Chapter 60 : You’ll Know After Trying

In the end, Lu Haiyan didn’t even take the vegetables and just ran off.

The others, on the other hand, were delighted with the vegetables they received. Who would pay attention to her?

Besides, if she hadn’t misled them, who would have thought such things?

The new military wife was not only beautiful but also very generous. She had given them a big bundle of vegetables the moment she said she would.

This made Lu Haiyan’s malicious assumptions even more ridiculous.

On the second day with the army, Su Ranran became the center of attention with just a bundle of vegetables. Those who had received the vegetables were grateful and soft-spoken. They said kind things to her for free after receiving the vegetables.

Su Ranran just listened to their enthusiasm but didn’t take it to heart.

People who can be swayed by a bundle of vegetables could likely be swayed by other things.

But since she had been able to slap Lu Haiyan in the face and clear her name, that bundle of vegetables was worth it.

After the crowd dispersed, Zhong Juhua spoke to Su Ranran “Ranran, are you going to Wanwan Base?”

After yesterday’s interactions, the two had already dropped the formalities and called each other by their first names, no longer using “sister-in-law.”

“Okay, wait for me.”

Zhong Juhua was a straightforward person, and Su Ranran was happy to be friends with her.

After returning home, she collected the grass seeds, took out a straw hat, a dustpan, and a hoe, then went out.

Outside the door, Zhong Juhua was ready, and Lin Qiulian followed her.

She had also received a handful of the green vegetables earlier. She had already developed a good impression of Su Ranran, and now her enthusiasm was even greater.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they made their way to Wanwan Base.

As they walked, Lin Qiulian shared some gossip she had overheard that morning.

“Do you remember the mother and daughter from yesterday?”

Zhong Juhua immediately became more attentive upon hearing the gossip.

“What about them?”

After getting off the car yesterday, the mother and daughter had been taken away, and no one even knew their names.

“She is really the wife of Zhang Xinrong, the commander of the second company of the first battalion. Her name is Wang Chunmei. I heard she was beaten badly by her mother-in-law and couldn’t take it anymore, so she ran away here.”

Zhong Juhua:…

“I remember Zhang Xinrong is from the northwest, right?”

It was hard to imagine that his wife, a woman so fragile, dared to travel such a long distance to come here.

No wonder she looked like a frightened bird. Who knew what she had gone through on the road?

“She’s from the northwest. I rarely see her go back home.”

In the army, those whose wives weren’t around often wanted to fly home as soon as they had a holiday.

How could he be like this? He hadn’t been back for several years.

He didn’t go back, and he never even mentioned his wife.

“She’s a woman with a miserable life.” Just listening to Lin Qiulian, Zhong Juhua felt suffocated.

The man doesn’t love her, and her mother-in-law continues to torture her. No one can live like this. Fortunately, she was lucky to have found this place.

Su Ranran couldn’t imagine what kind of perseverance a country woman must have had to cross half the country and find Pingzhou Island in such an era of poor communication.

It was easy to understand why she didn’t let her daughter talk to her yesterday.

“I heard that the family has two sons, and the mother-in-law is keeping a close eye on them, so she can’t take them away.”

Lin Qiulian had gathered more gossip than Zhong Juhua this time and added another detail.

Zhong Juhua, having heard this juicy tidbit early in the morning, couldn’t help but sigh.

Not long after, the three of them arrived at Wanwan Base.

The Wanwan Base was a vegetable farm made from soil transported by soldiers from the mainland. Because transporting soil was difficult, the scale of Wanwan Base was not large.

Each family member was allocated a small plot, no bigger than the size of a palm.

However, for this vegetable desert island, even this small patch of green was precious.

You see, the soldiers and civilians on the island mostly ate kelp, vermicelli, tofu, and pumpkin. The islanders lacked vitamin supplements all year round, making their mouths prone to ulcers.

So, everyone treated the Wanwan Base like a treasure. For a palm-sized piece of land, they wished they could use all their skills to grow juicy vegetables.

However, the yield of vegetables was low, probably because of the sand underneath, and freshness was an issue.

With Zhong Juhua’s help, Su Ranran quickly found her own small vegetable plot. 

Next to hers was Zhong Juhua’s plot. Her vegetable patch had rows of green vegetables growing neatly. Compared to the other sparse patches, Zhong Juhua’s was undoubtedly the best.

“Juhua, your vegetables are growing really well,” Su Ranran praised sincerely.

For her vegetables to grow so well under these conditions, it was clear she knew what she was doing.

“It’s okay. I just take care of them when I have time. If they don’t grow well, I’d feel bad for all the effort I put in,” Zhong Juhua said with pride as she looked at her vegetable patch.

Su Ranran began to turn over her own plot.

Zhong Juhua had already shared some tips on the road.

Knowing that the soil here was shallow and wouldn’t allow for deep digging, Su Ranran didn’t use too much force.

After Zhong Juhua pulled out a few small weeds that had just appeared in her patch, she turned around and helped Su Ranran with the digging.

As an experienced gardener on the island, she worked quickly and effectively.

Before long, Su Ranran’s small patch was ready.

Su Ranran then took out the vegetable seeds she had prepared in advance.

These seeds were cultivated in space with ordinary vegetables.

Before she could test their growth outside, she mixed them with some regular vegetable seeds and planted them together.

“Ranran, what vegetables are you planting?” Zhong Juhua asked curiously as she watched.

“I’m planting some chrysanthemum and Chinese cabbage. These are the seeds I brought. Would you like some?” Su Ranran spread the seeds for her to see.

“Ranran, the rapeseed you brought looks really good,” Zhong Juhua said enviously.

“What’s the use of good rapeseed? Not all vegetables can be grown here.”

Suddenly, a somewhat sarcastic voice came from the direction of the entrance.

Su Ranran looked toward the voice and saw a woman in a floral dress carrying an exquisite basket of vegetables into the garden. With her fine clothes, anyone who didn’t know would think she was on vacation, not working in the fields.

This kind of elegance was too familiar to Su Ranran, who came from Hai City.

Considering what Shen He had told her the night before, it wasn’t hard to guess that this woman was Liu Hong, the wife of Yan Yixing, the second-in-command of Haidao.

“We have to try planting to know whether it will work or not,” Su Ranran said, retracting her gaze with a soft voice.

Liu Hong, who had just entered the base, spotted Su Ranran, who had been blocked by Zhong Juhua earlier.

At just one glance, she froze on the spot.