Several family members who were talking about something felt embarrassed when they saw her so generously letting them in.
Gu Qingning introduced herself: "My name is Gu Qingning, and I'm Lu Changqing's lover. We're going to live here together from now on. I'd like to trouble you all to take good care of me!"
After saying that, she distributed the cookies to the women in front of her, and then grabbed a handful of candy and distributed it to the younger children.
The children couldn't help drooling when looking at the white White Rabbit milk candy.
In that era, the whole country was generally poor. Although these children were from wealthy families, they could not eat White Rabbit milk candy every day. Seeing such a good thing, these children kept wiping their saliva and developed a lot of good feelings towards this beautiful aunt.
Only a woman named Zhou Yang forcibly snatched the candy from the child's mouth: "Haven't I told you so many times? Why do you have to eat things given by strangers? Aren't you afraid that someone will poison you to death?"
After she finished speaking, she pretended to be apologetic and said to Gu Qingning, "I'm sorry, I'm not targeting you. I'm just educating my child!"
Gu Qingning ignored her, making Zhou Yang even more embarrassed.
The remaining women tasted the cookies hesitantly and were instantly conquered by Gu Qingning's cookies.
"How is this thing made? It's so delicious! It even has a milky aroma!"
In this age when even white sugar is scarce, cookies like this one filled with butter are truly a complete dimensionality reduction blow.
The military wives took just one bite of the butter biscuits and were so happy they almost cried. It was the first time they had eaten something so delicious.
Gu Qingning briefly explained the method and then added, "This thing still needs to be baked in an oven. If you don't have an electric oven, you can build a brick kiln in the yard to use as an oven. I have an electric oven at home. Would you like to come in and take a look? I can teach you how to make it."
These women never imagined that cookies could be made with butter.
In this era, the army can be said to be the place with the least shortage of material supplies.
In addition to rice, oil and noodles every month, sometimes they would also give out some scarce items, even chocolate.
These military families, even those from rural areas, have become much better off materially than most people in the country after living here for a period of time.
Therefore, when they heard that butter was needed to make cookies, they were not very surprised, but were just full of curiosity.
Only Zhou Yang said sarcastically, "Wow, your family's life is really good, and you even have these foreign things!"
Gu Qingning replied indifferently, "What kind of foreign stuff are those things sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives out there? You don't even know this, do you? Haven't you ever been to a supply and marketing cooperative out there?"
Zhou Yang's face turned red and he was speechless for a moment.
Gu Qingning continued to invite others to come in and visit.
She knew that women were naturally curious about these things, and were interested in other people's family background and the decoration of their houses. If she wanted to integrate into their social circles, she had to satisfy some of their curiosity.
As expected, the remaining women walked in directly driven by curiosity.
"This is your home! Didn't you just move in? Everything is already arranged so neatly!"
These women have all had their water and electricity systems renovated, installed electric lights, and even used electric fans in the summer.
However, compared with Gu Qingning's home, it was simply heaven and earth apart.
Gu Qingning smiled and said, "It's okay. There are still many things to be added later. We need to buy them slowly."
After all, many people have to cook for themselves on a daily basis, so everyone is particularly interested in her kitchen layout.
They asked in amazement, "How did you make this kitchen look so beautiful? Where are your cupboards?"
Gu Qingning pulled out a drawer. "The bowls are all in the drawer. We made the grid ourselves so we can put the bowls upright. It's easy to take out and can drain water. It's very convenient."
This was something Lu Changqing had already arranged, so Gu Qingning didn't have to worry about it.
After hearing this, the women all looked envious.
Gu Qingning continued, "If you want to renovate your kitchen, tell me. I know several very reliable craftsmen who can make sure your kitchen is neat and beautiful!"
After hearing this, several women were moved.
In the military compound, there is not only a canteen, but each household is also the first to have its own independent kitchen and bathroom, which is completely different from the tube-shaped buildings outside.
What's more, those who can live in this compound are basically military officers, who are either rich or noble, and each family is very particular about it, so each of them is very interested in renovating the kitchen.
The women were talking at once, discussing how to renovate the house in the future, and everyone was quite excited.
Gu Qingning struck while the iron was hot and recommended a group of reliable masters to them, successfully narrowing the distance between him and them.
However, Zhou Yang, standing aside, couldn't help but say, "You usually go to the company cafeteria to get your meals. How often do you cook at home? Is it really necessary to spend so much money to renovate the kitchen?"
The women paused for a moment, didn't say anything, just looked at her.
Gu Qingning said, "That's different. Home-cooked food tastes better to children. The food in the cafeteria has less oil, salt, and meat. Children are still growing. We can't let them not get enough nutrition, right?"
Zhou Yang curled his lips and was about to continue speaking when he was rudely interrupted by a woman.
"Okay, we know your husband is dead and you don't have the money to remodel the kitchen. We have the money, so we can remodel it if we want. Stop saying such depressing things here, it's giving me a headache!"
When Zhou Yang heard this, his face darkened and he left with the child.
Gu Qingning smelled gossip.
Sure enough, a woman came over and whispered, "Don't pay attention to Zhou Yang. Her husband died, and the army gave her a job opportunity, but she didn't want to go. She's happy to live off the pension!
Also, you must keep an eye on your man. This woman is not a good person. When she has nothing to do, she likes to chat and laugh with other men. "
Gu Qingning smiled nonchalantly, thinking that since these men were willing to talk to her, it was obvious that they were not good people either.
However, Zhou Yang is a weird person and obviously not a good person.
Through chatting, the women quickly became familiar with each other, and naturally couldn't help but ask about Gu Qingning and her man's life experience.
Gu Qingning only picked up some unimportant things to talk about.
These women were quite sensible and did not continue to ask questions when they first met. They just left satisfied after learning some information.
Since then, Gu Qingning successfully moved into the compound.
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