Steward Shen was a straightforward person and pointed to the couplet on the courtyard wall.
"Comrade Jiang, did you write this couplet?"
"Yes, I wrote it."
While saying this, Jiang Si roughly guessed the other party's intention.
As expected, as soon as she finished speaking, Chief Steward Shen said.
"Comrade Jiang, could you please write a couplet for our cafeteria?"
He smiled and explained with some meaninglessness.
"I was the one who wrote the couplets in previous years, but I accidentally hit my hand a while ago, so I'm not very good at holding a pen now."
Writing a couplet is not a difficult task for Jiang Si.
She agreed readily.
But she didn't expect that Chief Steward Shen would give her another difficult problem.
"Comrade Jiang, the gate of the division cafeteria is quite high, can the content of this couplet be written longer?"
After that, he talked about the Spring Festival couplets he wrote in previous years.
When Jiang Si heard this, he was like...
All the ones she had in mind had already been used.
Chief Steward Shen also knew that his request was difficult.
"If there's nothing more suitable, you can just pick one from previous years."
After listening to this, Jiang Si pondered for a moment. This year is a special year. Just last week, the country just issued the highest combat readiness requirements.
Therefore, couplets should combine the spirit of life with the requirements of combat readiness.
In this way, Jiang Si thought for more than ten minutes before starting to write.
The first couplet reads: [Red rice, pumpkin soup, officers and soldiers tasted it together, tradition does not forget the essence of hard work]
The second line is: [Wild vegetables are fragrant, bonfires are burning, fighting spirit is high, steel guns are in hand, and the heroic spirit of fighting against the enemy remains]
Horizontal banner: [Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing]
"Director Shen, take a look at this couplet. Is it okay?"
"Okay, of course! It's just that!"
It’s okay that the handwriting is poor, the key point is that this couplet seems to be tailor-made for their canteen, it’s so suitable!
Steward Shen stood up immediately and said, "I'll ask someone to go to the cafeteria and post it."
Before leaving, he turned around and said, "Comrade Jiang, I'll have someone bring you some dumplings later and give you another dish."
"Chief Steward Shen, there's no need to go through so much trouble..."
Jiang Si was just about to say that she was from the South and people in the South don’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
Manager Chen was so fast that we couldn't catch up with him.
"What is Chief Shen doing? Why are you so happy?"
Hu Meili heard the noise and came over from her own yard.
Jiang Si told her about the matter.
"I was wondering why he wanted to send you dumplings."
Hu Meili retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "If he gives it to you, just keep it. I tell you, Chief Shen is from Liao Province and his skill in making dumplings is outstanding."
At this time, the eldest and the second youngest came over carrying baskets.
Both brothers looked listless, and it was obvious that they had received a lot of "love" from their father yesterday.
Jiang Si didn't blame him, after all, she was the one who sent the durian.
In the current situation, she doesn't want to bring up anything that is not relevant.
I could only change the subject and ask, "Sister-in-law, what do the troops usually give out during the Chinese New Year?"
Speaking of this, Hu Meili suddenly became interested. "This is different every year. It mainly depends on the harvest of the self-sufficient farms under the army."
"Last year, the farm below built a canning factory, and the profit will definitely be higher than in previous years."
"With more income, there will be more benefits for the New Year."
Hu Meili reminded him, "Use a bigger basket, or it won't fit."
Jiang Si was a person who would listen to advice, so she changed the basket for a bigger one.
"Is this okay?"
"Okay." Hu Meili said, and then smiled and said, "I heard from Juan that there might be dividends this year."
"Dividends?"
Jiang Si was surprised for a moment, "Isn't this a military factory? How can there be dividends?"
Hu Meili explained to her as they walked, "When we were building this factory, there was a typhoon and the factory building collapsed when it was half built."
"The army couldn't raise that much money in a short time, so it was the families of all officers and soldiers who contributed money to build the factory."
"Including the money for buying equipment later, all of it was funded by us."
"We also signed a subscription agreement at that time. As long as the factory is profitable, we will receive dividends every year."
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