Lu Fanxing shook her head.
Just then, the door opened, and Jiang Xuan entered with Dian Dian.
Zhou Dongmei sat up straight.
Lu Fanxing even tried the steamed bun, but Lu Diandian only glanced at it before looking disgusted and saying she didn't want to eat it.
Zhou Dongmei only felt sorry for Jiang Xuan.
Having these two ancestors is really a nightmare!
Jiang Xuan, on the other hand, doesn't have that many rules.
This body has never eaten well since childhood.
She picked up half a boiled potato and started eating it, wrapping it around a scallion leaf.
"Hey girl, what are you planning to do today?"
Jiang Xuan swallowed a potato. "After I drop Dian Dian and Fan Xing off at kindergarten, I'm planning to go to the market to buy some cabinets and tables to tidy up the house. Look, there's nowhere to put all this stuff. Sister Mei, what are you planning to do today?"
"Let's go to the market together. There's a shuttle bus to the market at the gate, it runs every other day, and it's running today. I need to buy a hoe and some vegetable seeds."
"You want to grow vegetables?"
“Yeah, if they can plant in the yard, then I can plant too. I told Ma Jinhua last night that she should give me half of that land. If she doesn’t, I’ll measure the dimensions and dig another piece next to it. Oh right, remind me to buy a measuring tape later.”
Jiang Xuan realized that Ma Jinhua must be Zhou Dongmei's next-door neighbor.
They lived in a small courtyard.
As Lu Shengye had mentioned before, this large courtyard was newly built and the conditions were better than those in the family compound. It was basically two households per courtyard.
Zhou Dongmei continued, "I saw your yard just now. You've planted vegetables by the pond. You should also tell this family to set aside half of yours."
"Let me tell you, girl, you need to be assertive since you've just arrived, otherwise they'll definitely bully you. I've figured it out; the people in this courtyard are all materialistic and not kind at all."
"Oh, by the way, what's your husband's job?"
"Platoon leader."
Zhou Dongmei smiled with delight, "Oh, sister, I knew we were destined to be together! Look, even our men's positions are exactly the same. My man is in the second platoon of the third company, his name is Liu Hefeng. What's your man's name? Which company is he in?"
"His name is Lu Shengye, but I haven't asked which company he works for yet."
Lu Diandian was getting annoyed by their incessant chatter. "Are you done talking? I'm going to be late if you keep going."
"Didn't you say you wouldn't arrive at school until 8:30? It's not 8 o'clock yet."
Lu Diandian was even more annoyed. "Do we still need to eat? And doesn't it take time to get here?"
Zhou Dongmei stood up and said, "Okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I still have a few clothes soaking at home. Remember to call me when you go to the market."
"good."
Jiang Xuan led her two little ones out the door.
There were no restaurants at the entrance of the courtyard, only a woman selling steamed buns, soy milk, and tea eggs from a small stall.
Jiang Xuan bought one for each of them.
*
At the kindergarten gate.
Li Xiaofeng was standing at the door to greet the child.
Wang Yuying, whose grandson Fanfan was the same Aunt Wang from before, had just arrived. Seeing Diandian and Fanxing walking towards them from not far away, he enthusiastically chased after them, "Diandian and Fanxing, you moved away? I went to your house to look for you last night, but you weren't there."
“Yes, we’ve moved to the big courtyard next door.” Lu Diandian pointed to the courtyard.
Will you come here to visit again in the future?
"Yes, you can come and visit me. My yard is quite big."
"Okay, then let's roll hoops after school today. I'll come find you."
A hint of disgust flashed in Li Xiaofeng's eyes when she saw Jiang Xuan.
This woman is shameless. She's showing her bare legs so early in the morning. She's obviously not a decent person.
I have no idea what Platoon Leader Lu saw in her.
Jiang Xuan saw Diandian and Fanxing into the school gate and then turned and left without saying goodbye to Li Xiaofeng.
Li Xiaofeng cursed inwardly: This woman is so disrespectful, she's obviously illiterate.
Jiang Xuan had only walked a few dozen meters when Wang Yuying caught up with her, calling out, "Little Wild Wife, wait a minute!"
"What's wrong, Auntie? Is something the matter?"
"Didn't I mention it yesterday? My daughter will be 18 next month, and she's about the same size as you. I was thinking, could you make her a dress too? Using your kind of fabric?"
Jiang Xuan smiled faintly, "Does your family have this kind of fabric?"
"Oh dear, where would we get this kind of fabric? I mean, if you bought it from somewhere, could you buy me two more meters? I won't take advantage of you, and I'll pay you back for the fabric later."
Does this mean she's doing this for nothing?
Jiang Xuan really dislikes this kind of person.
"Auntie, this fabric was bought at Feitian Department Store. The fabric itself wasn't expensive, but the labor cost..."
"Hey, we're neighbors, you wouldn't expect me to pay you for the work, would you?"
"Auntie, do you never pay the tailor when you get your clothes made?"
Wang Yuying's expression changed. "But you're not a tailor. If you're capable, open a tailor shop. I won't shortchange you on the labor costs."
Wang Yuying muttered, "Really, neighbors are haggling over such a small amount of money."
Jiang Xuan was too lazy to waste words with her. "Then go find a tailor."
After saying that, she turned and left, which made Wang Yuying so angry that her liver hurt.
Although the tenement is next to the family compound, there is no direct gate from the tenement to the kindergarten. The military children living in the tenement have to go around to the family compound to get in.
It's not far, only five or six minutes.
When passing by the Lu family's house, Jiang Xuan decided to go in and see her grandfather.
Jiang Xuan had just reached the door when she bumped into Lu Xiaomei.
"Little sister?"
Lu Xiaomei exclaimed with delight, "Sister Xuanxuan, I was just about to come find you!"
"Hmm? Have you found all the books?"
"I found it. I copied down the table of contents of all four high school math textbooks last night. I plan to copy the comprehensive ones later."
"Okay, give me the math catalog later, and I'll help you make a plan."
Lu Xiaomei affectionately took Jiang Xuan's arm. "Okay, let's go in."
Lu Rongde was watering the flowers in the yard when he saw Jiang Xuan arrive. He greeted her with a smile and asked, "Xuanxuan, you're here. Have you had breakfast?"
"I've already eaten. I just took Dian Dian and Fan Xing to kindergarten and stopped by to see Grandpa. Grandpa, have you eaten yet?"
"Let's eat. Let's go to the main room. I also need to talk to you about something."
“Okay, Grandpa, let me help you.” Jiang Xuan quickly walked over and handed Lu Rongde his cane.
"Little sister, you organize the general subjects first, I'll come find you later."
"Okay, HyunHyun-jie."
In the main house.
Lu Rongde opened the same treasure chest again and took out a savings book.
"This is for you and Ono."
Jiang Xuan didn't take it. "Grandpa, Sheng Ye and I have enough money. You can keep your money."
“I’m already quite old, I don’t need much. I was originally planning to buy you a set of furniture, but I was afraid that you young people wouldn’t like what I chose, so you can just buy it yourselves.”
When Jiang Xuan opened it, her eyes nearly popped out of her head in shock.
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