I saw Xu Lei eating breakfast in the restaurant reading a newspaper.
Li Fang smiled and called Xu Manman over to have breakfast. "Come, dear, eat first. We made breakfast before we left."
Xu Manman sat over and said, "Didn't we say we'd meet at 6 o'clock?" She had set the alarm in advance. She would be gone for ten days or half a month, so she had to see him off. It was only 5:30 and it was still dark outside.
Xu Lei took a bite of the scallion pancake and said, "They left at five o'clock last night at short notice, an hour early."
Well, these guys have made some progress in learning to cook recently. These scallion pancakes taste pretty good.
Xu Manman blinked. Last-minute notice? She glanced at her uncle, who looked nonchalant, and decided to just eat her meal.
"Manman, my class is in the afternoon, so there's no rush. I'll pick you up at noon, okay?"
"No need, uncle. I'll go there by myself at noon. Um... I'll bring some food with me, so uncle and aunt don't have to go to the cafeteria to get food."
Xu Lei's eyes lit up when he heard that. The taste of yesterday's meal was truly unforgettable. "In that case, Captain Li, you can come with me this morning. I'll leave the bike to Manman."
Although they are all in the military area, the art troupe is not located in the same place as the army, so Li Fang usually rides her bike to work.
Li Fang nodded and had no objection to this. The jeep could just step on the accelerator and go around, which would save her trouble.
She herself cooks all year round and knows how uncomfortable it is to stay in the kitchen in the hot summer. "Dear, you don't have to cook lunch. We can eat in the cafeteria."
"It's okay, Mom. It's hot at noon and I can't eat anything too heavy. I'll just make something cold. It's very simple."
Xu Lei persuaded his wife, "Manman will take care of it, just let her go."
Li Fang rolled her eyes at her husband. "So you're not the one who's tired? Why is it so easy to deliver it?" But she didn't say anything else.
Before going to work, Xu Lei washed the dishes. This has always been the habit of the men in the Xu family.
After the elders left, Xu Manman was the only one left at home. She was used to being surrounded by many people every day, and she was a little uncomfortable with the sudden silence.
So I started an online voice chat with Xiao Jin, "Xiao Jin, what are you doing?"
Because there were two soldiers living at home, she didn't dare go to the space at night and lived outside honestly every day. So she hadn't contacted Xiao Jin in the past few days. She really missed him.
"Manman!" Xiao Jin's joyful voice echoed in his mind.
"Well, what are you doing?"
"I'm just about to go over to the yard. We're almost done with work these next two days."
"Have you had breakfast?"
"I ate it, Manman."
"What are you eating?"
…
The two of them were just killing time by chatting about these meaningless things in their minds. Xiao Jin was doing this work outside and did not neglect its host. It was not until eleven o'clock that Xu Manman said she wanted to cook and ended the voice chat.
"See you tomorrow, Xiao Jin."
"Well, Manman, see you tomorrow."
(Isn’t it a bit ambiguous?)
In the hot summer, Xu Manman really didn't want to make things too complicated. She made scrambled eggs with loofah, stir-fried cauliflower with tomatoes, and finally roasted green peppers. She mixed them with steamed eggplant, fermented black beans, minced garlic, and various seasonings. It would have been even more perfect with preserved eggs.
There are many soldiers in my uncle's family, so they have several multi-purpose bucket-shaped aluminum lunch boxes at home. It is more convenient to carry lunch with them. She planned to have lunch with her aunt at noon, so she divided the food into three portions.
My uncle has a big appetite, so we used a bucket-shaped lunch box to hold his food, and also got a large square lunch box to hold his food. As for him and my aunt, they each had one lunch box.
After the food was packed and placed in a net bag, Xu Manman cleaned up the kitchen before picking up the net bag and pushing her bicycle to set off.
They went to the army first. Xu Manman didn't go in. She found the guard at the door and asked him to help bring the food in. Then she rode her bicycle directly to the art troupe.
Xu Lei was waiting anxiously in the office, but in the end he only received two lunch boxes in a net bag.
Xu Lei looked at the person who came and asked, "Where is he?"
The soldier swallowed hard. He could smell the aroma of the food even through the lunch box. He had been sniffing it all the way. "He left on his bike. He didn't say where he was going."
Xu Lei stepped forward, took the lunch box, and asked the person to leave first.
Although my niece is not here, I still have to enjoy the meal.
I took out the lunch box and put it on the table. I opened the lid and the smell was even more overbearing.
He picked up his chopsticks and started eating. His niece's cooking skills were really good. Although there was no meat, it tasted better than meat.
With a bang, the office door was pushed open. "Lao Xu, you are not fair and just want to eat all the food for yourself."
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