Chapter 40: The Little Wife Seeing Her Husband Off

After dinner, Gu Zhennan picked up the lunchbox. "I'll wash this!" Guo Xiang said quickly.

She couldn't just eat and drink for free here. She could still wash the lunchbox.

Gu Zhennan glanced at her, walked to the cabinet, put on his work clothes, and changed into his shoes. "Then I'm leaving for work!"

"OK!" Guo Xiang responded and sent Gu Zhennan out.

She was annoyed. What was wrong with her? Why did she look like a little wife who's sending her husband to work?

She was here to get a divorce. This didn't feel right. 

For some reason, she felt that Gu Zhennan had a strong aura. The words that came to her mouth were a little hard to say.

Gu Zhennan walked for a long distance before turning back. When he saw his wife still standing at the door, he felt a sense of sweetness in his heart.

Guo Xiang washed the lunch boxes, changed into long clothes, and took her clothes to the laundry pool to wash them.

There were also a few women washing clothes across from her. When they saw her walking over, they looked at her curiously.

"Who is this? Why haven't I seen her before?"

"She's so pretty. Is she someone's wife?"

"I think I saw her coming out of Vice-captain Gu's room."

"Is she Vice-captain Gu's sister? That's not right. I heard that his sister is only ten years old!"

"She's Vice-captain Gu's wife, right? He seems to have just gotten married."

"It can't be. Why did I hear that vice-captain Gu's wife is a fool? He was blackmailed by someone," someone said in a low voice.

"What, there's such a thing? Quick, tell me what's going on."

"But she's not stupid. Could it be that she's his lover? She even came looking for him?"

Guo Xiang was speechless when she heard all that. What was going on?

"Stop guessing blindly. Why don't you just ask?"A 20-something-year-old lady said, "Are you Vice-captain Gu's wife?"

Guo Xiang smiled and did not deny it. For the time being, she was still Vice-captain Gu's wife.

"Then you have yourself a nice marriage. Vice-captain Gu is a capable person and good-looking. He's a first-class figure!" The lady said with a smile.

"Yes." Guo Xiang smiled faintly and didn't know what to say.

"I live next door to you. My surname is Huang. They call me Ms Huang. I'm a teacher in an elementary school in the oil field." Teacher Huang said with a smile.

"Ms Huang is the most educated among us. She has studied in a secondary school before!" Someone interrupted from the other side.

Guo Xiang smiled. "Hello, Ms Huang!"

"You're so pretty. You're from the city, right? You're so fair and your skin is so good. What do you usually use?" Teacher Huang asked.

Uh... Guo Xiang wanted to say that there was nothing she could do. She was born beautiful and was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

She smiled and said, "Thank you!"

Teacher Huang was surprised and laughed out loud. "You're really interesting. What's your name?"

Most people would modestly say "no way"or "you're too nice" when they were praised, but she said thank you. Did she admit that she was good-looking?

She was really an interesting person.

"My name is Guo Xiang, from the south of Hunan," Guo Xiang said.

"They said you're a fool, but I don't think you are. What's going on?" Teacher Huang asked.

The people across from her also looked at her. They all wanted to know what was going on.

Guo Xiang smiled. "I was a little muddle-headed in the past, but I recently recovered." 

"Then you're really lucky to be able to marry Vice-captain Gu. He's also a good person. You'll have a good life in the future," Teacher Huang said with a smile.

Is that so? I'm lucky to have met him? Guo Xiang pursed her lips. But he might not be so lucky to have met me.

"Oh right, Ms Huang, you work in an elementary school. Are you working here? Or over at the oil factory?" Guo Xiang changed the topic.

"Over at the oil factory, the oil production team doesn't have a school here," Teacher Huang said.

"Then how do you go to work every day? Do you ride a bike?" Guo Xiang asked.

"There's a commuter bus, so our family members can take it. However, the commuter bus only goes twice during the commuting time, and the rest of the time, it only goes once every two hours," Teacher Huang said. "Why? Do you want to go out?"

Guo Xiang smiled. "I'm just asking. I just came here and don't know anything."

"That's right. When I first came here, I was also lost. If you have anything you don't know, feel free to ask me," Teacher Huang said enthusiastically.

Guo Xiang nodded. "Thank you!"

Teacher Huang looked at the clothes that Guo Xiang washed. It seemed to be her own, so she asked, "Where are your husband's clothes? Why didn't you help him wash them?"

Uh... Guo Xiang was speechless for a moment. Yesterday, Gu Zhennan didn't bring them back when he came back from the shower. Did he wash the clothes during the shower?

"It seems that you haven't done any housework. Our men are all oil workers and usually work hard. We should be more considerate. If we can do more, we should do more..." Teacher Huang said endlessly.

Guo Xiang frowned slightly. This teacher must have an occupational disease. She was so preachy.

But she didn't show it. She just nodded. The teacher didn't mean any harm. She just talked a little too much.

Teacher Huang seemed to have seen through it. She smiled embarrassedly and said, "Don't blame me for talking too much. This is out of habit..."

So you know about it? Guo Xiang smiled and said, "It's nothing!"

"Ms Huang, is there any place fun around here?" Guo Xiang asked. She couldn't stay in her room all day, right?

"There are no entertainment facilities. Only the oil factory has them. But we have lakes and reed marshes nearby. This may be an oil field, but our city is also known as the city of a hundred lakes. It's very beautiful," Teacher Huang said.

Guo Xiang nodded. It was indeed so. She had thought that the air in such a heavy industrial city would be polluted with heavy smog. She did not expect the sky to be so blue and the air to be so fresh.

Since it was the city of a hundred lakes, there should be a lot of wetlands, right? When the time came, she should walk around and take a look.

"If you want to buy anything, you have to go to the factory area. There are only small shops here. Of course, it would be even better if you could enter the city. It is just a little more troublesome," said Teacher Huang.

Guo Xiang nodded. However, she did not need too many things now. She did not know how long she would stay here.

After washing the clothes, she went back to the room and took the clothes hangers. She hung the clothes on the wire in front. Everyone was hanging them here. The sun was very bright, so they should be dry soon.

There was really nothing to do. Guo Xiang thought that she should go out for a walk.

When she reached the door, she realized that she did not have a key. How would she come back later?

She went back to the house and looked around. She found a key on the pillow.

Did Gu Zhennan leave this for her?

He was a very caring person!

Guo Xiang took the key and put the pillow away into the cabinet.

There were many uses for the bed stove in the northeast. The table on the bed stove could be used for eating, playing cards, reading, and so on. Therefore, during the day, the quilt and pillows were usually kept away and only taken out at night when one had to sleep.

Should I buy a table for the bed stove? 

Ahem... Guo Xiang, what are you thinking? Didn't you say that you would leave after getting a divorce? Why would you buy a table?

Guo Xiang was also feeling helpless. Maybe it was because she was used to talking to Wang Guiying and the others during the two months she stayed in Southern Hunan, and she habitually put herself in the role of a wife.

Guo Xiang, wake up. Don't forget what you are here for.

Guo Xiang grabbed the key, closed the door and walked out.