"Why would Tunan fall in love with a country girl? Yes, it must be the elders in his family who forced him to do it."
Yan Moli's delicate eyebrows and eyes were wrinkled, and her face was full of discontent and anger.
"Xinyi, we are all from Haishi. Tell me, is Tuanan forced? If so, let's go to the brigade commander to make the decision for Tuanan. We are women in the new society and we must resolutely fight for marriage."
Wang Xinyi's temper was not very good usually, and now that she was on her period, she was in a hurry to go back and wash. Hearing Yan Moli's coquettish voice, she felt nauseous and said angrily, "Who are you to Headmaster Sheng? You keep calling me Tunan. Aren't you ashamed?"
Yan Moli blushed and stammered in retort: "Captain Sheng and I are comrades, it's okay for comrades to call each other intimately."
"Humph," Wang Xinyi rolled her eyes, "You know you're just gay, but Captain Sheng is married, got a marriage certificate, and had a wedding banquet. And his beloved comrade Zhan Xinyue is a hundred times prettier than you, knows medical skills, and speaks well. Not to mention Captain Sheng, even I, a woman, like Xinyue for this."
"Captain Sheng is willing, don't try to destroy their relationship. Otherwise, I will teach you how to do it."
Wang Xinyi pointed at Yan Moli, ignoring her increasingly embarrassed expression, glared at her warningly, and ran back to the dormitory.
The two of them were neighbors and joined the army in the same year. Yan Moli joined the art troupe, while Wang Xinyi became a soldier king through hard training and competitions, and successfully joined the special operations platoon.
When Wang Xinyi was selected for the special operations platoon, she was very excited and went to share it with Yan Moli. At that time, Yan Moli, whether out of jealousy or something else, did not congratulate her, but mocked her for liking to hang out with boys. What's more, she even wrote a letter back, saying that she trained every day and crawled around with the male soldiers, and even hugged and fought with them.
Yan Moli's parents took the letter and proclaimed to the whole army that their daughter Yan Moli was beautiful and sensible. In the army art troupe, she was with the female soldiers and basically had no contact with the male soldiers.
It is said that Wang Xinyi was five and three years old and had no partner in the army before, so she went in and out with the men and hugged them all day long.
Gradually, rumors spread in the team, and became more and more outrageous as they spread to the back, even saying that Wang Xinyi slept in the same quilt with different men at night.
No matter which era it is, the cost of making Huang Yao is the lowest, but the harm to women is the most.
The words were so horrible that Wang Xinyi's parents were so angry that they wrote a letter overnight, asking her to apply for discharge from the army, scolding her for being unfilial and unrestrained, and even using feudal terms such as "unfaithful to one's wife's chastity". They also threatened that if Wang Xinyi did not return home, they would come to the army to make trouble.
Later, Li Hu, the leader of the special operations platoon, saw that Wang Xinyi was distracted during training and asked the reason. He then called the local commune leaders and asked them to do the work.
The commune leaders sent a plaque of honor with great fanfare, held a meeting for the villagers, and orally educated and spread the word to Yan Moli's parents, telling them that it was a very honorable thing for a female soldier to go to the special operations platoon. This silenced the villagers.
However, Wang Xinyi's parents still asked her to retire early from the army from time to time, and often asked them to find a partner for her.
Up to this point, Wang Xinyi and Yan Moli had become estranged. Now seeing that she clearly knew about Captain Sheng's marriage situation, but still called him Tuannan affectionately, she felt angry.
If Yan Moli dared to dance in front of Zhan Xinyue, she would definitely take action.
Zhan Xinyue didn't know her boyfriend was being targeted yet. At this moment, she, Sheng Tunan, Brigade Commander Li, and the Chief of Staff and his wife were sitting together waiting for the food to be served.
The brigade commander knew that the soldiers would feel awkward eating at the same table with them, so he set up two tables.
The chief of staff's wife is a typical rural woman, with short hair, a round face, and rosy but not white skin. At first glance, she is a comrade who works frequently and has plenty of energy and blood.
"You are Director Sheng's wife, right? Oh, you are so pretty, even prettier than the prettiest girl in the art troupe."
Xu Jinling held Zhan Xinyue's hand and smiled warmly. She was in her forties and her two sons were both in the army, but in other military regions.
"Captain Sheng, you are so lucky to have such a beautiful girl married to you. You must treat her well in the future, otherwise your aunt will not spare you."
"Okay, please keep an eye on me, Aunt Xu." Sheng Tunan smiled. He finally got a wife, and he would definitely spoil her well.
Brigade Commander Li specially invited Xu Jinling to accompany them. He was worried that Zhan Xinyue would be restrained on her arrival, and the men at the table were worried that she would be embarrassed. The chief of staff's wife was cheerful, so with her around, the atmosphere would definitely not be dull.
Of course, Brigade Commander Li's wife also came and was busy in the kitchen at the moment.
"Old Li, make way. I want to serve the dishes." Dongfang Xiaoqing came out from the kitchen wearing an apron, carrying a plate of chopped pepper fish head, followed by several chefs carrying other dishes.
"Okay." Li Xiangqiang stood up, raised his hand to take the plate, put it on the table, and said,
"Comrade Zhan, this is my beloved. You can call her Aunt Xiaoqing. She heard that you are also from Hunan Province, so she specially made two Hunan dishes for you."
"Thank you, Aunt Xiaoqing," Zhan Xinyue stood up and thanked politely.
"You're welcome," Dongfang Xiaoqing walked over to Zhan Xinyue, gently pressed her shoulder, and motioned for her to sit down. "This is what I should do. Try it, do you like it?"
At this time, the chefs had already brought other dishes to the table. Except for the fried bacon with garlic sprouts and braised chicken made by Dongfang Xiaoqing, the other dishes were lighter dishes made by the chefs, including eight-treasure duck, crystal shrimp, steamed turbot, stir-fried rice cake with crab roe, stir-fried clams with scallions, grouper soup with crab roe, and braised abalone. It could be said to be a very rich meal.
Of course, the troops were at the seaside, and the seafood they bought from the fishermen was not expensive.
More importantly, in the 1970s, the seawater was not polluted, so people could eat seafood safely without worrying about getting strange diseases from radiation.
The dishes on Li Hu's table were also ready. Except for the three dishes that were not made by Dongfang Xiaoqing herself, all the other dishes were there. Of course, since they had big appetites, the chef made two extra bowls of braised pork.
Fortunately, Wang Xinyi has also arrived. Li was just about to stand up and toast her family. Dongfang Xiaoqing moved first. Seeing that Zhan Xinyue had not moved her chopsticks, she used a small bowl to pick up a chicken leg and the crescent meat on the fish head and placed it in front of Zhan Xinyue's table, with an expectant tone,
"Xinyue, please taste my cooking and see if it is delicious. If there is anything that is not to your taste, I will make some changes."