So all of these things were for Shen Shuyue?
They weren’t disaster relief supplies?
Shen Shuyue was going to eat all eight truckloads of food by herself?
Was that even reasonable?
The people nearby who had been waiting to receive food all watched with increasingly complicated expressions.
Political Commissar Zhou didn’t know what to say anymore.
He had assumed all along that these were disaster relief supplies. He never imagined they were actually private goods sent to Shen Shuyue by her parents.
This…
How could something this embarrassing happen to him?
After a long while, Political Commissar Zhou finally recovered. He turned his head and asked Qiu Chengyue in a low voice, “What’s going on?”
“Your wife’s family… is that rich?”
Qiu Chengyue: “…”
Rich? They had to be rich.
“They’re the richest family in Wanzhou City.”
After a moment, Qiu Chengyue finally answered.
Political Commissar Zhou’s eyebrows twitched repeatedly.
The richest family in Wanzhou City?
What kind of concept was that?
No wonder Shen Shuyue had a small car and could afford to buy a refrigerator.
Political Commissar Zhou had always thought Shen Shuyue was the kind of spoiled, extravagant woman who had no idea how hard her parents worked.
Now that he knew the truth, how could Shen Shuyue even be considered spoiled and extravagant?
Her parents were the truly extravagant ones.
What kind of parents sent their daughter supplies in eight huge trucks?
There was so much food that Shen Shuyue probably couldn’t finish it even after years.
“The richest family in Wanzhou City…”
Political Commissar Zhou had completely run out of words.
He really had been too narrow-minded.
Shen Haisheng pointed at a large box and said to Shen Shuyue, “There’s seafood in here. Take this down first and bring it straight into your house.”
“As for the rest, Chengyue… do you have any unused rooms around here?”
Qiu Chengyue replied, “No. There are rooms at the military base.”
But outsiders couldn’t enter the base freely.
If they wanted to store this much food there, they would have to go through the proper procedures and have everything inspected.
Shen Haisheng immediately objected. “How can we put it at the military base? If my daughter wants something to eat, she can’t exactly run to the base every time she wants to get something.”
Jiang Meining asked, “Does the military base have refrigerators?”
Political Commissar Zhou: “…”
How could the military base possibly have refrigerators?
Refrigerators were incredibly expensive. With so many people eating there, how many refrigerators would they need?
Shen Shuyue said, “Dad, Mom, this is way too much. There’s no way I can eat all of it.”
“How about I keep some of it for myself and donate the rest to the military?”
“If I run out of food later, I can just go to the base and get some. Would that be okay?”
Political Commissar Zhou’s eyes immediately lit up.
Shen Shuyue was going to donate all this food to the military?
Qiu Chengyue also looked at Shen Shuyue.
There was a trace of surprise in his eyes.
There was so much food, yet she was willing to give it away just like that?
She didn’t feel even a little reluctant?
Shen Haisheng hesitated for a moment before asking Jiang Meining, “What do you think, honey?”
Jiang Meining looked at the eight truckloads of supplies, then at Shen Shuyue, and nodded.
“Our Shuyue likes fresh food.”
“All the things we brought are fresh right now. If we leave them sitting around for another ten days or half a month, they won’t be fresh anymore.”
They had brought a huge variety of things.
Chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables, peanuts, beans, potatoes, cabbage, onions, carrots, and all kinds of other food.
Most of them could be stored for quite a long time.
There was seafood too, but not that much—at most, around a hundred kilograms.
Even if Shen Shuyue ate seafood every single day, a kilogram a day, it would still take her more than a hundred days to finish it.
And as for all those peanuts and potatoes, how many years would it take her to eat all of them?
Jiang Meining and Shen Haisheng had only been thinking about how to spoil their daughter.
They had simply prepared a little bit of everything for her.
Before they knew it, they had prepared eight entire truckloads.
Once everything was ready, they naturally brought it all to Shen Shuyue.
If she couldn’t finish it, they could always take the rest back.
Now that Shen Shuyue had suggested donating it to the military, Jiang Meining thought her daughter was genuinely smart.
The soldiers at the military base were all sons and daughters of the people. Whenever there was danger, they were always the first ones to rush to the front lines.
If they donated this food to the soldiers, at least they could have something good to eat.
“Fine. Let Shuyue keep some, and donate the rest to the military.”
As soon as those words were spoken, the people waiting to receive food all broke into happy smiles.
If Shen Shuyue donated all this to the military, wouldn’t the military families living here also be able to get some of it?
Political Commissar Zhou, however, felt uneasy again.
The military had rules. They couldn’t accept things from ordinary civilians.
And Shen Shuyue’s parents were civilians.
“This… I’m afraid we can’t accept it.”
Political Commissar Zhou was troubled once again.
The supplies were certainly good, but they couldn’t accept them casually.
There was simply too much.
Shen Shuyue asked, “Why can’t you accept them?”
“It’s not like there’s that much, right?”
Political Commissar Zhou hurriedly shook his head. “No, no. It’s because there’s too much.”
Shen Shuyue smiled. “Then just accept it.”
Political Commissar Zhou was still hesitant.
These were goods belonging to civilians, after all.
Seeing this, Shen Shuyue turned to Qiu Chengyue.
“If he won’t accept them, then you accept them.”
“We’re husband and wife now. What belongs to me belongs to you.”
“You’re not a civilian. You’re a battalion commander. A battalion commander giving supplies to the people under his command is perfectly reasonable.”
“I mean the people in your unit who shed blood and sweat and sacrifice themselves for ordinary people.”
Qiu Chengyue looked at Shen Shuyue, then at the hopeful faces around them.
He understood what Shen Shuyue meant.
“Okay.”
His voice seemed noticeably gentler than before.
The people around them exchanged glances.
What did that mean?
Shen Shuyue said, “Everyone, drive the trucks over to the military base.”
“Dad, Mom, since you rarely get the chance to come here, why don’t you stay for the night?”
“Let’s have dinner together.”
Jiang Meining and Shen Haisheng had missed their daughter as well, so they readily agreed when Shen Shuyue invited them to stay for dinner.
It was still early.
Qiu Chengyue went to the military base to deal with the supplies and didn’t return until the afternoon.
He didn’t forget to set aside some seafood for Shen Shuyue, along with some fresh vegetables and meat.
As soon as he stepped inside, he heard Jiang Meining asking, “You and Chengyue aren’t sleeping together?”
Qiu Chengyue stopped in his tracks.
His parents-in-law had arrived so suddenly that he hadn’t had time to prepare at all.
He hadn’t even had time to tidy up the bed in the room.
Shen Shuyue said, “That room? Well… that room was made up for when we had guests before.”
“Afterward, I was too lazy to put everything away, so when Qiu Chengyue came back at noon, he went over there to take his afternoon nap.”
“The clothes in there were just put there because it was convenient.”
Jiang Meining asked suspiciously, “Is that really how it was?”
Jiang Meining knew that Qiu Chengyue didn’t like Shen Shuyue.
If the two of them still weren’t sleeping together, then Qiu Chengyue was practically bullying her.
Shen Shuyue smiled.
“Of course it’s true.”
“Do you really think I’d let myself be mistreated?”
With that, Shen Shuyue looked at Qiu Chengyue.
Qiu Chengyue: “…”
He said nothing.
He simply looked at Shen Shuyue, his gaze deep and unreadable.
Jiang Meining said, “I won’t interfere in your affairs.”
“Chengyue, I hope you won’t let Shuyue suffer.”
“She’s the daughter we raised with so much care, always treating her like the precious thing she is. I hope she’ll receive the same care from you.”
Qiu Chengyue glanced at Shen Shuyue before speaking.
“Dad, Mom, don’t worry. She won’t suffer any grievances here.”
If anyone’s going to suffer, it’ll be someone else.