Chapter 95 Words and Gossip
After finishing the meat buns, Song Lubai walked back satisfied.
When they arrived near the shed, Lu Shuangshuang, who had been busy at the stove these past two days and was feeling quite pleased with herself, rolled her eyes at her and made a disdainful "tsk" sound.
Song Lubai ignored her and rolled her eyes at her.
This Lu Shuangshuang, after being well-behaved for so many days, has started to "stir up" again since getting married yesterday.
Eight couples got married in the camp yesterday, with Lu Shuangshuang being the most popular.
Although the eight newly formed couples couldn't live together and there was no need to buy new furniture, Zhao Aiguo not only bought Lu Shuangshuang a set of enamel basin and teacup, but also got her a new outfit. Although the top wasn't red, the value of this new outfit at that time was undeniable.
Lu Shuangshuang glanced at Song Lubai's attitude, then looked in the direction of the construction team. Seeing Wei Yang, a tall and burly man standing in front of the bungalow, she snorted, "Some people are just shameless. They take things from men all day long, thinking that just because they're pretty they can do whatever they want and mess around with women. They're really shameless."
Song Lubai stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at Lu Shuangshuang calmly, "Are you jealous of me, that's why you've been staring at me?"
Lu Shuangshuang spat and said, "Jealous of you? What do you have that I'm jealous of?"
Song Lubai: "So you like me then. Otherwise, why would you keep staring at me?"
Lu Shuangshuang put her hands on her hips: "Who likes you? Don't flatter yourself!"
Song Lubai: "Then why are you staring at me?"
Lu Shuangshuang: "It's you who's been messing around with other women..."
Song Lubai interrupted her, staring directly at her with clear, piercing eyes: "Who have you been having affairs with?"
Lu Shuangshuang pointed to Wei Yang over at the bungalow: "Isn't that him?"
Song Lubai: "Anything else?"
Not wanting to be outdone, Lu Shuangshuang thought for a moment and said, "Xia Huai, Liu Gao, Wang Zhendong, Liu Fengshou, Li Changsheng..."
Song Lubai nodded. "Lu Shuangshuang, remember what you just said. I'm going to call all the people you mentioned. Let's confront them. Then I'll call the company commander and political instructor as well. Let's see if your 25th Company can bully people like this when our Director Wang isn't here."
Lu Shuangshuang never expected her to dare to do such a thing.
Ordinary women, when told these things to their faces, would blush with embarrassment, not daring to raise their heads, and would try to defend themselves by saying they hadn't done those things, and would keep a low profile from now on.
But Song Lubai, being thick-skinned, didn't care at all, as if she were trying to appear all magnanimous.
Lu Shuangshuang grabbed her sleeve, "Isn't that unnecessary? There's no need to make such a fuss."
Song Lubai shoved her away, "Are you out of your mind? You just blurted out that a bunch of people have been having affairs with me. In your eyes, other people's reputations are so worthless? What have I ever done to you?"
Lu Shuangshuang's face turned pale and then red.
She had no grudge against Song Lubai.
She was upset because everyone was clearing land, but in a few months Song Lubai would be assigned to a unit to do work that didn't require physical labor, while she would have to keep working in the fields.
Although Zhao Aiguo was considered good in the 25th Company, he couldn't compare to Wei Yang, who fawned over Song Lubai, in every way.
She was unwilling to accept it.
She's clearly from Shanghai and quite good-looking; how could she be inferior to Song Lubai?
Lu Shuangshuang bit her lips until they were bloodless, but she refused to give in.
Ignoring her, Song Lubai coldly went to call out a few male comrades.
Aside from feeling a little guilty towards Wei Yang, she had no feelings for the other male comrades Lu Shuangshuang mentioned; their relationship was purely one of friendly camaraderie in the Gobi Desert.
She hadn't walked far when Zhao Aiguo called out to her.
"Comrade Song, please give me some face and don't hold it against Shuangshuang."
Song Lubai had no problem with Zhao Aiguo. Zhao Aiguo would often help them bring things from the farm headquarters, and he was a very friendly and warm person.
“It’s not that I’m disrespecting her, it’s that she’s been watching me closely and spreading rumors that I’m having affairs. If this had happened before liberation, wouldn’t I have been driven to my death by her mouth? Besides me, the reputations of several other male comrades have also been ruined. Comrade Zhao, do you think this is a small matter?”
Zhao Aiguo looked at Lu Shuangshuang with a frown.
He knew that Lu Shuangshuang was competitive and concerned about her image, so he bought a lot of things for their wedding.
He had to beg and plead to get the tickets to buy things.
Lu Shuangshuang was ten years younger than him and was the most beautiful among the young people from Shanghai in the previous batch. He was also proud that Lu Shuangshuang was willing to date him and marry him.
But his wife has a sharp tongue; she's always trying to be the best and offends people.
"Shuangshuang, apologize to Comrade Song. We are all young people from the region, and the women here have it tough. Why do you keep spreading unfounded rumors?"
As the three of them huddled together talking, Wei Yang silently approached.
Lu Shuangshuang was losing face and pointed at Wei Yang, arguing: "Although Song Lubai did not have any illicit relationships, she took advantage of others quite a bit. This kind of behavior is wrong and should be condemned."
Wei Yang pulled out a handful of change from his pocket and said righteously, "Comrade Song paid for everything I brought her. She even gave me grain coupons for the steamed buns I bought, and she converted the industrial coupons for sulfur soap into cash for me."
"This is a bad habit of yours, lady. You spread malicious speculations about things without knowing the whole story."
Lu Shuangshuang's eyes welled up with tears, embarrassed. "Did you two really have to go all the way to that bungalow over there just to deliver something?"
When someone pointed it out, Wei Yang felt a little bad for Song Lubai today. He explained, "I was afraid that if I gave Comrade Song something in public, it would cause you to misunderstand, so I asked Comrade Song to go to the bungalow."
In his words, Wei Yang took all the blame upon himself.
Having a change of heart, Song Lubai said, "Why bother explaining so much to someone with such a dark heart? We already knew each other before, and even if we interacted frequently in private, there's no need to explain to her."
“Lu Shuangshuang, if you apologize, this matter will be over today. But if I ever hear you say another bad word about me again, we’ll have a good talk in front of the whole company. I’m upright and have nothing to fear, and I’m not afraid of a public confrontation.”
Zhao Aiguo tried to wink at Lu Shuangshuang, urging her to apologize and settle the matter quickly.
Lu Shuangshuang pouted and reluctantly said, "I'm sorry."
Song Lubai: "You also need to promise that you won't talk nonsense again in the future."
Lu Shuangshuang looked away, "I promise I won't talk about you anymore."
After saying that, she angrily flung her hand away, "Is this alright now!"
Song Lubai looked at her: "I don't know you from the past, and we have no grudges against each other. Even if you can't be friendly to me in the future, please ignore me, and I will ignore you. You should be able to do something this simple, right?"
Lu Shuangshuang, who turned her eyes away, snorted in agreement.
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