Chapter 17

Be good.

Who said that the wives of soldiers in the countryside are honest and dutiful? Even if there are a few fierce ones, they always throw tantrums to solve problems? They become unreasonable when they are right?

Look, look at this one.

He has a loud voice, and every sentence he speaks is full of logic. Every word he says is so sharp that you dare not refute him. Even if he doesn’t throw a tantrum, he can still talk to you endlessly.

How can Zhou Tuan’s second wife look like someone who didn’t even graduate from elementary school? She looks just like the educated troublemaker in the army who went to military school!

If this were a man, the one who would have the headache would be her leader.

Zhang Cuihua swallowed her saliva and couldn’t find any words to refute for a moment. Even if she did, she didn’t have the confidence to do so.

Zhang Cuihua, who had backed out, had a vague feeling that if she didn’t apologize now, she would be the one to be beaten if it got reported to her man’s superior.

Zhang Cuihua: “Yes, I’m sorry…”

Qiao Yu smiled and said, “I like what you said, Auntie. Oh, there is one more thing I want to correct. Without the country people working hard in the fields, there would be no commercial grain for the city people to eat! Auntie, you keep calling them country people. What’s the matter? Do you look down on country people? Do you want to keep the capitalist style?!”

“I don’t! I am a descendant of the working class, how can I have capitalist habits? Don’t talk nonsense!” Although she is 60 years old now, there are subtle signs in the army. Even the director of the Women’s Federation asked the wives of soldiers in their compound to be careful in their words and deeds, so as not to be caught by the Revolutionary Committee and ruin their future.

“Oh, then…”

“Sorry, I won’t do that next time.”

Qiao Yu acted as if he was doing this for her own good, and said, “The military and civilians are one family, and we are from the same military compound. If you continue like this, sooner or later someone will find fault with you. We are family, and I saw your shortcomings in advance and helped you correct them to avoid trouble. Shouldn’t you thank me?”

The needle drops with a sound.

Not only did the military wives in the back seat dare not speak, but even Xiao Zhao in the driver’s seat also held his breath.

Good fellow! Not only do you want someone to apologize, you also want them to thank you? !

Zhang Cuihua looked obviously insulted. Just as she was about to retort, her companion grabbed her arm.

She finally calmed down, bit her back teeth, and said, “Thank you…”

“Hey, you’re welcome, Auntie. These days, we still have to encourage each other so that we can create a new era with new ideas! Auntie, I will always keep an eye on you and pull you along to keep up with the changes in the new era!”

Others: “…”

After saying that, Qiao Yu, who was not at all awkward, started chatting with Xiao Zhao again.

We talked about the route, what was available at the mall, and whether there were any discounts…

It’s a pity that it’s not on the way.

No discounts either.

Xiao Zhao: “Sister-in-law, I’m sorry, my car needs to go somewhere else, but there are buses in the city that go directly to the mall, which is convenient for the military dependents on the island to purchase things.”

It sounds like this bus is specially opened for military personnel and their families.

“Oh, OK, thank you very much, Comrade Zhao. Oh is there any discount for military dependents like me on public transportation?”

“Just bring your marriage certificate.”

“…Okay.” Really not. The marriage certificate is in Zhou Ze’an’s hands and hasn’t been given to her yet.

I can only pay the money honestly.

But the bus fare is not expensive, just a few cents.

The coastal cities are still under construction and are much more dilapidated than many inland cities, but the shopping malls are well stocked.

The first floor is for food and drinks, and the second floor is for ready-made clothes, watches, radios, sewing machines, bicycles, cigarettes, alcohol and other luxury items. Some of these items even require foreign exchange bills.

Qiao Yu had plenty of money, so he bought whatever he saw on the first floor.

Malted milk, milk powder, matches, soybean oil, soap? Buy, buy, buy.

And red dates? This is a good thing, Qiao Yu did not stop.

During famine years, most people spent their money on food, and few people would spend money on these things that would not fill their stomachs like Qiao Yu did.

Qiao Yu was wearing a blue shirt and wide-leg pants today. The fact that there was not a single patch on them was enough to prove that her family was well off. The salesperson at the mall didn’t say anything and just helped her pack her things.

After putting them into the backpack, Qiao Yu put the heavy ones into the space, such as milk powder and malted milk. She put a spoonful of it in the black box for daily replication, and put two red dates into the black box.

She bought some cigarettes and alcohol on the second floor. Although she doesn’t smoke or drink, it’s still good to have them when interacting with people.

As for bicycles, sewing machines, etc., she doesn’t have tickets for the time being.

There are tickets for watches, but the nice ones require foreign exchange tickets, and the ordinary ones… forget it, I’ll just have to make do with it.

The big backpack was full, so she covered it tightly with cloth and put some light things in the backpack.

Then we went to the state-owned restaurant.

The state-owned restaurant had much more supplies than the county one, and she arrived just in time for dinner.

“Hello comrade, I want a large hairy crab, two large meat buns, a bowl of porridge and a fried dough stick.”

There is no stir-fry on today’s menu? That’s weird.

After he sat down with the prepared dishes and ate the big meat buns from the state-owned restaurant, Qiao Yu finally understood the reason.

The flour was made of two-grain flour, and the amount of meat was very small, mostly vermicelli and cabbage, because supplies were too scarce.

The fried dough sticks were crispy, and the hairy crabs were good, but the porridge was mixed with grains.

Not finished eating.

She put a meat bun, a fried dough stick and a hairy crab into an aluminum lunch box, which was actually put into a black box for replication.

After eating and drinking, she put on her big backpack and started her journey home.

The bus arrives at the dividing point with Xiao Zhao,

, I didn’t see anyone and didn’t know when Xiao Zhao would be back, so I hitchhiked back to the dock.

After landing on the island, we walked back to the military compound before dark.

…

After Qiao Yu left, Zhou Jun took his two younger brothers to school. Before leaving, he said to Dawei, who he didn’t know very well, “It’s time for dinner. You and Xiaoyong should come to our school early and we’ll go to the cafeteria together. Our school is not far from here, near the compound. If you don’t know, you can ask around.”

Dawei nodded.

As soon as the three strange children left, Dawei peeled a piece of fruit candy from his pocket and put it into Xiaoyong’s mouth.

“Is it sweet?”

Xiaoyong smiled and waved at his brother: “Sweet, sweet! Brother, have some…”

Dawei smacked his lips and said, “Brother won’t eat it, Xiaoyong will eat it.”

Xiaoyong seemed to understand and pouted his lips, looking like he would cry if you didn’t eat it.

Dawei quickly said, “Okay, okay, brother will eat too, brother will eat too.”

Half a piece of fruit candy per person.

All is quiet.

Dawei looked at the unfamiliar environment and said sluggishly: “Xiaoyong, mother won’t abandon us, and the brothers seem to be easy to get along with…

I just don’t know what my stepfather is like, but my mother won’t let us down.

Mother is so nice. “

He even felt a little regretful for his youth and ignorance, as he had excluded his mother when she first got married.

“I shouldn’t have done that before…”

Dawei took his younger brother and set off for the school Zhou Jun mentioned early.

I asked questions along the way and met strange faces.

Because it is a military compound, there will be no kidnapping or trafficking.

only……

“Are these the two children brought by Zhou Tuan’s second wife?”

“It seems so…”

“Oh my, you ate meat and bought so many things yesterday, and today you just abandoned your child and ran away? That woman doesn’t look like she can live a normal life! What kind of person did Zhou Tuan marry?”

“Keep your voice down. What does it have to do with you what others do?”

“I feel sorry for Zhou Tuan! The girl he married later was definitely not as good as the one from the art troupe!”