Hong Hua and her husband live across the street from Su Ziyu's house. The aroma of braised pork with garlic sprouts at noon today aroused their cravings.

Gritting her teeth, she also bought a pound of fat meat.

Fortunately, I have garlic sprouts in my own garden, so I don’t have to buy them.

"Chuancheng." Shen Zhihuan's mouth corners always maintained a decent arc.

"I can tell at first glance that you're a city person, with fair skin and tender flesh, unlike us country people who are exposed to the wind and sun every day and have dark faces." Hong Hua glanced at Shen Zhihuan's hands, which were as white and tender as bamboo shoots, and said enviously.

"I'm from the countryside too, but I'm not in good health and seldom go out, so I look a little paler." Shen Zhihuan explained with a smile.

"If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have guessed that you're a country girl like us." Hong Hua said with a smile.

"Oh! By the way! I heard that our leader is also from Chuancheng. Are you from the same village?"

"We are indeed from the same village." Shen Zhihuan nodded.

"Hey! Childhood sweethearts!"

"No! No! Someone introduced them to each other." If it weren't for Li Jiabao, she and him would never have been involved with each other.

Li Jiabao...

Fortunately, she gave him a big red envelope of 100 yuan.

"That's fate!" Hong Hua said with a smile.

Suddenly thinking of something, Hong Hua glanced around, leaned over to Shen Zhihuan and whispered, "There are several female artists in the art troupe who like your leader. You have to be more careful in the future and don't let others take advantage of you."

Shen Zhihuan raised his eyebrows.

"Don't disbelieve me. I tell you, I heard from Deputy Colonel Wang's sister-in-law that the former leader of the 82nd Army was seduced away by a nurse." Seeing that Shen Zhihuan was a little unconvinced, Hong Hua whispered again.

"Nurse?" Shen Zhihuan chuckled.

If she remembered correctly, the second wife of the old man of the Shen family seemed to be a nurse!

"I heard that the current director of the art troupe, Shen, is the son of the old leader and that nurse." Hong Hua winked at Shen Zhihuan.

Shen Zhihuan curled his lips sarcastically.

If this Shen and that Shen are the same Shen...

There will be something interesting to watch in the future! "When you have nothing to do in the future, go out more often, so that those restless people know that your leader has someone." Hong Hua gently touched Shen Zhihuan with her elbow and reminded him.

Shen Zhihuan smiled and nodded without commenting.

She can't be his master.

"Sister-in-law Hong!" A sweet female voice came from behind the two of them.

As soon as the two turned around, a girl about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing an orange jacket, caught up with them, panting.

Maybe because he ran too fast, his pale face now looks red, his eyebrows and eyes are thin, and his voice has a flavor of Wu dialect.

"Xia Li, did you go to the supply and marketing cooperative too?" Hong Hua glanced at the basket in the girl's hand.

"Yeah! I went to buy some spare ribs." The girl named Xia Li nodded, opened the basket in her hand, and placed it in front of Shen Zhihuan and the others.

After making sure that the two people in front of her had seen it, she closed the basket and took it to her side, "The spare ribs these past two days are extremely expensive."

Shen Zhihuan's lips curled slightly.

It felt like I had met a weirdo! "Sister-in-law Hong, you go buy some too..." Xia Li looked at the basket in Hong Hua's hand. The crucian carp, prawns, and pig's trotters she saw made her mouth open for a long time, unable to utter a word.

"These are all Zhihuan's. I'm just helping her carry them." Seeing that she was staring at the basket in her hand, Hong Hua quickly explained with a smile.

Hearing Hong Hua say this, Xia Li shifted her gaze to Shen Zhihuan's fair and delicate face.

"Xia Li, this is the captain's wife, Shen Zhihuan. Zhihuan, this is deputy captain Chen's wife, Xia Li." Hong Hua introduced with a smile.

"Hello!" Shen Zhihuan curled his lips. Although his attitude was not warm, it did not seem rude.

"Hello!" Xia Li pulled the corner of her mouth, her tone a little indifferent.

"Xia Li, Zhihuan, it's getting late, let's go back!" Hong Hua seemed to sense something was wrong and greeted the two with a smile.

Shen Zhihuan nodded immediately. If it weren’t for the fact that she had too many things and it was inconvenient to carry them, she really wanted to go alone.

Xia Li stretched out her hand, revealing the diamond watch on her wrist, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's four o'clock, it's getting late."

"Oh! Xia Li, when did you buy a watch?" Hong Hua smiled and leaned over to take a look.

Watches are a rare item these days, and the cheapest one costs dozens of dollars.

"My husband Chen took me to the department store to buy it yesterday." Xia Li smiled brightly.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Among the wives of the 82nd Army, except for the wife of Deputy Commander Wang who works as a doctor in the hospital, no one has ever worn a watch! "It's very expensive!" Hong Hua didn't dare to touch it, but just watched from a distance.

In their village, only the village chief has a watch on his wrist, and he treasures it like a treasure. He wears it only on important occasions or when he goes to the town for meetings. Usually, he locks it in a cabinet and does not allow his wife and children to touch it.

"It's not expensive, just about a hundred yuan." Xia Li looked proud.

"Oh my god! A hundred dollars isn't expensive?" Hong Hua exclaimed.

About a hundred dollars...

It’s enough for her and her husband to eat and drink for several years.

Many families in their hometown cannot save that much money in their entire lifetime.

"Shen Zhihuan, did your Captain Su buy you a watch?" Xia Li turned her head to look at Shen Zhihuan with a beaming look on her face.

Shen Zhihuan shook his head.

"Your captain Su has a high salary! Let him take you to buy a watch tomorrow." Xia Li said as she stretched out her hand, showing her Diamond watch.

Suddenly, a ragged man jumped out from the woods by the roadside, snatched the watch off Xia Li's wrist, turned around and disappeared into the woods.

Because it happened so suddenly, Xia Li stretched out her hand and was unable to react for a moment.

As a veteran movie fan who is used to watching all kinds of action movies, she has to praise it...

Neat!

"Watch...watch..." Hong Hua pointed tremblingly at Xia Li's wrist, then at Lin Zi, and was so scared that she couldn't speak clearly.

"Ahhh..." Xia Li burst into tears after she came to her senses.

I feel sorry for the watch, but I don't dare to chase it.

The forest looked pitch black, and who knew what would happen if we went in.

Shen Zhihuan pursed his lips and was too embarrassed to laugh.

Soon, the place was surrounded by people who came to watch the fun.

Hong Hua's face was pale and she stammered as she spoke about her watch being stolen.

The onlookers listened with great interest.

Several kind-hearted aunties gently comforted Xia Li, but the girl just cried on her own, completely immersed in the sadness of losing her watch.