A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

Song Wenyuan originally wanted to send his wife and daughter to town before returning, but An Ning sternly refused.

It was already late that day, but with so many people coming to the county town today, there's a good chance we'll run into acquaintances on the way back. It's best to be careful.

After all, this is an era where rumors can kill.

Anning bought a rope and tied all the things she had bought to the back of the child's seat, barely managing to drag them back.

Luckily, I didn't buy too much stuff. If I had bought too much, I wouldn't have been able to maintain the balance of the bicycle, and that would have been a real problem.

On the way back, Anning didn't see Lü Hongyan and the others. They might have already gone back, or they might still be in the county town, but that didn't matter.

Back in the military family quarters, Anning saw from afar that Aunt Wu had somehow gotten a deck chair and placed it at the doorway. She was lying on the chair with her leg in a cast propped up high, watching the passersby with a sinister look.

Zhao Jihua received his allowance for this month, but because there were two more sick people and a child in his family, all of his money went into it.

As a result, while other families had already started buying New Year's goods, their family had nothing.

No, it's not that there's nothing at all.

Her eldest son somehow heard that Guo Shuzhen's premature birth was due to malnutrition, so he asked someone to bring back some nutritious things like milk powder and malted milk powder from the county town and sent them all to the hospital. In addition, he planned to give that little bitch an egg every day.

Those are eggs!

He actually fed that thing that only boys could eat back home to that little bitch who only gave birth to a worthless child!

Aunt Wu completely forgot that her son had also told her to cook for herself at home. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and her whole face turned black.

Seeing Anning return with bags full of packages again, a burning jealousy ignited in his chest.

In the past, if she didn't like something, she would definitely say something sarcastic.

But after that night, her eldest son seemed to have been drugged. He not only scolded her but also threatened her, saying that if she caused trouble for Shen Anning again, he would send her back to her hometown and would never give her a penny again.

She can go back to her hometown. Her second son just got married and should be pregnant by now. She can take care of him more when she goes back.

But she absolutely disagrees with not giving the second child a subsidy!

Thinking of this, Aunt Wu held back the words she was about to say, and just stared at the things in the basket at the front of Anning's bicycle, and the large bag tied to the back.

She refused to believe it; this god Anning was as solid as iron, impervious to swords and spears.

She'll find out what's wrong with her sooner or later.

Come to think of it, she felt that Wang Xiuying and Tang Qiuqiao were quite right about something back then.

Shen Anning has been in the military for so long, and even her military dependent registration was only completed after she arrived at the unit. But to this day, no one has seen her man, and no one knows who her husband is.

This is so weird!

And she seems to have an endless supply of money, buying this and that all the time.

Not to mention the price of the new clothes she and the little girl were wearing, the brand-new bicycle alone cost over a hundred or two hundred yuan, not even counting the ticket.

And the watch on her wrist, she could see it very clearly, it was a different color before, but she didn't know when it was changed.

That's a watch!

This is something that only people with status and position wear. Why would ordinary people like them need such a thing?

But the other party changed it without hesitation.

Although I heard that she was rewarded with a sum of money by the army for submitting the blueprints for that shovel, no matter how much she was given, it would not be enough given her the way she used it.

Or perhaps she's secretly engaging in speculation and profiteering outside, just like how she used to charge people for modifying shovels—she's so skilled at it, it's obvious she's done this kind of thing a lot.

Or, she's having another man supporting her.

Her eldest son is a battalion commander, and she knows exactly how much his military allowance is; he simply can't afford to support a woman spending money like this.

Moreover, since she joined the army, her face has become more beautiful and her body more alluring every day, and she also goes to the county town from time to time.

Who knows what she went to the county town for?

An Ning felt uncomfortable under Aunt Wu's gaze, but this time, the other party unusually refrained from making sarcastic remarks, which must be thanks to Battalion Commander Zhao.

As for whether she wants to see it, let her see it; taking another look won't have any impact.

Anning parked her bicycle in front of her house and began unloading the goods.

Hearing the commotion, Zhao Xuemei from next door also came out. Before Anning went, she told Zhao Xuemei that she was going to the county town to thank that comrade and to buy some New Year's goods.

Anning is a thrifty person. She came to see what the other person had bought so she could buy the same things.

"Hey girl, let me help you."

Zhao Xuemei picked up a bag at random. It felt quite heavy. Peeking through the gap, she was surprised to see a huge pile of snacks inside.

"Wow! Why did you buy so many cookies and pastries? And all this candy, you two can't finish them all, don't let them go bad."

"It's alright. If Ni'er can't finish it, there's still Pengfei, right? They're both popular in the neighborhood, and who knows how many kids will come over to wish them a Happy New Year! We can just share one piece each."

Zhao Xuemei felt a pang of reluctance as she listened, her face full of reluctance: "If you take out such good things and share them with those kids, people will say you're foolish and wasteful. I'm not even talking about the stingy ones; even the generous ones will at most buy a bag of rock candy, give one piece to each child who comes over, and maybe grab a handful of peanuts and melon seeds, and that's it."

"I also bought peanuts and melon seeds, as well as red dates, longans, and other things. They weren't too expensive. Besides, it's only once a year, so the more plentiful the better, right?"

Zhao Xuemei: "...Fine, whatever makes you happy."

"Sister-in-law, you haven't bought your New Year's goods yet, have you?"

"Not yet. I usually buy a lot of things each year, and I usually wait until my husband is free to go together so he can help carry them."

"Why don't we skip waiting for Brother Xu this year and go together? I heard there's a big market in town in a couple of days, we can go there to buy some chicken, duck, seafood, and fresh vegetables."

That's the advantage of being on an island far from the emperor's reach. During the era of the collective economy, other places were closely monitored. Even if there were markets in the countryside, only a small amount of products kept by the locals were sold there.

But it's different here.

The policies here are relatively lenient, and most households that can afford it will raise a few chickens and ducks. You might occasionally run into them at the market, and they might even sell the pork they've been allocated.

That's genuine local pork.

In this day and age, many people dislike local pork because it's not as fatty as feed-fed pork and doesn't have much oil, but Anning loves it!

"Sure, but I'm worried we won't be able to secure it."

"That's easy. I'll make a cart out of bamboo; it'll definitely fit."

There are many bamboos on this island. There are some on the mountain where they went mushroom picking last time, and the bamboo joints are thick and long.

Making a cart with bamboo is simpler than using wood, and it is also lightweight, flexible, and not easily damaged.