Chapter 17

Wei Jianguo is a man of action. Yesterday he said he would clean up the yard and plant vegetables. Today he has already cleaned it up. From the door to the main house, a road is paved with small stones in the middle, and there are vegetable fields on both sides of the road.

Once the seeds are bought, they can be planted.

When Song Shuqian saw the fruits of his early morning labor, her resentment towards him for not being a good person last night also decreased.

Wei Jianguo went to the kitchen and brought out a warm breakfast, a bowl of brown sugar eggs, a white flour steamed bun, a bowl of porridge, and a small portion of pickles. It was a great breakfast at this time.

“Wife, you go and have breakfast first. I’ve asked my comrades to come and help. The toilet and bathroom will be ready today. The white powder will have to wait, so let’s be particular first.”

Song Shuqian heard that there were guests coming and hurried to eat. It would be too rude if someone came later while the host was eating.

Wei Jianguo’s comrades are also men of action. Five young men are at the peak of their ability, and this little work can be done in almost a day.

Song Shuqian can’t cook, so she can’t really help.

Quietly pulling Wei Jianguo aside, “I don’t know how to cook. Let’s go to the state-owned restaurant and buy some food. Can we eat together?”

Wei Jianguo found it funny to see his wife like this. Cooking was really too difficult for his wife. She couldn’t even recognize all the dishes.

“It’s okay. Go pack your clothes and leave the rest to me. We’ll go to the cafeteria to eat at noon. When everything is packed, we’ll treat everyone to a meal.”

Song Shuqian had no experience in getting along with her comrades, so she listened to Wei Jianguo.

The two of them agreed to do their own things.

Song Shuqian brought everything that could be taken away from Jinling’s home. At this moment, she was using a sewing machine to modify the curtains. Strangely enough, this was her first time using a sewing machine. She was only a little rusty at the beginning, but then it seemed like she had muscle memory, and the operation was very smooth.

About an hour later, the weather got hot. Song Shuqian went to the kitchen to add a few spoons of sugar to the boiled water and brought it out to everyone, “Jianguo, let’s take a break and drink some water.”

Song Shuqian liked these people very much. They were very sincere and really worked hard.

Everyone liked this sister-in-law. She was pretty and spoke softly. She didn’t look down on them or feel superior. The water they drank was sweetened. In this era, sweetened water is the highest standard for hospitality. As they

we’re talking, several sisters-in-law came to the door and said, “Sister-in-law is busy. I am Ma Caoya, the wife of Li Baogen. This is Qian Lanhua, the wife of Zhu Fugui. This is Zhang Aihong, the wife of Zhu Changjiang. Come and see if there is anything I can do to help.”

Seeing several people in their twenties and thirties coming to call her sister-in-law, Song Shuqian was confused. Wasn’t her family’s Wei Jianguo twenty-two years old? Is it popular to marry someone older than yourself in this era? Suppressing her doubts, Song Shuqian smiled and greeted everyone.

As they came and went, Song Shuqian gradually lost her patience with these people.

It was because they had no sense of propriety. She was used to being able to smile and chat affectionately even if she wanted to kill you in her heart.

This was the first time she had seen someone come to see the Western scene.

Song Shuqian looked at the people who came to watch the fun, and said apologetically, “We just moved here, and the house is a little messy. It’s really hard to entertain everyone. I’ll invite you to come over after I clean it up.”

Ma Caoya seemed not to understand, “Sister-in-law, I brought you some vegetables, all grown at home, I’ll bring them in for you.”

Zhang Aihong came over immediately, “That’s right, sister-in-law, you don’t have to be polite with us, we men are comrades-in-arms, not outsiders.”

Seeing that these people seemed to not understand what she said, Song Shuqian simply let them in to see what they wanted to do, just to judge where the bottom line of the neighbors in the compound was.

This was her self-beautification. The fact is that Song Shuqian didn’t know what to do. She had already politely refused, and the people who wanted to save face had already left.

But the words she said were not so pleasant to hear. Song Shuqian imitated the way these people acted and said, “Since you are so enthusiastic, I will obey your orders. Please come this way. We really need your help with some work. I want to plant this land as soon as possible and stock up some vegetables for the fall. You won’t refuse, will you?”

Ma Caoya and the others seemed not to hear and rushed directly to the main room.

“Oh my goodness, this is a sewing machine, this cloth is so beautiful, it can be made into a piece of clothing.”

“Yes, there is also a bicycle, but it is a little small. I wonder if it will be the same as the one in my house when I ride it.

” “Look at this cup, it is very beautiful.”

Song Shuqian just watched coldly.

Seeing them put the cloth directly into their pockets, they said, “I will come over to use this sewing machine tomorrow, so that it will be convenient to make clothes for the baby in the future.”

“Sister-in-law, you don’t need the bicycle today, I will ride it away in a while.”

Song Shuqian turned around and went to the backyard to find Wei Jianguo, without avoiding people. “Jianguo, please find Comrades Li Baogen, Zhu Fugui and Zhu Changjiang. Their wives are rummaging through our house to borrow things. I just arrived and don’t know if this is the rule of the family compound. You should also find whoever is in charge of this matter.”

Wei Jianguo’s face turned black. These people bullied his wife and his family. They must solve it all at once. His wife is delicate and soft, and she will be bullied to death.

He immediately asked a few young soldiers to call for help.

Others were also curious, stopped their work, and ran to the window to watch the fun.

They saw that the three people in the house were not polite at all. The main room was not satisfied and ran to their bedroom.

Wei Jianguo stood at the door and asked, “What are you doing?”

The three women didn’t expect that what Song Shuqian said about working at home was true. They didn’t see anyone in the yard and thought it was her excuse.

Wei Jianguo and his friends happened to go to the back to clean the toilet, and the house blocked it. It can only be said that it was a coincidence.

They dared to be unbridled in front of Song Shuqian, firstly because they were in large numbers, and secondly because Song Shuqian was young. A young wife must be cautious when she first arrived in an unfamiliar environment, and she dared not speak out when she suffered a loss.

By the time she had established her foothold, the incident had happened a long time ago.

They did not dare to take expensive things, just needles and thread, and the most expensive thing was two pieces of cloth.

The three were shocked by Wei Jianguo and did not dare to say anything.