Chapter 420 A Subtle Reminder
After learning about the business office, the division leaders' work at the 16th Regiment was considered complete.
The organization arranged a lunch for us, and the group leaders were present. Song Lubai could have gone, but she had to go home to take care of her child.
After seeing the leaders off, Wei Yang took a box of braised pork ribs and a piece of beautifully colored pork belly home from the restaurant.
To entertain the leaders, the group specially slaughtered a pig today, sending part of it to a restaurant and part to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell.
This beautiful piece of pork belly was set aside by the butcher after he had divided it up. Besides Wei Yang, Feng Gang and the others also had some, but they had to pay for it themselves.
This piece of meat weighs over three pounds. Fearing it would spoil, she steamed it to cook for later use in stir-frying. This means that cooked meat can only be kept for three days in this season.
Stir-fried pork with chili peppers, stir-fried pork with green beans, and stir-fried pork with eggplant—it took three whole days to completely finish this piece of pork belly.
The cat, having just tasted the pleasure of stealing fish, will only feel more restless and will not even entertain the thought of "stopping immediately because of the danger" in its mind.
With nowhere else to go, the impatient Feng Gang asked Yu Qiaoqiao to come to his house after midnight.
Feng Gang secretly told Yu Qiaoqiao several times, but Yu Qiaoqiao didn't dare to go until Feng Gang lost his temper and criticized Yu Qiaoqiao's work attitude in front of all the staff.
Feng Gang rarely scolded his staff in public, and Yu Qiaoqiao was stunned.
Among the many gazes, Yu Qiaoqiao's eyes all turned red.
Song Lubai had no idea what had gotten into Feng Gang. Before today, weren't the two of them still looking at each other with such a lovey-dovey gaze?
Although the stickiness isn't obvious, if you look closely, you can tell that something's going on between these two!
It was a very mysterious feeling. Although she hadn't caught them in the act, Song Lubai felt that their relationship was ambiguous. She both despised them and wanted to know what else they would do.
Every day at work, she harbored a desire to watch the drama unfold.
To be honest, she actually looks forward to going to work every day.
Yu Qiaoqiao knew that if she didn't go to Feng Gang soon, he might go even further.
Feng Gang is forcing her.
Fearing she might anger Feng Gang, she waited until after midnight, when all the lights in the regimental headquarters were off, before quietly going to Feng Gang's house.
Feng Gang already has a grandson, and his unmarried children are working in the city. Now he lives alone.
Because Yu Fu lived next door, he didn't want to stay at home, but he really had nowhere else to go, so he had no choice but to bring him into his house.
The gate to the courtyard was unlocked, and Yu Qiaoqiao was able to walk in without any trouble.
Besides Yu Qiaoqiao, there was another person who silently followed them in during the night.
When Feng Gang saw that she had indeed come, he felt a surge of pride.
After Qiaoqiao left, Feng Gang went out and locked the courtyard gate.
As the days grew colder, Song Lubai's two daughters were able to sit up for longer and longer periods of time.
The food workshop was about to start cooking when Yu Lin and his group finally returned.
The round trip took about twelve days, and the four of them only had about half a month to study.
Yang Xiu'e and the others returned to the regimental headquarters around noon.
At noon, when the neighbors all came home from get off work, Zhao Hongying was surrounded by them.
Zhao Hongying had been to Shicheng before. This time in Urumqi, although she didn't stroll around the streets every day, she still got to see what the streets of a big city are like.
Zhao Hongying was talking animatedly in the crowd, spittle flying everywhere. After she finished, she went back into the house, took the things she had bought from a store in Urumqi, and went into Song Lubai's yard.
A tiger-head hat, a blue dressing mirror with a base, a glass dish covered in glass velvet, colorful hairbands, and a box of sesame candy.
When Zhao Hongying left, Song Lubai gave her five yuan as well. No matter what she could buy with it, she would be happy.
Zhao Hongying returned the remaining money to her and said, "I got some red yarn, and I'll knit sweaters for your two daughters in a while. I also made an extra copy of your study notes for you; you can look at them after you go to work this afternoon."
Song Lubai didn't stand on ceremony with her, since she had given Zhao Hongying quite a few things anyway.
After going out for training, the four of them returned as if they had taken some kind of magic pill, and were happy every day.
The food workshop got busy, and Song Lubai spent a lot of time at the workshop with her child every day, sometimes not even going to the office for the whole day.
Having just finished her work today, Yang Xiue entered the small office of the food workshop from next door.
Song Lubai was feeding the child the soup from fried noodles when she saw Yang Xiue arrive. She remembered the undergarment she had worn earlier.
She and Wei Yang both believed that Feng Gang was dishonest, so after she finished feeding the child, she took the undergarment out of the box where she kept miscellaneous items.
Looking at the clothes covered in dust, Yang Xiue was puzzled.
Song Lubai said, "Sister Xiu'e, I have something interesting to tell you. This happened over there..."
After she finished speaking, Yang Xiue said with a mixture of excitement and disgust, "Who is it that came to our area to do bad things? They're shameless! Didn't you see who it was?"
Song Lubai shook her head and said, "It was too dark, and the two of them ran too fast. I couldn't catch up."
Yang Xiu'e suddenly realized something was wrong. "Isn't the courtyard gate always locked? Who has the key to get in?"
Song Lubai shook her head, "I don't know about that. Yours is with me, and Sister Hongying has another one. No one else has a key."
Yang Xiu'e said, "Hongying took her away. I saw her."
Yang Xiu'e's expression changed when she remembered that Feng Gang still had one.
Seeing Yang Xiue's expression, Song Lubai deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Do you think it might be Liu Zhigao? I'll talk to Sister Hongying about it another day. I'm afraid she's still in the dark."
She knew it wasn't Liu Zhigao; this was just a strategy.
Yang Xiu'e quickly shook her head, "Don't mention things that aren't true to her. If things go wrong, neither of us will be able to live together."
Song Lubai nodded seriously, "Yes, Sister Xiu'e, you're right. Just pretend you didn't hear my guess today."
Yang Xiue came here intending to tell Song Lubai about her experiences and feelings in Urumqi, but after a diversion, she lost the mood to chat.
Although Yang Xiue seemed nonchalant and concealed it well, Song Lubai knew that she had taken it to heart.
When Yang Xiue returned home at noon, she immediately asked Feng Gang where the key was.
Feng Gang's heart tightened, but he casually asked, "Why are you suddenly looking for that key?"
Yang Xiue frowned and said, "I lost mine, I don't know where it fell."
Feng Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I haven't touched that key since you got it back. If it's not in the drawer, it must be lost. Otherwise, you should change the lock and make a few more copies of the key."
Yang Xiu'e looked at him with a mixture of belief and doubt.
Feng Gang, feeling a chill run down his spine, asked, "What kind of look is that?"
Feng Gang was uncertain.
Yang Xiu'e looked away, thinking that her guess might not be true.
Her husband has treated her quite well these past few years. They've been through so much together, so he shouldn't do anything reckless.
If he acts recklessly, who will be the other person?
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