The way back is easier than the way here, mainly because I know home is there, and I have a clear goal and hope.
Although Gu Ye criticized Jiang Yue for her poor physical fitness, he was still very considerate of Jiang Yue in his actions. He kept slowing down his pace, and his long legs had to match Jiang Yue's steps. Jiang Yue felt a little embarrassed.
Moreover, Gu Ye took all the things in Jiang Yue's hands. Jiang Yue held nothing in her hands. Ningning didn't want Gu Ye to hold her, so she accompanied Jiang Yue.
This made Jiang Yue feel just like the usual times when she and Ningning walked to the county town. They walked and rested a bit, and arrived home without feeling tired at all.
"Hey, Jiang Yue, I just saw your Captain Gu passing by, and he brought two people with him. Did you buy those cool beds and chairs? Buying so many at once, that must not be cheap, right?" When passing by the big locust tree at the gate of the family compound, someone spoke to Jiang Yue in a sour tone.
Jiang Yue looked up and recognized the people who had been talking about her before. They were picking vegetables when she left, and they were still picking vegetables when she came back. What kind of vegetables would take more than two hours to pick?
"Yeah!" Jiang Yue responded casually and continued walking home, not intending to say more.
Just now, when she and Gu Ye returned to the military gate, they saw the man selling bamboo products already waiting there. Gu Ye took his men and went ahead. The two people following Gu Ye that Zhou Guihua mentioned were the man who delivered the goods and his brother.
Seeing Jiang Yue walking away, the three women gathered together again.
"Did you see what's in the oil-paper bag Jiang Yue is holding?"
"No! It's wrapped so tightly, how can it be seen?"
"How come Gu Ye's family is so rich? I've seen that summer bed in the supply and marketing cooperative, and it sells for thirty yuan! They not only bought a summer bed, but also a summer chair!"
"And that rattan cabinet, I think it's really well made. I've always wanted a cabinet like that to store my clothes, but I just couldn't bear to buy it!"
"Guihua, didn't you say that Gu Ye filed for divorce? If he was going to divorce Jiang Yue, why did he buy so many things for her?"
One of the women, named Wang Cui, raised a question.
Zhou Guihua curled her lips, "Then I don't know!"
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Jiang Yue was anxious to go home to see her new items, so she picked up Ningning and trotted along. Just as she arrived at the door of her house, she ran into a man selling bamboo products.
"Brother, come in and have a drink of water!" Jiang Yue greeted the man and his brother.
"No, no, I have to hurry home, thank you girl!" The man was putting the money into his pocket, and he scratched his head embarrassedly, "I took the money!"
The young man who came with him to deliver the goods saw Jiang Yue and lowered his head shyly, not daring to look at her.
"Okay then, take care, big brother!" Jiang Yue smiled and waved.
The man and his brother walked out and heard the door closing behind them. The young man whispered to the man, "Brother, this girl is so beautiful! Who is that guy to her? Is he her brother?"
"What brothers? They are obviously a couple!" said the man.
The young man was unconvinced, "How do you know they are a couple! Maybe they are brother and sister!"
The man looked back and saw that there were no houses around. He couldn't help but whisper to his brother as he walked: "This is the military family compound. Who else would live here if not a couple? Can't you see that they already have children?"
The young man wanted to say more, but was interrupted by the man, "Remember this, no matter how beautiful the girl is, it has nothing to do with you! We are just farmers, don't let your imagination run wild! I think Erya from the next village is pretty good, but you insisted that she had pockmarks on her face..."
As the two were talking, they ran into three women. The man immediately stopped talking and was about to walk over when a woman stopped them and asked mysteriously, "Fellow villagers, are you here to deliver a bed and chair to Captain Gu's family? How much do the three pieces cost in total?"
The man thought the woman also wanted to buy the summer bed, so he smiled and replied, "Three pieces together cost about fifty or sixty yuan. If you want them, I'll bring them over next time at the market."
"Is that so?" Zhou Guihua felt even more sad when she heard that Jiang Yue spent fifty or sixty yuan on three pieces.
Her husband is just an ordinary soldier, earning less than 30 yuan a month and having to support a large family. How could he afford several dozen yuan to buy a summer bed?
After sending the man away, Zhou Guihua couldn't help but glance in the direction of Jiang Yue's house and rolled her eyes. Humph, Jiang Yue probably doesn't know that Gu Ye has filed a divorce report yet. It won't be long before Jiang Yue won't be able to laugh anymore!
At that time, after Jiang Yue entered the yard, he saw the deck chair under the osmanthus tree at a glance, and immediately ran over happily and lay down on it.
Wow! It was really comfortable. The midday sun was blocked by the dense canopy of the osmanthus tree, and the breeze was gentle. If Jiang Yue was not worried about being carried away by mosquitoes, she thought it would be great to take a nap here.
However, before Jiang Yue could indulge in the artistic conception of the ancient poem "The ground is covered with shade of trees, the sun is at noon, and I wake up from my dream to the cry of a nightingale", she heard Gu Ye calling her.
"Jiang Yue! Come here!"
"What's the matter?" Jiang Yue had been walking for the whole morning and her legs were very sore. When she came back, she just wanted to lie down and lie down. Gu Ye called her several times before she responded reluctantly.
"Where do you want to put the cool bed? If you don't come, I'll put it anywhere else!" Gu Ye raised his voice.
"Here it comes, here it comes!" Jiang Yue had already thought of placing the summer bed under the corridor. When she walked over and took a look, she found that the place where Gu Ye had placed it was exactly what she wanted.
"Just put it here!" Jiang Yue was about to sit down happily, but was stopped by Gu Ye.
"There's dust, wipe it off before you sit down!"
At the same time, Gu Ye stopped Ningning from climbing onto the cool bed.
The mother and daughter stood aside and watched Gu Ye wipe the cool bed with a towel, and then asked in unison: "Can we sit down now?"
Gu Ye: "...Sit down!"
Jiang Yue sat down first. The cool bed was made of bamboo and had a natural bamboo fragrance and coolness.
Ningning climbed up with her short legs and sat next to Jiang Yue.
Since Gu Ye came back yesterday, he has already noticed that Ningning now completely trusts and relies on Jiang Yue. When Jiang Yue calls her, the little girl jumps up and down, and he, as her father, has to stand aside.
"Dad, sit down too!" Ningning waved at Gu Ye.
Gu Ye put the towel on the rack and walked to the corridor. He hesitated for a moment whether to sit next to Jiang Yue or go around Jiang Yue and sit on the right side of Ning Ning. Jiang Yue had already stood up and gave up his seat to Gu Ye.
"Gu Ye, please sit here!" Jiang Yue turned around and sat down on the other side.
Gu Ye looked at the position vacated by Jiang Yue, but his brows frowned slightly. He raised his phoenix eyes and looked at Jiang Yue calmly. She was talking to Ning Ning with her head tilted. From Gu Ye's angle, he could see the thin purple blood vessels under Jiang Yue's thin eyelids, and her dense and long eyelashes like crow feathers.
Both Jiang Yue's expression and movements were very natural, including when she stood up and gave her seat to Gu Ye.
But Gu Ye, who has never been a meticulous person, had an intuition at this moment that Jiang Yue must have done this on purpose because she didn't want him to sit next to her!
She is avoiding suspicion!
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