Chapter 273 Mango

Ma Guilan nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely tell you when the time comes. By the way..."

Thinking of the person she had just seen outside, Ma Guilan suddenly asked, "Yin Yin, do you know who lives next door to you?"

Liu Yinyin shook her head slightly: "I don't know, I haven't met him yet."

Ma Guilan was silent for a moment, and could not help but tell her: "The person living next to you is also a regiment commander. I heard from Pinggui that... he and his wife are amazing. They are both from the city, and they came from the capital."

The couple are not very old, but they have been promoted to the level of regiment leader at this age. Either they have made many military achievements, or... they have an extraordinary family background.

Come to think of it, he came from a big capital, so how could his family background be bad?

Anyway, Ma Guilan was a little scared when she saw the couple. As a country girl, she had never dealt with such people.

She scolded, "You don't know, people from the capital are different. The clothes that young wife wore...how can I put it, the clothes didn't look like clothes, and the skirt didn't look like a skirt. The slit was so high, it went all the way here..."

As Ma Guilan spoke, she gestured on her thigh, fearing that Liu Yinyin might not believe her.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

What Ma Guilan was talking about should be cheongsam.

They all came from rural areas and lived in remote and backward small cities, and had indeed never seen anyone wearing cheongsam.

In big cities...it's not that special era yet, so it's not surprising to see people wearing cheongsams.

Ma Guilan paused and continued, "And her hair... it's curled like a pigtail. Other military wives all said, 'What's that called... what hair is that?'"

Liu Yinyin: “Fashionable?”

"Yes, it's fashionable!" Ma Guilan patted her thigh. "Anyway, it's different from people like us. If you become neighbors with such people, I don't know if you can get along with them in the future."

Ma Guilan did not think that the other party was superior to them. In fact, most of the family members who followed the troops were the same as them.

They all came from the countryside, and even if they didn't, there wasn't much difference. People at that time valued hardship and simplicity.

There are definitely very few people who dress as fashionably as the other person.

Liu Yinyin smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. If we can get along, then we can get along. If we can't, then we can stop getting along. I'm not someone who will be bullied."

"Anyway, you just have to be careful." Ma Guilan reminded Liu Yinyin.

Then he turned to another matter, his expression rather serious, "I heard that the supply and marketing cooperative is recruiting people, I don't know if we have this opportunity."

Liu Yinyin was surprised and said, "...The supply and marketing cooperative is hiring? When?"

Ma Guilan was also unsure: "I heard that the higher-ups said they would take care of us wives of soldiers who came to follow the army in the next few days, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I can ask later."

She was quite interested in this position. Apart from anything else, it would be much more convenient for her to buy meat and vegetables.

Ma Guilan was slightly surprised: "What's the matter? You also want to work in the supply and marketing cooperative? Don't you have to take care of the children?"

Gu Yanyan is still young and there is no school on the island. If Liu Yinyin wants to go to work, there will be no one to take care of the child.

Liu Yinyin said thoughtfully: "Not necessarily, let's wait and see."

There are many military wives who follow the troops. If there is a reliable person, you can give some money and ask him to take care of Gu Yanyan.

Ma Guilan actually wanted to work in the supply and marketing cooperative. Who wouldn’t want to make money, especially such a respectable job?

Just...

She is not someone who is without self-awareness. She is a country girl with no education and certainly has no advantages over city dwellers.

But you must try it, after all, opportunities are rare.

Ma Guilan muttered, "I'll go ask around later to see when the supply and marketing cooperative will be hiring... Oh, I almost forgot, there's one more thing."

She came to see Liu Yinyin because she actually had something important to discuss with her.

Ma Guilan said: "We have all moved into our new home. Logically, we should treat everyone to a warm-house meal. I have talked to Pinggui about this, and he told me to take care of it myself."

"That's why I came to discuss this with you."

At this time, there is indeed a custom of inviting relatives and friends to a meal when living in a new home.

But it depends on the situation. Some people don't have many acquaintances when they first arrive, while others add them later.

Liu Yinyin thought: "I'm not in a hurry. I'll discuss it with Gu Cheng later."

She herself doesn't know many people here.

Ma Guilan is different. She has lived on the island for so long and has a straightforward personality.

During this period, she got to know most of the people who came to the family compound to follow the army.

Seeing that Liu Yinyin hadn't made up her mind yet, Ma Guilan said, "Why don't I host the party first? We'll have to host the party sooner or later anyway. I was thinking... in two or three days, I'll prepare two tables of food so that everyone can get together."

She is an impatient person. She wants things to be solved immediately and cannot wait.

Liu Yinyin said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, let me know in advance and I will go to help."

We've been talking for so long, it's getting late...

Ma Guilan stood up in a hurry: "I have to go back to cook. Yinyin, remember to bring the children to my house when you have time. The eldest and second daughters are always talking about Yanyan."

"I live in the house behind you, on the fourth floor, room 405."

"Okay, I'll go there later." Liu Yinyin said, it's time to go and get to know the place.

When I sent Ma Guilan to the door, coincidentally, I saw the person next door carrying a lunch box and going out, apparently to the cafeteria to get food.

She was a young girl, about the same age as Liu Yinyin, wearing a tight light green cheongsam.

She wore a red woolen coat, delicate wavy hair, and white high heels...

She was indeed dressed very fashionably, beautifully and elegantly, and looked completely different from those military wives who came from the countryside.

Liu Yinyin smiled in her heart. No wonder Ma Guilan was worried that she wouldn't get along with the other party.

It was getting late, so Liu Yinyin didn't continue mending shoes.

I went to the kitchen and scooped a bowl of steamed rice.

There is a stove and a oven at home. One can be used to steam rice and the other to cook vegetables without interfering with each other.

In the evening, Liu Yinyin fried some braised pork with garlic sprouts and an egg with leeks.

Just after finishing the meal, Gu Cheng came back with a bag of fruits, which were mangoes.

"Dad..." When Gu Yanyan saw the delicious food, he couldn't move his feet immediately, and his big eyes stared at the mangoes in the bag.

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Come on, Dad will cut some mangoes for you guys to eat."

Liu Yinyin took the bag from his hand and said, "Let me do it. How can you do it with one hand? You take Yanyan to eat first."