Duan Xiaowei could see that the battalion commander didn't believe him at all, so he raised three fingers and swore, "If I, Duan Xiaowei, tell even a single lie, then let me..."
"Shut up."
Shi Zhentang's face darkened. "What kind of place is this? From now on, you must stop your nonsense, otherwise you will become my first unqualified soldier to be sent back."
"battalion commander."
“…” Shi Zhentang ignored Duan Xiaowei’s persistence, waved his hand, and asked the squad leader to take him back to continue training.
As for himself, he lit a cigarette and fell into a brief moment of contemplation.
He then concluded that Duan Xiaowei was spreading false information and trying to attract attention.
Li Shengli ran over happily: "Why are you mad at a new soldier? The most important thing is to recover, right?"
He didn't know what the battalion commander had just said to the new recruit, nor did he know the reason, but he just stepped forward to persuade him.
Shi Zhentang saw him holding some documents and glanced at him: "You are so busy and fulfilled."
Li Shengli immediately stroked his forehead and whispered, "Brother, stop teasing me. I'm just running errands. There's a commendation meeting the day after tomorrow night! By the way, brother, speaking of this, your vast knowledge really makes me admire you. If you are this good, the brothers will respect you."
He was referring to winning a medal in a military competition, and he didn't forget to give a thumbs up.
Shi Zhentang ignored him and was about to leave when he remembered something: "Oh, your sister-in-law shot a pheasant this morning and made soup with it tonight. I'll give you another meal."
"Really? Okay, thank you brother, thank you sister-in-law, you are my real brother and sister-in-law." Li Shengli smiled so much that his mouth reached his ears. He didn't expect to have a good feast so soon after returning from the hospital.
“…”
Shi Zhentang was very upset by his flattery.
This guy is not serious at all, but he is very good at talking.
…
After sending the three little ones away, Tian Yuzhu got busy.
She first draws the design on paper, then makes a paper pattern, cuts the paper, sews the paper pattern onto the fabric and starts cutting the fabric.
She planned to make a piece of fabric for Chengcheng and Doudou using the fabric she bought at the department store that day. She originally wanted to make a little skirt for Doudou, but wearing a skirt was simply unrealistic in rural areas in that era.
The remaining fabric was used to make a shirt each for grandma and sister-in-law Su Zhen.
The next time she comes across suitable fabric in the city, she plans to make a top for the original owner’s mother and a shirt for her sister Tian Ying.
In fact, designing and cutting are not difficult for her. The difficulty lies in the slow hand-sewing process.
When Shi Zhentang came back from the army, he saw his wife busy at work. He didn't understand much of it anyway, and when he saw so much cloth, he didn't notice the design drawings underneath.
These were women's work, and he couldn't help, so he suggested going to clean the pheasants himself.
"That's fine. Wait until I kill it and boil some water, and then you can slowly remove the hair."
Anyway, he would feel uncomfortable if he was not allowed to do something, so Tian Yuzhu arranged for him to do something relaxing.
So he stopped what he was doing, lit a fire to boil water, took the pheasant to the yard, cut its neck with a knife, and caught a big bowl of chicken blood.
Shi Zhentang was both pleased and speechless when he saw this.
He didn't expect his wife to be able to do this, and he was worried that she would be scared.
As a result... his movements were very smooth!
Tian Yuzhu put the killed pheasant in a wooden basin. At this time, the hot water had already boiled, so she took it out and poured it over the chicken.
After a short while of heating, he started plucking the chicken feathers!
This is a delicate job. After arranging the men, Tian Yuzhu can finally sit down and continue to tailor clothes.
After Shi Zhentang cleaned up the pheasants, she had also cut a small shirt and sewed the sleeves.
Seeing that it was getting late, he packed up all the fabrics, design drawings, etc. and went to gut the pheasant.
First put the whole pheasant in a pot and boil it, then skim off the foam. Then add water, some peppercorns, a few star anise, a few slices of ginger and salt. As for other ingredients, due to lack of availability, this is the only way to cook it!
Shi Zhentang stood by and watched the whole process. Even his wife's cooking movements were so beautiful.
He pursed his lips and said, "By the way, Yuzhu, I'll ask Shengli to come over for dinner tonight."
Tian Yuzhu said cheerfully: "It's his duty. He helped us a lot when he was in the hospital. We should thank him very much."
She had originally thought that there were too many people to thank, such as the Wen Jiangong couple, the Zhao Cui couple...
But there was only one pheasant, and she was a little selfish, so she just wanted to give her man a good rest today.
As for those people I want to thank, I will go to town to buy some vegetables and cook a good meal for them one day.
Since Li Shengli was coming, Tian Yuzhu cooked meals for three people.
After making the chicken soup and noodles, she quickly went to the vegetable garden and got two large cabbages. The other beans were only small and could not be eaten.
Take the cabbage home and make half into soup and the other half into stir-frying spicy cabbage.
In addition, fry some hairtail fish and fried peanuts for the men to go with their wine.
The staple food is spicy oily noodles, which is very tasty and every man likes it.
When it was time for dinner, Li Shengli arrived on time and praised me as soon as he entered the house: "Sister-in-law, I can smell the fragrance even when I'm outside the yard."
Tian Yuzhu smiled and said, "Shengli, come sit down, we'll be eating soon!"
Shi Zhentang said, "Shut up, kid. You keep saying the same things all day long."
The three of them sat down and ate for a while, chatting and laughing. Li Shengli suddenly asked Shi Zhentang, "Brother, what happened to that new recruit today? I remember during the last training, you ordered him to run home to bring a message to your sister-in-law. I think he's from your hometown, from Xinyi Town."
Tian Yuzhu immediately stopped using her chopsticks: "..."
Could he be talking about Duan Xiaowei?
As expected, Shi Zhentang said, "Well, his name is Duan Xiaowei. This kid is dishonest and spreads feudal superstitions in the military barracks. Giving him solitary training as punishment is a light punishment for him. If he makes this kind of mistake again, I will send him back."
It is not acceptable to have such a person who can shake the morale of the troops in the army. The willpower of the soldiers should not be swayed by those weird theories about supernatural powers.
Li Shengli exclaimed, "Spreading feudal superstition?"
Shi Zhentang repeated Duan Xiaowei's original words...
After hearing this, Li Shengli burst out laughing: "He really deserves a scolding, what nonsense! Don't you agree, sister-in-law? If there really is a God who protects everything in the world, why do so many disasters happen?"
Unexpectedly, she was suddenly mentioned. Tian Yuzhu was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Actually, Duan Xiaowei also mentioned this matter to me when he came home the other day, but I believe him."
"Ah, you believe it?"
Both men looked at her in surprise.
Tian Yuzhu lowered her eyebrows and smiled. "This is probably because men and women think differently. When we were back home, even grandma often talked about doing good deeds and praying to the gods. And Zhentang, do you remember that when we were building a new house, grandma got up early to burn incense!"
Shi Zhentang couldn't help but smile: "You're right, maybe men and women think differently."
Perhaps women rely more on this kind of spiritual comfort, so it's not surprising that she thinks this way.
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