1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 1147 A Gift of Gratitude to a Benefactor
Aunt Jiao had been waiting on the side for a while. When she heard the brigade leader's words, she quickly stepped forward and said, "Chu Xue, come on, come back with me. Your clothes are all wet."

At this moment, Guo Yueliang also ran up, holding up her camera: "Chuxue, you're amazing! I even took a few photos for you. I'll give them to you when they're developed."

Guo Yueliang looked at Chuxue with pure admiration: "Chuxue, how come you're so strong?"

After all, each time the rope is thrown outward, it requires a lot of strength, otherwise it would never reach those people.

She disregarded her own affairs and followed Aunt Jiao and Chu Xue all the way to the Jiao family home.

Aunt Jiao originally wanted to offer her own clothes for Chu Xue to change into first, but Chu Xue stopped her: "Aunt Jiao, I brought my own change of clothes. Could you please prepare some hot water for me?"

When Aunt Jiao heard that Chu Xue had her own clothes, she said, "There are some ready-made ones on the hot water stove. I'll go and get you a basinful right now."

Aunt Jiao already had a good impression of Chu Xue, not to mention that one of the people she rescued today was her cousin's son, and the two had always gotten along well. She was truly grateful to Chu Xue.

Feeling embarrassed to let Aunt Jiao fetch water, he quickly grabbed a basin, filled it, and went back inside.

As soon as the door closed and the curtains were drawn, Chu Xue went straight into the space. She had just used up a lot of energy, and the little food she ate in the morning had long been digested. Now she was very hungry.

Ignoring everything else, she changed out of her wet clothes, ate a delicious meal, and then quickly took a shower. Without lingering, she took the clothes that had already been washed in her spatial dimension and went out, pretending that she had washed them in a basin.

After washing them again with water outside, they were hung to dry in the Jiao family's courtyard, except for the underwear.

Seeing that she had finished tidying up, Aunt Jiao brought over a bowl of steamed eggs: "You must be exhausted from just now, come and have a bite to eat."

A large bowl of steamed eggs, made with at least two eggs, made Chuxue a little embarrassed: "Auntie, I can't eat this much. Please get me a bowl, and I'll give half to my sister-in-law at home. She needs nutrition right now."

Aunt Jiao agreed without hesitation: "No need to divide it. I steamed some for her too. You should eat it while it's hot to replenish your energy."

Chu Xue was deeply moved, after all, eggs were a precious commodity for people these days. Aunt Jiao kept urging her to eat, and she couldn't refuse any longer: "Thank you, Auntie."

Aunt Jiao quickly waved her hand and said, "If it weren't for you, those children would have been in danger today. One of the boys you saved is my cousin. I should be thanking you."

She had just finished eating her eggs when several groups of people entered the courtyard.

Judging from the large and small bags they were carrying, you could tell they had come to express their gratitude.

Some even brought their children along: "Hurry up and thank your benefactor!"

For a time, the Jiao family courtyard was incredibly lively.

We bought a lot of dried seafood; we had no choice but to buy it.

To put everyone at ease, Aunt Jiao persuaded Chuxue to accept the gift.

Just then, the brigade leader and the party secretary walked into the courtyard together.

The captain coughed lightly: "Everyone's here. I have something to tell you all."

Seeing that everyone was looking over, the brigade leader continued, "Miss Chuxue came to see the sea and wanted to exchange some fresh seafood with the villagers to take back to her family and friends. But if it weren't for her intervention today, I don't want to think about the consequences."

The two boats that went out to sea just now have returned, but because the waves were too big, they didn't catch many fish. We village officials discussed it and decided to set aside a portion of today's catch as a gift from the village to our benefactor.

(End of this chapter)