Chapter 39 Chapter 39 "Whose cooking smells so good?"...

There was a loud knock on the door of the Bai family. Bai Xiuxiu opened the door first and was very surprised to see Jiang Qiuyue. "Sister-in-law, what are you doing..."

"It has nothing to do with you, just go and watch the show, or I'll hurt you." Jiang Qiuyue shouted at the Bai family, "Zhao Shufen, get out of here!"

In the room, Zhao Shufen was talking to her lover Bai Yong. Bai Yong frowned, "Who is this?"

"How would I know?" Zhao Shufen didn't recognize Jiang Qiuyue's voice yet, and walked out cursing, "Damn it, who the hell is causing trouble? I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

As a result, Zhao Shufen and his wife saw Jiang Qiuyue. It was the first time that Bai Yong saw Jiang Qiuyue. He didn't know that Jiang Qiuyue was a new neighbor next door. He was just amazed that there was such a beautiful girl in his family compound.

Zhao Shufen was puzzled, "Jiang Qiuyue, what are you doing?"

Jiang Qiuyue directly repeated what Zhao Shufen said, "I thought since there was a new neighbor, I should say hello, so I went to take a look. But as soon as I walked in, she looked down on me and asked me who I was. I went to see her with good intentions and wanted to ask her if she could help me, but she ignored me, said she was busy, and closed the door. When I just walked out of the door, I saw her talking to another man in a coquettish manner."

"You better keep an eye on your men. She looks like a vixen who seduces men!"

"Zhao Shufen, you said these words in the pavilion, right?" Jiang Qiuyue knocked on the Bai family's door with a hammer again.

Zhao Shufen panicked. She said such words, but she didn't expect that others could bring it up with Jiang Qiuyue, and say it so clearly.

Bai Yong was still asking who Jiang Qiuyue was until Bai Xiuxiu said that Jiang Qiuyue was the lover of Deputy Head Lin next door, and then he asked if there was a misunderstanding.

"There is no misunderstanding, Captain Bai. I just arrived yesterday and met your wife for the first time this morning. After meeting your wife, I was working. I just want to ask, which man did your wife see me talking to today?"

Jiang Qiuyue stood at the door of the Bai family. Seeing someone curiously looking over, she was not embarrassed. "Everyone, come and have a look. Zhao Shufen slandered me for seducing men. I want to know clearly, which man did I talk to today that she saw me?"

The neighbors were a little embarrassed at first, but when Jiang Qiuyue brought it up, they all gathered around.

"What's going on?" Bai Yong glared at her. He knew his wife best and said fiercely, "You are gossiping again, aren't you?"

"No...no." Zhao Shufen wanted to be stubborn, but Jiang Qiuyue said that it was Wei Meihua and Peng Yan who said it. She got angry instantly, "You two idiots, where did I say that? Big sister, don't get me wrong, I really didn't say that. I just said a few more words because you ignored me, I really didn't say anything else."

Neighbors who have known Zhao Shufen for a long time don't believe what she said, but they are neighbors after all, and normally they won't make a fuss when something happens. After all, they live in the same area, and it would be embarrassing if they make a fuss.

Someone also asked Jiang Qiuyue, "Could it be that someone else sent the wrong message? Could it be a misunderstanding? Sister, don't be so angry?"

"I have a bad temper?"

Jiang Qiuyue directly retorted, "I am the one who was rumored to have seduced the man. The relationship is not with your family, so it's none of your business. They spread bad things about me and affected my reputation. What if my man hears and quarrels with me?"

"If you have an affair, you will be criticized. If I don't explain it clearly now, who will help me when I am wrongly accused?"

After a few words that left everyone speechless, Jiang Qiuyue went to look at Zhao Shufen again, "I don't know how I offended you, but I don't like to be wronged, and I must make things clear. You said you didn't say it, then you and I will go find Wei Meihua and confront them face to face!"

"You...what are you doing?" Zhao Shufen was unwilling to go because she really said this, "We are all neighbors, do you have to make things so ugly?"

It was just a few words of idle chat. It was the first time she met someone like Jiang Qiuyue. If it was in the village, she would have torn Jiang Qiuyue's mouth. This was not in the family compound. If she hit someone, she would be arrested. That's why she kept enduring.

"Who is trying to make the scene look bad?" Jiang Qiuyue asked loudly, "I'm asking you, who did I talk to, and how did I seduce a man? If you don't tell me a name today, I'm going to go to the Women's Federation and sue you for slandering me!"

"Don't be like this, let's talk it over." Bai Yong was overwhelmed. He dragged Zhao Shufen back and asked in a high voice, "Did you say it or not?"

“I…I…”

"Okay, I know you said it from the look on your face. I'm so unlucky to marry a gossipy woman like you. Apologize quickly, do you hear me?" Bai Yong didn't want to make a big deal out of it, and it was indeed Zhao Shufen's fault.

Zhao Shufen had never met someone as stubborn as Jiang Qiuyue. Now that so many people were watching, if she apologized, wouldn't it be confirmed that she had deliberately said bad things about Jiang Qiuyue? "If I don't apologize, how can I live my life in the future?"

"Are you afraid of losing face? Why don't you do such embarrassing things?" Bai Yong became anxious and pulled Zhao Shufen forward.

Zhao Shufen was desperate and said, "Don't drag me. I won't go if I say so. I won't admit it even if you kill me. If you have the guts, get Wei Meihua and Peng Yan to come here to testify!"

"I can testify without them!"

Wu Shuangshuang squeezed into the crowd and learned that Jiang Qiuyue came to the Bai family. She thought Jiang Qiuyue would cry and ask Zhao Shufen why she did this, but she didn't expect her to be so cool. She liked this solution. "I can testify that Zhao Shufen said these words in the pavilion. I said at that time that Zhao Shufen loves to gossip and fart in public. I also want to ask now, how did I offend you, Zhao Shufen, when I just arrived at the family compound? Why do you want to slander others?"

"Wu Shuangshuang, shut up!" Zhao Shufen rushed over and wanted to hit someone, but was tripped by Jiang Qiuyue who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and fell flat on her face.

Jiang Qiuyue used a club to hit Zhao Shufen, "I'm from the countryside. I look like an easy target, but I'm not a coward. Comrade Zhao Shufen, do you know that if you slander military wives and undermine solidarity and friendship with me, I can drag you into a struggle session?"

"Don't scare me. I wasn't brought up to be scared." When Zhao Shufen wanted to struggle, Bai Yong pulled her aside to apologize.

This kind of thing happened before, but the other party would not make such a fuss like Jiang Qiuyue, so Bai Yong did not care, but just asked Zhao Shufen not to do it in the future. Now Jiang Qiuyue has come to his door, he can't ignore it, "Comrade Jiang, it's Shufen's fault, she shouldn't gossip. She is just like this, but she doesn't have bad intentions. I will let her apologize to you. Hurry up and say sorry to others quickly. If you really want to make a fuss at the Women's Federation, I will divorce you!"

When Zhao Shufen heard Bai Yong mention divorce, she was stunned at first, and then she realized that Bai Yong was really angry.

She was able to get away with it in her parents' home and her husband's home because of Bai Yong's ability. Many cadres divorced their rural lovers after becoming successful, and she used to be worried. It was not until she came to the family home for so many years that she felt relieved and gradually became free of worries.

"I...I apologize." Zhao Shufen said these words with difficulty. She didn't dare to look at other people's expressions. Jiang Qiuyue embarrassed her today, and she would remember this grudge.

Bai Yong went to see Jiang Qiuyue, "Comrade Jiang, is it ok now?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Qiuyue snorted coldly, "Zhao Shufen has already damaged my reputation. I want her to go to the pavilion again and explain to everyone one by one that she was talking nonsense this morning. In the end, she should slap herself twice as a lesson."

Seeing Bai Yong was about to speak, Jiang Qiuyue interrupted him loudly, "This is definitely not the first time Zhao Shufen has done this. If you can't control your lover, the army will help you, but you won't have any future. Captain Bai, I think you are still reasonable. Think carefully about what is more important."

"What?" Before Bai Yong could speak, Zhao Shufen disagreed, "Jiang Qiuyue, why don't you go to heaven? You want me to go to the pavilion, do you still want me to be a human being?"

"Don't do shameful things when you are a human being!" Jiang Qiuyue raised three fingers, "Okay, now it's three slaps, if you take the blame again, I'll give you one more. Don't think you can bully me just because my man is not around. If I don't deal with you today, I'm not Jiang Qiuyue!"

When everyone first saw Jiang Qiuyue, they all thought she was fair and pure and would be easy to handle.

As a result, everyone present said in their hearts that they would not mess with Jiang Qiuyue in the future.

Zhao Shufen refused to agree, but Bai Yong was determined that if this matter was not resolved today and if it really got reported to the Women's Federation or the police station and the leaders found out, he would get a divorce.

Zhao Shufen was most afraid of divorce, so she could only hold her anger and be taken to the pavilion by Jiang Qiuyue.

"There are a lot of people here now, please speak quickly. My time is precious and I have to go home to cook." Jiang Qiuyue urged.

Bai Yong didn't come over. He couldn't afford to lose face. Zhao Shufen pleaded in a low voice, "Big sister, please let me go this time. I won't dare to do it again in the future. Okay?"

"No way!" Jiang Qiuyue said sharply.

Zhao Shufen glared at Jiang Qiuyue fiercely, but she could only apologize obediently, "It was me this morning..."

Jiang Qiuyue: "Speak louder. I can't hear you. How can others hear you?"

"I was talking nonsense. Jiang Qiuyue didn't hook up with any man, and she's not a vixen. I was the one gossiping. I apologize to Comrade Jiang Qiuyue!" Zhao Shufen said in a hoarse voice, and then slapped herself three times, "Is this okay?"

Seeing Jiang Qiuyue nod, she squeezed out of the crowd and ran away crying.

Everyone then realized what Zhao Shufen had said. Wei Meihua and Peng Yan had been staying far away, not daring to get close.

Wei Meihua regretted it so much, "This Jiang Qiuyue is really amazing, she actually made Shufen apologize in front of so many people. But then again, did Jiang Qiuyue seduce the man?"

Peng Yan rolled her eyes at Wei Meihua. She was the one who regretted the most now. She shouldn't have talked nonsense to Wei Meihua. Zhao Shufen must hate her to death.

Everyone else in the pavilion didn't know what to say, but Jiang Qiuyue introduced herself to everyone openly, "I'm Deputy Head Lin's wife, and I just arrived at the family compound yesterday. We'll be neighbors from now on, and I like to speak my mind directly. If you're dissatisfied with me, you can tell me directly. I suggest that you stay away from people like Zhao Shufen who gossip everywhere. Anyway, time will tell what kind of person I am."

She smiled at everyone, turned and walked out of the pavilion, saw the person who testified for her, and hurriedly chased after him.

"Sister, Sister Shuangshuang?" Jiang Qiuyue saw that the other person was a little older than her, and ran to her side, "Thank you for just now."

Wu Shuangshuang felt relieved after reading Zhao Shufen's apology. "I should be the one to thank you. I tried to hold it in before, but I couldn't anymore. Zhao Shufen said if it was fake, why did she refute it at first? I have been holding my anger in for so long, and you made me feel completely relieved today."

Upon learning that Wu Shuangshuang was also a victim of Zhao Shufen, Jiang Qiuyue said, "If this happens again, come to me and I will definitely help you vent your anger!"

Wu Shuangshuang was the only one who testified for her, and no one else dared to speak out for fear of offending others. Knowing that Wu Shuangshuang's family lived across from hers, Jiang Qiuyue took the initiative to invite him, "My family is treating us to dinner today. It's fate that we meet. You can bring your family over."

Wu Shuangshuang was about to refuse, but Jiang Qiuyue held her wrist and said, "Don't be polite to me. It is said that a neighbor is worse than a distant relative. I think our personalities are compatible. You helped me today, and maybe I can help you in the future. Let's get along well and become friends, right?"

She was good-looking to begin with, not to mention that she was now actively showing her friendship to others. Wu Shuangshuang was stunned. She had no friends in her family compound, so she said yes with tears in her eyes.

"That's settled then. I'll go home and prepare dinner." Jiang Qiuyue arrived at the door of her house and said goodbye to Wu Shuangshuang.

Wu Shuangshuang thought that she couldn't eat Jiang Qiuyue's meal for free, so she planned to go home to get some food and then help Jiang Qiuyue cook.

At the Bai family next door, Zhao Shufen burst into tears and returned to her room, throwing her pillow and quilt on the floor. "Now it's fine, I've lost all my face. How am I going to live in the future?"

In the living room, Bai Yong smoked two cigarettes and was annoyed by what he heard. He stopped Bai Xiuxiu and told her not to go and persuade him. "She is shameless and likes to gossip. She should be made to suffer. Otherwise, she will offend more powerful people in the future, and it won't be as easy as today."

Bai Xiu Xiu was worried about the quilt covers. If they got dirty, wouldn't she have to wash them?

After thinking about it, she decided to forget it. Her aunt had done such a thing, and others had tolerated it in the past. But today Jiang Qiuyue was really powerful, and she actually let her aunt slap her three times.

Thinking of this, I decided to just wash the quilt cover. It was a pleasure after all.

Zhao Shufen, who was inside the room, heard Bai Yong say this and she suddenly opened the door, "Bai Yong, I gave birth to your children, don't you know how to feel sorry for me?"

"I'm just too good to you. I even helped your unpromising nephew from your mother's family find a job. How can you expect me to feel sorry for you?"

After being married for so many years, Bai Yong was indeed becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Zhao Shufen. Other comrades opposed arranged marriages, and the new brides they married after divorce were not only young and beautiful, but also reasonable, and would not be a rural woman like Zhao Shufen. "I tell you, I won't bother with you about what happened in the past, but if you do stupid things again in the future, I will definitely not live with you!"

"Bang!"

Zhao Shufen didn't dare to quarrel with Bai Yong and could only vent her anger behind closed doors.

Bai Xiu Xiu didn't dare to say a word the whole time until her uncle asked her to go next door to apologize again, and then she agreed.

"Go to the kitchen and get half a piece of bacon. After all, we are neighbors. We will meet each other often in the future. It's better not to make things too awkward." Bai Yong sighed, "I am so unlucky. Why don't I have such a good life as Lin Zhengrong?"

Bai Xiu Xiu didn't dare to answer and silently took the bacon to the next room.

Jiang Qiuyue learned that it was Bai Yong who asked Bai Xiuxiu to deliver it, and snorted, "Your uncle is more humane than your aunt. I accepted the bacon, otherwise your uncle would definitely be suspicious."

"My aunt is swearing at people at home." Bai Xiu Xiu said.

"She can curse at me at home as much as she wants, just don't let me hear it, or I'll slap her more than three times next time." Jiang Qiuyue was washing vegetables, and when she saw Bai Xiuxiu reaching out to help, she didn't let her. "I don't have much to do here, just sit and play. You usually do enough at your uncle's house. We women are not born to work, you have to learn to be nicer to yourself."

"Beibei, give your sister the sesame candy." The sesame candy was taken out of the package given by Auntie Niu. It was a precious item in the countryside. When she saw it, she almost cried.

Lin Beibei came out holding sesame candies in both hands. His cheeks were chubby. Although not as white as Jiang Qiuyue's, they were not dark either. They were a healthy wheat color. "Sister, you eat it."

When he smiled, his eyes were crooked and his eyelashes were very long, just like the dolls in New Year pictures that Bai Xiu Xiu had seen before. Even Bai Xiu Xiu, who didn't like children that much, couldn't help but think that Lin Beibei was so cute.

Bai Xiu Xiu took a candy and put it in her mouth. This was the first time she had eaten candy after traveling through time. The sweet feeling made her want to go back to the 21st century.

It’s a pity that I can’t go back, I can only work hard to live here.

"Sister, is it delicious?" Lin Beibei is a talkative person. It was not easy for someone to come to his house, so he wanted to talk to her.

Lin Nannan also came to the side and looked at Bai Xiu Xiu curiously.

"Delicious." Bai Xiu Xiu thought that the twins were really beautiful. It was no wonder that Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Zhengrong were both good-looking.

She wanted to sit for a while longer, but she heard her aunt's voice from next door, asking her to go back and wash the sheets. She could only tell Jiang Qiuyue that she was leaving first.

Jiang Qiuyue just turned around and Bai Xiuxiu had already run out. She wanted to say a few more words to the girl, but the girl ran away so fast. It shows how difficult it is to make a living under Zhao Shufen.

At this time, Wu Shuangshuang came over with eggs and kimchi. Hearing the noise from next door, she sighed, "It's not easy to live under someone else's roof. Xiuxiu does the laundry and cooking, and all the housework inside and outside the house is done by Xiuxiu. Since Xiuxiu came, Zhao Shufen's life has been so free. I think she is just too free and can't stop talking."

At this point, Wu Shuangshuang made a sewing gesture with a needle, "Just sew her mouth shut and open it when she eats."

Jiang Qiuyue was amused. "She is so brave to sew. I dare not watch because I am afraid of having nightmares."

Knowing that Wu Shuangshuang's eldest daughter went to school and her two daughters were playing at home, she asked Wu Shuangshuang to bring her daughters over. "My two children just happen to have no one to play with. Let them get familiar with each other and make some friends."

Wu Shuangshuang smiled and agreed. Children are easy to get along with, especially after Lin Beibei took out the sesame candy, she quickly became familiar with Wu Shuangshuang's two daughters.

The children were playing in the yard, while Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang were preparing food in the kitchen.

Knowing that Wu Shuangshuang had peppercorns, Jiang Qiuyue asked for some. She cut the fish into thin slices and planned to make boiled fish.

The lean meat was cut into thin strips and fried with Beijing sauce later. The large bones were blanched in water early in the morning and stewed on a small stove. The bone soup was clear and bright. Jiang Qiuyue added five corns. There was no other way. Everyone was limited in the amount of meat they could buy, so they couldn't buy too many bones. She could only add a little more corn. It wasn't that she was stingy.

"Qiuyue, I haven't seen many of the dishes you cook. This is the first time I've seen you cook it this way." Wu Shuangshuang couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they smelled the aroma of the bone soup. The children came over to check several times, and Lin Beibei even asked directly if the meal was ready.

The men would drink, so Jiang Qiuyue first picked two cucumbers and marinated them with sugar for ten minutes to make them crispier, then added chopped peppers, vinegar and other seasonings.

In case someone cannot eat spicy food, Jiang Qiuyue first made a bowl of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The key to this dish is to add a little sugar. Nowadays, tomatoes are all natural, with a strong fruity aroma and sweet and sour juice. Just sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions before serving.

Next is to make boiled fish. There is no ready-made hot pot base, so Jiang Qiuyue can only make the soup base by herself. Although the taste is not so strong, Jiang Qiuyue is a good cook. She puts the side dishes such as cucumber and bean sprouts in the soup base, puts the marinated fish fillet in the pot and quickly cooks it. Finally, pour hot oil on it to stimulate the spicy flavor of pepper and chili, which makes Wu Shuangshuang, who loves spicy food, unable to take her eyes away.

While Jiang Qiuyue was cooking, Chen Guowei and others also came over.

Chen Guowei said that Weng Yuan stopped coming. "He suddenly said something happened at home, and when I asked him why, he didn't tell me. What a person he is."

Others also felt strange when they heard that Weng Yuan was not coming.

Lu Dacheng's wife Liu Xue said she knew why. "You guys in the army definitely didn't know about this during the day. I heard it from someone today. Zhao Shufen from the family compound said bad things about Deputy Commander Lin's wife, saying she was a vixen and told everyone to keep an eye on their men. Grandma Weng likes to play in the pavilion, so she must have heard this."

As Lin Zhengrong's roommate, Chen Guowei got anxious on the spot, "Which Zhao Shufen is talking nonsense? I'm going to find her!"

"Guo Wei, don't worry. When I first heard about it, I was also worried that Deputy Head Lin's wife would suffer. I didn't expect that they would go directly to the Bai family to find Zhao Shufen, and asked Zhao Shufen to explain to everyone in the pavilion, and even slapped herself three times."

Liu Xue regretted that she was not there to see it with her own eyes. "You don't know that Deputy Commander Lin's wife has become famous in one battle. Everyone in my unit is talking about how amazing she is."

Speaking of powerful, Chen Guowei thought of Jiang Qiuyue catching a gangster. Indeed, Comrade Jiang Qiuyue looks weak, but she is very tough in her bones.

Chen Guowei felt relieved knowing that Jiang Qiuyue had not suffered any loss.

They walked to the intersection and saw the Lin family from a distance. Chen Guowei pointed out the location to others.

Xiao Zhou smelled a burst of fragrance, "Whose family is cooking so deliciously?"

Chen Guowei thought it was definitely not the Lin family. From his intuition, Jiang Qiuyue should have gone to the cafeteria to get food to treat everyone.