Chapter 76 Deliberately Showing Affection

After figuring this out, Jiang Rou's chaotic emotions gradually calmed down.

His face was no longer so pale.

Just her side.

Those dark, stern, and repressed eyes were still staring at her nervously.

Jiang Rou suddenly felt warm in her heart.

She touched her chest with her hand and spoke softly.

"Chongshan, I'm fine. I just felt a tightness in my chest and a little breathless, but I feel better now."

Upon hearing this.

Zhao Guifen next to him took a bite first.

"Chest tightness and shortness of breath? You must be exposed to the sun. The weather has been hot recently, and it's still very stuffy at noon. Let Rou sit down quickly, drink some water, and relax."

After hearing this, Zhou Chongshan immediately did as Zhao Guifen said.

He asked Jiang Rou to sit down and drink some water.

Jiang Rou originally didn't want to go through so much trouble. She was in good health and there was no need to make such a fuss.

But Zhou Chongshan's nervous expression made people have to... follow his wishes.

Jiang Rou took a sip of water and gently squeezed the man's palm in the dark.

She said embarrassedly.

"Chongshan, Sister Hong is still here."

Zhou Chongshan remained calm and said in a deep voice, "It's okay. Sister Hong is one of us."

"Hahaha……"

When Yang Hongping heard this, she immediately burst into laughter.

She smiled and said, "Yes, that's right. I was the one who delivered the marriage report for both of you personally. So, I am still a witness to your marriage."

Hearing this.

Jiang Rou also smiled softly.

But the remaining light in his eyes was looking at Lin Yuyao.

She wasn't embarrassed in front of Yang Hongping at all, but because of Lin Yuyao!

The series of events just now seemed like she was deliberately showing off her affection in front of Lin Yuyao.

It's weird anyway.

Jiang Rou looked at Lin Yuyao.

Lin Yuyao was also looking at Jiang Rou.

Lin Yuyao saw everything that happened just now.

Jiang Rou just frowned, and everyone surrounded her.

Zhou Chongshan's nervousness and worry, Zhao Guifen's care and concern, and even Yang Hongping's love for Jiang Rou were all beyond words.

Even she, the new comrade brought by Yang Hongping herself and introduced to everyone, had no sense of existence.

Was Jiang Rou also such a person in her previous life?

Since Jiang Rou was so popular in the military compound, why did her cousin Lin Yulan from her previous life speak of her in a strange tone, as if she didn't know her at all?

When Lin Yuyao looked at Jiang Rou, there was deep confusion and... worry in her eyes.

It goes without saying that Zhou Chongshan attaches great importance to his daughter-in-law Jiang Rou.

So after Jiang Rou's death, can Zhou Chongshan really let it go?

Lin Yuyao came this time with the determination to marry Zhou Chongshan in half a year.

But it was only the first day on the island.

The first time I met Zhou Chongshan.

Lin Yuyao has begun to realize that her plan is not so easy.

Jiang Rou noticed Lin Yuyao's gradually changing expression.

At this moment.

It was as if their moods had been switched.

The uneasy person became Lin Yuyao.

Jiang Rou saw through it but didn't say anything. Under the watchful eyes of Yang Hongping, she took the initiative to speak.

"Hello, Comrade Lin. It's our first time meeting today. I'm glad to meet you."

“…Me, me too.”

Lin Yuyao was still in shock and her reaction was slow. She spoke blankly.

That's it.

They had their first formal greeting.

…

Finished introducing the new comrade Lin Yuyao.

Yang Hongping finally noticed that on the desk was a bamboo basket brought by Jiang Rou, which contained half-eaten qingtuan and qingming rice cakes.

"Is this... this... this a Qingtuan?"

"Sister Hong, you know this."

"Let's get to know each other. Several decades ago, I worked in the southern base area. When the villagers sent us food, they had this. They said that we would only eat it during the Qingming Festival."

Yang Hongping mentioned some past events.

Zhao Guifen continued.

"Sister Hong, you are amazing. You even know this. When I saw Sister Rou making it this morning, I thought it was poisonous because it was green. I almost made a big fool of myself."

Yang Hongping's eyes lit up when she heard this.

She looked at Jiang Rou in surprise and exclaimed, "Sister Rou, did you make this Qingtuan?"

Jiang Rou nodded, "Yes, I did."

Zhou Chongshan picked up a green dumpling and handed it directly to Yang Hongping.

"Sister Hong, have one. My wife made it. It's delicious."

The second half of the sentence is full of pride.

A rare gentle attitude was revealed on Zhou Chongshan's tough and serious face.

He not only gave the Youth League to Yang Hongping, but also gave one to everyone who saw it, and also gave one to Lin Yuyao and the guard behind.

Lin Yuyao: "...Thank you, Captain Zhou."

Guard: "Ah?! I can have one too? Thank you, Captain Zhou, and thank you, sister-in-law."

After Yang Hongping and the guard received the qingtuan, they couldn't wait to take a bite. At once, the fragrance of mugwort and the freshness and tenderness of pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots all filled their mouths.

"tasty!"

"Mmm! It's delicious! Captain Zhou, this is what my sister-in-law made."

The guard ate the qingtuan in just a few bites.

Yang Hongping ate carefully. After taking a bite, she looked at the filling inside the qingtuan and said with a little emotion.

“This is exactly what I tasted decades ago.”

Lin Yuyao had been holding the qingtuan without eating it, but when she saw everyone saying it was delicious, she picked it up and took a bite with some doubt.

After this bite.

...It’s delicious. Really delicious.

It tastes better than the ones made by professional chefs at her parents' home.

Lin Yuyao's gaze towards Jiang Rou became more complicated.

Yang Hongping ate the green rice dumpling and then looked at the beautiful Qingming rice cakes.

She asked Jiang Rou, "Sister Rou, what do you use to make the qingtuan?"

Jiang Rou replied, "The dough is made of glutinous rice flour and some pickled vegetables. The rest are wild vegetables dug from the mountains. For example, mugwort, Artemisia selengensis, wild bamboo shoots... They were all dug from the mountains. Sister Yulan and Sister Guifen took me there."

After Yang Hongping understood, she nodded and continued speaking.

"Your Political Commissar Liu and I were talking a few days ago about how we should improve the soldiers' food during the Qingming Festival. They shouldn't eat the same old things in the cafeteria all day long: steamed buns or steamed buns."

"But it's inconvenient to bring some supplies to our island. There are only a few things that are easy to transport. Even if we want to improve our food, we don't have the raw materials."

"This Qingtuan is very good, a local specialty, and it's made with wild vegetables from the mountains. We should give the soldiers from the north some southern food."

Zhao Guosheng nodded repeatedly.

"Sister Hong is right. I've lived for more than 30 years, and this is the first time I know of such a thing. It's called...what is it called..."

"Qingtuan, Qingtuan! Little green dumplings. How can you not remember something so simple?"

Zhao Guifen complained.

The atmosphere in the office became even more lively after the Zhao couple's noise.

Yang Hongping looked at Jiang Rou with a smile and asked.

"Sister Rou, do you have time this afternoon? I would like to ask you to go to the army cafeteria and teach the soldiers in the kitchen how to make this youth group."