Lu Qingyang put the bucket of hot and sour noodles on the makeshift small table in front of Shen Mo: "Your hot and sour taste is delicious."
Then, he looked at Xiaoting, Xiaozong and Uncle Shen who were staring at him eagerly, and shook the remaining instant noodle bucket in his hand: "What flavor do you want to eat? Braised beef, shrimp and fish cake, and... traditional pickled cabbage?"
"I want braised beef!" Xiao Zong did not hesitate. Although the spicy and sour smell was fragrant, he felt that the beef tasted more substantial.
"I...I want braised beef too!" Xiaoting followed, she was full of anticipation for the taste of beef.
Uncle Shen put his hands behind his back, looked at it, and said, "Give me something I haven't tried before, that... fresh shrimp and fish cake."
He is a little curious about the seafood flavor.
Lu Qingyang smiled and nodded, then quickly made the tea for them.
"Oh my god! This smells so good! It smells even stronger than the ones in state-owned restaurants!"
Xiaozong held his bucket of braised beef noodles, opened a corner of the lid, took a deep sip, and his face was full of intoxication.
Uncle Shen also curiously opened the lid of the shrimp and fish noodles, and a fresh aroma hit him. He looked at the pink shrimp and fish noodles inside and was amazed:
"This... this noodle really has shrimp in it?"
Chen Mo couldn't help herself any longer. She carefully picked up a piece of hot and sour noodles with chopsticks and slurped it. The sour, spicy and fresh taste instantly activated her taste buds and she sighed with satisfaction.
The other three also started moving.
For a moment, the only sound under the shade of the tree was the sound of people slurping noodles.
"Delicious! Really delicious!" Xiao Zong was eating so much that sweat broke out on his forehead. He exclaimed that it was so delicious. He used his chopsticks to dig in the bucket, as if he wanted to drink every drop of the soup.
"The instant noodles are so delicious!" Xiaoting's cheeks were bulging from eating so much.
Uncle Shen sipped the noodle soup with fresh shrimp and fish cakes and nodded, "Well, this soup is delicious, and the shrimps are also quite interesting to eat, much better than the dried shrimps sold in the supply and marketing cooperative."
Seeing that everyone was enjoying the meal, Lu Qingyang took out a few vacuum-packed braised eggs and some sausages.
"Here are some boiled eggs and sausages. You can eat them together."
"There are more good things!" Xiao Zong's eyes brightened.
Perhaps because they had never eaten such convenient and delicious food before, they ate very happily.
Xiao Zong stuffed the whole braised egg into his mouth, and could not wait to tear open the packaging of the pork leg sausage, bit off half of it, and praised vaguely: "Wow! This braised egg is tasty! The pork leg sausage is also delicious, salty and fragrant!"
He was still not satisfied, so he took another boiled egg and a sausage.
Uncle Shen was very satisfied with the soft and sticky texture of the ham sausage: "Well, this thing is soft and easy to chew. It's quite suitable for people like us who don't have a good appetite like young people."
However, seeing Xiaozong and Xiaoting eating voraciously, as if they wanted to lick the food packaging clean, and Uncle Shen's curious and inquisitive eyes, he knew there was a problem.
Sure enough, after Xiao Zong finished the last noodle, he licked his lips with lingering satisfaction, and looked over and over again, his face full of surprise: "Qingyang Zhi, where did you get all this precious food? Is it a specialty of some place near us? I have never seen anything like this before!"
He pointed out the intricate printing and plastic texture on the barrel.
Xiao Ting also came over to look at her empty bucket, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said with certainty: "It's definitely not a specialty of our place! I've never seen anything like this in my life! It's beautiful and fragrant, and a hundred times more delicious than dried noodles!"
Lu Qingyang had a plan in mind. He smiled calmly and said in a very normal tone, "This one hasn't appeared in the supply and marketing cooperative yet. We copied it based on something from China."
"Foreign goods?" Xiao Zong's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized something. Then he smacked his lips in disbelief, "Oh! It turns out to be something made by the Chinese! No wonder! It's colorfully packaged... Do Chinese people eat this?"
Seeing that they accepted this statement, Lu Qingyang smiled secretly and quickly greeted everyone: "Okay, okay, it's okay to try some local products occasionally. Now that we have finished eating, let's pack up and get ready to continue on our way.
Everyone was well fed and refreshed, and in high spirits.
Shen Mo leaned back in the back seat, her head tilted slightly towards the window.
A pregnant woman's body was prone to fatigue, and coupled with the fatigue of the journey, her eyelids became increasingly heavy.
But occasionally, a slightly bigger bump in the car's body would make her brows frown unconsciously, and the hands on her lower abdomen would tighten slightly.
Lu Qingyang has been paying attention to her condition.
Seeing that she was drowsy, he immediately turned around and whispered to Xiaoting, who was sitting on the other side of Shen Mo, "Xiaoting, cover your sister with the blanket on the back seat. It's a bit cold in the car. Don't let her catch a cold."
"Hey!" Xiao Ting responded immediately, and carefully pulled out a thick army green blanket from the corner of the back seat.
I also tucked in the corner of the blanket near the car window to prevent wind from entering.
The journey was supposed to take only a day and a night, but it took them three full days to get there.
The sky above the capital was covered with low-lying leaden clouds, and the dense snow particles were blown by the north wind.
The gate to the courtyard was wide open, and on the clean green steps at the entrance were clearly imprinted with several lines of footprints pacing back and forth.
Ding Panyun, wrapped in a thick military coat and a woolen scarf, stood under the porch, her neck stretched out, staring at the entrance of the alley without blinking. The cold wind blew her hair against her face, and she didn't even bother to brush it down.
"We should have arrived yesterday! It's already noon! Nothing will happen on the way, right? It's winter, the roads are slippery..."
Fang Zhongwen comforted her, "Don't worry, don't worry, Panyun, think about it, it's winter, the road is not easy to drive on, and it's snowing. There's Qingyang's daughter-in-law in the car, she's pregnant, she's in her late period, she can't stand the bumps, so safety must be the first priority, drive slowly and steadily."
In fact, I am also worried about my son and daughter-in-law.
"That being said..." Ding Panyun sighed, "My place is all over the place, like a cat scratching."
Fang Zhongwen paused and looked towards the courtyard: "Look, the house is tidy and warm, new bedding is laid out, and the chicken soup is simmering in the kitchen. Wait for them to come back and settle down comfortably."
As Ding Panyun was looking forward to it, a slightly dull engine sound came from far away.
"Here they come! They must be here!" Ding Panyun's voice suddenly rose, with uncontrollable excitement and trembling, and he took a step forward.
I saw a dusty army green jeep covered in mud and snow, rolling over the thin layer of snow at the entrance of the alley and driving steadily towards the military compound.
"Quick! Open the door!" Ding Panyun was so excited that he was incoherent. While shouting, he subconsciously wanted to rush into the snow.
"Don't be in a hurry! The road is slippery!" Fang Zhongwen hurriedly pulled her back, but he also subconsciously quickened his pace and walked towards the parked jeep.
The car door opened and the first person to jump out was the driver Xiaozong.
He rubbed his red hands from the cold, with a relaxed smile on his face after completing the task: "Commander Fang! Have a safe journey, I've delivered you!"
But Fang Zhongwen and Ding Panyun's eyes had already passed Xiaozong and were eagerly looking into the car.
The back door was pushed open from the inside, and Lu Qingyang's tall figure poked out. He was wearing a half-worn military coat.
After he stood firm, he immediately turned around and cautiously reached out his hand into the car.
Then, Shen Mo bent down slightly and was helped steadily out of the car by Lu Qingyang.
She was wearing a thick, dark cotton-padded jacket. Her belly was bulging, and even though it was wrapped in the jacket, the heaviness of the twins could still be seen.
"Dad! Mom! I'm back."
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