Chapter 290 His mind is wandering
Song Lubai quickly looked away, but Zhao Hongying, unaware of this, continued talking non-stop.
Today is lunchtime. After picking the vegetables, Song Lubai took her share home and planned to steam the cornbread and then make a cucumber salad for the three children. That would solve a simple lunch.
If she comes back after dividing the food, the three kids will probably be quite hungry.
After she finished her work and told her three children what to do, she took a cornbread and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
On the way, Song Lubai ran into Deng Hong, who had a bowl of tofu in it. After exchanging a few words, Song Lubai hurried home.
They have tofu today! I can't miss it!
Back home, he went inside, took out the jar containing the receipts, found the tofu receipts Wei Yang had put in there, grabbed an empty bowl, woke up Chen Shaohua who was eating, and the two of them jogged together to the tofu shop.
The so-called tofu workshop was just a mud-brick house.
There are quite a few people in line right now, with about seventeen or eighteen people ahead of you.
Song Lubai handed two cents, a bowl, and a ticket to Chen Shaohua, and instructed him, "You stand in line here. Tofu is one cent per pound, and the ticket is for one pound. Keep the remaining one cent. I still need to distribute the food. Be careful on your way home with the bowl."
After Chen Shaohua obediently nodded, Song Lubai ran all the way back to the supply and marketing cooperative.
A long queue had already formed in front of the supply and marketing cooperative.
She said, "The tofu shop has tofu today. Those who have coupons at home can hurry up and line up after getting their food."
The crowd erupted in excitement upon hearing this.
The tofu shop hasn't been open for almost two months, but they actually have tofu today!
The tofu made it faster for everyone to get their food. While Song Lubai was distributing the food, the sales clerk Li Cheng came up to her and said, "A new batch of goods arrived last night, including soybeans. Didn't you want to buy some last time? There are also biscuits and candy."
Song Lubai wondered what a special day it was, and lowered her voice, saying, "I'll go back to get the tickets in a bit. Do you have any canned food?"
Li Cheng shook his head. In their small supply and marketing cooperative, they never saw canned food all year round.
Soybeans are classified as a non-staple food item and require ration coupons to purchase.
There were two soybean coupons, each for one jin (500 grams), in the jar where we kept the coupons at home.
After distributing the vegetables, Song Lubai rushed home and saw white tofu in a bowl on the table.
As Song Lubai was flipping through the tickets, Wei Yang, dressed in military uniform, returned.
His clothes were soaked with sweat, and his hat brim was also covered in sweat. Wei Yang took off what he needed to take off and sat on the stool shirtless, fanning himself.
Song Lubai recalled what Zhao Hongying had said earlier that day and looked Wei Yang up and down.
Noticing her gaze, Wei Yang turned to look at her, and their eyes met.
Song Lubai nodded and said, "Comrade Wei is truly handsome."
He has broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs; his muscles are firm, and he seems to have inexhaustible energy.
Although Wei Yang didn't know why she suddenly said that, it didn't stop him from feeling like firecrackers were going off in his head.
He forced a smile and asked, "What's wrong? You look handsome?"
Song Lubai put the ticket in her pocket and said, "It was Comrade Zhao Hongying who said that. She praised you for being a good leader and for handling things well today."
Wei Yang: "..."
"The supply and marketing cooperative has soybeans today, I'm going to buy two jin. When is the production team slaughtering a pig? We need a lot of oil to make fermented soybeans..."
After she finished her rambling, she opened the door and left on her own. Wei Yang watched her retreating figure and thought to himself that she was quite busy.
Song Lubai had already walked out the door when she turned back and said at the door, "I'll come back in a bit and fry the tofu. If you're hungry, have some cornbread first."
Wei Yang's lips curled up again.
It's so great to be able to see my wife as soon as I get home!
Wei Yang carried the bowl of tofu out the door and went next door to call Chen Shaohua to get firewood and light the fire.
He cut the tofu into cubes and chopped a scallion.
Cooking is just putting some oil in a pan, then adding salt and soy sauce...
As long as you control the amount of salt and add some seasonings, the stir-fried dishes won't taste bad.
Wei Yang felt that his wife still thought of him even when she was busy, so he should let her have a ready-made meal when she came back.
The three Chen siblings hadn't eaten tofu in a long time. Although they had just eaten, it didn't stop them from looking forward to the tender white tofu coming out of the pot.
Chen Jingwen instructed, "Uncle, chop two more cloves of garlic. The pan-fried tofu in the restaurant has garlic in it."
Chen Dongyang was too small to see what was going on in the pot, but that didn't stop her from drooling at the smell and staring longingly at it.
At this time, every household is cooking, but it is almost all the people busy at the stove who are women.
The women who were cooking felt uneasy seeing Commander Wei stir-frying dishes on the stove.
Although both men and women in a family should work, everyone generally assumes that the work at the stove belongs to women, but this is not the case in Commander Wei's family.
A pound of soybeans costs 12 cents. Song Lubai bought two pounds of soybeans and a pack of biscuits.
She hadn't finished the candy at home, but that didn't stop her from buying another half pound.
Soybeans aren't irritating, but candy and biscuits are. Li Cheng found her an old newspaper, wrapped the items up, and placed them under the soybeans.
Song Lubai carried the small basket from the supply and marketing cooperative home. When she passed Old Li's house, Old Li greeted her with a smile, "Commander's wife, you can start building the courtyard wall now. We'll help you with that."
After exchanging a few words with Lao Li, Miao Feng, her face bruised and swollen, approached with a bowl and said, "Comrade Song, why aren't you home cooking? Commander Wei has to go home and cook for himself after he's done his work. What kind of wife are you?"
Song Lubai glanced at her sideways, "What business is it of yours what happens on my stove? You're being quite nosy. Are you worried about my man for me?"
Miao Feng said unhappily, "Don't you understand what I mean? In every household, it's the women who cook. Your husband is the regimental commander, so it's your job to do the housework. We women have to take good care of the household. Look at every household, isn't that the case?"
Song Lubai's good mood after buying soybeans was completely dampened by her.
Is this woman mentally unstable?
When a man and a woman live together, both should contribute their efforts.
Hmph, if Tang Xuewen makes a move again in the future, she definitely won't interfere.
Song Lubai said, "My family's affairs are none of your business. My husband cooks because he wants to. You don't need to stand up for him. What you should be upset about is why your husband doesn't cook. What's the use of being jealous of me? Does being jealous of me make your husband willing to cook?"
Miao Feng's face was downcast; neither she said it nor felt it in her heart, she refused to admit that she was jealous.
Tang Xuewen was sitting on the doorstep eating his meal when Song Lubai passed by and said, "Comrade Tang, cooking on the stove doesn't belong to women, it belongs to both men and women. If you cook more often, your wife won't get angry when she sees other men cooking."
Tang Xuewen dared not offend the regimental commander's wife, but he dared to scold her.
Although he doesn't dare to take action now, he can still verbally abuse people without any pressure.
After dragging Miao Feng into the house, he lowered his voice and said, "What, you've taken a fancy to the regimental commander? Have you no shame? You're even feeling sorry for someone else's man? What business is it of yours what happens to her?"
Miao Feng spat and said, "Then you should cook from now on. You're not as capable as others, and you don't do any housework at home. What makes you so shameless?"
Seeing Tang Xuewen glaring at her, Miao Feng raised her chin and said, "You dare to lay a hand on me? Just wait and see if you can find a wife after we get divorced!"
Seeing the expectation in Miao Feng's eyes, Tang Xuewen snorted and left.
Damn it, this woman's got wild thoughts!
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