"So many!" Lu Fangfang was startled.
This basket is almost half full of quail eggs; it doesn't look like something someone would just grab casually.
"Sister-in-law Shuhua, this is too much. I only need a few. You don't need so many."
"Comrade Lu, don't be shy. Since Lao Gao brought it, please accept it."
Chen Shuhua forcefully pushed the basket in her hand into hers.
"this……"
Lu Fangfang felt a little embarrassed; a small basket of quail eggs was quite a generous gift.
But she really needs this.
After hesitating for a moment, she decided to accept it anyway, thinking she could always return the favor later when she had raised her own quails.
Carefully pick out the quail eggs from the basket.
After thinking for a moment, she picked up a plate of small fish that she had fried the night before and put it in the basket.
"Sister-in-law Shuhua, I fried some small fish last night. Take them back for the regimental commander to try."
Chen Shuhua sniffed and said in surprise, "So the smell in the family compound last night was from you frying fish, Xiao Lu."
"I think... I guess so."
Lu Fangfang felt somewhat helpless.
When she fries a fish, the aroma can be smelled by half the residents of the compound; to be honest, it's quite eye-catching.
"Okay, thank you, Comrade Xiao Lu. I'll bring you the plates later."
Chen Shuhua looked at the golden fish and didn't stand on ceremony.
Carrying the basket, she turned and left.
Lu Fangfang saw Sister-in-law Shuhua off at the door, and then went to Commissar Xiao's house.
Wang Shufen was making breakfast inside the house.
Lu Fangfang told her about the quail eggs and then invited her to her home.
"Sister Shufen, do you know how to select quail eggs?"
"It should be similar to an egg, I'll give it a try."
Wang Shufen had never done this before, but based on her experience in picking eggs, she took a flashlight and started picking them out.
"Hey? I see it, girl. Look, if there are little black dots inside, that's a hatching egg. If there's nothing there, it's not a hatching egg."
Lu Fangfang moved closer and observed carefully.
After looking at a few more, she understood a bit. "Sister Shufen, let me pick some to try."
Wang Shufen gave the flashlight to Lu Fangfang and became her teacher.
"These wobbly eggs have been left out for too long and won't hatch; you have to pick them out."
"And this kind won't do either."
...
Actually, picking hatching eggs is quite simple; as long as you have good eyesight, you can learn it in no time.
Wang Shufen taught diligently, and Lu Fangfang learned attentively. They quickly understood, and she personally selected the next few quail eggs.
Half a basket of quail eggs, and finally more than twenty hatching eggs were selected.
Lu Fangfang found a basin, carried it to Political Commissar Xiao's house, and said that these quail eggs needed to be incubated as soon as possible.
...
On the kang (heated brick bed) in Political Commissar Xiao's house, Tie Dan hadn't gotten up yet. When he saw Lu Fangfang arrive, he quickly covered his head with the quilt.
Lu Fangfang was overjoyed to see this.
This little brat wears open-crotch pants every day, showing off his little bird, but now he knows how to be shy.
Ignoring her son, Wang Shufen lifted the old quilt on the kang (a heated brick bed), picked up the quail eggs, and carefully placed them next to the chicken eggs.
"Girl, how long do quail eggs take to hatch?"
Lu Fangfang scratched her head and hesitated, "It should be a few days less than eggs, right?"
"Chicken eggs take twenty days to hatch, while quail eggs should hatch in fifteen or sixteen days. I need to remember that."
Wang Shufen found a pencil and wrote down the date on the old newspaper pasted on the wall.
Quail eggs are number 16, chicken eggs are number 20, and duck and goose eggs won't hatch until early next month.
Wang Shufen glanced at it again and memorized the date.
"Hey girl, let's borrow a cart later and go to the regiment to dig horse manure. Bring your shovel, don't forget."
"become."
Lu Fangfang responded and turned to go home to cook.
...
The family compound, the regimental commander's home.
Gao Dajiang was sitting at the table, drinking rice porridge, when he saw his wife return. He asked, "Did you send the quail eggs?"
"Okay, Xiao Lu will accept it."
Chen Shuhua found a clean plate, then took out the small fish from the basket and poured them in.
"What's this?"
Gao Dajiang looked somewhat surprised.
"The small fish that Comrade Xiao Lu fried, didn't you ask where the aroma came from last night? This is it."
Gao Dajiang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
This Comrade Lu eats beef and fish every day; he's actually eating better than the regimental commander.
Holding his chopsticks, he picked up a piece and tasted it. "It's crispy and crunchy, fragrant, really fragrant. Shuhua, you should try some too."
Gao Dajiang picked up a small fish and brought it to his lover's mouth.
Chen Shuhua opened her mouth and took a bite, then nodded, "It's really good, even the fish bones are soft. Xiao Lu's cooking skills are quite good."
Gao Dajiang looked at the fish on the plate, examined it closely, and said uncertainly, "These small fish were caught in the stream next to the residential compound, weren't they?"
"This stuff is delicious! I have to ask the logistics department to catch some and fry it for the soldiers in the regiment to try."
Chen Shuhua rolled her eyes at her lover and quickly stopped him, saying, "You've got to do this. Frying fish once will use up half a month's worth of oil rations for the soldiers. It's not worth it."
Forehead……
Gao Dajiang scratched his head, picked up the small fish and looked at it, noticing that it was glistening with oil.
No wonder it smells so good; with so much oil, even stir-fries smell delicious.
Gao Dajiang shook his head, giving up as a sign that he couldn't afford to mess with the oil in the troupe.
"This Comrade Lu is a glutton; he's willing to waste so much oil."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Little Lu used a set of beef bones to boil five pounds of beef tallow. He's not afraid of wasting oil."
Chen Shuhua rolled her eyes at her lover again, "Hey, how was your trip to the division commander? Was everything alright?"
Gao Dajiang shook his head and said helplessly, "It's purely because of Xiao Ting. The division commander spoils her too much, so much so that she dares to say anything. She even looks down on the farmers and sympathizes with the capitalists. Who does she think she is? That's why someone wrote a letter to the military region complaining about her."
"The division commander is preparing to marry her off as soon as possible, so that he won't have to see her and be bothered by her."
As he spoke, Gao Dajiang thought of Zhuang Mingcheng again, "Actually, Xiao Ting and Xiao Zhuang are quite a good match. If Xiao Zhuang becomes the division commander's son-in-law, he can go even further in the future."
"Smack."
Chen Shuhua slapped his arm.
"Comrade Gao Dajiang, how can you say such things while eating the fish that Xiao Lu brought you? Do you have no conscience at all?"
Gao Dajiang immediately slapped his mouth, "Look at my mouth, I was wrong, I was wrong."
"Huh?"
Gao Dajiang suddenly realized what was happening.
Yesterday, the division commander asked him about the character of the second battalion commander, Xu Jinbu. He was puzzled at the time and thought it was to promote an officer. Could it be that he wanted to choose a son-in-law?
"What's wrong?"
"fine."
Gao Dajiang didn't care anymore; it wasn't really his business anyway. "Shuhua, when are you leaving?"
"In the afternoon, as you know, our cultural troupe is very busy..."
As Chen Shuhua was speaking, Gao Dajiang suddenly pulled her away.
"Old Gao, wait, I still need to deliver the plates to Comrade Xiao Lu."
"No rush, no rush."
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