Chapter 133 Wedding Candy

After walking for a while, the two returned to their tent.

Li Zhan went back to the camp to handle military affairs. She rested for a while, thought about it, and went to the cafeteria.

Old Zhang in the cafeteria already knew her - after all, although there were female soldiers in the barracks, most of them were old men. Suddenly a family member came, and she was younger and more beautiful than Chang'e on the moon. Who wouldn't be impressed?

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, can I borrow your place for a while?"

Old Zhang held a spatula and said with a smile: "What's the matter? The captain asked his pregnant wife to cook for him? It's too rude! I will report him to his superiors..."

Xia Juanjuan knew it was a joke, so she smiled and said, "No. I brought some glutinous rice, sesame and other things from home, and wanted to make some glutinous rice balls. He went back to visit his family during the Chinese New Year, and I forgot about it, so I didn't have time to eat it."

When Old Zhang heard this, he laughed and said, "Is that so? Then come in! It's a good opportunity for me to take advantage of the situation and have a few."

"Hey!" Xia Juanjuan agreed and went into the cafeteria.

When she was about to leave, she didn't know what to bring, and suddenly remembered that Li Zhan hadn't had glutinous rice balls, so she took glutinous rice flour, black sesame seeds, and sugar from the space and packed a heavy bag. At that time, Lu Xiangdong and Wei Bin asked her what it was, and she said it was food. The two of them didn't say anything, and neatly put it on their backs and brought it to her.

What Xia Juanjuan didn't know was that although Lu Xiangdong and Wei Bin didn't show their displeasure on their faces, they were actually quite surprised in their hearts. They felt that although this sister-in-law was pretty, she looked a bit rustic, and she even brought food with her when she went out. Was she afraid that their camp couldn't provide food?

Lard was not convenient to take, so Xia Juanjuan originally planned not to add lard, and the taste would definitely be good. However, Lao Zhang had been a team leader for many years, and he had already prepared a piece of lard to help her make the glutinous rice balls.

Xia Juanjuan actually made hundreds of glutinous rice balls with the ingredients she brought over, each one of them lying plump and round in the winnowing basket.

The dinner that night had a rare dessert, sesame dumplings.

The camp has a supply of necessary items such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, grain, meat, eggs, etc., but things like sugar, sesame seeds, glutinous rice flour, etc. are rare and can only be distributed in small quantities on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Normally, it is quite difficult to eat something sweet.

Therefore, when everyone saw that there were glutinous rice balls on the menu and asked around, they found out that they were made by the team leader's wife herself, so they all came early and lined up like crazy.

Even if the number is limited to one per person, there are hundreds of people in the camp and it is difficult to divide them all. It is still first come first served.

Fortunately, this was made by Xia Juanjuan specifically for Lizhan, and Lizhan's portion was reserved for others, so there were about ten of them.

After Li Zhan returned, he looked at the glutinous rice balls in the bowl and said with a smile, "No wonder Xiangdong and Weibin were complaining to me that my sister-in-law brought a big bag of food. So this is what she brought?"

Xia Juanjuan blushed a little and said, "I brought it here from afar. If you dare to say you don't like sweets, I will never make it for you again!"

Li Zhan picked up the bowl and said with a smile: "Who said I don't like sweets! Especially the sweets made by my wife, I like them the most!"

Xia Juanjuan supported her chin with her hand and couldn't help but smile gently as she watched Li Zhan eat the glutinous rice balls.

Li Zhan ate and laughed, "It's quite delicious. No wonder there's such a long queue in the cafeteria."

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel jealous: "Those rabbits...wolf cubs got a good deal! They got to eat the glutinous rice balls made by my wife..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

This guy is quite jealous!

After dinner and eating glutinous rice balls, the two washed up and turned off the lights and went to bed.

Even though Xia Juanjuan is pregnant now and Lizhan can't do anything, the two of them are rarely together after all, so Lizhan still holds Xia Juanjuan in his arms and indulges in his naughty hands.

Xia Juanjuan was extremely embarrassed, but she followed his lead reluctantly.

In the next few days, Li Zhan still took time out to accompany Xia Juanjuan.

Although it is not possible to go up the mountain to hunt, it is still possible to look for rabbit holes on the grassland and catch all the rabbits in one go.

Xia Juanjuan looked at the shivering little rabbits and couldn't help but tease them, "You are the leader of the rabbit group. You have destroyed the rabbits' nests. Don't you feel guilty?"

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that she was making fun of the twisted logic that Wu Shao said that day, and he couldn't help but gnashing his teeth in hatred.

Xia Juanjuan, however, smiled mischievously.

She really thinks Captain Bunny is cute.

Before I traveled through time, wasn’t there an animation called Year Hare Affair? The rabbit in that animation was also very cute, and the identities fit the character very well!

It’s a pity that I can’t tell Li Zhan about it.

Just as she was daydreaming, Li Zhan suddenly threw her to the grass.

"Rabbit? Then let me show you whether your man is a rabbit or a wolf..."

The two were squatting, and the grass was soft, so they did not fall.

Even so, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but scream "Ah!", and then her hands were pressed to the ground above her head, and her lips were blocked...

When the rabbit family nearby saw this, why didn’t they seize the opportunity to escape?

After he had punished everyone with a fierce battle, he turned over and lay on his back on the grass, looking at the vast sky and clouds.

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she didn't want to pay any attention to this bastard who suddenly attacked her, but after a while, she still took the initiative to secretly touch Li Zhan's hand, and sure enough, she was immediately wrapped by Li Zhan's big hand.

Xia Juanjuan thought it was magical.

To be honest, she and Li Zhan didn't do much during the few days they were together. They just took a walk, got kissed and hugged... because she was pregnant, she didn't hold him up high. Then they just kept talking to each other, saying nonsense and jokes that didn't make any sense. It seemed like they didn't even say a single word of love...

But I am very happy.

Every minute and every second seems to be immersed in a honey pot; even the air is sweet.

It makes people want to freeze time at this moment, as if the long time in the past and future is much inferior to this moment.

It seems that at this moment, one point less would be insufficient, one point more would be overflowing, just right.

After a while, Li Zhan sat up and said with a smile, "Go back. You'll catch a cold if you lie down again."

Xia Juanjuan also stood up with a blushing face, then looked at the empty rabbit nest beside her and couldn't help saying, "The rabbits have all run away."

Li Zhan took a look and said with a smile: "Didn't you sympathize with the family just now? Now you want them again? I'll catch them for you tomorrow."

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Forget it. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll just let them go!"

The two of them walked back.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly thought that Lizhan seemed to have never asked about the situation at home in the past few days.

When she first came over, she briefly mentioned that the three kids were now being taken care of by their parents, and that Xiaowen had already registered for primary school in town.

She didn't even mention that Liu Lan's money was stolen by Li Qiaoqiao and that Li Qiaoqiao was missing.

But Li Zhan didn't ask a single question.

Xia Juanjuan didn't know whether Li Zhan was concerned about the bad relationship between her and Liu Lan and deliberately didn't mention it, or whether he himself... was rather indifferent to Liu Lan and apart from fulfilling his basic obligation of five yuan a month, he didn't pay much attention to anything else.

However, she quickly put these bad things aside and stopped thinking about them.

Anyway, she didn't want to talk about these things. Liu Lan herself might have written a letter to Li Zhan to complain a long time ago, but Li Zhan didn't have a fixed place to stay and his whereabouts were uncertain, so the letter might still be in transit.

She did mention that she had recently been close to Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi from the cowshed.

After all, the identity and situation there are sensitive. Although Lizhan should not object, he still needs to be told in advance.

Li Zhan nodded and said, "Well, they are quite sympathetic, but you should be careful too."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I know. I will be careful."

A few days passed. Li Zhan and his team also started to pack their bags. The next mission had not been officially issued yet, but it could come at any time, so they had to be ready to go at any time.

Although reluctant, it is finally time to say goodbye.

Li Zhan couldn't send her back personally, so he asked Jiang Wan to arrange two people to send her back, one of whom was a female soldier.

He also asked Jiang Wan to help with another matter.

Jiang Wan naturally agreed.

Li Zhan personally sent Xia Juanjuan to the train station. He hugged her tightly, not caring about the presence of others, and said with a smile, "Be careful on the road. When you get back, send me a telegram. Just send it here, and they will help me pass it on."

Xia Juanjuan felt a lump in her throat and nodded dejectedly.

Really... you are being too hypocritical.

But he couldn't control his emotions and was already deeply immersed in the play.

The train started slowly. Lizhan followed the train for a while, then with a big sunny smile on his face, he waved goodbye to her.

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Tears fell heavily.

This bastard, what the hell is he laughing at! And he's laughing so happily!

The car accelerated and Lizhan stopped at the end of the platform, still waving.

The female soldier named Xiao He who accompanied her back took out a handkerchief and handed it to Xia Juanjuan, comforting her, "Sister-in-law, don't cry. Commander Li will definitely come back to see you soon."

Xia Juanjuan took the handkerchief somewhat embarrassedly, sniffed, and said stubbornly: "I didn't cry...it's just that the sand got in my eyes..."

Xiao He and another gay man Xiao Li were speechless.

Their windows were not open, where did the sand come from...

The journey went smoothly, but Xia Juanjuan was still sleepy and fell asleep in her bunk bed most of the time.

On the way, Xiao He and Xiao Li got off a train and received a large package from another man in military uniform at a major station.

Xia Juanjuan didn't care about it, thinking it was some package from their troops.

The two of them sent Xia Juanjuan all the way to Qingshui Village.

The troop station in the county town sent a vehicle directly to the village.

Xiaowen was not at home because he was at school in town. Xiaowu, Beibei and other children saw the jeep and ran to the village entrance to watch it eagerly.

Lin Yuru was worried, so she quickly followed.

When Xia Juanjuan got off the car, Lin Yuru and the two kids were stunned for a moment. Then the two kids suddenly ran over, grabbed Xia Juanjuan's pants with their little hands, raised their heads, and cried with tears in their eyes, "Mom!"

Xiao He and Xiao Li were both shocked.

Didn't Captain Li just get married? And my sister-in-law is pregnant not long ago, right? Where did this kid come from?

Xia Juanjuan saw that they had misunderstood, so she smiled and said, "They are the children of Big Brother Lizhan. We have adopted them now. There is also an older one who is studying in town."

After hearing this, Xiao He and Xiao Li suddenly realized.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "You are all in the village now, why don't you have dinner at home before going back."

Xiao He and Xiao Li smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, we have another mission to do. We need to find the commune secretary first. I think it's Secretary Zhao?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned. They sent her home, so the mission was accomplished, right? Why did she need to find Secretary Zhao for something else?

When they arrived at the commune, Xiao He and Xiao Li put the packages they had received at the platform on the table, then smiled and said to Secretary Zhao:

"Secretary Zhao, this is the candy that our leader Li and his wife are going to give out at their wedding. I'd like to trouble you to distribute it to every household in the village."