Chapter 116: My Husband Is Blind

Li Xinyue wanted to laugh.

“Wait a minute.”

Chen Mingchuan stopped and turned around, looking at her with confusion.

“This is Wang’s wife, the family member of Assistant Wu, the assistant of the logistics department.”

Chen Mingchuan simply grunted in response, then took his son’s hand and walked towards their home without another word.

Wang Lijuan felt embarrassed and angry. What did that mean?

Did he not recognize her?

Li Xinyue stifled her laughter. “Sister Wu, sorry about that. My Mingchuan rarely comes to this family compound.”

“Maybe he really doesn’t know you.”

“And he never interacts with women, so he has a bit of a cold personality. Sorry about that!”

If Chen Mingchuan didn’t know her, then he wouldn’t know her cousin… Wang Lijuan was not happy!

“It’s fine, I was just being polite.”

It’s fine?

Heh, you’re about to explode, aren’t you?

Li Xinyue’s smile became even sweeter. “Yeah, yeah, that’s good, that’s good!”

“He’s just like that, a little bit blind.”

“Besides knowing what his wife looks like, all other women look the same to him.”

“So, he can’t tell who’s who.”

What do you mean besides knowing what his wife looks like, all other women look the same to him?

This woman, what’s she so proud of!

Wang Lijuan was furious.

“Xiao Li, I heard you’re from the same commune as Captain Chen?”

Li Xinyue pretended not to know what Wang Lijuan was asking, and nodded vigorously. “Yes, we’re from the same commune, and our two families live just a mountain apart.”

“Sister in-law  Wu is asking this, is there something else you want to ask?”

People from the countryside are really so rude!

Wang Lijuan’s expression was calm. “Nothing to ask, just curious.”

“Captain Chen is the most outstanding person in the a division, I didn’t expect him to marry a rural wife.”

“Heh.”

As soon as these words fell, Li Xinyue chuckled lightly. “Is there something wrong with rural people? Sister Wang, I think our rural people are pretty good.”

“Hardworking, resilient, kind and simple.”

“Sister Wang, are you looking down on rural people?”

“But most of our troops come from rural areas.”

Does she?

I just look down on you!

Wang Lijuan was so angry she was about to explode!

If it were to be spread that she looked down on rural people, wouldn’t she be ridiculed?

“I didn’t mean that, I just wanted to say that Captain Chen is really outstanding.”

The angrier she was, the happier Li Xinyue became.

“Yes, because he’s so outstanding, that’s why I like him.”

“If he wasn’t so outstanding, I wouldn’t even look at him!”

What does that mean?

Is she saying that besides Chen Mingchuan, she wouldn’t even look at anyone else?

Wang Lijuan sneered in her heart: What a fool!

“Comrade Xiao Li, you’re very confident!”

Li Xinyue smiled even brighter. “Of course! Confident women are the most beautiful! I think Sister Wu is also a confident person.”

“Otherwise, how could you be so beautiful?”

This woman is complimenting her on her looks?

Wang Lijuan didn’t know what to say.

Because she thought she was beautiful!

But clearly… she was trying to belittle her… yet she was complimenting her!

Is this woman a little slow, not understanding what people are saying?

Li Xinyue left, not looking back at Wang Lijuan.

She knew exactly what this kind of person was thinking.

Wasn’t she just trying to say that she wasn’t good enough for Chen Mingchuan, and that her cousin was the one who was worthy?

Heh.

Her cousin, not even a fingernail compared to her, why bother thinking about her?

Li Xinyue didn’t know that her disdain had caught Wang Lijuan’s attention, and even brought her a lot of trouble.

Back home, Chen Mingchuan found a basket, and the family of three went to the service center.

The military service center was not crowded at the moment.

Arriving at the counter, Li Xinyue looked around.

“What do you want?” Chen Mingchuan asked her.

“Bowls, plates, dishes, chopsticks, we need to buy some.”

The bowls in the army were large, and they were either enamel or aluminum.

It was impossible to demand good looks, the main problem was that they were too big.

Li Xinyue didn’t like using those bowls, she felt that eating was better with rice bowls.

“Okay, take your time, buy whatever you like.”

Of course, she had to look at them herself, buying things she liked, she couldn’t let others choose for her.

However, upon closer inspection, Li Xinyue found that the counter only had bowls.

And only three types: large bowls, medium bowls, and small bowls, all plain and old-fashioned!

Li Xinyue felt a bit embarrassed: Could it be that in this era, there were no exquisite plates and dishes?

Impossible!

China’s porcelain had a long and profound history.

“Excuse me, do you have plates and dishes?”

The saleswoman glanced at her: “We don’t sell those here, you have to go to the department store in the city to buy those.”

Damn!

Just to buy a few plates, she had to go to the city?

Chen Mingchuan heard this: “Then we’ll go tomorrow.”

Li Xinyue twitched her lips: Forget it, being too different might not be a good thing!

“Let’s just buy bowls.”

“Ten small bowls, two medium bowls, ten large bowls, how much is that in total?”

The saleswoman immediately quoted a price: “Three yuan and forty-five cents in total, small bowls are one cent each, medium bowls are one and a half cents each, large bowls are two cents each.”

There were no plates, but there were spoons.

Porcelain ones and aluminum ones.

Porcelain ones were four for a cent, aluminum ones were more expensive, one cost one and eight cents.

However, since they needed them at home, Li Xinyue bought ten porcelain ones and one aluminum one.

Back home, looking at the big pot and stove, Li Xinyue suddenly regretted buying the watch!

She should have seen if there were any rice cookers!

“Can you get industrial coupons?”

Chen Mingchuan arranged the bowls and turned back: “What do you want to buy?”

What did she want to buy?

Li Xinyue honestly said: “There are so many things I want to buy!”

“Bicycles, sewing machines, radios, all the appliances, I want to buy them all.”

“I heard there are things like televisions and washing machines now, I don’t know if it’s true!

“If there are, I want to buy them all back.”

Chen Mingchuan: “…”

His wife’s ambition, was it a bit too big?

Also, how did she know about these things, there were none in the countryside!

“Even if there are, they are very expensive.”

Li Xinyue heard this and giggled, leaning close to Chen Mingchuan’s ear and smiling.

“What’s the fear of expensive? We are poor, it doesn’t mean everyone else is poor.”

“In any era, there are rich people.”

“Someday, I’ll make some hair dye, and we’ll go to the black market to see!”

As soon as these words fell, Chen Mingchuan’s head grew bigger: “…”

This wife not only has big ambitions, but even bigger guts!

She even dared to go to the black market!

That place was full of shady characters, was it a place for a little woman like her?

Chen Mingchuan decided to dispel Li Xinyue’s idea.

“That place is not safe to go to for now, it’s chaotic outside, and even more chaotic there.”

“That place, I’m afraid it will be shut down.”

Ah?

Really or not?

Li Xinyue felt that Chen Mingchuan was afraid of her going to the black market, so he was deliberately scaring her.

Immediately, she rolled her eyes: “Then why did you say you were going to the city to buy plates and dishes just now! Why didn’t you say it was chaotic outside?”

“You’re scaring me?”