Because she was too tired last night, she slept until seven in the morning. Jiang Yan was no longer in the bedroom. She heard the sound of the door opening and looked towards the door. Jiang Yan in military uniform appeared in front of her.

"Wife, I brought you breakfast back, remember to get up and eat."

Xiang Yi stretched, and Jiang Yan came up and hugged her in his arms, feeling a little reluctant: "Wife, I have to go to work. Sister-in-law Qin will come to see you later. Be careful."

"Okay, I won't run around. I will stay with Sister Qin, don't worry." Xiang Yi hugged him back.

"Okay, I'll be back later at noon. Don't be hungry. Make yourself something to eat."

"Okay, husband, go to work quickly. It will be bad if you are late."

The two of them let go, and Xiang Yi pecked him lightly on the lips, smiling: "Is this okay? Go quickly, I'm getting ready to get up too."

Seeing that the time is almost up, I hurried out...

She didn't stay in bed any longer. After washing up and coming to the dining table, she saw two fried dough sticks and a cup of soy milk on it. Xiangyi happily started to eat breakfast.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up, I heard Mrs. Qin's voice coming from the gate of the courtyard: "Xiang sister!"

Xiangyi hurried to open the door: "Sister-in-law Qin, come in and sit down." Xiangyi poured a glass of water for Sister-in-law Qin.

Mrs. Qin sat on the sofa, admired the layout of the room, and nodded: "Xiang sister, you really have good taste. Putting a sofa here instantly makes me feel that the living level has been improved a lot."

She handed a large bag of seeds in the basket to Xiangyi and said, "Xiang sister, these are vegetable seeds. There are beans, cabbage, cucumber, radish, pepper, loofah, and pumpkin seeds in them." Mrs. Qin was very considerate and wrapped each seed in a small paper with the name of the seed written on it.

Seeing this, Xiangyi's heart couldn't help but warm up, and her smile became more sincere: "Thank you, Sister Qin, for your trouble."

"Oh! It's nothing to worry about. It's just a piece of cake." Mrs. Qin didn't care at all.

Xiangyi said a little embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law Qin, I have never grown vegetables before. I may need you to teach me when the time comes."

"That's no problem. I'm good at farming. Call me when you need to clean the yard and I'll help you." Mrs. Qin agreed generously.

"It's almost time to leave, Xiang girl, are you ready?" There is a minibus from the family compound that goes to the county town every day, with a fixed departure time.

"Okay, sister-in-law, let's go." Xiangyi carried a backpack and followed Sister-in-law Qin out...

After walking for about ten minutes, they saw a sign standing by the roadside with the minibus departure time written on it. There was a rather shabby minibus parked by the roadside. The two got on the bus and found a seat to sit down. When they got up, they found that there were already two military wives sitting there.

Seeing Sister Qin and Xiang Yi getting in the car, they greeted her as they knew her. They glanced at Xiang Yi and thought she was really pretty. They had a younger brother at home who wasn't married yet, so they wanted to find out if she was a matchmaker. "Sister Qin, what are you doing in the county town today? This girl looks so unfamiliar. Is she Sister Qin's sister?"

Mrs. Qin was so smart that she could tell what the military wife was thinking. She introduced her with a smile, "I don't have such a beautiful girl. This is Battalion Commander Jiang's wife."

"Xiang sister, these two are Mrs. Kong and Mrs. Yan."

"Mrs. Kong, Mrs. Yan, my name is Xiangyi, and I'm Jiang Yan's wife."

The two were also stunned. They never expected that such a beautiful girl was already married, and her husband was the famous Jiang Yan.

It was too late last night, and many people didn't know that Xiangyi became famous in one battle, and they didn't even know that this person existed.

"Oh, so you are Captain Jiang's wife. You are so beautiful. Captain Jiang is so lucky."

"Yes, I only heard that Captain Jiang got married before, but I've never seen you in the army. Everyone was wondering what you looked like. I didn't expect you to be such a delicate beauty. No wonder Captain Jiang was reluctant to let you join the army. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh."

The two sisters-in-law were really envious. Her skin was so tender. They were exposed to the sun every day, and their skin was not only dark but also rough. They couldn't even afford to buy cold cream. They were only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, but they looked like they were in their thirties. So they were very envious when they saw Xiangyi's tender skin.

Xiangyi could only smile, and Mrs. Qin changed the subject and started chatting with them. Not long after, more people came up one after another. They were naturally curious when they saw Xiangyi, so she greeted them one by one. After knowing who she was, they all praised Jiang Yan for being so lucky.

That’s right, Captain Jiang’s wife is so beautiful.

The time was up and the car started for the county town. Xiangyi only felt a headache. She now admired the gossip skills of the military wife very much. If time allowed, she could gossip for three days and three nights!

They soon arrived at Suoxing County. After parking the car, Mrs. Qin took Xiangyi to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy meat. Because they arrived early, they could see some good pork fat. Xiangyi decisively bought five pounds and three pounds of pork belly.

I saw some shiny shaved corn bones and bought two without hesitation. Corn bones don’t require meat coupons, just money, 20 cents per pound.

If you ask her why she has so many meat tickets, it is naturally that Jiang Yan gave them to her this morning. All the previous bills are with him. This is not handing over the financial power, so of course the bills should be handed over together.

Knowing that meat would be necessary for the dinner, I specially exchanged some with my comrades.

Sister-in-law Qin was also shocked to see her buying meat like this. Xiangyi chuckled: "I'm treating everyone to dinner tonight. Oh, sister-in-law, don't cook tonight. Come to my house for dinner and bring Brother Qin and the children with you."

"Okay, then I'll go over early this afternoon to help you. I was wondering why we were coming to the county town and going to the beach today. It turns out you were going to treat us."

"I just got here too. Thank you all for taking care of Jiang Yan. I have to treat you all to a meal. I guess Jiang Yan has been to your place for free meals many times."

"Oh no! That's just the men's affection. They just get together occasionally. What's the big deal? Oh, by the way, I'll pick some vegetables and bring them to you this afternoon."

"I also want to tell Sister Qin that we are short of vegetables. So I won't be polite to Sister Qin~"

"Why are you being so polite to me? They are all grown at home and they are not worth much."

Mrs. Qin really likes to help others. It's not so complicated to be with her. It's quite comfortable. This kind of person is worth making friends with.

Xiangyi took out the tofu ticket and bought two pieces of tofu. When they saw that they were almost done, the two of them left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Not long after, they took a minibus back to the family compound. Xiangyi first put the meat in clean water to cool it down. The meat would easily go bad in this weather. Now she had to go to the simple "seafood market" built by the fishermen near the beach to buy seafood.

Carrying a bucket of water, she came to Mrs. Qin's house. Her house was also a single-family house, just diagonally opposite her house.

The seafood stall set up by the fishermen was only about twenty minutes' walk from the family compound, so Xiangyi just treated it as a walk.

Mrs. Qin shook her head and said, "This seafood is cheap, but it's not delicious. Otherwise, it would be a good meat dish."

"Sister-in-law, don't you like seafood?" Xiangyi was very confused. How could no one like such delicious food?

"How could I possibly like it? It's too fishy. No one at home likes to eat this." Mrs. Qin's look of disgust didn't seem fake.

I was skeptical before, but after I came to the "seafood market", I finally believed it. That's another story...

"Sister Qin, I'll cook for you tonight. I guarantee you won't think so after you eat it." Xiang Yi smiled.

"Okay, if you can really make delicious food, I'll learn from you. We only have three pounds of meat coupons a month, which is enough for everything. I wouldn't mind eating seafood every day."

Xiangyi really didn't expect that seafood in this era would be cheaper than cabbage.

As we were talking, we soon arrived at where the fishermen were setting up their stalls. There were probably dozens of small stalls, and the fishermen were constantly shouting, which was quite novel to listen to.

"Bighead carp, yellow croaker, eel, Spanish mackerel, and Spanish mackerel are all freshly caught, 5 cents a pound. Don't miss them if you pass by!"

"Swimming crabs, blue crabs, mud crabs, and stone crabs are only two cents a pound. Come and have a look!"

Those buckets of seafood were all caught by fishermen from the shallow sea.

Xiangyi's eyes lit up when she saw this. She walked over to a middle-aged fisherman's stall and saw that the seafood in his buckets were all very large. It was obvious that they were carefully selected. Xiangyi's face was full of surprise. "Brother, I want both buckets of seafood. Could you please help me deliver them to the family compound?"

The middle-aged man is called Hu Shan. He is a fisherman from a nearby fishing village. His whole family relies on fishing for a living and depends on the sea for food and drink.

Hu Shan had never seen such a beautiful girl before, and she wanted all his seafood. Seeing that the girl was delicate and tender, he might not know much about it, so he kindly reminded her: "Big sister, it's hot in this weather, and seafood will spoil easily. How can you finish all this?"

Xiang Yi smiled politely: "Brother, to be honest, we are having a dinner party at home today, and I'm worried that this much food might not be enough."

Hu Shan was relieved, and nodded with a simple smile: "Sister, I can send it back to you, but we need to clarify the price first. As you can see, the goods here are all large. The fish is 7 cents per pound, and the crabs and shrimps are 3 cents per pound. Do you like it?"

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