Chapter 162: Difficult to get along with, fox spirit

The woman who had just spoken froze in her tracks and murmured, "We sent Fangyun to the hospital."

"Going to the hospital costs money. We are all neighbors. How can you ask us for money? It's not easy for us in the army to make money."

Xu Dajun looked embarrassed and quickly stepped in front of his mother. "My mother doesn't know anything. Sister-in-law, I will send her to you tonight. Thank you for sending Fangyun to the hospital."

The woman did a good deed and even attracted questioning from Xu's mother. She just said with a sullen face, "Okay." Then she left, not wanting to look at Xu's mother again.

After entering Chu Sangning's house, he still muttered unconvincedly: "What kind of person is this? She is greedy for money. I have added money but still have to endure the anger of that old lady. She is really hard to get along with."

Chu Sangning and the remaining women did not go out. Seeing the woman who had just gone out to see the excitement come back with a puffy face and a look of indignation, one of the women asked with a smile, "What happened? Who made you angry?"

"It's the old lady from the Xu family who took my kindness for granted."

Chu Sangning also learned from the woman that Xu Dajun's mother had returned with her grandson. This time, not only the two of them came back, but she also brought the child from her daughter's family.

"Wu Fangyun's life at home was already difficult, and now her mother-in-law and niece are here, which is another big expense. I don't know how they will make it through this month."

"It seems that they asked their niece to come over and take care of the child. I see that the child is only a little girl. It would be troublesome enough for Xu Dajun to feed six mouths at once if she were to take care of the children for the Xu family."

Chu Sangning just listened to the matter and let it go. After all, it was someone else's family affair and she couldn't get involved. Everyone just talked about it for a few minutes and then started doing their own things.

On New Year's Eve, Jiang Xingyan called Sun Guoan and a few other soldiers who had not returned home to his home. Except for Sun Guoan, the others greeted Chu Sangning shyly.

"Hello, sister-in-law."

"Hello, please sit down and I will cook dumplings for you later."

Because they were planning to get engaged after the Chinese New Year, Zhou Yongzhuo and Chu Yuanlin did not disturb the two young people from celebrating the holiday. They stayed upstairs drinking tea and chatting with Qiao Xiangye.

Chu Sangning and Jiang Xingyan were busy in the kitchen. When they saw their battalion commander working hard, they realized that Sun Guoan was right.

He had a cold face in the army, but changed his attitude at home, asking about others' well-being and not letting them get any cold water.

Several people sat and waited for the meal. Jiang Xingyan fried two dishes and Chu Sangning cooked a big pot of dumplings. Worried that there would not be enough for everyone, she also cooked some noodles.

A group of people crowded into the small room, eating and drinking for nearly two hours. Jiang Xingyan even took out a bottle of wine, and everyone's faces were red from drinking.

Perhaps because of the alcohol, Sun Guoan complained to Chu Sangning with a big tongue, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, my battalion commander asked me to run 20 laps a few days ago. You know...hiccups...you know, after running 20 laps, my legs were shaking from exhaustion. I didn't even have dinner that night."

Jiang Xingyan sat there with misty eyes and didn't say anything. Chu Sangning nodded, "Okay, I get it. I'll talk to him some other day."

Sun Guoan pouted in grievance, "Well, let's talk about it. The battalion commander is usually very fierce. We are all afraid of him."

Almost three hours had passed. After a good meal and a few drinks, Sun Guoan took out four or five grain coupons from his pocket and placed them on the table. "Sister-in-law, these are our coupons. You, you accept them."

Chu Sangning definitely couldn't accept it. It was just a few dumplings. Just treat it as inviting everyone to a gathering. There was no need to take food coupons. The drunk Sun Guoan didn't know which way to go and insisted that Chu Sangning accept it.

If she refused to accept it, he would refuse to leave. Finally, Chu Sangning had no choice but to take it first, and when Sun Guoan stood up, she stuffed it back into his hand.

Not only that, he also asked someone to send them back to the army.

Chu Sangning felt embarrassed to bother others so late at night, so he went into the house, packed a box of hot dumplings and some side dishes, and stuffed them into the soldier's hands. "Please come and take them back."

At Chu Sangning's insistence, the soldier accepted it. Just as he was about to close the door, he saw a girl standing at the door, looking at him eagerly, "What about the dumplings you just ate?"

It was a little sudden, and she was a little at a loss. Who was this person? Chu Sangning had never seen this person before, and she asked him very impolitely. Chu Sangning didn't want to pay attention to her.

Seeing that Chu Sangning didn't say anything, the girl smiled and pointed upstairs, "I'm Xiaomei, and Xu Dajun is my uncle."

Since the other person had introduced himself, Chu Sangning couldn't just ignore him, so he nodded politely and said, "Hello," and was about to close the door.

Xiaomei stretched out her hand to block the door. "Hey - I'm here to make friends with you. Do you live alone? Who were those people just now?"

She asked all sorts of questions, just like someone checking someone's household registration. Chu Sangning didn't want to talk, but after thinking for a while, she suddenly said, "You're here to give me some money, right? Your aunt was just hospitalized, and I paid fifty cents. Give it to me."

"Ah, I didn't, no, I'm not here to give you money." Xiaomei was stunned for two seconds, her face flushed red, and she turned around and left angrily, fearing that Chu Sangning would grab her and ask for money.

When she got home and saw that the house was still dark, Xiaomei angrily shook her braids and asked, "Grandma, why isn't the meal ready yet?"

Mother Xu was not used to children, not to mention that Xiaomei was a girl, and the child of a concubine. She was only her granddaughter. When she heard her question, Mother Xu rolled her eyes in annoyance and swore.

"Where have you been? Come quickly and help me wash the vegetables."

It is a good thing to be grateful for what you have received. After all, this is my uncle's house. Xiaomei went into the kitchen reluctantly. Xu's mother was making dumplings, my uncle was playing with my cousin outside, and my aunt went back to the room early to rest.

Seeing that they were the only two people in the kitchen, Xiaomei's eyes rolled around, and she walked up to them and asked in a low voice, "Grandma, who is that family on the first floor? I saw a lot of men coming out of there."

Xiaomei is also a gossiper. She told Xu's mother that only men came in and out of Chu Sangning's room, and anyone would have the wrong idea.

Xu's mother was no exception and spat in a low voice, "Shameless vixen, don't get involved with her."

If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been sent back. Xu's mother knew that Chu Sangning had someone behind her, so she only dared to scold her at home. As for outside, she had to pretend nothing happened.

However, Xiaomei took her grandmother's warning as a complaint and really thought Chu Sangning was a vixen. Didn't it say that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to be kept by someone?

The one on the first floor might be the mistress.

Xiaomei is already fourteen or fifteen years old. She already knows everything she should and shouldn't know. She has a very bad impression of Chu Sangning and assures her grandmother with a pout.