Chapter 107: Gossip Everywhere

“You’re so blessed, you’ll definitely have both sons and daughters.”

Everyone loves to hear this.

Qian Sanni burst into laughter: “Hahaha, I didn’t know you could read fortunes, Xinyue.”

“Thank you for the good wishes. If I can have a son, my wish will be fulfilled.”

“You don’t know, Song Mei has been married for so many years and hasn’t had any children. Her mother-in-law is urging Technician Sun to divorce her.”

Technician Sun is over thirty and still doesn’t have children?

Li Xinyue opened her mouth: “They’ve been married for many years, right?”

Qian Sanni nodded: “They’ve been married for seven or eight years. Song Mei is two years older than me, and Technician Sun is already thirty-two.”

If they haven’t had children after so many years of marriage, there must be something wrong with one of them.

“Didn’t they go to the big hospital for a checkup?”

“They did, but they couldn’t find anything. Both husband and wife are normal, but they just can’t get pregnant.”

Li Xinyue wasn’t very knowledgeable about gynecology.

However, she did have some understanding of it.

From her guess, it was very likely that the sperm or egg of one of the couple didn’t meet the requirements.

But the current equipment was too outdated to detect this kind of problem.

She had a prescription that could help, but she didn’t have a medical license.

And she didn’t know what kind of person Song Mei was.

Besides, there is that Aunt Sun…

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes: Forget it, don’t get involved in this mess!

Passing by the kindergarten, they arrived at the military service center.

It served not only military personnel but also their families.

Because it was three kilometers to the nearest town, the center had a wide range of goods, basically all necessities of life.

The service center was about two hundred square meters.

It was divided into five areas.

Red counters and wall cabinets displayed various items.

There were two family members at each counter, serving as salespeople.

Li Xinyue was surprised: “There are so many things.”

Qian Sanni nodded: “Yes, it’s very complete. We usually buy things here.”

“Some things here don’t need tickets, while others do. Is there anything you need?”

“Yes, I don’t have anything at home. I really want to get some plates and bowls.”

Qian Sanni laughed: “These don’t need tickets. Pots, pans, bowls, soap, toothpaste, towels, etc., all don’t need tickets, but they’re not cheap.”

In the era of planned economy, things that didn’t need tickets were all at a higher price, naturally not cheap.

Li Xinyue nodded: “I don’t need much anyway. I’ll come back to buy them after I’ve cleaned up the house.”

After visiting the military service center, they walked past the military hospital and then to the auditorium.

“Over there, that’s the family compound for officers above the regiment level.”

Standing next to the auditorium, Qian Sanni pointed to a row of houses behind the auditorium.

That row of houses was not as large as the family compound for battalion-level officers, but they were all two-story buildings.

Li Xinyue smiled: “Make your Staff Officer Wang work hard, and one day you’ll live there too.”

Is that possible?

Living in the commander’s compound was the dream of every military wife!

“I hope so!”

The a division was really big.

They took a shortcut back and still took about fifty minutes.

“Your house is a mess. Why don’t you have lunch at my place?”

Back in the family compound, Qian Sanni warmly invited her.

Li Xinyue declined: “You’re still pregnant, and you’ve walked so far. I’m so embarrassed.”

“Go and rest. Yier’s father said he’ll go to the canteen to get some food at noon.”

As long as you have ration coupons and vegetable coupons, you can get food at the canteen.

Qian Sanni didn’t insist, after all, no one’s food was plentiful.

“My house is full of pickled cabbage, I’ll grab you a bowl later.”

Pickled cabbage stir-fried with green peppers, the taste was quite good.

Li Xinyue smiled, “Thank you then.”

The two chatted as they walked, suddenly a voice came over, “Oh, where are you two coming from?”

Seeing Wang Lijuan, Qian Sanni’s expression softened.

“Nowhere special, just taking Xinyue for a walk, she just arrived, didn’t you go to work today?”

The cardboard factory didn’t have many jobs now, so they couldn’t arrange for more family members.

Even the family members working there now sometimes had their wages delayed for one or two months.

Wang Lijuan didn’t want to join the cardboard factory at the time.

But her husband didn’t have any connections, so he could only go there.

Of course, compared to unemployed family members, this was considered good.

Hearing this, the proud Wang Lijuan’s smile faded.

“I went, there wasn’t much work today, I’ll go again in the afternoon.”

“Xiao Li, did you have a job at home before?”

Li Xinyue shook her head honestly, “No, my family are farmers, my grandfather used to have a job, and later my brother took over.”

Li’s grandfather was the factory director of a stone quarry, and when he died, it was the original owner’s brother who took over the job.

It’s just that the work was too tiring, the original owner’s brother couldn’t handle it, so he just wandered around.

“Oh? Is that so, well, it doesn’t happen so quickly to get a job here.”

“You are a regular army family member, you should have no problem getting into the cardboard factory, but you’ll probably be doing packing.”

She would go to the factory to pack?

Not even a chance to tighten screws?

Li Xinyue twitched her lips, “I just arrived, I’m not working for now, I’ll take a break and see.”

“Oh, that’s right, your Battalion Commander Chen’s salary is high, it’s fine if you don’t work.”

What kind of person is this.

Listening to Wang Lijuan’s words, Qian Sanni sneered from the side.

You’re just a quality inspector at the cardboard factory, you act like you’re the factory director.

The two chatted as they walked, reaching Li Xinyue’s door, “Come over and sit down when you’ve settled in.”

Qian Sanni nodded with a smile, “Okay, come over and sit down if you have nothing to do, I don’t have a job anyway.”

“Hehe, okay, we’ll go shopping together then.”

What kind of person is this, truly birds of a feather flock together, those without jobs like to hang out with those without jobs!

Wang Lijuan rolled her eyes secretly, then went to her own house.

“Cousin, was that  Captain Chen’s wife just now?”

Hearing this, Wang Lijuan was surprised, “Cousin, why did you suddenly come?”

Standing by the window, Liu Yuhua looked at Li Xinyue’s back without turning her eyes, “After you called me yesterday, I couldn’t sleep all night.”

“I have to come and see, what kind of person did he marry!”

“Cousin, I wouldn’t be at ease if I didn’t come and see.”

Wang Lijuan sighed, “It’s all my fault, if I hadn’t mentioned him to you, you wouldn’t have fallen for him.”

How can you blame your cousin?

Liu Yuhua was a very smart girl, and she was a very goal-oriented person.

Because she was from a good family background, and her father was the deputy director of the cotton and linen factory, so at the age of twenty, she was recommended to the Workers’ and Peasants’ Soldiers’ University.

After three years of studying in the provincial capital, her eyes changed, and she no longer wanted to go back.

In order not to return to her hometown, she asked her father to find many connections, and finally stayed in a primary school in G city as a teacher.

After Wang Lijuan joined the army, she felt that being a soldier was really good.

Not only was the income high, the social status was high, and there were no movements in the army.

If she married a soldier, no one in the school would dare to bully her.