As night fell, the courtyard was brightly lit. Lu Shiyi, wearing his training uniform, was carrying winter vegetables into the cellar. After Su Jin had cleaned up the kitchen, she was preparing dinner for the two of them.
"Ayi, come in and warm up first." Su Jin fried some spicy chicken to keep him warm.
When she came to the storage room to get ginger, she looked outside at Lu Shiyi and saw him carrying things in thin clothes.
"It's okay. We also wore these thin training uniforms during the training!" Lu Shiyi smiled innocently. "Wife, let's have a heartier meal today."
"It will definitely be sumptuous. I have prepared delicious food." Su Jin began to prepare dinner. In addition to stir-fried chicken, there were also Dongpo pork, stir-fried mixed vegetables, stir-fried cabbage and seaweed egg drop soup.
Four dishes and one soup are the standard meal for the Chinese New Year at home. Lu Shiyi also caught fish from the stream. He cleaned three large fish and buried them in the snow, preparing to make stewed fish during the Chinese New Year.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening when Su Jin finished preparing dinner. Lu Shiyi also came in with a sack and put 10 cabbages and a pile of potatoes in the kitchen.
"Ayi, let's serve the food and eat!" Su Jin's face was filled with smiles.
From today on, she has a home in this place. Lu Shiyi is a reliable person. Although he will go out on missions, she feels at ease.
"Okay!" When Lu Shiyi was washing his hands, he found the warm water that Su Jin had prepared for him.
In the past, when he returned home, he could only take a shower with cold water and go to sleep. He never thought that one day he would have someone to care for him.
The food was served, Su Jin and Lu Shiyi sat on the chairs. Lu Shiyi took out a small box from the study and pushed it in front of Su Jin.
"These are my belongings. I'll need my wife to give me pocket money from now on." Lu Shiyi thought about how his comrades all gave their allowances to their wives. "Xiao Jin, we've only just gotten married. I want to make a promise to you. When we return to the village tomorrow and transfer our household registration, you'll also have commercial grain every month."
"I don't have an accepting unit!" Su Jin came over to listen to her sisters-in-law and found out that the educated youth could only be accepted by the corresponding unit to move their household registration.
Lu Shiyi submitted a report to join the army, and she had to go back to earn work points during the spring plowing and autumn harvest.
"The political commissar knows you graduated from high school and has retrieved your high school grades. He wants you to teach Chinese at the military district's junior high school." Lu Shiyi reassured Su Jin, "If you agree, you can transfer your household registration tomorrow."
"Okay!" Su Jin nodded, "I can always be with you."
"Xiao Jin, you're still young. When you turn 18, we can become a real couple." Lu Shiyi picked up some food for Su Jin. "I specifically asked the military doctor, and he said it's not good for a girl to be too young. It's not good for you and the baby."
Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi in surprise: "Ayi, ask the military doctor these questions!"
"The military doctor knows everything. We can ask him if we don't understand something." Lu Shiyi smiled embarrassedly. "The military doctor is my sister-in-law, who is in her 40s. She is a martyr's relative. Her husband was once the regiment commander here and died while on a mission."
"Okay!" Su Jin agreed, "Whenever you say yes, it will be done."
"Before that, let's live like we did yesterday." Lu Shiyi looked at Su Jin and said, "You can use this time to read more textbooks. The elementary and junior high schools in the military area are not as chaotic as those outside. The children they enroll are all from the compound, and the sisters-in-law are happy to help the teachers teach the children."
Lu Shiyi was worried that Su Jin felt burdened, so he hurried to introduce the students to the school.
"Okay!" Su Jin nodded in agreement.
Early in the morning, Lu Shiyi came back from training, holding his lunch box in both hands and hurried home.
Political Commissar Lin walked on the left, talking quickly about what happened in the cafeteria last night.
Lu Shiyi placed the wedding candies at the door. Many sisters-in-law got the news and went to the cafeteria to get the candies. Unexpectedly, Squad Leader Lu posted a notice on the wall behind the table: Not everyone can get the Lu Department’s wedding candies. Don’t take them again if you have already taken them. First come, first served!
Some sisters-in-law wanted to take advantage of the situation, and when they heard the young soldier from the kitchen squad standing there reading the announcement, they felt a little timid.
"My dear sisters-in-law, the Lu army hunted a wild boar a while ago, and the squad leader killed it today. He specially added a meat dish, and the soldiers also got one. It can be regarded as a wedding banquet for everyone!" The young soldier said to the sisters-in-law, "The meat dishes are limited in quantity, first come first served."
When the sisters-in-law heard the young soldier's notice, they hurried home.
Some sisters-in-law took advantage of the chaos to take more wedding candies. The young soldier wanted to remind them, but the sisters-in-law blocked his way and he was speechless.
After hearing what the young soldier said about the sisters-in-law's behavior, Squad Leader Lu immediately told those sisters-in-law who took more wedding candies that they would not have to take any meat dishes.
Lu Shiyi frowned as he listened to Political Commissar Lin's words: "The head of those people has come to us, and this matter must be resolved. What's the situation now? Why are you still trying to take advantage of such a small thing?"
Everyone’s wedding is simple. Lu Shiyi’s engagement party will be held in the cafeteria, and he won’t be inviting guests for the wedding banquet.
"Just know what's going on. Squad Leader Lu said you took the winter vegetables back?" Political Commissar Lin asked curiously, "Your sister-in-law seems quite weak. How are your cooking skills? If not, go to the cafeteria and get food."
"Political Commissar, my wife's cooking skills are very good. She can even make offal as delicious as meat." Lu Shiyi praised proudly.
"Those things are not worth much, but they don't taste good when cooked." Political Commissar Lin's family also wants to pull in the brothers in the village, and who doesn't want to eat more meat?
"I'll have dinner with Minister Wu and your two political commissars and captains later, and I'll let my wife cook the dishes." Lu Shiyi said cheerfully, "My wife has to go teach at a junior high school, so I can only wait until I get back from the training to prepare the hot pot banquet."
"It's okay. Just tell me when you've decided on a time." Political Commissar Lin nodded. "Your sister-in-law's cooking skills aren't great, so she might be able to help out."
Even after Political Commissar Lin got married, he still ate in the cafeteria. Political Commissar Lin's wife was not a good cook.
Lu Shiyi came home with a lunch box. Su Jin had just put on her coat and was about to go to the kitchen to make breakfast when she was blocked by Lu Shiyi at the door.
"Hurry back! I've already brought back breakfast!" Lu Shiyi raised his hands. "I just ran into Political Commissar Lin and talked about the hot pot."
Su Jin reached out to take a lunch box, but Lu Shiyi blocked her way by moving sideways.
"Come in quickly, I'll get these!" Lu Shiyi didn't want her to get cold. "When I come back from training, we'll have the hot pot feast."
While the two were eating breakfast, Lu Shiyi told them where the household items were.
"Ayi, should I make some food for you?" Su Jin heard Lu Shiyi say that they would gather after breakfast, so she thought of preparing more food.
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