Chapter 117: A Great Man

Chen Mingchuan didn’t feel the slightest bit guilty: she wasn’t familiar with the provincial city, and she knew even less about the outside world!

“I’m not trying to scare you.”

“Buying a few plates is quick, and going directly to your destination is no problem. Plus, it’s not as chaotic as the black market.”

“But the black market is no good. It’s always been chaotic, and now it’s even worse.”

Alright, she was overthinking it, right?

Li Xinyue let out a heavy sigh: “Then let’s wait until the situation stabilizes!”

He couldn’t take her to that kind of place!

Chen Mingchuan knew that place too well.

She was so beautiful, if someone targeted her, something bad could happen.

“Didn’t you say Section Chief Huang has connections at the Provincial Pharmaceutical Factory? Why don’t you try taking your shampoo there?”

As soon as those words left his mouth, Li Xinyue’s eyes lit up.

“That’s a good idea! After I clean up the house, you can accompany me to the mountains to dig some herbs.”

Chen Mingchuan still had ten days left of his vacation!

Li Xinyue thought, the money she earned wasn’t just for her to use, she wouldn’t mind using the man!

But… her plan quickly fell apart.

“That’s no problem, but my vacation might end earlier than planned.”

“The commander said to give me five days to arrange things at home, then report back to my post immediately.”

“He’s calling me back early because there’s something going on.”

Five days?

What?

Two days are already gone… that means his vacation is only three days long?

Li Xinyue’s face twitched: You’re really going to end your vacation early?

Alright, something big is about to happen, even if it wasn’t ending early, it would have to end automatically!

Li Xinyue accepted her fate: “Then what are your plans?”

Chen Mingchuan already had a plan in mind.

Now he wasn’t living alone anymore, he had a wife and child, he had to live his own little family life.

“Tomorrow I’ll go chop some firewood, I’m afraid I won’t have time once I start work, I rarely get Sundays off.”

In this era, people only had one day off a week.

The weekend was only implemented on May 1st, 1995.

Li Xinyue didn’t want to burn firewood, so she suggested her idea.

“Why don’t we buy a coal stove? I saw coal briquettes for sale at the service station.”

A coal stove was definitely necessary.

Once winter came, without a coal stove, there wouldn’t even be hot water.

Chen Mingchuan shook his head: “We don’t need to buy a coal stove, I’ll get an old one, fix it up, and it’ll be good to use. We don’t have to spend money on that.”

“Firewood is necessary, in winter, without firewood, there’s no fire to keep warm.”

“Charcoal is very expensive.”

Huh?

Charcoal is expensive?

Does that mean even charcoal needs tickets these days?

“Is nobody burning charcoal anymore?”

“It’s not that.”

“In the past few years, during construction, the country cut down a lot of trees, now we need to protect the forests.”

This explanation made Li Xinyue’s little face crumple up: “…”

What a painful era! Alright!

She doesn’t know the market, right?

“We can’t burn wood, but bamboo should be fine, right? Bamboo grows very fast, it grows every year.”

Bamboo charcoal?

She was definitely an outsider.

“Charcoal made from bamboo doesn’t last long, no one uses it for burning.”

Is there?

Li Xinyue had bought bamboo charcoal when she bought her new car, could it be that bamboo charcoal can only be used to absorb formaldehyde, and not for burning?

She really didn’t know much about this.

If she didn’t understand, she wouldn’t dwell on it.

“Then I’ll go with you tomorrow, and also dig some herbs back.”

“Good.”

Chen Mingchuan agreed, his son would be sent to the kindergarten tomorrow, and Liu Qiang had taken care of the procedures today.

The kindergarten at the military base had no winter or summer vacations, and it was also open on weekdays, which was very suitable for families with children.

Besides bowls and chopsticks, Li Xinyue also saw some seasonings and bought some.

The things they bought were placed on the washing stand at the station entrance. Chen Mingchuan came out of the house with a large basin.

“Wash them and bring them in.”

Well, the newly bought bowls and chopsticks were indeed very dirty.

“I’ll do it.”

“No, I’ll do it. You go and rest for a while.”

Rest?

Just buying a few bowls, did that make him tired?

Li Xinyue ignored him, went to the kitchen and got some alkali, then remembered that Qian Sanni had a loofah scoop, so she went to ask for one.

The two of them worked together quickly, finishing washing the bowls and everything else in about ten minutes.

“This mop is no good. I’ll go get some old cloth strips and make a new one.”

Li Xinyue looked at him: “Where will you get them?”

“There’s a place. You rest, I’ll be back soon.”

Alright.

Soon, Chen Mingchuan came back carrying a large pile of things.

“Where did you get these?”

“From Xiao Nan’s place. Their repair shop doesn’t lack these things.”

“You really know how to make mops.”

Chen Mingchuan put down the toolbox he was holding, then put down a bundle of old cloth strips.

He looked up, his face hurt: “Do you think I’m bragging, or do you think I’m just incapable?”

Li Xinyue: “…”

Did I?

Chen Mingchuan’s lips curled up, he turned and went into the house to find scissors, and began to trim the old cloth strips…

An hour later, a brand new mop was successfully made.

“Did you tie too many knots?”

He was truly a capable man!

Looking at the sturdy and practical mop, Li Xinyue couldn’t help but secretly praise: What a pity, this lucky man isn’t mine!

Although Chen Mingchuan hadn’t agreed to a divorce, Li Xinyue had no faith in their living like friends for the rest of their lives.

Such an excellent man, one day he would meet his true love.

Chen Mingchuan shook his head: “It’s okay, I’m strong.”

What did he mean?

Li Xinyue raised her eyes: “Will you be in charge of mopping our floors in the future?” (novel book)

Chen Mingchuan blurted out: “Of course! I’m a man! This mopping thing is a heavy task, of course it’s mine.”

Whew~~~

Man, can you please not be so good?

You’re so good, I’m worried that one day when you meet your soulmate, I won’t let you go!

“Then what about when you go out on missions? I can’t even wring this big mop.”

That made sense.

When he was home, of course he wouldn’t let a woman do it. But if he went out, she wouldn’t be able to wring the mop.

“You wait.”

Soon, Chen Mingchuan went out and came back like a gust of wind.

“I’ll make a small one for you. When I’m not home, you mop. When I’m home, I mop.”

Li Xinyue didn’t want to fight over the mopping, someone else doing it was perfect for her.

“I’ll fix the cloth strips, you get rid of these old ones.”

Chen Mingchuan hummed and went into the kitchen, and soon the sound of knives could be heard from the kitchen…

Men and women working together, work is never tiring.

Half an hour later, a brand new small mop was ready!

Li Xinyue was very satisfied: “Hmm, this is just right, it’s not hard to wring out.”

“By the way, what do you want to eat for lunch? It’s far to go get takeout, why don’t we make something ourselves.”

Chen Mingchuan looked at his watch: “What do you want to eat?”

Li Xinyue thought about the flour: “How about we eat braised noodles?”

Chen Mingchuan loved noodles.

He was a southerner who loved noodles.

J province wasn’t truly in the south, but it wasn’t in the north either, it was a province on the border between the north and south.

But when Chen Mingchuan was in the Special Forces Brigade, he spent two years in the north, and he fell in love with noodles.

“You know how to make noodles?”