Chapter 1423: You've Helped Out Plenty Too, Haven't You?

Liu Chuxue was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden with a basket in hand when Mo Ruhua hurriedly came in: "Liu Chuxue, has Mi Cuifang returned?"

Hearing this, Liu Chuxue was also stunned for a moment: "So soon?"

Mo Ruhua pouted: "I heard she's pregnant, vomiting and pretending to faint, scaring the farm director badly. He was afraid that if anything went wrong, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the regiment, so he had someone send her back."

"I guess she pretended on purpose just to be able to come back."

Liu Chuxue chuckled softly: "She probably thought that as long as she left the farm, everything would be fine. Too naive. She's likely already been slapped in the face by now."

Mo Ruhua leaned close to Liu Chuxue: "A few days ago, I heard people in the courtyard gossiping that Vice-Company Commander Sun's mother has been persuading her son to divorce ever since she arrived."

Liu Chuxue smiled but didn't respond. Although it was somewhat unkind, with a daughter-in-law like Mi Cuifang who couldn't tell right from wrong, Vice-Company Commander Sun probably wouldn't go far either.

Seeing the vegetables in Liu Chuxue's basket, Mo Ruhua said: "It's strange. The vegetables in my courtyard have long been no good, yet yours are still pickable. What's the difference?"

Liu Chuxue laughed: "They're no good either; this is the last batch. I was thinking that since the weather is nice today, I might as well dry them into vegetable strips. When it gets cold, they'll be perfect to eat."

Mo Ruhua said with some envy: "The vegetables in your courtyard grow so well. You've been drying vegetable strips all autumn. Can you possibly eat them all?"

Liu Chuxue gave her a look: "Didn't you just say you're envious of my vegetable garden? If I can't eat them all, I certainly can't waste them. I was thinking of sharing some with your families then, so you can have a change of taste in winter."

Mo Ruhua, not expecting Liu Chuxue to even be thinking of them, said with deep emotion: "Oh, you're carrying a big belly and still thinking of us. I don't even know what to say."

At this moment, Liu Chuxue laughed: "Alright, you've helped out plenty too, haven't you?"

Hearing this, Mo Ruhua said: "So I'm drying vegetable strips for myself?"

At first, Liu Chuxue hadn't planned to share the dried vegetables with each family. She just thought that since the courtyard's vegetables couldn't all be eaten, she might as well dry them into strips and store them, just in case they could be used.

Actually, she was thinking that in a few days, she would find a way to donate a batch of things, and these dried vegetables would come in handy. It was just that several military wives who got along well with her always came over to help her work.

Naturally, she wanted to return the favor and show her gratitude.

Leaving aside whether her vegetables are good for the body, the taste is certainly not bad. They may look unimpressive, but whoever eats them will know how good they are.

Mo Ruhua helped Liu Chuxue process the vegetables in the basket and spread them out on the drying rack before preparing to return to her own home.

Liu Chuxue called her back, went inside, and packed several cloth bags of various dried vegetables: "Since I don't need to make another trip anyway, you can take them back. But you must return the cloth bags to me."

Mo Ruhua looked at the cloth bags being handed over: "So many? I feel a bit embarrassed."

Seeing the look in her eyes shining with excitement, Liu Chuxue said: "Why don't you look in a mirror before saying that."

The two had been getting along like sisters during this period and had long figured out each other's personalities. Mo Ruhua laughed outright: "Then I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Taking the cloth bags, she said with a beaming smile: "I'll bring the cloth bags back to you in a while."

After saying that, she left Liu Chuxue's courtyard.

But as soon as she stepped out, she was grabbed by Cui Mu, the mother of Company Commander Cui from the opposite side: "Wife of Company Commander Shen, what are you carrying in your hand?"

The smile on Mo Ruhua's face instantly vanished: "It's dried vegetables I got from the sister-in-law of the Vice-Regiment Commander. Auntie Cui, I have something to do, so I'll head back first."

Cui Mu glanced into Liu Chuxue's courtyard, a calculation flashing in her eyes.