Chapter 48: Zhang Wanyu

When Li Hong saw the newcomer, a fawning smile immediately appeared on her face.

“Comrade Zhang, what brings you here today? Of course, we have women’s bicycles. I’ll go get one from the warehouse.”

Zhang Wanyu giggled sweetly. “That’s great. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to buy one.”

“Of course we have them.”

Li Hong was about to go to the warehouse when Tang Xiaorou stopped her. “Wait, you just said there’s only one women’s bicycle in the warehouse. Since there’s only one, I bought it first. Please go get it for me.”

Zhang Wanyu turned to look at Tang Xiaorou.  “Comrade, I really need this bicycle. Could you give it to me?”

Seeing the woman’s gentle demeanor but her uncompromising words, Tang Xiaorou directly refused. “I’m sorry, I need this bicycle too.”

Li Hong, seeing Tang Xiaorou refuse Zhang Wanyu, looked very unhappy. “How can you talk to Comrade Zhang like that? She’s already asked you nicely, why did you refuse?”

Tang Xiaorou was amused.

“It’s my bicycle. Why should I give it to her? Quickly go get it from the warehouse. I have things to do and need to leave soon.”

Li Hong, having decided to sell the bicycle to Zhang Wanyu upon seeing her, returned the money and ticket. “I’m not selling the bicycle to you.  Just leave.”

Zhang Wanyu smiled at Li Hong. “Thank you so much. I also have urgent business and need the bicycle urgently.” She took out the money and ticket. “How much is it? I’ll pay you now.”

Seeing their natural familiarity, Tang Xiaorou felt she had been too accommodating.

“Where’s the manager? I want to ask, is this the quality of your department store’s sales staff? I was clearly here first, but you, taking advantage of your acquaintance with her, want to take the bicycle I’ve already paid for and give it to her. What kind of logic is that?”

Tang Xiaorou’s voice grew louder.  “Serve the people, but this saleswoman treats people differently. I want to ask her if she has any understanding of serving the people.”

Li Hong’s face turned pale with fright.

Even Zhang Wanyu frowned. She had thought Tang Xiaorou was a simple woman, but she was unexpectedly articulate. If this incident were to be defined this way, she wouldn’t benefit either.

“You misunderstood. I don’t know this saleswoman.”

Li Hong quickly nodded. “Yes, we don’t know each other.” She quickly took back the money and ticket. “I’ll go get the bicycle for you.”

At this time, a middle-aged man walked over. “What’s going on?”

Li Hong quickly waved her hand. “Nothing, director, I’m just going to get the bicycle from the warehouse for this comrade.”

Tang Xiaorou didn’t intend to let the matter go easily. “Are you the manager of this store? I hope you’ll train your sales staff better in the future and remind them of the sales principles. Don’t let them do whatever they want.”

Many onlookers who had experienced the cold faces of sales staff nodded in agreement. “Yes, they always pull a long face when we come to buy things, making people uncomfortable.

This time is even worse.

They’ve already sold the only women’s bicycle to this comrade, but they want to return the money and sell it to someone they know.

It’s outrageous.”

The middle-aged man’s face was unpleasant. He looked at Li Hong and said sternly, “Is this your work attitude? Is this how you treat customers who come to buy things?”

Li Hong quickly shook her head. “Director, it’s not like that, I… I just…” In the end, she didn’t know how to defend herself and subconsciously looked at Zhang Wanyu.

However, Zhang Wanyu didn’t even look at her, only saying aggrievedly, “The saleswoman told me there were bicycles, so I took out my money and ticket to buy one. Who knew there was only one left, and it had already been bought.”

“You…”

Li Hong looked at Zhang Wanyu in disbelief, about to say something when the director interrupted, “Alright, quickly apologize to this comrade and then go get the bicycle.”

Seeing the director’s anger, Li Hong could only apologize to Tang Xiaorou and then went to get the bicycle.

After receiving the bicycle, Tang Xiaorou said goodbye to the director and left the department store.

Seeing this, Zhang Wanyu looked deeply at Tang Xiaorou before leaving as well.

Tang Xiaorou rode her bicycle straight to the kindergarten. When she arrived, the kindergarten was just letting out.

“Xiaoyan, over here…”

Tang Xiaorou saw Xiaoyan immediately and waved to her with a smile.

Xiaoyan happily waved her hand back.  After coming out, she immediately pulled Tang Xiaorou’s hand. “Mom, make friends.”

“Xiaoyan has already made friends at kindergarten? That’s amazing.”

Xiaoyan nodded proudly, then looked curiously at the bicycle.

“From now on, Mom will ride this to take you to school every day, okay?”

“Okay”

Xiaoyan clapped her hands happily. When they returned to the family compound, others saw Tang Xiaorou riding her bicycle with Xiaoyan. “Xiaorou, you bought a bicycle.”

“Yes, it’s more convenient for picking up and dropping off the children.”

Seeing that Tang Xiaorou not only sent Xiaoyan to kindergarten but also bought a bicycle, they thought she was wasting money.  “Xiaorou, the child will go to elementary school when she’s old enough. Why go to kindergarten? It’s a waste of money.”

Hearing this, Tang Xiaorou’s expression turned cold. “Children still need to go to school, and I still need to cook. I’ll go back first.”

After Tang Xiaorou left, the military wife who had spoken earlier said with displeasure, “I was just looking out for her, but she didn’t appreciate it.”

“Alright, Heye, let’s not worry about her wasting money.”

These military wives were all from rural areas. They originally thought that since Tang Xiaorou was also from a rural area, they could get along, but Tang Xiaorou was different from them.

Her manners and actions didn’t seem like those from a rural background. Even her spending was extravagant. They were curious how long Regiment Commander Shen’s money could last with her.

At this time, one of the military wives said mysteriously, “Have you heard? The art troupe’s comfort performance is over, and they’ll be back today.”

“Really? So Comrade Zhang Wanyu is back too.”

“Yes, yes, their performance lasted several months. 

Regiment Commander Shen got married during this time.

I wonder how Zhang Wanyu will react when she finds out.”