The next morning, as soon as the camp's wakeup call sounded, Ye Xiaoding jumped out of bed.
The first thing he did was to kneel down on the bed and look over the straw mat he had slept on all night to see if he had wet the bed. After reading it, he was still worried and touched the straw mat with his little hands.
When he felt nothing, Ye Xiaoding put his hand on his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.
No bed-wetting!
This was the scene Ye Zhi saw when she entered the room. Ye Xiaoding usually slept soundly and had not been woken up by the military camp's wake-up call for several mornings.
I didn't expect that the little guy got up as soon as the wakeup call rang today, and he lay on the bed and touched around.
It must be because of the mantis shrimp I ate last night.
Ye Zhi walked to Ye Xiaoding's bedside as if nothing had happened and asked, "Why did you wake up so early today? Your uncle is not here."
When Lu Wei was at home, he would drag Ye Xiaoding to do morning exercises every day. Only when he was not at home would he have the chance to sleep in.
Ye Xiaoding hurriedly pulled the thin blanket at his feet and put it on his sleeping position, saying, "Even if my uncle is not here, I have to develop the habit of getting up early!"
Ye Zhi did not expose him, but lifted the mosquito net on the bed frame, then hung it up and said, "In that case, get up quickly. I cooked a pot of clam porridge and scooped a bowl for you on the table. You can go and eat after washing yourself."
Ye Xiaoding picked up a lot of clams yesterday. Because there were only two of us eating last night and we didn’t cook that much, there was a lot of seafood left over.
Ye Zhi goes to bed early now, so she wakes up early too.
So I got up and cooked a pot of porridge and steamed some buns.
When Lu Wei was on a mission, he also specifically said that some new recruits from his regiment would come over today to deliver bougainvillea and frangipani trees.
He had already dug the holes for planting flowers when he came back from his last cruise, and after applying, he could go and dig the trees.
But it happened that there was a mission, so I handed the matter over to the people in the group.
Ye Zhi thought that some of Lu Wei's group members might come over today, so after eating the porridge, she cooked a big pot of kelp and mung bean soup.
When the people in the group come over later, I will have something to offer them.
Ye Xiaoding had just finished a bowl of porridge when a few people from Lu Wei's group came over.
They were pulling two bougainvillea trees and a frangipani tree on a cart, thinking there were only three trees.
Who knew that three comrades came from behind, pushing another cart, on which were a mango tree, a wax apple tree, and a small longan tree. They are all medium-sized saplings, about the height of a person...
The yard was built higher than the dirt road, so the two carts had to be parked on the side of the road. Several military comrades had to work together to move the things in with their bare hands.
When they saw Ye Zhi, they all shouted in unison: "Hello, sister-in-law."
As solemn as a military salute.
Ye Zhi happened to be watering vegetables in the yard. When she saw a few military comrades carrying a bunch of flowers that were taller than them, she immediately went over to them and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades."
Since Lu Wei was not there, Ye Zhi naturally came to greet them.
When the new recruits saw Ye Zhi's smiling face, they felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Wei was too serious and strict in front of them, and no one in the group was not afraid of Lu.
Before the new recruits met Ye Zhi, they felt a little reserved towards her and thought she was no different from Lu Tuan.
But after seeing Ye Zhi's bright smile, everyone was suddenly a little at a loss.
They didn't know that Lu Tuan's wife was so delicate and friendly. They suddenly forgot what to do and just stared at her stupidly.
It was the older Li Guoliang who responded first and said, "It's not hard, it's what I should do."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "It's so hot, how can it not be hard? I made some kelp and mung bean soup, you guys come in and have some later."
The new recruits looked at each other, standing there in a daze while carrying the tall tree, and did not dare to answer.
Seeing this, Ye Zhi immediately added, "It was your Captain Lu who asked me to entertain you well."
Li Guoliang, who took the lead, immediately said "Oh" and murmured embarrassedly: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Thank you, Lu Tuan as well."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "You're welcome."
Then he pointed to a few holes in the yard and said, "Lu Wei has already dug the holes for planting trees. Please just plant the trees."
Ye Zhi then told them which pits the trees should be planted in. The new recruits seemed to have no place to use their brute force and planted a tree in just a few shovels. They also cleaned up the excess soil. If the soil was not of a different color, Ye Zhi would not have been able to tell that it was just planted.
While they were washing their hands, Ye Zhi went back to the kitchen and brought the whole pot of kelp and mung bean syrup to the living room.
It is the dog days of summer recently, and the weather is hot and sweaty. Drinking a bowl of cool kelp and mung bean soup in summer can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also replenish trace elements.
Ye Zhi also added a few slices of dried tangerine peel into the sugar water to enhance the flavor and remove the fishy smell. It was specially sent by Lu Wei's mother a few days ago. She said it was some old dried tangerine peel from a place in Guangdong Province that had been stored for several years.
Ye Zhi had heard a saying: An ounce of dried tangerine peel is worth an ounce of gold, and a hundred-year-old dried tangerine peel is worth more than gold.
She had read a news report before, saying that 100 grams of tangerine peel from the 1970s was sold for more than 120,000 yuan.
Ye Zhi was reluctant to put away too much. She thought that if she collected the big bag of tangerine peel sent by Lu Wei’s mother, wouldn’t it be worth a million in the future?
It is really more valuable than collecting gold.
The key point is that tangerine peel is sold very cheaply now!
It's no different from a no-cost business.
A few recruits stood at the door, sweating all over, and didn't dare to go in.
Ye Zhi waved at them and said, "Come in quickly. I've scooped a few bowls of sugar water for you. Your Lu Tuan specially asked me to cook this. They said the weather is too hot and they want to cool you down."
Looking at the looks of these new recruits, Ye Zhi knew how fierce Lu Wei was towards them.
After coming to the military camp, Ye Zhi also learned some of Lu Wei's past deeds.
I heard that the guy usually has a stern face. Once he caught two recruits swimming at the beach, and without saying anything, he directly punished them to run five kilometers on the beach with a 20-pound weight.
I heard that the two new recruits were only fifteen or sixteen years old, both from inland areas. They had never seen a river, let alone the sea. It was inevitable that they were a little excited when they saw the sea. Who knew that Lu Wei was so unkind, not only did he carry heavy loads, he even ran on the beach.
After running, I feel almost exhausted.
Not only was he mean to his subordinates, but I heard from people in the camp that Lu Wei had even scolded a female comrade until she cried.
It was said that the female comrade accidentally crossed the restricted area and scolded the man so hard that he cried on the spot. She also reported it to the political commissar. Almost everyone in the entire military camp knew about this matter.
After knowing that Ye Zhi married Lu Wei, many people looked at her with a bit of pity.
However, Lu Wei has never been mean to her, but he is quite strict with Ye Xiaoding.
But Ye Zhi knew that Lu Wei was not vicious for no reason.
The reason the new recruits were forced to run on the beach was because the camp had issued a typhoon warning that morning. However, the weather was extremely hot before a typhoon hit, so the two new recruits didn't take it seriously and thought the typhoon warning was a mistake.
And the fact that the lesbian crossed the restricted area was even more dangerous.
On the second day after arriving on the island, Ye Zhi followed Lu Wei on the way to the supply and marketing cooperative, and heard Lu Wei say that there were mines buried in the restricted area, and if one was not careful, an irreversible accident could happen at any time.
But everyone only looks at the surface and does not delve into the reasons behind it. Rumors spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people, and they all get distorted.
Lu Wei is probably not a talkative person. As his position gets higher and higher, he becomes stricter with his subordinates.
Even so, Ye Zhi couldn't help but want to save some image for her man.
She loves her own man, so since Lu Wei is not here, it is natural for her to thank the people in his group.
Led by Li Guoliang, he brought several soldiers who looked less than 20 years old into Ye Zhi's home.
The first thing they noticed was that the floor in the living room was exceptionally clean, with hardly a grain of sand to be seen.
They subconsciously looked at their shoes that were covered in mud.
Ye Zhi had a gentle smile on her face. She waved at them and said, "Come and sit down and have a drink. Take a break."
"Don't be so reserved, just treat it as your own home."
Several people from the Sixth Regiment thanked them all and sat down awkwardly around the eight-immortal table. Looking at the kelp and mung bean syrup that Ye Zhi had prepared, they couldn't help themselves.
"Sister-in-law, then we won't be polite."
Seeing them sitting down, Ye Zhi picked up the cups that had been washed long ago, poured a few cups of tea, and placed them in front of them, saying, "Don't be polite. There is also scented tea here. After you finish the sugar water, drink some water to quench your thirst."
The new recruits felt Ye Zhi's approachability and immediately relaxed a lot, saying, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
After saying that, several people started to eat voraciously. Li Guoliang then made a "hmm" sound and signaled them with his eyes to be more polite.
The others took a big mouthful of mung bean syrup, were stunned for a moment, and slowly swallowed it, fearing that they would leave a bad impression on Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi saw all of this, and in order to prevent them from being too restrained, she found an excuse and went into the utility room.
As soon as Ye Zhi left, a comrade next to Li Guoliang said, "Sister-in-law is so nice and seems approachable."
"Yeah, he even made us some sweet soup, which is much better than the one in the cafeteria!"
"Lu Tuan is so lucky to have married such a good sister-in-law."
"That's right. No wonder Lu Tuan was not so fierce to us when he came back this time. I think it must be half due to my sister-in-law."
…
Ye Zhi came into the room specifically to get the wedding candy.
Because the house has three rooms, one of them has no bed yet, so it is used as a storage room.
There are a lot of miscellaneous things here, including a sewing machine, as well as food and daily necessities that Lu Wei's mother had shipped from Yangcheng. There is everything.
Ye Zhi found two kilograms of wedding candy that Lu Wei had bought earlier on a wooden shelf. It had been a long time since he bought the candy, but Lu Wei had only given it to Li Weimin, his former roommate and the political commissar, and had never given it to anyone else.
Not long ago, Lu Wei's mother sent a few kilograms of food over. Ye Zhi had already distributed it to some neighbors, but there was still a lot left.
Now, Ye Zhi can take all the candies back to them.
When Ye Zhi came out, they had already finished the sugar water. Not even the mung bean sand was left. The bowl was spotless.
At this moment, he was sitting on the chair, his back straight, his hands flat on his thighs, like a soldier waiting for inspection.
Ye Zhi didn't want to waste their time, so she gave the candy to Li Guoliang, who was in charge, and said, "This is the wedding candy that your Lu Tuan prepared for everyone. We were busy before and didn't bring it to you. Comrade Li, please help us bring it to everyone later."
Li Guoliang was stunned for a moment, but soon reacted. He stood up, took the candy handed to him by Ye Zhi, and said, "Then I would like to thank my sister-in-law on behalf of my comrades in the regiment."
Li Guoliang has been following Lu Wei for several years and knows that Lu Wei actually cares a lot about his soldiers, but he just doesn't show it.
Now I guess I am using my sister-in-law to send them some wedding candy.
Ye Zhi smiled at them: "You're welcome, thank you for your help."
The few of them exchanged some polite words. Ye Zhi knew that their group had other things to do, so she asked them to go back first.
Who would have thought that before leaving, they washed the bowls and cups, and neatly put them in the kitchen before leaving in an orderly manner. Ye Zhi couldn't persuade them to stop.
Before leaving, he politely greeted Ye Zhi: "Sister-in-law, we're leaving first."
"Thank you for the hospitality, sister-in-law."
After planting the bougainvillea and frangipani trees, Ye Zhi poured some water into them. Looking at the yard which had taken on a hint of emerald green, it now had the feeling of a green courtyard. The only thing missing was a pavilion and a stone path.
It seems that Lu Wei will have to give himself some time to build a stone path and a pavilion.
Because I go in and out frequently, I often bring some mud and sand home. If we can build a stone road at that time, even if there is mud and sand, there will not be as much as it is now.
Especially after the rain, it is not that slippery.
It seems that floor laying needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
In addition to the stone road, a pavilion is of course indispensable.
When she passed by her sister-in-law's yard yesterday, she saw a pavilion built in their yard. She heard that they usually ate in the pavilion in the evening.
Ye Zhi didn't plan to eat in the pavilion, but it would be nice to drink some tea or coffee in the pavilion in her free time.
She went to the local villagers to exchange things two days ago and saw some villagers selling coffee beans.
Many people think it tastes bitter and wastes sugar, so they don’t like that stuff, but it is very cheap.
Ye Zhi likes to drink coffee. There are so many coconuts on the island. It should taste good if she adds some coconut milk to it.
Ye Zhi felt that life was becoming more and more promising. In addition to taking good care of the yard, she also had to plant more vegetables.
In addition to the high price of pork, vegetables are also not cheap on the island.
After thinking about it, Ye Zhi scattered some white radish seeds on the ground, so that at least she could dry some radishes.
Just after sowing the white radish seeds, Ye Xiaoding came trotting back into the yard.
Seeing that there were already several lush trees planted in the yard, he asked in shock: "Aunt, there are so many trees, when were they planted?"
He seemed to have been out for just a while.
Ye Zhi saw that he was sweating all over and his hair was all wet. It was clearly just after the sun came out, and she didn't know where he had gone to play.
Ye Zhi fetched some water, sprinkled some water on the ground where the white radish seeds were sown, and said, "When you go out to play."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Zhian's voice came from outside the yard, saying, "Auntie Wow, you have so many trees planted in your yard? Your trees are so beautiful!"
When I first came to this yard, it was full of weeds. Now it is well tidy and looks comfortable and beautiful.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "If you are pretty, come over and play more often."
Because the trees in He Jinfeng's family have been planted for several years and are relatively large, He Jinfeng hung a thousand-year-old ornament on the tree. Ye Xiaoding had never played with such a thing, so he liked to run to the next yard after getting up every day.
After her yard is built, Ye Zhi plans to make a swing for Ye Xiaoding so that he can play on it every day.
Chen Zhian said hello several times, then ran into the house with Ye Xiaoding.
Ye Zhi could hear them arguing outside the yard, and it seemed that they were arguing about eating mantis shrimps.
Ye Xiaoding raised his voice and said, "Look, look for yourself, I said I didn't wet the bed!"
Chen Zhian turned over Ye Xiaoding's bed with a bit of disbelief, and sure enough, it was all dry. He asked, "Really no urine?"
"If I lied to you, I would be a puppy!" Ye Xiaoding seemed a little annoyed.
Chen Zhian curled his lips and said, "It seems that my aunt lied to me. She said that children will urinate after eating mantis shrimp. She must have said that because she didn't want to peel shrimp for me!"
Ye Xiaoding: “…”
You didn't fool me!
Ye Xiaoding felt a little regretful now. Last night, he was too afraid that he would wet the bed after eating the mantis shrimp, so he only ate one under Ye Zhi's "coercion"!
But the shrimp was really delicious. Ye Xiaoding still remembers the aroma. It was much better than the red shrimp he had eaten before.
He didn't eat any last night, so his aunt ate all the remaining ones. Just imagine how satisfied his aunt looked after she finished eating those mantis shrimps.
I regretted it later!
Chen Zhian looked at Ye Xiaoding's bed and then asked, "Are you sleeping alone?"
Ye Xiaoding wanted to say no, because he slept with his aunt last night and only slept alone when his uncle was at home.
But when his uncle was at home, he would almost always wait until he fell asleep before leaving his room.
So Ye Xiaoding has never been afraid of sleeping alone.
In order to act like a hero in front of his friends, Ye Xiaoding nodded: "Of course, as a man, how can you not dare to sleep alone?"
Before coming to Qiongzhou Island, his grandfather and grandmother secretly told him not to sleep with his aunt and uncle after arriving in Qiongzhou Island.
Otherwise, my aunt and uncle's younger brother wouldn't have come.
Ye Xiaoding always remembered these words, so he didn't ask to sleep with them.
He wants a younger brother!
Then he can take his younger brother to climb coconut trees and go fishing!
However, the reason he dared to sleep alone was because he played too hard every day. Ye Xiaoding almost fell asleep as soon as he lay down and had never had any trouble sleeping.
Except for the first night when he was afraid of the typhoon his uncle mentioned, he remembered that he slept with his uncle and aunt that night and slept very soundly.
Chen Zhian made a toast to him and said, "Okay, I toast to you for being a real man, Comrade Ye, you are a hero!"
Ye Xiaoding raised his eyebrows: "Of course, you are also a hero. You actually climbed up the coconut tree. Salute to you!"
Ye Zhi, who was listening to the conversation between the two outside, said: "..."
They haven’t even reached their middle school years yet, so why are these two little brats speaking in such an immature way?
After Chen Zhian left, Ye Zhi steamed an eggplant at noon.
The eggplants here are green and not very big. The skin is thinner than the purple ones, and the flesh inside is also tenderer. Put them in the pot while cooking and steam them, then pour some minced garlic and soy sauce into them, and they will be extremely fragrant.
In addition to steamed eggplant, Ye Zhi also prepared a plate of cold-mixed asparagus, making it another simple meal.
After eating and drinking, the two took a nap.
After getting up, Ye Zhi wrote a letter to her parents.
When they just arrived on the island, Lu Wei had already sent a telegram to tell them that they had arrived safely on Qiongzhou Island.
At that time, everything at home was a mess and needed to be tidied up, and Ye Zhi had never found time to write letters to her family.
Now that it's hot outside and there's nothing to do, I might as well write a letter back to tell them what happened after I got to the island.
Seeing Ye Zhi writing a letter, Ye Xiaoding also planned to write a letter to his grandparents, and by the way, send them the conch he picked up yesterday.
His friends will definitely be excited to see those conches!
Ye Xiaoding then asked Ye Zhi: "Aunt, I also want to write a letter to Grandpa and Grandma. Give me a piece of paper."
Ye Zhi looked up from the letter paper, thought for a moment, and then tore off a piece of single-line paper for him and asked, "Can you write?"
Ye Xiaoding shook his head, "I don't know how, please teach me, aunt!"
Ye Zhi smiled, without stopping writing, and said, "I can teach you, but you have to let me finish first."
Not knowing what she was thinking of, Ye Zhi immediately raised her head from the letter paper and said, "Ye Xiaoding, you are already seven years old and you still can't write. You should go to school when the semester starts in the fall."
Thinking that it is only half a month away from September, Ye Xiaoding is already seven years old and should be old enough to go to school.
Save yourself from fooling around at home all day.
Ye Xiaoding didn't even think about it and said, "I won't go!"
Chen Zhian doesn’t have to go to school, why should he go?
Ye Zhi didn't care: "You have to go even if you don't want to. You said before in Xitang Town that you would go to elementary school in the fall."
There is no compulsory education these days. It is up to you whether to go to school or not. If you have money, you can go to school. There are also many people who don’t have money and don’t go to school.
Ye Zhi was someone who had gone through compulsory education, and she couldn't bear to see Ye Xiaoding sitting around at home all day and being illiterate.
So, Ye Xiaoding must go to school!
Ye Xiaoding cried out: "Didn't you think we were going to separate? Now you don't have to write to me. I won't go to school!"
Ye Zhi glanced at him and snorted, "Aren't you going to write a letter to Grandpa and Grandma now? Besides, if you don't go, you're lying. You know the consequences of lying, right?"
Ye Xiaoding gritted his teeth and nodded.
But he begged bitterly: "Aunt, I really don't want to go to school. It's so boring..."
Ye Zhi looked at him, and remembered that Ye Xiaoding was teased for not having parents when he was in school in the book. Then she put down the pen in her hand and said, "No."
The situation on Qiongzhou Island is different from that in Xitang Town. According to Lu Wei, there are also many comrades in the military camp who are taking care of the families of martyrs.
They are not discriminated against in school.
When Lu Wei comes back, Ye Zhi will ask him to ask the school and then send Ye Xiaoding there in September.
I can't bear to see this little brat sitting idle every day. He must be given something to do. Just send him to school!
From then on, he would just study hard.
Ye Xiaoding used to think that his aunt was a soft-hearted person, but recently he discovered that although his aunt usually looked smiling, when she got really stubborn, no one could resist her.
Ye Xiaoding looked at the sky outside and sighed: Soon, he would become a bird in a cage.
Lu Wei, who was on a temporary mission, was now on his way back to the camp.
Since returning to the team, he has been busy again.
He had just started to enjoy a happy life with his wife, but the next night he was forced to sleep with Ye Xiaoding.
Later, another task came, and I didn’t have time to go back for lunch for two consecutive days.
These past two days, Lu Wei has been thinking about his wife, the dishes she cooked, and her soft body at night. It was so comfortable to sleep with her in his arms.
But at this moment, beside him was Li Weimin with a sly smile on his face, as if he was up to some evil plan again.
Before Li Weimin could speak, Lu Wei said, "If you want to go to my house for a free meal, I advise you to give up the idea."
Ever since Ye Zhi had tried to trick him last time, Lu Wei had disliked Li Weimin——
He knows too much.
When Li Weimin heard this, he immediately felt angry. Why was Lu Wei so annoying?
"I haven't even told you yet, how do you know I'm going to your house for a free meal?"
Lu Wei snorted and said nothing. He just remembered that Li Weimin would tell his comrades at every meal how delicious Ye Zhi’s cooking was.
Shouldn't he be the one saying these words?
Li Weimin added: "Besides, I'm just eating for free. When you were single, you often came to my house for free meals!"
Lu Wei: “…”
Li Weimin: "Now that you have a wife, I have become a sinner for eating with her. Does your wife know that you are such an ungrateful person?"
Lu Wei glanced at him dimly and said, "I used to pay for food."
Li Weimin: "I can pay, too!"
Although he definitely didn't pay as much as Lu Wei.
But there is still some money for food and some notes.
In the past, when Lu Wei went to his house for meals, he would always bring some food and toys for the children and never took advantage of them.
Once, when his youngest son was born, Lu Wei also brought malted milk. That was a good thing. Where could you buy that stuff on Qiongzhou Island?
Lu Wei asked his mother to ship it over from Yangcheng.
Thinking so, Li Weimin felt a little embarrassed that he was eating for free.
After all, the food in his family was not as good as Ye Zhi’s cooking.
Lu Wei sneered and said, "I just got married. Is it appropriate for you to come to my house all day? My wife and I don't have our own world anymore."
Lu Wei still remembered that when this guy just got married and got a house, he cut off all contact with him for several months. Every day after work, he went home to spend time with his wife.
"What's wrong with that? Weren't you engaged when you were children? You love your wife, but you don't see how much your wife loves you." Li Weimin snorted.
Lu Wei frowned, then smiled faintly: "My wife doesn't care about me, so how could she care about you?"
Li Weimin thought Lu Wei would be angry, but when he saw the undisguised smile on the corner of his lips, it seemed as if he was saying: My wife loves me so much.
Before he could ask, Lu Wei smiled and said, "Last time I came home from a cruise in the middle of the night, and my wife cooked me a bowl of noodles in the middle of the night. I said I didn't want to eat it, but she said I was hungry and insisted on cooking for me."
Lu Wei's words clearly sounded a bit forced, but why did Li Weimin sound like he was showing off?
Li Weimin snorted, "That's because Comrade Ye is diligent, so he cooked for you."
Lu Weiyi looked over and said, "She is so diligent, why didn't she cook for you but for me?"
Isn't it because you cherish him?
Although the two were childhood sweethearts, Lu Wei could feel that Ye Zhi treated him differently.
Just like the last time he was cruising back, Ye Zhi didn't mind that he was dirty and just hugged him.
If this isn't rare, then what is rare?
Lu Wei's words made Li Weimin so angry that he no longer wanted to talk to him.
After getting off the boat, the two parted ways at the dock.
Lu Wei originally planned to go back home to see his wife whom he hadn't seen for two days.
But as soon as he got off the boat, someone came to tell him that there was an urgent matter that he needed to go back to the group to deal with.
Seeing that it was still early, he went to the group.
But as he walked through the camp, the new recruits who usually treated him with timidity and obedience smiled and called him, "Hello, Captain Lu."
"Lu Tuan, are you back?"
"Lu Tuan..."
Lu Wei touched his face. Was he smiling?
What’s wrong with these people?
Lu Wei felt that the matter was a bit strange, but he didn't say anything. He nodded to them with a straight face and went back to the office to handle official business.
In the evening, Ye Zhi baked the blue crabs and orchid crabs that were left over from fishing the day before.
She had originally planned to wait for Lu Wei to come back before eating it after raising it for two days, but after waiting for two days, Lu Wei still hadn't come back. Ye Zhi was afraid that it would die, so she simply cooked it.
This time, the crabs are baked in a casserole.
After cutting the blue crab weighing more than three pounds and two orchid crabs into eight pieces, there was already a large plate. Then Ye Zhi cut eight slices of ginger and a few scallions and placed them neatly in the casserole.
After laying the ginger slices and scallion segments on the bottom, Ye Zhi placed the chopped blue crabs neatly on top of the scallion segments. After arranging everything, Ye Zhi sprinkled a little cooking wine on the edge of the pot, sprinkled salt evenly on the crab meat, then covered the pot with a lid and began to simmer over the fire.
After baking and cooking for a while, a rich and delicious aroma wafted out of the casserole.
Ye Zhi took another bowl, poured in oyster sauce and soy sauce, added some cornstarch and stirred a little seasoning, then sprinkled it evenly on the crab meat. The crab had already turned red by now, and the thick crab roe was emitting an enticing aroma.
Seeing that it was beginning to darken, Ye Zhi blanched the remaining conchs and finally stir-fried some vegetables, and then it was time to eat.
When Lu Wei came back, Ye Zhi and Ye Xiaoding were just about to eat.
Seeing him come back suddenly, he asked, "Why did you come back at this time?"
She hasn’t even cooked for Lu Wei!
Ye Xiaoding wiped his mouth, and when he saw Lu Wei coming back, he raised his head and called out, "Uncle."
Lu Wei touched Ye Xiaoding's little head and asked Ye Zhi, "Are there any more dishes? I brought back some food."
Ye Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, the tide receded the day before yesterday, so Xiao Ding and I went to the beach and picked up a lot of conchs and a few crabs." As she said that, she stood up, went to the kitchen, and took out a pair of chopsticks.
Lu Wei went out to the yard to wash his hands and came back after a while.
Seeing Lu Wei sitting down, Ye Zhi raised her chin towards the crab meat pot on the table and said with a smile, "You're back just in time. This is the last blue crab."
When Lu Wei smelled the delicious seafood, he suddenly felt filled with happiness.
When he just walked into the yard, he saw that there were several trees planted in the yard. Maybe because they were just planted, the trees seemed a little wilted, but he believed that under the care of his wife, they would soon be lush and green.
It feels so good to be home.
When Lu Wei saw Ye Zhi's smile, he had an urge to hug her and kiss her.
But now we have to eat first.
The next second, Ye Zhi picked up another piece of crab meat for him and said, "Try it. This is what Sister He and I picked up together. I almost snatched the iron tongs you made for me!"
Lu Wei met Ye Zhi's watery eyes and suddenly felt a little impulsive, but he suppressed it and said, "Okay, I'll try it."
It has to be said that there is a reason why Li Weimin is obsessed with Ye Zhi's cooking skills.
They were all crab meat pot, but Lu Wei felt that his wife's was the most delicious, better than anyone else's.
Ye Zhi was still holding a crab claw in her hand. She looked at Lu Wei expectantly and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Lu Wei nodded and said without hesitation: "It's delicious, very delicious."
Ye Zhi put another piece of meat full of crab paste into his bowl and said, "If it tastes good, eat more."
Ye Zhi thought that she wouldn’t be able to finish the crab meat pot tonight, but she didn’t expect Lu Wei to come back so timely, how great!
No need to waste it.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal and they all sat in their chairs and didn't want to move.
Ye Zhi sat for a while, then stood up and prepared to clean up the dishes, because it took her a lot of time to gnaw on the crabs. If she didn't wash the dishes, the lights might be turned off when she was taking a shower.
Just after stacking a bowl, Lu Wei held her hand and said, "You sit down, I'll wash it."
After saying that, without waiting for Ye Zhi to react, he had already packed up the dishes and went out to wash them at the faucet outside the yard.
Ye Zhi originally wanted to wash it herself, but Lu Wei had just returned from a mission and hadn’t even sat down in the chair yet, so he still had to do housework when he came back.
But forget it, wasn’t she sweating all over while cooking just now?
Just then, He Jinfeng from the next yard came over with two loofahs.
When he saw Lu Wei washing dishes, his eyes widened: "Hey, when did Lu Tuan come back?"
Lu Wei responded: "Just now."
The two chatted for a few more words. He Jinfeng knew that Lu Wei didn't like to talk to people, so she didn't talk to him anymore. Instead, she took the loofah and walked to Ye Zhi who was standing at the door. She laughed softly and said, "Your man is actually washing dishes. It's amazing. I thought I was seeing things."
He Jinfeng's husband is a typical male chauvinist. As he is also the brigade commander, he doesn't even help you with housework. He won't even help you pick up the broom when it falls over.
I was really shocked to see Lu Wei washing dishes at this moment.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "I cook and he washes the dishes. It's fair."
Although I don’t know whether Lu Wei will do any housework at home, now that they have a family, it is naturally a matter for the two of them.
Even if he didn't do it before, he has to learn to do it now.
He Jinfeng smiled and said, "You are the one who taught me well. The one in my family doesn't even bother to wash the dishes. He won't even bother to look at the moldy dishes."
The two talked for a while, and He Jinfeng left two loofahs and went back.
These loofahs are grown in He Jinfeng's yard, and it looks like there are a lot of them.
Ye Zhi thought that Lu Wei had washed the dishes tonight, so she found some clothes for him when he was getting ready to take a bath, as a treat for him.
Otherwise, what if he doesn’t wash it anymore?
When Lu Wei saw Ye Zhi found clothes for him, he looked at her with a smile, but said nothing and went into the bathroom.
When I returned to the room, Ye Zhi was reading a book by the bed.
It was a book he read when he was in military school.
Lu Wei brushed his still wet hair and asked casually, "Is Xiao Ding asleep?"
The lights were still on. When Lu Wei returned to the room, he saw Ye Xiaoding lying on the bed. He didn't know whether he was asleep or not.
Ye Zhi said, "Why don't you go and take a look and find out?"
Just now, after Ye Xiaoding finished washing his clothes, he went back to his room. Ye Zhi originally wanted to coax him to sleep, but Ye Xiaoding told her to go back to her room.
Ye Zhi ignored him and went back to her room.
Thinking that the lights were not turned off yet, I found some of Lu Wei’s previous books to read.
But they were all professional books and some theoretical books. Ye Zhi flipped through a few pages and found them uninteresting.
It's quite hypnotic.
Lu Weizhen on the other end went to see Ye Xiaoding, and soon he heard the sound of two people talking. Ye Xiaoding hadn't slept yet, and they spoke in a low voice, and no one knew what they were talking about.
Ye Zhi didn't hear a word.
I don’t know how long it took, but Ye Zhi dozed off while reading the book, until she felt a warm touch from behind, and she fell into an embrace that made her feel very safe.
Ever since they last roomed together, Ye Zhi sent Lu Wei to sleep in Ye Xiaoding's room.
Ye Zhi was finally revived and should be able to withstand Lu Wei's torture tonight.
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