Chapter 80 Taking Back the Gift I Gave
In fact, the leaders also had some other ideas. Comrade Xiao Gu was a good cook, and her mother Qiao Yuemei had worked in the cafeteria before.

After eating the food she cooked, all the commune workers praised it highly.

What does this prove? Old people who take care of their families are capable of many things. Maybe the old lady also has her own unique skills?
Shi Guixiang didn’t think too much about it. She was just very happy. Did she care about this meal?

Of course not. What she cared about was the importance the commune leaders attached to their eldest granddaughter.

This shows that Wanwan’s abilities have been recognized by her superiors, and she will definitely be able to do this job for a long time.

Huang Chunlan was also very happy. Since Wanwan was doing well here, she would have a long-term job in the future.

With the help of her second aunt, Gu Wan felt that this lunch was the most relaxing meal she had ever prepared since she started working in the commune's kitchenette.

Huang Chunlan actively rushes to do all the odd jobs besides cooking, such as washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, washing dishes, etc.

Even Gu Wan and the old lady were rejected when they wanted to help. In the words of her second aunt:

"Wanwan, you are the chef, how can you do these jobs?"

"Mom, please take a rest. I can handle it by myself."

In that case, Gu Wan didn't hesitate. After lunch, his second aunt would take care of the remaining cleanup.

She took her grandmother directly to the county town. Just then the commune had a ox cart going to the county town, so they could take a ride.

However, something happened in the meantime that surprised Gu Wan very much.

Qi Bin was nominally here to recuperate, but he also had a mission.

He said that he was accompanying three women, the old lady, the little girl and his second aunt, to the commune, and as a grown man he could protect other men.

In fact, he also had his own things to do, and after arriving at the commune, he disappeared somewhere and did not reappear until lunchtime.

After dinner, Qi Bin called Gu Wan aside to talk in private.

"Um, Wanwan," Qi Bin followed the Gu family in calling Gu Wan "Wanwan" and thought the name sounded particularly nice. Then he also thought it was good when the Gu family called him Binbin, "Did you bring the watch ticket? Give it to me."

Gu Wan was stunned, what kind of |sassy| operation was this?

Although she is reluctant to spend so much money to buy a watch now, so even if she has a watch ticket, she will only put it away temporarily.

It’s one thing that she doesn’t need it for the time being, but what is Qi Bin doing? He insisted on giving her this thing, and now he wants to take it back?
Qi Bin looked a little embarrassed, but he still mustered up the courage to stick to his original intention, so Gu Wan returned the watch ticket to him.

Because there were other things to do, Gu Wan was just a little unhappy. It wasn't hers in the first place so it was nothing if someone else took it back.

But I always feel weird in my heart. Why is Qi Bin as annoying as Qi Yuanhang?
Riding a bullock cart was definitely faster than walking, and they left after lunch, so it was just after two o'clock when they arrived at the county town.

Shi Guixiang first took her eldest granddaughter directly to the supply and marketing cooperative, but it turned out that Gu Xiang was not on duty that afternoon, so she wanted to ask someone else.

They had just mentioned Gu Xiang's name when the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative suddenly changed his expression and said in a strange tone, "Go find her in the dormitory building yourself."

That attitude, especially when mentioning Gu Xiang, seemed to be talking about an annoying existence.

The old lady was shocked. After all, Xiangxiang had worked here for three or four years and had always had a good relationship with her colleagues. What on earth was going on?

Seeing the salesperson's bad attitude, Gu Wan's face turned ugly, and he told her directly that he was here to buy something.

She has the money and the tickets;
Moreover, Gu Wan had a lot of things to buy, including vanishing cream, snacks, candies, etc. She didn't have cloth coupons, but she saw wool on the counter, which was said to be a hot commodity that did not require coupons.

Gu Wan quickly bought some as well. After all, she could ask her mother or aunts to knit sweaters for them when she got back.

If she doesn’t know how, she can go to the red envelope group to ask for help. Gu Wan plans to learn it herself and then teach her family.

Shi Guixiang knew her eldest granddaughter's intention, so she did not stop her. Moreover, seeing that she bought so many food and daily necessities, she knew they were definitely for her family.

I just sighed in my heart that this child is kind-hearted. In fact, she has just returned to the countryside and has not had much contact with people from her hometown.

But it is real and good for the people of the Gu family.

Of course, they don't want to see such a good girl suffer, and they sincerely hope that she can marry a good man who will love her all her life.

Because of Gu Wan's actions, several women in the supply and marketing cooperative immediately changed their views on her and their attitudes became much better.

She took the initiative to tell Gu Xiang that she didn't have to go to work this afternoon and should have lunch in the dormitory. She also told them where the dormitory was and which room Gu Xiang lived in.

So Gu Wan took his grandmother with him and walked towards the staff dormitory of the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Gu Xiang’s husband, Sun Qifei, has capable parents. Their family originally lived in an apartment in a tube-shaped building.

It was just the right size for a family of four to live in, and after Sun Qifei got married, the company had more housing available.

So his parents came forward to negotiate with the unit and decided not to re-allocate the rooms, but simply exchange the original two rooms for a larger three-room house.

Then it was not bad for Sun Qifei's parents, Sun Qifei, Gu Xiang and Sun Qifei's sister to live there. At least it was much better than the other family of more than ten people in the tube building who were squeezed into one or two rooms.

However, living with my parents-in-law and sister-in-law, especially Sun Qifei's sister, is still a competitive person.

Even though her daughter rarely talks about the hardships she is experiencing outside when she returns to her parents' home, Shi Guixiang knows in her heart that her daughter's life in the county town is definitely not as glamorous as it appears.

Then on the way, the two of them chatted. When Shi Guixiang was telling her eldest granddaughter about her aunt, Gu Wan said something that hit the nail on the head:

"Since my uncle can get a separate house, wouldn't it be better for him and his wife to live separately? Why do they have to move to a big house with so many people squeezed in together?"

Shi Guixiang was silent. She could tell her granddaughter that few men these days would live alone with their wives after getting married.
She could tell her eldest granddaughter that in fact your aunt's parents-in-law looked down on us country people, and your uncle would never come to the Red Flag Brigade to see us all year round.

This is also because even though the Gu family members could clearly see that Qi Bin liked Gu Wan, and Qi Bin was indeed a good guy, most of the family members still did not want them to be a couple.

Sun Qifei was only from the county town, and his family already looked down on Gu Xiang;

Qi Bin came here from the capital city on business and will be back soon. How could such a man be a good match for a country girl?
I still feel a little regretful in my heart. He is a good child and seems to be a good match for Wanwan.

That’s right. Well, it’s not necessarily a good thing for the man to be too good!

(End of this chapter)