"Come on, eat! Why don't you use your chopsticks?" Wen Yao asked in confusion when he saw everyone eating the rice in their bowls.
"Ah? Oh, sister-in-law, I...we are eating! You eat too!" Qi Fang said.
He said this but did not touch the food on the table.
Huo Jingqian sat down with a bowl of rice and tapped the table with his chopsticks. "Your sister-in-law spent two hours cooking this meal. This is her first time cooking."
Upon hearing this, everyone at the table cast their eyes towards Huo Jingqian, and saw him eating the dishes on the table calmly without changing his expression.
Qi Fang and the others suddenly felt embarrassed. It was their first time cooking, and they were cooking for them, so they couldn't let them down.
Everyone picked up some dishes and started eating with the rice in their bowls.
But Wen Yao saw the look of being ready to die on their faces!
But seeing the family enjoying the meal, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
"Is there enough food? If not, I'll make some for you..."
"Hey, no, no, no, sister-in-law, that's enough, no need to do it anymore," Qi Fang quickly raised his hand to stop her.
Wen Yao was stunned when he heard this, "Is the food not to your taste?"
"No, no, it's delicious. By the way, sister-in-law, you should sit down and eat with us," Du Song said cheerfully.
"Oh, it's okay, I'll eat later," Wen Yao said with a smile. When she heard them praising the food, she couldn't stop smiling.
"Um, sister-in-law, don't you have the boiled water?" one of the soldiers asked.
"Oh, this egg drop soup, I think it tastes good if you try it," Wen Yao said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law, I just like to drink boiled water, boiled water is fine for me," the man insisted.
Wen Yao nodded when he heard this, and then went to the kitchen to get a bottle of boiling water.
As soon as she brought it up, Qi Fang and others took it over. After a while, the bottle of water was empty.
Huo Jingqian calmly finished the rice in his bowl, then filled himself with another bowl of egg drop soup and gulped it down.
Qi Fang and Du Song couldn't help but give Huo Jingqian a thumbs up under the table when they saw this.
Seeing that everyone in the family liked to drink boiled water, Wen Yao went to the kitchen and boiled another pot.
When she came back with the kettle, she found that the 꺶s had finished their meal.
"You finished eating so quickly. Are you full? There's still food in the pot..." Wen Yao said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law, please go and have your meal. We are really full and hungry," Qi Fang said as he stood up. Afraid that Wen Yao would not believe him, he patted his round belly.
"Okay then, you guys go and have some rest." Wen Yao called.
"No need, sister-in-law, we are not tired, let's go to work!" Qi Fang said and walked out the door to the back of the house.
Du Song and others hurried to follow.
"Ajing, why don't you let them have a rest? They're not workaholics," Wen Yao said. She didn't want to tire out these soldiers who were defending their country.
"It's okay, this little work is nothing," Huo Jingqian said while cleaning up the dishes.
Wen Yao walked to the kitchen and brought the warm food in the pot. This was her first time cooking since she came here, and she didn't know if it would taste like Qi Fang and the others said.
Wen Yao picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, then spit it out the next second.
Why is it so salty! Wen Yao quickly drank a bowl of egg drop soup, but it was still salty.
She quickly spat out the soup, stuck out her tongue, and kept exhaling.
Looking at the meal she had worked so hard to prepare, Wen Yao felt aggrieved and helpless.
At this time, Huo Jingqian walked in, saw Wen Yao's appearance, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Wen Yao said with a bitter face: "The food I cooked is too bad."
Huo Jingqian comforted her, "It's okay. It's inevitable when you cook for the first time. It's good enough that you can cook them well."
Wen Yao made a bitter face, "They should be too embarrassed to say it, it's really hard for them."
"It's okay. This is your first time cooking, and you cooked for them. They should feel honored. Honey, shouldn't your first time be for me?"
Wen Yao's face flushed instantly when she heard that. She bashfully punched Huo Jingqian's chest and said, "What are you talking about, you idiot!"
"Honey, I mean that the first time you cook, you should cook for me alone. Why are you blushing? What are you thinking?"
Seeing his wife's shy and cute expression, Huo Jingqian couldn't help but lean close to her ear and teased her in an ambiguous way.
"You..." Wen Yao was speechless for a moment. She snorted in shame and handed the thermos to Huo Jingqian. "Okay, hurry up and send the water to them. I'm afraid they will be dehydrated next day."
Huo Jingqian touched Wen Yao's hair lovingly, took the bottle of water, turned and left.
Wen Yao looked at the food in front of him. It would be a waste to throw it away, but it was too hard to swallow if he ate it.
Finally, she had no choice but to eat it, and she did not forget to rinse the vegetables in water while eating.
She decided to practice cooking more in the future. Huo Jingqian had many comrades-in-arms and friends, and there would always be guests coming to their house, and she couldn't let the guests cook by herself.
Next day, the toilet was built in less than 12 hours.
Build a wall with bricks and smooth it with cement. It looks clean and tidy.
Wen Yao stood aside, watching everything in front of him, his heart filled with emotion.
"Okay, you can go to the toilet here from now on." Huo Jingqian said to Wen Yao with a smile.
Wen Yao looked at this simple and practical toilet, thinking that she would no longer have to worry about going to the toilet.
She threw herself into Huo Jingqian's arms and whispered, "Thank you, Jing."
Huo Jingqian hugged Wen Yao tightly and said softly, "Silly, this is what I should do. I am willing to do anything to make you happy."
Qi Fang and others said hello to Wen Yao and then returned to their troops.
"Ajing, they left so quickly, are they afraid that I will keep them for dinner?" Wen Yao asked.
"No, they just want to go back to the army and rest," Huo Jingqian said.
Wen Yao and Huo Jingqian stood at the door and watched Qi Fang leave.
Wen Yao smiled and said, "Ah Jing, I think that no one will come to our house to eat for free in the future."
Huo Jingqian put his arm around Wen Yao's shoulders and said confidently, "It's okay. I don't want you to get tired. Besides, I believe my wife's cooking skills will get better and better."
The two smiled at each other, and the atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious.
They walked into the house hand in hand and began to look forward to a happy life in the future.
"Ah Jing, let's build a grape trellis here, and then put a swing on it, so that our children can play under the swing in the future."
Wen Yao gestured with a branch at an open space next to the kitchen while speaking.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Huo Jingqian looked at Wen Yao tenderly, his eyes full of love.
"We can use this vacant land to plant flowers, and the vacant land along the courtyard wall to plant vegetables. But I don't know how to plant flowers and vegetables."
"It's okay, we can learn and grow at the same time. If you don't understand, you can ask others."
"Well, can we build a small pavilion here, put a table and benches in it, so we can enjoy the cool in the summer?"
"Okay, you can arrange it however you want. Just tell me and I will listen and do it," Huo Jingqian responded lovingly.
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