Chapter 037 Wei Dai Returns Home
A week was enough time for Wen Jiajia to completely get over the embarrassment.
On the day Wei Dai came back, Wen Jiajia still had the energy to make fun of her own embarrassing incident.
Wei Dai returned on the day of Grain Rain, and it was already two o'clock in the morning when he returned.
The entire family quarters was quiet; these returning people did not make much noise.
Wei Dai often went out and it was common for him to return home in the middle of the night, so he always carried the key with him.
The sky was as black as ink, and the moon was nowhere to be seen.
"Click--" The door lock opened, and Wei Dai walked towards the yard with his luggage.
He walked straight into the house without stopping.
Wen Jiajia is a very deep sleeper, and usually no matter how loud the noise is, she cannot be woken up.
Just like the previous few nights, she slept soundly even when it rained heavily in the middle of the night, and she didn't even hear Shen Xunzhen next door calling her to make a raised chicken coop.
Fortunately, the rain stopped soon. If it continued at that intensity for another hour or two, she would be able to eat fried chicken again the next day.
Tonight, when Wei Dai came back, he happened to see Wen Jiajia calling Wen Chun and Wen Xuan to get up and pee. Wen Jiajia was dazed and only felt that there was movement outside the door.
Of course she wouldn't think he was a thief. A thief would only join the army because he was eager to die.
It can only be Wei Dai.
Wen Jiajia suddenly woke up, and when she opened her eyes, she heard the living room door closing again.
She got up quickly, opened the door and said in surprise: "Wei Dai, you're back!"
Wei Dai was startled unexpectedly, because he knew how soundly his wife slept.
"Did I wake you up?"
Wen Jiajia walked over quickly and said, "No, Chun'er and Xuanxuan are in the restroom."
Wei Dai understood that the two sisters would occupy his bed again when he was away for a few days.
Wen Jiajia held his shoulders with both hands and looked him up and down carefully. She asked him to turn around and looked at his back.
Wei Dai felt warm inside and couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, I'm not hurt this time."
Wen Jiajia glared at him: "Come on, you said last time that you were not injured." It turned out that there was a big cut on his arm, which almost required stitches.
If he hadn't made a sound when I accidentally touched him, I wouldn't have known it.
She finally understood that this person only reported good news and not worries.
Wei Dai pressed her hand on himself: "Really, really! How about you come with me to take a bath, and I'll let you see enough?"
Well……
Without waiting for her to answer, Wei Dai hugged her tightly and buried his face in the hollow of her neck. The hot, moist breath from his nose hit her skin, making her collarbone itchy.
Wen Jiajia couldn't help but worry: Wei Dai was not injured, could it be that his comrades were injured... or something happened?
Otherwise why did it happen suddenly?
Thinking of this, she sighed. The country was not truly peaceful and stable during that era. Not to mention spies and secret agents, there were always frictions at the border.
She raised her hand and gently patted Wei Dai on the back, feeling that he must be hurt emotionally.
However, half a minute later, Wei Dai suddenly chuckled twice, "Jia Jia, did you take a bath with roses today? It smells so good."
Wen Jiajia: “…”
Yeah, what's wrong? Dog nose!
There is a rose tree next to the yard. I don’t know whether it is wild or planted by someone, but it bloomed in mid-April. The flowers are bright red and the fragrance is quite strong.
There were continuous heavy rains during this period, causing the roses to become green and lush, and large pieces of petals fell into the soil.
Although Wen Jiajia did not have the same love for flowers as Lin Daiyu, she could not bear to see them wasted, so she picked up the fallen petals every day, dried some of them and made them into sachets, and planned to make the rest into scented water.
Unfortunately, I didn't succeed in making the perfume, and only made a semi-finished product. Today I poured half a bottle into the bath tub to taste it, so now I am filled with floral scent.
Wen Jiajia now understood that Wei Dai was fine.
If something happened to his comrades, he would definitely not be able to laugh.
Wei Dai just hugged her tightly and said, "Don't go to sleep yet. Let's talk after I finish my shower."
The words here need to be enclosed in double quotation marks.
Wen Jiajia deeply suspected that Wei Dai wanted to say something dirty.
She rolled her eyes and patted his shoulder heavily, "You haven't even taken a shower yet, but you're still hugging me so tightly? Really, go take a shower!" How sloppy.
Wei Dai laughed, where was the warmth just now?
The thermos is filled with water every night. Wei Dai has a hot body, so although one kettle of water can only make a bucket of warm water, it is more than enough for him.
Wen Jiajia carried Wen Chun and Wen Xuan back to their room. The two of them slept surprisingly well. They had just urinated, and now they were sleeping soundly again. Even pinching their noses could not wake them up.
Wei Dai took a very quick shower. Just a few minutes after Wen Jiajia lay back on the bed, he came into the room, covered in steam.
Wen Jiajia turned on the flashlight, and sure enough, the man was shirtless.
Wen Jiajia was completely relieved when he showed that he was not injured by going shirtless. Otherwise, he would have to put on some clothes.
She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to yawn: "Go to sleep, I'm so sleepy."
Wei Dai was helpless, as this was treating him like a scourge.
He didn't even put on his clothes. He just threw his shirt on the bedside table on his side, lifted the quilt and lay down in the bed.
When Wen Chun and Wen Xuan were still there, Wen Jiajia was lying on his side, so at this moment the quilt was filled with the strong scent of roses. As the temperature rose, the fragrance almost doubled.
In the silence, Wei Dai sighed, reached out to hug his wife tightly, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day.
It didn't rain last night, so the corridor under the eaves was unusually dry, and you could even see the faint sunlight.
There was a thin layer of mist floating in the green mountains, like a dancing veil, and the scenery on the mountainside was half hidden and half visible in the mist.
Wei Dai goes to bed late and wakes up late.
When Wen Jiajia woke up and observed him carefully, she found that the bones on his face were all broken and he looked haggard, which showed that he must have been extremely tired when he was out on missions.
Wei Dai was snoring softly and it looked like he needed to sleep for a while longer, so Wen Jiajia didn't disturb him.
She gently lifted the quilt, got up, tiptoed out of the room, and then closed the door carefully.
Wen Jiajia washed up and started to light the fire and cook.
There was a gathering nearby yesterday, but Wen Jiajia did not go to join in the fun because she was preparing for an exam, so she just asked Sister Bao to help buy a batch of food.
What? There's a five-pound live duck tied in the corner of the yard.
There are also three pounds of millet, which Wen Jiaji specially asked Sister Bao to buy for her to make porridge in the morning.
There was also a small piece of lean meat, about half a pound. A basket of eggs, she counted them yesterday, and there were exactly 60 eggs.
Finally, I bought something rare, which is preserved eggs.
There is a place in our province that is famous for its preserved eggs, and it is said to be one of the origins of preserved eggs, so preserved eggs are often sold there.
It’s just that preserved eggs are more expensive than ordinary eggs. Nowadays, most people spend every penny carefully. Except for those who like to eat rare foods and have a fat wallet and a lot of money, naturally no one is willing to buy preserved eggs.
Wen Jiajia is the kind of person who likes rare food and has a fat wallet. Sister Bao knows this, so she not only bought it for her, but also bought 20 preserved eggs at once.
Wen Jiajia was of course very happy about Sister Bao's method, as she loved eating preserved eggs so much.
She said that 20 were not enough for her to eat.
Preserved eggs with some cucumbers mixed together can be a delicious dish, which can be eaten for fun at any time. Or you can stir-fry it with roasted green peppers and roasted eggplants. Wen Jiajia can eat two bowls of rice with this dish.
Of course, these two dishes cannot be prepared in the morning.
What to cook? There are preserved eggs and lean meat. What else do you need to think about? Of course, it is preserved egg and lean meat porridge.
Wen Jiajia took out two preserved eggs, opened the cupboard, and cut half of the lean meat.
She first cut the lean meat into minced meat. Afraid of waking up Wei Dai who was sleeping in the house, Wen Jiajia even took the chopping board and meat to the yard to cut it.
After a while of chopping, a piece of lean meat was minced, and then marinated with salt and rice wine. She also cut some chopped green onions and shredded ginger and put them aside.
It is too slow to simmer the clay pot over charcoal fire, so Wen Jiajia simply put the clay pot on the fire to cook.
The rice was soaked after dinner last night, and I drained it before going to bed and added a small spoonful of oil to the rice.
There is a little trick to making meat porridge, which is to add oil. The rice mixed with oil will be more fragrant when cooked.
Put the rice into the clay pot, add it to the boil, and soon the pot will start to steam. At first, a few small bubbles will appear tentatively, and in less than half a minute, the pot will become more and more boiling, the rice grains will tumble in the water, and the clear water will gradually turn white and thicker.
She threw in some shredded ginger, covered the casserole, and had to wait until the rice was cooked and popcorn appeared before adding the meat.
During this time, Wen Jiajia went to pick some green vegetables and stir-fry them to eat with the food later.
They also fried some vegetable cakes in a frying pan, otherwise eating the porridge dry would make people hungry quickly, especially Wei Dai.
This person is not full even after eating five bowls of porridge and has to eat some dry food.
In fact, vegetable pancakes are very easy to make. If you want to know what vegetable is the best, it must be cabbage.
Wen Jiajia doesn't like cabbage. If you want to make this dish delicious, you need a lot of oil.
Haven’t you noticed that in a few decades this dish is mostly cooked in a dry pot with heavy oil in hotels?
Wei Dai seldom eats this dish, and Wen Chun and Wen Xuan have never even eaten it, so naturally they can't say whether they like it or not.
But the two girls really liked the cabbage pancakes.
She rolled up her sleeves, cut the cabbage into quarters, removed the tough stems, and cut it into thin strips.
Cabbage alone was not enough, so Wen Jiajia went to the cupboard to take out a carrot, and then went to the yard to pick some onions.
Cut carrots into shreds and chop green onions.
That’s all the dishes. After they are prepared, you need to mix the batter.
The batter is easy to prepare, it is nothing more than a mixture of flour and eggs, with some salt and five-spice powder.
After seasoning, add the shredded cabbage, radish and chopped green onion and stir.
Heat a frying pan, add two tablespoons of oil, and stir the oil in the pan.
When the oil is hot, scoop a few spoonfuls of the vegetable paste into the pan. Don't scoop too much, as it will be difficult to fry if it is too thick.
Wen Jiajia likes to eat crispy food, so the vegetable pancake is fried for a longer time.
When the surface is fried until golden brown and crispy, you can put the vegetable pancake on the plate.
It couldn’t fit in one pot, so Wen Jiajia had to fry three pots before she finished frying the vegetable pancakes.
After frying, the pancakes have to be cut into small pieces. Stack three pieces together and cut them twice, and Wen Jiajia gets 12 small pieces of vegetable pancakes.
After more than ten minutes, the clay pot was bubbling non-stop and the rice grains looked cooked.
Wen Jiajia started to cut the preserved eggs. The preserved eggs didn’t need to be cut too small, they just had to be chewy to be delicious.
After the preserved eggs were put in and cooked for ten minutes, the originally white and thick porridge turned a little gray. The unique aroma of the preserved eggs gradually wafted out of the pot, causing the two children to not have time to tidy up their clothes, and they ran out with their clothes crooked.
"Auntie!" they shouted, "Good morning."
Well, he is still very sensible, which shows that the Yuhong class does not teach nothing.
Wen Jiajia put her finger in front of her lips: "Hmph."
She pointed in the direction of the room and said, "Keep your voice down. Your uncle-in-law is back and is still sleeping."
Wen Chun and Wen Xuan smiled and were about to shout, but were stopped by Wen Jiajia's words.
Wen Chun ran over and asked, "Aunt, did my uncle come back last night? Is he injured?"
The precocious Wen Chun knew that his classmates' fathers were often injured. So what about his uncle-in-law? He would definitely be injured too.
Wen Jiajia felt warm in her heart and touched Wen Chun's soft hair: "Don't worry, your uncle-in-law is fine. He didn't come back until after two o'clock this morning. He went to bed late, so he is sleeping soundly now."
Wen Chun is sensitive. If you don't explain some things to her clearly, she will still be worried about them.
Sure enough, after hearing Jiajia's detailed explanation, she felt relieved.
As for Wen Xuan, this carefree child has already stood on tiptoe to take the vegetable pancake on the table.
She really likes pancakes.
Wen Jiajia frowned and shouted, "Wen Xuan."
Wen Xuan retracted her hand and looked at her aunt eagerly.
It is more terrible for your parents to call you by your full name than to scold you.
Wen Jiajia: "What should we do before eating?"
Wen Xuan: "Brush your teeth and wash your face."
Wen Jiajia asked: "Did you brush and wash it?"
Wen Xuan shook her head, took her little cup obediently, and went to the yard to wash up.
The preserved eggs in the casserole were almost cooked, so she went to the cupboard to get some sweet potato flour.
Crush the sweet potato flour into lumps with a spoon and pour it into the minced meat. Then slowly pour the minced meat into the casserole, stirring with a spoon while pouring.
“Gulp Gulp—”
With the addition of sweet potato flour, the porridge becomes thicker.
With the addition of meat, the porridge instantly becomes more delicious, with the aroma of meat filling the air, and even a thin layer of meat oil floating on the surface of the porridge.
"Is the porridge ready, auntie?"
Wen Xuan only remembers to eat and not to be beaten. Wen Jiajia had just given her the cold shoulder, and now she hurried in after washing up.
Wen Jiajia kept stirring the spoon in her hand: "It's almost ready, go and distribute the dishes."
This is probably Wen Xuan’s favorite job.
Wen Jiajia smiled and hummed a song as she went to distribute the bowls and chopsticks.
The minced meat was fully cooked, which meant that the pot of preserved egg and lean meat porridge was also cooked. She sprinkled in the chopped green onion and stirred it. Wen Jiajia used a rag to pad her hands and brought the casserole to the table.
There is a wooden mat on the table, which is just enough to place the casserole.
I then stir-fried some vegetables and took some pickled radishes from the pot, and then we had breakfast.
She quietly went to the bedroom and took a look. Wei Dai was still asleep and sleeping soundly. So she quietly closed the door without making any sound.
"Eat first, my uncle is still sleeping." Wen Jiajia said to the two sisters, "There are only three pieces of vegetable cake per person. If you can't finish them, save them for when you get home from school in the evening."
Wen Xuan quickly stated: "Eat it. I can finish it."
What my aunt said is really strange. How can we not finish something so delicious?
However, she soon discovered that there was something more delicious than vegetable cake for breakfast, that is, preserved egg and lean meat porridge.
To be frank, when Wen Xuan took the first bite of the porridge, she was simply astonished.
She didn't understand why meat and egg porridge was so delicious!
"Because there are preserved eggs." Wen Jiajia said. This girl must also love preserved eggs, and she loves them very much.
Don’t think that everyone likes preserved eggs. Some people hate them.
At least Wenchun thought the preserved eggs were just average, and the porridge was just average as well.
Wen Xuan was like a little pig. If Wen Jiajia hadn't put in a lot of effort to teach her, she would have been eating with a slurp.
With such a small stomach, he managed to eat two bowls of porridge and a vegetable cake.
After finishing the porridge, Wen Xuan couldn't eat the remaining two vegetable cakes anymore. She just looked at Wen Jiajia and laughed: "Auntie, you were right. I really can't finish them."
“…”
She was so silly that she sometimes really worried about Wen Xuan.
The two sisters didn't stay at home for long after breakfast, and soon went to school with Xie Yi next door.
As soon as they left, Wen Jiajia's ears finally calmed down.
After cleaning the kitchen, Wen Jiajia tiptoed to her room to get her textbooks, paper and pen to review.
The weather outside was good. The sun finally showed up. The morning breeze was cool and smelled of grass, which made people feel comfortable.
Wen Jiajia was bored at home, so she went to the yard to read. Anyway, the sun hadn't reached the yard yet, so she didn't have to worry about hurting her eyes.
She stretched out her body leisurely, placed a glass of water and a piece of butterfly cake on the table, turned the pages of the book, picked up the pen and began to review.
When Wei Dai opened his eyes, there was already light in the room.
Wen Jiajia used thick cloth for the bedroom curtains, but the thickness here is only relative, and it is incomparable to the blackout curtains used decades later.
So it's okay on cloudy days, but once the weather clears up, light breaks through the obstacles and penetrates the curtains into the room.
Fortunately, the bed is far away and not dazzling.
Wei Dai hadn't had a full night's sleep for a long time. He picked up the watch on the bedside table, looked at it, and put it on his wrist again.
It's nearly ten o'clock now.
"Awake?" Wen Jiajia turned around when she heard the door open. "Eat quickly, or you'll miss lunch."
Then he pointed to the kitchen and said, "Today I cooked preserved egg and lean meat porridge. The porridge is in the clay pot on the stove, and the vegetable cake is in the pot."
Seeing that Wei Dai had not woken up yet, she put the clay pot on the stove to keep it warm. There was only charcoal left in the stove, so there was no need to worry about the porridge drying out or becoming burnt.
Wei Dai was not in a hurry to eat. He had not been home for a few days and there had been quite a lot of changes at home.
He saw a short pumpkin vine at the corner of the yard wall, probably planted by Wen Jiajia during this period.
I also saw cowpea seedlings planted in a row along the corner of the wall, with a few bamboo poles inserted.
Wei Dai smiled and came to her side: "Why did you think of planting pumpkins and beans?"
Wen Jiajia looked at him sideways and said, "It's Grain Rain. I know how to plant melons and beans. And it's not just cowpeas, there are also green beans, okay?"
It is said that the snow stops during Qingming and the frost stops during Guyu. The period before and after Guyu is a good time to sow seeds, transplant seedlings, cover melons and plant beans.
It can be eaten soon after being planted.
She likes green beans more than cowpeas, but her favorite is Dutch beans. Unfortunately, she couldn't buy the seeds of Dutch beans.
Wen Jiajia pointed to the sides of the house with great interest and said, "I planted some watermelon seedlings on both sides, but I don't know if the watermelons grown will be sweet."
Wei Dai felt that Wen Jiajia was really capable of causing trouble.
Of course, the word "trouble" he mentioned is a compliment. He has to take care of two children, do housework, and review for exams, but he still manages to pick up all these melons and beans.
After washing up, he took his breakfast to the yard to eat.
The century egg and lean meat porridge obviously suits his taste as well, and he eats it faster than Wen Xuan.
Wen Jiajia asked him, "Are you busy tomorrow?"
Wei Dai shook his head: "I can rest for two days."
"Then let's go to the city together." Wen Jiajia said, "We have to see when the pharmaceutical factory will recruit."
I know it is May, but I don’t know the exact day of May.
Wei Dai agreed, thought for a moment and said, "Buy the bicycle at the same time."
Wen Jiajia was surprised, stared at him and asked, "Really? You got the bicycle ticket!"
Wei Dai: "Yes, I'll get it later."
Wen Jiajia was really happy: "If this happens, I can ride a bicycle to work if I pass the exam in the future."
The bus was too late, and I had to wait half an hour after getting off the bus to suppress the nausea. It was really uncomfortable.
Because of the bicycle issue, Wen Jiajia's review efficiency today was unprecedented.
After Wei Dai finished his meal, he washed the dishes and went to the leader's place.
The troops are probably going to build another building, he thought as he looked at the cleared space.
"Wei Dai is back." Someone greeted him.
"Yes, I arrived home early this morning," he said with a smile.
Wei Dai is popular in the army, but... why does he feel that he is particularly popular today?
He was completely confused and at a loss as to what was going on.
When he arrived at the leader's office, before he could even open his mouth, the leader burst into laughter and patted him on the shoulder: "You did a good job on this mission. The commander has praised you highly, but I have a new mission for you."
Wei Dai: “…”
No way, he just came back and it hasn’t been 12 hours yet.
Generally speaking, doesn't it take at least half a month after completing a mission before a new mission can be issued?
"Don't worry, the task this time is simple. We just need to teach your wife how to climb trees." The leader laughed again, and the window glass seemed to shake.
Wei Dai was even more confused: "What happened to my wife?"
The leader mentioned what happened to Wen Jia some time ago, and joked: "Your wife is now a celebrity in the family compound. There are people who don't know you, but there are definitely people who don't know your wife."
This is very true.
It is Chinese people's nature to watch the excitement, and the fastest-spreading news is always gossip.
Nowadays, Wei Dai's popularity in the family compound is indeed not as high as Wen Jiajia who was stuck in the tree.
Wei Dai was speechless.
He was worried at first and then couldn't help laughing. He really didn't understand why such a thing happened.
No wonder there are so many melons and beans in the yard. It turns out that she doesn't go out and is bored at home, so she can only do these things.
Yes, Wei Dai had already guessed that his wife must have been hiding at home and not going out. She was afraid of being laughed at by others.
Wei Dai returned home after collecting his subsidy benefits.
At home.
The sunlight in the courtyard was bright, but Wen Jiajia felt it was too dazzling and moved her desk under the eaves.
With the tip of the pen against her lower lip, Wen Jiajia glanced outside the door from time to time and had no intention of reviewing for the moment.
She just thought of something. Wei Dai was out for a while, so maybe... well, he might know about her tree problem.
Not long after, Wei Dai appeared at the door. Wen Jiajia giggled, but her skin moved but her flesh did not move.
But Wei Dai looked calm and Wen Jiajia couldn't tell whether he knew it or not.
Wen Jiajia asked first: "Did you get the bicycle ticket?"
Wei Dai nodded and took out a few bills from his pocket: "This is the subsidy for this time."
Wen Jiajia took inventory and found a bicycle ticket, a meat ticket with a quota of half a catty, and a national grain ticket with a quota of half a catty.
She put a few tickets in the drawer of the bedroom, and when she went to the yard again, Wei Dai had a smile in his eyes.
Wen Jiajia covered her face and said, "Why are you laughing for no reason?"
Wei Dai: "I just got a new mission."
Wen Jiajia immediately became anxious: "No way, you are leaving again, why so soon this time?" She did not ask what the mission was, because she still knew the confidentiality regulations.
"The mission is... to teach you how to climb a tree."
Wen Jiajia's expression fell again and she rolled her eyes to the sky.
What a mess, huh!
She is good at climbing trees!
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