As Zhou Ling spoke, she glanced at Lu Wanqing, as if afraid others wouldn't know she was referring to her.
On the bus, only Lu Wanqing was wearing a beige dress, looking youthful and beautiful, standing out among the crowd of people dressed in gray clothes.
Everyone immediately knew who Zhou Ling was talking about, and they all cast inquisitive or disdainful glances at her.
The middle-aged woman sitting next to Wang Xiuqin was He Shujuan, who was on good terms with Wang Xiuqin.
He Shujuan lived not far from the Lin family and had heard about their family's division of property early that morning. She pretended to advise Zhou Ling:
"Even a hero can't resist a persistent woman. Those educated youth sent lots of nice things to their families every month! You can't be envious!"
Lin Ye couldn't listen anymore. If what was said earlier was still somewhat subtle, He Shujuan's words were much more pointed. Only his own wife was so cherished, and his parents would send her things every month!
Lin Ye clenched his fists, glared at them with a sinister look, as if his fist was about to splatter on her face at any moment, which startled the group so much that they all fell silent.
Zhou Ling wasn't afraid at all. With so many people on the bus, would he dare to hit a woman? She spoke even more enthusiastically.
Lu Wanqing didn't want to bother with such a person, but the tractor would take an hour to travel, and having a fly buzzing around was really annoying.
On the surface, she held back Lin Ye, who was about to get up and teach Zhou Ling a lesson, but in reality, she had already given instructions to Xueqiu.
Snowball obediently stood up and barked at Zhou Ling, silencing all her words.
Enraged, Zhou Ling decided to break off all pretense and started hurling insults at Lu Wanqing.
After cursing a couple of times, I felt something burst in my mouth. I touched it and found it was a stink bug.
She actually chewed up a bedbug!
Those sitting next to her smelled a foul stench, covered their noses, and silently moved their bottoms away.
Even He Shujuan avoided it with disdain.
"Xiaoling, stop talking! You're attracting bedbugs!"
Zhou Ling looked down and discovered that several bedbugs had appeared on her light blue polyester shirt.
She was usually very vain, and when there were bugs on her clothes, she started twisting her body like a madwoman to drive them away. But the road was bumpy, and she fell off the edge of the truck bed, hitting her face down on the floor and cutting her lip.
"Ah Ye, don't you think some people are getting their comeuppance too quickly? People with foul mouths just attract bugs!" Lu Wanqing said lightly.
Lin Ye immediately agreed: "Wife, move over a little more, don't let the stench bother you."
Snowball stuck out its tongue at Lu Wanqing, looking for praise.
At this moment, everyone in the truck bed covered their noses, fearing that their clothes would be tainted with the smell of bedbugs. Laundry detergent was so precious; it would cost a lot to wash away that smell!
Zhou Ling touched her lips and found her hand covered in blood. She was furious and almost ground her back teeth to powder.
"Lu Wanqing, don't be so smug. I'm going to the county town to tell your family about your shameful deeds and make them cut off your supplies!" she thought bitterly.
After the tractor arrived at the state-run restaurant, everyone got off and made an appointment with the driver to return to the team.
Lin Ye escorted his mother and Lu Wanqing into the restaurant.
He used to come to this restaurant twice when he was trading game and it was mealtime, but he only spent a few cents to buy a few steamed buns and never dared to order any dishes.
When dining with my wife and mother, I can't be stingy; I have to make sure they eat well.
He ordered three bowls of wontons, two boiled eggs, and a bowl of porridge, specifically for Snowball.
I ate a very filling meal, which cost 1.2 yuan.
When it came time to pay, Lu Wanqing tried to take out her food coupons, but he stopped her.
"When we're out and about, how can I let my wife spend money!"
Lin Ye paid the money generously, without showing any sign of distress.
Lu Wanqing was afraid he was just putting on a show, so she quickly said, "Aye, I'm the one who's here to buy things today, so don't try to pay for me!"
Lin Ye acted like a child who had made a mistake, and said shyly, "Wife, there's something I've been hiding from you. Actually, I still have more than 50 yuan in my hand, which I earned from hunting... I promise, I won't hide anything from you anymore!"
Lu Wanqing chuckled. So this man also knew how to hide his money. No wonder he was so generous when it came to spending it!
In this day and age, 50 yuan is a considerable sum of money!
Lu Wanqing recalled that in her previous life, Lin Ye had secretly worked with his friends in the black market and was very familiar with it, having developed a business mindset at a very young age.
It was during this period that he was able to make a name for himself in Guangzhou.
In the ensuing shopping spree, Lu Wanqing readily allowed Lin Ye to act as her mobile wallet and porter.
Now that we've separated the household, we have to prepare our own pots, pans, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. We didn't have any vegetables, so we bought some pork belly and pork bones. We still have some flour and rice left, so we don't need to buy any more for now. The most important thing is to buy a pot.
Lu Wanqing can accept sharing a stove, but she can't accept sharing a pot.
Fortunately, she still had industrial ration coupons, and the supply and marketing cooperative had a large eight-print pot, which she bought for 8.2 yuan. She also bought a small four-print pot, a kettle, and a thermos for 4.3 yuan.
These items are in short supply and quite expensive, but they are of very good quality and can be used for many years.
Looking at Lin Ye's patched trousers, she went to the fabric section and picked out a few meters each of a piece of sky-blue fabric, a piece of light red fabric, and a piece of dark fabric, thinking that she would find the team's tailor to make some new clothes for him and his mother-in-law later.
His green military boots were worn out, with the toes sticking out, so she went to a shoe store and picked out two new pairs of military boots for him to try on.
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