"When did my brother-in-law leave, and when is he coming back?"
"He was away fighting floods for a while, only returning for a few days to rest before heading off to other places."
After the flood, they went to the mountains for intensive training and said they wouldn't be back until before National Day.
"It's alright, I'm in good health, and I have plenty of ingredients. I won't go hungry."
"Then wait until he comes back and go to the hospital for a check-up. The first few months are crucial, so don't go anywhere and take good care of yourself."
That's what they say, but they also know that Tang Cuihong is a restless person. How could she possibly stay quietly at home?
Cuihong wasn't a sentimental person. Although she had mixed feelings after finding out she was pregnant, she still happily cooked for her younger sister.
A small pot of boiled fish, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, cold alfalfa salad, garlic purslane, pickled dandelion, and freshly picked perilla leaves, after being cleaned, can be eaten raw along with all the vegetables.
Cuihong also prepared some watermelon sauce and Northeastern dipping sauce that Xiaojiu had given her.
First, fry the fish head, then stew it with wakame seaweed and soft tofu. A delicious wakame seaweed, tofu and fish soup is ready.
Despite her aversion to the fishy smell, Cuihong first drank a bowl of soup in large gulps before taking out the pancakes.
First, add perilla leaves, scallions, and cilantro, then add sauce and various vegetables, roll it up, and put it in your mouth.
"Delicious, sis! It tastes just like it used to. I haven't had this in ages!"
"Eat more if you like it. We've prepared plenty. Don't just eat the vegetables; the boiled fish is also tender, smooth, and spicy!"
Even Tang Cuihong, who had a poor appetite, felt extremely satisfied after the meal.
The two ate slowly, chatting as they ate. When Cuihong learned that Zhou Yue had been suspended from flying, she looked regretful.
"What a pity. All those years of study have been for nothing. What was the aviation academy thinking, making him start from basic training?"
Even if you haven't made any great contributions, you've still put in a lot of effort, right? How can you be so disparaging?
"We should cherish him, that's why we let him start from scratch. This way he can be trained and no one will criticize him later. It's a well-intentioned effort."
"Then you should try to persuade Zhou Xing. To put it bluntly, he has no choice but to obey orders, unless he quits this line of work."
Tang Cuimei was well aware of this principle.
"When people get stuck on a rut, not even ten oxen could pull them back. But when they look back on it later, they feel like they were foolish."
Unless he comes to his own senses, anything you say will sound harsh to him. The reason I came out was to let him calm down.
After finishing her meal, Cui Mei cleaned up the dishes and went into the room, where she saw Cui Hong lying lazily on the kang (a heated brick bed).
"How about I take you to the hospital to get it checked out?"
"Where are you going? Don't you trust your own judgment? Besides, we've already tested it. You're not going? If you're bored, come with me into the mountains?"
The two sisters took a two-hour nap, and when the sun wasn't so strong anymore, they put on straw hats, wore long sleeves and trousers, and carried bamboo baskets into the mountains.
The woods were full of trees, and Cuihong explained things to Cuimei as they walked.
Upon learning that their daily drinking water came from the mountains, they went to check the water quality there.
"Wow, this water is really cool and quite clear. It looks good. Remember not to drink untreated water."
Cuihong looked around carefully. "Do you need more water? Let's replenish your space while no one's around."
Cui Mei had the same idea. Like Cui Hong, her space contained a large water bucket that came with the wine. She used a ladle to scoop water into a red plastic bucket, and then poured it into the large water bucket one bucket at a time.
During the rainy season, there is much more water in the mountains than when they first arrived. Especially since they happened to come to this stream, each of them guarded one side and began to store water in their own space.
It took an hour just to scoop water. Once the water was plentiful, Cui Mei took a liking to the various mushrooms growing in the forest.
"If this forest were located in our hometown, it probably wouldn't have any greenery left."
Food that is inedible for humans should not be left over when feeding pigs or cows.
I initially thought that since you live in a cave dwelling, you must be short of water, but I didn't expect the environment here to be even better than where we are!
"There are no schools in this military base, but there are military factories. The military wives all take their children to the countryside or the surrounding areas of the county, so the guesthouses are full on weekends."
On the contrary, there are not many people living properly in the family compound, and it is far from the military region and the hospital.
We have supplies; without them, life wouldn't be easy. Relying solely on what we have in the forest isn't enough to sustain us.”
That's true. If we ate these things every day, we could get by, but what about the children?
It's fine if a man earns money alone and doesn't send any money back to his hometown, but at least nine out of ten men will send money back to their hometown.
"Won't you suffer from water shortages in winter?"
Tang Cuihong nodded, "There should be a shortage, otherwise there wouldn't be rainwater cellars over there in the cave dwellings."
I'm also worried about not having enough water in winter, so I pour some into the water cellar whenever I have free time. Whether I drink it or not is secondary; the important thing is to have some.
Tang Cuimei frowned. "Is that water drinkable? Rainwater stays for a long time and will attract insects. Even if you boil it, it's still dirty!"
"That's right, so I need to store more water in my space during the rainy season. But everyone here gets through it this way. You only know how hard it is once you've experienced it."
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