The next morning, Lu Shiyi led the team into the mountains for inspection again. Su Jin was preparing noodles for the New Year. Yun Feng came into the yard and called her, wanting to ask Su Jin if she could make it more delicious.
Su Jin was kneading dough in front of the kitchen counter by the window. Seeing Yun Feng coming, she put down the dough in her hand, washed her hands, and went out to greet her.
"Sister-in-law, is there something you want to talk to me about?" Su Jin lifted the heavy door curtain and let Yun Feng into the house.
Yunfeng went into the house to warm up for a while and found that the living room was almost decorated. There were two bouquets of New Year flowers on the table opposite.
"The New Year flowers look festive, but they are no longer available here." Yun Feng said helplessly.
"Sister-in-law, my mother's old friend asked Ayi's comrade-in-arms to send this to me while he was delivering documents. He said he came across some New Year flowers at the market and wanted to send them over," Su Jin said, following Lu Shiyi's excuse. "How about I call Auntie tomorrow when I pick up the package at the post office and ask her to buy a bouquet for me?"
Su Jin always felt that New Year flowers were indispensable during the Spring Festival. When she took them out from her space, Lu Shiyi suggested that her family members give them to her.
"Besides telling the truth in front of my aunt and me, tell everyone else that it was given by your mother." Yun Feng reminded again.
Lin Zitao personally investigated Su Jin's background. After learning that both of her parents had died, Wu Jun met with him and negotiated with Su Jin to conceal the fact that her parents were absent. Su Jin was young and was worried that some family members would be blind and bully her.
"Sister-in-law, I know." Su Jin smiled and said, "Ever since I went to the countryside, I've been saying that my parents are still around. I've seen some family members talk about Sister-in-law Cao a lot."
"Last year, a mudslide struck south, and Sister Cao's family perished. Those people haven't let her off the hook." Yunfeng and the others had anticipated this situation. Liu Yunshan and she had warned the military wives. "If the village hadn't directly informed Sister Cao, we could still find a way."
"Sister-in-law, does this happen often?" Su Jin was thinking about how to help Sister-in-law Cao.
Family members gathered from all over the country, and the older ones even disliked their parents' disabled daughters-in-law.
"Quite a few, especially those who are old enough to be mothers-in-law. When they get together to chat, they will put forward the conditions for their daughter-in-law. If the girl's parents are not around, they will definitely not marry her." Yun Feng informed Su Jin about the situation in the family compound. "Those people are in the family compound at the foot of the mountain. Many of them are logistics staff."
Su Jin nodded: "What does the political commissar say?"
"Gather the team members, inform them of the facts and the policy, and have them go back and warn their wives." Yun Feng explained. Even Lin Zitao felt helpless about this kind of situation. "Even if we warn the team members, if the families don't take action, we can only condemn them verbally."
Liu Yunshan and Yunfeng were helpless. Those nagging family members were taught a lesson again and again, and they would just pretend to be obedient after two or three days.
"Sister-in-law, if the family members are making trouble, wouldn't it be better to link it with the team members' promotion? The family members are always being lectured, which means the team members are not doing their job well and the family is unstable. How can they focus all their energy on the mission?" Su Jin stopped there.
Yun Feng's eyes lit up instantly. Lin Zitao had been asking the team members to go back and restrain the family members, but the effect was not good. If they did as Su Jin said, the family members would be obedient.
"That's a good idea. I'll tell Lao Lin later." Yun Feng realized that the two of them had strayed from the topic. "I came here today to ask you how to deal with the wolf meat at home. I cooked a meal yesterday and found that the wolf meat was a bit sour."
Su Jin nodded. "I made the wolf meat into spicy jerky. Although it doesn't taste as good as roe deer or venison, it's still delicious. When Ayi goes on a mission, give him all this to take away. It's better than raw meat."
Yunfeng listened to Su Jin's solution and thought about the seasonings at home.
"Xiao Jin, you're so smart. I'll go back and make it right away." Yun Feng got the solution and immediately got up and headed home. "I won't delay you from making New Year's pastries. We have a lot of New Year's goods to prepare at home."
"Okay! I won't keep my sister-in-law here. We can chat again when we have time." Su Jin sent Yunfeng away from home.
Before the New Year, every household was busy, and Su Jin had been dealing with New Year's goods for several days in a row.
Su Jin returned to the kitchen and continued kneading the dough. Two trays of steamed buns were already steaming in the pot. She made the pastries before the New Year so that they could be eaten for two or three months.
Nearing noon, Su Jin pounded her waist and steamed the steamed buns for the whole morning, making a lot of steamed buns. After the pots of steamed buns came out of the oven, she put them in brown paper bags and took them outside.
Lu Shiyi came back from the training ground and saw Su Jin delivering things outside one by one.
"Wife, you stay in the room, I'll move it." Lu Shiyi quickly ran to Su Jin's side and put the things into the freezer he carved.
"I made a hundred steamed buns, and the flour at home is almost used up." Except for 20 white flour steamed buns, the rest are multi-grain steamed buns, but they contain more white flour than other people's steamed buns.
"Wife, the dried meat you brought me today was snatched away by Lao Lin." Lu Shiyi complained directly.
"It's wolf meat jerky..." Su Jin gave all the prepared wolf meat jerky to Lu Shiyi today. It was not as delicious as other jerky.
Lu Shiyi looked at his wife in surprise: "You mean wolf meat jerky?"
"Yes, we only cooked wolf meat once at home. I don't like it, so I made it into jerky." Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi proudly: "You didn't realize it was wolf meat, did you?"
Lu Shiyi nodded. Every household received a lot of wolf meat. When going to training, he often heard the team members mention that they could not consume the wolf meat at home.
"I heard it was delicious, so many team members asked their wives to come and ask you..." After delivering the steamed buns, Lu Shiyi came back to take a shower and change clothes.
Ever since Hanhan was born, the first thing Lu Shiyi and Su Jin did when they came back from outside was to change their clothes to prevent the germs outside from harming Hanhan.
"How about I write it down and you give it to the monitor in the cafeteria. I heard from Sister Yunfeng that there is still a lot of wolf meat in the cafeteria." Su Jin tried many methods, and this one was the most effective.
Lu Shiyi picked her up and kissed her: "I handed in the prescription you gave me, and there is an extra layer of protection at home."
Su Jin felt relieved. When she heard Yun Feng mention that the Lu family was being targeted, Su Jin took out a prescription for Yunnan Baiyao from the space for her own safety and not wanting to bring hardship to the Lu family elders who were kind to her.
After Lu Shiyi handed it over, the people above him gave him a certificate of merit and 3,000 yuan. When Grandpa Lu negotiated with the people above him, he also asked for a share of the profits for Su Jin. The old man signed the contract with the people above him personally.
"Ayi, did you return the money?" Su Jin looked at him in surprise after hearing what Lu Shiyi said, "And you gave me 10% of the bonus as dividend?"
Su Jin's surprised expression made Lu Shiyi laugh.
"Your prescription is the best. Only Grandpa can negotiate it." Lu Shiyi comforted his wife, "Just take it with peace of mind."
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