Chapter 157: Little People’s Book

Seeing the seaweed in the cupboard, Li Xinyue had an idea.

Seaweed, scallion, and shrimp soup, the perfect match for noodles!

“Chen Mingchuan, is Xiao Nan allergic to seafood?”

What kind of allergy does a big man have?

Chen Mingchuan walked in, hearing the voice, “As long as it’s not poison.”

Just as they were starting to prepare the ingredients, Qian Sanni walked in, “Xinyue, did Liu Guilian come to you just now?”

Li Xinyue nodded, “Yes, how did you know?”

Qian Sanni twitched her face, “Xiao Wu from next door told me, saying she came to buy meat from you.”

Li Xinyue was really curious, “How did she know my family has wild boar meat?”

Qian Sanni rolled her eyes, “Doesn’t she live next door to Instructor Lin’s family? I guess it was Qi Xiufang who told her.”

Qi Xiufang?

Hearing these three words, Li Xinyue remembered Chen Mingchuan’s words: “She knows how to get along with people.”

She really does know how to get along with people!

With so many women, there’s bound to be gossip.

Li Xinyue shook her head secretly, “Now I’ve offended her!”

Indeed.

Qian Sanni’s eyes sparkled, “Xinyue, I’m not really familiar with this family member of Instructor Lin, but I feel like you need to be careful.”

Careful about what?

Just avoid interacting with her in the future.

It’s not that she’s afraid of anything, but Li Xinyue is naturally a bit arrogant and doesn’t like to turn herself into a real village woman!

“Well, thank you for reminding me. I’m going to make dinner.”

“Okay!”

She’s reminded her good friend, that’s all that matters.

Qian Sanni knows that Li Xinyue is a smart woman.

In the evening, there were mixed noodles and clear soup, some thick and some light.

Xiao Nan ate a large bowl of noodles and still wanted more.

“There are more things in the capital, and they’re more diverse. Sister-in-law, what do you want? I can bring it back when I go.”

Li Xinyue twitched her face: I want too much, can you bring it all back?

“I’ve bought almost everything I need. If there’s an electric hotplate over there, bring me one if it’s convenient.”

What’s an electric hotplate?

Xiao Nan didn’t understand, and neither did Chen Mingchuan.

“Xinyue, what’s an electric hotplate? Do they have this in stores?”

Li Xinyue blinked and scratched her head, “They don’t? I saw Xu’s wife had one. I saw her using it to stew bone soup the other day.”

“It’s this big… round… you plug it in and put the pot on top, and you can cook things…”

Although that thing can’t be timed, temperature-controlled, or set, Li Xinyue thinks it’s good for cooking hotpot in winter.

Chen Mingchuan finally understood, “You mean an electric stove, right?”

“They have this in the city, you don’t need to bring it from the capital. Think about what they don’t have here and have him bring it from the capital.”

Li Xinyue really wanted to ask: Does the capital have air conditioning now?

It’s very cold here in winter!

It’s also very hot here in summer. .org

But even if they did, Xiao Nan wouldn’t be able to bring it back.

“No, it’s too far, let’s forget it. Give my regards to your grandparents!”

Xiao Nan is a straight man, if he says no, then there isn’t one.

“Okay, I’ll tell Grandpa. This dish was made by you!”

Li Xinyue: “…”

Did I mean that?

Finally, Li Xinyue understands why Chen Mingchuan and Xiao Nan are like brothers: Birds of a feather flock together, straight men are alike!

“Okay, tell Grandpa, if he wants to eat it, I can write down the recipe for him.”

“Okay.”

After dinner, Chen Mingchuan cleaned the kitchen and watched the fire, Li Xinyue waited for her son to sweep the floor, then started mopping.

Just as she finished mopping, someone called out “Report…” from the door.

“Come in!”

“Sister-in-law!”

Seeing Wang Linjun, Li Xinyue immediately nodded and smiled, “Xiao Wang! What brings you here? Aren’t you supposed to have political education class tonight?”

Every night at seven o’clock, the officers and soldiers in the camp would have roll call, followed by a political education class.

Chen Yiheng saw the person and immediately called out obediently: “Uncle Wang, hello!”

“Xiao Yiheng, hello!”

Wang Linjun explained: “Roll call is already done, we’ll discuss it tonight.”

“Sister-in-law, this is what I found from my comrades, following the battalion commander’s instructions, some old books.”

Children’s books?

Heh!

She didn’t even remember these existed!

In her time, these things were long gone!

Did Chen Mingchuan find these specifically because she mentioned wanting to draw children’s pictures for their son?

Suddenly, Li Xinyue felt a little happy: “Thank you so much, these are great!”

“Xiao Wang, thank you, you’ve been so helpful!”

Wang Linjun smiled shyly: “Sister-in-law, it’s nothing, not at all tiring.”

“If I find more next time, I’ll bring them over!”

“Thank you, thank you!”

Li Xinyue was truly touched. This kind of enthusiasm, only the pure-hearted soldiers in the army could do!

She had to think carefully about how she could repay these people somehow!

The books weren’t new, but there were quite a few!

Li Xinyue counted, there were a total of thirty-six!

“Mom, there are PLA uncles in the book!”

Chen Yiheng was also overjoyed. He had only flipped open a page and was already calling out…

Li Xinyue nodded with a smile: “Baby, do you want to know what this PLA uncle is doing?”

Chen Yiheng excitedly nodded: “Yes!”

“Then I’ll tell you!”

“Okay!”

Chen Yiheng sat down obediently, Li Xinyue sat down beside him, and picked up the children’s book…

When Chen Mingchuan came out of the kitchen, a gentle voice was narrating.

“All his comrades had fallen, he gritted his teeth and climbed up, picking up the explosive pack on the ground…”

“Finally, he lifted the explosive pack with his hands, pulled the fuse…”

“His sacrifice led to the final victory of the main force!”

Under the light, mother and son huddled together, warm and harmonious…

“Dad, this uncle is so great!”

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “For our happy life today, many, many uncles like this have sacrificed their young lives.”

“So, you must cherish your current life, work hard, and strive to become someone useful to society and the country!”

Chen Yiheng didn’t quite understand, but he knew that having food to eat and clothes to wear now was all thanks to the sacrifices of the PLA uncles.

He nodded vigorously: “Dad, I will, I will work hard!”

It’s good.

This son is really good.

He is so positive, because he has a good mother!

Chen Mingchuan, you are truly blessed to have married such a positive wife!

His son liked listening to stories, Chen Mingchuan went over and picked up a book, and told him one too.

Although he didn’t tell it as vividly, Chen Yiheng liked it.

“Dad, when I grow up, I want to be a PLA soldier too!”

“Then I’m going to go and grab a gun from the enemy, and defend our country!”

Chen Mingchuan patted his head: “On the weekend, Dad will make you a wooden gun.”

“Really?”

The little guy’s eyes lit up…

“Of course it’s true, this Sunday, I’ll make one for you!”

“Dad, you’re the best, I love you so much! Mmm… ‘Boop’…”

Watching his son’s little mouth land on his face, Chen Mingchuan instantly petrified: “…”

Do they, mother and son, do this often?