Qi Mengmeng originally wanted to stew white rice, but she was worried that the two sisters would not eat it, so she added some black rice and buckwheat rice into it, so that you couldn’t tell how much rice was put in.
Li Lai Di and Li Pan Di finished their work and were about to leave, but Qi Meng Meng quickly stopped them: "I have already prepared the meal, you can eat here at noon."
Li Lai Di smelled the aroma of meat and eggs in the air and quickly refused: "My mother is cooking at home, we can just go back and eat."
Qi Mengmeng took out the two bowls that she had prepared long ago and said, "Then take it back and let Auntie and Weiwei eat together."
There were two bowls, one with rice and one with vegetables. There was a lot of bacon and eggs in them, which made the two sisters step back.
Although Xu Daming was also a battalion commander, he had to send one-third of his earnings back home. Li Laidie rarely cooked solid meals at home and mostly drank porridge.
Li Pandi had never eaten dry rice since she was a child, so the two sisters looked at the two basins and no one reached out to take them.
Qi Mengmeng handed the basin forward: "Take it, or I'll have to deliver it to you later."
Her meaning was very clear. If you don’t take it now, I will send it to your home later.
Li Pandyi swallowed her saliva. Li Laidi wiped her hands on her body, feeling that they were not clean, she went to the faucet to wash them again. Then she took the two basins and took Li Pandyi back home.
After leaving the house, Li Pandi couldn't help but say, "Sister, this is so much meat."
Li Lai Di didn't smile, but showed a trace of worry on her face: "Forget the meat. There must be two or three eggs on it. We only sent ten eggs."
Li Pandi looked back and said, "I'll come to work for Sister Mengmeng in the afternoon, so I won't eat."
Li Lai Di sighed and said nothing.
Gu Guizhi and Qi Mengmeng had just gotten married, and everything in the house was new, so there was not much work for the two sisters to do.
If Li Pandi wants to repay her gratitude, she has to think of other ways.
When Qi Mengmeng saw her sisters leave, she turned around and scooped some flour to prepare the dough.
Li Laidi brought a lot of cowpeas. She fried a lot of them at noon and there were still a few pounds left.
Qi Mengmeng likes to eat cowpea and pork buns the most. She made them when she had nothing to do in the afternoon, ate half and kept the other half in storage.
When Gu Guizhi came back for lunch at noon, he was surprised to see that the land in the yard had been turned over. He said, "Mengmeng, farming is too tiring. Wait for me to come back and do it later."
"Don't talk about you. It wasn't even my turn. It was Mrs. Xu from next door and Pan Di who helped me." Qi Mengmeng handed the ceramic jar to Gu Guizhi, which contained warm water.
"I gave them a portion when I was cooking at noon and asked them to take it back," Qi Mengmeng continued.
Gu Guizhi nodded and said, "Da Ming is out on a mission. If you get along well with his wife, we will stay here forever."
Qi Mengmeng looked up at him and said, "Isn't this courtyard allocated to us?"
Gu Guizhi swallowed the cowpea in his mouth and said, "This morning, the document about my promotion to deputy regiment commander was published. The political commissar asked me if I wanted to change my position. I said I would come back to ask for your opinion."
The deputy regiment commander can live upstairs, but all the better rooms upstairs have been allocated. If he moves there now, he can only live in a corner. Gu Guizhi is not sure whether Qi Mengmeng is willing.
"Let's live here. I think this yard is nice." Qi Mengmeng didn't want to move upstairs.
She had been to Qi Zhijun's house. Although it looked much cleaner, the house had poor sound insulation. If she spoke loudly, the neighbors would be able to hear her. If she cooked meat, the neighbors would probably smell it soon.
The place where she lives now not only has a yard, but also a big house. When she cooks, she can close the kitchen door to block out some smells.
She gets along well with her neighbor Li Lai Di, so there is no need for her to move house.
If you move there and end up with a bad neighbor, wouldn't that be even more uncomfortable?
Gu Guizhi nodded when he heard Qi Mengmeng say this: "Then I will tell the political commissar this afternoon that we will still live here and ask him to give the house to others."
"Besides you, is there anyone else who got promoted this time?" Qi Mengmeng remembered that before going to see the doctor, Gu Guizhi said that Li Zhuang and Jiang Shan might both be promoted.
"Li Zhuang and Jiang Shan were both promoted to deputy battalion commanders." Gu Guizhi said the two names that Qi Mengmeng knew, and thought for a moment: "If we don't want the house upstairs, it may be allocated to the new deputy political commissar."
"Deputy Political Commissar?" Qi Mengmeng thought for a moment before asking, "Your partner."
"Well, it is said that he was transferred from the Beijing Military Region. It seems that his hometown is the same place as yours." Gu Guizhi said with a smile: "Maybe you know each other."
Qi Mengmeng shook her head: "You are the only soldier I know."
Of course Gu Guizhi knew it, he was just saying it casually.
After dinner, Gu Guizhi took the initiative to wash the dishes, wipe the table, and put a kettle of cold water on the fire.
"I met Captain Qi this morning, and he wanted us to go over for dinner tonight."
"Then go ahead. I'll go to the city to buy some things this afternoon." Qi Mengmeng thought that this was a good opportunity to take some things out.
Qi Zhijun has been married for many years and Zheng Meili is not a bad woman, so it's fine for both parties to treat each other as relatives.
"Didn't you say you wanted to send money to your comrade's home? Give me the address and I'll send it over as well."
Gu Guizhi's face looked a little unhappy. He frowned and said, "How many food coupons do we have left? I was thinking of sending some to them."
"Last month, some comrades went to the home of a fallen comrade. If they had given him money, it would have been in the hands of the old man. If they had given him food, he might have been able to eat a few bites."
Gu Guizhi felt very sad. His comrades had sacrificed their lives, but their children at home could not get enough to eat.
If it were someone else, they would definitely be dissatisfied, but Qi Mengmeng had food in her space, so she naturally had no objection to this request.
She thought for a moment and said, "My mother gave me a lot of food coupons when I came here, and my fourth uncle also gave me some. I bought food locally and sent it to them, and sent a few more food coupons from all over the country."
Gu Guizhi reminded her: "Just buy some coarse grains and squeeze through. If you buy fine grains, they probably won't get them."
"Okay, don't worry about it, I'll do it." Qi Mengmeng was going to send cornmeal and mixed grain rice, mixing the different kinds of rice together so that it wouldn't be noticeable if she added a little more rice.
Gu Guizhi had just returned, and the deputy political commissar had not arrived yet. He had a lot of things to deal with. Although he was reluctant to trouble Qi Mengmeng, he really didn't have the time.
Qi Mengmeng knew what he was thinking as soon as she saw his expression. She waved her hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to say anything. If you have time, dig a toilet and build a bathroom at home."
Qi Mengmeng used to take a shower in the kitchen some time ago, but if they are going to live here for a long time, they will definitely have to build a separate bathroom and toilet.
"I'll do it when I come back in the evening. The toilet and bathroom will be built in the corner against the wall. That space is just the right size." Gu Guizhi walked around the yard this morning and had already made arrangements in his mind.
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