After lunch, people in the housing estate started to put up Spring Festival couplets.
After Captain Qian put up the Spring Festival couplets, he went into the house. Li Na and her son also wanted to go in, but were stopped by Zhao Li.
Zhao Li came up to him mysteriously and whispered, "Zheng Baozhu made a lot of money this year!"
Li Na asked in confusion: "I didn't see her go to the market to sell things, but she did buy a lot of New Year's goods."
"You don't know this. She makes money by reselling."
"What did she sell?"
"I heard that she was the one who bought the peanuts and melon seeds for the first battalion. How could she, a family member, be involved in military affairs? It must be Captain Song who was supporting her from behind."
Li Na didn't believe it: "No way, their family bought a lot of meat for the army before the New Year, and they spent a lot of money on it, why would they care about this little price difference?"
"I saw with my own eyes that she bought three bags of melon seeds and peanuts. The profit must have been quite a lot."
"Even if the profit is huge, it's just what other people thought of. If you think this is profitable, you can also go wholesale and sell it at the market."
"I can't find a wholesale channel. I feel sorry for you."
"What do I have to regret?"
"If Captain Qian also gives you the procurement work for his battalion, wouldn't you be able to make money easily?"
If Li Na hadn't heard this from her husband, she would have been fooled by Zhao Li.
"I won't get involved in their men's affairs."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Li Na, Zhao Li went to visit other people's homes.
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Zhao Li walked around the staff quarters and told everyone she met about Zheng Baozhu's procurement, but no one paid any attention to her.
When she got home, Zhao Li was furious.
Captain Zhou said, "Wash the vegetables, mix the meat filling, and make dumplings later."
Outside the door, Political Commissar Qiu called out "Company Commander Zhou".
Captain Zhou hurried over and said, "Political Commissar, Happy New Year. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Political Commissar Qiu called Captain Zhou outside and said to him earnestly, "Captain Zhou, your superiors are evaluating your promotion. You should pay attention to the impact."
Captain Zhou promised: "I will definitely keep the political commissar's instructions in mind."
Political Commissar Qiu glanced at Captain Zhou's gate and said, "Not only should you be careful, but you should also control your family members' words and actions to avoid causing any negative impact."
Captain Zhou knew that his wife was a chatterbox, so he asked Political Commissar Qiu, "What did Xiao Ming's mother say again?"
"Everyone knows what happened when Xiao Zheng helped Captain Song with his shopping. Your wife told everyone that Xiao Zheng was making a profit from the price difference. Although your company didn't benefit from it, you can't let others feel disappointed after spending money on the army."
After hearing this, Captain Zhou was very angry and repeatedly assured Political Commissar Qiu that he would definitely restrain Zhao Li's words and deeds.
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Zhao Li saw Captain Zhou coming in and asked casually, "What does Political Commissar Qiu want to see you about? You've been the captain for so many years, why haven't you been promoted yet? If so, you can find me a good job."
Listening to his wife's constant mumbling, Captain Zhou took a deep breath and said, "After the New Year, you can go back to your hometown."
Captain Zhou will not be returning to his hometown for the New Year this year. Zhao Li has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter: "Can you go back with us? That's great!
My brother wants to find a partner, you go with him, with you as the company commander in charge, the marriage will definitely be successful."
"I want you to go back alone. Xiao Ming will stay here to go to school, and you can go home to take care of mom and daughter. You don't need to come here again."
Zhao Li finally realized: "You want to chase me away? If I leave, who will take care of you and Xiao Ming?"
"I will take good care of Xiao Ming, you can go back without worry."
"I don't! Are you disgusted by the fact that I'm doing nothing here?
Is it that I don't want to do it? It's that you didn't give me this opportunity.
If you were like Captain Song and gave me the battalion's purchasing tasks, I could also make money!"
Captain Zhou said angrily: "You want a purchasing task? Fine! If I give you 100 yuan, can you buy something worth 200 yuan? If you can, I will apply to the political commissar to give you all the purchasing tasks of the army!"
Zhao Li was stunned: "Are you stupid? I buy things to make money, not to lose money!"
"Do you think that if Captain Zheng's wife interfered in the army's affairs, no one would raise any objections?"
Zhao Li lowered her head, speechless for a moment.
After a long while, Zhao Li raised her head, and with a face full of regret, she went over to hold Captain Zhou's hand and said, "I will never be jealous of others making money again. Don't chase me away. Xiao Ming is still young, and without his mother to take care of him, others will say he is a motherless child."
Captain Zhou remained unmoved.
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Other families are kneading dough and chopping stuffing in preparation for making dumplings.
Zheng Baozhu was cutting window flowers, and Song Sicheng was peeling melon seeds, putting them into Zheng Baozhu's mouth from time to time.
Song Zhiting went into the house and took the cabbage to wash.
Zheng Baozhu asked him, "What are you doing with the cabbage?"
"I'll go wash it and chop the stuffing for dumplings later."
Song Sicheng said: "My mother made the dumplings a few days ago and put them in the side room."
Song Zhiting said: "We have to make more dumplings, because the brothers in the camp will definitely come to eat dumplings in the evening."
Zheng Baozhu asked: "How many people are coming? Even if your entire battalion comes, it won't be enough."
Song Zhiting smiled and said, "There won't be so many, at most a dozen or twenty."
"Oh, that's no problem. A little more will be enough."
Seeing that the mother and son were acting as if nothing had happened, Song Zhiting continued with his work and went to the side room.
There were two large transparent plastic bags filled with frozen dumplings on the table in the side room.
Estimated to be 100 kilograms.
Song Zhiting returned to Zheng Baozhu's room and asked: "Why did you think of making so many dumplings at once?"
Zheng Baozhu said: "I don't have much to do, so I just pack it and put it outside to freeze. Is it enough to eat?"
"That's enough."
In the evening, a group of little soldiers came to the house.
"Hello, Battalion Commander! Hello, sister-in-law!"
Zheng Baozhu brought snacks for the soldiers to eat.
There are peanuts, melon seeds, and sorghum maltose in the basket.
The sorghum malt candy was because her father was nostalgic and liked to eat old-fashioned candies. There was a bag of sorghum malt candy in the villa, and Zheng Baozhu took it out.
Each soldier received a lot of peanuts and melon seeds today. Zheng Baozhu grabbed some sorghum maltose and stuffed it into the hands of the little soldiers.
The little soldiers peeled the candies and put them in their mouths, saying happily, "How sweet!"
They came to eat for free today, so they took the initiative to ask to work.
Song Zhiting said: "You don't have to work hard. Your sister-in-law made the dumplings a few days ago. Just wait for the water to boil and put them in the pot."
The little soldiers felt embarrassed. It would be so embarrassing to do nothing but wait for the dumplings.
Zheng Baozhu saw that the young soldiers were uncomfortable, so she said to them, "Take Sicheng out to play for a while, and come back when it's time for dinner."
Zheng Baozhu also gave Song Sicheng a bag of small firecrackers.
The young soldiers were all young, about eighteen or nineteen years old. They went out with Song Sicheng in a mighty procession, attracting the children in the family compound to follow their team.
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