Chapter 42: Enthusiastic Sisters-in-law
"No need, sister-in-law. Gao Wu has already gone to get his brothers to come over. But it's really messy here. If you have time, can you take my wife out for a walk?" Huo Beichuan thought that there would definitely be a lot of dust after cleaning, so he wanted to take his wife out for a walk.
"I have to help with the cleaning later. Others came to help but I ran out. What's this?" Chen Jintao glared at her man.
"It's okay, I'll clean it. This house hasn't been occupied for a long time, so it's really dusty. Go talk to Sister Qian, you're not needed here."
"Oh my, Xiao Huo is a man who knows how to love his wife." Qian Mingfang couldn't help but laughed when she saw Huo Beichuan like this, and said quickly, "I'll be down soon, sister, come out quickly and I'll take you out to meet some people. We'll all live in the same family compound from now on."
Faced with Qian Mingfang's enthusiasm, Shen Jintao knew that she could no longer refuse. She glared at her man and walked out of the courtyard gate.
Only when she stood face to face with Qian Mingfang did Shen Jintao realize how amazingly tall her sister-in-law was.
"Sister-in-law, why are you so tall?"
She is almost 1.8 meters tall. Shen Jintao, who is not short, looks like a child when standing in front of Qian Mingfang.
Qian Mingfang touched his nose and said awkwardly, "I can't help it. The green onions over there are all this tall. I can't be shorter than the green onions."
When Shen Jintao heard her say that, she knew where she came from, “I really envy you, your legs are longer than my life.”
Qian Mingfang was completely amused when she heard this, "Hahaha, this is the first time I've heard someone envy me. Everyone says I'm big and strong and not pretty at all."
"Isn't this obviously nonsense? They just envy your long legs. If I had legs like yours, I would definitely be a model."
"What is a model?"
Qian Mingfang asked subconsciously.
"It's like... For example, if a clothing factory releases a new style of clothes, isn't there a beautiful woman wearing the new clothes on the promotional poster? That kind of person is called a model."
"Oh, look at your mouth. How can I have that ability?"
Although she knew that Chen Jintao was trying to make her happy, it was impossible for a woman to be unhappy when she heard such words. "Sister, I found that you are really good at talking. Okay, okay, I will take you to meet the sister-in-law in our family compound. We will live together in the future."
Chen Jintao also understood Qian Mingfang's good intentions and nodded, "Then sister-in-law, wait for me, I'll go get something."
Soon, Shen Jintao took out a bag of melon seeds and candies from her bag.
I bought this in the city today, and it comes in handy right now.
When you see a child, who will you be able to grab a candy or two? People of that era were simple and unpretentious, and friendships came quickly. A solid revolutionary friendship might be established just with one or two candies or a handful of melon seeds.
"Wow, you've prepared everything!" Qian Mingfang joked with a smile.
"When I came here, I thought about how Old Huo has been taken care of by his comrades, so I must give everyone some wedding candy. Come, Sister Qian, try this White Rabbit candy and see if it's sweet." Chen Jintao grabbed a handful of the more expensive White Rabbit milk candy and stuffed it into Qian Mingfang's hand.
Qian Mingfang didn't hesitate to take it with a smile, but she didn't ask for too much. "How can sugar not be sweet? Especially when it's such an expensive candy."
Noticing Qian Mingfang stuffing most of the candy back into her pocket, Shen Jintao didn't say much.
Originally, Chen Jintao's arrival had attracted a lot of people's attention, and many people were still gathered together chatting. When they saw Qian Mingfang bringing Chen Jintao over, most people greeted them very enthusiastically.
Chen Jintao followed Qian Mingfang, identifying everyone one by one, and shared melon seeds and candies with everyone.
Everyone has a better impression of Shen Jintao, after all, it is not common to see someone so generous.
"Captain Huo's wife, your house is not cleaned up yet, right? Let's go and help later. Do you need any furniture? We have people here who specialize in making furniture. After all, we are far away from the city, and it is not convenient to go to the city to buy furniture. Some people with this skill were invited by the army to make furniture. If you need anything, we can take you there."
Huang Xiuru, the wife of Deputy Battalion Commander Li, said enthusiastically that she and Qian Mingfang had a very good relationship, and that they were both warm-hearted people who seemed easy to get along with.
"I really need this, but I have to go home and figure out what I need. As for your help, I don't need it for now. I will definitely be polite to you if I need it later. I will trouble you sisters-in-law then."
Shen Jintao said with a smile.
"Oh, Captain Huo's wife, you must have been educated, right? You speak so nicely!"
Huang Xiuru sighed, she really liked Captain Huo's wife. Although she was very beautiful and looked well-off, and dressed like the girls in the city, she spoke very nicely and didn't look down on them at all.
You have to know that the family members are also polarized. The military wives from the city look down on the military wives from the country, thinking that they are rude and uneducated. The military wives from the country look down on the military wives from the city for their ability to look down on others, and don't want to make themselves embarrassed, so they gradually split into two groups. The military wives from the city play with each other, and the military wives from the country play with each other.
Chen Jintao is different from all of them. Although she comes from the country, she is prettier and more fashionable than those arrogant military wives in the city.
But she doesn't look down on people like the military wives in the city, and it's really easy for people to like her.
"Yes, I have read some books." Shen Jintao nodded.
"Wow, you are really amazing. When I attended that literacy class, I felt like I was listening to a foreign language. I couldn't understand a word. I felt sleepy as soon as the teacher spoke." Huang Xiuru exclaimed.
Chen Jintao did not respond to this. She couldn't just follow others and say that they were uneducated.
"Sister Chen has just arrived here. Everyone should take better care of her from now on. She must not be able to adapt to the life here." Qian Mingfang said.
“That’s for sure, Sister Shen, once your family affairs are sorted out, we’ll take you to the sea!”
Someone said loudly.
"Okay, then thank you, sisters-in-law." Chen Jintao was also happy. She was really interested in going to the beach.
"That's all we have here. Although the seafood doesn't taste good, it can fill our stomachs."
"Just be content. We are doing well here. If we were to follow the army in the northwest, we would have a hard time filling our stomachs."
"Well, that's true, but it's really uncomfortable to eat those things that have more shells than meat and taste bad every day. Fortunately, those of us who come from the countryside can grow some vegetables ourselves. Those who come from the city are suffering."
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