All day long, everyone was thinking about going to Xu Lei's house for dinner in the evening, chattering about it non-stop, and just wanted to ask what they would have for dinner.
Xu Lei is also a tight-lipped person and refused to say anything.
This made everyone eager to know what delicious food I had made for them.
Xu Lei took a leave in the afternoon, thinking of going back early to help his wife with something, so as not to let his wife do everything.
"Why are you back?" Jiang Yuzhu was startled when she saw Xu Lei enter the room. She thought it was time and looked at the time.
"Don't worry, it's still early. I've taken half a day off."
"What do you need me to do?" Xu Lei washed his hands and went to the kitchen to work.
"Are you alone?" Xu Lei didn't see anyone else around.
"My two sisters-in-law helped me with work for the whole morning. I asked them to go home. They both have children at home. I asked them to bring the children over to eat with us in the afternoon."
"Other people are either unmarried or married but childless, or have elderly people at home to help take care of the children. They are the only ones taking care of the children themselves. They can't leave the children at home alone, so they don't need a few pairs of chopsticks."
Xu Lei told Jiang Yuzhu the general situation of several battalion commanders last night.
Among these nine battalion commanders, except Lu Hongming who is not married, Battalion Commander Wang of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment is also unmarried, and the remaining seven battalion commanders are all married.
The ones who have no children at home are naturally Jiang Yuzhu, who got married not long ago, and the wife of Captain Zhao from the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment. They have been married for more than three years and still have no children.
The other battalion commanders don’t care about their sons or daughters, they all have children. Those who are a little older, like Battalion Commander Ma, already have three children.
Battalion Commander Ma and the three battalion commanders of the Third Regiment all have elderly people from their families who come to live with them, and the elderly people help take care of their children.
So there was no one to take care of the children at Captain Zhang's house and the Political Commissar's house. Jiang Yuzhu naturally couldn't let the children stay at home alone. Since she had invited guests, why would she be so stingy? She should just open up and let the children come over for a meal.
As for other families, she was not going to call them.
One is that the relationship is not that good, and the other is that there is someone at home to take care of the children.
"My wife is very thoughtful." Xu Lei took the opportunity to give her a kiss.
"Okay, get to work."
Several hours passed in the busy work, and everything except cooking was ready.
The rice and steamed cakes can also be served.
"Oh, I can smell the fragrance even though I haven't even reached your yard yet." Two sisters-in-law came over with their children, carrying a lot of things in their hands.
"Sisters-in-law, what are you two doing?" Jiang Yuzhu couldn't help but ask as she looked at the two people carrying large and small bags.
"Yuzhu, we didn't give you anything when you and Xu Lei got married. So, we took this opportunity to buy you some food. Don't think it's too little."
Neither of them was stupid. After returning home, they thought about the meal tonight, which would cost the couple a lot of money, so they quickly went shopping together.
The two bought canned food and cakes.
The political commissar's wife also bought a pair of pillowcases for Jiang Yuzhu.
Mrs. Zhang, seeing that the political commissar's wife had bought a pair of pillowcases, went to buy a pair of enamel cups.
"Thank you, my two sisters-in-law." Jiang Yuzhu took it with a smile.
"Oh, Xu Lei is back so early?" The two also saw Xu Lei.
"Hello, sisters-in-law."
When the children saw Xu Lei and Jiang Yuzhu, they hurried to greet them. "Hello, uncle and aunt."
"Hello, please eat more tonight."
"I know you two, Jiang Dong and Jiang Nan, right?" Jiang Yuzhu could still tell the twin boys of the political commissar's family apart.
The personalities are completely different.
One is as cold as ice, and the other is as lively and warm as the sun.
"Yes, that's right, Auntie, you are amazing. You can tell us apart after only seeing us once."
"Of course you two are different."
"What about you two?"
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhang Wei."
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhang Qiang."
"Hello, you are at my aunt's house. Don't be polite. Come in. I have prepared delicious food for you."
"Thank you, uncle and aunt."
The two sons of the Zhang family are two years apart in age and are two or three years older than the children of the political commissar's family.
The political commissar's family had twin sons when their daughter was eight years old. The couple thought that their daughter was the only child in their life, but they never expected that they would have two naughty kids at once.
They are already in their teens. Although they are naughty, they are sensible and well-behaved. They don't move around and just sit there quietly.
"Here, this is all prepared for you. Eat it. You're welcome."
Jiang Yuzhu pushed all the food in front of the children. Although their eyes lit up at the sight of so many delicious foods, they were very well-mannered and did not grab any of the food. Instead, they sat there quietly.
"Sister-in-law, please let the children eat." Jiang Yuzhu knew that the children were a little restrained.
"Your aunt prepared this specially for you, please eat it." Only after the political commissar's wife gave the order did the children dare to take what they wanted to eat.
Jiang Yuzhu prepared egg cakes, cut them into small pieces and placed them on a plate, as well as hawthorn rolls, glutinous rice sticks, various candies, and melon seeds.
During the Chinese New Year, there weren’t so many snacks at home.
The children were very happy.
"Sister-in-law, we are so familiar with each other, I won't be polite with you. I'm going to the kitchen to work. If anyone comes, please greet them for me."
"Okay, go ahead. I'm here for you." The political commissar's wife naturally took on the task.
Several battalion commanders over there also went home to pack up and headed to Xu Lei's house with their things.
"You're all here, come in quickly, Xiao Jiang is cooking for you in the back, I'll be the host."
"Hello, sister-in-law." Everyone was respectful when they saw the political commissar's sister-in-law, and they all recognized this sister-in-law.
Xu Lei came out from the back and said, "You've come just in time. Let's go move the table and chairs. We agreed to bring our own dishes and chopsticks. I don't have that many at home."
Seeing that Jiang Yuzhu's dishes were almost ready and they could eat soon, Xu Lei quickly took people to get the tables and chairs.
"Of course I have to. How can I eat without my stuff? It's like going to the battlefield without a gun. It's indispensable." Zhang Junfeng patted his pocket.
Jiang Yuzhu finished cooking and hurried out, "Hello, welcome. My name is Jiang Yuzhu, and I'm Xu Lei's wife."
"Um... hey, hello, sister-in-law, hello, sister-in-law." Several grown men were stunned.
"Hello, sister-in-law." Among the battalion commanders, the youngest is Battalion Commander Wang of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, who is one year younger than Xu Lei and Lu Hongming.
"There are people younger than you." Jiang Yuzhu thought Xu Lei and Lu Hongming were the youngest, but she didn't expect there were people younger than them.
"Hey, sister-in-law, I'm one year younger than Brother Lei. If you have any unmarried sisters, you can consider me."
"You kid, you're really good at scheming!" Lu Hongming grabbed Wang Bin.
"Hey, stop messing around, go get the table and chairs, and we'll sit down and eat while we chat."
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