After Marrying the Officer-Chapter 266 - 2066 Inquire about the situation

After seeing off Uncle Liberation Army, Xia Chuyi’s "Youwei" finally reopened.

"Little boss, your shop has finally opened!"

As soon as "Youwei" opened its doors, old customers came following the scent.

"My daughter has been nagging about your braised meat all year; she’s nearly driven me mad! Little boss, give me two taels of each type of braised meat."

"Yes, my spouse has also been going on about it, I only want pork head meat, half a pound, nothing else."

"Got it." Xia Chuyi responded with a smile.

Today, she was the only one in the shop, she couldn’t be distracted at all, swiftly cutting vegetables, weighing, collecting money, and handing over braised meat.

The first customers were all locals, waiting for their braised meat while chatting. As they talked, eventually, the conversation turned to the incident of the smashed shop.

"Speaking of which, little boss, your brother was hurt before, is he better now?" a customer asked.

"Thank you for your concern, he’s much better." Xia Chuyi lowered her head and replied, then continued to concentrate on her work.

Seeing her busy, the customers started chatting among themselves.

"That Zhang Family went too far, hiring people to smash the shop!" a customer said.

"Yes!" another customer chimed in, "Luckily, the public security caught all those Zhang people!"

"They were caught good! The things Zhang Zhicheng did at the coal plant had been unbearable to watch."

Everyone cursed indignantly for a while, then someone asked, "By the way, little boss, the military officer who used to come by your place, is he your boyfriend?"

"He is my boyfriend." Xia Chuyi smiled and answered, not hiding anything.

"Really your boyfriend?" a gossip-hungry customer exclaimed.

Xia Chuyi grinned, thinking to herself: these people say they came to buy braised meat, but actually, they came for gossip.

"Military guys are great, high salary and honorable!"

"You two are quite a match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman!"

Everyone at the scene lavished praises.

However, suddenly an discordant voice popped up, asking, "Are you really dating that military officer? Does his family know? The difference in your backgrounds seems quite big, don’t get conned."

As soon as this was said, everyone suddenly became quiet.

Xia Chuyi stopped what she was doing and looked up at the person who spoke— a middle-aged man, his gaze somewhat evasive.

This was not an old customer; she had never seen this man before. Her brows furrowed, instinctively feeling something was off about him.

She remembered when Ding Qianqian came to snoop around her shop.

Who could this person be working for?

No matter who it was, she wouldn’t be easily manipulated.

Xia Chuyi smiled calmly, "My boyfriend is an upright military man, he would not deceive a young lady."

"As for meeting the parents, let alone that we have already met the parents." She was referring to Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia, which was not far from the truth.

"Even if we haven’t met, so what? We’re not in the old society anymore, arranged marriages are not the trend— the newspapers have said, encouraging free love."

"Comrade, your thoughts are too feudal."

She spoke politely and properly.

As her words fell, others quickly added, "Yes, now it’s all about free love, our little boss is good-looking and skilled! What’s wrong with dating a military officer?"

There was another round of compliments, effectively ostracizing the middle-aged man.

Seeing this, Xia Chuyi smiled.

In this era, military men held a high status, and given Huo Shiqian’s visible rank, the neighbors’ response was within her expectations.

Who knew if she would actually end up marrying a military man?

The customers, too, were just trying to foster good relations.

"Thank you, everyone!" When goodwill was shown, she naturally reciprocated, "Today’s braised meat, all at 20% off!"

With this, everyone was incredibly excited.

Business instantly got even better, and Xia Chuyi dove into another round of busyness.

Not far off, that middle-aged man glared fiercely at the shop a few times before returning to his own unit. Unobserved, he made a phone call.

"Hello, Miss Ou? Yes, it’s me... I’ve asked around clearly, that person is Xia Chuyi..."