"I borrowed it from the squadron commander's house." Wen Dong didn't hide it.
Upon hearing that the money was from Xiaobei's house, Li Juan wanted to refuse with dignity, but thinking about how her parents nagged and found fault with her every day, she just silently accepted the money. This money felt really heavy!
After dinner, when Lu Zhanguo wanted to do the dishes, Gu Xiaobei didn't allow him to. The communal washroom was crowded at this hour, and she didn't want others to laugh at Lu Zhanguo. The prevalent chauvinistic attitude was still strong.
Gu Xiaobei went to the washroom with the basin and happened to run into Xiangmin who was chatting with a pregnant military wife, who was about five to six months into her pregnancy.
"They say cravings for sour food signify a girl and spicy cravings a boy, do you think that's true?" Xiangmin asked the pregnant military wife named Wang Hongmei, who was a volunteer soldier's wife.
