Chapter 71 Seafood BBQ
This is the tradition in the army. If you ask your soldiers to help with housework, you must at least keep them at home for a meal.
Originally, the battalion commander's orderly Liu Bo was supposed to come today, but he was assigned a task at the last minute.
So this kind of good opportunity came up, and it was something that Zhang Yang, Li Lin and a group of comrades had to fight hard for.
It's not just the two of them. After Liu Bo's vigorous publicity, the entire camp now knows that his sister-in-law is not only an excellent cook, but also a very kind person.
She never put on airs as the battalion commander's wife and treated every soldier like a friend and family member.
The same goes for their battalion commander. Although he is very ruthless on the training ground, his motto is just like this: if you sweat more now, you will bleed less on the battlefield.
His strictness was for the sake of the soldiers' lives. I wonder how many soldiers were envious of him for being assigned to the first battalion.
Take the Third Battalion for example. The battalion commander Qi Yushan and his wife Zhu Yanqiu often took advantage of their positions.
He ordered his soldiers to weed, hoe, clean, etc. at home.
The key point is that even though they helped to do the work, Zhu Yanqiu still looked down on them, finding faults everywhere and asking them to redo the work, and they wouldn't even say thank you, which made the soldiers of the entire Third Battalion complain bitterly.
If we were to say which battalion is the most envied, it would be the Third Battalion.
The situation in the First Battalion was completely different from that in the Third Battalion. Everyone was hoping that their battalion commander would ask them to come to their homes to help more often.
It’s best to do it once a day, two people at a time, and it’s okay to bring a child. The key is that the battalion commander’s little Yanyan is so cute and well-behaved.
In this way, it would take nearly a year to rotate all the soldiers in the battalion.
If Gu Zheng knew that these traitors under his command were thinking this way, he would rather do the work himself than bring anyone back.
Once a day, that would surely tire his wife out.
At this time, although Zhang Yang and Li Lin felt a little embarrassed, they still said shamelessly: "Sorry to bother you, sister-in-law."
They really wanted to try the sister-in-law's cooking skills to see if it was as exaggerated as Liu Bo said.
After eating that meal, I couldn’t get used to the food in the cafeteria for the next half month.
Liu Bo, who was dozens of kilometers away, had a look of wanting to cry but not being able to. Why was he sent out to carry out the mission today!!!
Lin Yunxi smiled and said, "It's not a problem."
After seeing a large bundle of saplings placed next to the open space in the yard, Gu Zheng asked in surprise.
"Wife, where did you get these saplings?"
Lin Yunxi took the time to look up and replied very naturally.
"Last time I went out to buy some dry goods, I specifically asked a fellow villager nearby to help me find it. I went to get it today when I had time."
Carrying such a large bundle of saplings from the gate of the staff quarters to home would be exhausting.
"Why don't you wait for me to get home from get off work?" Gu Zheng said with some disapproval.
Lin Yunxi raised her head and said in a sweet voice, "Why bother? I paid a little more and asked a fellow villager to send me to the family compound."
"I happened to meet some friends on the way, and they helped me move to the gate. The soldiers standing guard at the gate in the family compound helped me move, and I didn't touch them at all."
Friends? Them?
Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes, and several ways to assert his sovereignty suddenly came to his mind. He planned to find an opportunity to do so.
Lin Yunxi observed the expression on the man's face with amusement, and said coquettishly: "What are you thinking about? The friends I'm talking about are a couple."
Gu Zheng touched his nose and started to work under the teasing looks of his wife and two subordinates.
There were two more people eating dinner in the evening, so just barbecue was definitely not enough.
Lin Yunxi also planned to add a few more stir-fried dishes and cook a pot of rice.
She counted the ingredients in the kitchen and quickly decided on the menu - shredded pork with green peppers, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, Kung Pao chicken, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried rapeseed with mushrooms.
In addition, Lin Yunxi took out four or five pounds of big and fat snails, three large grass carps, three pounds of mutton and three pounds of beef from the space.
After cutting the lamb and beef into pieces, string them into skewers, marinate them with the prepared sauce, and then wait to grill.
Grass carp will also be grilled later and made into three flavors: spicy, fragrant and garlic.
Snails can be made into a spicy fried snail dish, which is very good to eat with rice or with wine.
Moreover, the snails raised in the space do not need to spit out the mud, so they are particularly clean, the meat is chewy and very easy to absorb flavor.
In modern times, whenever Lin Yunxi makes a barbecue, this spicy fried snail dish is a must.
Spicy and delicious, one bite at a time, very addictive, and most importantly, it tastes good without filling up your stomach.
By the time Lin Yunxi put out the food and the barbecue grill, Gu Zheng and the others had also finished.
The big yard was divided into two parts, one big and one small. The big part was neatly grown with vegetable seedlings, and it was estimated that they would be ready for harvest in another month.
Close to the courtyard wall, but about twenty centimeters away from it, there is a circle of fruit trees planted. The varieties are naturally much more than those that Lin Yunxi brought in from outside.
Those were to make herself clear in front of outsiders. After coming back, she searched the space again.
I took out two or three fruit tree seedlings of each kind that were suitable for the local climate.
Finally, Lin Yunxi specifically instructed Gu Zheng to plant two pomegranate trees at the gate.
The pomegranate tree has been regarded as an auspicious tree since ancient times. Firstly, its many seeds are homophonic to "many sons", and secondly, the pomegranate seeds are like crystal jade, symbolizing wealth and prosperity.
Lin Yunxi used to be dismissive of Feng Shui and superstition, but ever since he came here, he has always retained a trace of awe in his heart.
The small area near the main room has been turned into a small playground with a double swing, a small slide, a climbing frame, parallel bars, an obstacle course and a sand table.
In addition, the edges and corners are polished to be round and smooth, and a thick layer of sand is laid on the ground, which can protect the safety of children to a certain extent.
Lin Yunxi had basically tidied up the large terrace on the second floor, placing a coffee table, tea sets, a rocking chair, a stool, and a large parasol made by Gu Zheng.
Moreover, the roses transplanted from the space have climbed all over the railings of the terrace and have formed densely packed flower buds.
Here we have to mention once again the good weather in Province Z. Vegetables, flowers and fruit trees can grow all year round, which Lin Yunxi likes very much.
In her spare time in the future, she and Gu Zheng or a few friends would lie on the lounge chairs on the terrace, drink tea and chat.
The children play happily in the playground in the yard. When they get tired, they can pick a tomato, cucumber or various sweet fruits to quench their thirst. Isn't it wonderful?
After the three of them finished their work, Lin Yunxi had fried all the dishes and was preparing the garlic sauce, sweet and spicy sauce and barbecue sauce for the barbecue later.
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