Even children rarely get to eat these refined grains, perhaps only a few times a year.
They watched Jian Dan intently, waiting for her to speak before daring to make a move.
Jian Dan doesn't consider herself particularly soft-hearted, but being looked at like that by the child, she felt a strange, indescribable feeling.
"Eat up, eat your fill. Here's the egg yolk, have it with your porridge."
The child didn't say anything, but his eyes were bright and sparkling. His whole little face was almost buried in the bowl. He ate the small bowl of porridge and two salted egg yolks clean, and he still seemed a little unsatisfied.
Since she wasn't familiar with the child, Jian Dan was worried about feeding him something that might upset his stomach. She touched the child's tummy, which was already slightly swollen, and gently rubbed it before offering some advice.
"My tummy is full, it will hurt if I eat any more. How about I eat again at noon?"
The child was burping, but his eyes kept glancing at the table, clearly still thinking about it.
She easily coaxed Huizhou, but she was still a bit inexperienced at coaxing children. She simply turned around and took the porridge and salted duck egg out, then came back and gave the child an orange to hold in his hand.
"Look what this is!"
The child is young and doesn't have much interest in anything after eating. His attention is easily diverted. He holds the golden orange in his hand, turning it over and over, and it becomes a new toy. There's almost no need to worry about him.
However, looking at the snow outside the window, Jian Dan's heart sank. With such heavy snow, even if there were trees or other things to cover the mountain, there would still be a lot of snow on the ground, especially at this temperature. The more she thought about it, the more restless she became.
Hesitating and lost in thought, he didn't know how much time had passed when there was another knock on the door. Jian Dan jumped up and ran outside.
"What's wrong? Are you back?"
Outside the door was still Xiao Hu, his eyes red-rimmed and shadowed.
"Sister-in-law, news has come down from the mountain that someone is injured. I'll take some people up to meet them right away. I'm entrusting Xiao An to you. If anything happens at the family compound, please keep an eye on things for her."
The Lin family had no female head of household; in fact, among the military dependents, the highest-ranking was Jian Dan.
"Okay, I understand,"
Two groups of people followed behind Xiao Hu. They looked better than him and were not as good as the new recruits from the garrison. However, their clothes were still flapping in the wind.
She pursed her lips and glanced at a young soldier behind Xiao Hu, whose clothes were torn and whose hands were covered in blood.
"Did you come down to deliver the message? Have they already entered the deep mountains?"
The young soldier didn't recognize Jian Dan and was stunned. Xiao Hu quickly nudged him.
"Your sister-in-law is asking you a question! Hurry up and answer!"
"...Ah, yes, yesterday we were just patrolling the outer perimeter of the mountain as usual when we encountered two groups of wild boars. We got separated while hunting the wild boars. After we finished hunting the wild boars and just got back together, we encountered a pack of wolves. We watched as they tore the wild boars to pieces, and then we hid and went deep into the mountains."
Perhaps the smell of blood was too strong. Before we could find a way down the mountain, we attracted some other wild animals. Later, it snowed, which covered up the smell of blood, and the wild animals gradually calmed down.
Apart from the wild boars, the wild animals fought among themselves and did not attack us. We followed them and hid. We thought we would go down the mountain after they left, but who knew that the wolf seemed to know where we were hiding and stayed nearby.
It was so cold last night that in the middle of the night we could only light a fire and stand up to the wolves.
When the regimental commander and political commissar came up, we were about to open fire, so we lit several large bonfires, and only then did the wolves retreat a little.
Simply put, it's incredible. It's like meat being delivered to her doorstep. If she were in that situation, she wouldn't let a single one of them go.
"Are you safe now?"
The young soldier grinned, but his eyes welled up with tears again.
"When I came down, we were still confronting the wolves. The political commissar said that we two were fast on our feet, so he told us to come down and report the news, saying that someone should wait on the outer perimeter."
I quickly scanned the area.
"There's one more?"
Xiao Hu nodded.
"Sister-in-law, he's injured, so I left him at the clinic."
Nodding, Jian Dan roughly understood and readily stepped aside to open the door.
"Xiao Hu, I've boiled some ginger water in the big pot. Let everyone have a bowl each, it'll warm us up a bit."
"Huh? Sister-in-law, what's this?"
Xiao Hu and Jian Dan were relatively familiar with each other, but even they were a little hesitant.
"Sister-in-law, there are so many people here, shall we not drink?"
"Go,"
Simply take two steps back and move aside from the front door.
"The kitchen is right inside the door, with two big pots on either side. Go quickly."
I still have some ginger and brown sugar here. I'll boil two more pots later, and bring them over when I get back.
She was still hesitant about whether to take out her cotton-padded coat, but it would be good if it could alleviate the situation a little.
She only closed the door after watching the person leave.
She had been thinking of going up the mountain with them, but after thinking about it, she decided against it.
Guarding this border and these mountains, this situation is probably not the first time, nor will it be the first time. She is just a family member now, and there's nothing she can do if she goes up there. She might as well learn to be a logistics worker.
The snow had been falling for more than a day and a night, and the roads in this residential compound were almost knee-deep. The snow was also similar in each household's yard. At this moment, people could be seen gradually, all clearing the yards and roofs. After all, having learned from last year's snow disaster, no one wanted to be lazy.
The people from the next yard, carrying wooden shovels for clearing snow, greeted Jian Dan.
"Hey girl, have you swept your yard yet?"
Actually, Jian Dan couldn't really tell who was whose. In her experience, older women were called "auntie" and younger women were called "sister-in-law." The woman next door seemed to be the family member of some battalion commander, and her surname seemed to be Wang.
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