Rebirth of a Little Cannon Fodder

"Oh, didn't I contribute to dinner tonight? I thought I could finally bring people over for a free meal." Li Bin could tell that Qiao Chuchu was teasing him, but he didn't care.

Qiao Chuchu had been curious about this before. Li Bin and Liu Chang were close, but Li Bin had never brought Liu Chang to his place for a free meal. She had assumed their relationship wasn't that close, but now it seemed Li Bin hadn't brought Liu Chang over because he was embarrassed enough to eat with him every time. Today was different, as he had contributed a lot of meat, so he wanted to bring his friend over to improve his meal.

In fact, Qiao Chuchu could understand Li Bin. He and Liu Chang were good friends and they were both working in the countryside together. He could occasionally come to her place to improve his meals, but Liu Chang was not so lucky. So he must have always wanted to help his friends within his own scope.

"Then welcome Liu Zhiqing to come over tonight." Qiao Chuchu generously welcomed Li Bin for bringing Liu Chang over.

"Great! It seems that I have the honor to taste the delicious food made by Qiao Zhiqing." Liu Chang said directly without any hesitation.

Li Bin, who was originally very nervous, was very happy to hear Qiao Chuchu's generous welcome to his friends. He was also a little uneasy about taking people back to dinner without informing Qiao Chuchu. After all, he did this without Qiao Chuchu's consent, which was a case of acting first and asking for her permission later. Now Qiao Chuchu invited Liu Chang to save her face, which touched Li Bin very much.

"I have to go back to prepare the ingredients first. You should come early to help. You can come to eat, but I don't want to do it all by myself." After saying that, Qiao Chuchu and her group went home.

Ji Shaowen and several other boys helped the team leader clean up the area where the meat was distributed before going to Qiao Chuchu's house. When they came back, they were holding some pig offal and sauerkraut given by Aunt Cuihua.

Qiao Chuchu looked at the sauerkraut in Ji Shaowen's hand and decided to make a pig-killing dish in the evening, and then a dish of braised pork with potatoes, a dish of stir-fried soaked dried beans, and a dish of stewed pig's trotters with soybeans.

After thinking about the dishes, Qiao Chuchu began to order everyone to get busy. Some were washing the offal, some were roasting the pig's trotters, some were steaming the pig's blood, some were boiling water, and some were washing rice. Everyone was busy preparing for the dinner in the evening.

Originally, it was Liu Chang's first time here, and Qiao Chuchu was not going to ask him for help, but he couldn't stay and insisted on helping. Qiao Chuchu had no choice but to ask him to boil water.

Because there were many dishes and they were all large dishes that took time to prepare, not only Qiao Chuchu's stove but also Ma Ning's stove was used.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, all the dishes were ready before dark. The group ate with great relish, and the food became more and more delicious as they ate.

After dinner, several boys took over the task of cleaning up the dishes and went to the kitchen to clean them up. Ji Shaowen even thoughtfully boiled a pot of hot water for Qiao Chuchu.

Because they were going to see Sister Xiaowan off to get married tomorrow, the girls didn't chat much and went back home to rest early.

But it was getting late now. It was okay for Ma Ning to go home because she lived next door, but Lin Xue was a little further away. Qiao Chuchu was just about to say that she would go and send Lin Xue off when she was interrupted.

Ning Zheng stood up and said, "Lin Zhiqing, it's getting late. It's not safe for a girl to go home alone. Let me take you home!"

If it was a coincidence that Ning Zheng gave his share of meat to Lin Xue in the afternoon, then his attentiveness now was worthy of everyone's deep reflection. So as Ning Zheng finished speaking, everyone looked at Ning Zheng and Lin Xue with ambiguous eyes.

Ning Zheng also realized that his behavior was a bit reckless, but his inner voice told him that he did not want to lose the opportunity to be alone with Lin Xue.

Lin Xue didn't find Ning Zheng's suggestion too strange. After all, the relationship between men and women in the apocalypse was not as tense as it is in this era, so she didn't think much about it.

Ning Zheng was nervous, and Lin Xue was indifferent as they left the house. Ma Ning then returned home under Li Bin's escort. Ji Shaowen watched everyone leave and could only touch his nose, bid farewell to Qiao Chuchu, and return home.

"Chu Chu, do you think my brother has fallen for Lin Zhiqing? I've never seen him so interested in that girl before. I feel like he's like a peacock with its feathers spread out today, giving her meat and sending her home."

As the saying goes, those involved in the matter are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things clearly. Before Ning Zheng could figure out his own inner thoughts, his sister had already seen through him clearly.

Qiao Chuchu didn't expect that Ning Zheng had feelings for Lin Xue after only knowing her for less than two days.

Let it be, if both of them are interested we would be happy to see it happen.

"Chu Chu, if my brother is with Lin Zhiqing, can he go to the army with you? Then we can see each other often." Ning Xin became more and more excited as she spoke, as if such a day would come tomorrow.

Qiao Chuchu looked at Ning Xin, lost in her reverie, and didn't know what to say. She'd come here yesterday, so determined to get Ji Shaowen, yet today she'd forgotten about him. She didn't know what to say, but her temper wasn't bad, otherwise she might have targeted her. She wasn't afraid, but the less trouble, the better.

"Okay, okay, go to bed early. We still have to go to Sister Xiaowan's house tomorrow morning to send her off for marriage. Looking at the excited Ning Xin, Qiao Chuchu could only remind her, lest the girl stay up late because of excitement."

"Oh, now that you mentioned that, I just remembered that I should bring a gift tomorrow."

"Normally the sisters would bring gifts, but since you're not part of the team, no one would blame you for not bringing anything."

Good sisters will give each other gifts, but not everyone will do so, especially since Ning Xin is not a member of the team and this time she went there to send blessings. Even if she didn't bring any gifts, Aunt Cuihua and Sister Xiaowan would not be angry.

"That's impossible. Your sister is my sister. Wait a moment." As he said this, he turned over and rummaged through his luggage bag. After a while, he found a goose yellow silk scarf.

"What do you think of this? I bought it on the way here. It's new and I've never worn it before. Can I give it to Sister Xiaowan?"

Qiao Chuchu looked at the goose yellow silk scarf in Ning Xin's hand and nodded. This was a good one. There were not many families in the team who could give silk scarves as gifts.

After receiving Qiao Chuchu's affirmative answer, he nodded happily, "That's good. This is my first time attending a wedding, and you're the one taking me there, so I definitely can't embarrass you."

It was strange to say. Ning Xin had originally thought that even if she didn't dislike Qiao Chuchu, she certainly wouldn't like her. But she hadn't expected that she would like Qiao Chuchu more and more since she met her. She even forgot about Shao Wen. It was beyond her imagination.

"Then I have to thank Xinxin for helping me save face."