Chapter 136: Sharing Delicious Food

The sky was already getting dark, and the oil definitely wouldn’t be rendered tonight.

Li Xinyue didn’t answer Chen Mingchuan directly, so he assumed she agreed.

They were a family now, and he was the man of the house, the pillar of support!

“Alright, you go to sleep first. I’ll come in after I finish this.”

Li Xinyue was truly tired. She didn’t hesitate, laying down on the bed and quickly dozing off.

She didn’t know when Chen Mingchuan came back to sleep.

But that night, although Li Xinyue slept, she didn’t sleep well.

She dreamt all night.

The dreams were chaotic.

One moment she was back in the orphanage, the next she was in the lab.

The most terrifying part was that she dreamt Chen Mingchuan dragged her to get a divorce, and she wouldn’t let go!

Was she crazy?

She wouldn’t let go?

Damn it!

When she woke up in the morning, Xiao Yi Heng was still asleep, but Chen Mingchuan was nowhere to be seen.

She checked her watch, it was already seven o’clock. Li Xinyue guessed he might have gone to get breakfast.

Sure enough, Chen Mingchuan soon came back with porridge and steamed buns, a pack of pickled vegetables, and three eggs.

“I got three extra buns, just in case you don’t have enough.”

It was okay if they didn’t finish them, they could make fried buns for lunch. Now that they had oil!

Li Xinyue nodded, “Okay, did you send the braised meat?”

“No.”

“Huh?”

Chen Mingchuan explained, “There are many people in the camp, they eat meat once every three days, which is better than the family members.”

“I wanted to send some to the old folks, some colleagues in the camp, and to the commander.”

Like that?

Li Xinyue had no objection, the weather was still hot, the food wouldn’t last long.

“Alright, you go ahead and arrange it.”

After waking her son up and getting him ready, Chen Mingchuan had already set the table.

He served a large bowl of the braised five-spice.

Not only that, he also served a little soup, peeled the eggs and mixed them in.

“Oh, having breakfast? What did you cook last night at your place? It smelled delicious all night.”

Seeing Auntie Sun smiling at the door, Li Xinyue was really speechless.

Did people’s skin get thicker as they got older?

“Nothing much, just the pig head and pig feet left over from yesterday, my wife simmered them with soy sauce.”

“Auntie, wait a minute, I’ll get you some to take home.”

As soon as Chen Mingchuan finished speaking, the smile lines on Sun Auntie’s face deepened.

“Oh, oh, Captain Chen, you’re such a good man.”

“I’m so embarrassed, eating your food every day.”

Embarrassed yet you still come?

Li Xinyue wanted to spit at the old woman.

“Yier, hurry up and eat so you can go to school.”

Chen Yi Heng reminded her, “Mom, we don’t have school today.”

Finished, she was driven crazy by this old woman!

Li Xinyue pouted, “Chen Mingchuan, send some Sister Xu’s house too, let her try it.”

“Okay.”

Soon, Chen Mingchuan came out of the kitchen.

A medium-sized bowl, filled with a bowl of food.

Pig head meat and a few pieces of pig feet.

“Auntie, just return the bowl to me later.”

Seeing the full bowl of meat, and the aroma that made her nose twitch, Sun Auntie’s saliva almost dripped out.

“Okay, okay!”

The Chen family had many people, so Chen Mingchuan didn’t pack any pig feet.

Chen Mingchuan packed some pig head meat, pig tongue, and pig intestines.

Just after finishing breakfast, Xu Hongqin came over.

She was a polite person, when she returned the bowl, it was filled with a full bowl of soybeans.

The difference between this and the empty bowl returned by the Sun family was too big.

“Xiao Li, was that the braised meat you mentioned?”

Li Xinyue nodded, “Yes, what do you think?”

Xu Hongqin sighed sincerely, “It’s so delicious, so delicious. I never dared to buy pig head before, it’s not fatty and it’s all bones.”

Of course, there isn’t much fat in pig head.

In this era, oil was scarce.

“Next time you come across a pig head, buy it and I’ll teach you how to braise it.”

Xu Hongqin and Li Jianshan both worked, and she was a small leader, earning eight yuan more than ordinary employees.

In other words, she earned thirty-five yuan a month.

Li Jianshan was a deputy battalion-level cadre, earning forty-nine yuan and eight cents a month. Together, the couple earned over eighty yuan a month.

In any era, dual-income families lived relatively better lives.

Li Xinyue’s promise immediately made her smile.

“That would be great! That taste, in my hometown, it’s so good you want to eat your tongue!”

“Alright, it’s settled!”

“I’ll provide the pig head, intestines, and such, you provide the skills, and we’ll split the cost!”

After dinner, Chen Mingchuan went to Li Jianshan’s house and made a call to the camp.

It was an internal phone, only able to connect within the camp.

Later, when she had some free time, Li Xinyue planned to go to the military service center and call Zhang Li.

For her third aunt and her uncle’s family, she planned to write letters.

In that era, making phone calls was extremely inconvenient.

Ordinary families didn’t have phones.

A large team only had a few places with phones installed, and they needed to make appointments in advance or call through someone to help call them over to answer.

The money spent on a long-distance call could buy several registered letters.

Just as she finished washing the dishes, someone called “report” at the door.

Chen Mingchuan was cutting the pig head meat and immediately responded loudly, “Come in!”

“Yes!”

Today was a rest day, and the soldiers weren’t training. Liu Qiang was followed by three or four others.

Li Xinyue: “…”

Why are so many people here?

“Zhu Gang, did you bring the tools?”

Zhu Gang, the chief cook of the battalion headquarters.

“Report, battalion commander, I brought them all.”

Chen Mingchuan ordered, “Get to work! See the meat in that basin?”

“Cut them all into three-inch squares, the size must be consistent.”

“Received!”

Knives, chopping boards, three large jars.

Suddenly, the kitchen felt small.

Chen Mingchuan glanced at Li Xinyue, “Just give instructions, let them do the specifics.”

Li Xinyue: “…”

Why do I feel like I’m in charge?

“I’ll start boiling the oil first. Fried jar meat needs to be fried in lard to be fragrant.”

“Okay.”

Zhu Gang and two others started helping cut the meat.

Liu Qiang and Wang Linjun each gnawed on a large pig hand before carrying two baskets and ran off.

The water in the pot boiled, and the lard was added.

The lid was closed, and Li Xinyue delivered a bowl of braised meat to Qian Sanni’s house.

Qian Sanni was pregnant, and it was a rest day, so they woke up late and hadn’t eaten breakfast yet.

The smell made her mouth water.

“My goodness, did you make this yourself?”

Li Xinyue smiled, “Yes, unique recipe, exclusive production, guaranteed satisfaction.”

“Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied!”

“Xinyue, knowing you makes me feel like my life has reached a new level!”

“Having meat to eat every day feels like a dream!”

Qian Sanni sighed with admiration.

Li Xinyue couldn’t help but laugh, “I won’t talk to you anymore, I still have some oil to boil.”

“There will be more delicious food later, I’ll send it over when it’s ready.”

Qian Sanni immediately refused.

In this era, meat was a rare treat!

“No, no, no, if you send me more, I’ll be embarrassed! I haven’t given you anything.”

Li Xinyue chuckled, “Didn’t you send me so many peppers? Isn’t that something?”

Could those peppers be exchanged for so much meat?

Maybe she should plant all her vegetable plots with peppers tomorrow?

Wang, the staff officer, didn’t say anything. The two women were chattering, and he didn’t feel comfortable speaking.

However, he had heard quite a bit over the past two days.

“This Battalion Commander Chen’s wife, she seems different from the rumors.”