Cao Yuhua walked home excitedly with a basket of eggs in her hand.
Today, Cao Yuhua was lucky enough to buy thirty eggs in a village near Li's base. Although thirty eggs would not last for ten days, Cao Yuhua was not well off, and spending five yuan to buy thirty eggs at once was already the limit Cao Yuhua could afford.
"Mrs. Cao, why did you buy so many eggs? Your family has really good food." Ma Hongyu greeted Cao Yuhua with a smile on her face when she saw the half basket of eggs in her hand.
"It can't be helped. We have guests at home, so we can only eat a little better during this period. Unlike your family, Sister Ma, you are the best in our family compound." Cao Yuhua stopped and chatted with Ma Hongyu for a while. Sister Ma's family has a light burden, and Political Commissar Li's salary is more than enough for the three of them.
Ma Hongyu had lived in the family compound for a long time and was a warm and generous person. Most of the military wives in the family compound were on good terms with Ma Hongyu.
"Mrs. Cao is really kind and righteous. Not only did she rescue the man, but she also arranged such good food and drink for him." Ma Hongyu praised Cao Yuhua with a smile on her face.
"Sister Ma, you are too kind. We are from a foreign country, so we can't just stand by and watch our fellow villagers in trouble without lending a hand, right?" He smiled and nodded at Ma Hongyu, then went upstairs with light steps.
"Sister Ma, Mrs. Cao is so careless. She left her husband Cheng and a grown-up girl alone at home and ran away. If something happens, she won't have anywhere to cry." Wu Xiuhe looked at Cao Yuhua's back and came over to gossip with Ma Hongyu.
"Sister-in-law of the Zhao family, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Captain Cheng has a very clear look in his eyes, what could possibly happen? Besides, she is Mrs. Cao's niece, and she has a higher generation than him!" Ma Hongyu glanced at Wu Xiuhe and warned her.
Ma Hongyu knew that Wu Xiuhe's husband, Zhao Baoshan, had always wanted to be transferred to Cheng Yuanhui's 531st Regiment as the head of the regiment, but unfortunately Zhao Baoshan's military skills were not as strong as Cheng Yuanhui's, so this matter had never been accomplished. When Wu Xiuhe said this today, Ma Hongyu had some conspiracy theories.
"Hehehe... Sister Ma, I'm just not good at speaking. Please don't take it to heart." After being scolded by Ma Hongyu, Wu Xiuhe had to smooth things over herself.
"My husband, Li, once said, 'If a person has mountains in their heart, they see mountains; if they have shit in their heart, they see shit. My sister-in-law is a cultured person, so I think her heart should be filled with the fragrance of books.'" Ma Hongyu thought for a moment and continued to criticize Wu Xiuhe. Rumors change as they spread, and Ma Hongyu hated people who gossiped behind others' backs, so she didn't hold back when she spoke of Wu Xiuhe.
Wu Xiuhe had only attended junior high school, and when she first joined the army two years ago, she was quite defiant. It's no wonder, then, that military wives generally don't have a high level of education; less than one in ten wives have a junior high school education or higher. Ma Hongyu herself was one of those nine in ten, and therefore didn't have a very good impression of Wu Xiuhe.
"That's right, that's right." Wu Xiuhe didn't dare to argue with Ma Hongyu, so she could only say it awkwardly.
Wu Xiuhe said this not purely to destroy Cheng Yuanhui's reputation, but to remind Cao Yuhua to be more cautious. When Zhou Miaomiao followed Cao Yuhua to the family compound that day, Wu Xiuhe saw the greed in her eyes.
Wu Xiuhe always felt that Zhou Miaomiao was not a person who would be content with her lot, but her relationship with Cao Yuhua was not good, and her husband wanted to replace Cheng Yuanhui as the head of the 531st Regiment, so she did not go to Cao Yuhua and talk about these random guesses.
Wu Xiuhe's voice was neither loud nor soft, at least it reached the ears of Cao Yuhua who was walking on the stairs.
Thinking back to when she went out at noon today and Zhou Miaomiao said she had a headache and didn't want to go out, Cao Yuhua's heart skipped a beat. However, Cao Yuhua still trusted her man very much.
When he arrived at his door, Cao Yuhua reached into his trouser pocket to take out his key, but found nothing.
Oops! I forgot to bring my keys when I left. Cao Yuhua patted his head and called out to the door: "Miaomiao, I'm back!"
A faint sound of sobbing could be heard from inside the door.
Cao Yuhua was anxious. She knocked on the door and called out again: "Miaomiao, I'm back. Open the door."
After a series of rustling sounds, the door opened.
"Miaomiao, what's wrong with you?" Cao Yuhua's voice was a little sharp. Zhou Miaomiao, with her clothes disheveled and her eyelids red and swollen from crying, scared Cao Yuhua.
"Aunt, I... wuwuwu..." Zhou Miaomiao wanted to say something but stopped.
"If you have something to say, come inside and talk." Cao Yuhua's mind suddenly flashed with what Wu Xiuhe had just said. She quickly pushed Zhou Miaomiao into the room and closed the door.
"Miao Miao, what happened? Weren't you sleeping? How did you become like this?" Cao Yuhua saw that Zhou Miaomiao's clothes were torn and felt a little suspicious. Of course, Cao Yuhua remembered what Wu Xiuhe had just said and her heart tightened.
No, no, her husband, Mr. Cheng, is not that kind of person! Cao Yuhua comforted herself.
At Zhou Yuanyuan's house next door, Zhou Yuanyuan curled her lips and felt bad for Cao Yuhua and his wife.
Cao Yuhua was truly unlucky to have encountered such a dramatic character as Zhou Miaomiao. If Cao Yuhua and his wife didn't trust each other enough, their family would have been torn apart by Zhou Miaomiao.
"Aunt, I'm too embarrassed to see anyone. My uncle-in-law... mistook me for the wrong person and slept with me, wuwuwu..." Sure enough, Zhou Miaomiao started acting in front of Cao Yuhua.
"Miaomiao, what are you talking about?" Cao Yuhua looked at Zhou Miaomiao angrily, his body shaking with anger.
"It's true, aunt, what should I do? Wuuuu..." Zhou Miaomiao cried so "sadly" that Cao Yuhua's head was buzzing.
Zhou Miaomiao glanced at Cao Yuhua, who was so angry that he couldn't stand steadily, and a hint of pride flashed in her heart.
After Cheng Yuanhui left, Zhou Miaomiao felt more and more unwilling.
Looking at Cheng Yuanhui's angry expression, maybe the job and money he promised her might not be granted.
Zhou Yuanyuan thought for a while before coming up with this idea. As long as Cao Yuhua believed that she and Cheng Yuanhui were having an affair, she would definitely make a scene with him. Once Cao Yuhua made a scene, Cheng Yuanhui would definitely be thrown into disarray, and only then would she be able to get the benefits she wanted.
Cao Yuhua suppressed the anger in her heart and put the half basket of eggs in her hand into the jar in the kitchen.
Seeing that Cao Yuhua didn't say a word, Zhou Miaomiao couldn't cry anymore.
After putting the eggs away, Cao Yuhua turned around with a gloomy face and walked out the door.
"Aunt, where are you going?" Zhou Miaomiao pulled Cao Yuhua.
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