Ever since Wen Nuan saw Li Qiuyan in the chicken coop of their flight crew kitchen last time, she began to have some doubts.
In theory, the work of the flight crew kitchen would not be interfered with by people from other canteens.
However, Wen Nuan asked Xiao Zhu and he said that it was Li Qiuyan who volunteered to help feed the chickens and geese in the chicken coop.
Moreover, because there were many people eating in the logistics kitchen, there would usually be a lot of rice bran and rotten vegetable leaves, so the job of feeding the chickens was given to Li Qiuyan.
Wen Nuan has been secretly observing Li Qiuyan for the past month, but apart from seeing her in the chicken coop when she first came to the flight crew kitchen, she has not seen her again since then. Xiao Zhu said that Li Qiuyan would only come to feed the chickens after work every day.
Now it seems that Li Qiuyan was deliberately avoiding her.
So I haven't seen her for a month.
As for why he had to avoid her, Wen Nuan finally understood now.
She must have caught Li Qiuyan stealing something that time, so she has been avoiding her and coming here to feed the chickens this month.
Did Li Qiuyan put the stolen things into her clothes
That is, even if the cafeteria is inspected every day, who would search a lesbian's private parts
The sandstorm made the roof of the chicken coop whistle. Wen Nuan did not hesitate and shouted, "Comrade Li, what are you doing?"
Li Qiuyan on the other side heard Wen Nuan's voice and froze in place. She turned around slightly and looked blankly at Wen Nuan not far away.
She subconsciously covered her cotton-padded jacket, then touched the dust on her face, and said with a guilty conscience: "Isn't this a sudden sandstorm? I came here to drive these chickens and geese into the cages, otherwise the strong wind would blow all the chickens away."
Li Qiuyan adjusted her mood, met Wen Nuan's eyes, tried to calm herself down, and asked her: "By the way, Comrade Wen, why are you here? This sandstorm is a bit big, let me handle it here, you should go back to the cafeteria quickly."
The warm gaze moved from her face to her lower body. Indeed, such a thick cotton-padded jacket was a good cover.
But Wen Nuan didn't believe her words. She looked at her coldly and said, "Li Qiuyan, do you think your words are credible?"
"You know exactly what you are doing." Wen Nuan walked towards her, looked at her chest, and said, "The evidence is on you, do you still want to deny it?"
Wen Nuan looked at Li Qiuyan's pale face and said, "Li Qiuyan, you and I are both mothers. I think you understand the principle of teaching by example. You don't need anyone to teach you what to do next, right?"
He Dazhuang has had so many lessons, but he still hasn't been educated well. It seems there is a clue.
As a mother, Li Qiuyan herself has not set a good example for her children. Every time she sees He Dazhuang stealing something, she beats him half to death. What's the point
Li Qiuyan herself did not do well either. She knew that her son had bad behavior, but as a mother, she not only failed to educate him properly, but also followed suit and committed petty thefts.
This will undoubtedly tell the children that this is all allowed!
So, how can we expect her child to get better
Li Qiuyan's palms were sweating and the color on her face instantly faded, turning pale. She had obviously been very careful and had not been discovered for such a long time. How could she be so unlucky to be caught by Wen Nuan
"I, I don't understand what you mean." Li Qiuyan was still playing dumb and refused to admit it.
Wen Nuan said bluntly: "Go and confess everything to the quartermaster yourself."
Li Qiuyan obviously hadn't expected Wen Nuan to say that, her voice trembling a little: "W-what?"
Wen Nuan met her eyes and asked slowly, "Do you know why your son He Dazhuang has never changed? From the provincial army to Beicheng, he has made the same mistakes again and again."
"It's because you, as a mother, have never set a good example for him. You always beat and scold him. Is that useful? You have been using your behavior to tell him that this kind of petty theft is allowed. If you really want him to change, you won't do such petty thefts."
Li Qiuyan met her gaze and felt that the smile was ironic. Wen Nuan's words just now were like thunders, exploding in her mind.
She patted her chest subconsciously, and then she felt the egg hidden in her cotton-padded jacket break into pieces. The sticky egg white soaked her inner shirt, making her feel sick.
These are irrefutable evidences, and she has no way back.
Li Qiuyan's head was buzzing and she could no longer think. Listening to Wen Nuan's words, she felt a little embarrassed and wanted to just find a hole to crawl into.
There is no denying that the warm words are correct.
Every time He Dazhuang stole something from other people's homes, she would beat him to death, but she did it all for show.
But, but she didn't want to do that. Her life was already very tiring.
Is it easy for her to take care of several children and earn money to support the family
Wen Nuan looked at her and said again word by word: "Comrade Li Qiuyan, please go and confess everything to the quartermaster immediately."
It’s okay to make mistakes, but if you don’t have the courage to take responsibility for them, that’s a failure.
If she can't even do this, can she really educate several children well
As soon as he finished speaking, the assistant to the quartermaster came out and saw Wen Nuan and Li Qiuyan standing together. Not knowing what had happened, the assistant still raised his voice: "Comrade Li Qiuyan, the quartermaster asked you to go to his office."
"What, what?" Li Qiuyan's legs went limp and she fell to the ground. She was so scared that her assistant immediately helped her up.
One thing after another caught her off guard, and she had no way of thinking about what had happened.
"Comrade Li, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Let me help you go back first." The assistant was helping her, but Li Qiuyan shook off the assistant's hand.
"Get out of here, I won't go!"
Li Qiuyan immediately started to run, but Lao Zhong suddenly appeared at the door of the chicken coop and stopped her.
"Comrade Li Qiuyan, the quartermaster wants you to go to his office."
Old Zhong was so big and strong that when Li Qiuyan stood in front of him, it seemed as if a mountain was blocking her way.
I don't know if they heard the noise, but the comrades from the flight crew kitchen came out in the severe sandstorm, and even the quartermaster came out.
Seeing that Li Qiuyan was about to run away, he snorted at her: "Comrade Li Qiuyan, come to my office for a moment."
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, Li Qiuyan bumped her head against a wooden stake. She fainted and blood flowed from her head.
When everyone saw it, they were stunned.
He no longer cared about the sandstorm and quickly lifted up Li Qiuyan who had fainted on the ground: "Quick, send her to the infirmary first!"
The group was in a state of confusion and had completely lost their composure.
Wen Nuan also went to the hospital with him. The quartermaster had originally planned to let Wen Nuan cook lunch, but this incident happened suddenly. Wen Nuan was the female comrade present at the time, so he had to let her come along as well.
*
Only Wen Nuan and Chief Steward were left in Li Qiuyan's ward. The Chief Steward walked back and forth in the ward with his hands behind his back.
The doctor has treated Li Qiuyan's wound and she is not in serious condition for the time being.
The quartermaster had already sent someone to notify Li Qiuyan's family. Looking at the sick Li Qiuyan, he sighed, "I haven't even asked her a question yet, and this has already happened. If someone doesn't know, they might think our kitchen staff did something to her."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Sanmei came in with her three children. When she saw Li Qiuyan lying on the bed, she rushed over and started crying: "My dear daughter-in-law, if anything happens to you, how will you let me and the children live..."
"My poor grandchildren, you lost your father so early, and now you're going to lose your mother. Why is your life so miserable?" Then she hugged the children and cried even louder than before.
Perhaps it was because Chen Sanmei's crying was too loud that many people came to watch, and they all stuck their heads out to look into the ward.
Seeing more and more people gathered around, Chen Sanmei cried even harder and said a lot of pitiful words, which made the crowd even more curious about what had happened.
He Dazhuang, who was originally held by Chen Sanmei, noticed the warmth and immediately remembered what his mother had secretly said to his grandmother before.
She said she ran into Wen Nuan when she went to the chicken coop to feed the chickens.
The reason his mother is in this state this time is probably because of her
Otherwise, how could she appear here!
Just as He Dazhuang was thinking this, the sick Li Qiuyan suddenly woke up.
The moment she saw Wen Nuan and the quartermaster, she no longer cared about Chen Sanmei and the children who were crying miserably beside her. She had only one thought in her mind:
That means Wen Nuan must have told the quartermaster everything that happened in the chicken coop!
She can't leave the family compound!
She doesn't want to go back to her hometown. There's no way she's going back to that place to farm the land!
So when she woke up and saw Wen Nuan, she raised her voice, pointed at her and shouted, "Chief Steward, she slandered me!"
"I didn't steal anything. Wen Nuan slandered me. I didn't steal anything. I will never take a single cent from the organization!"
"Steward, I really didn't steal anything!"
When He Dazhuang heard this, he realized that it was this woman who was causing trouble. Last time, they were eating pork in the birch forest, and it might be her who tipped off Li Daxiang and asked him to arrest them!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Li Daxiang suddenly stood up and rushed towards Wen Nuan with a ferocious look on his face: "You bad woman! You bullied my mother, I'm going to beat you to death!"
As he spoke, he raised his fist and went towards Wen Nuan.
Before the quartermaster next to him could react and step forward to stop them, a figure suddenly flashed in from the door, took Wen Nuan in his arms, and dodged to the side.
He Dazhuang's fist missed and he was in a daze for two seconds. Then he was about to pounce on Wen Nuan, but he was met with Gu Qinghan's tall figure and his cold eyes.
He Dazhuang was stunned on the spot for a moment. The moment he saw Gu Qinghan, his thin body trembled slightly.
Gu Qinghan looked down at He Dazhuang and said in a cold voice, "If you dare to touch her, I will be rude to you."
Such a gloomy and cold voice reminded He Dazhuang of his experiences in the Southern Province Army. He was so scared that he took two steps back and dared not go forward.
The quartermaster breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gu Qinghan appearing in time. He would really feel bad if anything happened to Wen Nuan.
He looked at the pale Li Qiuyan and said in a deep voice: "Comrade Li Qiuyan, no one has slandered you!"
"Comrade Wen Nuan has never said a bad word about you till now!"
Li Qiuyan looked at Wen Nuan, then at the gloomy and cold Gu Qinghan, and was stunned for a moment...
But is there any difference
Once Wen Nuan knew about this, it was only a matter of time before she reported her.
There was no way she would admit it.
But before she could say anything, the quartermaster looked over coldly and said, "But I reserve my opinion on the matter of stealing. I'll talk to you about it when the people come."
"But if you say that Comrade Wen Nuan slandered you, that's simply ridiculous! You should think carefully about whether you have said anything behind others' backs!"
After hearing what the quartermaster said, Li Qiuyan's eyes widened, not quite understanding what he meant.
But the next second, Huang Yueying dragged her Da Niu into the ward, and immediately pointed at her and cursed: "Li Qiuyan, look at what good things your He Dazhuang has done. My Da Niu was almost killed by your He Dazhuang!"
"If it weren't for Deputy Commander Gu and Comrade Wen Nuan saving Daniu, I would never see my son again in this life!"
Huang Yueying's appearance made Li Qiuyan a little stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Ask your son. He instigated my son to steal other people's wild ginseng. My son refused, so he tricked my son into going up the mountain to dig wild ginseng. But he ran away halfway through, leaving my son alone there on purpose."
What happened next was being buried in the avalanche and Gu Qinghan's plane crash.
Huang Yueying cried and talked about what happened at that time. Wen Nuan then realized that when Daniu was buried in the avalanche, He Dazhuang tricked Daniu into going up the mountain. As a result, he sneaked back home without caring that Daniu didn't know the way at all.
Ever since Daniu was buried in the avalanche, he was frightened and had been a little incoherent after waking up. He only got better in the past few days and told Huang Yueying about the avalanche.
Then, Huang Yueying looked at Wen Nuan again and said, "Comrade Wen Nuan, it was this woman who said that you were lazy and greedy when you first came to the Beicheng Family Compound. She said that you deliberately relied on Deputy Head Gu and married him. She said that you were an undisciplined woman..."
Gu Qinghan frowned, and when Huang Yueying said that she was lazy and gluttonous, he had already covered her warm ears. He looked over coldly and shouted, "That's enough, stop talking!"
"Lao Luo, I'll leave this to you." Gu Qinghan looked at the quartermaster and said, "We must get to the bottom of this!"
Then, Gu Qinghan looked at the sick Li Qiuyan again and said coldly, "Li Qiuyan, you borrowed a total of 126.81 yuan from me in the provincial army before. Pay it back to me before you leave the family compound!"
In the past, he did not pursue the matter because she was an orphan and a widow, and also because she was the family member of one of his subordinates.
But now, he will never let go of anyone who hurts Wen Nuan.
Then, Gu Qinghan hugged Wen Nuan and walked out of the ward, leaving the quartermaster here to handle the follow-up.
When Li Qiuyan heard Gu Qinghan's words, she completely collapsed on her bed, covering her face and started crying...
She regretted it so much, if...
If I hadn't said those unfair words to Wen Nuan just now, would the result have been different
She didn't know that Wen Nuan didn't report her. Why didn't Wen Nuan report her
If she hadn't asked Gu Qinghan to be the cart pusher at the beginning, would the things that happened later not have happened
Why did things get so bad
Li Qiuyan couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears. The words that Wen Nuan said to her emerged in her mind. In fact, the fault was all hers. If she hadn't been greedy, how could she have ended up like this
The quartermaster had asked someone to call Political Commissar Li a long time ago, and he was probably on the way. However, any one of the offenses committed by Li Qiuyan and He Dazhuang would be enough to get them fired!
The family compound will never allow such people to destroy unity and create trouble out of nothing.
As expected, when Political Commissar Li arrived, he just turned his face away and asked someone to arrange the procedures for Li Qiuyan's family to leave the compound.
*
After coming out of the hospital, Gu Qinghan still hugged Wen Nuan.
Wen Nuan was afraid of encountering the patrol team, so she quickly moved away from him. Just now, Gu Qinghan covered her ears tightly, so she didn't hear what Huang Yueying said at all, but she roughly guessed that it was the rumors about the staff quarters before.
The two of them were walking on the small path in the family compound. It was lunch time now, and Gu Qinghan should be preparing to eat.
I guess he found out about Li Qiuyan's situation when he went to the cafeteria, so he went over there.
The sandstorm was still raging, so Wen Nuan had no choice but to lean on Gu Qinghan and move forward. Thinking that they wouldn't run into the patrol team at this time, she reached out and pulled his sleeve: "Qinghan, are you still angry?"
The man's expression had been tense, but after hearing the warm words, he relaxed and pursed his lips slightly.
He reached out and held her hand: “You are very good, don’t listen to others.”
Wen Nuan exerted a little force and tightened his palm: "Okay."
Then she asked, "How will Li Qiuyan deal with it?"
"Don't worry about them. No matter what the outcome is, it's all their own fault. We just need to live our own lives well." Gu Qinghan pulled Wen Nuan forward, through the rolling dust.
"Yeah." Wen Nuan followed the man's footsteps. With Gu Qinghan's tall figure walking in front, the dust didn't seem so heavy.
Originally, Gu Qinghan wanted to take Wen Nuan back home, but Wen Nuan disagreed. She had already not helped with the lunch, so she had to prepare the dinner well.
Gu Qinghan couldn't persuade her, so he had to send her back to the canteen of the logistics kitchen and supervise her to eat before going back to the group meeting.
I heard that because Liu Minghua came from the research base these two days, there were a lot of meetings, so Gu Qinghan did not stay any longer.
When Wen Nuan returned to the logistics kitchen, she went to check the chickens and geese in the chicken coop to see if they had been driven back into the cages.
Perhaps some comrades had just cleaned up the chicken coop, and the chickens and geese were locked up. Wen Nuan picked up a few eggs and returned to the kitchen of the flight crew kitchen.
Wen Nuan returned to the kitchen from the chicken coop, and a lot of sand was blown onto her body again. This sandstorm was quite big.
Seeing Wen Nuan's hair all messed up by the sand, Xiao Zhu came over curiously and asked, "Comrade Wen, you're finally back?"
Wen Nuan shook off the sand on her body in the corridor, then handed a few eggs in her hand to Xiao Zhu and said, "Well, I went to the chicken coop and picked up a few eggs."
Xiao Zhu quickly took a few eggs, looked at Wen Nuan's hair that was blown into a mess, and said, "Just let us do this kind of thing in the future."
Everyone was curious about why Li Qiuyan hit her head against the wooden stake that morning, but no one had the courage to ask.
And seeing Wen Nuan's expression, she didn't seem to want to say anything, so she came back and checked the remaining ingredients.
Lao Zhong even hit him: "Why do men gossip like this?"
Xiao Zhu didn't dare to ask anymore and closed his little mouth.
When Old Zhong saw that Wen Nuan was busy, his expression suddenly turned bitter and he said, "No, it's not like you can't have food because of the shortage of food in the flight crew kitchen. No one will say anything to you if you go home and see Le Le."
Wen Nuan had long been accustomed to Lao Zhong's "special" way of caring for her, so she walked over to him and asked, "The flight team has guests. Have you thought about what to do?"
Old Zhong glanced at Wen Nuan, who was shorter than him, and for some reason, he snorted, "Just do whatever you say."
Anyway, the kitchen listens to her now.
Wen Nuan took a look and saw that today's dinner was originally going to be chicken stewed with mushrooms. Xiao Zhu had already killed a few chickens, but they hadn't been chopped yet.
Due to a sudden sandstorm, the flight team has been unable to fly for the past few days. It should be basic training and various meetings.
Thinking that everyone had been quiet for a month, Wen Nuan looked at Lao Zhong beside her and asked him, "Is the kiln still usable?"
Old Zhong was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."
Wen Nuan immediately decided, "Okay, then let's be beggars for everyone in the aircrew today."
The snow near the foot of the mountain has melted, and many mushrooms have emerged, which can be used as a baked ingredient.
Beggar's chicken
When everyone heard this, they instantly became greedy and forgot about Li Qiuyan.
This month they eat the same thing as the aircrew, but the menu is set by Wen Nuan. She said that the food the canteen provided to the aircrew was too greasy before, and their body fat is a bit high, so they have been eating light food during this period.
Now that they finally managed to make something delicious, everyone got busy.
Wen Nuan cut some ginger and green onion shreds, and gave the slaughtered chicken a massage with bay leaves, star anise, pepper and various seasonings.
Wen Nuan turned to Xiao Zhu and said, "Xiao Zhu, go cut some porcini mushrooms and bacon sausages, and some chestnuts and black fungus for later use."
"Xiao Feng, there are some dried lotus leaves in the storage room. Go get twelve and soak them."
Then Wen Nuan looked over to Lao Zhong and said, "Captain Zhong, take out your treasured Erguotou."
When Lao Zhong heard this, he exploded: "No way! I just opened it and haven't even had a few sips yet!"
Wen Nuan had a porcelain-white face with a slight smile on it: "Protest is invalid. Now the cafeteria needs to urgently requisition your wine."
Wen Nuan met Lao Zhong’s wife before and asked her whether Lao Zhong often drank secretly in the kitchen.
Wen Nuan didn't know about it at first, but later the quartermaster told her that Lao Zhong just liked those two drinks, but he had some minor health problems and was not suitable for drinking. Now it's okay, and there is finally an excuse to confiscate his wine.
When the cook heard Wen Nuan say this, he also started to joke with Lao Zhong: "Captain Zhong, your sister-in-law just asked you to quit drinking, why don't you take this opportunity to quit drinking too!"
There were only six or seven people in the flight crew kitchen cafeteria. Everyone knew that Lao Zhong was drinking secretly in the kitchen without telling his wife, so they all started to make a noise: "Yes, yes, bring out the Erguotou."
Old Zhong was helpless after hearing what these people said, so he took out the Erguotou in the spice cabinet and gave it to Wen Nuan: "There won't be a next time!"
Wen Nuan took the Erguotou handed over by Lao Zhong and said with a smile: "All the comrades in the flight crew kitchen thank squad leader Zhong for his selflessness."
Everyone started to cheer: "Thank you, squad leader Zhong, for your selflessness."
"Go away, you are annoying." Old Zhong's bitter melon's face slightly relaxed and turned into a sweet melon: "I'm going to wash the lotus leaves. I don't want to bother with you. Are you all vampires?"
Although Lao Zhong still turned his face away, everyone was still laughing.
Little Zhu neatly cut the ingredients such as porcini mushrooms and bacon and sausages, then ran to Wen Nuan and asked, "Sister Wen, is there anything else I need to make?"
Before I knew it, Xiao Zhu started calling me sister.
Wen Nuan pointed to the large plate of yellow mud that Lao Zhong had brought back and said, "Pour Lao Zhong's Erguotou into the yellow mud and stir it evenly."
When Lao Zhong heard this, his heart was bleeding. He shouted loudly: "You used my wine like this?"
Wen Nuan looked over and asked, "What else?"
Lao Zhong has been a chef for more than ten years and has made beggar's chicken before, but he has never used it like this before.
So when I heard Wen Nuan say that, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I met Wen Nuan's eyes and said, "Okay, I won't say anything. Just do whatever you say."
When Xiao Zhu heard this, he took the Erguotou and poured it into the yellow mud. Every time Lao Zhong looked at it, his heart tightened.
In the end, he walked away because he was afraid that he would not be able to resist snatching it back.
Wen Nuan took out some longan, red dates and wolfberries, mixed them with the things Xiao Zhu had just cut and prepared, added various seasonings and stirred evenly, and finally stuffed them into the opened chicken stomach little by little.
Wen Nuan stuffed the ingredients, clapped her hands in a relaxed manner, and said to Lao Zhong, "I'll leave the lotus leaves and soil to you grown men."
Then he reminded her: "Remember to wrap it with two layers of lotus leaves."
"Do I need you to tell me?" As he said that, Lao Zhong happily went to get the lotus leaves.
After putting the chickens into the baking oven, everyone made three more stir-fried dishes. One was fried eggs with Chinese toon, another was fried pork belly with spring bamboo shoots, and the last one was vegetarian cabbage.
Because there were more than 30 pilots from different places, the warmth was divided into spicy and non-spicy types.
After these dishes are ready, the beggar chickens over there are also ready. Everyone is waiting for these beggar chickens to come out of the oven.
When Wen Nuan saw Xiao Zhu and the others taking out a few beggar chickens that had not been pried out of the soil, she said, "Don't crack them open yet. The quartermaster didn't say whether we should continue to send them to the training ground tonight or wait for the comrades from the flight team to come here to eat."
Everyone was looking forward to this beggar's chicken, but when they heard Wen Nuan say this, they immediately wilted.
Thought I could try it!
The quartermaster over there had just returned from the political commissar's office after a meeting about Li Qiuyan. Seeing everyone staring at the mud lumps in a trance, he asked, "What are you standing there for? Is the meal ready?"
Then he looked at the mud ball on the table curiously and asked, "What is this?"
As he said that, he touched it with his hand. It was so hot that he withdrew his hand and said, "Why is it so hot? What is this?"
"This is the beggar's chicken made by Comrade Wen Nuan, waiting to be cracked open."
The quartermaster raised his eyebrows: "Beggar's chicken?"
He chuckled and said, "It sounds delicious."
After realizing that he had said the wrong thing, the quartermaster cleared his throat and said, "Oh, there's no need to deliver food tonight. Deputy Commander Gu just greeted me and said that their flight team would come to the cafeteria for dinner."
Everyone shouted, "That's great! We can eat beggar's chicken with them!"
The quartermaster also laughed: "Look at you guys, I don't abuse you normally."
From the time everyone prepared the ingredients to the time the beggar's chicken came out of the oven, they had been waiting for so long that their necks had grown long.
You must be greedy!
The quartermaster waved his hand and said, "Come on, everyone, get ready and have dinner at the usual meal time."
When the comrades in the flight kitchen heard this, they became busy. The flight team had heard from somewhere that there would be beggar's chicken for dinner tonight, so a group of people came earlier than usual.
The comrades in the kitchen team saw people coming and immediately broke the mud ball of the beggar's chicken into pieces. The moment they broke it open, everyone stared at it without moving their eyes, and even Lao Zhong hummed twice.
The most enjoyable part of making this beggar's chicken is the moment of knocking the clay ball.
As the mud ball broke apart, a rich aroma came to the face, prompting everyone to take a deep breath. There was a fresh smell of lotus leaves mixed with the refreshing aroma of wine.
After opening the lotus leaf, the rich chicken aroma instantly overwhelmed the fresh fragrance of the lotus leaf. The beggar's chicken that had been baked into a golden color was lying on the lotus leaf with oil all over it, and the golden chicken oil continued to spread.
Wen Nuan picked up a pair of chopsticks, added some bacon and mushrooms to the soup, put it in her mouth and tasted it: "It's okay, maybe the taste is a little bland."
Old Zhong couldn't help smelling the fragrance and cleared his throat, "It's better to have something lighter."
"Team Leader Zhong, you should try it too and see how to improve it next time." Wen Nuan handed him a pair of clean chopsticks.
Old Zhong was not polite and picked up some of the ingredients that fell into the chicken soup with chopsticks. "They even put dried bamboo shoots in it?"
He took a look when Xiao Zhu was cutting vegetables just now, but he didn't notice any dried bamboo shoots, which were quite fresh.
So many ingredients have been soaked in chicken fat and have the sweetness of mushrooms and bamboo shoots, as well as the richness of chicken fat, which makes him want to just pull out a chicken leg and eat it.
So delicious!
He wanted to try a little more...
But with so many people watching in the logistics kitchen, Lao Zhong could only resist the urge and smacked his lips to savor what he had just eaten. However, the quartermaster had already asked everyone to tear the beggar's chicken apart by hand.
Lao Zhong had no choice but to put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked into the warm eyes, and then said "hmm": "The taste is indeed a little lighter."
Wen Nuan smiled, looked at the people flying outside, and went over to help get the food.
"Wow, what delicious food did you make today? It smells so good, doesn't it?"
"I smelled the aroma of chicken as soon as I walked into the cafeteria. What kind of chicken is being cooked today?"
"Oh my god, I see a big chicken drumstick, can't I just tear it apart? I want a big chicken drumstick!"
Lao Zhong knocked the sieve beside him with a spatula and said impatiently, "There are only a few chickens, and there are thirty or forty people in your flight team. How can you share them if you don't tear them apart?"
Seeing that everyone was busy, the quartermaster asked Wen Nuan to go to his office: "I had a small meeting with the political commissar about Li Qiuyan's matter, and there is a result. I think it will be reported to the whole hospital at six o'clock in the evening."
"Don't take it to heart. It has nothing to do with you. She brought this upon herself."
Wen Nuan looked at the quartermaster, nodded, and smiled: "I see. Thank you, quartermaster."
The quartermaster met her warm eyes and waved his hand: "In fact, someone had written to me about Li Qiuyan stealing food from the cafeteria before, but she was never caught in the act. I thought it was a prank, but I didn't expect something like this to happen today."
"Forget it. There's no point in mentioning this kind of person anymore. I guess she will leave the family compound tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Thinking of how Gu Qinghan protected her on the hospital bed today, he felt that Old Gu was truly in love this time.
Seeing that Wen Nuan had nothing to say, he asked again: "By the way, Comrade Wen, do you know the two experts from the flight team?"
Wen Nuan was slightly stunned, then nodded and explained: "I don't really know them. I met their children at the station when I took the train from my hometown to Beicheng."
Afterwards, Wen Nuan briefly described what happened on the train.
After listening to this, the quartermaster nodded approvingly and said, "The experts from our army are Liu Minghua and Shen Bairong. No wonder Comrade Shen kept asking me when you are free this morning. She is anxious to see you."
The quartermaster thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You've been working for a month and haven't had a break. You can take a day off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to receive Comrade Shen properly."
Wen Nuan nodded: "Okay, thank you, Chief Steward."
The quartermaster thought for a moment and said, "I asked Lao Zhong to leave a chicken drumstick for you. You can take it home later."
Li Qiuyan has spread so many rumors, and she should be compensated with some warmth.
Wen Nuan smiled and thanked him again.
*
When Wen Nuan got off work and went home, the radio in the family compound sounded again, reporting on Li Qiuyan's situation. Everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the clear and melodious voice on the radio.
I want to hear more clearly what happened.
Everyone started talking about it, and they all realized that Li Qiuyan's case was a bit serious and she would be expelled from the family compound.
Later, after listening to the radio, I realized that so many things had happened and no one felt sorry for her anymore.
No one would feel sorry if such a person leaves the family compound!
When Wen Nuan came home from get off work that day, Sisters Guihua and Juxiang both came over.
The little fellow probably hadn't seen her all day, and when he saw her coming back, he immediately pounced towards her on his own little feet.
Lele walked a little fast, Wen Nuan walked towards her, quickly caught her, hugged her, and kissed her on the face twice: "Baby, do you miss your mother?"
When Lele heard Wen Nuan say this, she hugged her neck and rubbed her little head against it. She wanted to say the word "want", but other tones came out instead.
I haven't quite mastered the language yet.
But Wen Nuan still felt very happy and hugged her and kissed her a few more times.
Sisters Guihua and Juxiang waited for her to have a few rounds of intimacy with the child before gossiping about Li Qiuyan: "I heard that she stole something from the cafeteria, right?"
Sister Juxiang added: "She just spread rumors! I thought it was strange at the time. Wen Nuan had just arrived in North City and was unfamiliar with the place. Who was so bored to spread rumors and cause trouble? It turned out to be her!"
Sister Guihua curled her lips and snorted, "The worst is her He Dazhuang. How evil is he? He actually tricked people into going up the mountain and sneaked back home. He almost killed two people!"
Thinking back to the avalanche incident, whether it was Daniu who was buried in the snow or Gu Qinghan who was in the plane crash, if both of them lost their lives in vain because of He Dazhuang's prank, they would really deserve to die!
Sister Juxiang cleared her throat and said, "I heard from my husband that He Dazhuang might have to be sent to a farm for labor reform."
Sister Guihua no longer felt sorry for him and sighed, "It's good for him to be reformed. After all, he is still so young. I hope he can turn over a new leaf this time."
Wen Nuan poured two cups of hot tea for the two sisters-in-law, then sat with them and said, "Li Qiuyan herself has not set a good example for her children, so how can He Dazhuang learn well?"
If the family doesn't teach, the society will. This is inevitable.
Wen Nuan also hopes that the child can mend his ways. As for Li Qiuyan, she is an adult herself, and no one will pity her if she pays the price for her actions.
Lele sighed when he saw Wen Nuan, then stretched out his little hand and touched her face with a smile.
Wen Nuan looked at the little girl, and suddenly all her annoyance disappeared. She hugged her and kissed her twice: "She's so cute, no matter how many times I kiss her, it's never enough."
Not long after, Gu Qinglan came to the family compound again, but she didn't gossip about Li Qiuyan. Instead, after arriving at their house, she walked around Wen Nuan and asked, "Sister-in-law, our colleagues said you were beaten, right? Are you injured anywhere? Why didn't you ask me to go and see you?"
Gu Qinglan asked while looking Wen Nuan around.
Wen Nuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still felt a little heartwarming. Finally, her love for this sister-in-law was not in vain.
"No, your elder brother went there temporarily and protected me." Wen Nuan still felt a little scared when she thought about it.
Although He Dazhuang looks thin, he is very strong. He had already broken free from Li Daxiang's grip before. If he was really beaten by him, it would probably be very painful.
Gu Qinglan heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. "Fortunately, my brother is a hero saving a beautiful girl!"
Wen Nuan burst out laughing, "That's right, I'm going to reward your brother with a chicken drumstick tonight."
Gu Qinglan had already smelled the fragrance of the chicken legs, and now she couldn't help herself, "Wow, it smells so good, I want to have some too."
"Eat it." Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Don't eat too much."
"Oh, sister-in-law, you don't love me, but you love my elder brother!" Gu Qinglan has been working so hard recently. She only sleeps for five or six hours a day. She doesn't dare to take a single day off this month. She studies with her seniors every day.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "What else? Your elder brother is my revolutionary partner, so of course I have to love him."
Just after she finished speaking, Gu Qinghan came back from outside. When he heard Wen Nuan's words, a smile on his face was very obvious.
When Gu Qinglan saw the way her elder brother and sister-in-law looked at each other, she felt that she had had enough of the dog food and decided to go back to the dormitory.
After Gu Qinglan left, Wen Nuan took out the chicken legs. Lao Zhong cut a big one for her, almost a quarter of a chicken.
Because Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan both ate something in the cafeteria, of course a lot of the chicken thigh meat went into Lele's stomach. The little guy ate it with gusto, and in the end he picked up his bowl and licked all the juice on the edge clean.
Just looking at the warmth gives me a great sense of accomplishment!
When she turned off the lights and went to sleep, Wen Nuan couldn't sleep because of Li Qiuyan's matter, and she tossed and turned several times in bed.
Gu Qinghan hugged her from behind and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Wen Nuan smiled and then told Gu Qinghan about it. But Gu Qinghan just said "Oh" and didn't say anything else.
Wen Nuan thought that he didn't want to talk about Li Qiuyan anymore, so she stopped talking and closed her eyes to try to fall asleep.
After a long while, when she finally felt a little sleepy, she suddenly heard Gu Qinghan whisper in her ear: "Suddenly, I want to stand higher."
In the past, he had no ambition for any position, and he did not think that being the youngest regimental-level cadre was anything special.
But after what happened with Li Qiuyan, he suddenly wanted to stand higher.
When he becomes the regimental commander, brigade commander, division commander, or army commander, will the people around him also become more approachable
This way, she wouldn't have so many worries.
At the very least, interpersonal relationships can be simpler.
Wen Nuan felt that Gu Qinghan's body was a little hot. She twisted her body a little and didn't hear what he said clearly: "What?"
Gu Qinghan pushed the warmth that was moving inwards back into his arms and said, "It's okay, go to sleep."
The next morning, Wen Nuan was woken up by the little guy sitting on her butt.
I thought I could sleep in, but it turned out that I didn't get up much later than when I was at work.
Suddenly I miss the days when I don’t have to go to work.
The little guy had a lot of fun. After sitting on the warm face, he lay back down, pulled his own little feet with his hands, brought them to his mouth and started biting them.
Gu Qinghan came back from training and saw Wen Nuan was awake, so he asked her, "How about inviting Comrade Liu to come over and sit with us tonight?"
“They brought their son here too.”