Ji Xia's eyes narrowed, and a chill climbed up along Sun Yulan's tailbone, and all the hairs on her body stood up. Her hand stopped about two centimeters away from Ji Xia's cheek.
When she came to her senses, she was immediately furious and said, "We are from the same military region. Your man is the battalion commander, and my man is also a battalion commander. I am only being nice to you because of your man. Who are you trying to please?"
Ye Fengmei always knew that Sun Yulan was a foul-mouthed person. Ji Xia had only been there for a few days and they hadn't even met, but she had already spread so many bad things about Ji Xia. Now that she was bullying her in person, she felt a little unhappy.
"Yulan, you are the old sister-in-law, and Xiao Qin's wife is new. It's not good to make a fuss when they meet!" Ye Fengmei said.
Sun Yulan, like a river flooded with water, complained bitterly, "I said she was new here, and I meant well. I wanted to get to know her. After all, we're neighbors, and if we have a problem in the future, we can help each other. How could I have known that she would look down on me like this?"
Ji Xia said coldly, "On my first day here, you asked your child to call my husband 'Dad' just for a piece of meat. Is this what neighbors do when they need to help each other? If I didn't know that my man has high standards and looks down on you, a yellow-faced woman, how could I not be suspicious?"
The military wives who were in the car with Sun Yulan and others originally had a bad impression of Ji Xia, because that was not what Sun Yulan said.
Shao Hongwei's wife, Aunt He, said, "Yulan, didn't you say that Captain Qin got married and you brought gifts to congratulate him, but Captain Qin's wife locked you out without even opening the door?"
"This... I did bring some food with me. My third brat runs fast, so I didn't know he would come and cause trouble. I guess he did it on purpose because I told Captain Qin that he would have delicious food to enjoy when he makes trouble in the bridal chamber. We don't have bad intentions." Sun Yulan explained with an embarrassed smile.
Ji Xia sneered and imitated the accent and voice of Sun Yulan's son, repeating his mother's words that only when you call dad can you eat meat. She did it so vividly that even Sun Yulan, the mother, thought it was her son who came. The people around her were so surprised that no one believed her words.
"Also, you are impolite. I won't bother with you this time. Remember next time, just say hello to people and don't touch them. I haven't washed your hand with soap for many years. It's so dirty that it looks like it was taken out of a cesspool. You actually hit me in the face. You are not polite, but I think it's dirty!" Ji Xia didn't plan to deal with this kind of person, so he decided to just break up with them. It would be best if they didn't have any contact with each other in the future.
In the future, her family will have to eat meat every day. Does that mean she has to be on guard every day against Qin Xiao giving birth to another son?
Sun Yulan was so humiliated that she lost her mind. "Do you think my hands are dirty? I think you think I'm not a man. If I were a man, you might put your face in front of me and let me touch it...ah..."
Sun Yulan screamed, and when everyone came to their senses, she had been kicked far away by Ji Xia and fell into the dry grass on the side of the road. If she had not been stopped by the tree, she would definitely have fallen into the ditch.
Her butt hit the tree trunk and it hurt as if her tailbone was broken.
Cheng Bo glanced at Sun Yulan and shook his head, "This woman's mouth is too smelly." He did not stop the car and continued driving the donkey cart.
No one spoke in the car anymore.
The army is relatively close to Xingfu Commune, so they buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative here. The car stopped next to the supply and marketing cooperative. Ye Fengmei and He Dagu asked Ji Xia to queue up together to buy meat.
She didn't take anything, just gave the ticket and money and asked Ye Fengmei to help her buy two pounds of pork belly. She went to another counter and bought a backpack. She wanted to buy a bathtub but didn't see one. There were people selling dried beans, so she bought some and planned to stew the pork belly.
She didn't buy it because it was available in other spaces.
At home, there are also cabbages and radishes given by her mother.
After Ji Xia left, Aunt He discussed with Ye Fengmei, "Yulan has a bad temper. Xiao Qin's wife got violent today, and I'm afraid she'll make a fuss about it. She's a new wife, and it would be embarrassing."
Ye Fengmei shook her head. "She just met Xiao Qin's wife now. She used to bully new wives or wives of soldiers whose ranks were lower than her husband's. This time she hit a wall. I think she deserves it. If there is an investigation from above, we are all witnesses and will help to speak up."
Ji Xia came over and it was their turn. Ye Fengmei bought some meat for her. She put it in a backpack, covered it with dried beans, and took a donkey cart back.
Qin Xiao was not at home, so she took out two chickens, a duck, more than two kilograms of pork belly, and some dried goods available on the mountain, such as chestnuts and mushrooms, from the space, thinking of making something delicious to replenish her energy in the evening.
Qin Xiao was such a beast. She felt drained last night.
Just as they were preparing the ingredients, a soldier knocked on the door. Seeing Ji Xia, he blushed shyly, probably because he had never spoken to a woman before, like a little girl, "Sister-in-law, um, Political Commissar Wang wants to see you!"
"What's the matter?" Ji Xia didn't think she had anything in common with someone who was doing ideological work. After all, she now looked like a member of the masses.
"Well, the third battalion commander's sister-in-law is here too, crying in front of the political commissar. The political commissar asked her to come over and talk to him." Zhang Tie said with a smile.
Ji Xia couldn't help but smile. When she smiled, it was like ice and snow melting and spring coming to life. Zhang Tie thought that the sister-in-law of the battalion commander was really pretty. She was so beautiful that his face turned redder.
"Okay, let's go, but wait for me."
Zhang Tie thought Ji Xia was going to go back and lock the door, so he hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, there's no rush."
Ji Xia returned and retrieved a pile of White Rabbit candies from the space, weighing about thirty pounds. She placed them in a clean snakeskin bag and handed it to Zhang Tie. "Here, take some and share them. These are wedding candies given by your battalion commander."
Zhang Tie had never seen anyone use a snakeskin bag to pack wedding candies. He opened it and saw, wow, it was actually White Rabbit milk candies.
White Rabbit milk candy is very expensive, 30 cents per pound, and you need a ticket to buy it.
With this bag, everyone in their camp can have a handful.
Zhang Tie followed Ji Xia attentively. After sending Ji Xia to Political Commissar Wang, he ran away with a snakeskin bag in his hand. No one knew what was inside.
When they returned to the barracks, Zhang Tie jumped up and shouted, "Brothers, come quickly, the battalion commander's wedding candy is here."
Suddenly, the whole camp gathered around him like a pot of boiling water. He held the snakeskin bag tightly and said with a smile, "No hurry, no hurry, everyone has a share. Line up and come to me to get it!"
He opened the snakeskin bag, and everyone came over to take a look. Oh my god, it was actually a snakeskin bag full of White Rabbit milk candies. Not to mention whether it was expensive or not, it took a lot of skill to be able to buy so much milk candies these days.
"The battalion commander spent all his wife's money on wedding candy, and he bought such expensive milk candy?" Tian Youcai exclaimed.
"You are wrong. This wedding candy was not given by the battalion commander, but by my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law is so generous!" Zhang Tie gave a thumbs up.
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