The arrival of a tall and handsome soldier in the tenement building was quite eye-catching; even passing children would glance at him, let alone adults.

Lu Zhixia stood at the door and then realized she didn't have her key. Luckily, Su Lan hadn't gone out, and her door was open.

"Captain Gu! Just put the things on the ground, I need to go get the keys from the landlord."

"Then I'll be going now!" Gu Lingxiao replied in a deep voice.

Then they turn around and leave without taking a single cloud with them.

Lu Zhixia, remembering how Gu Lingxiao had saved her time and time again, felt she owed him a debt of gratitude and boldly asked,

"Captain Gu! Can I come to the army to see you later?"

Gu Lingxiao was taken aback at first, then turned around and said, "Okay, just tell the guards at the gate, and they'll be able to find me."

"Okay, I got it. See you next time!" Lu Zhixia replied happily.

Gu Lingxiao felt instantly pleased and quickly left downstairs.

Liu Yue'e saw all of this. She knew that Lu Zhixia was a married woman, not some virgin.

A handsome soldier escorted her home. She spat out the sunflower seed shells from her mouth onto the ground and then said something.

"Shameless!"

Lu Zhixia was about to enter the house when she heard a few words. When she turned around, she could no longer see anyone.

I don't have time to deal with her; important matters are more pressing.

This woman really needs to be taught a lesson, and then she lifted the curtain and went inside.

I saw the couple sitting on the bed playing cards at home.

Several children were scattered around the room, some playing, some doing their homework.

"Sister Lan, I'm back!"

Su Lan looked up when she heard the sound, and seeing that the person had returned safely, she was so happy that she quickly got out of bed and went over without even putting on her shoes.

He looked the person up and down to make sure there were no problems before speaking.

"Honestly, you just said you wouldn't come back and then you just didn't. You have no idea how worried I was. I've already made up my mind: if you don't come back soon, I'll have your brother-in-law go to the village tomorrow and find out what's going on."

"Sister Lan! Don't talk about this yet. I brought back some good stuff. Give me the keys first, I'm in a hurry to get home," Lu Zhixia urged.

Su Lan took out a key from her pocket and handed it over. "What good thing is it? Can I take a look?"

"Sure!"

Lu Zhixia took the key and went out the door. She walked less than two steps to the side, took the key, and opened the door.

Su Lan noticed a basket on the ground when she went outside. It was covered with a newspaper. She lifted it up and, to her surprise, found a large piece of meat inside.

It looks like it weighs at least 10 or 20 pounds, and its color is dark. It doesn't look like ordinary pork; it looks like wild boar meat.

When I was a child, my family killed one, and the color of the meat looked something like this.

What did that girl go about?

Where did such a big piece of meat come from?

I waited until we were inside to ask the questions that had been on my mind.

"Xiaxia! Where did all this meat come from?"

Lu Zhixia picked up the teacup that was sitting on the windowsill to cool down, drank the water in big gulps, and put it back on the windowsill.

"Sister Lan, don't worry, this pork is legally and legitimately obtained; it's wild boar meat from the mountains."

"My goodness, you're really something." Su Lan thought about how she only had one or two pounds of meat coupons a month, and that she would have to save up for several months if she wanted to eat stewed pork ribs.

Sometimes, just as I'd saved up enough tickets, before I could even use them, my husband would take them and send them home.

They claimed that their parents, who live far away, need to eat meat, so they can just eat some vegetables and tofu here and not starve.

"How about this: I'll provide the meat, and you provide some flour, and we can make meat and egg dumplings together!" Lu Zhixia asked with a smile.

"Then you're the one who suffers a loss?" Su Lan had no right to take such a big advantage.

"As you can see, there's so much meat; we can't possibly finish it all in a short time. I'm planning to make it into steamed buns, put them in an insulated box, and sell them on my bike to see if I can sell them all."

Lu Zhixia explained her idea: initially, she planned to make boxed lunches, but after thinking about it, she realized that would require cooking several dishes. Since a donkey wouldn't be possible without one, she decided to make steamed buns instead.

"What if we can't sell it?" Su Lan felt sorry for the meat; it was such a big piece.

"If we can't sell them, we'll just eat steamed buns to improve our meals. As long as we don't leave any meat behind." Lu Zhixia put her arm around her shoulder. "How about we make meat and egg dumplings? The kind that are juicy and flavorful when you bite into them."

Su Lan was so tempted that she could only say, "Then I'll take advantage of you today. When I buy ribs next month, I'll cook them for you."

“No problem!” Lu Zhixia giggled.

Then they got busy. Su Lan hurriedly went home and told Zhou Cheng, "Today we'll provide the flour, and Lu Meizi will provide the wild boar meat. We'll make meat and egg dumplings."

Zhou Cheng suddenly sat up in bed. "Really?!"

“Of course it’s real, even more real than pearls. The girl brought back some wild boar meat, such a big piece.” Su Lan gestured the size of the meat with her hand. “I don’t know where she got the meat from.”

"Why do you care so much? Get the flour out of the house and hurry up and help chop the meat. We're clearly the ones who are getting the better deal, so we can't let them suffer the same loss."

Zhou Cheng picked up his coat and put it on. He usually wore a tank top at home, but he still had to wear clothes when there were outsiders around.

Lu Zhixia cut off a large piece of meat with a knife. It was too hot, otherwise she really wouldn't have been willing to eat such a meal.

Zhou Cheng entered the room and saw that the meat was indeed in large pieces. He scratched his head and said,

"Girl! You're so honest."

"Let's put ourselves in each other's shoes. You're good to me, so I'll be good to you too."

"That's right. Isn't being a good person all about putting yourself in others' shoes?"

Zhou Cheng laughed; he wasn't very good at dealing with women.

Su Lan walked in, sleeves rolled up. "I'll chop the meat filling. The filling for these meat and egg dumplings needs to be chopped into a paste to taste good."

Lu Zhixia handed her the meat, "Is this enough?"

Su Lan looked at the large piece of meat that was handed to her; it weighed at least three pounds.

"That's enough! That's too much. I'll put some more onions in."

Lu Zhixia decisively handed the meat to her, "Okay, then I won't chop the meat, I'll go knead the dough!"

"Okay, I've brought out all the noodles." Su Lan was delighted to see the large piece of meat.

The children gathered around as soon as we took them outside; we only made meat dumplings at home during the Lunar New Year.

It's the kind with lots of meat, the kind you definitely don't get to eat normally.

Kneading the dough was relatively simple. After Lu Zhixia kneaded the dough,

At this moment, I thought of Zhou An'an. If I made some dumplings with wild boar meat and took them to the law enforcement team tomorrow, it would be a decent gift.

Then he turned to Su Lan and said, "I want to make some more dumplings tomorrow; I want to give them away."

Su Lan didn't ask Lu Zhixia who she was going to give the dumplings to, but instead asked,

"How many people are eating? What are you planning to use to serve it, a bowl or a lunchbox?"

"Use a lunchbox! A basin is inconvenient." Lu Zhixia, having lived a second life, understood this principle.

She reciprocates kindness to others, never giving blindly.

Wow! So much meat!

Liu Yue'e walked over, swaying her hips as she cracked sunflower seeds into her mouth.