Chapter 34 There must be a misunderstanding here
Wu Hai looked at the spicy rice crust on the plate. The rice crust seemed to have been fried in oil, with chili powder and Sichuan pepper powder added. It looked very fragrant and crispy.
This is obviously a snack for children. How can he, an adult, eat it?
"Uncle doesn't eat it, you guys eat it, you guys eat it."
"We have eaten a lot, Uncle Wu Hai, please eat, please eat..." Gu Xixi supported herself on the table, picked up a piece of rice crust, and was about to feed Wu Hai.
"This..." Seeing how enthusiastic he was, Wu Hai couldn't refuse. He took the rice crust from his hand and put it into his mouth.
"Crunch..." It was just as crispy as he imagined, spicy and numb, a little salty and a little sweet, and tasted very delicious.
"Is it delicious?" Gu Xixi asked with her head tilted.
Wu Hai licked his lips, chewed the rice crust and nodded, "Mm, very delicious."
The battalion commander's new daughter-in-law has really good cooking skills.
It was the first time for him to see people cook rice crust like this and it tasted so good.
There was dry water-ground glutinous rice flour at home, so Yu Hui simply grabbed some and added water to make a dough.
The water in the pot boiled, and she rolled the dough into strips, pinched off small pieces and threw them into the pot.
She added fermented glutinous rice into the pot. This fermented glutinous rice was brought with her and Zhao Changying when they came up.
After adding the fermented glutinous rice, Yu Hui beat five eggs into the pot.
Wu Hai was the guest, he ate two, Gu Dong and Gu Nan each had one, and she ate one.
After the poached eggs were ready, Yu Hui added brown sugar and a few wolfberries to the pot.
The fermented glutinous rice wine and egg dumplings were cooked in boiling water. Yu Hui scooped them directly into a bowl, put a spoon in the bowl, and brought them directly to the main room on a tray.
"Come, Wu Hai, drink some boiled water." Yu Hui placed the largest bowl in front of Wu Hai.
"Thank you, thank you, sister-in-law."
"Mom, do we have one too?" Gu Xixi asked.
"Yes, you have some too." Yu Hui placed two small bowls in front of Gu Xi and Gu Nan, and also placed a bowl in front of herself.
"Wu Hai, you eat, I'll go make some milk powder for Beibei." They all had fermented glutinous rice wine and egg dumplings to eat, but Beibei didn't, and she couldn't just sit there and watch.
"Oh." Wu Hai watched Yu Hui go to make milk powder, looked at the two fried eggs in his bowl, and then looked at the bowls of him and his two children.
They also have a poached egg, but only one.
He felt that his sister-in-law was a very kind person. He just helped carry some things back, but she cooked him such a big bowl of fermented glutinous rice wine and egg dumplings in boiling water, and even put two eggs in it.
Gu Xixi picked up the spoon, scooped up a small glutinous rice ball, blew on it and put it into her mouth, squinting her eyes with joy.
Seeing that Uncle Wu Hai hadn't eaten yet, he said, "Uncle Wu Hai, please eat quickly. The glutinous rice balls are sweet and sticky, and they are delicious."
"Okay." Wu Hai nodded, picked up the spoon and started eating.
This glutinous rice dumpling is indeed sweet and sticky, and very delicious.
Yu Hui made some milk powder for Beibei and let her drink it by herself, then she sat down to eat.
Wu Hai was used to eating in the army and ate very quickly. He quickly finished a big bowl of fermented glutinous rice wine, egg dumplings and boiled water.
Seeing that he had finished eating, Yu Hui asked, "Is it enough? If not, there's more in the kitchen."
Wu Hai took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth. "That's enough. Sister-in-law, you are such a good cook. The fermented glutinous rice wine and egg dumplings you made are so delicious."
Yu Hui was naturally happy to be praised for her cooking skills, "As long as it tastes good, that's fine."
After finishing the boiled water, Wu Hai felt that it was time for him to leave.
"Sister-in-law, I'll leave first." Wu Hai stood up and said.
Yu Hui also stood up and politely asked him to stay, "Have lunch before you leave."
"No, no, I still have something to do," Wu Hai waved his hand and walked out.
Yu Hui escorted him to the door, waved to Wu Hai and said, "Come to my house for dinner when you have time."
"Goodbye, sister-in-law." Wu Hai nodded and waved to Yu Hui, then turned around and walked away with big strides.
Liu Qin stood at the intersection, looking at the man in military uniform walking out of Gu's house, then looked at Yu Hui who was standing at the door waving goodbye to people reluctantly, and frowned.
Who is this man?
Gu Huai is not at home, so why is there a man coming out of his house?
After leaving the family compound, Wu Hai went straight back to the military dormitory.
When his roommate saw him coming back, he said, "Platoon Leader, why are you back so soon? Didn't you ask for leave today?"
Wu Hai took the bag off and placed it on the bed. "I'll be back when I'm done."
"Platoon leader, why does your voice smell like fermented glutinous rice? Did you eat fermented glutinous rice? Don't you dislike it?" Yang Kun, the squad leader of Class 2 who shared the same dormitory with him, looked at him in surprise and asked.
Everyone in their platoon knew that the platoon leader didn't eat fermented glutinous rice.
Wu Hai said: "On my way back, I met the battalion commander's new wife. I saw that she was carrying something very heavy and some of it was difficult for her to lift, so I helped her send it home."
"My sister-in-law invited me to drink some hot water. She cooked some fermented glutinous rice and egg dumplings. Since she was already cooked, I couldn't refuse. After drinking it, I thought the fermented glutinous rice tasted pretty good."
Platoon Leader Wang, who lived in the dormitory next door, heard these words as soon as he walked to the door.
He went straight into Wu Hai's dormitory and asked, "Did you help the battalion commander's new wife deliver something to her home?"
"Yeah." Wu Hai nodded.
"What are you doing to help her? She's not a good person."
Wu Hai frowned, feeling a little unhappy. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm not talking nonsense. I heard from Xu Daqiang from the Third Battalion that Captain Gu's new wife said she was not at home and was abusing several children at home." Xu Daqiang's aunt worked in the canteen of the military family compound. He went to the canteen of the family compound to find his aunt during his break, and his aunt told him.
After hearing this, the other soldiers were very angry.
"This person is too much. How can he abuse a child?"
"that is……"
"How is that possible?" Wu Hai didn't believe it.
"Why not?" Platoon Leader Wang said, "The battalion commander's ex-mother-in-law found out when she came last week. There was quite a commotion, and the news spread all over the family compound."
Wu Hai frowned and shook his head, saying, "There must be a misunderstanding here. I went to the battalion commander's house today. The sister-in-law treats the children very well, and the children are very close to her."
"The children look much better than when Captain Gu got married. Their clothes and pants are all new, and they look clean."
"If my sister-in-law really abused the child, how could the child be close to her?" This child is the simplest. He will be close to whoever treats him well.
"I've never seen someone who abuses a child raise a child so well."
He would rather believe what he sees with his own eyes than what others say.
After hearing what Wu Hai said, Platoon Leader Wang scratched his head. Could there really be some misunderstanding?
Yu Hui had no idea that her reputation as a vicious stepmother had even spread to the army.
What they didn't know was that Wu Hai, whom they had only met once, had cleared his name in the army.
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