Chapter 44 Chapter 44 I can't help but look at you. …
Lu Chongfeng suppressed his smile and pulled his ear which was burning instantly, "Cook it for me alone?"
Liang Xin nodded, "If you have nothing to do, just pick some vegetables here, and I'll make the spring roll wrappers."
Lu Chongfeng took two steps inside and said, "Then I will choose."
Liang Xin took a clean enamel basin, put it on the ground, and moved a small stool to him.
Seeing Lu Chongfeng curled up on a small stool with his long legs propped up, he looked a little depressed.
A small chair was moved over to replace the small bench.
When he sat down again, he felt much more relaxed.
Xia Xia held the Fuqiang flour in her hand and said, "Liang Xin, we should add yeast to one-third of the flour first, right?"
"Yes, I'll use a pound of flour and send it over from home later. Sister Xuelian, please keep a record of it."
Liang Xin took a yellow basin, poured in the flour, took some fine salt from the stove, and added a spoonful of it.
"What's this method?" Zhong Xuelian was keeping accounts, "Why do you put salt in the noodles?"
"Increase strength."
Liang Xin poured water to mix the dough first, then covered it and let it rest for a while.
Then wet your hands, continue to add a little water, and beat the dough with your hands. When the dough becomes soft and firm, cover it with a wet cloth and continue to let it rise.
After washing her hands, she sat on the small stool where Lu Chongfeng had sat before, and picked shepherd's purse with him.
"Liang Xin, is this dough ready?"
"alright."
"Liang Xin, do we need to leave it on the stove to rest for two hours?"
"Yes, boil a pot of water on the stove and heat it up."
Liang Xin turned around and found Lu Chongfeng staring at her, "What are you looking at?"
Lu Chongfeng said: "You are in the bakery, and it feels like you are awake."
“That’s…”
Liang Xin picked up a shepherd's purse and picked off the dead leaves. "I was always asleep before?"
Lu Chongfeng looked at the people at the long table and whispered, "I'll tell you when I get home tonight."
Liang Xin glanced at him and asked, "Another bedtime chat?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded.
Liang Xin chuckled, picked up the bench and moved it to the side to make way for other people who were free. "Sister-in-law, how are you going to eat shepherd's purse?"
Li Mao said: "I'm going to cut the meat and make dumplings."
"I went home last night and told them to get some shepherd's purse." Wang Daya squatted on the ground, picking the shepherd's purse quickly, "Her dad said to go cut some meat."
Xia Xia moved a stool and passed it under Wang Daya's buttocks. "Coach Song is fine. He is willing to listen to what you say. Some people will not listen to anyone's advice. That's suffering."
"Sister-in-law, are you talking about Commander Yang?"
Li Mao spoke directly, "I heard you and Liang Xin talking about this before. Commander Yang wants to have a free love relationship, so you can have a relationship with him."
Xia Xia's face turned red immediately after being teased by Li Mao, and soon her face spread to her neck. Her lips seemed to become stiff and she was completely unable to speak.
Lu Chongfeng suddenly looked up.
Liang Xin knew what he was going to do when she saw him like that, so she threw a shepherd's purse past his eyes and out of the pot.
Lu Chongfeng bent down and picked up the shepherd's purse and put it into the enamel basin.
After picking up the pieces, Li Mao had already taken over the opportunity to interrupt, "What's there to be ashamed of? Back then, that's how I took down our old Lei!"
Everyone in Baofang looked at Li Mao in surprise.
Liang Xin asked Zhong Xuelian, "Sister-in-law, you don't know either?"
"I don't know. I got married earlier than her." Zhong Xuelian shook her head, "But I have heard some rumors..."
"What rumors? Isn't it just saying that I'm the one who's trying to get the upper hand?"
Li Mao picked up the shepherd's purse and said, "What's wrong with being the one who pursues me? What's wrong with paying for it? I'm a grown-up girl and Lao Lei is a bachelor. We both have no family and no partner. I just fell in love with him. How can I be ashamed of being the one who pursues him? Besides, if I didn't pursue him, my mother, my brother, and I would be starving now. How could I have the chance to live in this military camp and work in this bakery?"
Liang Xin said: "That's right."
Wang Daya nodded. "Love is a freedom. It's not shameful to be the first or the last."
"You see, Daya understands." Li Mao looked at Xia Xia, "If he doesn't take the initiative, it's possible that he doesn't know how to talk. If you know how, you can take the initiative and lead him in the talk, right? Look at our Lao Lei. I threw myself into his arms once, and now he obeys me completely."
"Throw yourself... throw yourself into someone's arms?"
Xia Xia was shocked. "You were still a young girl at the time, and you just threw yourself into his arms?"
"hold head high!"
Li Mao looked nonchalant. "Back then, he came to visit our commune. When I saw him in a military uniform with thick eyebrows and big eyes, I knew that I would have a good life with him. Of course, I also liked him, so I told him directly, I want to have a free love relationship with you, are you willing? If you are, I will hug you."
Xia Xia was surprised and curious, "He, what did he say?"
"Of course he... didn't want to." Li Mao threw the shepherd's purse into the basin. "If he didn't want to, I was more sure of him. I went to bring him eggs every day. After three days, he let me hold him."
"You are so bold."
Xia Xia smacked her lips. "This is the first time I've heard of a girl being so proactive."
Seeing that Lu Chongfeng was listening with fascination, Liang Xin picked up the shepherd's purse and swept it in front of his eyes.
Lu Chongfeng came back to his senses and heard Li Mao speak again: "I dared to be so proactive before I got married. You are a legal couple now, so there is nothing to be shy about. You are in love with him, so he will keep you honest."
"Don't dare say this to anyone outside." Xia Xia worriedly warned, "If you tell others, I won't charge you with hooliganism again!"
Li Mao sighed and shook his head, "You two, I think, are just rusted wood."
Zhong Xuelian: "This is a rotten tree that cannot be carved."
"You know better."
Li Mao used to be secretly envious and jealous, but now he said it openly, "If my father hadn't died, and if he was also the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, I would have studied better than you!"
"It's not like you haven't read books with me."
Zhong Xuelian said, "We were all studying hard, but you took advantage of the boys going to the bathroom after class to throw rocks into the toilet in the men's bathroom. How do you look like you can study better than me?"
Li Mao threw the shepherd's purse, "Zhong Xuelian!"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, did you do this when you were a child?"
Wang Daya stammered, "No wonder, no wonder, then, so bold!"
Li Mao blushed for the first time, and suddenly looked at Xia Xia and said, "Sister-in-law, don't you not know how to fall in love? Ask Zhong Xuelian. Since elementary school, people have written on the wall that Zhong Xuelian is a spoiled child and a crybaby. Since junior high school, all the boys in her class have liked her!"
Zhong Xuelian said angrily: "Li Zhaodi! ”
Before Xia Xia learned how to fall in love, Li Mao and Zhong Xuelian had a falling out because they exposed each other's secrets.
Lu Chongfeng leaned close to Liang Xin's ear and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have taught you so well."
Liang Xin: “….”
"If you tell me, you won't have to eat shepherd's purse today."
Lu Chongfeng immediately closed his mouth, took the selected shepherd's purse and went outside to wash it.
Liang Xin looked at the two people who were sitting on either side, not looking at each other, then stood up, uncovered the wet cloth on the spring roll basin, and put the dough into a small enamel basin.
Then open the door of the honeycomb coal stove and place the pan on the stove.
Liang Xin picked up the dough and kept swinging it upwards to prevent it from falling. After the pan was thoroughly heated, she hung the dough onto the pan, turned it around in her hand and picked it up. It rolled into a thin round skin with a diameter of about 15 centimeters on the pan.
Just smelling the aroma of the cake makes me hungry.
When the skin curls up on all sides, lift it up with your hands and a thin spring roll skin is ready.
Place on an enamel dish and cover with a damp cloth to prevent it from drying out and becoming brittle.
Lu Chongfeng came in after washing the shepherd's purse. He saw Liang Xin's hands turning around and making spring roll wrappers. "That's amazing!"
Liang Xin was amused by his tone. She turned around and glanced at the two people who were in a cold war. She didn't call anyone, "Sister-in-law Daya, can you help me make the spring roll wrappers? We'll share them later."
Wang Daya had already prepared the shepherd's purse. She nodded quickly, washed her hands, and came over to take over Liang Xin's work.
Liang Xin gave a brief instruction, picked up the enamel basin from Lu Chongfeng's hand, took out the shepherd's purse, put it on the chopping board, drained the water and chopped it into pieces.
When I walked into the kitchen, Xia Xia had already helped chop the pork.
Lu Chongfeng came in and lit the fire and added firewood.
Liang Xin puts oil in the pot, pours in the minced pork and stir-frys. When the minced meat changes color, add shepherd's purse, soy sauce, salt, sugar, MSG and water and continue to stir-fry.
"What a nice smell." Lu Chongfeng looked up at the emerald green color inside the pot, "The smell of spring."
“That’s a good description.”
After Liang Xin finished praising him, she saw Lu Chongfeng smile, turned around, poured corn starch into a small bowl, added water and stirred, poured it into the pot to thicken, stir-fried it a few times, and called out, "Does anyone want to stir-fry the stuffing?"
Two people who were at odds with each other outside the door squeezed in together, neither of them giving way.
Liang Xin brought shepherd's purse and meat filling and called Lu Chongfeng away, "There's firewood at the bottom of the pot. One of you will watch the fire while the other one stirs the fire. Pay attention to the noodles."
Lu Chongfeng immediately stood up and followed Liang Xin.
He doesn't get involved in matters between other family members.
“Can you make spring rolls?”
Lu Chongfeng shook his head, "No, if you cook here, I'll go to the training ground to check on them."
"Go ahead, the spring roll filling also needs to cool down, I'll wait for you at home later."
After the spring roll filling has cooled, Liang Xin spreads the spring roll wrapper on the chopping board, picks up a spoonful of shepherd's purse and meat filling, rolls it up from the inside out, folds the left and right sides towards the middle, and sticks the seams with wet starch, thus completing a spring roll dough.
Liang Xin placed the spring rolls on the enamel tray and thought of the promise she made to Lu Chongfeng, "If you need any, make them yourself. You're welcome."
Xia Xia moved and pulled Wang Daya, "You can also make a few and take them back for the children to eat."
Wang Daya thought that her family was also making dumplings today, so she could exchange with Liang Xin, so she sat down and started making dumplings.
Two people in the room also came out.
Still no words.
Everyone makes their own spring rolls.
Liang Xin looked at the two of them and smiled.
But still no advice.
"Is the noodles ready?"
"alright."
Li Mao packed a few and went to bring out the basin.
All four of them stopped and worked together to figure out how to evenly spread the remaining two-thirds of the dough, how to mix it with the one-third of the already fermented dough, how to make it into dough, how to shape it, how to apply oil to it, and how to put it into the oven.
By the time Liang Xin had directed a batch of bread to come out of the oven, an entire enamel plate had been filled with spring rolls, with a stack of spring roll wrappers and enough meat filling left for four people.
"it's beautiful!"
“Exactly the same!”
The four of them were so happy when they saw the golden and fluffy bread they made together.
He picked one up and divided it into five portions, and gave the first one to Liang Xin to try.
After Liang Xin nodded in praise, the four of them cheered.
The sworn enemies also clapped each other, completely forgetting about the previous cold war.
Wrap each loaf of bread in wax paper.
Wait for Director Wu to come over, say a lot of nice things and then take him away.
Lu Chongfeng also came back.
Seeing the spring rolls wrapped in the enamel plate but not yet fried, and then watching everyone wrapping their own spring rolls, Lu Chongfeng was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth almost curled up to the back of his ears.
Liang Xin really only made it for him!
"Let's go back first."
Liang Xin picked up the yellow croaker and rice cakes and said, "In the evening, shall we plant the vegetables in the vegetable garden?"
"Wait for me." Li Mao picked up the spring rolls, the selected shepherd's purse, and the pork cut at the service center, "Let's go back together."
After cutting grass and feeding the pigs, Wei Yuanyang immediately went to the library of the Political Department of the Regiment.
I read all the Soldier's Daily, Liberation Daily, Base Daily, People's Daily, Women's Daily... from the beginning of the year to the present. I couldn't believe it, so I read the report conference news about the 11th Division's rescue heroes and the victim Yang Tao over and over again.
After watching it countless times, Wei Yuanyang slowly slid down into the chair, his eyes blank.
Good news......
He is so brave and so smart... He can be said to be both wise and brave!
As soon as she joined the army, she not only became a hero herself, but also helped Lu Chongfeng to easily break the originally difficult situation in the 11th Division, winning great popularity among the people.
What we win is the hearts of the people from top to bottom.
From the base leaders, division leaders to all the cadres of the division, everyone has gained actual benefits and fame because of Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng.
Wei Yuanyang has already seen how fast and how high Lu Chongfeng can climb by using Liang Xin's rescue ladder.
All that's needed next is time.
And all of this could have been his...
Wei Yuanyang held his head in his hands, feeling like crying.
What on earth is he doing.
How could he give such a good girl like Liang Xin to Lu Chongfeng?
I watched it from morning to noon.
Wei Yuanyang went to the bakery and saw that the wooden door was locked. He walked into the service center in silence and bought two bottles of white wine.
As soon as I walked out of the service center, I unscrewed the lid and took a sip.
“Hey, you!”
Suddenly, a voice came from the side.
Wei Yuanyang stopped and looked over, and found that it was Director Zou of the Logistics Department of the 11th Division. He quickly raised his hand and saluted.
The divisional logistics chief looked at Wei Yuanyang and asked, "You are the new soldier in the kitchen squad, your name is Wei Yuanyang?"
"Reporting to the commander, I am Wei Yuanyang."
"You're a heavy drinker?"
Wei Yuanyang glanced at the liquor in his hand, and suddenly remembered what the logistics director had asked Liang Xin to do that morning. His eyelashes fluttered slightly, "Report to the commander, yes."
"How much can you drink?"
"Reporting to the commander, I have not met an opponent so far."
Division Logistics Director Zou took a look at the wine in Wei Yuanyang's hand, then thought of the soldier's background and said, "Since you can drink, come with me."
When the cold wind blew, the fire of regret and desire in Wei Yuanyang's heart burned even more vigorously.
He knew the opportunity had come.
Fry the spring rolls slowly in a pan over low heat.
The yellow croaker in the big pot was steamed. Liang Xin turned around, opened the lid of the pot, and took out the yellow croaker to cool.
“It smells so good.”
Lu Chongfeng walked from the stove to the honeycomb coal stove, gently pushed aside the two little ones squatting in front of the stove, stretching their necks to eat, and watched the spring rolls gradually turning golden in the oil pan, "Are they almost done?"
Liang Xin picked up a spring roll, blew on it, and handed it to Lu Chongfeng's mouth.
Lu Chongfeng was stunned at first, then he raised the corner of his mouth, took a plate, took Liang Xin's chopsticks, picked up the spring rolls again, blew them cool, and handed them to Liang Xin's mouth.
Liang Xin, who thought he was going to eat it himself, raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "You eat it. I promised to make it for you."
Lu Chongfeng didn't eat it and handed it to Liang Xin's mouth.
Liang Xin lowered her head, took a bite of the crispy spring roll wrapper, and pushed his hand back.
Lu Chongfeng took a look at the bitten spring roll and realized that she had not eaten the filling, so he handed it to her again.
Liang Xin: “…”
She took a crunchy bite of the meat with the skin and filling still inside, exhaled hot air between her teeth, and nodded at him.
Lu Chongfeng finally put it in his mouth and took a bite of half of it. The skin was crispy and the filling was delicious. The fragrance of shepherd's purse and the aroma of pork filled his taste buds. "Delicious!"
"Meow~"
Xiaoju raised his cat paw and scratched the corner of Liangxin's pants.
Xiaobai wagged his tail and circled around the fragrant honeycomb coal stove.
Liang Xin looked down at the two little ones, first took out the fried ones from the pan and put them into the enamel plate, then took a few raw spring rolls and put them in to fry.
He walked to the stove, cut large pieces of meat from a big yellow croaker, then cut the meat from two small yellow croakers, served the rice, poured the fish soup and the meat of the small yellow croakers into it, mixed them well, let them cool, and then served them to Xiaoju and Xiaobai.
This time, Xiaoju didn't eat first. Instead, he poured the food onto Liangxin's hand and rubbed her twice with his furry cheeks.
Only after Liang Xin touched its head did Xiaoju run to the bowl and start eating.
Xiaobai was still circling the honeycomb coal stove. Seeing it like that, Lu Chongfeng sighed, grabbed it by the scruff of the neck, let it come closer to smell the small yellow croaker rice, and then put it next to the bowl.
After going through this process, Xiaobai will learn to concentrate on eating.
The sunlight shone in through the window frame. When Liang Xin saw this scene, a slight smile appeared on her face.
Blanch the shepherd's purse in a pot of boiling water, then take it out and soak it in cold water.
The color of the shepherd's purse suddenly became greener.
Heat oil in a pan, add chopped scallion and ginger and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant, then add large pieces of yellow croaker meat and two ladles of water.
Lu Chongfeng was frying spring rolls in his hands, and he did not forget to check the fire in the stove.
The two little ones were eating with relish.
After the big pot of water boiled, Liang Xin put the shepherd's purse in, quickly added salt, MSG, and white pepper powder to season, and finally added a bowl of water starch to thicken.
A pot of emerald green shepherd's purse and yellow croaker soup was served in an enamel bowl, through which the snow-white yellow croaker meat could be vaguely seen. It looked and tasted delicious.
Lu Chongfeng might not feel full if he only ate spring rolls.
Liang Xin herself also wanted to eat a dish of fried rice cake with shepherd's purse.
Use a sorghum cooking broom to wash the big pot twice, heat the pot, pour in oil, add the bacon and stir-fry, when the pot becomes sizzling, add the winter bamboo shoots and stir-fry until cooked, then add shepherd's purse and rice cake.
The emerald green shepherd's purse and the white glutinous rice cake are stir-fried together, alternating between green and white, giving a refreshing feeling.
Liang Xin said, "I like the colors of today's dishes."
Lu Chongfeng glanced into the pot and said, "Then I won't ask for the ten yuan unity when I get paid in the future."
Liang Xin wondered, "Why?"
Lu Chongfeng said, "I'll change them all into two cents and two yuan for you. Both of these coins are green in color."
"........Thank you, but it's not necessary."
Liang Xin divided the shepherd's purse rice cake into two portions and put them on an enamel plate. "It's time to eat."
Shepherd's purse spring rolls, shepherd's purse fried rice cake, shepherd's purse and yellow croaker soup.
A table full of the scent of spring.
As soon as Lu Chongfeng sat down, he first served two bowls of shepherd's purse and yellow croaker soup, handed one bowl to Liang Xin, and then quickly ate all of them.
Chewing with the corners of his mouth curled up.
He seemed more satisfied after eating than usual.
Liang Xin looked at him, lowered her head and drank the shepherd's purse and yellow croaker soup, hiding the smile on her face, "Why did you suddenly think of promoting the bakery's snacks in other groups?"
"Isn't the logistics department worried that you won't be able to make it, so they won't pay you for the time being?"
Lu Chongfeng chewed the soft and chewy rice cake and said, "I want to open your bakery, so I brought it over to promote it."
"You want me to go out to work?"
“No.”
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin and said, "I think you like the bakery very much."
Liang Xin glanced at him and asked, "Why do you think so?"
"I feel like you're in high spirits when you go there."
Lu Chongfeng tilted his head, "Did I guess wrong?"
Liang Xin hooked her index finger.
Lu Chongfeng walked forward with a puzzled look on his face.
Suddenly, there was a kiss on the mouth.
I was stunned for a moment.
Liang Xin: “Reward.”
Lu Chongfeng pursed his lips.
He stole a glance at Liang Xin who was eating spring rolls, and licked his lips quickly.
He suppressed his laughter, poked his chopsticks on the table, and picked up several pieces of rice cake and stuffed them into his mouth.
While chewing, he glanced at Liang Xin's mouth and smiled again.
Liang Xin couldn't help but laugh along, "Eat well."
“I’m eating well!”
"Eat and don't look at me."
"......oh."
After a while, Lu Chongfeng put down his chopsticks.
Liang Xin: “?”
"I won't eat it anymore."
"You just ate a little, and you don't want to eat anymore?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded, "I couldn't help but look at you, so I stopped eating and chose to look at you."
This is the first time ever.
Liang Xin's ears turned red.
"Eat as usual."
"OK!"
Just after finishing the meal, Wang Daya came to the door with shepherd's purse dumplings.
After serving the dumplings, Wang Daya rolled up her sleeves and walked to the backyard. "Where, where is the land? Plant it? Director Liang, I'll help you plant it."
Liang Xin held Wang Daya and said, "Sister-in-law, the sun is so strong now, we can't plant."
"Oh, yes."
Wang Daya looked at Lu Chongfeng and clasped her hands nervously, "Director Liang, please let me plant it. I really want to. Thank you."
"If you want to thank me for learning how to make pastries in the bakery, you're welcome."
Liang Xin had just opened the lid of the Longjing teapot and was about to make green tea to entertain Wang Daya. After thinking for a while, she opened the door of the low cabinet, took out the malted milk, made it and put it on the coffee table, then called Wang Daya to come and sit down.
"Sister-in-law, everyone who comes to the bakery learns the same thing. I don't treat you specially. Don't take it to heart anymore."
"Well, no."
Wang Daya picked up the cup and was about to drink water when she suddenly smelled a very pleasant smell. She looked down and saw that the water in the enamel teacup was milky yellow. "Director Liang, what is this?"
"It's malted milk."
"Malt, malt, milk?" Wang Daya stared at the water in the enamel pot with wide eyes. "This, this is malt, milk?"
"Yes, this is malted milk." Liang Xin made her own green tea. "Does it taste like wheat?"
Wang Daya nodded repeatedly, her eyes glued to the water in the cup, "No, more than that, it smells like wheat."
Liang Xin took the can of malted milk and pointed to the ingredient list and said, "There is also milk flavor. Malted milk, the wheat is wheat bran and wheat sugar, and the milk is milk powder and condensed milk, as well as ingredients such as cocoa powder and eggs. This is the mixed fragrance."
Wang Daya pointed at the red and white can and said, "I've seen this before, in the supply and marketing cooperative, but I've never drunk it."
Liang Xin pointed at the enamel pot and said, "Then try it and see if it suits your taste."
Wang Daya took a sip and nodded quickly, "Yes, it tastes good. It tastes very good. By the way, spring rolls for lunch, Xiaoya, I like them very much."
"That's good."
Liang Xin chatted with Wang Daya for a few words and persuaded the man to go back and rest.
"Gone?"
"Leave."
Lu Chongfeng knew that these family members were afraid of him, so he locked Liang Xin in the room and waited for her to take a nap.
As soon as Liang Xin got on the bed, she lay down on it and didn't want to move.
Lu Chongfeng flipped over to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin was startled, "Are you still human?"
"...I want to give you a massage."
There was still a hint of grievance in her voice. Liang Xin relaxed and rested her head on her arm. "Then press it."
The big hands gently but powerfully pressed from the shoulders to the waist and back, and then down to the thighs, calves and soles of the feet.
Liang Xin's soles are ticklish, so she lifted her calves and said, "I can't sleep if you press me like this."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin as she lifted up her white and pink soles. Her five toes were slender and round, and her toes were soft and plump. Her toenails were also white and pink. "I have a favorite color too."
Liang Xin: “?”
"Why are we suddenly talking about colors? What do you like?"
"I like all the white and pink colors on you."
Lu Chongfeng didn't take a nap.
Because he was kicked out of bed.
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