You can invite the soldiers to dinner, but they can use their own meal tickets to buy staple food from the canteen. Otherwise, a dozen young men could eat up most of An Hua's family of three's food rations for half a month.

This has nothing to do with being stingy, but the supply system forces people to do so. Unless it is a formal banquet, no one has the ability to invite so many people to dinner casually.

To some extent, it is also a relatively fair reflection of the social system of this era.

Xiao Zheng came back from the canteen after buying steamed buns, followed by Hansong, who was also holding his own rations in his hands.

"Sister-in-law, I'm here to eat the delicious food you made."

The soldiers of the engineering battalion were surprised that the director had a very special taste.

The main dish An Huatian made was boiled fish.

One day she saw a farmer selling fish at the gate of the staff compound, so she bought a small one. When she came back, she took out a big one from the space and mixed them together to make a large pot of boiled fish.

The boiled fish is poured with hot oil after being taken out of the pot, and it makes everyone drool as soon as it is served on the table.

The soldiers stared blankly at the basin of bright red, juicy fish.

It doesn't look like it's unpalatable.

Hansong swallowed hard, "It's a good idea, I just like Sichuan cuisine!"

An Hua greeted everyone with a smile, "Don't be polite, let's eat."

Dongdong can't eat spicy food, so An Hua poured him a bowl of boiled water and asked him to rinse it before eating.

People of this era eat simply and lack oil and water. Any flavorful dish can make the taste buds come alive. This fresh, spicy boiled fish has won everyone's praise.

Except...

An Hua glanced at Xiao Zheng and asked, "Are you not used to it?"

Xiao Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, sniffed with a grin, and nodded, "I'm used to it!"

You can tell he's lying at first glance.

Xiao Zheng is not a picky eater, except that he cannot eat spicy food.

Without saying anything, An Hua poured him another bowl of boiled water and said, "Rinse it before you eat."

Xiao Zheng, with a swollen mouth, was very moved, "Wife, you are so nice and considerate."

An Hua quickly nudged him and said, "Eat."

There are so many people here, why are you stirring up trouble?

Xiao Zheng suddenly laughed, with the corners of his mouth stretched to the back of his ears.

After all these days, this was the first time he saw his wife being shy.

Hasn't she always been bold?

Others glanced at Xiao Zheng in horror.

After all these years of military service, this was the first time they saw Deputy Commander Xiao smile so coquettishly.

Isn't he always serious?

“Ahem.”

Xiao Zheng frowned and coughed twice.

The others all buried their heads in their meals.

The spicy and delicious boiled fish made them hallucinate!

How could the living King of Hell smile so worthlessly!

After dinner, Hansong helped with the work for a while before going to work with Xiao Zheng.

"Director."

On the road, a timid voice suddenly sounded.

Hansong looked around and saw a grown-up girl coming out of Political Commissar Yu's house.

Ge...what's that?