During the few days when Lin Tao was menstruating, she was almost spoiled to heaven by Li Chengxi, but she was also subject to a lot of restrictions.

During this period, Xu Yuting and Wang Yuanliang sent a watermelon to their home. Lin Tao was so greedy that she wanted to eat it, but Li Chengxi heard from somewhere that watermelon is cold in nature and she couldn't eat it because she was menstruating.

In order not to seduce Lin Tao, Li Chengxi did not plan to eat the watermelon. He wanted to wait until Lin Tao's period was over before eating it together.

Lin Tao looked at such a big watermelon every day but couldn't eat it. She felt very aggrieved.

Lin Tao is not usually such a greedy person. It might be her menstrual period. In addition, since she came to the island two months ago, she has only eaten the oranges given by Yang Aidang and the peaches that Li Chengxi brought home two days ago. She has not eaten watermelon this year.

It would have been fine if I hadn't seen it, but now that such a big watermelon is right in front of me and I can't eat it, it's really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Li Chengxi couldn't resist Lin Tao's "attack" on him. Under Lin Tao's eager gaze, Lin Tao finally ate the watermelon.

However, the portion was not large, and Li Chengxi was afraid that she would have a stomachache if she ate too much.

Lin Tao ate a piece of watermelon to taste it, and then she stopped thinking about it.

But on the next day, her period ended.

I don’t know if it’s because she got married, but her menstrual period has changed from seven days to five days.

This change was a good thing for Lin Tao. Although she did not feel any pain during her menstruation, it was still inconvenient. She had to be careful in everything she did. She even dared not move around when she was sleeping at night, for fear that her semen would leak out accidentally and dirty the sheets.

But she didn't expect that after her period was over, the one who was truly happy was Li Chengxi.

That night, when he learned that Lin Tao's "relatives" had left, the man, who had been holding back for several days, caught her and tormented her.

Afterwards, Lin Tao lay on his chest, stretched out her hand to pinch his straight nose, and whispered to him: "Such high-intensity training during the day, and still like this at night, don't you feel tired?"

As soon as she finished saying this, Lin Tao discovered that the man's body had changed, and her heel was pressed against by something.

At this time, Lin Tao was no longer the ignorant girl before marriage. She certainly understood what this meant.

When he met Li Chengxi's eyes again, his gaze was deep in the darkness, and it was obvious that he not only didn't feel tired, but could even do it a few more times.

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Lin Tao was so scared that she quickly got off Li Chengxi and hid under the quilt.

When Li Chengxi saw her like this, a smile flashed in his eyes.

He didn't feel tired, but he knew Lin Tao must be tired, so he didn't want to continue to torture her.

If he really let his physical strength run wild and waited until he was tired before ending it, I'm afraid Lin Tao wouldn't be able to go to work at school the next day.

"I won't bother you anymore. I'll just hold you to sleep." Li Chengxi opened his arms and pulled Lin Tao out from under the quilt. Seeing that her cheeks were red from hiding under the quilt, he couldn't help but kissed her again.

After the kiss, there was no more movement. I closed my eyes and said, "Go to sleep."

Lin Tao glanced at him secretly, pursed her lips and smiled, then leaned on his chest and fell asleep.

Wang Yuanliang's birthday was coming, and Xu Yuting took advantage of the one-hour break after the two of them finished a class and asked Lin Tao to go to the food factory with her to buy vegetables.

It was obvious that Xu Yuting had never cooked before. On the way, she kept asking Lin Tao what kind of vegetables she should buy.

Lin Tao said that she would wait until she got to the food factory to see what was available. It was unpredictable now. What if she prepared something to cook but when she got there she found that the thing she wanted was sold out? This happened all the time.

Xu Yuting didn't say anything and held Lin Tao's arm. She had Lin Tao as her military advisor anyway, so she was not afraid.

After arriving at the food factory, Lin Tao asked Xu Yuting to buy vegetables according to her and Wang Yuanliang's taste preferences. She would buy what they liked to eat.

Before Xu Yuting arrived at the food factory, she had no idea what dishes to cook. But once she got here and saw what was there, she could think of it.

The grocery store sells more seafood than meat. Meat is the best-selling item and you need a ticket for it. But the meat in the butcher shop is always the first to sell out.

So as soon as they arrived at the food factory, Xu Yuting and Lin Tao went straight to the butcher's stall. Xu Yuting was very generous and asked the chef to cut two kilograms of meat for her.

Lin Tao thought she was just going to buy some meat and stir-fry a few side dishes, so when she opened her mouth and asked for two pounds of meat, she didn't say anything more.

Two pounds of meat was a bit too much for two people to eat in one meal, but after all, it was nothing for Wang Yuanliang.

Unexpectedly, after Xu Yuting bought the meat, she took Lin Tao to buy seafood, muttering: "We have to buy some shrimps. Wang Yuanliang likes shrimps and oysters. Let's buy some oysters and some clams. I see he likes to eat clams with

"I want to eat clams with wine, but clams are too troublesome to eat, so I won't buy clams. How about going to the shed later to see if there are any peanuts and fry some?"

Lin Tao was watching in amazement. She used to think that she was willing to spend a lot of money on food. After all, when she was in Taohua Village, their family’s food was the best in the village.

Other people can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, but they can have it every week.

Even after she married Li Chengxi, she never skimped on food. Anyway, the two of them had enough salary, so she saved the money she needed to save every month, and used the rest as living expenses, so the two of them could eat well.

But when Lin Tao saw Xu Yuting buying things, she realized how good she was at spending money.

Seeing that Xu Yuting was about to buy more, Lin Tao pulled her back and said, "There are only two of you, how much can you eat? Why are you still buying? Aren't you satisfied?"

Xu Yuting glanced at the dishes in Lin Tao's hand and her own, feeling a little embarrassed: "I saw that Wang Yuanliang usually eats a lot, so I wanted to buy more, and accidentally bought too much. That should be enough, let's go."

Lin Tao said that Xu Yuting was just an outsider who didn't know how expensive food and daily necessities were. With the way she spent money, no matter how high Wang Yuanliang and she were paid, it would not be enough for her to spend like this.

The two of them came out of the food factory and unexpectedly ran into Lin Hui.

Lin Hui went out with her three children. After what happened last time, Lin Hui didn't dare to ignore Shen Jiaping and leave him alone at home.

In terms of food and drink, Shen Jiaping would eat whatever Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi ate. At most, Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi would open the stove for Shen Jiaping, but Shen Jiaping would not be given food because he was still young and could not eat that much. But during meals, Shen Jiaping would be fed until he was full.

However, this was all she thought of Shen Jiaping. After all, she considered herself a realistic person. In her previous life until her rebirth, she had never heard of any great achievements made by Shen Jiaping.

If she spent so much effort to "cultivate" him, wouldn't it be a waste of emotion?

What's more, Shen Jiahao has begun to accept her now.

When she thought of this, Lin Hui felt very happy. From now on, she would be extra nice to Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi, and love these two amazing babies.

Last night, Shen Jiahao said he wanted to eat meat, so this morning she brought them here without saying anything and bought two pounds of meat and a lot of other things.

Give them sweets and candies.

Shen Jiayi ate White Rabbit candy and said to Shen Jiahao, "Brother, I told you that my stepmother is very good."

Shen Jiayi is three years old this year. She was just two years old when her biological mother died. She was young at that time and her memory of her biological mother was not as deep as Shen Jiahao's, so she was more likely to accept Lin Hui as her stepmother from the beginning.

She also felt that her stepmother was better than her biological mother. She was particularly willing to spend money on her and her brother, buying her delicious candies and beautiful hair ties.

Before they came to the island, they strolled around outside the island. She saw some picture books and liked them very much, so her stepmother paid for several of them for her. She liked her stepmother the most.

Shen Jiahao glanced at her and this time did not threaten her as he had done before, saying that if she called Lin Hui "stepmother" again, he would no longer acknowledge her as his sister.

The reason why he was so against Lin Hui before was that he thought there would be no stepmother in the world who would truly love other people's children. But after what happened last time, he felt that he was wrong.

Maybe he is really a good stepmother!

Lin Hui noticed Lin Tao and quickly said to Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi, "Jiahao, Jiayi, if you call me 'stepmother' again, I will buy you some delicious food next time."

Shen Jiayi immediately called out sweetly, "Stepmother!"

Although Shen Jiahao's voice was not as loud as Shen Jiayi's, he also called out, "Stepmother."

When Lin Hui heard the two calls of "stepmother", she showed a smug look to Lin Tao, as if to say, see, I told you that I would definitely live a happier life than you.

Lin Hui: "Good boy, eat more. After you finish eating, stepmother will buy more for you. Stepmother will buy you whatever you want to eat."

After saying this, a man with three children walked past Lin Tao in a swaggering manner.

Xu Yuting didn't know about the entanglement between Lin Tao and Lin Hui, but she was speechless when she saw Lin Hui's expression. She pouted and said to Lin Tao, "A Tao, why did this person let the child call her stepmother so loudly? Is she afraid that people on the island may not think she is the stepmother? Or is she proud of being someone else's stepmother? It seems that the organization would be sorry if they didn't give her an award."

She shook her head and thought to herself that she had never seen such a person before.

Lin Tao was originally speechless about Lin Hui's behavior, but she had always been very good at ignoring people like Lin Hui, so she just pretended not to see it.

After listening to Xu Yuting's words, I couldn't help laughing. The main reason was that Xu Yuting's words were so vivid, and when she looked at Lin Hui with a "fool" expression, it was quite funny.

Human.

Lin Tao was amused and smiled, and said calmly: "Who knows her? Maybe she really thinks so."

She didn't care what Lin Hui thought. She just wanted to live a good life with Li Chengxi.

After buying the vegetables, the two returned to school from the grocery store together.

They calculated their time very well and arrived ten minutes early. After resting in the office for a while, they went to their respective classes.

After class, neither of them had any classes in the afternoon.

Xu Yuting intended to use the dishes she bought for dinner. In order to give Wang Yuanliang a surprise, she specifically told him last night that he didn't need to get her lunch at noon today.

Lin Tao took Xu Yuting to her home for lunch. Lin Tao made liangpi today.

Liangpi is a snack from northern Shaanxi, and Lin Tao had never eaten it before. The reason why she knew this was because the vegetables in the yard had grown a few days ago and she couldn't eat them all, so she went to send some to the homes of several military wives who lived nearby.

Among them was Sister Ding. Because her son loved learning so much after being taught by Lin Tao, Sister Ding had a very good impression of Lin Tao. Last time, she gave Lin Tao a lot of taro that she grew herself.

Lin Tao used taro to make a lot of delicious food, and when the harvest from her own vegetable garden came, she also picked a lot of vegetables and sent them over.

It happened that Mrs. Ding was making lunch at home at that time, and she was making liangpi.

Seeing how fresh it was, Lin Tao learned how to make liangpi from Mrs. Ding. She found that the method was similar to how she made liangkuan noodles, but the liangpi was thinner and more transparent.

Lin Tao tried to make it at home two days ago. It is actually quite easy to make cold skin. The only difficult part is that it takes some time to knead the gluten.

Cut the prepared jelly skin into pieces as thick as two fingers, then pour the sauce you prepared earlier on it. It tastes sour and spicy and is especially appetizing.

However, Xu Yuting is from Shanghai and cannot eat spicy food very well, so Lin Tao specially prepared a less spicy sauce for her, and the two of them ate one piece at a time.

During this time, Xu Yuting looked at Lin Tao's bowl of liangpi, which was red and looked very appetizing. She couldn't help but want to try it to see if it would taste better with chili peppers.

After all, every time she saw Lin Tao eating so many peppers, she couldn't help but secrete saliva in her mouth.

She was afraid that it would be too spicy for Xu Yuting, so she reminded her. But Xu Yuting still couldn't help it and scooped a spoonful of chili into it.

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Unexpectedly, Xu Yuting was still touched by the spiciness in the end and drank several gulps of water in succession.

After lunch, Xu Yuting went home first. The two agreed that Lin Tao would go to Xu Yuting's house in the afternoon and ask her to cook.

After taking a nap at noon, Lin Tao woke up, washed her face, picked a handful of water spinach and a cabbage from her own vegetable garden, and then set off for Xu Yuting's house.

Although Xu Yuting didn't cook at home, she had prepared all the ingredients for cooking, including various seasonings, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

"We have so many seasonings at home, but you two eat in the cafeteria every day. It's such a waste." Lin Tao said.

Xu Yuting felt a little embarrassed by what she said: "Didn't I need a chef like you as my master before? Now that I have you, these things won't be wasted."

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense. I tell you, it's already past three in the afternoon, and you don't have much time left to show your talents." Lin Tao reminded her quickly.

After hearing this, Xu Yuting didn't dare to make trouble anymore and followed Lin Tao to hit wherever she pointed.

The two began to prepare the ingredients. Xu Yuting went to wash the vegetables that Lin Tao brought from home. After washing, she saw Lin Tao preparing shrimps, so she came over to help.

At first Xu Yuting didn't know how to do it, and she tried handling three or four before she got the hang of it.

After seeing that Xu Yuting was able to do it, Lin Tao started to process the pork, washing away the blood with clean water, and removing the few white hairs left on the pig skin. She then asked Xu Yuting, "How do you want to cook the meat?"

"Let's grill some braised pork. Wang Yuanliang said that the braised pork that Captain Li brought last time was delicious. However, your Captain Li was too stingy and only gave him one piece." Xu Yuting looked up and answered. When she said the last sentence, she couldn't help but smile.

Lin Tao quickly excused her man: "That was just a little left over from the night before. It wasn't much in total. It's not his fault for being stingy."

"Hmph, just speak for him." Xu Yuting snorted, but she was not really angry.

Both knew it was a joke.

After all the ingredients are prepared, you can start cooking.

Lin Tao found that Xu Yuting couldn't even light a fire, and was completely helpless. She taught her how to light a fire again: "I think your Captain Wang really married a great man."

Xu Yuting blushed at what Lin Tao said, and then she muttered softly, "He's happy with it."

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Of course he is happy. If he is not happy,

Go to the canteen every day to get you food, and then bring it home to eat with you? "

"You are still talking about me, but isn't your Captain Li the same?" Xu Yuting said with a smile.

She followed Lin Tao's method and cooked several times, and the fire on the stove finally started.

Lin Tao handed the oil pot to Xu Yuting, instructed her to pour oil into the pot, and said, "Yes, we are both lucky to have married the two best men on the island."

And Li Chengxi ranks first in her heart.

Xu Yuting poured too much oil into the hot pot by mistake. Lin Tao called out "enough, enough oil" twice before she stopped.

Sugar was more expensive at that time, so Lin Tao just threw two pieces of rock sugar into the pot as a gesture. Then she put the blanched and cut pork belly into the pot and stir-fried it with seasonings.

As a result, as soon as the meat was put into the pot, Xu Yuting was frightened by the splashing oil stains and screamed.

Lin Tao was both angry and amused. Before she knew Xu Yuting, she had never seen anyone for whom cooking a meal was as difficult as fighting a war.

She started cooking at home when she was twelve years old. The first dish she cooked was taught by Aunt Fang. She still remembers it clearly: it was fried tofu. Aunt Fang made the tofu herself, and it tasted great when fried.

When Aunt Fang took the first bite, she couldn't help but tear up. She touched her head and said over and over again, "Our Ah Tao has grown up."

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight years have passed.

The last time she wrote a letter to her father, she also wrote a letter to Aunt Fang. It’s been so long, Aunt Fang should have received it, right?

Fortunately, although Xu Yuting was in a hurry, she finally made a meal. After it was done, the two tasted it and thought it tasted pretty good.

However, this "not bad" evaluation by Lin Tao is obviously an exaggeration. To be honest, the taste is only slightly better than that in the army canteen.

But it was Xu Yuting's first time cooking after all. Thinking back to the process of cooking just now, Xu Yuting's movements were like fighting, and Lin Tao felt that the taste was already quite good.

Xu Yuting was very satisfied with her masterpiece. When Lin Tao left, she even said she wanted to give her a gift as a disciple.

Lin Tao refused to accept it no matter what. Xu Yuting had given her a box of facial cream last time, and she was already very embarrassed, although she gave Xu Yuting a box of high-end snacks she brought from Shanghai in return the next day.

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Xu Yuting started cooking at around 3 o'clock, but she was so busy that she didn't finish until 5 o'clock.

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Lin Tao was so busy that she forgot the time. When she looked at the time when she got home, she found that it was time for Li Chengxi to go home.

Sure enough, Li Chengxi came back just as she finished cooking a dish.

He also had a big package in his hand, saying it was sent by his grandmother and others from Shanghai.

After opening the package, I found that apart from a letter, most of the things inside were food. There were two boxes of mooncakes. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and my uncle and aunt knew that there was a shortage of supplies on the island, so they sent them to them.

In addition, there was a piece of salted meat, a piece of ham, and a bag of bamboo shoots.

The letter was written by the uncle. It said that last time Lin Tao said that the pickled fresh food cooked by the aunt was delicious, so the aunt took note of it and specially sent them the ingredients for making the pickled fresh food and also wrote down the recipe.

The distance was too far, so Lin Tao couldn’t eat the food her aunt cooked, so she could only send the ingredients over and let Lin Tao cook it herself.

In fact, there are some details not mentioned in the letter, such as it is not the season to eat pickled fresh bamboo shoots now. The season to eat pickled fresh bamboo shoots is usually in spring, when both winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots are available on the market, and spring bamboo shoots are an important ingredient for making pickled fresh bamboo shoots. If there are no spring bamboo shoots, pickled fresh bamboo shoots will not be called pickled fresh bamboo shoots.

When Lin Tao went to Shanghai, it was already summer, but some spring bamboo shoots were planted late. Her aunt was lucky enough to buy some spring bamboo shoots and made a meal of pickled bamboo shoots to treat her.

Knowing that she liked to eat it, I actually went to several supply and marketing cooperatives at noon that day, wanting to buy some spring bamboo shoots for Lin Tao and Li Chengxi to bring to the island, but they were all sold out.

The spring bamboo shoots sent this time were bought by my aunt from the countryside. The family had a cellar, and the spring bamboo shoots were well preserved in the cellar.

At the end of the letter, they said they were all fine, and that grandma was in good health, so they didn't need to worry. As long as they were doing well, they were fine.

Lin Tao looked at the letter and couldn't help but tears up in her eyes.

Although she could see that Li Chengxi's family liked her from the first time she met them, she also knew that they were very good people.

But after so long, my aunt still remembered that she had said the dish was delicious, and she specially sent her the ingredients and recipe.

This kind of thought is so thoughtful and precious.

"What's wrong?" Li Chengxi saw Lin Tao holding the letter and reading it without saying anything. She lowered her eyes, but her eyes were red. "If your aunt and uncle knew that they sent you something and made you cry, they would definitely not dare to send you anything in the future. Don't be sad.

When I have a family leave in the future, I will take you to see your father, grandmother, and aunt. "

Lin Tao sniffed and smiled at Li Chengxi.

She shook her head and pursed her lips and said, "I'm not sad, I'm happy."

She leaned into Li Chengxi's arms, folded the letter carefully again, and couldn't help sighing: "Chengxi, I feel so happy now. You are by my side, and so many relatives miss me and like me. These are things I never dared to dream of before..."

In the past, whenever she went out, some children in the village would throw stones at her and call her a coffin and say she was unlucky.

She has been without a mother since she was a child, only with her father, Aunt Fang and Lin Manman.

Later she got married and people from her grandmother's side came over. She was very happy. Then she and Li Chengxi went to Shanghai. Her uncle, aunt and aunt also liked her very much.

She has so many relatives now, which is something she never dared to imagine when she was a child.

Li Chengxi felt distressed when he heard this and kissed her on the forehead.

The voice was hoarse: "Don't think too much, we will be happier in the future."

With the ingredients and recipe for pickled fresh broth, Lin Tao is going to make a pickled fresh broth today.