Qian Xiaolan thanked Gao Hongjun and his brother, gave each of them a few candies, and the two brothers went home happily.
Qian Xiaolan smiled and when she turned around, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhang Xiaoqin's angry expression next to her.
Qian Xiaolan smiled at her and walked into the house.
Zhang Xiaoqin stood there, his face full of distortion and unwillingness.
The Gao brothers are grateful people, which makes Qian Xiaolan feel very good.
She hummed a song while cooking dinner, and when Gu Yanqing came back, she put together the dishes to be used for entertaining guests tomorrow.
When Gu Yanqing came back and saw the dishes, he praised her: "My wife is really capable. These dishes are sincere but not too extravagant."
Qian Xiaolan angrily said to him: "I didn't even tell you which dishes I was going to make, and you already knew that I had to be sincere and not wasteful?"
Gu Yanqing just smiled and stopped talking.
Didn't he finally marry his sweetheart, so he had to praise her whenever something happened in order to feel at ease?
After dinner, the couple strolled in the yard for a while and then returned to their room.
The nights in this era are so boring. Either a group of people gather together to gossip about other people's affairs, or they go back to their rooms early to sleep.
However, for someone as energetic as Gu Yanqing, who is in the newlywed period, he definitely would not go to bed so early.
Now, he dragged Qian Xiaolan and Jiangjiangniangniang together to do some exercise that is beneficial to their physical and mental health and the relationship between husband and wife.
If it weren't for the fact that there would be a dinner party at home tomorrow and he was afraid of tiring his wife, Gu Yanqing wouldn't have wanted to stop so early.
The next day.
After Qian Xiaolan woke up naturally, she lay in bed for a long time before slowly getting up.
She was not going to the beach today, as the dinner party would not be held until the evening. She had nothing to do in the morning, so she made some flour and planned to make some steamed buns in the afternoon.
After the dough was fermented and she had two pieces of egg cakes for breakfast, she began to prepare the ingredients.
In this era, people value frugality, so she didn't prepare too many dishes, just six dishes and one soup.
The sea bass sent by the Jiang family weighed five or six pounds. She cut off the fish head and made it into chopped pepper fish head, and the fish meat was made into dry-fried sea bass.
Then make pork stewed with potatoes, stir-fried octopus, spicy swimming crab, braised hairtail, and steamed egg custard.
There are few types of dishes, but each one is served in a large bowl.
By the time she had prepared the ingredients, the dough had also risen.
Qian Xiaolan started kneading the dough, cutting it, and steaming it.
After the steamed buns were ready, she started to simmer a pot of rice.
Gu Yanqing said that five or six of the people coming today would bring their families, so they would have to sit at least two tables, so she put out a lot of rice.
However, she did not put all white rice, but added a little sweet potato rice (sweet potatoes grated and dried) to the rice.
These days, everyone has to tighten their belts to eat, and most of the food they eat is coarse grains and mixed grains.
It is a very happy thing to be able to eat the meal cooked by Qian Xiaolan, which is made with more rice and less sweet potatoes.
After a busy day, it was soon evening and Wang Yufeng came to help.
When she saw that Qian Xiaolan had prepared all the dishes, she scolded Qian Xiaolan for not calling her to help, and then sat down to light the fire for Qian Xiaolan.
With someone helping her, Qian Xiaolan cooked very quickly and finished everything in less than half an hour.
First, I packed some food for Wang Yufeng and asked her to take it back to feed Xiuxiu and Aunt Xu. When she came back, Gu Yanqing also came back with his comrades.
As soon as everyone entered the door, they exclaimed, "It smells so good."
Gu Yanqing looked very proud: "My wife's cooking skills are beyond reproach, you guys should eat more later."
Everyone entered the room expectantly, but when they saw Qian Xiaolan's appearance, they all became a little reserved. Qian Xiaolan smiled and took the initiative to greet them, and then everyone grinned and called her "sister-in-law" and "sister-in-law".
With Gu Yanqing's introduction, Qian Xiaolan met her next-door neighbor, Captain Gao, who looked like an honest man. She asked him to go home and call his wife and children over.
Captain Gao was a little hesitant. He didn't inform Zhang Xiaoqin that he was coming over for dinner today, and no one came to help with cooking. How could he go back and call anyone over?
Gu Yanqing saw his hesitation and said to him directly:
"Your three children are skinny and very sensible. My wife only gave them a bowl of noodles. Your two boys brought firewood to my house yesterday."
As expected of her man, he openly flatters others.
Qian Xiaolan tried to hold back her laughter.
Captain Gao's expression looked even uglier. He apologized to everyone, then turned around and went home.
As soon as she left, Gu Yanqing's comrades looked at each other for a long time, sighed and gave him a thumbs up.
Most of them have experienced Lao Gao's wife. She is not only a vicious stepmother, but also a person with a brain that runs through her intestines.
It was because Lao Gao was carefree that he entrusted the three children to that woman.
Gu Yanqing asked everyone to take their seats, and Qian Xiaolan and Wang Yufeng brought the steamed buns and rice to the table.
Gao Hongjun's two siblings were quickly brought over by Battalion Commander Gao. Seeing so many people, they were not shy and called everyone uncle and aunt openly.
Seeing two tables full of food, the three siblings swallowed unconsciously.
Gao Changzheng asked Qian Xiaolan excitedly:
"Aunt, did you make all the food today?"
Qian Xiaolan nodded.
The little guy immediately said to Captain Gao happily: "Dad, Auntie's cooking is delicious. I want to eat more today."
Captain Gao asked them when they came here to eat again.
Gao Hongjun clenched his fist and said: "That woman doesn't cook for us. We have nothing to eat except roasted sweet potatoes every day, while she eats fish and meat.
I wanted to cook for my brothers and sisters, so she locked up the food.”
Captain Gao's face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot: "I'm going to settle the score with her!"
Everyone quickly stopped him and advised him to be patient for now. This was a critical period for him and nothing could go wrong. At worst, he could just come home more often in the future.
Captain Gao endured it and apologized to Qian Xiaolan and her husband.
Qian Xiaolan felt that he might not be able to endure it. Seeing how much he loved his three children, she was afraid that he had already made up his mind.
After this little incident, the atmosphere was stagnant for a while, until the three children's childish talk made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere was finally eased.
Everyone was eating and praising Qian Xiaolan.
Gu Yanqing was so happy that he smiled from ear to ear.
Wang Yufeng gently bumped Qian Xiaolan's arm and winked quietly.
Qian Xiaolan returned her greeting and glanced at her bowl of rice.
Just now, Captain Xu picked up two pieces of meat for her.
Wang Yufeng's face turned red instantly.
Qian Xiaolan laughed muffledly.
Wang Yufeng reached out and scratched her waist in embarrassment.
Qian Xiaolan dodged to the side and hid in Gu Yanqing's arms.
Gu Yanqing took the opportunity to hug her.
Everyone at the table was stunned by their actions, and then burst into laughter.
Qian Xiaolan quickly sat up straight and explained: "I didn't mean it. Sister Yufeng just tickled me."
Wang Yufeng's complexion had returned to normal by now, and she said innocently:
"Xiaolan, what are you talking about?
If you want to be close to your man, just tell me, don't blame me.
It’s okay, you just got married, we all understand your feelings.”
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