Chapter 664: Six hundred sixty-two, mission out
Luo Shu was cooking with Lu Hanmo in the kitchen when she heard someone knocking. Setting her teacup down, she went to answer it. When Hanmo was present, she seldom had a chance to cook, usually just keeping him company with chatter.
Approaching to open the gate, she saw Guo Moli standing outside.
"Sister-in-law, is there something you need?" Luo Shu asked in a calm voice.
Guo Moli flashed a smile and said, "I came to borrow some vegetables from you. I was supposed to go shopping this afternoon, but it started raining, so I didn’t make it, and oh! The vegetables in your yard are growing so well!"
During this exchange, she didn’t wait for Luo Shu to invite her in and headed straight for the vegetable patch in the yard.
In the Guard’s Members Courtyard, each family had their own designated plot. The land behind the Guard’s Members Building used to be wasteland but was later reclaimed and turned into vegetable gardens.
For those like them who had a yard in their homes, they were indeed fortunate, not needing to go so far for their vegetables could be found right in their own yards.
The Guo family also had their share of land, but it had gone to waste due to lack of attention for too long.
Luo Shu watched as Guo Moli picked vegetables in the garden, displeasure furrowing her brow. This Guo Moli reminded her of Liu Chunhua, whom she hadn’t seen in a long while. Liu Chunhua did it because she was poor and had no other choice, but Guo Moli’s family, she heard, was quite well-off, and yet acted the same way, which was unnecessary.
Guo Moli had gathered a large bunch of rape, as well as some eggplants, green peppers, and cucumbers, "Lu family’s sister, do you have a bamboo basket? Lend me one, and I’ll return it along with the vegetables tomorrow after I do my shopping."