“Battalion Commander Li, you’re back?”
A woman who looked to be around thirty years old opened the door and smiled. She had short hair that reached her ears, was tall and slender, and was wearing a short jacket. Her teeth were particularly white when she smiled.
Li Wenzhu turned around and nodded to the woman, “Yes, I just got back, sister-in-law.”
“This is my wife, Xu Zhizhi. She is young and new to the area, so please take good care of her in the future.”
The woman chuckled again, “Zhizhi, I’m Lian Guihua, who lives to your right. You can just call me Sister-in-law Lian. My husband told me this morning that Battalion Commander Li is coming back today. If you need any help, I’ll lend you a hand when I have some free time.”
Xu Zhizhi was new to the area and didn’t know who she could befriend and who she shouldn’t.
He could only watch longingly as Li Wenzhu stood beside him.
Li Wenzhu noticed his wife’s restraint and said frankly,
“Sister-in-law, you don’t need to help, I can manage on my own.”
Lian Guihua’s husband is Yu Bin, the deputy battalion commander of the Lion Battalion. He’s a good person, but he’s a bit too upright. He doesn’t usually have much contact with this Sister-in-law Lian.
“Alright, you guys get back to work.”
After Lian Guihua finished speaking, she wasn’t in a hurry to go out. Instead, she strolled around the yard with a leisurely air.
The wife of Battalion Commander Li is really beautiful. Her lips are as pink and tender as peach blossoms in March. She has a good figure, with full breasts and delicate features. Her face is so tender that you could pinch water out of it.
No wonder he managed to seduce Li, the most capable battalion commander in their first-class division.
However, seeing the three large bags of luggage in the yard, I couldn’t help but complain in my heart.
Whose wife who accompanies a soldier has so much luggage? She doesn’t seem like a thrifty person.
Also, what’s that next to her?
It looks like peach shortbread. Why would a woman without children buy so much peach shortbread?
Even Guihua couldn’t help but glance at the fragrant peach shortbread several times.
They only buy peach shortbread once a month. They have two boys, one is 7 years old and the other is 4 years old, which is the age when they love to eat snacks.
These peach shortbreads are so tempting, even she sometimes drools when she smells them.
“Zhizhi, have you eaten yet?”
Xu Zhizhi wasn’t actually very hungry. She shook her head and said, “I haven’t eaten, but I’m not hungry.”
Lian Guihua slapped her thigh, “Oh dear, you have to eat even if you’re not hungry. I’ll go get you two roasted potatoes…”
She was quick and efficient, and before Xu Zhizhi could refuse, she brought over two roasted potatoes from next door. However, these potatoes weren’t hot; they were leftovers from last night’s meal.
“Sister-in-law, can I trade this potato for two pieces of peach shortbread? My child has been asking for snacks lately, but I don’t have time to buy them.”
Xu Zhizhi glanced timidly at Li Wenzhu again; she had to maintain her persona.
Upon hearing this, Li Wenzhu, though not entirely comfortable with it, thought of her neighbors and gave it to them anyway.
“OK!”
I took two pieces and handed them over.
After Lian Guihua took the bag, she was reluctant to leave. She stared longingly at the big bag of peach shortbread. Why were the Li couple so stingy? There were clearly 7 or 8 pieces left in the bag, but when she said she would take two, they really only gave her two!
When I used to trade potatoes for snacks with others, the young wives would often feel obligated to give me an extra dollar or two.
I never expected to run into such a tightwad today.
Seeing that she lingered, Xu Zhizhi put the peach shortbread in her hand into the tin box, tilted her head, and giggled sweetly.
“Does your sister-in-law feel it’s not enough? Does she want some too?”
“…”
Lian Guihua blushed deeply when her thoughts were seen through, and quickly waved her hands, “No, no, I don’t like eating that child’s stuff.”
This lousy thing, is he out of his mind? Does anyone talk like that?
Xu Zhizhi said sweetly, “I misunderstood you, sister-in-law. Just now, the way you looked at me was like you wanted to snatch everything I had left. I thought you were lazy and greedy like me! But I didn’t expect you to be like that!”
“Who, who’s lazy and greedy!”
Even Guihua was furious with this idiot. Clutching two pieces of peach shortbread, she fled the yard as if escaping.
After returning home, she whispered to her husband…
“The wife of Battalion Commander Li next door is a complete idiot. She can’t even speak properly. It’s just two peach shortbreads, why did she have to talk about me like that?”
Yu Bin hesitated for two seconds, his face darkening.
“Don’t go out and embarrass yourself. Aren’t those potatoes from yesterday?”
Lian Guihua disagreed, “What happened yesterday? It’s not like we couldn’t eat it. With some pickled vegetables, it’s a proper meal. Those two peach shortbreads of hers aren’t enough to fill us up. They’re not as good as the potatoes I grew myself!”
Yu Dayong and Yu Xiaoqiang, sitting by the door with a peach shortbread each, ignored their parents’ lawsuit and quickly finished theirs.
After finishing his meal, Dayong licked his fingers reluctantly and shouted at the top of his lungs,
“Mom, I’m not full. I want eight pieces! Go ask the neighbor for some.”
When Xiaoqiang saw his brother shouting, he also shouted, “I want eight yuan too, to eat my fill!”
Lian Guihua already had a grudge in her heart. The young woman next door still had a lot left. If she could have all of it, wouldn’t Dayong and Xiaoqiang have enough?
Pah, both stupid and greedy.
“Eat, eat, eat! Do you think you’re like those rich kids next door who can eat whatever you want? You get scolded for being lazy and greedy after eating just one piece. How dare you eat more?”
The two brothers couldn’t get any food, so they cried loudly.
Even Guihua, whose head was throbbing from the noise, grabbed a feather duster and chased after the two brothers.
The two brothers had clearly learned from their struggle and ran into the yard, causing chaos and commotion!
At this time,
Xu Zhizhi was sitting in the house eating the braised fish and meatballs that her husband had brought back when she heard the noise. She rolled her eyes inwardly, not wanting to argue with this kind of person.
People like that will argue endlessly; just consider those two peach shortbreads as food for the dogs!
We’ll just avoid dealing with each other in the future.
After finishing their meal, Xu Zhizhi took a closer look at Li Wenzhu’s clean and tidy house. The place where they ate was a living room of less than 20 square meters, with an eight-immortal table and several long wooden benches.
The living room is flanked by bedrooms, which I estimate to be around 20 square meters each.
However, only one bedroom has a kang (heated brick bed), while the other room has a wooden bed.
There was a writing desk and a wooden stool next to the bed, with red books neatly arranged on the desk.
It’s a bit empty, but not messy.
We’re still missing curtains, a vase, a full-length mirror, and other things.
Li Wenzhu saw Xu Zhizhi standing at the bedroom door, looking around the room, her ears turning red.
“This house was actually applied for when we got married, but you refused to come back then, so it’s been empty. If you need anything, I’ll go ask the logistics department. As long as the warehouse has it, we can get it.”
Xu Zhizhi’s space is mostly filled with food and daily necessities, but there’s really no furniture. If there were any readily available here, she would be happy to go and collect them.
“Okay, I’ll write you a list later.”
Li Wenzhu gave a few instructions and then went out to resume her duties.
Seeing that no one was around, Xu Zhizhi immediately went into her space and took out all the pots, pans, cured meat and sausages, and cotton wool that she had previously collected from the Xu family.
She brought three large packages as cover, and now that she’s taken out the things from her spatial storage, they’re just what she needs.
Moreover, she planned to send some of the food produced in the space to her parents-in-law and sister-in-law. The food in the space seemed to have the effect of strengthening the body. After eating it for a while, she felt much more energetic than when she first arrived.
Although the book doesn’t describe the parents-in-law much, she remembers that the protagonist, Zhou Tian, frequently came into contact with Li Wenzhu because she was treating her father-in-law’s injured leg.
Although she didn’t remember how her father-in-law fell and got injured, eating some health-boosting items from her spatial storage was always a good idea!
As dusk fell, Li Wenzhu walked home as the sun set.
After dinner, Xu Zhizhi discussed with him the idea of visiting her in-laws.
“I brought a lot of things from my hometown to my parents and sister. I want to go and see them.”