As soon as Shen Xiufen thought of the untouchable Feng Qingxue, she saw her. Feng Qingxue was in line ahead with a big-eyed, bushy-browed boy of about seven or eight, with only two or three people between them and the butcher’s counter.
It’s her again!
Shen Xiufen’s eyes turned slightly red, daring to be jealous but not to speak up.
Although Feng Qingxue had only been around for half a year, everyone in the area around the dry goods factory knew she was generous, often sending large packages of seafood, and whenever she wasn’t out to sea, she would co to the factory every day to buy at and fish, not batting an eye. They couldn’t understand how such a slender woman had such a big appetite.
Very soon, it was Feng Qingxue’s turn. Master Li greeted her with her exceptionally fair and delicate face, "Doctor Feng, you just bought over two pounds of at yesterday, and you’re here again today? I’ve calculated, you shouldn’t have any more at Tickets this month."
Feng Qingxue patted Erxiong on the head, stopping him from speaking, and cheerfully looked at the pork on the counter, "I don’t have any, but the Gu Family does. Gu Commander’s family has three pounds, and Doctor Gu has two pounds, so five pounds of at Tickets in total. Please, Master Li, cut five pounds of first-grade at for us, half lean, half fat. Sister-in-law Gu wants to make stewed pork."
Stewed pork is Dongpo pork—it’s about discarding old customs, so it can’t be called Dongpo pork anymore.
While cutting and weighing the at, Master Li asked, "It’s hot, are you going to eat it all in one al? Do you have guests coming over?"
"Not guests, it’s Doctor Gu’s biological son who has co back. Doctor Gu is so happy and asked us to buy extra at while he went to buy chicken and fish himself; we’re splitting the chores." Of course, Feng Qingxue would help Doctor Gu spread the word.
Master Li and the others in line were all taken aback, "Doctor Gu has only one son, isn’t he Gu Qing, Captain Gu?"
Feng Qingxue smiled slightly, "Although Doctor Gu had raised Captain Gu for almost forty years, she just found out yesterday that Captain Gu is not her biological son. She raised soone else’s child for forty years. Her real son is soone else—the tall, thin man who ca to find her yesterday. He is also a retired soldier nad Shi Guantao and will soon be renad Gu Guantao."
These words caused a huge uproar at the at counter. Shen Xiufen’s face turned as white as paper, suddenly recalling how strangely Gu Qing had acted when he returned last night, and she hadn’t seen him in the morning to ask about it.
The young woman in line behind Shen Xiufen glanced at her with a smirk, "Sister-in-law Xiufen, Captain Gu isn’t Doctor Gu’s biological son?"
Shen Xiufen snapped harshly, "Nonsense! Don’t believe every rumor you hear! Just because so rural nobody claims to be part of the Gu Family doesn’t an it’s true. Where’s your brain? Can’t you think for yourselves? If Gu Qing wasn’t the Gu Family’s child, would they have raised him for forty years? When we married and had children, the Gu Family was all there!"
"That might not be the case!" A middle-aged woman in line ahead of Shen Xiufen turned slightly, pointing to the tall, thin man supporting Doctor Gu at a distance, "If there wasn’t a relationship, would Doctor Gu be so friendly? Look how much that man resembles Commander Gu."
A boy who had joined the queue behind the young woman added, "I just ran into Grandma Gu at the fish market. She was introducing him as her real son to Auntie Lei and Aunt Liu, saying his na is Shi sothing Tao, and she was showing him to everyone so they would know him next ti he cos out."
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