"Ah? Why?"
When Su Wan heard Zhuangzhuang's mother He Xiuna say that they were the fifth family to move into that house this year, she asked out of curiosity.
Although I already had a guess in my mind, I still wanted to hear from He Xiuna what kind of person Jinhua was.
He Xiu Na curled her lips, "Why else? It's because she likes to take advantage of others too much. The military wives in the yard basically don't play with her. Everyone avoids her when they see her."
"She's really gone too far to make all the military wives avoid her."
"Isn't it? Let me tell you this. She only knows you. No matter what you buy, as long as she sees it, even if you buy a bunch of green onions, she will buy one."
This made Su Wan laugh, "She really doesn't let go of anything, does she?"
"Of course not. When a goose passes by, its feathers are plucked; when a beast leaves, its skin is left. For her, if she doesn't take advantage of it, she will suffer a loss.
That's how the families in front of you were driven away by her.
She not only asked people for food, but also for meals. She lived next door to the person next door and had a good nose. As soon as she smelled something fishy, she would knock on the door with her bowl in hand.
The excuses are always the same, saying that her child smelled the meat and got hungry, and asked people to serve her some. If they didn’t serve enough, she would be unhappy and would even want to take the whole pot away.”
"Hahaha... You know her too well. I fried two dishes this afternoon, and just as I finished, she came knocking on our door with a bowl in hand."
When Su Wan heard He Xiuna complain about Jinhua not even eating, she couldn't help laughing and told He Xiuna everything that happened in the morning.
"She didn't give you your bag of candy, which was very polite. By the way, did you give her the meat?"
"No, I told her we were done eating."
Seeing that He Lina was eager to complain about Jinhua, Su Wan did not hesitate and told the truth directly.
"That's right. You can't let her feel that you are easy to talk to from the beginning. The former military wives all felt that it was too embarrassing to refuse their men because they worked in the same army. As a result, they became more and more excessive and finally had to turn against them.
It would be better to reject her directly now. No matter whether she is angry or not, the most important thing is not to let yourself be angry every day because of such a person."
When we first moved here, my sister-in-law next door reminded me to be careful of her. At that time, I had just given birth to our son Zhuangzhuang, and my milk supply was insufficient, so Zhuangzhuang's father would buy me some nutritional supplements every now and then.
She would bring her children to my house every day. I felt embarrassed at first, but when the children saw me eating, they would reach out for food and I would give it to them. I didn't expect that they would never stop. Even if I put the food away, their children would dig it out for me. Not only did she not stop them, she also encouraged the children to take more.
I got annoyed later, and I refused to open the door no matter how hard they knocked. After so many times, I guess I figured it out. From then on, our house was finally quiet.”
After listening to He Xiuna's words, Su Wan realized that she was also deeply harmed.
Thinking about entertaining those soldiers at night, that shameless Jinhua would definitely come to ask for money, so he told He Lina about it.
He Lina rolled her eyes and came up with an idea.
After listening to this, Su Wan said "OK" repeatedly.
He Lina was not vague either. She went to the kitchen and took out a piece of bacon hanging outside the window.
This was something her mother-in-law brought for them when she came here to visit her grandson not long ago.
The two of them each held Zhuangzhuang's little hand with one arm and went up to the second floor.
When passing by Jinhua's house, He Xiuna asked Su Wan to take Zhuangzhuang back to the house first. After watching the two of them go in, she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
The door quickly opened from the inside and Jinhua poked her head out.
"Sister Jinhua, today is the wedding of Captain Lu and Xiao Su. They don't have any relatives here, so I thought, we are neighbors upstairs and downstairs, why don't we all bring some meat and vegetables and make a few dishes, and everyone can sit together and have fun.
You see, my old man Wang doesn't eat, and I'm the only one eating, so I took this piece of meat. Sister Jinhua, you have a big family, so go buy a chicken. Oh, and don't forget to bring back some vegetables."
When Jinhua saw the piece of bacon in He Xiuna's hand, her eyes lit up.
When she heard that she was asked to buy a chicken, she suddenly felt less greedy.
After thinking for a while, he smiled and said to Jinhua: "Xiao He, I think the piece of meat in your hand is enough.
If you put two pieces of meat in one dish, you can stir-fry ten or eight dishes with it. It would be a waste to buy chicken.
I still have some vegetables at home, I'll pack them up and take them to the house across the street."
"Sister Jinhua, today is the wedding of a young couple, how can we compromise? It's settled, you go buy it now, I'll ask Xiao Su to boil the water, and you can come back after buying the chicken so that you can boil the chicken feathers.
After saying that, He Xiu Na turned around and walked towards Su Wan's house, reminding Jin Hua as she walked, "Sister-in-law, please hurry up. The chicken should be stewed over low heat. The longer it stews, the better it tastes."
Jinhua got anxious when she heard this. She hadn't agreed yet, so why was this woman acting so arrogant?
"Xiao He, Xiao He, listen to me. I suddenly remembered that my husband told me that a friend is coming over tonight and I have to entertain his friends. I can't join in the fun. I'm sorry."
Xiao He turned his head and said to Jinhua with a look of regret: "Oh, why are you so sad? Look, I said that we should go upstairs and downstairs to celebrate for the couple together, and you said that you have to entertain guests. This is too unreasonable."
Jinhua smiled awkwardly, "That's right. Who knew his friend wouldn't come earlier or later, but today? He really can't get away."
"Well, Sister Jinhua, I'll tell Xiao Su that I won't cook for your family. The temperature is high now, and if we cook too much and can't finish it, it will go bad tomorrow. We'll just cook as much as we can eat."
"That's right, that's right. Cook as much as you can eat." Jinhua said this, but her eyes were fixed on the piece of meat in He Xiuna's hand, feeling extremely sorry for it.
Now that things have come to this, she's afraid she won't be able to get any more meat today.
After He Xiuna went in, she told Su Wan what had just happened, and they both couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Lu Chengchuan had already chopped the chicken. When Su Wan brought Zhuangzhuang in, he was cleaning the kitchen.
He thought Zhuangzhuang looked familiar, and after asking, he found out that it was the home of Deputy Battalion Commander Wang on the first floor.
The little guy was not afraid of anyone he met. While Su Wan was talking to He Xiu Na, Zhuang Zhuang had already become familiar with Lu Cheng Chuan.
After the two women finished talking, He Xiuna looked at Lu Chengchuan holding Zhuangzhuang and flying the plane, and said to Su Wan, "It seems that your captain Lu likes children very much. You should also give him a son as soon as possible, so that you two can raise children together in the future."
After just one afternoon, He Xiuna felt that she and Su Wan had a good match. Plus, the two were not much different in age, so they had something to talk about.
The two talked for a while, and Su Wan felt that it was almost time to prepare cooking.
So she said to He Xiu Na, "Sister-in-law, don't go back today. Zhuangzhuang's father is not going home, so you can just stay at our house for a while."
He Xiu Na was also straightforward, "Okay, if it's useful, I'll take that piece of bacon and add another dish."
Su Wan was not polite to her, but she was not the kind of person who liked to take advantage of others. She would find a way to get the bacon from somewhere else.