After reading the letter, Zhong Wanwan still felt that there was more to say.
After thinking for a moment, Zhong Wanwan sat down at her desk and began writing a reply to Qiu Zean.
It's a real pity. I heard that the military's correspondence is subject to review, so she had a lot of questions but couldn't ask them.
Zhong Wanwan picked out two unusual things that had happened recently at the farm and in various brigades, and wrote them down in detail for Qiu Zean.
Recently, Zhong Wanwan went to various brigades to repair tractors. Although it was tiring, she also heard a lot of gossip.
You know what, every team has at least a couple of oddballs.
Putting aside everything else, just in Willow Village, Zhong Wanwan listened to Aunt Qian complain all afternoon.
Isn't Aunt Qian in charge of the chicken farm in Willow Village?
With spring planting just around the corner, and spring planting being so tiring, many educated youth began to consider working at chicken farms.
Although chicken farms are a bit dirty, there's only so much work to be done, and it's much better than working in the fields.
Many educated youths had secretly tried to speak well of Aunt Qian, and some had even tried to give her small gifts, but Aunt Qian refused them all.
These educated youths were never good at manual labor, and besides, they didn't know how to raise chickens.
Most of them were rejected, and although they were unhappy, they could only accept their fate and stop trying.
There are always those with ulterior motives who secretly try to seduce Aunt Qian's children, hoping to get them to speak on their behalf.
Even more shameless ones said some dubious things to Captain Qian.
This almost made Aunt Qian furious. You're looking for Aunt Qian's child, after all, they're about the same age, neither of them is married, even if you have impure intentions, it's not a big deal.
But you're a young, unmarried woman, flirting with an old man, have you no shame?
Because of this, Aunt Qian gave Captain Qian a cold look. Captain Qian was also very aggrieved, as he hadn't done anything wrong and had suffered this undeserved misfortune.
Lately, Captain Qian has been avoiding young female educated youths.
When Zhong Wanwan went there, Captain Qian had Aunt Qian receive her to avoid suspicion.
The reason Zhong Wanwan knew so much detail was because Aunt Qian was afraid that Zhong Wanwan would overthink things, so she specially explained it to her.
This embarrassed Aunt Qian so much that she gave Captain Qian a thorough dressing-down, saying that he was careless when he should have been and careless when he shouldn't have been!
Zhong Wanwan didn't think anything of it. With spring planting in full swing, she understood that Captain Qian was too busy to come over.
Captain Qian told Aunt Qian this purely as a joke between the couple, but unexpectedly, Aunt Qian actually believed it.
Feeling embarrassed and afraid that Zhong Wanwan might overthink things, Aunt Qian specially packed extra eggs for Zhong Wanwan and her apprentices.
Because she was talking about some fresh gossip, Zhong Wanwan started talking non-stop and began writing furiously, oblivious to everyone else.
Little White Poplar deliberately peered out the window twice and saw how engrossed his sister was in writing, which made him even angrier.
He muttered to Zhong Songbai:
"Girls really do look out for each other. It's been half a day already, and we've reheated the food twice, but I still haven't finished writing to Battalion Commander Qiu!"
Zhong Songbai comforted the little poplar:
"Are you hungry? Let's eat first. My sister might not remember to eat for a while, and the food won't taste good if we reheat it!"
"I'll crack some eggs for my older sister and steam a sponge cake. I'll keep it warm in the pot; that way it'll keep."
As the two were talking, Zhong Wanwan came out of the house, smiling, and said:
"Steamed egg custard? Sure! The freshly brought eggs are perfect for steaming egg custard. Let's make a few more; all three of us will love them."
"Why haven't I seen Xia Ning today? Didn't she come?"
Zhong Songbai's steamed sponge cake is so tender and smooth that all three siblings love to eat it. As soon as Zhong Songbai mentions it, Zhong Wanwan craves it.
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