippers. Liu Qiao was watching TV on the sofa. Chen Yun smelled the aroma and went into the kitchen. Sure enough, Feng Yu was cooking. She was wearing an apron and cooking skillfully. When she saw Chen Yun, she smiled and said, "I guessed you were going to get up soon. You can't eat beef now, so I fried some pig hearts. It's delicious when stir-fried, and it goes well with rice."

"Thank you, Mom." Chen Yun was standing by and watching Feng Yu cooking, but was pushed out by Feng Yu.

There was a commotion outside at this time. Chen Yun frowned, fearing that it was another relative from the family building who had come. They came in such a large crowd that the ground shook. They knocked on her door from time to time, and she seemed to hear the voices of children.

Chen Yun was about to open the door, but Liu Qiao said, "The relatives of the second battalion commander next door are here. I just opened the door and talked to them, but it didn't work. If we talk to them again, it would seem like we are being unreasonable."

That was all she could do. She thought it must be Chen Dafen's relatives who came over. From time to time, there were children crying. Chen Yun complained a little and then helped with the housework, but Liu Qiao couldn't stand it anymore.

"Chen Yun, Chen Yun..."

It seemed that Chen Dafen was calling her from outside. Chen Yun went to open the door and said with a smile, "It's like this. We have a lot of guests coming to our house today. Can one of us stay at your house?"

Chen Dafen thought this was a very common thing. After all, everyone has relatives. If they stayed in a guesthouse, there would be too many people. If there were only one or two people, they could afford it. But she didn't want to be taken advantage of by so many people. Besides, the people who came this time were relatives from the same family. They also said that they would not stay in a guesthouse, so they would just sleep on the floor to save money.

But they were afraid that her mother-in-law would come over, so they filled the other room with clutter, and it was not enough to make a floor mat. It just so happened that Chen Yun's family had a TV to watch, so they let the cousin's wife bring the children to sleep in the main room.

Before Chen Yun could say anything, Liu Qiao refused: "Sister-in-law, Yunyun always has trouble sleeping at night now. I'm afraid it won't work. Why don't you go to the guesthouse?"

"We are all fellow villagers. We have places to sleep at home, so why go to a guesthouse?" Chen Dafen whispered.

These are just fellow villagers and relatives from the same family, not direct relatives. Isn't this a waste of money on them?

Liu Qiao smiled and said, "But we don't have any room at home. My mother is here now and our house is full. Besides, it's not a good idea to let someone else lay out a floor in our house. Why don't you go ask someone else?"

Chen Dafen pouted and went to find Xu Lijie. After Xu Lijie agreed, Chen Dafen scolded Liu Qiao again: "I know it's not good to ask others for help, but don't I have no other choice?"

Xu Lijie shook her head: "You won't agree to such a small matter. We can just negotiate it out. We have another room next door. Just let your fellow villager come over."

Chen Dafen said happily, "Lijie, you are still the best."

Look at Xu Lijie, she also comes from such a good family, but she is generous in her dealings with others. Look at Liu Qiao and Chen Yun, they are very selfish. They are all comrades-in-arms, so what? Chen Yun has no relatives to come to her in the future, so who will help you when the time comes?

Chen Yun closed the door and said to Liu Qiao: "I'm really not used to having outsiders staying at our house. Now it's good to do this."

Liu Qiao also shook his head: "Who said it wasn't? You said our house is so clean and smells so good, it's not okay for anyone to sleep on the floor. If you want to sleep on the bed, you have to squeeze in with my mother. My mother just got off the train today, there's no way she can squeeze in..."