Chapter 15 Can you deliver a pig?
Li Sanhua's eyes suddenly widened and he stood there in a daze.
This, this... is this Comrade Lu Youyou? Are you sure it's the same person as before?
"Girl, you..."
Li Sanhua was speechless. The face in front of her was too shocking.
Although she would not judge people by their appearance, when she saw Lu Youyou for the first time, she couldn't help but feel that there was a difference in appearance between her and Gu Qingye.
Now I realize there is no difference at all. It's just that they serve in the army, working in the wind and rain every day, it's so rough!
Li Sanhua sighed: "Sister, you are like a living person, you scared me! But it's true, for a young girl to go on a long journey alone, it is more important than anything else to protect herself!"
Li Sanhua couldn't help laughing when thinking of those people's discussions. Not to mention anything else, as long as Lu Youyou went to the cafeteria at noon, the news would spread all over the camp tomorrow.
Lu Youyou touched his face. He had just washed off the "painted skin" and had forgotten that he had never shown his true face to anyone.
"Sister-in-law, shall we go to the cafeteria now?"
Li Sanhua nodded: "If you don't want to cook in the future, just take the ticket and go to the canteen, but most people still cook for themselves. By the way, what are your plans for the yard? Do you want to grow some vegetables?"
Lu Youyou paused for a moment, as she had touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.
She had been here for less than a month and had only cut grass for pigs. She didn't even cut the grass herself. Her hands were as tender as willow twigs, and she was embarrassed to say that she was an educated youth.
Lu Youyou could only pretend to be shy: "I'll wait for Gu Qingye to come back and discuss it with him."
Li Sanhua really smiled: "Yes, yes, young couples should discuss things with each other so that they can live a good life!"
Lu Youyou has discovered that after coming here, the scene she most often plays is to keep her head down and remain silent, blushing silently. Her skill in applying artificial blush has become very proficient.
At noon, the family compound was very busy. The children who had played around were going home, and smoke was rising from most of the yards.
Lu Youyou has a headache because she doesn’t know how to cook!
It cannot be said that she knows no way at all. Under the guidance of her mother and grandfather, she is quite good at making medicinal food. In other words, she can only stew soup and is not good at frying, stir-frying or deep-frying.
But Lu Youyou is not someone who would make things difficult for herself. If she can't do it, then don't do it. She is here to save people, not to be a cook.
Besides, isn’t cooking a necessary skill for men? Her father cooks at home, and even her grandfather’s cooking is better than her grandmother’s.
Lu Youyou was under the gaze of everyone all the way, and this feeling of being the center of attention reached its peak at the cafeteria entrance.
They arrived early so there weren't many people, but the huge cafeteria was still packed even if only half of the people were seated, and everyone looked around had a shaved head.
Gu Qingye's marriage was big news. Although no one dared to discuss it with their superiors, everyone was very curious.
I heard from my comrades who went out to purchase that Gu Ying's fiancée had arrived. Now Li Sanhua brought a woman I had never seen before to the cafeteria. Those who were smart had already guessed what was going on.
However, one has to follow the rules when eating in the army. Those facing the door can feast their eyes, those facing the side can use their peripheral vision, and those with their backs to the door can only watch their comrades' pupils tremble.
The cafeteria, which was originally very lively, suddenly became quiet. The chopsticks were still moving to the mouth, but the eyes could not stop drifting towards the door.
Li Sanhua couldn't help laughing. Who wouldn't be stunned when seeing such a beautiful girl?
She had also seen educated youth in her hometown. The young ones, especially the pretty ones, were inevitably pretentious. Lu Youyou, on the other hand, was generous and had a clear look in her eyes.
"Girl, this way." Li Sanhua pulled Lu Youyou and introduced, "Family members can get meals at a separate window, but the food is the same..."
There were five stainless steel basins behind the window, with fried potato chips, tofu and cabbage stew, chili and shredded radish. The staple food was cornmeal buns and porridge.
Lu Youyou has long been aware of the hardships of this era, and it is still hard not to feel sad when seeing these things.
Soldiers who shed blood and sweat rarely eat meat on weekdays. Although they do eat meat only once during festivals, it is not much better. The only advantage is that the quantity is large and it is enough to fill you up.
Lu Youyou began to worry. How could she be healthy if she ate vegetarian food all day long?
If you don’t have good physical fitness, you can’t withstand high-intensity training. If you can’t reach the training intensity, actual combat may be dangerous, and if there is danger, you may die...
Thinking of this, Lu Youyou felt terrible and worried!
"Sister Li, why are you in the cafeteria today?"
A young soldier behind the windowsill greeted Li Sanhua, with two patches of high altitude red on his face and a bright smile.
"It's Xiao Li. Come here, let me introduce you. This is Captain Gu's fiancée. She just arrived today. I'm bringing her here to get acquainted with the route."
Li Sanhua looked at Lu Youyou and introduced, "This is Xiao Li from the kitchen. Although he is young, he is an expert at making steamed buns. I can't make them taste as good as him at home."
Xiao Li immediately put down the spoon and saluted Lu Youyou: "Hello, sister-in-law!"
The sound is so loud that you can even hear an echo.
Lu Youyou felt embarrassed now. She was used to being watched by others, but being saluted and called sister-in-law was really...
There was no need to act this time, she really blushed.
Li Sanhua was overjoyed and took Lu Youyou's hand and said, "You'll get used to it if you listen to it more often. There are many people here who want to call you sister-in-law."
Becoming a sister-in-law at the age of 18 is very typical of the times.
Lu Youyou didn’t have a big appetite and only wanted a little of everything, but Xiao Li was too enthusiastic and piled up the lunch boxes into a mountain.
No matter how she refused, it was useless. Xiao Li simply didn't believe it. Who couldn't eat anymore these days? Look at the hundreds of people here, they all wolfed down the food.
Lu Youyou had no choice but to continue eating. Fortunately, the food in the villa could be kept fresh, so if she couldn’t finish it at noon, she could continue eating at night.
Li Sanhua also brought two lunch boxes. She didn't cook today, and there was a teenager at home who was old enough to eat.
Xiao Li was packing steamed buns for Li Sanhua when a young soldier suddenly ran in through the back door, sweating profusely, with a large area of his short-sleeves wet.
"Li Guangming, can you deliver a pig?"
Xiao Li kept moving his hands and counting. He turned back after counting to ten and said, "Of course not. What's going on? Is she going to give birth?"
Seeing that the little soldier didn't seem to be joking, Xiao Li immediately became anxious: "Why is the baby about to be born? Didn't she say that it would take more than half a month?!"
"I don't know either. Before Squad Leader Zhou went home, he told us that we had at least 20 days left, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease leaving!" The young soldier was so anxious that he sweated more and more.
Li Sanhua also became nervous. Every pig in the army was a treasure and was related to the soldiers' food rations. Especially the few old sows, it was no exaggeration to say that they were everyone's eyes.
Because the squad leader of the kitchen squad, Zhou Dazhui, was a good pig farmer, the camp assigned the pig farming task to the kitchen squad.
Unfortunately, Zhou Dazhui's mother passed away due to illness two days ago. If his home was not in the next county and the sow's due date was still more than half a month away, he would not have dared to go back for the funeral.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left, the sow started to feel abnormal. It groaned for a whole day and night. Today, when I looked at it, it was found that something was wrong. It seemed that she was about to give birth!
(End of this chapter)
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