Gu Weicheng could only talk about other topics to calm himself down: "After the battalion commanders under me knew that you were my wife, they were extremely envious and even wanted to come to my house for dinner."

Li Xia squinted her eyes comfortably and asked, "When? I'm at work now, so if you want to treat us, you have to choose a day when I have a day off."

Gu Weicheng said, "No, they don't want to eat anything. If they want to eat the food you cook, they can go to the cafeteria and queue up. If they can't get in line, they can't eat. You are working now, and you only have one day off a week. You should use it to rest well. You still have to cook for them? They are so flattered."

There is also Hu Songlin, who, relying on their years of partnership, wants to come to their house for meals every day.

He rejected it directly.

You wish.

An An said beside him: "Ai Min asked me last time if I wanted to have another brother. He said he could come to our house and be my brother, but I refused. I think he just wanted to come to our house and eat for free."

The father and son exchanged glances. The daughter-in-law (mother) was really popular!

Li Xia couldn't help laughing when listening to what the father and son said.

Li Xia became famous within just a few days of starting work.

Suddenly, the small kitchen window in the military canteen was particularly busy. People who usually didn't want to eat in the small kitchen wanted to try it after hearing that everyone said the new small kitchen chef's cooking skills were quite good.

I can't forget this taste after eating it.

Fortunately, the dishes on the small kitchen are limited, with a set amount every day, and we have to go off work at a certain time every day. No matter whether anyone wants to buy or not, the window will be closed at a certain time.

Li Xia thought this was a good idea and directly stopped overtime.

Unlike decades later, bosses treated their employees like beasts of burden, requiring them to work overtime but not paying them overtime pay.

Damn capitalism!

Colleagues are also engaged in internal competition, unlike Li Xia's current colleagues, who will definitely finish work and leave on time. They will also remind Li Xia that they will be leaving get off work soon and quickly close the window to prevent some tactless people from coming over to kick them in.

Less than a week after starting work, Li Xia already had a good relationship with her colleagues.

Li Xia felt that the working atmosphere in the cafeteria was really good, and even felt that it would be good to continue working there.

That day, Li Xia met an old lady on the way home from get off work.

The old lady pulled her aside and asked, "You must be Master Li from the small kitchen in the military canteen, right? I just went to the canteen to look for you, but you were off work. Luckily I caught up with you."

Li Xia had never seen this lady before and guessed that she was going to the cafeteria to order food, but it was already time to get off work.

She said, "Auntie, what do you want from me? If you want to eat special meals, come early tomorrow. Our canteen is closed today."

The old lady waved her hands and said, "Well, I don't want to have a special meal. My daughter is getting married soon and will join the army. I would like you to help us prepare the banquet on the wedding day, which is this Sunday."

The old lady's surname is Tian. Her daughter fell in love with a battalion commander in the army at a social gathering held by the organization two months ago.

The two young people spent two months together and decided to get married after feeling that they were ready.

Aunt Tian heard that everyone was talking about Master Li from the small kitchen window, whose cooking skills were amazing, so she thought of asking Li Xia to help prepare the banquet on her daughter's wedding day.

"Auntie, I'm not free that day, you should find someone else." Li Xia refused without thinking.

The smile on Auntie Tian's face froze, and she immediately explained, "Master Li, I'm not asking you to do this for free, I'm paying you, five dollars!"

She held up five fingers and when she said "five dollars", her voice rose a little, as if she was being particularly generous.

Obviously she felt that five dollars was a lot, and there was no reason for Li Xia to refuse.

Yes, in this era when the average salary is only 30 or 40 yuan a month, being able to spend 5 yuan to prepare a banquet for others is indeed generous.

But Li Xia didn't care about the five dollars. She shook her head and explained, "Auntie, it's not about the money. I really had something to do that day. Even if you gave me fifty dollars, I couldn't go."

Li Xia was really busy, she had something important to do that day.

This made Auntie Tian unhappy. Her face turned cold and her tone became impolite. She said:

"So five dollars is too little for you? I offered you fifty dollars but you didn't even go. You're being too arrogant. Do you want five hundred dollars? It was Sunday and no one had to go to work. What could you do? If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why are you making up excuses?"

Faced with Aunt Tian’s rudeness, Li Xia’s smile disappeared.

She knew that some people were like this. If they agreed to help her, everything would be fine. But if they didn't agree, she would give them the cold shoulder. She didn't expect to encounter this today.

No one knew each other. Aunt Tian was rude to her, so there was no need for Li Xia to be nice to her.

Who doesn’t have a temper?

Li Xia also turned cold and pursed her lips and said, "If I don't want to, I won't go even if you really give me 500 yuan."

"Just because you're free on Sunday doesn't mean others are free. Auntie, we don't know each other, and you're not ashamed to ask me for help. I also have the right to refuse.

"Don't tell me I really had something to do that day. Even if I didn't, I would still refuse you if I didn't want to go. I don't owe you anything, and you have no right to yell in front of me."

Auntie Tian felt that the little girl in front of her was really ungrateful.

Her son-in-law is the battalion commander. If the girl tries to curry favor with him, she can ask her son-in-law to help her find a partner. Maybe she can even marry a company commander or platoon leader. Isn't being an officer's wife better than working in the cafeteria?

"How dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who my son-in-law is?" Auntie Tian put her hands on her hips, looking like someone you couldn't afford to offend.

"If you're smart, you shouldn't talk to me like this. If I'm in a good mood, I might even introduce you to an officer. Then you can be considered a phoenix flying up a tree and become a military officer's wife. You don't have to work in the cafeteria anymore. You can become an officer's wife."

Li Xia was speechless after hearing this and said angrily: "I don't care who your son-in-law is. Even if the commander comes, don't use your power to force me to do something I don't want to do.

Besides, I’m already married, so I don’t need you to introduce me to a date, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with working in a cafeteria.”

After saying this, Li Xia didn't bother to pay attention to this rude lady anymore. She pointed at him and kept saying "you...you..." for a long time without being able to come up with a name for him.

Turned and left.

At home, Gu Weicheng was painting the wall.

Li Xia had said before that she wanted to paint the walls of her house white. Gu Weicheng took it to heart and after getting the paint, he started working on it in the next two days.

It was also because of this that he did not pick up Li Xia on his way home from get off work. In the past few days, he had picked up Li Xia and brought her back together.

Gu Weicheng did the job well and quickly. In just two days, most of the walls in the house had been painted.

Now the only room left to be painted is the second bedroom.

An An is also a good worker. Sometimes he hands a brush to his father, and sometimes he pours water for him to drink.

When Gu Weicheng saw Li Xia coming back, he said to her, "Today, my deputy battalion commander Li told me that he is getting married and will hold a wedding banquet on Sunday. He wants to invite our family to the wedding banquet. Do you want to go? If not, I can go alone."

When Li Xia heard this, she couldn't help but think of the old lady she met on the road.

Could the son-in-law this lady is talking about be Deputy Battalion Commander Li?

Li Xia was slightly speechless. The way Aunt Tian looked so proud at that time, she thought that Aunt Tian's son-in-law was really a big leader.

The result is a deputy battalion commander?

Li Xia didn't look down on the deputy battalion commander. After all, every soldier's military achievements were earned by themselves and were worthy of admiration. There were very few people like Gu Weicheng who became a regiment commander before the age of 30.

She was speechless at Auntie Tian's behavior. She thought that just because her daughter married an officer, she looked down on everyone and even wanted to use her power to force Li Xia to do things. What kind of person was she?

Li Xia told Gu Weicheng about her encounter with Auntie Tian: "Could this Auntie Tian be Captain Li's mother-in-law?"