1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 384 Intentionally Making Friends
From their conversation, Chu Xue learned that driver Wu Youfu would come to the North Suburb Farm to pick up live pigs once or twice a month. Each time, the finance department would send an officer to accompany him to handle the accounts. Her aunt, Wu Lianzhen, worked in the finance department, but as a senior employee, she rarely came along anymore.

If Kong Yizhang hadn't requested it, his partner who came with him today would have been a gay man.

Thinking that having more friends means having more options, just in case you need their help in the future: "Auntie, Brother Wu, how long are you staying at the North Suburb Farm?"

Wu Youfu smiled and casually replied, "It will be quick, less than an hour. The truck will be weighed and loaded as soon as it arrives there."

Chu Xue understood what was going on. Watching the car turn around and leave, she ran home.

I originally intended to use the crossbody bag on my back as cover to give each of them a space to grow melons, but I thought better of it. Knowing that they would be staying at the farm in the northern suburbs for an hour, it made things easier.

Instead of taking the main road, they went around the threshing ground and then took a side path back home.

Everyone in the family had gone to work. The front door was locked. After unlocking it with the key, I went into the kitchen, grabbed a basket, and went to the private plot in the back.

Although the vegetables and fruits grown in her private plot don't taste as good as those in her space, they are still much better than those grown by others, since she irrigates them every now and then with some water from her space pond.

I had just picked some for the Qiu family, so I picked out whatever I could get and filled the basket to the brim before stopping.

Seeing that it wasn't too late, I went back to soak the sorghum rice, planning to mix it with millet to make a mixed rice dish when I returned. Then I locked the door, took a side path around to the back of the threshing ground, and waited at the fork in the road leading to the North Suburb Farm.

Wu Youfu was right; she hadn't waited long before she saw a car drive out from a distance.

Wu Lianzhen saw the person standing at the intersection: "Youfu, look, isn't that Chuxue, the girl who hitched a ride back with us?"

As it grew darker, Wu Youfu carefully examined the road and exclaimed, "It really is! Second Aunt, you have such good eyesight!" Wu Youfu was a meticulous person, and he began to slow down even when he was still some distance away. After all, the road was all dirt, and the car would kick up a lot of dust as it passed by, so slowing down would help.

After the car came to a stop, Chu Xue walked up with a smile: "Auntie, Brother Wu, these are fruits and vegetables that we grow ourselves. Thank you for giving me a ride. They're nothing valuable, so please don't mind them."

Wu Lianzhen smiled, her eyes crinkling: "Oh dear, you're such a polite girl. Even if Captain Kong hadn't given us any benefits, we wouldn't dare disobey the unit leaders' orders, would we?"

Chu Xue smiled and handed the basket inside: "We country folk don't have much to offer, but this is just a small token of my appreciation. It's getting late, so I won't keep you on your way."

Wu Lianzhen saw the basket of fresh vegetables and said, "It's a small gift but a big sentiment. Besides, such fresh vegetables are rare in the city. We'll accept them without hesitation. If you need anything in the future, just come to the meat processing plant to find us."

The first snow smiled brightly, just waiting for these words.

After watching the car drive away, she swaggered into the village entrance.

It was already time to finish work, and people kept talking to her: "Chuxue, where have you been?"

"Auntie, I've just been to the city. I can't talk to you anymore. I need to hurry back and cook."

As soon as the first snow left, the aunt who had asked the question spat and said, "Don't you want to say more? It's like nobody wants to talk to you. She's been out of school for so long, and she's still the same as everyone else, having to work in the fields to earn work points. If it weren't for the Party Secretary taking care of her behind the scenes, she probably wouldn't even have a place in the village school."

(End of this chapter)