Chapter 17: Showing Favor
Before Lu Zhan Guo left, he took Gu Xiaobei to the town again and bought some rice, flour and oil, but now that the vegetables are down, he can't buy more, it's not easy to store. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info can only explain that Gu Xiaobei can go to the cooking class to buy it after eating, but he must give money.
After Lu Zhanguo left, Gu Xiaobei began to think about making clothes for the child, a small quilt or something. I bought a piece of pure cotton blue cloth on a white background. I bought a piece of finer gauze. The cloth sold on the market is really good, and the cloth of polyester felt is not suitable for children to wear.
After comparing for a long time, Gu Xiaobei was dumbfounded, he had lived two lives and had never given birth to a child. I don't know how big the newborn child has to wear or what style it will make.
After a while, I put away the cloth roll bar and roll it, and then go to the town to find a tailor shop to make it. As soon as the cloth was put away, I heard a knock at the door,
Gu Xiaobei came out of the back room and opened the door, and it turned out to be Li Juan, who had always looked at him unpleasantly.
"Sister-in-law, where are you at home? I dug up some wild vegetables, thinking that it would be inconvenient for you to conceive a baby. I'll send you some. Li Juan pointed to the basket of wild vegetables on her arm.
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Gu Xiaobei could only welcome the person into the house.
"On the hillside behind this camp, because it is forbidden for the people of the village to herd sheep. The wild plants are all clean and neat. It's gratifying. Li Juan smiled and put down the basket and sat down.
Gu Xiaobei was also a little interested, squatting down and looking through, half of them were mother-in-law, and half of them were shepherd's cabbage. The reason why I know each other is because in the 21st century, eating wild vegetables is fashionable, and the selling price is more expensive than ordinary vegetables.
"It's so good, so fat and so tender. Thank you."
Li Juan smiled and waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, what are you polite, this seasonal dish will be eaten fresh." The next spring rain will be old. ”
Although I wonder about Li Juan's unusual diligence today. However, Gu Xiaobei didn't squeak, got up and sat on the small bed opposite Li Juan.
"What month will you be born?" Li Juan looked at Gu Xiaobei's stomach.
"It's October." Gu Xiaobei also calculated it by himself.
"It's a cold morning, and it snows heavily in October one year, so you have to prepare some padded jackets and pants for your children, and thick quilts. Sister-in-law, you people in the city may not do it, but I have some flower cloth and cotton. It's the rest of the padded jacket for my daughter. I'll make a set when I go back. Li Juan said enthusiastically
"Oh, thank you then." Gu Xiaobei was caught off guard by this enthusiasm. I thought that this was nothing to be courteous, and it was either a traitor or a thief.
"You're welcome, we live upstairs and downstairs. Besides, my family Wendong is still a soldier under Captain Land. If we do, it will seem like a foreign way, right? Li Juan said with an expression that we are all family.
Gu Xiaobei is clear in his heart, this must be something. Otherwise, there is no way to explain the sudden enthusiasm of a person.
Li Juan sat down for a while and left.
Although Gu Xiaobei still had no clue, he was also happy when he looked at the basket of wild vegetables. It seems that you can dig some wild vegetables by yourself if you have nothing to do.
I took the basket and went to the water room to wash out the wild vegetables. At noon, the boiling water was blanched, and a mother-in-law was mixed cold. Chop the shepherd's cabbage, stir in the eggs, and spread out an omelet. Gu Xiaobei himself felt that it was very delicious.
After this day, Li Juan came again the next day. This time, I took a few apples from my net pocket, and apples are a rarity in spring. There was no fresh-keeping warehouse, and they all dug a large vegetable cellar at home, which could be sold at a good price when they were in the spring market. But the apples have lost their moisture and are a little crumpled.
When Gu Xiaobei sent Li Juan out, Xiang Min was about to wash vegetables. When Li Juan saw Xiang Min, she didn't have the intimacy she used to have, and she passed by with a different face.
Xiang Min watched Li Juan go downstairs and asked in a low voice, "You didn't promise her, did you?" ”
"What?" Although Gu Xiaobei doesn't like Xiang Min, he is really curious about why Li Juan has been so kind recently.
Xiang Min probed left and right, lowered his voice and said, "She is looking for you like this, probably because of her brother's transfer to volunteer this winter." I want your family Lao Lu to help when the time comes. ”
Gu Xiaobei didn't understand what the benefits of being a volunteer soldier were. Xiang Min continued, "Some time ago, she came to me and asked me to find my old Guo, but I didn't agree. Doesn't this offend her, she doesn't even say anything when they meet, who is it! Xiang Min snorted softly
No wonder the two had a bad relationship, Gu Xiaobei thought to himself. But she definitely won't care about Li Juan. Even if she agreed, it was impossible for Lu Zhanguo, who was an upright person, to agree. So he smiled and said to Xiang Min, "I didn't say anything, it's really like this, I can't do it." I can't be the master of my family. ”
"Who's to say it isn't? But don't take anything from her anymore, you won't be able to do anything in the future, she will ruin your reputation all over the compound, saying that you take advantage of her, even if you only took a clove of garlic from her. Xiang Min said in a suppressed voice
Gu Xiaobei thought in his heart that if she didn't need her, I was afraid that I wouldn't have a good reputation in this compound. But he nodded without a squeak.
Xiang Min felt that he had a heart-to-heart with Gu Xiaobei, and he was his own person, and explained, "Look at it, she must have been coming to you recently, you should be careful, so as not to tell the truth." By the way, come to my house to eat at night, Lao Guo said that your Lao Lu has to leave for a month, what's the matter, you come to us. He walked towards Min politely.
Gu Xiaobei responded politely and returned to the house.
In the evening, there was another visitor to the house, Qin Mei. Except for one time in the hospital, I haven't seen it again.
Qin Mei was also not polite, picked up the jar on the table and took a few big sips. There was still a light sweat on his head, and he looked like he was running over.
"Just after training, the squadron leader called me. Let me come and see you. Qin Mei really couldn't understand that someone who didn't say a word on weekdays would call her and ask her to come and see Gu Xiaobei. People can't still run.
Lu Zhan Guo has been gone for a few days, and he also misses him a little. Seeing that he was still thinking about himself when he called, he was naturally very happy. "Thanks, did you eat? Why don't I make you something to eat," Gu Xiaobei was very sincere Xie Qinmei.
"No need, I'm just coming to see you, I'll leave right away." Qin Mei didn't stay for a few minutes after speaking, and left in a hurry.
Gu Xiaobei simply cleaned up the house. Pick up the dirty clothes that have been washed and go to the water room to wash them. Because just after dinner, the water room was also lively, and several military wives were washing clothes and chatting.
Gu Xiaobei came in and smiled kindly at everyone, and then washed himself in the corner. Although I don't have contact on weekdays, I know whose family it is. So everyone looked at Gu Xiaobei, who was now kind. Smile back with kindness.