Jiang Yue couldn't help but laugh when she saw Zhang Yu's speed in the 100-meter sprint.

She glanced at the clock on the living room wall; it was already five o'clock. Dinner was already cooking, so she decided to start with hot pot.

Jiang Yue put the cured meat, white radish, and other ingredients in first, and then added the pork and beef she bought later when it was almost cooked.

Unlike the aroma of the hot pot earlier, the smell of cured pork, white radish, and other vegetables soon wafted out. Jiang Yue also bought dried tofu, bean curd sticks, tripe, and meatballs. She decided to add a few eggs as well, since she had cooked more than a dozen eggs with the cured pork earlier.

Jiang Yue also found some dried wood ear mushrooms and other things in the corner, which had been soaking in hot water earlier. Now she added them in.

The large iron pot was immediately filled with food.

The other women who had been watching had already gone home. Now only Tang Zhaodi, Lin Ling, Yang Hong, and Zhou Qiao remained.

Yang Hong is the wife of Deputy Company Commander Yang, and Zhou Qiao is the wife of Deputy Company Commander Zhou. They are both under Lu Yu's command.

Seeing that Jiang Yue had cooked such a big pot, Tang Zhaodi and Lin Ling felt a little sorry for her.

"Comrade Jiang, these are far too valuable."

"It's not expensive, I just want you to have a good time."

Tang Zhaodi and Lin Ling looked at this and left the room. A little while later, one of them came in carrying some things.

"Comrade Jiang, this..."

When Jiang Yue saw what they were offering, she quickly refused, but Tang Zhaodi and Lin Ling insisted that she accept it.

Unable to refuse their kind offer, Jiang Yue smiled and accepted the gifts. She decided that once the gifts solidified, she would give four pieces to each of her sisters-in-law.

Zhang Yu's throat was burning and incredibly painful. She had just gone back and drunk two large ladles of cold water, but it hadn't helped.

My face and body are starting to itch and hurt a little.

"He Li, Wei Wei, Zhang Wang..."

Lu Yu called eight people over.

He came home early on purpose, knowing his wife couldn't cook, so he asked these people to help him cook.

My wife bought so much stuff today, enough for these people to have a big meal. They want a big meal, so of course they have to put in the work; we can't let my wife get tired.

In the afternoon, He Li, Wei Wei, and the others heard Lu Yu say that he was going to treat everyone to dinner. They were all extremely surprised.

"Battalion Commander Lu, I heard your wife bought a lot of groceries today. We're in for a treat!"

"My sister-in-law is so generous."

As the group chatted and laughed, they smelled the aroma of hot pot when they arrived at the entrance of the residential compound.

"Who's cooking something over there? It smells so good!"

"This smells amazing!"

"This aroma is so delicious, it makes me want to eat more rice."

Lu Yu smelled the aroma; it seemed to be the smell of Sichuan hot pot.

In the family compound, someone actually knows how to do this?

"Sister-in-law, whose family is cooking this? It smells so good!" Zhang Wang asked the woman by the roadside with a grin.

"It's Battalion Commander Lu's wife making food. The aroma has filled the family compound all afternoon."

All eyes turned to Lu Yu.

What?

Did they hear me right?

Is Jiang Yue cooking? Didn't they say Jiang Yue is from a big city and never lifts a finger? How could she make something that smells so good?

Remembering what his wife had said earlier that day, Lu Yu quickened his pace.

The closer I got to home, the stronger the aroma became.

There were many people talking inside the room, and several children were making a lot of noise.

"Battalion Commander Lu is back."

Upon entering the house, Lu Yu paused for a moment when he saw his sisters-in-law. He nodded to them and quickly walked towards the kitchen.