She has a lot of things in her space, but with Grandma Xue here, it's inconvenient for her to take them out.
She suddenly remembered that there were still some red dates left from when he and Xue Yanchen got married, so she decided to make some date paste cakes and send them to Qiu Aizhen.
"Grandma, Aunt Qiu bought me some things, and I want to make some jujube paste cakes to send to her."
"Sure, we'll be living here from now on, so we need to be careful about how we interact with others. Grandma's been wanting some of your pastries, so let's get started."
"Okay, Grandma."
To make jujube paste cake, you first need to wash the dried jujubes, soak them until soft, and then steam them until soft. After steaming, mash the jujubes and add brown sugar and a small amount of salt to the jujube paste. In order to make the jujube paste cake taste better, Luo Jingyan took out honey and milk from her space when Grandma Xue was not paying attention, added some to the paste, and then added eggs and stirred it well.
Next, add flour and a little water, stir well, then add some chopped red dates, and it's ready to be steamed.
Luo Jingyan prepared a four-pound batch, intending to give half of it to Qiu Aizhen.
She arrived at the Lu family's door with jujube paste cake in her hands, and before she could even knock, she saw Qiu Aizhen outside.
When Qiu Aizhen saw her come to her door in person, her eyes lit up and she quickly pulled her into the house: "Jingyan, come in quickly, come inside."
Luo Jingyan handed her the jujube paste cake: "Auntie, this is a jujube paste cake I made myself. I brought some to you."
Qiu Aizhen had already smelled the delicious aroma of jujube paste cake. When Luo Jingyan actually came to bring her jujube paste cake, she was overjoyed. It was as if her own married daughter was returning home to bring her something. This feeling was an indescribable joy for a woman who did not have a daughter but longed for one.
She took the jujube cake from her, saying, "Jingyan, please sit down."
"Auntie, please try it and see if it tastes good."
"Delicious, definitely delicious." Qiu Aizhen took a piece and put it in her mouth. It was even more delicious than she had imagined. "Jingyan, your cooking skills are really amazing. It reminds me of the imperial chefs in the ancient palace."
Luo Jingyan smiled; their ancestor was a royal chef in the imperial palace.
"Auntie, if you say that, it will make me think you've eaten food made by the imperial chef."
"What I mean is, with such good skills, if you lived in ancient times, you could have become a royal chef in the palace. It's just that you can't do business now, otherwise your restaurant would definitely be a huge success."
Luo Jingyan smiled and said, "I'll never be a royal chef in this lifetime, and I don't know when I'll be able to open a restaurant."
Qiu Aizhen said, "No one can predict what will happen with this policy. We don't know what the future holds, so let's just take it one year at a time."
When leaving the Lu family, Qiu Aizhen packed a bag of roasted peanuts and insisted that Luo Jingyan take it with her.
"Auntie, I came to deliver something to you, how could I possibly take your things?"
Qiu Aizhen insisted on stuffing it into Luo Jingyan's arms: "Take it, take it. This was sent by my family back home. I cooked it myself. If you don't want it, it means you don't like the things your aunt gave you."
Luo Jingyan felt it would be impolite to refuse, so she had no choice but to accept it.
In the evening, after returning home from get off work, Commander Lu saw a plate of red date cakes on the coffee table. Before he even sat down, he could already smell the aroma of dates in the air.
He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and was immediately amazed by the taste of the jujube paste cake. He hurriedly asked Qiu Aizhen, "Old Qiu, where did you buy this jujube paste cake? Why is it different from what we used to eat?"
"Is it delicious?" Qiu Aizhen asked him.
"Delicious, so delicious!" Could it be that the department store changed its pastry chef?
"No, I didn't buy these jujube paste cakes from outside. Someone gave them to me as a gift. Can you guess who gave them to me?"
Commander Lu smiled and said, "I know, it must be Comrade Xiao Luo."
"Wow, how did you guess so accurately? No wonder you're the commander of our military region, you're so smart."
“Hey, I’m not that smart, but the political commissar is much smarter than me. I’m just a roughneck, all I know is how to fight. But if you ask me why I could guess, it’s actually quite simple. It’s because you’ve been talking about Comrade Xiao Luo to me these past few days, praising her in every way. The other day when you went to make quilts for the young couple, you talked about praising that lunch for two days straight.”
"Yes, it was made by Jingyan and given to me. I'm being kind and letting you have some too."
Qiu Aizhen remembered that Xue Yanchen left on their wedding night, and Luo Jingyan and he had been married for more than ten days, but the couple had been separated for more than ten days.
"Old Lu, let me ask you, when will Xiao Xue be able to come back? The young couple just got married and they're already separated, how pitiful."
Commander Lu frowned: "I can't say for sure either."
Song Qingsong's application for a house has been approved. No renovation is needed; he just needs to furnish it with furniture and household items.
He immediately told Xue Ningnan the news, and Xue Ningnan packed her bags and took the train to the military region.
The house they applied for was in the same compound as Luo Jingyan's, except one was at the very end of the compound and the other was in the very middle.
Luo Jingyan lived in the very middle, while theirs lived at the very end.
Song Qingsong picked up Xue Ningnan from the train station and took her to the military region. As soon as they reached the gate of the compound, Xue Ningnan asked Song Qingsong, "Where do you and your wife live?"
Song Qingsong told her the location of Xue Yanchen and Luo Jingyan's house, "It's right there in the middle."
The houses in this military dependents' compound are all row houses, separated from each other by courtyard walls.
When Xue Ningnan passed by Luo Jingyan's house, she made a point of looking inside.
Song Qingsong pulled her back: "Yanchen has gone on a mission, and your sister-in-law definitely doesn't want to see you. Don't look inside."
Xue Ningnan temporarily gave up the idea of reconciling with Luo Jingyan and went to their new house with Song Qingsong.
Two days later, Luo Jingyan learned from Fang Aihong that Li Xue had been discharged from the military, but as the offspring of criminals and spies, it was impossible for her to be completely free. As for where Li Xue had been assigned, that was beyond the knowledge of these military wives.
Xue Ningnan arrived two days ago and finally finished tidying up the new house with Song Qingsong.
She was about to go find Luo Jingyan when Song Qingsong worriedly said, "If you go, will she even listen to you? Don't let her kick you out again. There are so many people in the family compound watching. It would be too embarrassing if you were kicked out."
Xue Ningnan thought for a moment: "Being too proud will only lead to suffering. One of them is a combat hero, and the other is a combat heroine. They are both well-known figures in the military region, and so many people admire them. If we don't take this opportunity to make peace with them, and wait for them to climb higher up, will we still be able to curry favor with them then?"
Besides, isn't my grandma there? If she ignores me, I'll just say I'm visiting her. The more often I go, the better our relationship will gradually become.
Song Qingsong felt that his wife was right.
"Even if your sister-in-law ignores you, Grandma won't. Go ahead and try to get along with her. Maybe one day she'll forgive you."
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