Back when they were in the team, Shiyue and the others didn't have the habit of taking a nap.

Back then, we had to go to work in the fields, and if we wanted to plant something on the small plot of wasteland we had cleared at home, we could only squeeze in time for it.

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After arriving at the Sixth Iron Battalion, they gradually developed the habit of taking afternoon naps.

The main problem is that it's too hot here. At noon, the sun can really burn your skin. Nobody can work under the blazing sun, so everyone has to rest.

This was even more true when we arrived at Whale Island.

So, even though everyone wanted to get closer when they met again, Cui Yun still took the children back to their own home after dinner.

Not many family members from the Sixth Iron Battalion accompanied the troops to the island this time; besides Cui Yun's family, only Battalion Commander Wu He's family was there.

But Wu He's family members have not yet arrived.

This is why Qi Feng, rather than Wu He, led the first group to arrive on the island; he waited for the family members to arrive before they all went to the island together.

Because there were so few family members, they didn't need to arrange special housing for them at the camp; they were all arranged to live together at the experts' residence.

Cui Yun chose to build his house in the row in front of Shi Yue's house.

The two are very close; if you shout from your own window, the other person can hear you.

This is something the children absolutely love!

Jiajia wasn't afraid of being disliked at all. She grabbed her pillow and followed Hu Zi and Niu Niu, saying she wanted to take a nap with them.

Cui Yun, on the other hand, was even more generous.

Looking out the back window of his house, he immediately said, "I'll ask my husband, Lao Qi, later. If it's feasible, we can just tear down this window and turn it into a door. That way, it will be much more convenient for us to come and go."

Shi Yue and Liang Yueming laughed uncontrollably at what Shi Yue said.

Cui Yun and the others went home, and the He family members who had gathered together also dispersed and returned to their own courtyards to rest.

Shiyue did not take a nap today.

She unusually took out her old knife and cutting board from her storage space.

They also brought out a large basin of lemons that they had picked earlier.

Seeing her behavior, He Lixuan found it a bit strange and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I want to make some lemonade and send it over to Liu Zhan and the others this afternoon."

As Shiyue spoke, she placed the cutting board on the table and began to slowly chop the food in the room.

He Lixuan also stopped sleeping and sat down next to her.

He picked up a slice of lemon that his wife had cut and held it up to the light. He thought to himself that his wife's knife skills were really good; the lemon was cut so well that it could almost see through.

"Why did you suddenly think of bringing lemonade?" He Lixuan put a lemon slice in his mouth, then hissed from the sourness, his nose and eyes wrinkling up.

Seeing him like this, Shiyue felt extremely disgusted.

She reached out and nudged the man's shoulder: "Don't get in the way. If you're not going to sleep, go to the kitchen and light the stove. I'll get some water from the hut and boil it."

The water in the stream is clear and sweet, but it's still a bit far.

It takes at least ten minutes to walk from their house to the stream, and the journey there involves climbing uphill.

Since there was a tap in the cabin, Shiyue didn't want the man to run away again.

He Lixuan did not object; he stood up and went to the kitchen to start a fire.

At the same time, Shiyue began to collect water in the space using her mind.

Her husband was right; she did indeed have the idea of ​​delivering water to the soldiers after seeing Cui Yun's family praising the lemon mint water at noon.

After Shiyue and Liang Yueming arrived on the island, they started receiving their wages.

By this time, the two women had been incorporated into the military and became two proud military employees.

In fact, their current treatment is not much worse than that of their own men. They can earn more than fifty yuan a month with all kinds of wages and subsidies!

After all, Haijing Island is a remote area, and the regional allowance plus the high-temperature allowance is several yuan higher than their original wages.

Shiyue had never received a salary before, but Liang Yueming had.

Liang Yueming had worked at the department store for several years, and her final salary was only twenty-eight yuan, and that was in the provincial capital!

Despite receiving such high salaries, the two of them had only one job: to be responsible for the meals of the expert team members.

To put it simply, they were the cooks in the expert team's small kitchen.

This job is far too easy for the two sisters-in-law.

Even if they don't get paid, they still have to take care of their family's food and drink, right?

Although their work may get busier as other experts arrive on the island, at least for now they don't really have much to do.

During this time, Shiyue would often wander around the mountains when she had nothing to do, and she would often run into the engineers busy at work.

Although they have been on the island for a year, the basic construction on the island is almost complete.

But there are still many details that haven't been done.

For example, paving roads.

For example, digging a warehouse.

This island will be used to transport large equipment in the future.

Those devices need roads to go on and off the island, and not only do they need them, but the quality of the road surface also needs to be considered.

These all needed to be dug out by the soldiers, one pickaxe at a time, and transported out by cartload.

Before October, I encountered the young soldiers several times, mostly in the morning, when they had just set off to get to work.

They all looked energetic and full of spirit back then.

Just now, when she saw Cui Yun and the two children appear at the gate of the courtyard, Shi Yue suddenly thought of those young soldiers for some reason.

After being exposed to the sun at sea for two hours, Cui Yun and his men were almost suffering from heatstroke. What about the young soldiers who worked on the mountain for a whole morning or even a whole day, doing all kinds of hard labor?

Their health must be poor too, right?

Shiyue immediately decided that starting today, she would prepare some cooling items for the young soldiers.

I can't help with other things, but I can manage this.

Shiyue gave the collected water to He Lixuan to boil, and then sliced ​​all the lemons into thin slices.

Then she ran to the path behind her yard and picked a large handful of mint leaves.

The soil and water on this island are so suitable for plant growth that any kind of grass can grow in large patches.

Just like the patch of mint in front of her house, you could never finish picking it all.

No matter how many you pick, it will grow back after you sleep.

Rinse both buckets in the house clean and pour in the boiled water to let it cool.

Shiyue looked at the sliced ​​lemons and fell into a dilemma.

She wanted to add some sugar or honey, but both were expensive.

How do you explain that she released it?

After thinking for a moment, she simply sprinkled some salt on the lemon slices and marinated them with salt first.

This was something Ningning had told her before.

Ningning said that people sweat a lot in the summer, so remember to replenish salt regularly.

If it gets really hot, it's a good idea to carry some lightly salted water with you and drink it regularly.

If you can't add sugar, just add salt. Anyway, there's no limit on the purchase of salt here, and it's very cheap.