Chapter 21 Window Beauty
In the back kitchen of a canteen, Jiang Yingying and her colleagues were busy preparing lunch for the soldiers.
In the military district, He Yan and others were also undergoing rigorous training under the scorching sun.
It was almost time for lunch, and He Yan shouted to disperse. The people below immediately dispersed and ran towards the cafeteria.
He Yan turned around, went back to the office with a lunch box in his hand, and planned to solve the lunch problem.
A voice came from behind, "Old He, wait for me!" Wei Guoping caught up from behind and said, "Let's go to the cafeteria to eat together."
He Yan glanced at him slowly, but did not slow down his steps.
The two men came near a cafeteria, and Wei Guoping asked in confusion.
"Hey, Lao He, did you notice anything wrong today?"
He Yan gave him a look, and Wei Guoping said, "Don't you think these kids are quite active today?"
"Not active in eating?"
He Yan glanced at him indifferently, then walked into the cafeteria.
Wei Guoping, who fell behind, scratched his head and said, "No, what I just said felt weird..."
Seeing that He Yan was about to disappear from his sight, Wei Guoping shouted.
"Old He, wait for me!"
At mealtime, the cafeteria was packed with people as usual.
Although the lines in front of each window were very long, He Yan still noticed something was wrong at a glance.
The line in the third window on the right is the center of the line, and several nearby lines are quite agitated.
Those bachelors, one by one, grinned.
Wei Guoping was a few minutes slow to react, but he also discovered it.
"This is..." He thought for a moment, "Is there a new dish in the cafeteria today?"
Wei Guoping sniffed hard and bumped into He Yan's shoulder.
"Hey, Lao He, it seems to be true. Let's go and get in line!" Wei Guoping said excitedly, "I don't know what delicious food Lao Yang and the others have made. I can smell a strong fragrance!"
He vowed, "Old He, believe me, this is definitely a new dish."
At this time, the person who had finished his meal walked past them.
Wei Guoping and He Yan both saw the dishes in the lunch box. "Look! New dishes! Three fresh vegetables. I haven't eaten them for a long time..."
He Yan's nose twitched. Why? This smell seemed a little familiar.
Wei Guoping pulled He Yan into the crowd, and with this pull, he pulled He Yan to line up in the central team he had just observed.
There were many people queuing, and the speed of serving food at the window was not slow.
Soon, He Yan and Wei Guoping moved forward a lot. He stood in the middle of the line and saw the girl with the bright smile at a glance.
"Wow! This female comrade is so pretty. No wonder the cafeteria is a little more lively than usual today."
The person getting food at the window was Jiang Yingying.
After she finished preparing the meal, it was not long before it was time for lunch in the cafeteria.
Jiang Yingying's job, besides cooking, is to serve meals.
The soldiers had to bring their own bowls and chopsticks, and wash them themselves in the sink outside the canteen after eating.
Jiang Yingying was not responsible for the mess in the kitchen, preparing food, and washing pots and stoves; these were the jobs of the apprentices and the two aunts.
At this moment, she and everyone else were each in charge of a window and were serving meals to the military comrades.
Wei Guoping stared at Jiang Yingying for a few seconds, and he whispered, "Why does this female comrade look familiar?"
When he shifted his gaze to He Yan behind him, he suddenly realized and said, "I was wondering why she looked familiar. Old He, is this the female comrade you saved, and also the sister of Jiang Chao?"
The military district and the family compound talked about the twist that night, in which the female comrade He Yan rescued turned out to be Jiang Chao's sister, for more than half a month.
In particular, the fact that Jiang Yingying was abducted by human traffickers also attracted the attention of the higher-ups.
He Yan had captured the two human traffickers, and had also uncovered a number of bad elements behind them.
"I have to say, Comrade Jiang is really good-looking. No wonder these guys are like cats seeing fish." Wei Guoping nudged He Yan with his elbow. "Look at them. Their faces are as red as monkeys' bottoms. They are so useless."
He Yan followed his line of sight and saw a soldier who looked like a greenhorn brought a lunch box to Jiang Yingying and lowered his head to talk to her. After she quickly prepared the meal, she smiled at him.
He Yan frowned and looked away, but after a few seconds, he couldn't help but look over again.
This time it was another little soldier with dark skin and a dark red face. I don't know what he said, but she just smiled, and then the little soldier's face turned even redder.
It was dark and red, just like burnt coal. He Yan thought.
Thinking of this, He Yan couldn't help but look at Jiang Yingying again and met her smiling eyes again.
This Comrade Jiang seemed to like to laugh. Every time he saw her, she always had a smiling face...
Jiang Yingying had no idea that her signature fake smile at work would cause He Yan to think more than he actually did.
Jiang Yingying did a lot of part-time jobs during the winter and summer vacations, or when she didn't have many classes.
She has worked as a hotel waiter, tutor, receptionist, etc.
In this era, "smiling service" has not yet appeared, but Jiang Yingying, who has suffered from the beatings of society, has become accustomed to putting on her signature smile when working.
Besides, she really likes this job.
That is, when Jiang Yingying was getting her meal, she shook her arm when no one was paying attention.
There are so many people eating in this military district canteen. No wonder Master Yang and the others have been saying that it’s a good thing she came today, otherwise they would not be able to hold on any longer.
Soon, Wei Guoping and He Yan came closer.
Wei Guoping stretched his neck to take a look, "Old He, it's a good idea to come to the canteen today. There are new dishes." He looked at Jiang Yingying, suddenly felt a little embarrassed about his loud voice, and reached out to touch the tip of his nose.
Seeing He Yan, Jiang Yingying's eyes lit up.
If smiles were rated by sweetness, Jiang Yingying's smile just now would have been six points, but now that she saw He Yan, her smile would have been ten points.
It's not that ten is enough, it's that ten is all.
Jiang Yingying pursed her lips, trying not to focus all her attention on He Yan and ignore Wei Guoping in front of her.
She said, "Today the cafeteria has stir-fried pork, celery and minced meat, bitter melon stuffed with meat..."
Wei Guoping took a look and said, "Give me some three fresh vegetables, stir-fried pork, and bitter melon stuffed with meat."
This is where the food is served. The rice and soup are put in big buckets in the lobby. Aunt Lanhua collects the tickets, and then the soldiers serve themselves.
While Jiang Yingying was collecting the tickets, she skillfully prepared the dishes ordered by Wei Guoping.
"Lao He, I'll go find a seat first."
"good."
It was He Yan's turn. Jiang Yingying was obviously a bold person, but when she looked at him, she would always feel hot and timid unconsciously.
"Captain He, what do you want to eat?"
When he saw the little girl's smiling face, He Yan's Adam's apple rolled. "Celery and pork, stir-fried pork, and three fresh vegetables."
He Yan ordered the dishes while handing over the money in his hand.
"good."
Jiang Yingying quickly gave him the change, and then filled each spoonful for He Yan.
She blinked at He Yan and said, "Captain He, you are really amazing."
"What?"
"I can't eat celery at all. I think it tastes weird. You are really amazing."
Until he turned around in a daze with a smile on his face, He Yan still had no idea what was so great about being able to eat celery.
Wei Guoping had already found a seat. Seeing He Yan walk out of the team, he waved to him.
He Yan walked up to him, he was eating voraciously, commenting as he ate.
"Not bad, not bad. Today's bitter melon stuffed with meat and three fresh vegetables are really to my liking."
Wei Guoping glanced sideways and saw that He Yan's lunch box was full, so he pretended to casually stretch out his chopsticks.
Sadly, it was avoided.
Wei Guoping smiled at He Yan and said, "Oh, I just saw what's in your lunch box. It seems to be better than mine, so I want to try it."
"Eat your own."
He Yan started to eat his lunch. He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but today’s lunch seemed to taste better than usual.
From time to time, people could hear discussions all around. "Hey, did you also go to Comrade Xiao Jiang's window to order food?"
"Her last name is Jiang, how did you know?"
"I asked someone about it. She is Deputy Commander Jiang's sister."
…
He Yan frowned and looked at the food in front of him. Hmm, it was just his illusion. It was the same as usual, with an indescribable feeling.
On the other side, Jiang Yingying, whose arms were sore from serving food, was finally relieved.
Aunt Lanhua and Aunt Xiujuan came forward and chatted and laughed to help her massage her arms. Master Yang pursed his lips and said that why not let her rest for a few days, and then go to the window to help serve food after she got used to it.
Jiang Yingying hurriedly said no, she was actually fine, and she was not the only one helping at the window, everyone was doing the same.
It's a job you'll have to do in the future anyway, so you might as well adapt to it in advance.
Seeing her working so actively and always with a smile on her face, Master Yang, Master Zhu and other middle-aged elders were both satisfied and sympathetic towards her.
This was reflected in the fact that they frequently asked her to eat meat during meals.
Jiang Yingying didn't have a big appetite, and Master Yang and the others told her several times to eat more.
Later, seeing that she really couldn't eat, Master Yang and Master Zhu took a look at her skinny figure, then looked away, feeling disgusted.
But in all honesty, Jiang Yingying is really not thin. She has a well-proportioned figure and has all the necessary flesh.
But in the eyes of the elders, one has to be plump to be considered thin.
However, in their opinion, Jiang Yingying's figure was still too thin, as thin as a bamboo pole.
After Jiang Yingying finished her lunch, Master Yang and the others said that there was nothing to do until the afternoon, so they could just come and prepare dinner at around four o'clock.
They were eating in the kitchen, and Jiang Yingying, who finished eating first, slipped out of the kitchen.
There were not many people in the cafeteria at this moment, so He Yan's figure stood out even more.
He also saw Jiang Yingying, stood up, and strode towards her.
Jiang Yingying pursed her lips and slowly walked towards him.
"Captain He, are you full?"
As soon as Jiang Yingying opened her mouth, He Yan thought of the super full meal just now.
"I'm full."
"That's good."
He Yan handed it to her, "What?" Jiang Yingying looked down and saw that it was a meal ticket. "Captain He, why are you giving me this?"
"You just gave me too much, this is to make up for it."
"I don't want it, that's an employee benefit." Jiang Yingying said, meeting his dark eyes, she almost bit her tongue, oh, what was she talking about, would he misunderstand?
"Captain He, I'm not the kind of person who takes advantage of my position as a cafeteria staff member to do whatever I want. If I were someone who took advantage of others, I wouldn't even be comfortable working in the cafeteria..."
"Uncle Yang said that we work in the cafeteria and have a share of every meal. The money I paid you was deducted from my share..."
"In this case, I have to make up for it even more."
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant..." Jiang Yingying blushed. She was afraid that the other party would think that she wanted to get more money from him and that's why she gave him more money on purpose. "You are my savior. I know you are having a hard time training in the army, so I just wanted to give you more. I, I can't eat that much..."
"I won't take your money..."
If he said this again, the little girl would probably cry in front of him.
He Yan pursed his lips slightly, "Okay, no need next time, I saved you just for the sake of convenience, you don't need to take it too seriously."
After saying this, He Yan turned and left.
Behind him, Jiang Yingying had a bitter face, tears welling up in her eyes.
Did she, did she make things worse?
It’s really hard to repay a favor…
During dinner, Jiang Yingying did not see He Yan.
She didn't see him for several days.
Jiang Yingying was thinking: Was it because of the trouble she caused that time that Captain He never came to the cafeteria to eat again?
And He Yan was not hiding from her as Jiang Yingying imagined.
He was very busy during this period, and it was just a coincidence that he had time to eat that day. In the following days, He Yan was so busy that his meals were prepared by his guard Yu Hongbing.
After being busy for a few days, He Yan went out for a meeting.
It was nearly half a month later when he came back. At this time, Jiang Chao had recovered from his injury and returned to the team.
In the office, He Yan raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows to relieve the soreness in his eyes.
He looked at the time. It was almost seven o'clock. He felt his stomach rumbling with hunger. He wanted to call Yu Hongbing, but found out that he had sent him out in the afternoon.
He Yan stood up and closed the office door.
There was nothing to eat in his dormitory. For some reason, He Yan walked towards the cafeteria.
If there is no food in the cafeteria, there should be some food available for purchase at the cooperative next to the cafeteria.
When he was near a cafeteria, he saw a figure slowly walking towards him.
"Captain He..."
Seeing him again after more than half a month, Jiang Yingying felt that the man in front of her seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
"Comrade Jiang."
It was also a coincidence that the cafeteria opened at 6 o'clock on weekdays, and Jiang Yingying and her friends would pack up and go home at 6:30.
But today, when Jiang Yingying was free at noon, she was tinkering with egg tarts in the kitchen with Master Yang. After she got home, she remembered that she had forgotten to bring them with her, so she hurried back to the cafeteria.
"Captain He, you..." Jiang Yingying asked hesitantly, "You haven't eaten yet?"
Before He Yan could answer, the rumbling sound of his abdomen answered instead.
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