Gu Yi stayed in the city for a few more days.
Once the atmosphere at the second shop had clearly improved, she went to the military base.
Even she didn’t know when it started, but she always wanted to be with Ye Hao all the ti.
Even if the two of them did nothing, she felt at ease.
When Gu Yi arrived at the base, it was already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month.
She thought about how nothing was prepared at ho.
Before going to the city, she bought a lot of at, fish, long-lasting vegetables, and rice flour.
She feared if Ye Hao couldn’t return, she wouldn’t want to make another trip to the city.
With these things, the two of them could still have a good New Year.
Since she bought too much, Gu Yi had to ask Li Yitian to drive and help deliver them to the base.
Li Yitian drove the car into the base and stopped in front of Gu’s house.
Although Ye Hao and Gu Yi lived in a remote area on the base, the car still drew attention.
Quite a few people ca over to see what was going on.
Seeing so many people, Gu Yi regretted it a little. When she bought the at, she planned to make salted pork, so she asked the store to cut the at into strips.
The store owner saw she bought so much and gave her a basket to carry it in.
To avoid trouble, she just kept it packed like that.
During this ti, every household had to plan early to buy at.
They would only buy a little at a ti as a treat.
So when the basket of at was unloaded, Gu Yi heard the onlookers whispering.
Ye Hao hadn’t returned yet, so Gu Yi motioned to Li Yitian to hurry up and move the goods.
The fish were packed in a snakeskin bag, and the rest were just vegetables, so the reaction was mild.
After everything was moved, Gu Yi smiled and greeted everyone, then went inside.
It wasn’t that she was afraid of attention; she was just worried about causing trouble for Ye Hao.
However, since everyone had seen it, even if she explained, there would still be people spreading so unpleasant words out of jealousy.
So Gu Yi couldn’t be bothered to do anything unnecessary.
Once Li Yitian’s car left the military base,
news about Gu Yi buying a bunch of at and being driven ho by a man had reached Ye Hao.
No one dared to tell Ye Hao.
It was Li Yifan who turned it into a joke and told Ye Hao.
"No need to guess, it’s definitely Yitian. Don’t worry about him, he told my aunt, who is also his mom, that Gu Yi is definitely not his type."
Ye Hao didn’t react much after hearing this.
He had long observed this about him.
When the two were together, Li Yitian looked at Gu Yi the way he would look at a brother.
No romantic interest at all.
"I know."
Ye Hao said without even looking up.
"But your Gu Yi really does have a high profile, buying so much at, isn’t she deliberately making those envious people drool to death?"
Li Yifan imagined people watching Gu Yi carry the at inside while they could only stand outside and swallow hungrily.
It was quite amusing.
"She earns her own money, why shouldn’t she spend it as she likes? Why does she have to care about what others think?"
Ye Hao loved being a soldier, enjoying the feeling of sweating on the training ground, he always gave his all when completing the tasks assigned by superiors.
But life in the military wasn’t just about these things.
There were also many unsatisfactory matters, like this incident with Gu Yi.
Was it really necessary to make such a big deal out of buying a bit more at?
"Alright, don’t look so sullen anymore. I know you love your wife, but sotis these things are unavoidable."
Li Yifan said, patting Ye Hao on the shoulder.
"Sotis I think, wouldn’t it be nice if in real life, like during training or missions, you could just punch them once and they’d behave?"
Ye Hao thought those people were really quite boring, if he didn’t have concerns, he could have just dealt with them directly.
"They are the families of the soldiers, not enemies on the battlefield, so although they may be annoying, we mustn’t act too aggressively."
Li Yifan grew up in a comfortable family environnt and couldn’t understand why so people just couldn’t stand to see others doing well.
This ti he ca to placate Ye Hao.
Last ti, Li Dongxiang spoke ill of Gu Yi, and Ye Hao even found an excuse to deal with Chen Jun for Gu Yi’s sake.
He was worried that if this situation blew up, Ye Hao might go looking to settle scores again.
"Don’t worry, as long as it doesn’t cross my line, I’m too lazy to bother others."
Li Yifan felt his task today wasn’t going to end well, as he didn’t want that line crossed.
His line was Gu Yi really, isn’t that what this is all about?
Gu Yi didn’t care about the gossip outside, she took out all the at.
She got a big jar, kept one strip of pork belly, and put the rest into the jar.
She salted all the at to preserve it.
Once the at was salted, Gu Yi started cleaning the fish.
She had also bought quite a few fish, and after cleaning them, she picked three of roughly the sa size and set them aside.
She thought for a bit and took out another fish to prepare it for dinner.
The cleaned fish was draining nicely.
She planned to salt the fish just like she did the at.
Just as she was about to get started, soone knocked on the door.
When she opened it, there stood Ye Honglian, Wu Chuni, and Fang Hong.
They brought Qiangqiang and Nuonuo along too.
Though Qiangqiang and Nuonuo didn’t often see Gu Yi, they knew every ti they t this pretty aunt, there’d be sothing tasty.
So at the sight of Gu Yi, they sweetly called her auntie.
Gu Yi smiled in response and patted their heads.
"It’s perfect you ca by, I was planning to visit you all later."
Currently, at the base, these three won were Gu Yi’s closest friends.
"We just ca to see what a spendthrift woman looks like, hahaha."
Wu Chuni laughed heartily as she spoke.
"Yeah, yeah, people outside are already talking about you like crazy, hahaha."
Ye Honglian laughed along.
Fang Hong didn’t say anything, but stood on the side, covering her mouth as she giggled.
"That’s perfect then, co in and take a closer look."
Gu Yi already expected the rumors to be wild, so she was ntally prepared and took their teasing as a joke.
Gu Yi gave so candies to the kids and poured everyone a glass of water.
"You all sit for a bit, I’ll go salt the fish."
Gu Yi didn’t intend to hide anything from them.
"Go ahead and do your thing, we’re not guests, no need to serve us."
Ye Honglian stood up to say.
"Sister-in-law Gu, can I watch and learn? I don’t know how to do this yet."
Fang Hong wasn’t as shy as before once she got familiar with them.
"Of course, you can watch, but since there are two sisters-in-law here, I dare not say you should learn from ."
Gu Yi was just figuring this out herself, unsure if others would like the taste.
Ye Honglian and Wu Chuni told Qiangqiang and Nuonuo to not run around, just to play in the living room.
The group shifted to the kitchen to watch Gu Yi salt the fish.
Ye Honglian and Wu Chuni shared their own experiences, they chatted and laughed, having a great ti without caring about outside gossip.
Initially, Gu Yi wanted to have them stay for dinner, but they all declined.
Gu Yi didn’t insist, so she gave each of them one of the fish she had set aside earlier, to take ho.
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