Chapter 472 Fruit after dinner
Before Gu Xizhou could get up to open the door, the half-closed courtyard door was pushed open.
A round-faced woman stood in front of the courtyard gate, holding a bowl of pickles in one hand and holding a chubby little boy in the other.
"Captain Gu, Comrade Su, I'm Niu Zhaoer, the wife of Platoon Leader Mao next door, and this is my son Tiedan. I haven't had time to visit you, but I just heard your voices at home, so I came to say hello."
Although Su Nanzhi and Niu Zhaoer lived in the same residential compound in their previous life, they were not familiar with each other.
However, Niu Zhaoer is very famous in the staff housing estate, but this reputation is not good.
Although I had expected that the yard next door would be vacant and someone would move in, I didn't expect it to be Niu Zhaoer.
Su Nanzhi felt that her days in the army would be very busy from now on.
"Hello, I am Gu Xizhou's lover, Su Nanzhi."
Although Su Nanzhi disliked Niu Zhaoer a little, she didn't want to give people any chance to talk about her. She was about to stand up and ask Niu Zhaoer to sit down.
Niu Zhaoer had already walked to the dining table and looked at the dishes on the table with his not-so-big eyes.
"You just had lunch, it's quite hearty."
Before she could finish her words, Tiedan had already broken free from her hand and rushed to the dining table, with one of his dirty hands reaching straight for the braised duck.
Gu Xizhou was quick to move the braised duck aside.
Seeing this, Su Nanzhi, who was about to stand up, sat back down. She glanced at Tiedan's dirty hands, then looked at Niu Zhaoer.
Although Niu Zhaoer said nice things, he did not do things well.
Who would come to say hello to someone else's house during meal time, and bring a naughty child with them?
Niu Zhaoer seemed to react at this moment and pulled Tiedan who was about to touch the braised duck.
"You kid, your uncle and aunt are eating, how rude of you."
From his appearance, it can be seen that Tiedan was spoiled by his family.
Tiedan is very fat, and even in later generations people would remind him to lose weight, let alone in this era of tightening belts and dieting.
Tiedan didn't care about what Niu Zhaoer said. He kicked Niu Zhaoer's calf with a vicious look on his face.
While kicking him, he kept cursing, "I want to eat meat. If you don't let me eat, I'll tell grandma."
This was the first time Su Nanzhi had seen such a disobedient child since her rebirth.
However, Niu Zhaoer was very accustomed to his son's behavior. Even when he was kicked by his son, he remained calm without blushing or getting nervous.
"I thought it was time for dinner, so I brought some of my homemade dishes to your house."
After saying that, she glanced at the braised duck, swallowed her saliva, and said, "Comrade Su, did you buy this braised duck at the grocery store? I've never seen it before."
Su Nanzhi looked at Tiedan cursing with saliva flying everywhere, and a look of disgust flashed across her face.
She pushed the braised chicken that Gu Xizhou had moved aside in front of Tiedan.
"It's at home, give it to Tiedan."
Hearing this, Niu Zhaoer immediately showed a huge smile, "Oh, how embarrassing."
Although she said the embarrassed words, her hands did not hesitate at all and she took it.
The corner of Su Nanzhi's mouth twitched, and she felt a little regretful that she had given them the braised duck that she didn't intend to eat in order to get rid of them.
Gu Xizhou, who was standing beside her, seemed to know what she was thinking and asked calmly, "Sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say?"
These words have the strong implication of driving away the guests. If someone else said this, Niu Zhaoer would have just said to their face that they don't know etiquette.
But it was Gu Xizhou who said this.
The cold-blooded soldier in the army, the regimental commander who even her husband was afraid of.
Niu Zhaoer didn't dare to be rude in front of him.
Su Nanzhi glanced at Gu Xizhou and was very satisfied with his cooperation, so she didn't say anything to drive him away.
Seeing that Su Nanzhi didn't say anything, Niu Zhaoer cursed Su Nanzhi in her heart for not being able to control her man and for being incompetent, then forced a smile on her face.
"It's okay. Tiedan and I will go home first. We'll come and play with you when we have time, Xiao Su."
After saying that, she turned around and was about to pull Tiedan away.
As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Su Nanzhi.
"Comrade Niu, please take this pickle back. Xizhou and I are not used to eating it."
It is naturally impossible for her to not be used to the food. In her previous life, when Su Nanzhi lived in the Qin family, she had pickles for every meal. Later, after she became rich, Su Nanzhi never wanted to eat pickles again.
This habit was brought back by her after her rebirth, and Gu Xizhou can actually eat pickles.
But these pickles are not good things, and after eating Niu Zhaoer's pickles today, she doesn't know what to give in return in the future.
When Niu Zhaoer heard what Su Nanzhi said, his face instantly turned ugly.
She was convinced that Su Nanzhi looked down on her.
Isn’t it nonsense for a country bumpkin to say he can’t eat pickles?
However, after looking at Gu Xizhou beside her, she suppressed her dissatisfaction.
Her man's position is not as high as Gu Xizhou's, so she cannot offend Gu Xizhou and Su Nanzhi easily.
Thinking of this, she immediately forced a smile on her face, "Okay, then next time I'll make my best braised pork and send some for you to try."
Su Nanzhi kept smiling and said nothing.
If she didn't know what kind of person Niu Zhaoer was, she would really believe what she said.
After Niu Zhaoer finished speaking, Tiedan beside her said unconvincedly: "No, all the braised pork is mine."
Niu Zhaoer slapped him on the butt, and without caring about Su Nanzhi and Gu Xizhou's reactions, he dragged Tiedan away.
Su Nanzhi and Gu Xizhou could still hear Niu Zhaoer scolding Tiedan while sitting at the door.
"Are you stupid? Braised pork is so expensive, mom won't give it to anyone else."
"Then I'll eat braised pork tomorrow."
"We had braised duck today, so let's talk about it next month."
"This was given by someone else, so it doesn't count."
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Su Nanzhi and Gu Xizhou looked at each other, and a hint of helplessness flashed in their eyes.
Gu Xizhou spoke first, "If you don't want to, just ignore the family next door."
Su Nanzhi raised an eyebrow, "Captain Gu, aren't you afraid that others will say you look down on others?"
She didn't say this on purpose to embarrass Gu Xizhou. Although promotion in the army depends more on one's own ability, a lady's diplomacy is also very important.
Gu Xizhou picked up another piece of egg with his chopsticks for Su Nanzhi, and then said slowly: "As long as they don't say it in front of me, it doesn't matter what they say."
"Eat quickly, the food is getting cold."
Su Nanzhi didn't move and took out an apple from his pocket (space supermarket).
"I'm full, now I want some fruit after dinner."
She handed the fruit to Gu Xizhou and asked, "Would you like to eat it?"
Gu Xizhou took the fruit very decisively, then picked up Su Nanzhi's bowl and chopsticks, pretending to feed her.
"Don't change the subject. You haven't even finished half a bowl of rice. Eat quickly."
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