The next few days were incredibly busy for everyone. The next morning, Liu Mingfeng took the four children for a run with the troops. Since he had a day off, after running with the children, he took a shower and then drove with Wu Qiaoqiao to town to see what they needed to buy. Luckily, his family owned a supermarket, so they had all the necessities. Since they were hosting a dinner party that evening, they needed to buy some vegetables and meat at the market, which their supermarket didn't carry. As for rice, flour, cooking oil, and seasonings, they could just get them from the supermarket.
Wu Qiaoqiao not only took rice, flour, and cooking oil from the supermarket, but also a lot of snacks, since Liu Mingfeng's brothers would be coming over that night, and there would definitely be family members among them, including children.
On their way to town, the two chatted in the car. Liu Mingfeng told Wu Qiaoqiao that the place they were in was very close to Shenzhen in their previous life. Because it was by the sea, there was an abundance of seafood, and also a lot of fruit due to the region. Hearing this, Wu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but swallow her saliva; she was so hungry.
After getting what they needed from the supermarket, the two went to the wet market, which was unusually bustling. Wu Qiaoqiao bought a lot of seafood, including crabs, razor clams, oysters, and some fish. In addition to seafood, she also bought a lot of meat, including chicken, duck, fish, and pork. Because she wasn't sure if her family members could eat seafood, Wu Qiaoqiao decided to limit their intake for the next few days. If anyone had an allergic reaction, she would have to prepare a different menu.
Besides these, Wu Qiaoqiao also bought a lot of fruit, such as watermelon and grapes, which are always on hand. In addition to watermelon and grapes, she also bought lychees, longans, and wampee. She even smelled a familiar aroma at a stall. Walking over, she saw that the stall actually had her favorite durian on display. You see, she hadn't eaten durian since the apocalypse when she was ten years old, and of course, she hadn't eaten any other kind either. Now, seeing this durian that had already split open, she couldn't help but swallow hard.
Liu Mingfeng smiled when he saw Wu Qiaoqiao like that, and went over to buy the durian. As for whether the people in his family who had never eaten durian before would be able to stand the smell, Liu Mingfeng said he didn't care; his wife was the most important person.
They quickly finished buying everything they needed. Liu Mingfeng and Wu Qiaoqiao carried the bags and packages towards their car. Luckily, both of them were quite strong, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to carry it all. Wu Qiaoqiao was also glad that they had driven there, otherwise getting back would have been a huge problem.
Liu Mingfeng drove his wife and belongings back to their courtyard gate. He called out to his cousin and sister-in-law to come out and get the things. Feng Mingran and the others came out when they heard the call. Seeing so much stuff, they all helped carry the things piled up in the car back inside. After everyone had taken everything out, Liu Mingfeng drove to the military vehicle convoy to return the car. After all, he was starting training the next morning and couldn't leave the car parked there indefinitely. Even though Wu Qiaoqiao could drive, he couldn't leave it for her to use, for fear of creating a bad impression.
When Liu Mingfeng returned the car, he saw that the house had been almost completely tidied up while he and Wu Qiaoqiao had gone shopping. The unopened books in the study had been placed on two bookshelves in a certain way, and the cardboard boxes containing the books had been unpacked, stacked, and tied together.
The oven he had set up in the yard was also working, containing cookies and small breads made by Feng Mingyue, which would be used to entertain guests in the evening.
So as soon as Liu Mingfeng entered, he smelled the aroma of the baked noodles. He thought to himself that the two families next door were going to suffer, since their houses were built according to the terrain, with two, three, or four families connected together, sharing the same walls.
Thinking of this, he looked up and saw several small heads peeking out from the walls on both sides of his house. They were the children of the political commissar and the battalion commander.
Seeing this, Liu Mingfeng became a little worried. The political commissar's children were fine; the oldest was 15 years old, and the youngest was nine. But the battalion commander's children were only four years old. He saw the battalion commander's youngest son drooling over the wall.
So Liu Mingfeng stood in the courtyard and called out to both sides. He first called for the battalion commander's mother, and then for the political commissar's eldest son.
"Is Aunt Zhou home? If she is, bring the children over. Don't let them cling to the wall. It's dangerous; they might fall. Dongzi, you too, bring your younger siblings down from the wall and come in through the gate. Come over here and play with them."
Upon hearing Liu Mingfeng's shout, the little heads on the wall immediately slid down and shrank back down. There was no response for a long time, probably because they were discussing whether to come over. Soon, they heard the battalion commander's youngest son crying.
"Grandma, I want to go over there. I want to eat something delicious. It smells so good over there."
The children probably wanted to come, but the adults felt a little embarrassed that they had come so soon after arriving yesterday. Liu Mingfeng thought for a moment and then went into the main room. As soon as he entered, he saw everyone sitting around the table, eating the fruit they had bought.
Besides fruit, there were also some cookies, bread rolls and cakes that they had already baked on the table. When Liu Mingfeng saw these foods, he asked Liu Xiangjun to take his younger siblings to pack some cookies and bread rolls and send some to each family.
Upon hearing this, Wu Qiaoqiao took out a stack of small bamboo baskets from the cabinet in the main room. These were also prepared by Liu Mingfeng. He knew that his wife liked to make snacks, so he prepared these small bamboo baskets for her to hold food.
Wu Qiaoqiao, carrying a small bamboo basket, led the four children to fill it with the food they had roasted themselves, as well as dried fruits and other items sent from their hometown. Each basket contained several kinds of food. Originally, Wu Qiaoqiao was going to take the children to deliver the food, but Liu Mingfeng stopped her and asked the children to do it instead. There were more than ten families in their row, but some of them were not yet occupied. At this time, the adults were not necessarily at home; it was usually the children who were home, since there were still several days before school started.
Hearing this, Wu Qiaoqiao didn't go out. Instead, she asked Liu Xiangjun to take her younger siblings outside for a walk. When they returned, they were followed by many children of all ages. Wu Qiaoqiao wasn't stingy and brought out all the food she had to treat the children. Liu Mingfeng explained that these were all children of soldiers.
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