1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 18 Serving the People

"Sister-in-law Li is here. What are you buying today?"

"Sister-in-law, come quickly. We have fresh fish that just arrived this morning!"

"This comrade looks unfamiliar. Xiao Li is your relative. Is there a partner, young lady? He's my nephew..."

Li Sanhua hurriedly grabbed the chattering old lady and said, "Hey, hey, please stop talking nonsense! This is Captain Gu's fiancée, Comrade Lu. She just arrived yesterday!"

"Oh, it's Captain Gu's fiancée!" The old lady's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally turned into X-rays.

This is the excitement of being hit by gossip. Lu Youyou has seen it many times since she came here.

There were many people around, so Li Sanhua did not introduce them one by one. Lu Youyou was able to deal with the enthusiasm of most people with a standard business smile.

She took out the list she had prepared, a whole page full of everything. Li Sanhua took it and looked at it, and smiled before she said anything.

"You young people are so particular about life. Let me take a look... Well, I can almost buy everything. If you still need anything, I'll take you to the city next time."

Lu Youyou smiled and nodded. She seemed to like Li Sanhua more and more. Although she seemed carefree, she actually had a very good sense of propriety and never acted like an experienced person to give advice.

Lu Youyou entered shopping mode. She hardly asked any questions about what she wanted to buy. As long as the goods were available, she would pay and give tickets.

Although the salesperson's movements were not slow, his eyes became increasingly cold.

If she didn't cover it up with indifference, her jealous eyes would be unconcealable.

The saleswoman is Zhou Jing, also a military dependent. She just got married at the beginning of this year. Her husband is the second best person she had to settle for after failing to get Gu Qingye.

Gu Qingye didn't come to the service center often, but she took a liking to him when he came occasionally.

So he asked someone to arrange a blind date with the famous comrade in the army, but the comrade rejected the matchmaker without hesitation.

Gu Qingye might not even remember this incident. After all, every once in a while someone would ask him through someone else to ask if he was willing to develop a revolutionary friendship with someone, and he had gotten used to refusing.

Gu Qingye had been in the army for eight years and had encountered at least eighty setbacks. Everyone thought he would live out his life alone, but he suddenly decided to get married.

However, now that the real person has appeared, no one can say against their will that the two are not a good match.

Many people who are not well educated and cannot come up with nice adjectives think that Lu Youyou is like a fairy. Didn’t they see that everyone’s eyes followed her after she came in?

It's not just because of her identity as Gu Qingye's fiancée, but she herself looks like a painting when she stands there. Once you take a look at her, you want to take another look.

Zhou Jing was the same. She was envious, jealous and sulking, but she couldn't help but look at him, and the more she looked, the sadder she felt.

How come she has such fair and delicate skin?
Isn’t she an educated youth? How can she be so fresh and beautiful? It’s unreasonable!
How dare she spend so much money? Captain Gu picked and chose and finally chose this spendthrift woman?

Still buying?? How much stuff is she going to buy?!

If it was me who married Gu Qingye, maybe I would be the one spending money without blinking an eye today!
Suddenly, a sour and hot feeling surged in her heart, and Zhou Jing finally couldn't help it. She pointed at the slogan above her head with a righteous look.

"Comrade, thrift is glorious and waste is shameful."

Lu Youyou had noticed the strange look in the salesperson's eyes a long time ago. After waiting for a long time, this is it?
She raised the corners of her lips and smiled. "Thank you for the reminder, comrade. Could you please measure four meters of that dark blue corduroy over there?"

Zhou Jing couldn't believe it and said angrily, "Comrade, soldiers' allowances are paid for with their lives. Don't you think your actions are disrespectful to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the front lines?"

Lu Youyou's expression instantly turned cold. Who allowed this bad habit of putting accusations on others?
The clear voice poured into Zhou Jing's ears.

"Without an investigation, you have no right to speak. If you accuse me of extravagance and disrespect for soldiers, please provide evidence!" Lu Youyou looked at her with a faint smile on her lips. "Also, I used my own money."

Seeing Zhou Jing's expression gradually cracking, Lu Youyou said again: "Even if it's Gu Qingye's money, what's the problem? It's a waste for a wife to use her husband's money to decorate a new home? It's unheard of."

Lu Youyou's voice remained steady and calm, making Zhou Jing seem even more panicked and at a loss.

In fact, there are many people who secretly criticize Lu Youyou for spending money like water, but Zhou Jing is the only one who dares to be a thorn in the side.

The tone here was a little higher, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention like a spotlight.

The older sister who was buying soy sauce pricked up her ears, the aunt who was buying mung beans held down the salesperson's hand while he was weighing the beans, and the uncle who was killing fish stopped scraping the scales for fear of making noise and being attacked by the crowd of onlookers.

Li Sanhua was buying meat. Seeing that something was wrong over there, she threw away the pork belly she had picked out and immediately rushed to the cloth counter.

"What's going on? Is the item you want out of stock? Don't worry, I'll ask the service center director later. If it's still out of stock, we can go to the city to look for it."

Li Sanhua changed the subject with a few words, then looked at Zhou Jing with a serious expression.

"Comrade, I remember you're the sister of Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou of the Second Regiment? Look, there's more than just the slogan above your head. There's also one across from you that says 'Serve the People,' right?"

Li Sanhua came out to smooth things over, and Lu Youyou of course gave her face, but—

"Comrade, please measure four meters of that dark blue corduroy over there. Thank you."

You still have to buy what you need to buy, Lu Youyou repeated the same thing again.

Zhou Jing shuddered at the cold and scorching gaze. She wanted to be tough and fight back, but Li Sanhua had already named her, and she really couldn't produce any evidence.

The gazes from all around made Zhou Jing's breathing more and more rapid. However, if she fainted at this moment, she would lose all her dignity and face.

She turned around without a word, gritted her teeth and shouted to her colleague next to her, "Didn't you hear us say we're serving the people? Why aren't you going to get it?"

The colleague had little experience and dared not get angry or speak out. Zhou Jing was the deputy battalion commander's sister, while she was just an orphan who came to live with her cousin.

She was about to do so when the cold voice sounded again.

"I saw a slogan on the way here: 'Work hard, strive for excellence, and build socialism quickly, efficiently, and economically.' Comrade Zhou, do you think that's right?"

Zhou Jing glared at Lu Youyou hatefully, with a bite mark on her lower lip.

Does she dare to say it's wrong? Then she doesn't need to come tomorrow!

Li Sanhua originally wanted to advise him to forgive others when possible, but changed his mind and did not say anything.

Lu Youyou is a newcomer and has such an eye-catching appearance. With her abilities, she will never be buried in the future. If she is more assertive now, she will have less trouble in the future.

Zhou Jing could only suppress the anger in her heart and uttered a few words with difficulty: "I'll get it for you!"

After the storm, there were more topics of conversation about Lu Youyou, such as spending money like water and having a bad temper.

But the effect was immediate.

Until she came out of the service center, no one dared to point fingers at her anymore, and the glaring stares became vague.

Lu Youyou's back as she returned with a full load was imprinted in many people's minds, and is still fresh in their memory many years later.

(End of this chapter)