After answering the phone, Zhao Yunxiang turned around and prepared to go back to the family building. As she walked, she felt as if she was stepping on cotton and felt dizzy.
Over the phone, Zhao Guohui briefly explained Yu Meiru's situation. There were so many things going on in Yu Meiru's family that it would probably take Zhao Guohui three days and three nights to finish. As for how Zhao Guohui was nearly hacked to death in City N, he couldn't explain it clearly over the phone. He didn't want to worry Zhao Yunxiang, so he planned to discuss it after meeting his family.
Zhao Yunxiang hadn't realized her beloved brother had nearly had a near-death experience the other day. All she could think about was the new sister-in-law Zhao Guohui had been talking about. She'd assumed her brother, after the pain of divorce, would stay away from marriage and women. Fortunately, Xiaohui was still mentally healthy, Zhao Yunxiang thought.
What does the girl Xiaohui likes look like? Is she pretty? Does she really like Xiaohui? Xiaohui has already been hurt once, so he must not get another sister-in-law like Xu Liqin who is obsessed with her family...
To be honest, Zhao Yunxiang was incredibly curious about Meiru. Even through the phone, she could sense Zhao Guohui's excitement. This was something Zhao Guohui and Xu Liqin hadn't experienced since their early days together. Zhao Yunxiang saw their marriage as more about sympathy than love. Zhao Guohui married Xu Liqin out of sympathy for the way she was constantly being hurt by Xu Laolai.
Zhao Yunxiang felt that this time seemed different. When Zhao Guohui talked about Yu Meiru, his tone was full of sweetness and tenderness. Zhao Guohui was born with a lack of understanding for love. Zhao Yunxiang was very curious about how Yu Meiru made Zhao Guohui so tender.
Zhao Yunxiang kept her head down, thinking about something. After walking a dozen meters, a timid young woman came over and said, "Sister-in-law, this is some lettuce fresh from my vegetable garden. Can you help me taste it?"
Zhao Yunxiang recognized her as Captain Gu's wife, a young southerner who had joined the army around the same time as she had. In the past, the young woman had simply smiled shyly at Zhao Yunxiang, but today was the first time she had approached her.
"No need, sister! We can harvest the lettuce in our garden!" Zhao Yunxiang repeatedly declined. She knew that her daughter-in-law's garden had been planted late, just like hers, and that the vegetables she had were not enough for her family. She had enough lettuce, but Captain Gu's family needed it urgently.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to harvest vegetables? I'll help you. It will be ready in a while." When the young wife heard Zhao Yunxiang say this, she quickly turned around and ran to Zhao Yunxiang's vegetable garden to help Zhao Yunxiang pick up some vegetables such as beans that were easy to grow old.
"Hey, sister, come back!" Zhao Yunxiang called out from behind. Didn't she say she wanted her daughter-in-law to help with the harvest? How come she was working so fast?
Before Zhao Yunxiang could catch up, another military wife came over and stuffed a small pumpkin into her hand, saying, "This is Captain Zhou's. This is a new pumpkin from my vegetable garden. I'll give it to you to try."
Zhao Yunxiang recognized Captain He's wife, Qian Baohua. She had been with the army for several years. In the past, Qian Baohua and He Lai Di were close, and they looked down on Zhao Yunxiang and other newly arrived wives from the countryside.
"Sister Qian, that's all, keep it for yourself!" Zhao Yunxiang was flattered. Qian Baohua was notoriously stingy in the residential building; for years, no one had ever been able to eat a single vegetable from her family. She offered to bring food to Zhao Yunxiang today. Did the sun rise from the west? Zhao Yunxiang glanced at the sun, which had just appeared on the eastern hilltop, and was completely bewildered.
"Captain Zhou's family, my family doesn't have anything good, I hope you don't despise it, we are all from the countryside, we should be friendly to each other." After Qian Baohua finished speaking with a smile on her face, she ignored the pumpkin that Zhao Yunxiang stuffed back and ran away.
"Sister Yunxiang, these are the local eggs I bought in the village early this morning. They are so delicious! Let me give you a taste." Qian Baohua had just left when Lin Weixiang came in from outside. Seeing Zhao Yunxiang, she directly stuffed a basket in her hand into Zhao Yunxiang's hand.
Lin Weixiang is the daughter-in-law of the regiment political commissar. She has a good relationship with Zhao Yunxiang, but not to the extent that they send food to each other.
"Sister Lin, how can this be so embarrassing? Why don't you just keep some for your own child and add some vegetables?" Zhao Yunxiang was a little embarrassed. Zhao Yunxiang had been in the army for so long, and Lin Weixiang had always taken good care of her. These eggs were not like the vegetables grown in the vegetable garden; they were precious. The basket Lin Weixiang had stuffed into her was filled with at least eleven or twelve eggs, worth sixty or seventy cents. Even if Zhao Yunxiang was generous, she knew she couldn't take advantage of others.
Besides, Lin Weixiang has two half-grown kids at home! Thirteen or fourteen-year-old little adults, no matter how much they eat, it's never enough.
"I have more! These are specially reserved for you. Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to exchange them for some eggs? I happened to be in the village today, so I just took them." Lin Weixiang raised the basket in her other hand, which contained more than twenty eggs.
Zhao Yunxiang regretted her outspokenness. Yesterday, while washing clothes in the washroom, Lin Weixiang happened to be there, and the two of them started chatting. Lin Weixiang mentioned that some people in the nearby villages were raising chickens, and that eggs could be exchanged for food coupons, cloth coupons, or something similar. Zhao Yunxiang, remembering her little girl who loved egg custard, casually suggested she'd go and exchange some sometime. Unexpectedly, Lin Weixiang took it to heart. Today, when she went to exchange eggs herself, she also helped Zhao Yunxiang get a dozen.
"Thank you, Sister Lin. I'll send the food coupons and money to your house later," Zhao Yunxiang said with a stiff upper lip. Honestly, Zhao Yunxiang would rather go to the village herself than accept Lin Weixiang's basket of eggs. Even if she gave her the food coupons and money later, others might still think she was taking advantage of her. However, Lin Weixiang had been really nice to Zhao Yunxiang over the past few months, so Zhao Yunxiang couldn't refuse and embarrass Lin Weixiang in front of everyone.
Zhao Yunxiang has encountered many such things in recent days. Zhou Zhixin is General Zhou's grandson. This news first shocked the guards, and then the wives of the soldiers came to Zhao Yunxiang one after another in the past few days, making Zhao Yunxiang feel very uncomfortable.
Zhao Yunxiang, a young wife from the countryside, had experienced some cold stares when she first arrived in the army. With Zhou Zhixin's change in status, all the indifference vanished, leaving Zhao Yunxiang deeply moved. No wonder the old saying goes: "The poor in the city are ignored, the rich in the mountains have distant relatives." Ever since becoming General Zhou's granddaughter-in-law, Zhao Yunxiang has found herself receiving compliments everywhere she goes. As for what people say about her behind her back, Zhao Yunxiang has no idea.
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