Shiyue felt that this wouldn't work.
It is my responsibility to ensure that the children of these countries are well-fed, well-cared for, and well-received since I came to this island.
Now that she's watching them get thinner, Shiyue feels that she hasn't done her job properly.
She and Liang Yueming discussed it and decided to deliver meals to the experts every day from now on.
Since you don't have time to eat, we'll deliver it to you.
The half hour saved might allow them to eat a few more bites of rice.
So, the two sisters-in-law spent an afternoon creating a menu that included all of their signature dishes.
It ensures that the food is not only nutritionally adequate, but also appetizing.
Holding the written menu, they went together to the Sixth Iron Battalion to find Battalion Commander Wu He.
Wu He was pleased to hear their suggestion.
After seeing the menu, they were full of praise, saying that the dishes were well-matched.
Both of them smiled with their lips pursed, refusing to respond to his comment.
How could they not be a good match?
They even consulted Mei Ying about the menu, asking her about the daily nutritional requirements.
In short, the two of them had absolute confidence in this menu!
Shi Yue said to Wu He, "Battalion Commander Wu, take this list to the experts and see if they have any other requirements. If there's anything they particularly want to eat, they can mention it, and we're willing to learn it."
If there are no other comments, then leave a copy of the menu for them in the office.
Our requirements here are very simple: if you want to order food, you have to say so at least two hours in advance, and then order the next meal while we're delivering the previous one, so that it's convenient for us to work.
However, extra meals are not included here. Extra meals will still be provided as before; just let us know when you need them, and we'll ensure they're available immediately.
Wu He nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and immediately sent a soldier to deliver the menu to the expert group.
After delivering the menu, the two went home and began to wait.
They didn't have to wait long; almost as soon as they got home, the young soldiers brought over the experts' reply.
The expert team didn't keep their menu at all; instead, they had a young soldier deliver a message.
They said there was no need to make it so complicated; just sending some steamed buns and cornbread over every day would be enough.
They have no requirements for food, they just hope it can keep for a long time and keep them full.
In addition, he specifically noted that we should not send any soupy or complicated dishes, as they would take too much time and might make the office dirty.
After hearing the message brought back by the young soldier, the two sisters-in-law were speechless for a long time.
I felt even more respect for these older intellectuals.
They truly dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to the cause of their country, even neglecting their own health.
They could ignore it, but Shiyue and her companion could not.
She said directly to the young soldier, "Could you please pass on a message to the expert group for me, saying that since they have no other opinions, we can decide what to send every day from now on?"
The young soldier agreed and then made another trip.
Watching the young soldier walk away, Liang Yueming tugged at Shiyue with some concern and said, "Was what you just said appropriate? Wasn't it a bit impolite?"
Shiyue rubbed her forehead and asked, "Sister-in-law, when my brother is busy, if you speak to him softly, will he listen?"
Liang Yueming thought for a moment and said, "That won't do. If I talk while he's reading, he'll be annoyed to death."
"Isn't it all the same?"
Shiyue said, "The experts are busy right now, and they won't listen to our advice. Instead of talking to them so much, it's better to just give them the answer directly, and that will save them the trouble."
Don't worry, no one will be angry.
Liang Yueming thought about it for a moment and realized that it was indeed true.
Thinking back to when her family was busy, she would often have to ask many times what they wanted for lunch, and the most common answer she would get was just "Anything."
So she stopped worrying about the issue.
Although they were told that they would have full authority to make decisions from now on, the two of them still took the experts' advice to heart.
At the very least, soup or liquid food should not be delivered.
"We won't make soup noodles anymore; we'll switch to stir-fried noodles or steamed noodles. It's actually not complicated."
"Hmm, dumplings are fine for now, let's make more steamed buns from now on. Steamed buns are ready to eat right away, and they don't keep out of the air. In this hot weather, they're fine even if they cool down."
"Although we can't make soupy dishes, I think we can still send lemonade. We can pack it in a ceramic jar and take it over, then let them pour it for themselves."
"Fruit is fine too. If they find it too much trouble, we can peel it, cut it into small pieces, put it in a bowl, and send it to them."
Even if they find it troublesome, they'll still share the food when we go to collect the dishes next time. Mei Ying said we should keep an eye on the experts who recommend eating more fruit. They said that moderate sugar intake is very beneficial to their health.
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In addition to preparing various meals, Shiyue also prepared snacks for these veteran experts.
She remembered the beef jerky and grilled fish slices that she had seen in the group chat before, which were very popular.
These are all meats, which will definitely be helpful for supplementing nutrition.
The key is that they are easy to eat; you can just take out a piece and put it in your mouth whenever you're hungry, without wasting any time.
Beef jerky can't be made here, there's no raw material.
But if the fish fillets also contain dried shrimp, then there's no problem.
Shiyue had bought shrimp before when she was in Tie Liuying, but she had seen how the fishermen prepared the shrimp, which they simply laid out on the ground to dry. Shiyue thought it was unclean.
So she asked Wu He to find a young soldier in the army who knew how to do bamboo weaving.
This was not a difficult task for the soldiers, who came from rural areas, and they quickly found the person.
Shiyue had the soldier weave several very large bamboo trays for them, each big enough for Niu Niu to roll around in.
Then I started working with all the little ones in my family.
She asked Wu He to make fish slices and dried shrimp, and Wu He agreed.
No one knows what method he used, but the next day the cooking squad delivered two full buckets of live shrimp to them, weighing several dozen kilograms.
Liang Yueming was left to prepare lunch for the experts, while Shiyue led the children to clean and devein the shrimp, and lit up all the small stoves to cook the shrimp in the pot.
After cooking, spread them out on bamboo trays and let them dry in the sun.
The sun on Whale Island is incredibly strong; this batch of dried shrimp was ready in just two days.
On the day the dried shrimp was made, they delivered it to the expert team along with their lunch, and it received unanimous praise from everyone.
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