Lu Xiaozhao is not going to school today.
"Sister Juan, I'd like Xiao Zhao to play in the shop. I'm going to the new house, and I'll be right back to pick him up, okay?"
Sister Juan readily agreed, "Of course, Xiao Zhao, come to Auntie's for some roasted sweet potatoes."
Wang Xiuxiu turned her head and was stunned when she saw the three-tiered cake.
When asked, "Whose birthday is it? Your mother-in-law's?" Xu Ruantang was asked, "
Xu Ruantang smiled and said, "No, it was sent to the military base."
She told Wang Xiuxiu that her comrades in the army had helped decorate the new house, and Wang Xiuxiu felt that she should reciprocate.
Qiu Liang picked up the cake. "Let's go."
"No need, I can manage on my own."
The small cake was no big deal to Xu Ruantang.
But Sister Juan didn't think so. She thought Xu Ruantang was just putting on a brave face. "Ruantang, just have him take him to the gate of your courtyard, and then you can find someone to take him in."
"Yeah, look how skinny you are, you don't even have a pound of meat on you, how could you possibly lift that!"
Despite Xu Ruantang's repeated assurances that she could lift it, they still wouldn't listen to her.
"Fine, I'll go back with you."
Wang Xiuxiu, who had been silent until now, spoke up, "I just went home to get something."
She was supposed to pay the workers today; she had withdrawn the money yesterday, but forgot to bring it back today.
Xu Ruantang hesitated, then asked, "Then...would you like to go there?"
That's a military base.
Ever since Lu Shishen went on his mission, Wang Xiuxiu has been bombarded by gossipy women in the compound, most of whom are trying to say good things about Lu Shishen.
After a while, seeing that Wang Xiuxiu remained unmoved, they simply escalated the situation to the point where the political commissar intervened.
The wives were in private, but the political commissar was the one in public.
Wang Xiuxiu didn't want to listen to their chanting and usually avoided them whenever possible.
“I’ll carry it to the door with you, then I’ll go home, and you go to the army.”
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