Chapter 19: Regiment Commander Gu’s Family Actually Came to Buy Vegetables?

Jiang Yue tried to lift it twice. She had only just lifted it a little bit before she put it down again.

This basket must have weighed over ten kilograms. Even if she could lift it, she didn’t have the ability to walk all the way back to the Military Family Residential Compound.

Just as Jiang Yue was feeling troubled, she heard someone speaking to her.

“Are you from Regiment Commander Gu’s family?”

Jiang Yue looked up and saw a woman in her forties, simply dressed. She wore a white shirt with red flowers, blue fabric pants, and her hair was cut short to ear length. She looked neat and tidy.

“Oh, it’s really you! I saw you from a distance, but I didn’t dare to recognize you!” The woman smiled. “Are you here to buy vegetables?”

Jiang Yue searched her memory but couldn’t find any impression of the woman. The Original Owner usually didn’t interact with the people from the Family Residential Compound, so apart from a few people she had dealt with, Jiang Yue hardly recognized anyone.

“Regiment Commander Gu’s family actually came to buy vegetables? That’s quite a rare thing!”

Just as Jiang Yue hesitated, another person walked up from behind the woman. She appeared younger, sporting the popular “Ke Xiang” hairstyle of the time, and was also dressed in “dacailiang” (a type of durable fabric).

However, the woman’s attitude wasn’t as friendly as the previous one. Hearing her sarcastic tone, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but wonder if the Original Owner had offended her in the past.

When Jiang Yue didn’t respond, the younger woman snorted coldly. “Sister-in-law, I told you, they don’t even recognize us, so why bother with us? Don’t let them later say we’re trying to ride on their coattails!”

Jiang Yue could tell from these words that the younger woman was most likely someone the Original Owner had offended.

“Xiao Lian, don’t speak like that about Regiment Commander Gu’s family!” The older woman wasn’t angry but instead smiled and said: “My husband’s surname is Zhao. You can call me Zhao Da Jie or Sister-in-law Zhao, either is fine!”

Jiang Yue remembered that Gu Ye had gone to Zhao Regiment Commander’s house to borrow eggs in the morning. She had thought at the time that Gu Ye must have had a good relationship with Zhao Regiment Commander, so she immediately smiled and said: “Ah, look at my memory! Sister-in-law Zhao, hello! Gu Ye borrowed two eggs from your house this morning, and I came to buy some. I was just planning to deliver them back to you!”

Sister-in-law Zhao smiled warmly. “Ah, it was just two eggs, for Ningning to eat. What’s there to return? Regiment Commander Gu’s family is too polite!”

“It needs to be returned! It needs to be returned!” Jiang Yue could tell that Sister-in-law Zhao wasn’t just being polite; she was an honest person!

“Sister-in-law, you can just call me Jiang Yue.” Jiang Yue felt a little awkward hearing Sister-in-law Zhao keep referring to her as “Regiment Commander Gu’s family.”

“Ah, alright!” Sister-in-law Zhao still smiled, but even Rong Rong gave Jiang Yue a strange look.

“Sister-in-law, do you know where I can get a car?” Jiang Yue had been worried about how heavy her things were and how she wouldn’t be able to carry them back, but now she had run into a familiar person.

“A car? You can’t carry the things, right?” Sister-in-law Zhao was very eager to help and immediately said: “It’s no problem. I’ll help you carry them!”

When Jiang Yue saw Sister-in-law Zhao rolling up her sleeves, she quickly tried to stop her: “Sister-in-law, no need, they’re very heavy—!”

Before Jiang Yue could finish speaking, Sister-in-law Zhao had already picked up the basket and asked with confusion: “Not heavy at all! Is there another basket? Where is it? I’ll carry both for you!”

Jiang Yue: “…No, there’s only this one!”

Really, comparing people made one frustrated. Gu Ye was a man, so his strength could be expected, but Sister-in-law Zhao, who looked thin and small, was also so strong! Lifting a basket weighing ten to twenty kilograms was as easy as picking up a little chick.

“No more? Then let’s go!” Sister-in-law Zhao turned around, slung her own vegetable basket over her arm, and strode forward.

Jiang Yue hurried to catch up.

“Jiang Yue, what’s wrong with your head? Did you get hurt?” Rong Rong walked alongside Jiang Yue and had already noticed the bandage on her head, so she curiously asked.

“Mm, I accidentally bumped into something.” Jiang Yue answered nonchalantly.

“How did you bump into that spot?” Rong Rong’s eyes flickered. “Could it be that someone hit you?”

Jiang Yue retorted: “Do you have any evidence that the injury on my head was caused by someone hitting me?”

Rong Rong’s mouth twitched. She had just asked casually; after all, there was no evidence.

A few days ago, there had been rumors circulating around the Family Residential Compound that Jiang Yue had run off with someone. The rumors were detailed, and with Gu Ye specifically taking leave the day before to go to the Provincial Capital and return with Jiang Yue, it seemed to confirm the gossip that Gu Ye had gone to catch her cheating.

Li Hongying had said yesterday that when she went to clean, she saw Jiang Yue looking pale, still sleeping in the middle of the afternoon. She was swaying even while standing, and there was a bandage on her forehead, with blood on it. Everyone started guessing that Jiang Yue must have run off with a man, and Gu Ye caught her red-handed. Unable to swallow her pride, he must have hit Jiang Yue.

“I’ve already said it was an accident!” Jiang Yue’s expression was serious. “If there’s no evidence, don’t go around speculating!”

Rong Rong was silent, feeling a bit awkward. Why was she being lectured now?

Sister-in-law Zhao, walking ahead, heard their conversation and turned around to say: “Jiang Yue is right. If there’s no evidence, don’t spread rumors! Besides, Regiment Commander Gu is not the kind of person who would hit a woman!”

Jiang Yue nodded. Gaining Sister-in-law Zhao’s approval made her feel that Gu Ye’s character was indeed good.

However, why did Sister-in-law Zhao suddenly mention that Gu Ye wouldn’t hit a woman? Could it be that the people in the Family Residential Compound thought she had been hit by Gu Ye?

Rong Rong awkwardly tucked her hair behind her ear and said: “I was just saying it casually! Jiang Yue, don’t take it to heart!”

Jiang Yue didn’t think Rong Rong was just saying it casually. The fact that it was directed at her meant it wasn’t groundless.

“Hey, hey, Sister-in-law, look at that person over there. Isn’t that Li Hongying?” Rong Rong, with sharp eyes, immediately pointed out Li Hongying to Sister-in-law Zhao and Jiang Yue.

Sister-in-law Zhao looked closely, and indeed, it was Li Hongying.

“Where? Where?” Jiang Yue recognized Li Hongying, but from such a distance, it was hard for her to recognize Li Hongying’s figure at a glance.

“There, the one in the red checkered shirt!” Rong Rong pointed it out to Jiang Yue, with a bit of enjoyment in her voice. “It looks like Li Hongying is picking up discarded vegetable leaves again. Maybe she’ll go buy some pig neck meat soon. Jiang Yue, who do you think she’s buying it for?”

Jiang Yue frowned. Li Hongying cooked for her every afternoon. Who else could she be buying those discarded vegetable leaves and pig neck meat for?

Rong Rong continued: “Discarded vegetable leaves—pigs don’t even eat those! The neck meat is all lymph, probably only Li Hongying would buy it. But I’ve heard that Li Hongying’s family eats pig forelegs! Tsk tsk!”

“Xiao Lian, keep quiet!” Sister-in-law Zhao noticed Jiang Yue’s face stiffen and quickly scolded Rong Rong.

Seeing that Jiang Yue didn’t say anything, Rong Rong was even more delighted. “Sister-in-law, I’m just doing a good deed! You don’t like what Li Hongying does either, do you?”

Sister-in-law Zhao cast a cold glance at Li Hongying’s sneaky back and asked Jiang Yue: “Didn’t you tell Li Hongying that you’d be buying the vegetables yourself today?”

Hearing Rong Rong talk about how Li Hongying always brought discarded vegetable leaves and neck meat for the Original Owner, Jiang Yue did feel a wave of physical disgust. However, as she recalled, the Original Owner had a small appetite and was very picky with food. Li Hongying’s cooking was terrible, and the Original Owner had always disliked it. If she had enjoyed it, she wouldn’t be so thin.

Thinking this, Jiang Yue felt much more at ease, both physically and mentally.

But Li Hongying was really vile; she would have to come up with a way to deal with her!