"Zhao Dahai, you are really getting out of hand, daring to even push me." Li Xiangyun walked up to Zhao Dahai, pointing at him angrily.
"Would you stop making a fuss for no reason? What I said was the truth, and even if you’re jealous, you can’t act . Besides, by doing this, you’re straining my relationship with Lu Hanmo." Zhao Dahai was also getting a bit angry.
"Let it strain, what do you, a squadron leader, have to fear from an instructor?" Thinking of Lu Hanmo’s ’keep out’ demeanor, Li Xiangyun grew even more irritated. A new instructor who wasn’t even a member of the Guard was presuming to show them a long face. What kind of people were that couple?
Zhao Dahai sighed, "You see, this is what they say about women, long hair but short on insight? Although Lu Hanmo is just an instructor, if he wanted to target me, I’d have to go back home to farm tomorrow."
Li Xiangyun looked at Zhao Dahai in surprise, "You’re not trying to scare me, are you?"
"Why would I scare you? Who in the Guard doesn’t know that Lu Hanmo has a powerful background and a distinguished record of military achievements? Not just me, even the commander wouldn’t dare cross him," Zhao Dahai said.
"If he’s got such a strong background, why would he be sent to this poor place? And he’s just an instructor, without even a Guard’s status," Li Xiangyun said, disbelieving. The Northwest Province was so poor that even birds wouldn’t poop there.
"Believe it or not, just don’t offend Lu Hanmo and the others," Zhao Dahai advised.
"Alright! I’ll believe you this time," Li Xiangyun said.
It was still dark outside when the sound of the bugle resonated.
"I’m heading out!" Lu Hanmo smiled, kissed Luo Shu on the face, and vanished from the space.
Luo Shu smiled faintly and closed her eyes once more to cultivate. Hanmo had just been assigned here, so naturally he had no time to accompany her. Hence, home decoration and furniture shopping were all left to her to arrange.
As it was nearly nine o’clock, Luo Shu blinked out of the space and walked towards the family housing compound. They had dealt with the trash in the house the previous night; now she just needed to get someone to come and do some renovations. A single phone call, and Tenglong Group would take care of everything.
"Luo Shu, where are you going?" Zhang Xiaoling saw Luo Shu and quickly caught up with her.
"I’m going to the city to look around and buy some stuff. We have nothing at home," Luo Shu replied.
"I’ll go with you. I need to shop, too. You saw the state of my house yesterday. Yours must be better than mine, right?" Zhang Xiaoling asked.
"Apart from being larger, it’s even worse than yours." Luo Shu said, somewhat speechlessly shaking her head at the thought of those little mice scurrying around.
"No way?" Zhang Xiaoling said in disbelief.
"Trash everywhere, mice running all over," Luo Shu said with a wry smile.
"How did you sleep last night?" Zhang Xiaoling asked in disbelief. Fortunately, Yang Le had placed rat poison in their home long ago; she was really afraid of mice.
"We made do," Luo Shu laughed.
While talking, they had left the family compound. Not far from the compound, there was a bus stop set up especially for the convenience of the families.
Arriving at the bus stop, they found quite a few people already waiting. Liu Chunhua, whom they had met yesterday, was also there.
"Sister-in-law Lu, Sister-in-law Yang, are you both heading to the city?" Seeing Luo Shu and Zhang Xiaoling, Liu Chunhua greeted them with a smile.
Zhang Xiaoling smiled and nodded, "We have nothing at home and need to buy everything." To be honest, she really didn’t like dealing with people like Liu Chunhua. But since they were neighbors and bound to see each other frequently, even if she didn’t want to interact, she couldn’t just ignore them when they approached.
"You’ve just moved in, so you must need to buy a lot of stuff. I can help you carry things later. Let me introduce you—these are our Guard’s Wives: this is Sister-in-law Wang, she is Sister-in-law Jiang, Sister-in-law Lin, Sister-in-law Ma, and this is Sister Cao. They are Sister-in-law Lu, her man is the new Instructor Lu, and this is Sister-in-law Yang," Liu Chunhua introduced everyone.
"Sister-in-law Lu, Sister-in-law Yang, hello!"
"Sister-in-law Lu is really pretty!" The group greeted Luo Shu and Zhang Xiaoling one by one.
Luo Shu and Zhang Xiaoling also smiled and exchanged pleasantries with everyone.
The group quickly got to know each other and after a while, the bus arrived.
The bus was heading to the town center, which, compared to big cities, was not much more than a small town. But there was no helping it— the Great Northwest was too poor.
The bus rattled along for over three hours before finally arriving in town.
"Luo Shu, let’s go have lunch first," Zhang Xiaoling suggested. They had eaten some dry food on the bus, but it wasn’t as satisfying as a meal.
"Okay!" Luo Shu said with a smile.