Not to mention Gu Weicheng was speechless, even Li Xia couldn't help laughing when she imagined how that rough old man Hu Songlin applied skin care products.

"You guessed right, Deputy Captain Hu must have a partner."

It was a big deal for a man to apply some vanishing cream, so how could he use these kinds of skin care products? Not to mention Hu Songlin.

Li Xia thought for a moment and said, "Do you think it could be Xiao Zhou?"

She still remembered the time when Zhou Yunxing came home and Hu Songlin arm wrestled with her and lost. During dinner that day, the two of them had a very happy chat and it seemed that they would succeed.

Gu Weicheng said: "I'm not sure. I'll call him home and ask him about it. Dating is not like doing underground work. It's not something that can be hidden."

"Okay." Li Xia supported.

Anyway, she had a pretty good impression of Zhou Yunxing, a likable girl. If she could really get along with Hu Songlin, it would be a happy ending for everyone.

Hu Songlin is 27 years old this year, and it’s time for him to start a family.

Gu Weicheng talked to Li Xia about Su Wenyan being bitten by a poisonous snake again: "There are a lot of snakes in Yuncheng. Although it's not so hot now, the snakes are unlikely to come out, but you and An An still have to be careful. Did the army distribute realgar powder? I'll go and sprinkle it all over the yard."

He didn't have much feeling about Su Wenyan being bitten by a poisonous snake. The fact that he didn't applaud or cheer was a sign of his military qualities.

But this made me think of my wife and children, and I was worried that something might happen to them.

"Okay, I'll get it for you." Li Xia took out the realgar powder.

The two of them went to the yard together and sprinkled realgar powder carefully, leaving no corner untouched.

"By the way, I can also sew a small bag with scraps of cloth and put the realgar powder in it. Each of us can carry one. This will be convenient and safe." Li Xia came up with a good idea.

Gu Weicheng agreed with her idea and nodded, "This is a good idea. In fact, when we go out on missions in the wild, we also carry realgar powder and other insect medicine powders with us."

There are too many flying insects and beasts in Yuncheng. It would be really torturous if you don’t bring them with you when you go on a mission.

Not long after, An An came back from school.

He also thought his father would not be back until tomorrow, so when he pushed open the gate and saw his father, he jumped up happily: "Dad, you're back!"

"I'm back and brought you something. Come and see if you like it." Gu Weicheng took An An to see the gifts.

When An An saw the new book and a big box of building blocks, he loved it so much that he immediately opened the blocks and started playing.

We killed a chicken at home in the evening. The chicken was brought back from the Jiang family.

Li Xia refused to accept it, but Zhao Xiulan insisted and even delivered it to their home personally, so Li Xia had no choice but to accept it.

She didn't dare kill the chicken, so she kept it in the yard, planning to kill it and eat it after Gu Weicheng came back.

Last time she cooked chicken stewed with mushrooms, this time it was an old hen. Li Xia stewed chicken soup with wolfberries, shiitake mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots. After the soup was cooked, she opened the lid and the aroma filled the air.

Gu Weicheng hadn't had any home-cooked meals during his business trip these few days, and he had been thinking about it for a long time. This meal was just the right amount to whet his appetite.

While eating, he sighed at how good his wife's cooking skills were.

An An, who was standing by, saw his father like this and asked with some concern: "Dad, are you guys not full when you go to the meeting?"

Otherwise, why would Dad be so hungry?

This made Li Xia and Gu Weicheng laugh. Gu Weicheng then realized that he hadn't eaten Li Xia's food for a few days. Today, he finally ate it again. He ate a lot more. He smiled and joked, "Next time Dad goes, I'll take you with me. You'll know then."

An An shook his head like a rattle. His dad wouldn't get enough to eat there, so he didn't want to go hungry.

After washing up in the evening, Li Xia saw Gu Weicheng start to hug An An, and she understood what he meant.

A short separation is better than a new marriage, and when you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like something has to be done.

Gu Weicheng said, "Wife, I want to discuss something with you. Tomorrow is the day when the army pays allowances. I used to send ten yuan back to grandpa every month, and I want to continue sending it in the future. Apart from this, I don't need any expenses on a daily basis. I only buy things for you and our son. You can keep the rest of the salary."

Li Xia laughed after hearing this: "Is that it? You are so serious, I thought it was something serious. It is the duty of filial piety to grandpa, I will definitely support it. Is it enough to just send money? Do you want me to make something to eat and send it back?"

After hearing this, Gu Weicheng felt relieved.

He knew Li Xia's character; she was kind and generous.

But he always heard about other couples quarreling over sending money to their families, so he thought about talking to Li Xia properly and not letting her think that he did things without consulting her.

"That's even better. Thank you, my wife." Gu Weicheng said.

"We're a family, there's no need to say thank you or not."

As soon as Li Xia finished speaking, Gu Weicheng kissed her on the lips. Then she heard Gu Weicheng say, "Then I won't say thank you. I will kiss you and serve you."

If it were at the beginning, Li Xia might have appreciated these words.

But now that it had just ended, Li Xia's legs were still weak. She realized that Gu Weicheng wanted to do something else, so she shrank her neck in fear, put her hands on her and Gu Weicheng's chests, and whispered, "Well, you should thank me..."

Sometimes it's okay to say 'thank you' to family members...

She really couldn't handle the question of whether to serve or not...

The next day, Li Xia asked An An, "Dad said he wanted to send something back to his great grandfather in his hometown. An An, what should he send?"

"Mom's cooking is the best. Let's send some to Grandpa." An An suggested, "Grandpa will definitely like the food Mom cooks!"

"But Great Grandpa is too far away from us, and the food will go bad on the way. How about this, Mom makes some food that is not easy to spoil and can be kept for a longer time and sends it back to Great Grandpa, how about that?" Li Xia said.

An An nodded: "Yeah!"

Li Xia said: "Then let's make some dried meat and send it to Grandpa."

Considering that Grandpa Gu is old and has weak teeth, beef jerky is too hard and not suitable for the elderly, so Li Xia prepared to make some pork jerky.

Li Xia made pork jerky herself before traveling through time. The process was not complicated, and it tasted fragrant and not hard.

It's easy to get things done because you have connections at the supply and marketing cooperative. Zhou Yunxing's mother knew that Li Xia wanted to buy more meat, so she used other people's quotas to buy her several portions of meat, a total of ten kilograms.

When Mrs. Tao saw the meat, she exclaimed that it was almost the New Year.

Li Xia smiled and said, "No one celebrates the New Year so early. I want to make some dried meat and send it to the elderly at home. Sister-in-law, what do you usually send to the elderly at home?"

Mrs. Tao said, "We send a lot of money. We have food at home, but I will send some dried mushrooms back. Mushrooms are abundant in Yuncheng, and dried mushrooms taste good. My parents-in-law love them."

Li Xia thought it would be a good idea to send some dried mushrooms back home.

"Okay, I'll buy some and send it back next time." Li Xia said.

Mrs. Tao smiled and said, "Why buy anything? When you have a day off, we can go to the back mountain to pick mushrooms, dry them and send them to you."

"That's fine." Li Xia nodded.

It is actually not difficult to make pork jerky, but the most demanding part is the step of chopping the meat into puree.

Fortunately, Gu Weicheng did it for her, so Li Xia only needed to give instructions from the side: "Chop it a little more finely, so it will be more delicate and flavorful."

I have to say that Gu Weicheng's strength is a plus. He is an expert at mincing meat and it only takes a short while.

The next step is seasoning, adding sugar, salt, soy sauce, and black pepper. Red yeast rice was supposed to be added, but Li Xia didn't buy it, so she didn't add it. Anyway, red yeast rice is only used to make the finished product look better, and it won't affect the taste.

After mixing evenly, press the meat into thin slices.

After frying each slice, brush them with a layer of prepared honey water to make the pork jerky taste sweeter, and finally sprinkle some sesame seeds on it.

Before long, the unique aroma of pork jerky wafted out from the kitchen.

After drying, cut into small pieces and it's done.

Li Xia picked up a small piece of pork jerky and tasted it first.

Well, it tasted very good, even more fragrant than the one she had made before. Maybe the pigs at this time were all local pork, well-fed, so they tasted better than the pigs that were fed with feed before, and the pork jerky made from them was more fragrant.

Li Xia said to Gu Weicheng: "Try it and see if it tastes good."

She gave Gu Weicheng a piece of pork jerky that he had not eaten before, but Gu Weicheng opened his mouth and bit the piece of pork jerky that she had eaten.

"I'll just eat this."

His expression was normal, but Li Xia could hear a hint of seduction.

Thinking of last night's lingering love, Li Xia's ears turned slightly red.

Male beauty is misleading!