The Pretty Military Wife

There is less work to do in the valley in winter, and now we can no longer harvest the vegetables every other day, but only about once a week.

They just have to pay attention to weather changes. If it snows, they have to be careful not to let the shed get crushed by the snow.

Liang Xinyue announced that everyone did not need to get up too early in the morning, and could just go out to clean up or apply fertilizer at around 10 o'clock. The same thing happened in the afternoon. If it was the day to apply fertilizer, then apply fertilizer. If not, the weather would be warmer in the afternoon, and everyone could start clearing the land again.

In fact, if you really sit at home, you can only stay on the kang to not feel cold, but if you go to work in the fields, everyone will take off their outer cotton jackets in the end.

Liang Xinyue spent more time with Xiao Jiajia these two days. Xiao Jiajia was learning to talk. If it weren't for the winter and too many clothes, she would have learned to walk.

Aunt Li always says:

"Don't worry, it will be soon. As soon as spring comes, the child can take off her big cotton coat and trousers, then she will feel relaxed and can walk. At night, she will take off her clothes and lie on the kang. She will be strong enough to walk a few steps with support."

Liang Xinyue teaches Xiao Jiajia to call "Mom" every day, and Xiao Jiajia is now also learning to call "Mom".

The two younger ones are a little older now. Whenever they see their mother hugging their older sister and talking to her, the two little ones get anxious and lie on one side and cry.

Dongdong and Lanlan had finished their final exams, so Zou Wenqing began to give the children a holiday, only occasionally playing games with them. Or when everyone went to work in the fields, the older ones would take the younger ones with Aunt Li. When Zou Wenqing was with Aunt Li, he would sometimes go to the fields to help with the work, and sometimes he would take care of the children with Aunt Li.

This day was the day Liang Xinyue had agreed to treat everyone. Although the sausages and bacon were not edible yet, it was still a big meal overall.

Sister Yang and Fu Chunhua came to help prepare a day in advance. Fortunately, Liang Xinyue said that we didn't need to cook any dishes first, and the main focus was hot pot. In this case, we just needed to cut some meat and prepare it first.

"This meat has both fat and lean meat. You can cut it into very thin slices and put them together. Then put them in the pot and blanch them. When the meat is rolled up, it will be cooked. Add the dipping sauce and it will taste delicious."

"This is all lean meat, just cut it into strips. I'll fry some crispy meat, and then you can blanch it and eat it."

"I'll have to trouble Sister Fu to chop the meat into puree for me. I'll make some meatballs and set them aside. The kids will definitely like them the most tomorrow."

Liang Xinyue sorted and cleaned up the remaining meat when she had some free time these two days. When Sister Yang and Sister Fu came, she directly handed the work over to them.

There are still some potatoes to peel and some vegetables to wash.

After finishing all these, early the next morning, Liang Xinyue breastfed the baby and handed it to Aunt Li, and then she and Fu Chunhua went into the kitchen.

Because it was almost the end of the year, Zhou Guoliang had more work to do, and he couldn't ask for leave to come back to help. He didn't even call Xiao Wei.

Fortunately, he had moved the prepared table back in advance last night, and as usual, each family had to bring their own stools when they came.

Liang Xinyue prepared four tables for dinner, including those in the yard and several guests from the county.

Sister Yang was still in charge of cooking. Liang Xinyue and Fu Chunhua started preparing and washing some side dishes early in the morning. Although meat is the most delicious food in soup and hotpot, some vegetarian dishes are still indispensable.

Liang Xinyue soaked some of the dried vegetables she bought that day, and she had started soaking some of them last night.

Fortunately, Aunt Li was there, and the children in the family were used to Grandma Li, so they wouldn’t cry when they saw Grandma Li was there.

Liang Xinyue had already boiled a large pot of hot water. No matter what vegetables she was washing, she would just scoop a ladle of hot water from the pot so that the water would not be cold.

"Xinyue, what are you soaking in this?"

"Dried tofu skin. Soak it in water and eat it hot later. It's delicious."

Tian Mingfang packed up the children and came over. Of course, she put the younger one on her back. In the middle of winter, everyone preferred to carry the youngest on their backs so that the children and adults could keep warm too.

Liang Xinyue discovered that, in fact, in this era, everyone has one thing in common when raising children: just keep them alive.

Relatively speaking, influenced by the child-raising methods decades later, Liang Xinyue dotes on her children more.

This is also the reason why she specifically asked Aunt Li to come back to help take care of the children.

Zhou Guoliang didn't say anything because there were suddenly three more children in the family. Not to mention Liang Xinyue taking care of them alone, even if he helped, it would be difficult to handle it.

Besides, Liang Xinyue’s current income is so high that she can afford to pay the salary.

Aunt Li is really nice too. She is careful and serious in her work. She doesn't think that she has to follow her methods just because she has a lot of experience. She always does things according to Liang Xinyue's way.

By around 11 o'clock in the morning, all the dishes were ready and Sister Yang's rice was steamed in the pot.

Now all that’s missing is the base ingredients.

Liang Xinyue used two pots to cook the soup, one at her home and one at Zou Wenqing's. One was spicy and the other was a non-spicy bone soup.

Zou Wenqing couldn't do it well, so she could only light the fire and run errands. From time to time, she could be heard shouting:

"Sister, it's open, what do you want to put in?"

"Sister, how much salt should I put?"

At 11:30 am, Xiao Shun's car finally returned.

He brought back Sister Liao and Qiu Yue'e, but Director Guo and Minister Gu did not come because it was the end of the year for both of them and they had a lot of inspections to prepare for, so they were too busy.

But there was a surprising person who came. Xiao Shun didn't recognize her, but she was said to be Min Honglian's sister, Min Hongqin.

It is said that he came to the county town from the provincial capital and happened to ask the people in the state-owned hotel if they knew where the troops were.

At this time, Xiao Shun happened to come over and saw that Xiao Shun was wearing a military uniform.

Xiao Shun asked her who she was, and she said her name was Min Hongqin and she was looking for her sister. In order to make Xiao Shun believe her, she showed her letter of introduction to Xiao Shun.

Xiao Shun brought her back.

Along the way, Min Hongqin kept complaining about the difficult road and the bumpy ride.

Min Honglian was setting the table, and when she heard the car horn, she followed Liang Xinyue out to greet the driver.

The smiling face when he saw Xiao Shun froze when he saw the person behind Xiao Shun.

Min Honglian's face turned cold instantly:

"Why are you here?"

Xiao Shun knew something was not right when he saw Min Honglian's expression. This person seemed to be someone Honglian recognized, but he was not the person Honglian wanted to see.

Min Hongqin looked around with disdain at the desolate appearance of the place, and then stretched out his hand and lowered his legs:

"Sis, how do you live in a place like this? You just don't listen to dad, and look at what you look like now."