After chatting with Wang Fengjiao for a while, Yang Niannian returned home.

When An An saw Yang Niannian coming back, she happily ran up to her and asked, "Aunt, what are we having for dinner?"

Yang Niannian parked her bicycle under the eaves and walked to the kitchen with the vegetables, "Make celery dumplings for dinner."

When An An heard about making dumplings, she was so happy that she followed her around like a little tail, "Aunt, I love eating dumplings the most."

Yang Niannian put the celery into the vegetable bowl and placed the bowl on a small stool. "Help me pick off the celery leaves."

An An has never done any work since he came to the military family compound. Occasionally, when he is asked to do some chores, he feels a sense of accomplishment and thinks he can help share some of the work at home.

Hearing Yang Niannian asking him to work, he became extremely diligent, squatting beside the basin and picking celery leaves happily with a grin on his face.

"Aunt, will Dad be back tonight?"

Yang Niannian was washing pork with her head down. She shook her head and said, "I won't come back. I'll send some over to him after the dumplings are cooked."

An An's saliva has been secreted faster since he started to change his teeth. He sucked his saliva and asked, "Aunt, do you miss Daddy too?"

"You just know a lot." Yang Niannian said with a smile.

An An has chubby little hands, but he works very skillfully and quickly picked all the celery leaves. He wanted to throw the celery leaves into the trash can, but was stopped by Yang Niannian.

"Don't throw it away. These leaves are delicious when fried in eggs. Put the leaves in the refrigerator and I'll make you fried eggs tomorrow."

An An said "Oh" and obediently put the celery leaves into the refrigerator.

Yang Niannian cut the washed pork belly into strips, chopped it up and put it into a bowl.

Chop the celery into small pieces, add some salt, squeeze out the water, put it into a bowl and mix it with the pork, then beat two eggs into it.

Adding raw eggs to the filling can solidify the filling and make it taste smoother.

People of that era were short of oil and had big appetites. She was worried that if she sent too little, there would not be enough to eat, so she directly cooked half a pot of dumplings and sent it to the gate of the army.

The soldiers on guard all knew Yang Niannian, and when they saw her bringing dumplings, they were filled with envy.

My sister-in-law is beautiful and virtuous. They could never dream of having such a daughter-in-law.

The soldier could smell the fragrance of the dumplings through the bowl. He swallowed, took the bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, wait here for a while. I'll go inform the commander."

Yang Niannian smiled and shook her head. "Just send it in. He's quite busy these two days, so I won't waste his time."

The soldier was dazzled by Yang Niannian's smile, and ran into the army with dumplings in his hand, his face red.

After a busy afternoon, Yang Niannian was hungry, so she went home and ate a big bowl of dumplings. An An also ate a big bowl.

He touched his round belly and smiled foolishly, "Aunt, the dumplings you make are so delicious."

Yang Niannian, "You flatterer, go watch TV first! Rest for a while before taking a shower."

It's not a good idea to take a shower right after eating.

…

Back in the army, the old leader was in a much better mood while eating dumplings. He ate one dumpling in one bite without stopping, using his chopsticks.

He also praised, "Comrade Xiao Yang's cooking skills are getting better and better. He has such skills at such a young age. You will be blessed in the future."

Lu Shishen saw that the old leader had eaten two large bowls of dumplings not long after he came. He pushed the enamel pot towards the old leader and said, "Don't choke. Drink some water."

The old leader glanced at him with dissatisfaction and exposed his thoughts without hesitation, "How can I eat dumplings when I'm full?"

Qin Aonan, who was standing by, watched the undercurrent between the two and pretended not to see anything.

The old leader originally asked him and Lu Shishen to come over to discuss something, but he didn't expect Yang Niannian to make dumplings and have them delivered. It happened to be dinner time, and Yang Niannian sent a lot of dumplings, so the old leader suggested that they eat first and then talk.

The original words were, dumplings don’t taste good when they’re cold.

Normally, Yang Niannian looked thin and weak, as if she was out of touch with the world, but I didn’t expect that the dumplings she made were so delicious. For Qin Aonan, who ate in the army canteen every day, this meal was so delicious that he didn’t even have time to talk and quickly finished a big bowl of dumplings.

Just as he was about to serve another bowl of dumplings, two pairs of eyes looked at him intently.

The two people who were at odds with each other just now now have a surprisingly good understanding of each other.

Lu Shishen pulled the bowl of dumplings aside, and the old leader pushed the food brought by the orderly in front of Qin Aonan.

"There is braised pork in the cafeteria today, you can try it."

“…”

Qin Aonan was completely speechless. It was fine if the old leader was just protecting his food.

Lu Shishen can eat whatever he wants, so why is he so stingy?

He stared at the dumplings and rolled his throat, and could only obey the order and eat the old leader's lunch box.

Qin Aonan, who had never thought about finding a wife, suddenly had the idea of ​​getting married, and added a requirement: she had to know how to cook.

In contrast, Yang Niannian's situation was not so good. She was washing dishes in the kitchen when she heard An An running out of the bathroom crying loudly, saying that a bug was biting his butt.

At first, Yang Niannian thought that a snake had crawled out of the squat toilet. This kind of thing has happened in the 21st century and is not uncommon now.

She ran out of the kitchen with a pair of tongs to catch the snake, but when she took a closer look, she almost died on the spot.

Where is the snake?

An An pulled out a long roundworm, as thick as a chopstick, with half of it still not pulled out. What was even more terrifying was that the thing was still alive and was squirming as if trying to drill back in.

Yang Niannian suppressed her nausea, used tongs to pull out the roundworm, and comforted her with a wrinkled face.

"Don't be afraid, these are roundworms, they don't bite, and they'll be fine once you poop them out. Maybe there are too many roundworms in your stomach, I'll buy some anthelmintic tomorrow and I'll be fine."

It's also her fault. She has never taken care of a child and forgot that the child needed to be dewormed.

An An had calmed down by now. Seeing that this insect had no mouth like an earthworm, he was not so scared anymore. He wiped away his tears and said.

"Auntie, how about feeding it to the rabbits?"

Yang Niannian felt a chill, "Go to the toilet and wipe your butt. I'll get rid of the bugs."

Looking at the wriggling roundworm, Yang Niannian got goose bumps all over her body. Just as she walked out of the gate of the courtyard, she saw Pingping running towards her. Seeing Yang Niannian holding the roundworm, he shouted excitedly.

"Aunt, I've seen this kind of worm. My brother has vomited out several of them before, and they were bigger than this one." He gestured with his hands.

Yang Niannian almost died on the spot, "Go find An An and play, I'll go throw away the bugs."

She walked quickly towards the gate of the military compound with the roundworm between her legs, just wanting to throw the worm away.

Who knew that just as I walked to the corner in front, I heard Yu Hongli asking a few military wives about Du Weili.

"I heard that a man drove a car to the gate of the military compound to pick her up. Is that true? What did the man look like? Does Captain Lu know about this?"

Yu Hongli went to the city to buy wool early in the morning. When she came back, she missed the shopping cart and waited for a long time before she finally got a ox cart.

When she got home, she was busy cooking. Halfway through the cooking, Mrs. Xu came to borrow salt and chatted with her casually. She was so anxious that she didn't even wash the dishes after the meal and ran out to find someone to inquire about the matter.

"How could it be fake when so many people saw it? Just wait and see. If Captain Lu gets back from the army and finds out about this, he will definitely make a scene."

"Why else do they say you should look for a virtuous wife? What's the point of being pretty?"

"No wonder she bought a refrigerator and a TV. I really thought she earned the money from her own business. Now it turns out that the money came from an illegal source. No wonder she didn't let us do business with her. Are they afraid that the truth will be exposed?"

Several military wives talked to each other, and their statements sounded as if it were true. If Yang Niannian was not involved in the incident, she would probably believe it.

They were talking excitedly when they suddenly felt something hit them and landed right on Yu Hongli's head.

"What is it?"

Yu Hongli casually touched her hair and felt a soft object that was still squirming in her palm. She took it down and took a look at it. She was so scared that she screamed and threw the thing away.

"Oh my god, what the hell is this?"