"It seems the children still prefer you. They don't even like me, their mother, anymore!" Shen Qiaoyue said sadly, looking at Danian with a sigh. "Xiaonian liked his sister-in-law more, and now Danian likes you more too. I, their mother, am no longer important in their hearts!"
Liu Xinlan smiled and said, "Don't be too sad. It's just that you feel dependent on him. It doesn't mean that Da Nian doesn't like you."
"Isn't that what it is now?" Shen Qiaoyue asked weakly.
Liu Xinlan couldn't sense Shen Qiaoyue's sadness. The fact that the child liked her showed that her affection and efforts for the child were rewarded.
"Then go and eat the roast chicken, I can't eat it." Liu Xinlan tried to distract Shen Qiaoyue from her sadness.
Upon hearing the word "roast chicken," Shen Qiaoyue's eyes instantly turned cold.
“You just threw up everything you ate. What will you eat if I eat it?” Shen Qiaoyue liked to eat the skin of roast chicken, but she didn’t like to eat the meat. She suggested, “How about you eat the meat, and I’ll eat the oily skin and put it in a clean bowl for you?”
Liu Xinlan refused without even thinking.
Xu Qianli asked worriedly, "If you don't eat the roast chicken, you'll throw up everything you ate tonight and then you'll be hungry."
Even so, Liu Xinlan still shook her head and refused, saying, "I don't like roast chicken. If you force me to eat it, I'll just throw it up."
"How about I make you something spicy? Do you have any chili peppers at home? How about some cold dishes, like spicy and sour radish?" It's the season for white radishes right now.
Liu Xinlan had eaten pickled radishes before, and she thought they were good.
Shen Qiaoyue rolled up her sleeves and said, "I'll prepare it for you. I learned from Lu He before, so I'll make you a bowl of noodles with some chili and an egg."
"Now that you mention it, I instantly want to eat it, my mouth is watering." Liu Xinlan likes both sour and spicy food.
"Just wait." After saying that, Shen Qiaoyue turned around and went into the kitchen to make food.
After getting married, Liu Xinlan started cooking for herself at home.
Except for the lack of meat, it has all kinds of vegetables.
The main ingredients are seasonings, chili peppers, and green vegetables.
Shen Qiaoyue first peeled the radish and cut it into thin slices.
Cut the chili peppers and garlic into small pieces, find some white sugar, and put them in a small bowl with white vinegar.
Put the salted radish into a bowl of seasonings and stir to marinate. It's sweet, sour, and a little spicy, which makes it a great dish to eat with rice.
Shen Qiaoyue started cooking noodles. The noodles were cooked in hot water until they were just the right consistency to be bitten through with chopsticks. After cooking, they were rinsed with water to cool.
Start by heating oil in a pan and frying eggs. Set the eggs aside. Then boil water and cook noodles. At this time, Shen Qiaoyue has a habit of cracking an egg into a bowl, stirring it, and then pouring it into hot water. Add some salt, MSG, soy sauce, oyster sauce, vegetables, and noodles, and cook for a while before serving.
This will mask the oily smell from the fried eggs.
One large bowl was served, and then divided into three bowls.
Shen Qiaoyue was also hungry, so she cooked herself a small bowl.
The roast chicken had just gotten cold by then, which was good because Liu Xinlan couldn't smell it.
Sitting at the dining table in the living room, Liu Xinlan lowered her head and smelled the noodles.
Shen Qiaoyue reminded her, "To avoid you throwing up again, eat something sour first. You still have some chili peppers that Lu Chen made last time. You can add a little bit, just not too spicy."
After all, eating too much spicy food late at night will make your stomach feel uncomfortable.
Xu Qianli held the child, watching to see if Liu Xinlan could eat.
Following Shen Qiaoyue's instructions, Liu Xinlan picked up her chopsticks and began to eat small pieces of radish.
"Mmm," Liu Xinlan nodded, raising her eyebrows, and couldn't help but pick up another piece, saying, "It's really delicious."
"If it's delicious, eat more. I'll have roast chicken with Brother Xu." Shen Qiaoyue stared at the roast chicken and started eating.
Xu Qianli stood in the living room holding the child; Danian was already asleep.
It was while Shen Qiaoyue was making a late-night snack that Liu Xinlan was coaxing the child to sleep.
Xu Qianli wanted to wait until Shen Qiaoyue ate before letting her hold the child.
Shen Qiao had very few noodles to eat, and she finished them quickly. She ate a roast chicken leg and a wing, and left the rest for Xu Qianli.
After finishing the meal, I carried Da Nian home.
Xu Qianli was finally free and sat down to eat a late-night snack.
"I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow." Xu Qianli tore open a chicken wing and started eating, looking at Liu Xinlan.
Just as he was contemplating whether or not to go to the border, Liu Xinlan became pregnant.
"Okay, go ahead." Because of her argument with Xu Qianli, Liu Xinlan still felt a little awkward around him.
Xu Qianli added, "In a few days, Lu Chen will take two battalions by train to the Northwest. I'm off tomorrow, so I probably won't have as much time to spend with you for a while."
Liu Xinlan frowned slightly when she heard that Lu Chen was going.
“Lu Chen has two children, he went…” Liu Xinlan was too anxious to speak.
“Yes, Anlude will go too.” Xu Qianli nodded, responding to Liu Xinlan’s words without any change in expression.
Liu Xinlan's heart skipped a beat as she stared at Xu Qianli, whose gaze was too calm.
"Qianli, do you also want to go?" Liu Xinlan knew that Xu Qianli had agreed to stay, and it was she who had prevented Xu Qianli from doing what he wanted to do.
"No!" Xu Qianli shook his head and explained, "Xinlan, I just wanted to tell you that I might be quite busy in the future. Plus, this is the coast, and Lu Chen and An Lude are both regimental commanders; they've both gone there. My workload is very heavy, and you're pregnant now. I'm worried I won't have time to take care of you, so I wanted to explain in advance. It's not that I don't want to come back; if I work late in the future, I plan to stay at the military base."
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