Because she didn't get along well with her roommates, Leng Yingying had never actually eaten in the cafeteria with her comrades. She usually kept to herself, and her closest friend was probably Su Yueya.
As for Su Yueya, who works in the medical department, it's really difficult for her to "bump into" people unless she deliberately looks for them.
“Okay, let’s go eat together,” Leng Yingying agreed.
Qiao Gaoyang was secretly pleased with his initial victory.
"Walk!"
It was lunchtime, and the cafeteria was quite crowded.
"I'll go line up for food, you go and save a seat," Qiao Gaoyang said, intending to use his meal tickets to treat others to lunch.
Although it was just a meal at the cafeteria, it was still his first time eating with Leng Yingying, so he had to take it seriously.
“Okay.” Leng Yingying didn’t hesitate. She quickly found a spot, took off her training jacket to reserve it, and then hurried to find Qiao Gaoyang.
"You could have just sat there and waited for me, why did you come over again?"
"It's okay, I've already reserved a seat. I'm just worried that the food you ordered might not suit my taste..." Leng Yingying said frankly. She didn't have any ulterior motives; she was simply worried that she wouldn't eat well.
After all, one reason I chose to enlist was that it suited me, and another reason was that they provided meals!
Eating is extremely important to Leng Yingying.
Life is all about eating and drinking!
Qiao Gaoyang nodded, thinking that this was good. He could take this opportunity to figure out Leng Yingying's tastes, which would also help him understand her better.
Because she had taken off her coat, Leng Yingying's arms were exposed, and there were injuries on them.
"How's your arm?" Qiao Gaoyang asked with concern.
"I'm fine now." Leng Yingying said, moving her arm to show that she was alright. "It's just a superficial injury, nothing serious. By the way, thank you for the ointment, Dr. Su. It works very well."
Qiao Gaoyang: "..."
How could it not work? That's a special medicine I bought from the small shop.
However... he only thanked Crescent Moon, but didn't mention him at all?
Leng Yingying really didn't intend to mention it, after all, in her opinion, the ointment was given by Su Yueya, and Qiao Gaoyang was just a gofer.
She got injured while trying to save Qiao Gaoyang, and now she has to thank him specially for running an errand for him? Is she crazy?
Soon, it was their turn in line.
Qiao Gaoyang gestured for Leng Yingying to get her food first.
"Master, give me a serving of braised pork ribs with potatoes, a serving of shredded pork with wood ear mushrooms, and a..." Leng Yingying hesitated.
She wanted one of every kind of meat dish, but... she was short of money!
Leng Yingying pulled out her meal ticket from her pocket and began to do mental arithmetic.
The military issues meal tickets to soldiers every month, allowing them to eat in the mess hall. It's not truly "free," which can easily lead to waste.
The monthly meal allowances for ordinary soldiers, senior soldiers, and officers are different, but the differences are not significant.
Even the most ordinary soldiers receive enough meal tickets each month to eat their fill and eat well, but if they want to eat luxuriously, such as having all meat dishes every meal, then meal tickets are very scarce.
Even high-ranking officials couldn't eat like this every day, every meal.
Leng Yingying counted her remaining meal tickets and the days left in the month, pulling them up on her fingers...
"Just tell me what else you want to eat, use my meal tickets." Qiao Gaoyang said, then quite stylishly pulled out a stack of meal tickets from his pocket.
That's right. Compared to Leng Yingying's pitifully few meal tickets, Qiao Gaoyang's was a whole stack!
"So many meal tickets!" Leng Yingying's eyes lit up.
Then, with lightning speed, she stuffed the rest of her meal tickets into her pocket.
"Okay, please." She swallowed hard, staring at the meat dishes in the window, and began reciting the menu, "Another order of braised pig's trotters, one order of pickled fish, and one order of spicy stir-fried chicken!"
Wow, this queen hasn't fought such a profitable battle in ages, hahaha...
"By the way, I didn't order much, did I?" Leng Yingying asked with a smile.
"Not much." Qiao Gaoyang really wanted to laugh, but he felt that if he laughed at this moment, it would probably make Leng Yingying uncomfortable, so he held it in.
When the two carried their food to their seats, Leng Yingying's eyes never left the five meat dishes in front of her.
Those are five meat dishes!
If she were to give herself meal tickets, she definitely wouldn't dare to give such a small amount, otherwise she would have to eat vegetarian food for the last few days of the month.
"By the way, why do you have so many meal tickets?" Leng Yingying asked curiously.
She knew Qiao Gaoyang was in the intelligence group. Could it be that the intelligence group received such good treatment, much better than the normal level?
If that's the case, she'll have to find a way to join the intelligence group.
"It's not much. Aren't they issued every month? I don't eat much in the cafeteria and don't use meal tickets much, so it looks like a lot," Qiao Gaoyang explained.
The work of the intelligence team is different from that of other soldiers. They don't need to stay in the army every day. In fact, some members of the intelligence team are not in the army for many years. Therefore, the food tickets they are issued are used up very slowly, and they accumulate to a considerable amount over the months.
"Where do you eat?" Leng Yingying asked curiously.
Qiao Gaoyang suddenly remembered that Xinruo had said that every time Leng Yingying went to the medical department to see Yueya, she would devour a lot of her snacks, saying that Yueya loved to eat. Maybe this could be a starting point...
"I remember you're not from Beijing, right? Actually, there are many delicious restaurants and local snacks in Beijing. I'll invite you to try them sometime." Qiao Gaoyang was already making plans.
"Okay!" Leng Yingying agreed without even thinking.
Qiao Gaoyang: "..."
“Actually, if you don’t have enough meal tickets, I can—” Qiao Gaoyang started putting on his pants pockets.
No! No!
Don't ever test my limits—otherwise, you'll discover that this queen has no limits at all! I can't resist the temptation of profit, oh no, meal tickets! No way!
"How about I give you some?" Qiao Gaoyang said.
Wow, meal tickets! A whole stack of meal tickets!
"No need, thank you, Comrade Qiao, you should put it away quickly." Leng Yingying looked away from the stack of meal tickets.
Waaaaah... This is so hard, so incredibly hard for me!
Who can resist a meal ticket?
But—never mind!
Qiao Gaoyang didn't quite understand what Leng Yingying had omitted after the "but," but this Leng Yingying, who clearly wanted it and said she had no bottom line, yet still refused the meal ticket, made him even more attracted to her.
Leng Yingying is not the person without principles that she claims to be.
On the contrary, her bottom line is clear and unambiguous.
"How about this, we can eat together in the cafeteria sometime in the future, and I'll pay with my meal tickets, is that alright?" Qiao Gaoyang said again.
"Okay," Leng Yingying agreed, but what she was really thinking about was how many opportunities they could have to eat together.
Good food should not be missed, especially when there are five meat dishes in front of you.
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