This was the first lesson Chu Yue taught Ye Zhaodi: imitation is the best way to learn.
Ye Zhaodi listened carefully and was smart. She quickly understood what Chu Yue meant. She patted her chest and promised, "Sister Yue, don't worry! I will definitely take good care of the store and learn well in the supply and marketing cooperative. I am thick-skinned. If they try to coax me to leave, I will definitely learn it!"
"Don't worry, take your time. We have time."
The matter was settled. Chu Yue arranged everything inside and outside. As the saying goes, don't employ a person you doubt, and trust a person you employ. She was very confident in handing over everything to Ye Zhaodi.
When she finally left, Chu Yue did not forget to say to Ye Zhaodi, "Happy Lantern Festival. There is nothing to do in the store. Go home early to accompany your brother."
Ye Zhaodi was still holding the candied haws that Chu Yue had given her. When she heard these words, her eyes turned red again and she nodded heavily.
She even wanted to risk her life to be good to Chu Yue.
…
Chu Yue brought Lu Yuanbao back to the military compound. As soon as they arrived at the gate, Wang Xiulan suddenly jumped out, smiling brightly and intimately, and greeted Chu Yue immediately when she saw her.
"Ms. Chu, you're back? Why didn't you buy anything today? You must be so tired riding a bicycle up and down the mountain with a child. It's better to take the bus. Let me know when you want to go down the mountain next time. I'll save a seat for you on the bus. It's very convenient."
There were several sisters-in-law who had just gotten off the bus and were on their way home. When they heard what Wang Xiulan said, their jaws almost dropped to the ground.
Is Wang Xiulan, who is so considerate, wise, united, and caring, still the same Wang Xiulan who is harsh with words and loves to take advantage of others?
The smarter sisters-in-law have already figured out why Wang Xiulan suddenly wanted to curry favor with Chu Yue, but some sisters-in-law who couldn't get around it are full of doubts.
Chen Fengying was the sister-in-law who didn't beat around the bush. When she saw Wang Xiulan approaching Chu Yue for no reason, she always felt that Wang Xiulan had bad intentions, so she immediately walked over and pushed Wang Xiulan away with her butt.
Chen Fengying said loudly, "Our sister Chu has a bicycle, she can go down the mountain whenever she wants, why should you worry? Even if she wants to take the bus, she will go with me. Wang Xiulan, you are close to Comrade He and have taken advantage of him a lot, why do you want to change your destination all of a sudden?"
When Wang Xiulan heard Chen Fengying mention He Meijiao, she immediately became anxious.
Wang Xiulan was afraid that Chu Yue would misunderstand, so she immediately refuted and explained, "Chen Fengying, don't talk nonsense without knowing anything. Comrade He and I are colleagues. There is no such thing as closeness. I am the one who knows you best, so why don't you say that I am close to you."
"Tsk, I don't have anything good to give you, so why are you happy to be close to me?" Chen Fengying's words exposed Wang Xiulan's shortcoming of taking advantage of others.
She pulled Chu Yue and said, "Chu sister, come on, come on, your family's things are not easy to come by, the most important thing is that your family eats and drinks well, listen to me, be careful of Wang Xiulan."
"Chen Fengying—you—"
Wang Xiulan was so angry. She had been trying hard to improve her image in front of Chu Yue recently, but she never expected that she would run into such a thorn in the side of Chen Fengying. Now everything was ruined at once.
Chu Yue's mind was as clear as a mirror. She knew about Wang Xiulan's recent strange behavior and also knew the reasons why she did so.
But Chu Yue also did not forget that Wang Xiulan had been close to He Meijiao before and had deliberately embarrassed her.
She is not a kind person and she also holds grudges.
As long as Wang Xiulan doesn't make things clear, Chu Yue will pretend she knows nothing and just watch Wang Xiulan act alone.
She wanted to let them all know that she, Chu Yue, was not someone who could be easily bullied.
So when Chen Fengying took her away, Chu Yue pushed her bicycle and followed Chen Fengying and returned to the yard of her home.
As soon as you enter the door.
Lu Yuanbao immediately went to check the chicken coop. They had been out all day and the eggs laid by the wild pheasants in the chicken coop had not been picked up yet. Lu Yuanbao was afraid that the eggs had been stolen, so he was reaching into the chicken coop.
Chen Fengying pulled Chu Yue aside and whispered, "Sister Chu, why didn't I see you at the supply and marketing cooperative today? Today is the Lantern Festival, aren't you going to buy anything? Do you have glutinous rice flour at home? If not, I'll give you some."
"Thank you, Sister Chen. I bought glutinous rice flour before the New Year, so we have enough at home." Chu Yue said.
Chen Fengying nodded in relief after hearing this, "It's good that you don't need it. Remember to use glutinous rice flour to make dumplings. Festivals should still be celebrated with decorum. During the Lantern Festival last year, the troops held an event and invited us all to join. We all made dumplings together in the kitchen, and it was so lively."
Chu Yue asked curiously, "Do you hold activities every time there is a festival?"
"Under normal circumstances, we will. After all, the soldiers are alone in the barracks, how lonely it is, so we still need to have some fun. But when it comes to special circumstances, like firing cannons, we won't celebrate it."
Chen Fengying is an old military wife. She has been with the army for a long time and has seen a lot.
What she meant by "firing the cannon" was the issue of war tensions.
Although the entire country is safe now, both the northeastern border and the southwestern border have actually never been peaceful, and there is often harassment from countries outside the border.
We recruited new soldiers before the New Year for the same reason.
Chu Yue roughly understood the situation, and then she thought about what Lu Zhanlin said yesterday that he "would come back as early as possible", and this was probably the reason.
Seeing that Chu Yue didn't say anything and seemed to be thinking about something, Chen Fengying lowered her voice and asked softly, "Sister Chu, are you thinking about Captain Lu and wanting to celebrate the holiday together as a family? Oh! Newlyweds are different. My guy, I wish he would stay in the barracks forever, and it would be best if he didn't come back. Every night when I go to bed, I see his stinky feet, which really stinks me to death——"
Chu Yue couldn't help laughing because of Chen Fengying's words, with a slight blush on her fair neck.
Chen Fengying was right. She just realized that it was Lu Zhanlin.
Fortunately, Chen Fengying is a very open-minded person and did not notice the little details about Chu Yue, otherwise the news of the newlyweds' "love affair" would probably spread throughout the entire compound.
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During the Chinese New Year, Chu Yue made sesame and white sugar dumplings, and Lu Yuanbao followed suit to make the dumplings. He had already learned how to roll them into balls one by one, and this time he made the meat dumplings even better.
Chu Yue not only added scallion and ginger water to the fresh meat filling, but also added a little bit of sesame oil, which made the meat filling look shiny and sparkling, and also brought out the fragrance of the meat filling.
While making the dumplings, Lu Yuanbao secretly swallowed his saliva several times and licked his lips from time to time.
Chu Yue suggested that Lu Yuanbao eat a few first to try the flavor, and then wait for Lu Zhanlin to come back and eat the rest together.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuanbao shook his head in a serious manner, "Let's wait for Dad to come home and eat together as a family."
"Okay, let's eat together as a family."
But I didn't expect that I would wait until late at night...
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