Volume 1 Chapter 165 Wedding Candy

Sheng Wanyan was packing up her things at home, and as soon as everyone left, she locked the yard door and the front door.

She didn't plan to use new cotton for the sofa cushions, after all, it would soon become less soft.

She planned to use the sofa cushions she had bought earlier in the space by taking out the core and putting them in.

She actually prefers the sponge pads of later generations, which are the standard for matching wooden furniture.

But there is no such thing in this era, so we can only find cotton pads.

Luckily she bought enough, otherwise she would have to make it herself.

In fact, cotton pads are not entirely made of cotton. There are also some other fillings, such as some rags and wool, which can be used to make pads.

But she already had it ready, so there was no need to go through so much trouble. She didn't want to find something for herself to do.

There is a convenient and foolproof method, why not use it?

But she has nothing to do at home, so she can make cushions for two lounge chairs.

Sheng Wanyan prepared the cushions and made space for them on the sofa frame. The whole house was in a log style.

Sheng Wanyan put the shoes on the shoe rack and put some sugar and eggs in the cupboard.

Gu Tingxiao also found time to make two storage racks in the kitchen. Sheng Wanyan placed one on the stove for daily cooking.

One was put in the cupboard for storage. It was already past four in the afternoon when Sheng Wanyan finished packing up.

I also have to water the vegetable garden in the backyard. Although the seeds have just been planted, it still needs careful maintenance.

She hasn't been to the private plot yet, so she'll go take a look at it in the evening.

It looked like there wasn't much to clean up, but it took her a lot of time to do it, as there was always some work that couldn't be seen.

Sheng Wanyan rested for a while and prepared for today's dinner. After dinner, she and Gu Tingxiao would go to distribute wedding candies to the neighbors.

It is easy to solve the problem of eating for two people. She will not kill the two fish at home for now. She will kill one for the dinner tomorrow and keep the other one for a few days.

We have to eat the meat first in this weather, otherwise it will go bad in a few days.

The staple food tonight is white flour steamed buns. After eating rice for a few days, we can’t be any more extravagant.

But she really doesn't like to eat whole grains except for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If she eats whole grains, she will feel greedy at night and want to have a midnight snack.

White flour steamed buns go well with stir-fried pork and green peppers, and what she made was the kind of roujiamo that is popular in Northeast China in later generations, adding fillings to the white flour steamed buns.

She made a total of three white flour buns, all of which were relatively large. She was full after eating one, and the remaining two were for Gu Tingxiao.

When Gu Tingxiao came back from get off work, she had just prepared dinner. When Gu Tingxiao came back, he saw the sofa cushion and walked over to sit down.

It was the first time he had seen a sofa cushion so soft to sit on.

I have to say that my wife's brain is full of ideas and she has a lot of strange thoughts.

It works!

Sheng Wanyan brought out dinner and saw him sitting on the sofa, she looked at him with amusement.

"How is it? Are you comfortable?"

Gu Tingxiao looked at her and nodded. He had never sat on such a soft sofa before.

"Wife, you are really good at cooking."

"Don't be so rude, go wash your hands and eat."

"good."

Gu Tingxiao reluctantly got up from the sofa and looked at the single sofa next to him with envy.

The sofa is so comfortable to sit on, wouldn’t it be even more comfortable to lie on?

Their kang is very hard to sleep on. If there was a soft mattress like this, my wife would be able to sleep more soundly.

He didn't know if there were enough cotton coupons at home. He would go and exchange some and ask his wife to make a mattress.

If Sheng Wanyan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely sigh that Gu Tingxiao was a good candidate for doing business.

Not everyone has this ability to adapt.

After dinner, Sheng Wanyan went to the cabinet in the room and took out five bags of candy that she had bought in the city yesterday.

She put it in a hand-held basket, and Gu Tingxiao took it, and she followed Gu Tingxiao out to distribute the wedding candies.

"Wife, this is our private land."

On the way to the tube-shaped building, they would pass by the private plot, and Gu Tingxiao took her to have a look.

Their private plots were in the middle, with Political Commissar Xie’s family on the left and Battalion Commander Wang’s family on the right.

Gu Tingxiao had already turned the soil and was just waiting for her to have time to sow the seeds.

Political Commissar Xie’s family grows cabbage, and Battalion Commander Wang’s family grows radishes, both of which are vegetables suitable for storage in winter.

Here in winter, the snow is thick enough to cover a person's waist. If you don't stock up on vegetables, it will be difficult to go out in winter.

When the time comes, no one will help you and you will have to starve and wait to die.

Those who live in tube-shaped buildings have the worst winter. They don’t have kangs or cellars at home, so they can’t store much food even if they want to.

Sheng Wanyan suddenly remembered that her brother and sister-in-law lived in a tube-shaped building.

Sheng Wanyan: “…”

Won’t you starve to death or freeze to death this winter?

What Sheng Wanyan didn't know was that Sheng Wanze and Pan Yue had experienced this last year and were planning to apply for a new house.

Now that Pan Yue is pregnant, Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng plan to come to the military region, and living in a tube-shaped building is not an option.

It would be the end if the two old people couldn’t survive the winter.

Sheng Wanze planned to apply to move to a smaller courtyard as soon as he came back so that he could heat the kang and not have to worry about the cold in winter.

Don’t worry too much about whether you can apply for it.

After all, Pan Yue's father's position is there, and the small courtyard is not worth fighting for in this era when everyone wants to live in a tube-shaped building.

On the contrary, Sheng Wanze applied to move to a small courtyard, and there was an extra empty house in the tube-shaped building, which the army was very happy about.

Housing is already in short supply in tube-shaped buildings nowadays, so who wouldn’t want a vacant two-bedroom apartment?

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Sheng Wanyan and Gu Tingxiao started distributing wedding candies from the top floor of the tube building, knocking on doors one by one.

When everyone opened the door and saw Gu Tingxiao with an expressionless face, the subordinates immediately stood at attention.

When Sheng Wanyan saw Gu Tingxiao's expressionless face, she knew that this man would never be able to utter a word.

"Hello, Captain! Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Um."

Gu Tingxiao responded, and then there was no further news. Sheng Wanyan took a deep breath, and realized that she still had to rely on him.

If Gu Tingxiao were to send the wedding candy, I'm afraid both sides would have to stand at attention here all night.

"Hello, I am Gu Tingxiao's wife."

When Gu Tingxiao heard Sheng Wanyan's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, but in front of his subordinates, he could only forcefully suppress the corners of his mouth.

His daughter-in-law, Gu Tingxiao's daughter-in-law.

"We're new here, so this is some wedding candy for you. I hope you don't mind."

"Thank you, sister-in-law! I wish you a happy wedding and a baby soon!"

When Gu Tingxiao heard his subordinate's tactful words, his cold face softened a little.

"Thank you for your kind words, and for sweetening the mouths of the children at home."

Sheng Wanyan gave out 10 candies and put them in the hands of the other man’s wife.

Every household received ten candies, no more, no less.

"Goodbye, Captain! Goodbye, sister-in-law!"

The voice was so loud that the soldier's voice could be heard throughout the entire building.

Sheng Wanyan smiled and nodded. This soldier was too enthusiastic. His voice was so loud that it almost deafened her ears.