Chapter 228 New Year's Eve

The pensions provided to the elderly and children at home who are unable to work cannot buy much food.

Some families were in real difficulty at home, so they turned to the army for help, hoping that the army could solve their survival problems.

But the troops had limited supplies and could not help many people.

As a soldier, Gu Cheng couldn't bear to see his former comrade sacrifice his life and his family not even have enough food to eat.

So...he wanted to help them in whatever small way he could.

Not only him, but other officers in the army also helped whenever they could.

Liu Yinyin understood what he meant immediately and asked, "Do you want to send them some food?"

Gu Cheng nodded.

Liu Yinyin sighed, "It's just sending food. I thought it was a big deal. Don't worry. Give me the list later and I will definitely send them all."

She just thought that Gu Cheng was going to tell her about a mission or some changes in the army...

Gu Cheng looked at her deeply and explained, "We may be doing this for free."

"I know." Liu Yinyin didn't expect anything in return. "Anyway, there's still a lot of food stored at home. Yanyan and I can't finish it all."

However, she originally planned to sell part of the food to the Liu family, and for the rest...after she joined the army, she would ask Jiang Cuihua to send her some food every month.

Now... since Gu Cheng has made this request, let's focus on his business first.

Gu Cheng's eyes were filled with emotion as he ruffled her hair: "Yin Yin, thank you."

These days, not everyone is willing to give up their food or give it away for free.

Liu Yinyin shook her head and said firmly, "Without a country, there is no home. You are all heroes. What's the point of helping me with just a little bit?"

Gu Cheng was relieved: "Okay, I'll write you a few lists later. We can help as much as we can."

Of course, he would not blindly give away all the food in his home. There should be a limit to helping others.

For the next two days, the couple stayed at home, taking care of the hygiene at home and making some tofu for the New Year.

Like previous years, the family made another 20 kilograms of glutinous rice cakes.

Liu Yinyin likes to eat this, and the little guy Gu Yanyan also likes to eat roasted glutinous rice cakes.

What else can Gu Cheng do? His wife and children like it, so he makes more.

New Year’s Eve soon arrived, and the family of three got up early in the morning.

You have to eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve.

Since you are making dumplings, make sure you make them crispy so you can make more.

Eating dumplings is easier than eating them. When you don’t want to cook, you can just make some dumplings.

Anyway, there is plenty of meat at home.

There were about 20 kilograms of pork, about 60 kilograms of wild boar, and the most venison was over 100 kilograms.

Liu Yinyin thought about making more dumplings this time.

After much thought, she decided to make dumplings with four kinds of fillings: cabbage and pork, celery and pork, mushroom and pork, and leek and egg.

The pork and wild boar were chopped separately so that the two adults could eat more dumplings stuffed with wild boar, and Gu Yanyan let him eat ordinary pork.

As for the venison, Liu Yinyin sold half to the system, and used the other half to make some dried venison and send it to Gu Cheng.

Deer meat is a good thing. He can eat it himself and share some with his comrades.

Jiang Cuihua came to her house in the morning and gave Liu Yinyin a can of fermented tofu.

Huang Xiaoyue brought four cans of fermented tofu from her mother's house two days ago.

She thought that the family couldn't finish it, so she sent a can over to her daughter.

Of course, this was also what Huang Xiaoyue meant. Otherwise, as a mother-in-law, it would be inappropriate for her to give away her daughter-in-law's things.

When Jiang Cuihua saw her daughter and son-in-law were busy making dumplings, she did not rush back and helped them make dumplings.

The Liu family is large, so it won't be a problem if she's missing.

Gu Cheng rolled out the dough, while Jiang Cuihua and Liu Yinyin were responsible for making the dumplings.

Several people worked for most of the day and wrapped thousands of dumplings and fifty buns, which they put outside to freeze.

We eat dumplings until the Lantern Festival, and a thousand dumplings are not too many.

Liu Yinyin packed a big bowl of dumplings for Jiang Cuihua and asked her to take it home to eat.

Today is New Year's Eve, and Liu Yinyin can't invite her to have dinner at home.

In addition to eating dumplings in the evening, Gu Cheng also killed a rabbit.

Liu Yinyin roasted rabbit and venison.

The grilled meat is sprinkled with cumin powder and tastes very fragrant.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the second day of the Chinese New Year.

Gu Cheng's vacation is over and he has to hurry back to the army.

Early in the morning, Gu Cheng packed up his things.

It was a very cold day, so this time, Gu Cheng did not let Liu Yinyin and her son go to see him off.

Liu Yinyin filled two lunch boxes with dumplings for him, and also a bag of steamed buns.

The New Military District is not far from here, and it only takes two days to get there by train. With so many things, there is enough for him to eat on the train.

When it was time to say goodbye, Gu Cheng hugged Gu Yanyan and sighed: "I'm leaving. Call me if you have anything."

"Dad..." Gu Yanyan realized that Gu Cheng was going to leave like last time, and his little face immediately fell. He didn't want his dad to leave.

Gu Cheng said earnestly: "Be good, Yanyan, and listen to your mother at home. Daddy...come back when he is free."

It was uncertain when the family housing in the new military district would be completed, and Gu Cheng could not guarantee anything.

Gu Yanyan hugged Gu Cheng's neck tightly, her eyes red.

Liu Yinyin didn't feel much. This was not the first time she saw Gu Cheng off, nor would it be the last. As a military wife, Liu Yinyin had to get used to this kind of parting.

Seeing the father and son inseparable, Liu Yinyin comforted them, "Okay, your unit isn't far away. At worst, I'll wait until the weather gets warmer and take Yanyan to the unit to find you..."

It’s just two days of train ride, Liu Yinyin doesn’t think it’s a big deal.

Gu Yanyan understood what Liu Yinyin said, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Looking for daddy..."

Gu Cheng was worried: "It's not safe for you to take the train with the child alone."

The train was a mess, with all kinds of people.

Liu Yinyin glanced at him and said, "Just be careful. Bad guys can't just rob people in public, right?"

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "We'll talk about it when the time comes."

If Liu Yinyin really wants to take her children to see him, she must make proper arrangements in advance.

After watching Gu Cheng leave, Liu Yinyin took Gu Yanyan, who had a greasy smile on his face, home.

Life in the village is very peaceful, and it is now the cat winter.

Liu Yinyin has nothing to do at home except tending to the vegetable garden.

People from the Liu family would occasionally come to her to chat about what was happening in the village, especially Jiang Cuihua.

Maodong had nothing to do, so she would put a bag of pumpkin seeds in her pocket every day and visit other people's homes to chat about family matters.

However, Jiang Cuihua never expected that one day the melon she was eating would bite her own head.