Chapter 249: Blanched Squid

The chef in the cafeteria may be a local, and the dishes he cooks are relatively light in taste.

The staple food is sweet potato brown rice.

Soldiers in the army can eat their fill, but in years of famine, it is impossible to have fine grains to eat every day.

The steamed buns I bought in the morning were specially made by Gu Cheng at the request of the canteen chef.

There was one and a half steamed buns left in the morning, and Liu Yinyin gave them to Gu Cheng and Gu Yanyan.

She can just eat sweet potato rice, which is a coarse food to lose weight.

Liu Yinyin tasted the shrimp and squid, and surprisingly... they tasted pretty good.

Especially the blanched squid, the meat is plump, tender and juicy, very delicious!

Seeing her enjoying the meal, Gu Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Do you like it?"

Liu Yinyin hummed twice: "It's delicious. The squid is so fresh. Was it caught that day?"

Such fresh squid is hard to find for people who don’t live by the sea.

Gu Cheng placed the lunch box of squid next to her and said, "There are fishing boats nearby. As long as it is not the closed season, fresh seafood will be delivered to the cafeteria every morning. If you like, you can eat in the cafeteria in the future."

He doesn't really like seafood, but he can accept it.

Liu Yinyin smiled: "You eat in the cafeteria every day. Do you have enough tickets? I see Sister Guilan cooks for herself."

There are four people in Ma Guilan's family, and there are three people in her family, so there is not much difference.

"She..." Gu Cheng whispered, "Tan Pinggui's situation is different from ours. He has to send most of his allowance and food back home every month."

Liu Yinyin inquired, "Does Sister Guilan always live here? Doesn't she go back to her hometown?"

She thought that Ma Guilan didn't look like she was here just to visit relatives, and she must have been here for quite some time, and she didn't show any intention of leaving.

There were some things that Liu Yinyin was not comfortable asking her in person.

"Well." Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "She didn't have a good life in her hometown, so she came to join the army."

As for why he was not living well, Gu Cheng naturally would not ask others about this.

Liu Yinyin did not ask further. Thinking that she had nothing to do in the afternoon, she simply asked Gu Cheng: "Where is the state-owned hotel? I will go to see Big Brother by myself in the afternoon, so that you don't have to go back and make trouble. I have nothing to do here, and it's boring to be idle."

Gu Cheng asked her, "Did you go to the supply and marketing cooperative this morning?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Sister-in-law Guilan took me there."

Gu Cheng said: "The state-owned hotel is not far from the supply and marketing cooperative. You can get there in five or six minutes by walking along that road."

"Okay." Liu Yinyin probably knew how to go. "I'll go visit big brother this afternoon."

Gu Cheng suddenly thought of something and took out a stack of colorful tickets from his pocket and gave them to her: "Buy whatever you need. If you don't have enough tickets, just tell me and I'll borrow some from others."

Tickets are more useful than money these days.

The smile on Liu Yinyin's face deepened: "Don't rush to buy more things. We haven't divided the house yet. If I go back, I won't have anywhere to put my things."

This room doesn't belong to them either. After she leaves, other military dependents will probably move in, and they definitely can't leave their things here.

Gu Cheng said calmly: "It's okay, you can move to my dormitory."

Liu Yinyin nodded slightly: "Then I'll buy some necessary things."

Liu Yinyin had just arrived here, so she didn’t dare to rashly smuggle things out of the system to use. She still had to buy what she needed.

"By the way." After a while, Gu Cheng suddenly asked, "The team can submit a report to apply for housing. There are buildings and independent yards. Where do you want to live?"

Apply for a house?

This is a big deal. Liu Yinyin immediately became excited: "Is it the family area we saw yesterday afternoon? We can apply for a house with a private courtyard?"

Gu Cheng: “It should be fine.”

Liu Yinyin's eyes sparkled: "If we can live in a yard, it will definitely be much more spacious than living in a building. However... we have a small family. Will it be a problem if we live in such a big yard?"

Gu Cheng glanced at her and said, "Why are you worried about this? The houses are divided according to ranks. This is the military regulation. It has no impact, okay?"

According to military regulations, only officers above the rank of deputy company commander are eligible to be allocated housing along with the troops.

The higher the level, the larger the house you get.

This is the rule. We can't allocate houses according to the number of people in the family, right?

They work so hard in the hope of providing a better life for their families.

Liu Yinyin felt relieved after hearing this: "If you can apply for a yard, then apply for a yard. You know, I like houses with small yards. I can also raise a few chickens to lay eggs later."

It's a pity that I can't grow vegetables...

After lunch, Gu Chengdu went to the army without taking a rest, which shows how busy he has been recently.

Liu Yinyin took Gu Yanyan for a nap.

At about 3:30, when the sun was not so strong, the mother and son put on their sun hats and prepared to go out.

"Yin Yin, are you going out?" Ma Guilan was sitting at the door sewing clothes.

Liu Yinyin smiled and nodded: "I'll go find my eldest brother."

Ma Guilan asked enthusiastically, "Do you know the way?"

"Yes, Gu Cheng told me." Liu Yinyin said.

Ma Guilan didn't say anything else, but just told her to come back early.

It was inconvenient without a bicycle, and after walking for more than half an hour, Liu Yinyin finally found the state-owned hotel.

The state-owned hotel is indeed not very big and looks like it has just opened.

I heard from them last night that there were no state-owned hotels on the island originally, and they were opened only because there were troops stationed here.

It's not time for dinner yet, and the hotel is empty.

Liu Yinyin pushed open the door and looked around the lobby.

"Comrade, it's not time for dinner yet. If you want to eat, come back later." The waitress at the state-owned hotel was dozing off, but when she heard the voice, she raised her head abruptly, a look of displeasure on her face.

Liu Yinyin smiled faintly and said, "I don't want to eat, comrade, I want to find someone, is Liu Mingcheng here?"

"Liu Mingcheng?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "It's the new employee who came today."

When she heard that the person was looking for Liu Mingcheng, the waitress' attitude became much better: "He went out with the master to buy something. He should...should be back soon. Why don't you sit and wait for a while?"

The new employee who came today was said to have some connection with someone in the military district, so the female waitress naturally did not dare to neglect him.

Liu Yinyin stayed and waited for Liu Mingcheng to succeed. She didn't want to make a wasted trip.

Not long after, Liu Mingcheng came back with bags of freshly bought ingredients.

"Little sister, why are you here?" Liu Mingcheng put down his things, quite surprised.

Seeing that it was almost time to go to work at the hotel, Liu Yinyin didn't say anything more and asked him, "Brother, let me see how you are."

"It's pretty good." Liu Mingcheng smiled. "I'm doing some purchasing work in the hotel now. It's not tiring. The store provides food and accommodation, and I get 20 yuan a month. I heard that the salary will increase in the future."