Su Yuehua had just finished lunch when sister-in-law Qiuju came to call her. She picked up her bag and pushed the door open and came out.
Seeing that she had nothing in her hands, Sister Qiu Ju asked casually, "Yuehua, aren't you going to buy anything?"
"Buy. Shen Chengyi and I have just settled down and we need to buy a lot of things." Su Yuehua just roughly calculated the things she needed to buy on this trip. Rice, flour, grain, oil, pots, pans, and other items were all must-buys, as well as curtains. The house was on the second floor, and she was not used to sleeping without drawing the curtains.
"Don't you carry something when you buy things?" Sister Qiu Ju saw that she looked confused and thought that she was from a well-off family and didn't know these things, so she kindly reminded her.
In later times, merchants would give bags when buying things, but Su Yuehua really forgot that in the 1970s, people had to pack their own things when buying things. She glanced at the basket in Sister Qiu Ju's hand and pretended to be confused, "Look, I really can't keep this head. I'm confused all day. Sister-in-law, wait for me."
Su Yuehua turned around and went back to the house. She walked around the room but couldn't find a suitable basket for the vegetables. Finally, her eyes fixed on the basket of dried mushrooms that the educated youth had given her.
She poured the dried mushrooms and fungus on the table and quickly walked out of the house with the basket.
"Sister Qiuju, let's go."
"Okay." Sister Qiuju responded and walked downstairs.
As soon as the two of them walked downstairs, they heard someone behind them shouting, "Sister Qiu Ju, wait for me for a moment."
Su Yuehua stopped and turned around, and saw a dark-skinned woman in her twenties leading a little boy walking towards her quickly.
The boy looked about the same age as Shen Xiaohu. Not only was he dirty, but even his face was...
For someone with mysophobia like Su Yuehua, even one look at her for a second would make her vomit up her overnight meal.
As a result, Su Yuehua had a bad impression of the woman in front of her. When taking the child out, even if she didn't change his clothes, she would at least wash his face.
When the woman saw Su Yuehua, she first looked her up and down, and then said, "This must be the beautiful wife that Deputy Battalion Commander Shen married. I've heard people say that Deputy Battalion Commander Shen found a girl from the city. This girl from the city looks different from those from the countryside."
Sister Qiuju saw Su Yuehua's displeasure and explained with an awkward smile: "Yuehua, this is Captain Qi's wife, Xu Qiaomei."
Su Yuehua nodded politely, turned to sister-in-law Qiuju and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go."
"I was just talking to you. Yuehua, Qiaomei, let's go quickly. If we're late, we won't be able to catch up with the logistics and procurement vehicle."
After hearing Sister Qiuju's reminder, Xu Qiaomei pulled her son and ran towards the gate.
Before Su Yuehua and Sister Qiuju ran to the gate of the compound, they saw a military-style Liberation truck with a shed parked at the gate from a distance. She stopped and asked, "Sister Qiuju, we are not going to take this car, are we?"
Although the capital in February is not as cold as in Northeast China where water freezes into ice, it is not warm at all!
"Yuehua, hurry up, didn't you see that the car was on?" After saying this, Sister Qiuju quickened her pace and ran towards the gate.
Su Yuehua saw Xu Qiaomei and the child already climbed into the car, and hurriedly followed Sister Qiuju to run to the car.
By the time the two climbed onto the carriage, they were already exhausted and out of breath. Fortunately, there were seats on both sides of the carriage.
Su Yuehua had just sat down when the car started moving.
As the Jiefang train started, the bus suddenly became lively. Su Yuehua had just arrived and didn't know most of the people on the bus. She just listened quietly to the chatter around her and collected some information. She also heard that some of them were family members of the employees of the light bulb factory, who were taking a ride with the army.
She noticed that the woman with a red scarf across from her glanced at her from time to time, with an unfriendly light in her eyes.
Who is this? She doesn't know him, could it be that the original owner has a grudge against her?
Su Yuehua turned around and pretended not to see her, but in fact she kept her in mind, thinking of finding a chance to ask about her in the future.
Half an hour later, the car finally arrived at the city center. Su Yuehua jumped out of the car. The moment her legs touched the ground, she felt alive again. The bumpy ride almost broke her bones.
The woman in the red scarf jumped out of the car right behind Su Yuehua, and walked up to Sister Qiu Ju with her neck tilted high and said, "Sister Qiu Ju, my family will treat you to a meal tomorrow, Sunday, so you should go early then."
Isn't it just a treat? Why is Su Yuehua looking up? Why does this voice sound so familiar?
Isn't this the same voice as the one that cursed her in the bathhouse?
Sister Qiu Ju nodded and agreed: "Hongxia, don't worry. I will definitely go there early."
Hongxia, Niu Hongxia? Su Yuehua remembered that this person was mentioned in the book. She was the second love rival of the original owner, and now she should be her love rival.
It seems that Shen Chengyi is quite attractive. Wherever he goes, there are bees flocking to him, and his wife is always implicated for no reason.
Xu Qiaomei came over and took the initiative to say: "Teacher Niu, the men from our two families are from the same hometown. If you have a party, I will definitely go early."
Niu Hongxia saw that Xu Qiaomei's face was full of disgust, so she turned around and left.
Seeing this situation, Sister Qiuju hurriedly pulled Su Yuehua along, "Yuehua, let's go."
"Yeah." Su Yuehua responded and followed Sister Qiuju to the department store.
The two of them didn't walk far before they saw a five-story building with the words "First Department Store" hung on the wall. It was quite imposing compared to the surrounding low buildings.
Sister Qiu Ju took Su Yuehua's hand and said as they walked in, "My children are at home on holiday all day, and I haven't been here for a long time. If you want a pot, you have to come to the department store."
The layout of today's department stores is very similar to that of later shopping malls. Each floor sells different categories of merchandise. The first floor sells daily necessities and sugar and wine. Looking around, you can see rows of glass counters with everything neatly displayed.
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