Chapter 247 Commander Duan: "I'm afraid you'll get lost."

Wang Ziru was swearing all the way back to her family compound, and she almost cursed the ancestor of the Duan family to death.

When she got home, she turned off the stove and had to put the uncooked dishes in a bowl.

"You two come with me to the cafeteria. Commander Duan is here and said he'll make dumplings for you tonight, with beef filling." Wang Ziru walked to the rattan chair, patted the two little guys, and forced a smile.

Fu Jiqiu looked up at Wang Ziru and said, "Auntie, are we having beef dumplings tonight?"

"Yeah, do you like it?"

"I like eating dumplings, but I want to add some other vegetables to the beef, is that okay?" Fu Jiqiu's throat moved and he looked at Wang Ziru and asked.

"Other dishes? Well, we happen to have tomatoes and cucumber slices prepared tonight, and we have a few small tomatoes at home, so I'll make you dumplings with tomato and beef filling tonight."

Bao Er blinked her clear eyes and said happily, "Mom, I like to eat tomato beef dumplings."

"Come on, you haven't even eaten it, so you don't know what it tastes like." Wang Ziru put the bright red tomatoes on an enamel plate.

The cucumbers were already sliced. In this weather, they would go bad if not eaten, so I took a porcelain plate to put the cucumber slices on.

Took the two kids downstairs to the cafeteria.

In the corridor, several military wives saw them carrying tomatoes downstairs and curiously asked if they were going to the army canteen to join them.

Bao Er said proudly: "We are just going to the canteen. Mom is going to make beef dumplings for us."

"Wow! Beef-filled...dumplings?"

The military wives looked at the three figures going downstairs with envy, and thought that it was the commander Fu Xun who bought beef and asked Wang Ziru to go to the kitchen and cook alone.

Wang Ziru was walking in the front and couldn't help but chuckle. She also felt that this child seemed to be getting braver and braver, and was much more cheerful than when he was in his hometown, Hongmei Village.

I am not afraid to say hello to unfamiliar adults.

Commander Duan did not go to the cafeteria to wait, but wandered around somewhere unknown.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, Wang Ziru deliberately looked for the rough man everywhere, but only saw soldiers eating dinner quietly at tables. She asked the two children to find a stool and sit down to read picture books.

In the kitchen, the busiest dinner time is coming to an end.

Seeing Wang Ziru carrying tomatoes and cucumbers to the kitchen, squad leader Wang asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to cook with the tomatoes?"

"The commander said he brought a piece of beef? I plan to make tomato beef dumplings." Wang Ziru walked into the kitchen and put the enamel plate on the chopping board. She happened to see a piece of fresh beef in the porcelain basin.

It must be about five or six pounds, enough for them to have a meal of beef dumplings.

"Make tomato beef dumplings? It will taste better if beef and tomatoes are mixed together?"

Several other cooks also came over and had the same confusion as Squad Leader Wang.

Wang Ziru nodded, "Of course! But I need you to help me knead the dough and roll out the dumpling wrappers. It would be best if someone could help me chop the beef."

"We have plenty of manpower here, just give us your orders, sister-in-law." Squad Leader Wang said with a hearty smile.

Not to mention that they were cooking for the commander, even if the leader Fu Xun had told them to use a small stove alone, the kitchen team would not have said a word.

Five or six cooks were busy working.

Some were chopping meat, some were cutting green onions, ginger and garlic, and some were kneading dough. The kitchen was bustling with activity again...

That day, the vegetables bought by the kitchen team were all used up, and only a few cabbages were left.

Wang Ziru asked someone to cut a plate of cabbage, chop the cucumber, and mix it with the beef to make dumplings with two flavors.

In the kitchen, five or six people were standing by the chopping board making dumplings, when they saw Commander Duan and Fu Xun walk into the cafeteria from outside.

Perhaps because he saw the children playing at the round table closest to the kitchen, Commander Duan walked over and touched Baoer's little face. "Little boy, you are quite studious."

Baoer tried to raise her little face, "Uncle Commander..."

"Yeah, not bad, you still remember me."

Fu Jiqiu beside him also called out, "Hello, Commander Uncle."

"Good! You two have company now, that's good!" Commander Duan sat down next to Baoer and looked at the two kids. "Summer vacation is coming soon, why don't you two go back to Kunqu District to spend the summer vacation together?"

Fu Xun was a little surprised. "Hey, Commander, you don't know that our Fu Jiqiu has never been to Kunqu for summer vacation. I am usually busy, so I don't have the time to take him around."

The previous troops were in the township under Kun District, which was far away from the urban area of ​​Kun District.

As Fu Xun was from a single-parent family without a mother, he had no time to take his son to the city to play.

"Fu Jiqiu is still young, there's still time, he can go back to Kunming for the summer vacation this year!"

A smile appeared on Fu Xun's thick face: "I don't have that kind of time."

"My house has a place to stay, Baoer. You and Fu Jiqiu can spend the summer vacation together and have company. Uncle will make sure you have enough food and take you out for a walk when he has time." Commander Duan pinched Baoer's little face with a friendly smile.

It looks like he is inviting other kids to play at home.

Bao Er turned his head and looked at the commander uncle, and the image of the other party in his little mind immediately magnified countless times.

However, the boy was a little nervous, not knowing whether his mother would allow him to go with him to the commander's uncle's house.

Suddenly, the boy remembered something. He patted Commander Duan's arm with his little hand and said, "Uncle, you said you would buy me very big stamps..."

"You still remember this? Looks like I have to buy stamps for you!"

When the hot dumplings were served on the table, big and small, everyone couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and start eating.

Wang Ziru put a portion for each of them on an enamel plate.

And make half of each type of dumplings.

Pour some soy sauce into a small bowl and put it on the table, and let them dip their food in soy sauce if they want.

"Hmm, so delicious~" Baoer picked up a dumpling with chopsticks, blew away the hot air, took a small bite and laughed.

Commander Duan poured some of the soy sauce in the bowl onto his dumplings, and ate one dumpling at a time. He looked up and saw his wife looking at them, "Why don't you eat?"

"You guys eat first," Wang Ziru smiled as she sat on the stool opposite him. Seeing the rough man's impatient look, she pointed to the stove behind her and said, "The food is still cooking in the pot. There's still half a pot left. You can add another plate after you finish eating."

Fu Xun had already eaten dinner in the cafeteria. Seeing that Wang Ziru hadn't eaten yet, he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you should have eaten first. I've already had a meal."

"It's okay, it's okay, Chief, you men have big appetites, you can eat three meals a day."

She looked back at the rough man opposite her. He looked at her with interest and said in a casual tone, "Why don't you go and check if the dumplings in the pot are cooked?"

Wang Ziru took a deep breath, pretended nothing had happened, stood up and went back to the kitchen.

Squad leader Wang was guarding the dumplings in the pot. When he saw Wang Ziru coming in, he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you should also scoop a plate out to eat. There are so many of us here."

Fu Jiqiu had already finished a small plate of dumplings and walked into the kitchen with the empty plate, "Auntie, I'm not full yet."

"Here, give me the plate. Are you very hungry today? Eat more so that you will have the energy to rehearse the show with the kids in the evening!" Wang Ziru filled another twelve dumplings.

He looked at Fu Jiqiu's happy face as he brought the meal out, then sat down next to Baoer and started eating.

Looking at the dumplings in the pot, there were not many left, so Wang Ziru served herself a small plate, then took a large enamel plate and scooped them all up, carrying it out and placing it between Commander Duan and Fu Xun.

Before Wang Ziru finished eating after sitting down, the plate on the table was empty.

The rough man looked a little hungry after eating this beef dumpling. "Commander, are you still not full?"

"I'm full! I last had beef dumplings when I was a child, but I haven't had them for decades. The filling you made tastes good, so I ate a little too much tonight..." Commander Duan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and hummed lightly with a neither salty nor bland taste.

The rough man lit a cigarette and said, "After eating, hurry up and rehearse! I'll wait for you!"

Fu Xun looked at the two of them with a puzzled look, wondering if the commander wanted to find something for his sister-in-law again. Why not just let her join the army, do a serious job, and get paid?

Without hearing the commander's next words, Fu Xun did not dare to ask them any more questions.

He left the canteen first, making the excuse that he had to go back to the regiment headquarters to handle work.

In the evening, the rehearsal in the auditorium was very lively.

"Tonight I will teach you to sing it line by line, and then you can go home and memorize the lyrics. Tomorrow night we will officially rehearse!"

Wang Ziru arranged for Fu Jiqiu and two older children to help copy the lyrics and distribute them to each child after the rehearsal.

After work, Zhao Qingrui hurried to the auditorium.

Many of his classmates heard that he was chosen to perform the solo, and they all curiously followed him to the auditorium to watch him rehearse.

After the rehearsal, the children all swarmed around Fu Jiqiu and two other children to write lyrics.

Wang Ziru sat in a chair in the front row of the audience seats, sang a line, and taught Zhao Qingrui to sing a line.

"If this song is sung by a female soloist, it will be a soulful version, but I think it would be better if it is sung by a male soloist, so I hope you can sing out the carefreeness of a boy pursuing love..."

"When you sing the climax, your face and eyes are filled with longing for beautiful love."

After Zhao Qingrui practiced the entire song twice, his facial expression became more lively and his eyes became more affectionate:

"I know there is a heart waiting for me to get close to you in the distance~~"

"Oh~~ I want to find you, no matter north, south, east or west~~"

Seeing Zhao Qingrui gradually getting into the singing mood, Wang Ziru was very happy. She also stood up and couldn't help humming along.

At the door of the auditorium, Commander Duan held his nose and waited for Zhao Qingrui to finish singing this time, then walked to the front row.

When the soldiers saw Commander Duan coming, they all fell silent. Zhao Qingrui, who had already entered the state, was about to say that he should sing it again, but when he saw Commander Duan, he immediately fell silent.

"That's all for tonight's rehearsal!" He walked behind Wang Ziru, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and looked at her with his eyelids lowered. "It's getting late."

Wang Ziru was also in high spirits. She followed Commander Duan past the military gate sentry post, still humming excitedly a song that made countless single young soldiers blush and their hearts beat faster.

"Did you take stimulants tonight?" Coming out of the sentry post, Commander Duan glanced back at his young wife's smiling face and couldn't help asking with a smile.

"Oh! I haven't been this happy in a long time." Wang Ziru stretched her waist in an extremely indecent manner, turned her head and looked around, "Where are you taking me? If you have something to say, just say it here."

"We can't go here. My car is parked at the fork in the road ahead..." Commander Duan said as he reached out and grabbed her hand, leading her directly to the Licun fork in the road they often went to.

Wang Ziru was frightened. Commander Duan held her in his warm hands. She could hear her heartbeat. "No, I can see the road. You don't have to hold me."

"I was afraid you'd get lost."

I was dragged all the way to the fork in the road, and sure enough, I saw the jeep parked quietly on the side of the road.

"Commander, do you want to tell me about the rehearsal program?" Wang Ziru asked with a smile.

"It's already evening, who wants to talk about work? I want to tell you that Mrs. Duan may come to trouble you tomorrow." Commander Duan walked to the car and opened the back seat before letting her go. "I have soda in my car, give it to you."

Wang Ziru also leaned over the back door and saw the rough man turn on the flashlight and look for soda in the car. "Mrs. Duan? Why is she looking for trouble with me? No, I have no grudge against your Duan family. Why would she look for trouble?"

"When I went back to Dali this time, she heard that you were going to kidnap her son. My uncle said that you left early this morning and haven't reached the Ninth Division yet. It's very likely that the driver took the wrong route."

The rough man took a bottle of soda, pried open the lid, and handed it to the young wife, "It's orange flavored, I'm sure you like it."

Wang Ziru frowned and took the soda mechanically, "When did I say I wanted to kidnap her son? And I don't even know her son!"