Shiyue thought the warriors on the island were incredibly strong!

But clearly some people don't think that way.

One day, she overheard Wu He and Qi Feng chatting on the path in front of the door. The two of them were lamenting in unison that the current construction speed was too slow.

They said they would allocate some of the off-duty personnel from the Sixth Iron Battalion to participate in infrastructure construction.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to complete the project of digging two more large caves in a year.

These words deeply moved Shiyue.

This made her start to dream about it too.

I just feel that Whale Island will definitely get better and better in the future, maybe even better than those big cities!

This idea kept Shiyue highly motivated for quite some time afterward!

With experts arriving on the island, Shiyue and Liang Yueming's work is about to officially begin.

Previously, they were only responsible for cooking for their own families, which sometimes made them completely forget that they also had a formal identity—cooks in the expert canteen.

Before arriving on the island, Huo Bai had already given his two sisters-in-law a heads-up, telling them that cooking for the experts was different from cooking for other people.

For example, cooking for the soldiers would definitely have time constraints.

Meals are served on time, but if it's past that time, even if you want to eat, no one will cook for you.

The experts are different.

The nature of experts' work dictates that their meal times will be irregular.

When I'm not busy, I eat normally; when I'm busy, I eat whenever I remember.

Shiyue and Liang Yueming's job was to ensure that these people, who carried the nation's hopes, had no problems with their diet.

It must be clean and hygienic, as well as nutritious and delicious, to keep the experts' appetites up.

Of course, the most important point is that the experts should be able to eat whenever they are hungry.

You can't work on an empty stomach.

Huo Bai told the two of them to take turns making sure there was always hot food on the stove, no matter the time or the hour.

No matter what time the experts request extra meals, we must ensure they get to eat in the shortest possible time.

So, when they heard that the cafeteria was going to officially open for business, Shiyue and Liang Yueming were both a little nervous.

After discussing it with Liang Yueming, Shiyue took the initiative to suggest that the kitchen in the canteen be moved to the courtyard where she lived.

Her reasoning was that Jiajia was still young, and children need to be kept quiet while sleeping; it wasn't appropriate for her to make a fuss in their yard.

And it's even less suitable for the in-laws.

She was different. She and He Lixuan were both young, so it didn't matter if she made a couple more trips to the kitchen at night.

Liang Yueming was very grateful for this.

In reality, Shiyue made this choice for her own convenience.

She has space; if necessary, she can make more in her spare time and store it in her space.

This way, even if the experts need to eat in the middle of the night, she can ensure that hot meals are delivered to them as quickly as possible.

Knowing that they had decided to place the kitchen of the expert canteen at Shiyue's house, Wu He immediately sent two young soldiers to help them renovate the house.

Wu He had a row of bamboo fences built outside Shi Yue's house, effectively enclosing a courtyard for them.

Moreover, the courtyard was exceptionally large, enclosing her house and the uninhabited house in front of it.

Originally, Shiyue's house was the last one in this row of houses, which effectively blocked the road in front of their yard, turning their yard into the end of the road.

In addition to making Shiyue's house and the house in front of it a single entity, Wu He also adjusted the layout of both houses.

The main thing that was changed on Shiyue's side was the kitchen.

The two young soldiers demolished the single stove that Shiyue's family had and built a large double stove, so that one could steam buns and the other could stir-fry vegetables.

In addition, they also built a row of stoves along one side of the wall. These stoves were all separate and not connected in the middle.

All of them can be used independently.

This way, if you need to make soup or boil water, you can quickly light it and use it.

Before building these stoves, the young soldier thoughtfully had Shiyue stand over them to test them, and then made adjustments according to her height.

When the stove is not in use, you can simply cover it with a wooden board and use it as a stove.

Chopping vegetables and kneading dough on it is no problem at all.

The main activity on Shiyue's side was in the kitchen, while the other house was being disturbed quite a bit.

Wu He had the small rooms in that house demolished, and the two bedrooms and the living room were combined into one large room, where several rows of long tables were placed.

This makes it more like a canteen and more convenient for people to eat.

To be honest, Shiyue and Liang Yueming were a little worried at first when they saw Wu He and his group making such a big fuss.

They were a little confused about how many experts were actually needed!

And are those people picky eaters?

After all, there were only two of them.

Although Wu He had promised that if they were too busy, he would send a junior soldier to help.

But having learned how hard they worked every day, neither of the sisters-in-law had the nerve to suggest that the soldiers come and help with the work.

So, for the first few days, the two of them were on edge and extremely nervous.

Everyone was afraid that being too busy would affect everyone's meals.

After a few days, the two of them realized they had been overthinking things!

That's just unnecessary worry.

By this time, more than thirty experts and their assistants had arrived on the island, and with the three members of the He family and Professor Liang, there were nearly forty people in total.

But these forty people have never been able to eat together even once.

Let alone forty people together, we rarely even have ten people come to eat together.

These people are really busy.

I'm so busy I don't even have time to eat.

Shiyue didn't know what time others went home at night, but ever since they were officially assigned to groups and He Lixuan became an assistant to one of the professors surnamed Hua, Shiyue had hardly seen her husband before dawn.

She gets up early in the morning, often going to the kitchen before dawn to prepare breakfast for forty people.

By the time she finished her work, He Lixuan had already left.

At night, she would often be asleep before that person came back from his work.

In just half a month, Shiyue noticed that her husband's cheekbone had sunken in, and all the flesh he had painstakingly gained seemed to have disappeared overnight.

He Lixuan wasn't the only one in the same situation; the other two brothers were in similar circumstances.

The two elderly people, in particular, have disappeared without a trace since Shiyue.

On several occasions, it was the eldest brother, He Liping, who came over to get the meals and deliver them to the elderly.

They don't even have time to come over for a meal.

Now even Jiajia has sensed how busy the adults are, and no longer wants to go out to play as soon as she opens her eyes.

She became very well-behaved.

Every day when my parents are busy, I stay in the main house to practice calligraphy and do my homework, while also keeping my grandmother company, in case she gets into trouble if no one is looking after her.