"Good morning, sister-in-law!" When Jiang Yue saw that it was Sister-in-law Zhao, she immediately went over happily with the basket of vegetables.
This is the benefit of having a good relationship with your neighbors. Having someone to help you queue up in advance really saves time.
Mrs. Zhao was still with Lian Rongrong, and Jiang Yue directly inserted herself between the two of them.
"Thank you sister-in-law, thank you Rongrong!" Jiang Yue thanked with a smile.
Sister Zhao waved her hands, "It's such a small thing, why thank me!"
Lian Rongrong rolled her eyes at Jiang Yue and said, "Don't call me so affectionately. I'm not that familiar with you!"
"Aren't we familiar with each other?" Jiang Yue was surprised. "Didn't we beat up Li Hongying's 'comrade' together?"
Lian Rongrong: “…Don’t talk nonsense! I didn’t do anything!” Besides, can comrades-in-arms use it like this?
Jiang Yue smiled even more happily, "Yes, although you didn't do it, thanks to you waving the spatula to help me stop Li Hongying, otherwise it would not be so easy for me to beat her up!"
Lian Rongrong: "...Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true!"
Sister Zhao looked at Jiang Yue's heartless look and couldn't help but speak worriedly, "Jiang Yue, as the old saying goes, it's better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Sister-in-law is not saying that you shouldn't punish Li Hongying, but you have to be mentally prepared!"
Jiang Yue narrowed her eyes and stopped smiling, "Sister-in-law, do you mean that Li Hongying will take revenge on me?"
Sister Zhao nodded seriously, "Yes!"
Lian Rongrong said at this time: "Li Hongying has always had a bad reputation and is very narrow-minded. Although it is her problem, now you have cut off her source of income, made her lose face in the family compound, and beat Erniu. She must be holding a grudge against you."
Jiang Yue had always had a question in her mind, so she asked, "Since Li Hongying has such a bad reputation, why did Gu Ye let her take care of Ningning?"
In Jiang Yue's opinion, Gu Ye valued Ningning so much that he would not hand Ningning over to Li Hongying to take care of without investigation. But yesterday, she saw the mess and safety hazards in Li Hongying's home, which was really not suitable for childcare.
How could Gu Ye be at ease under such conditions?
Hearing this, Lian Rongrong paused and looked at Jiang Yue with a strange look in her eyes, "Don't you know about this?"
"Know what?" Jiang Yue realized as soon as she saw the expressions of Lian Rongrong and Mrs. Zhao that either she had forgotten about this matter, or Gu Ye had not told her.
Judging from the relationship between the original body and Gu Ye, the latter is more likely!
Mrs. Zhao didn't ask much, she just explained, "Ningning was taken care of by Aunt Wang at first, and Aunt Wang also helped with cooking at your place. Later, Aunt Wang had to go back to her hometown to take care of her grandson, so Li Hongying asked someone to find Captain Gu and wanted to take over Aunt Wang's job."
"Captain Gu certainly disagreed at first, but Li Hongying patted her chest and guaranteed it, and even asked Aunt Wang to vouch for her, saying that she would definitely take good care of Ningning."
"You know Li Xiuxiu, she's Li Hongying's younger sister. She lives next door to Wang Ma and her family. Li Xiuxiu often helps Wang Ma out. As a result, Wang Ma has a good impression of her and recommends Li Xiuxiu to Captain Gu."
"Plus, Li Hongying's family situation is really bad, and her husband is in Captain Gu's group. Captain Gu saw that he is honest and has many children at home, so he probably wanted to help, so he agreed in the end."
After listening to Mrs. Zhao's narration, Jiang Yue fell into deep thought. She didn't expect that Gu Ye actually had such a humane side!
However, there was one thing that made Jiang Yue very happy. She learned from Mrs. Zhao that Li Hongying had only come to her house a few months after the Chinese New Year, and before that it was always Aunt Wang who cooked for her.
After all, her body hasn't been eating pig food for a long time.
"Jiang Yue, how come you seem to know nothing about these things? Didn't Captain Gu tell you?" While Sister Zhao was talking, Lian Rongrong had been observing Jiang Yue's expression, and the more she looked, the more strange it seemed.
Jiang Yue actually looked very unfamiliar with these things that outsiders knew.
Jiang Yue touched his forehead and sighed, "Didn't I hit my head a few days ago? I can't remember some things."
"Really?" Lian Rongrong smiled vaguely, obviously not believing it.
Forget it, since Jiang Yue said that they were also “comrades-in-arms” who had beaten Li Hongying together, she would not expose her!
However, Lian Rongrong was secretly thinking in her heart that it seemed that Jiang Yue and Gu Ye’s relationship was really not good, otherwise they wouldn’t even know such a small thing and still come to ask them.
While they were talking, it was already Mrs. Zhao's turn to buy meat.
Mrs. Zhao bought half a pound and specifically asked for the fat.
Food was in short supply in those days, and pork was in limited supply. Everyone had no fat in their stomachs, and it was a rare opportunity to eat meat, so of course, the greasy and fatty meat was more enjoyable.
It was Jiang Yue's turn. She wanted to make braised pork belly today, so she ordered two pounds of pork belly first. Seeing the lard hanging on the meat stall, she weighed another three pounds and planned to go back to refine lard. Lard is very fragrant when used to cook, and the lard residue is also delicious.
"That female comrade, what are you doing at home? Why are you buying so much?" When the people behind saw Jiang Yue buying so much meat at once, they were anxious and envious.
They were anxious because they worried that Jiang Yue would buy too much and they would not be able to buy any more. They were envious because this female comrade was so generous when meat was so expensive and meat coupons were so scarce. How well off her family must be!
"Jiang Yue, why did you buy so much meat at once? The weather is hot now, and it will easily go bad if you can't finish it." Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao kindly reminded Jiang Yue.
Mrs. Zhao was worried that Jiang Yue had never been in charge of the household before and didn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt were. Who would buy two kilograms of meat at a time? It would take several months to save up meat coupons.
"Yes, you have a small family, how can you finish two kilograms of meat in one day!" Lian Rongrong also advised, but her tone was a little sour.
Gu Ye is a regimental-level cadre at a young age. Lian Rongrong's man is two years older than Gu Ye, but he is only a deputy company commander.
The higher the position, the much higher the salary, and the more food coupons, cloth coupons and meat coupons issued every month.
Lian Rongrong was extremely envious when she saw Jiang Yue taking out the money and meat coupons and putting the pork belly and lard into the vegetable basket.
"I plan to eat part of it and pickle the rest." Jiang Yue naturally had his own plans.
After Lian Rongrong also bought half a pound of meat, the three of them walked towards the vegetable area.
"By the way, Jiang Yue, do you know that Li Hongying's husband beat her last night?" Lian Rongrong asked Jiang Yue interestedly.
"Ah? Is that true?" Jiang Yue's eyes sparkled as she heard the gossip. "Tell me what's going on."
At the same time, Gu Yezheng and Captain Zhao were having breakfast in the cafeteria.
"Gu, you really don't want to eat? There's still a whole morning left. Aren't you hungry if you don't eat?" Captain Zhao had a heavy accent. He was drinking porridge and eating steamed buns at the same time, and his speech was unclear.
"I've eaten!" Gu Ye said in a deep voice.
"Did you really eat it? My sister-in-law made it?" Captain Zhao started laughing again, "How is my sister-in-law's cooking? Let me try some tomorrow?"
"Eat your meal! There are still two minutes before drill!" Gu Ye glanced at Captain Zhao coldly.
However, Gu Ye did not expect that Jiang Yue’s scallion pancakes would be so delicious. He was still not satisfied after eating them and regretted not taking some more with him.
The dishes cooked by Jiang Yue these past two days were all very much to his taste. He had never known that Jiang Yue was such a good cook before.
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