Chapter 154 A Feast! You should be grateful for Cen Yan's kindness.
Cen Yan nodded, "Yes, but I can't cook for so many people by myself, so I'd like to ask a few skilled people in the village to help. There will definitely be no pay, just lunch. I wonder if anyone would be willing to come."
Xiang Yiguo glared and said, "Lunch is provided, the noodles have eggs and meat in them, and they're made with wheat flour. What do they want in return? If they don't want to help, what do they want to eat? Dragon meat? Don't worry, Nurse Cen, I'll get everyone together in less than five minutes."
"Thank you, Captain Xiang. Besides that, I don't have any vegetables on hand. I hope you can help me buy some. Here's ten yuan. I'll give you more later if it's not enough." Cen Yan smiled and took out a large ten-yuan note.
Xiang Yiguo felt even more ashamed.
“Every household in our village has vegetables in their private plots. It’s only right that the Xiangyang Brigade should have a share when we treat the soldiers to a meal. If I were to take money from Nurse Cen as well, how would I put my face down? But the production team just suffered a disaster, and we’re probably out of leafy greens. Nurse Cen, how about some Chinese cabbage or winter melon?”
"Sure! But soldiers have military regulations that prohibit them from taking even a needle or thread from the people, so you, the battalion commander, must accept this money, otherwise the comrades will not dare to eat it."
Cen Yan insisted on giving the money to Xiang Yiguo. If she weren't in the position of Commander Qi's wife, and her comrades didn't call her "sister-in-law," even if she treated everyone to a meal, these simple and honest soldiers probably wouldn't dare to eat.
Cen Yan didn't give Xiang Yiguo a chance to argue, so he had no choice but to obediently accept the money and do as Cen Yan said.
Before noon, the aroma of flour filled the production team's canteen. The villagers' mouths watered at the smell of flour, meat, and lard in the air.
But they knew that this meal wasn't paid for by the production team; it was Cen Yan who paid for it out of her own pocket to subsidize her husband and his comrades.
They shamelessly beg for noodles; their backs would probably be bent or broken by people from all around!
I really envy those people who help make noodles in the cafeteria. Cen Yan provides lunch, and they eat plain noodles with meat and eggs. If they had heard the news earlier, they would have gone to Xiang Yiguo to apply for the job as well.
White flour and cured meat—it's been so long since I've had them. If I can't have them, drinking a bowl of the dishwater from the back of the kitchen is just as good...
Qi Jingchuan wasn't one to seek the limelight, but hearing his comrades praising him for marrying a good wife and finding a good sister-in-law for the comrades in the Dongming Island naval forces made him feel proud.
For the first time, a smile appeared on his usually expressionless, handsome face, filled with intense pride.
Qi Jingchuan held a large bowl of noodles in his hands and said calmly, "This meal was paid for by your sister-in-law out of her own pocket because she was considerate of your hard work in the rescue. You should be grateful for her kindness!"
"She said there were too many people and frying eggs was too much trouble, so she changed it to boiled eggs. Each person got five slices of cured meat and two eggs. There was plenty of noodles and dumplings. Eat as much as you want. Once you're full, quickly switch shifts so other comrades can come and eat."
"You can start eating now."
Soldiers are disciplined; they can only eat when Qi Jingchuan says it's time to eat.
"yes!"
Upon hearing Qi Jingchuan's words, the more than sixty soldiers eating in the canteen in batches responded in unison with loud voices.
Then, in unison, they wolfed down their noodles.
It smells amazing! It smells so good!
The regimental commander's wife is beautiful and generous. Look at the noodle soup in this bowl, there's so much lard in it!
"Bang!" A bowl slammed heavily on the table, spilling a lot of the sweet potato porridge inside.
Sitting not far away, Wang Manman bit her lip and looked at the man sitting opposite her, her voice tinged with tears.
"Everyone is working hard to harvest the grain, so why should these peasant soldiers get to eat white noodles and white flour dumplings! They even get meat slices and eggs! I'm not having it!"
"Ziyang, aren't you the leader of the medical team? Cen Yan, as a nurse, is showing off like this, showing favoritism, and undermining the unity of the team. Aren't you going to do something about her?"
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