Chapter 246 Ma Guilan

Gu Cheng poured her a glass of water and said, "Her husband is my old comrade-in-arms and old friend. He followed me from my original unit to the new military region."

Because of this relationship, Ma Guilan was particularly enthusiastic towards Gu Cheng and would ask her husband Tian Pinggui to invite Gu Cheng to dinner from time to time.

However, Gu Cheng seldom comes here. He likes to trouble others.

Besides, when the whole family is having a meal together, it would feel uncomfortable as a stranger.

The reason I'm bothering Ma Guilan this time is because Liu Yinyin will be living here in the future, and it would be nice for both of us to get to know each other.

Not long after they sat there, Gu Cheng's comrade Tian Pinggui came back from the army.

Tian Pinggui is a strong man in his thirties, very dark. Of course, all the soldiers are dark.

Gu Cheng was also dark, and after arriving on the island, he became even darker.

"Is your sister-in-law here?" Tian Pinggui said with a hearty laugh.

Liu Yinyin smiled, but before she could say anything, she heard Ma Guilan call out, "Okay, hurry up and eat. Yinyin just arrived, and we still have to clean up after dinner."

Gu Cheng patted Tian Pinggui on the shoulder and said, "Let's talk after dinner."

Ma Guilan put the food on the table and muttered, "There are fish and shrimp on the island. I don't know if you are used to eating them."

Anyway, she is not used to eating it, she prefers heavy taste. It is okay if you make it yourself, you can add more salt, chili and so on and stir-fry it, and the taste will be okay.

The army canteen mostly serves steamed dishes. Marine fish and shrimps already have a strong fishy smell, and the smell of steamed dishes... is really hard for them to accept.

Liu Yinyin was looking surprised at this moment.

The food on the table was really rich, including mantis shrimp, abalone, crab, yellow croaker...

They are all fresh seafood, and they are particularly large.

Tian Pinggui smiled and picked up a large shrimp and placed it in front of Gu Yanyan: "Hurry up and eat it while it's hot. These sea fish and shrimps were exchanged by your sister-in-law from nearby fishermen early in the morning. They are very fresh."

Gu Yanyan's eyes widened: "Dad..."

What the hell is this thing? It’s actually bigger than his face.

Tian Pinggui laughed: "We were also like this when we first came here. We were wondering why the shrimps and crabs here are so big."

"Sometimes the canteen has crabs so big that the basin can't even hold them..."

However, crabs don’t have much meat, so it’s more practical to eat shrimps. The fishy smell of shrimps is also lighter, which most people can accept.

He is a grown man and can be full with just three or four big shrimps.

Gu Cheng peeled the shrimp for Gu Yanyan and smiled as he thought, "Besides anything else, we all gained a lot of weight after coming here."

There was plenty of seafood here, and when the soldiers first arrived, they ate it like hungry wolves seeing meat.

No matter how it tastes, fill your stomach first.

Tian Pinggui recalled: "The first time we went out to sea for inspection, we drifted on the sea for several days. When we didn't eat all the food we brought with us, we just pried oysters on the beach and ate them. The taste was so good..."

On the one hand, they were happy to have something to eat, but the taste of the oyster meat...

Most of them ate with a grimace on their faces. It was hard to imagine that one day they would even look painful while eating meat.

Liu Yinyin couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She peeled a crab and ate it...

In order to remove the fishy smell, Ma Guilan fried the crabs and added a lot of ginger, scallions and chili peppers.

The crab was fried for too long and tasted a bit old.

Liu Yinyin tasted the yellow croaker again. Ma Guilan made braised fish, which tasted pretty good.

Maybe she was hungry, Liu Yinyin ate a lot.

After the meal, the table was covered with shrimp and crab shells.

After helping Ma Guilan clean up, it was already getting dark.

Gu Cheng led her into the next room.

In addition to Liu Yinyin, there were two other families who came to visit. One was Ma Guilan and her daughter, and the other was...

When Liu Yinyin went out, she unexpectedly saw the other person, who was also a woman in her thirties. She was pretty but too thin.

However, Gu Cheng and the man from that family were not in the same group, and they were not familiar with each other, so he did not introduce him to Liu Yinyin.

The house had been cleaned and, like Ma Guilan's, there was only one room.

Without a kitchen, if I want to cook in the future, I will have to share a kitchen with Ma Guilan.

The toilet is also a public toilet outside...which is quite inconvenient.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, with only a big bed, a table and a few stools, and no other furniture.

There was also a quilt on the head of the bed, folded up like a block of tofu.

Gu Cheng said, "Tomorrow I will borrow some more wooden boards and build a cabinet to store clothes."

"If you don't have time, forget it. You can't stay here for a few days." Liu Yinyin asked him, "Are you staying here at night too?"

According to her observation, Tian Pinggui who lives next door should also live in the family house.

Gu Cheng's eyes were deep: "Of course, otherwise I would be worried if you two lived here."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

There are neighbors around you and you are in the military, so what is there to worry about?

Liu Yinyin didn't say anything and lowered her head to pack her things.

Gu Cheng went out and took Brother Liu (Eldest Brother) and Brother Liu (Second Brother) to where they lived.

He has his own single dormitory, and if he puts a board inside, it's no problem for two people to sleep in it.

However, the dormitory was filled with male soldiers, the men in the army, all of them were extremely rough.

In the dormitory, it is common to see people going shirtless.

Gu Chengcheng didn't dare let Liu Yinyin live there.

Liu Yinyin had just made her bed at home when Ma Guilan from next door came to see her again.

She told Liu Yinyin: "There is hot water in the kitchen. Go and pour it if you want."

Liu Yinyin said gratefully: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Ma Guilan was particularly enthusiastic: "Don't be polite. When you are away from home, there will be times when it is inconvenient. If you have any problem, just come to me."

Liu Yinyin smiled, and suddenly thought of something. She took out a piece of bacon from her bag, wrapped it in oil paper and handed it to her: "This is the bacon I pickled myself. Sister-in-law, take it back and taste it."

Ma Guilan said curiously, "There is indeed no pork on the island, so I won't be polite to you. Captain Gu sent some pork jerky to my two daughters. You made it, right? Both of my daughters said it was delicious."

There was simply too much pork available. No one on the island raised pigs, and there was a famine outside.

She heard from the fishermen on the island that they had not eaten pork for a long time.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "My family used to raise a pig, but we couldn't bear to sell the meat, so we made bacon and pork jerky to keep for later consumption. We still have some left at home, so I'll bring some for you guys next time."

Ma Guilan smiled and replied, "Sure, I'll give you the meat ticket and money when the time comes."

Tian Pinggui is the company commander and his salary and benefits are not bad.

Liu Yinyin went to take a look at the kitchen. It was a makeshift kitchen and there was no stove in it.