Chapter 69: Troops Celebrate the Festival

The two of them went to the kitchen together. When the cook saw Gu Huaizhi, he brought out the bowl of Yuanxiao that he had made.

Ye Qinglan smiled and said at one glance: "Your Yuanxiao is quite filling."

She had never seen anyone make Yuanxiao dumplings so big before. Each one was as big as half a fist.

Gu Huaizhi explained, "I was in a hurry to go back to work at noon, so I thought of packing a bigger one to save time. Let's eat together first. If you mind, I can pack a smaller one for you tomorrow?"

"I just said it casually. No need to rewrap it. It's the thought that counts. I understand."

Gu Huaizhi turned around to look at her, and his heart was already filled with sweetness before he even ate the Yuanxiao.

The cook was afraid that the one bowl would not be enough for the two of them, so he added some more noodles in it, so that the pieces were clearly of different sizes when they came out of the pot.

Ye Qinglan really understood. He poked his arm and said, "I'll eat the big one, and you eat the small one."

"good."

Gu Huaizhi asked the cook to divide the food when he served it, and then he went to get some other dishes. The two of them came to the cafeteria on time, otherwise there would be no food if they came later.

At that time, there were still people in the cafeteria who had not left. They were all looking at them curiously, mainly because they had never seen such an attentive leader like Gu.

I have seen others being courteous to Captain Gu, but he is arrogant and sharp-tongued, and he makes everyone cry. He is now known for his fierceness, and even though he is handsome, female comrades don't like to pay attention to him.

When Gu Huaizhi came back with the dishes, he saw her still sitting there: "Why don't you eat?"

"Waiting for you."

Gu Huai smiled and placed the plate in front of her: "Today we have sweet and sour pork ribs. Try it. Our sweet and sour pork ribs are our specialty."

"good."

Ye Qinglan first had a big Yuanxiao with sesame filling. Although all Yuanxiao tasted the same, sweet and sticky, she still praised it as delicious and said that yours was different from others, showing her support.

The sweet and sour spare ribs are really good too, unlike some people's spare ribs, which are sweet and sour on the outside but have a weird taste inside.

They were both concentrating on eating, and he only asked after they finished eating, "Can you cook?"

"Of course."

Not only can she cook, but she also has her own specialties, for fear that she will not have enough time to learn when she needs them. She also has a cookbook, a Western-style menu, and a recipe table of complementary and incompatible ingredients engraved in her mind.

Not to mention Lao Bai, she now treats her brain as a computer, stuffing everything that can be crammed into it and retrieving it when needed.

Gu Huaizhi said: "Actually, you can answer this question, but I can't."

Ye Qinglan looked at him in confusion. What did he mean?

"If you say you can't make it, I can say, it's okay, I can make it for you in the future."

Ye Qinglan pursed her lips and smiled, this guy is really interesting.

She said, "Come on, how can you have time to cook? Besides, do you know how to cook?"

"Why can't I cook? I don't know how to cook many kinds of noodles, but I can cook rice and stir-fry vegetables. When I was eight or nine years old, my mother started to teach me and my sister how to cook. She said that we don't have to cook on weekdays, but we have to learn how to cook in case of special circumstances so that we don't have to go hungry."

Gu Huaizhi added: "Besides, no matter how busy I am, I still have free time. It's impossible for me to be busy all day long."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qinglan gave his mother a thumbs up.

"Your mother is really foresighted, great. In that case, I will answer this question again. Comrade Gu Huaizhi, I can't cook, so I'll trouble you in the future. I have no restrictions on food, I eat everything. When I am away for a long time, please prepare some candies for me when I come back one day, apple flavored."

Gu Huaizhi smiled: "You are the only one who would answer the question again like this? I want to say it's too late." Then he said: "But forget it, since you are not being polite to me, I won't say it. I'll remember it."

The two of them went to wash the dishes and sent them back.

It was completely dark at this time. Gu Huaizhi asked her if she wanted to go to the event venue. Most of the troops were there. It was the Lantern Festival, so everyone wanted to have some fun.

Since he had nothing to do in the evening, Ye Qinglan went to the venue with him.

There were a group of soldiers singing and performing in the venue. There were really too few entertainment facilities at that time.

A few minutes after they arrived, the beauty from the art troupe came over. Ye Qinglan thought she might be a love rival, but she said, "Comrade, sister, how can you be so depressed that you would date such a vicious, cruel man who doesn't show any mercy to women?"

Ye Qinglan: “…”

Tuanhua also said that one of their little sisters had once pursued Gu Huaizhi and took the opportunity to win him over.

Guess what happened?

When her sister rushed over, Gu Huaizhi dodged to the side, and her sister fell flat on her face! That was not all, when she stood up, she tripped her foot and fell again, breaking her leg. She had to rest for a long time before she recovered.

It's okay if you don't let him fall, at least you can help him up when he falls, but he just stood there and waited to see him fall!!

Therefore, Gu Huaizhi was completely blocked by their art troupe! This man is too evil, so she wanted to remind this female comrade!

After hearing this, Ye Qinglan glanced at Gu Huaizhi, who had a dark face beside him, and pulled his sleeve inadvertently.

Then he said to Tuanhua, "This is what your sister doesn't do, right? Your sister fell down and wanted him to catch her. I lifted her up when she was about to fall."

Tuanhua!!! Then he laughed and gave Ye Qinglan a thumbs up: "Comrade, you are awesome!"

Turned around and left.

Not long after she left, Gu Huaizhi's regiment political commissar arrived. He heard that Gu Huaizhi was celebrating the festival with a female comrade in the army, so he hurried over to take a look.

He was not in the army for the previous few times and was not taken seriously.

As soon as he arrived, Ye Qinglan heard a shocking news from him: the scarf around her neck was actually woven by Gu Huaizhi himself!!!

As soon as the regiment political commissar met them, he said, "Huaizhi, this is the female comrade who made you stay at home for three days during the New Year's holiday and stay in the dormitory knitting sweaters, right? Comrade, I have heard about the competition between you and Huaizhi a long time ago. It was really good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Huaizhi said unhappily: "If you don't bring your brain with you, you don't have to come out."

"Uh——" The regiment political commissar looked at the two of them and finally realized that something was wrong.

Gu Huaizhi didn't tell the female comrade that he had knitted it himself, and he thought Gu Huaizhi would show off.

The regiment political commissar hurriedly ran away: "Comrade, what's that? I have something else to do. I'll leave first. You and Huaizhi can continue playing."

"Okay, bye."

Ye Qinglan touched her scarf and looked at Gu Huaizhi with bright eyes.

"Sure, you can do this too? You knit pretty well! Can you knit a sweater?"

She really thought it was good, and Gu Huaizhi also saw appreciation in her eyes, instead of feeling that she was just complaining.

Then he smiled and said, "I don't know how to make sweaters. I learned this from the sister-in-law of the regiment political commissar."

He thought that ordinary gifts could not express his feelings, and Teacher Xiaoye had all the watches, so she was not short of money. It happened that day that he saw the sister-in-law of the regiment political commissar knitting a sweater, so he went over to ask her. He originally wanted to knit a sweater, but it was a bit difficult to knit a sweater, so he knitted a scarf first.