Shen Chuning listened carefully and nodded.
She had not originally planned to do this job. She felt that instead of spending time earning a few cents, it would be better to spend more time reading and preparing for the college entrance examination.
When they got outside the school, Zhang Yuelan told them that after their child was born, he or she could be sent to a nursery when he or she was one year old, and the nursery teachers would help take care of the child.
But if you have time, it’s best to bring it with you.
There are limited teachers in the nursery. Many one-year-old children not only cannot speak well, but also do not know how to poop or pee, and even poop in their trouser pockets. There are too many children for the teachers to take care of them all, and it is definitely not as thorough as taking care of them at home.
Finally, Zhang Yuelan took Shen Chuning and Ding Hongye to the military service center.
The two of them already had all the supplies in their homes, so they didn't need to buy anything else and just looked around.
The Military Service Center is a small supply and marketing cooperative that supplies a very limited variety of materials.
When Zhang Yuelan introduced them, she also said: "The military service center doesn't sell much. If you need oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. at home, you can come here to buy them. You can also come here to buy cloth and meat when they are in stock.
The cloth here is woven by the textile factory we saw just now, and the pork is generally raised on pig farms. The price is a little cheaper than buying it at the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city.
But you have to queue up early, otherwise it will be gone if you are late. ”
Shen Chuning and Ding Hongye both nodded silently and kept these common sense in mind.
Finally, the three of them went to the army canteen.
"Those who eat in the cafeteria are usually soldiers who are alone in the army. For family members like us who come to accompany the army, the men usually go back to eat.
In the army, except for buying coal, water and electricity are free. It is cheaper to cook your own food than to eat in the canteen, and dishes cooked in small pots taste better than those cooked in large pots.
But sometimes if you are busy at home and don’t have time to cook, you can also come to the cafeteria to get food and eat it at home. "Zhang Yuelan said.
It was already lunchtime, and the cafeteria was full of soldiers queuing up for meals.
Shen Chu Ning glanced at the lunch boxes carried by the soldiers.
There is a shortage of vegetables in the north at this time of year. Apart from potatoes and cabbage, there are green onions, pumpkins and the like, which are all vegetables that can be stored for a long time.
The military service center supplied mutton yesterday, and the canteen should also have mutton, so today's meat dish is stir-fried mutton with green onions, and the vegetarian dishes are stir-fried shredded potatoes with sauerkraut and stir-fried cabbage with sauerkraut, as well as green vegetables that are rare here in winter, scrambled eggs with green peppers, and pumpkin soup.
The staple food is steamed buns, which are not made of white flour, but a mixture of white flour and corn flour.
Shen Chuning estimated that a steamed bun weighed half a pound.
During their daily training missions, soldiers usually eat a lot.
Shen Chu Ning looked at them, and the one who fought the least took four steamed buns.
"Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Ding, the dishes in the cafeteria seem pretty good today, including stir-fried lamb with green onions and scrambled eggs with green peppers. If Captain Lei and Captain Deng don't go home for dinner today, why don't the three of us eat in the cafeteria?" Shen Chuning suggested.
"My husband said today that he was busy with training and would not be back for lunch," said Zhang Yuelan.
Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to accompany Shen Chuning and Ding Hongye to this point and not go back to cook.
"My husband Lei is not coming back either." Ding Hongye said, "Then let's eat in the cafeteria today."
When Ding Hongye said this, she exchanged glances with Shen Chuning.
After two days of getting along on the train, Shen Chu Ning actually understood what she meant in seconds.
Shen Chuning took Zhang Yuelan's arm and said, "Sister Zhang, Hongye and I will treat you to this meal today. Thank you for showing us around. Please don't be polite to us!"
Zhang Yuelan listened to Shen Chuning's words and felt that Shen Chuning not only spoke well, but also had a good grasp of the ways of the world.
She responded cheerfully: "Okay, then I will obey your orders. I won't argue with you about this meal today."
The three of them went to queue up for food.
They were originally at the end of the line, but when the military comrades saw that Shen Chuning and Ding Hongye were both pregnant, they quickly made room for them.
In the end, they didn't even queue up and went straight to the front to get their food.
There weren't many dishes in the cafeteria, so Shen Chu Ning ordered every dish, and then each of the three of them asked for a large steamed bun.
Stir-fried lamb with green onions was 30 cents per serving, scrambled eggs with green peppers was 20 cents, vegetarian dishes were 5 cents per serving, and large steamed buns were 10 cents each. In addition, one had to give half a pound of food coupons and one or two ounces of meat coupons.
A meal costs 70 cents, which means two dollars and ten cents for three people.
Zhang Yuelan looked a little pained. This meal cost her 70 cents, and she also paid for it with food coupons and meat coupons. If she had paid for it herself, she would not have been willing to eat like this.
Normally, even when she didn't have time to cook, when she came to the cafeteria to get food, she would only order vegetarian dishes for five cents each.
However, there is still a lot of mutton in the stir-fried lamb with green onions in the cafeteria today, and there are also a lot of eggs in the green pepper and eggs, so it is actually a good deal.
Shen Chuning also ordered a dish and four large steamed buns. She estimated that her third brother would come to the cafeteria to eat later, so she bought some for him first.
Shen Chu Ning paid together first.
But during the meal, Ding Hongye gave half of her money and tickets to Shen Chuning.
Shen Chuning was happily eating with Zhang Yuelan and Ding Hongye, not noticing that everyone in the cafeteria was secretly looking at her.
The comrades who were sitting further away from them were still discussing quietly.
"Who is that lesbian? She's so pretty."
"Don't you know? That's Captain Zhou's wife. Otherwise, how can we say that Captain Zhou has fallen into the land of tenderness? For the sake of his wife, he is willing to be transferred to the logistics unit!"
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