Chapter 154: The Barracks Are Full of Military Wives

Li Xinyue didn’t bother with that kind of person and turned to go inside.

She found the water on the coal stove was boiling. Going over to take a look, she realized there wasn’t much water.

She picked up the teapot and discovered it was also running low.

She poured the water from the kettle into the teapot, filling it to the brim with a little extra.

After refilling the water, her husband and son came back.

Chen Yiheng bounced into the house, “Mom, we won! We won so many times today!”

“Brother Tengfei said I was the luckiest. They couldn’t find anyone, but I found them all!”

Oh?

Could it be that her son also had the luck of a carp?

Li Xinyue’s eyes lit up, “Really? Doesn’t that mean everyone wants to be on your team?”

“Yeah, yeah, how did you know, Mom?”

“But I only want to be on Brother Tengfei’s team, I don’t want to be on anyone else’s!”

The little guy already considered Li Tengfei like a brother?

But that boy was good!

Although he was mischievous, he had a good heart, just like Li Jian Shan.

Parents are their children’s first teachers, and that’s definitely true.

This day was both exciting and tiring. After washing up, the family of three went to bed early.

Worried about her cheap brother, Li Xinyue didn’t sleep well that night.

When she woke up, Chen Mingchuan was gone. Looking around, she only saw a note on the table.

This was a method Li Xinyue had never tried before.

She picked it up and saw Chen Mingchuan’s neat handwriting: “I’ve gone into town. Dinner’s in the pot.”

Did he go into town to buy pig head and pig feet?

Li Xinyue put down the note and went into the kitchen. Sure enough, there was an aluminum pot on the coal stove.

She lifted the lid and saw a bowl with two steamed buns and an egg.

Underneath the bowl was an aluminum lunchbox.

Porridge, steamed buns, and an egg. There was also an overturned basin on the counter, and underneath it were cabbage and pickled mustard greens.

Li Xinyue’s stomach rumbled. She quickly changed clothes, washed her face, and brushed her teeth.

After eating, Li Xinyue went to the military service center…

“Brother-in-law, it’s me, Xinyue.”

After the other side answered with a “Who?” she immediately identified herself.

Huang Shengli was overjoyed upon hearing her voice, “It’s Xinyue, little sister! How are you doing at the base?”

“I’m doing well, thanks for your concern, Brother-in-law!”

“Brother-in-law, I’m calling today to let you know how I’m doing and to give you my phone number.”

“My phone is an internal line, only incoming calls are allowed.”

“If you need to contact me urgently, you can call this number.”

Li Xinyue then gave him a phone number…

“Okay, okay. I’ll give her the number when I get home tonight. If she needs anything, she’ll call you.”

“Xinyue, be careful in the provincial city. I heard it’s very chaotic out there.”

“If anything major happens at the base, come back. Your family will never be short of food or drink!”

“By the way, the bamboo oil your third aunt sent the last two times is excellent, you can rest assured!”

Hearing this, Li Xinyue was genuinely grateful, “Thank you for your concern, Brother-in-law. If you come to the provincial city, you must come find me.”

“No problem!”

Phone calls were expensive, so after a few important words, she hung up.

The letter she had written to send back was originally on the table, but now it was gone. Li Xinyue guessed Chen Mingchuan had taken it to the barracks.

Military letters didn’t require stamps. Yesterday, he had brought back a few envelopes from the barracks.

After leaving the military service center, Li Xinyue planned to find some mint.

In this weather, drinking some mint water would be good.

To find mint, she had to go to that patch of wasteland.

But as she walked towards it, she saw Qian Sanni digging potatoes.

“Wow, your potatoes look really good.”

Qian Sanni saw it was her and immediately smiled, “Big, right? I put a lot of fertilizer on them! I didn’t know how to plant vegetables before, I learned from Sister Xu.”

“When I dig them up, I’ll send you a basket.”

Li Xinyue immediately refused: “No, no, no need. The other day, the instructor’s wife had someone send some over.”

Qi Xiufang?

Others may not know Qi Xiufang, but Qian Sanni does. Back when she hadn’t yet followed her husband to the army, they went on a family visit together.

They lived in the family visit building for a month, and she got to know her pretty well.

“She gave you three or five pounds, that’s pretty generous!”

“These potatoes can last a long time. There’s not much to eat in winter, they’re the main force.”

“I’m telling you, this whole patch is planted by me. I can dig up at least a few hundred pounds.”

“Don’t tell me you don’t want them, you’re just being polite with me!”

Okay, if I keep saying no, we won’t be friends anymore.

“Let me help you. Potato starch is also quite delicious, and potato slices can be dried and used as food or snacks.”

Huh?

Qian Sanni was dumbfounded: “Potatoes can be dried?”

“Of course. Slice them, wash out the starch, and then dry them.”

“If you want snacks, you can fry them with sand or oil. If you want to use them as food, soak them and stir-fry them with cured meat. It tastes amazing!”

Qian Sanni: “…”

The cost of that is a bit high. If there’s meat, what kind of food wouldn’t be delicious?

“Xinyue, how do you know so much? Where did you learn it?”

Where did I learn it?

Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Kuaishou, where can’t you learn things?

Li Xinyue walked over: “My grandma is amazing. She knows a lot of things, and I’ve been learning from her since I was little.”

“Oh, oh, oh, no wonder you’re so amazing!”

“Amazing for what? Besides eating, I’m still just good at eating. I haven’t seen anything else that’s amazing about me!”

“I have nothing to do right now, let me help you.”

Qian Sanni is also a straightforward person. She’s holding a small engineer’s pickaxe because she’s pregnant and can’t use much force.

“Okay, I’ll dig, and you pick them up.”

How can I let a pregnant woman dig?

Li Xinyue took the small pickaxe: “Forget it, I wouldn’t feel right letting a pregnant woman swing a pickaxe!”

“Hahaha…”

Qian Sanni laughed: “This isn’t a big pickaxe used for construction, Xinyue! It’s just a small engineer’s pickaxe!”

“Alright, alright, just to put your mind at ease, you go ahead!”

One digging, one picking, they quickly got busy.

This patch of land is quite large, but there are many weeds and rocks, so not much has been developed.

However, it’s not just this one.

Soon, a few army wives came together, greeted Qian Sanni, and then looked curiously at Li Xinyue.

Li Xinyue didn’t recognize any of them, she just politely nodded to everyone.

One of the army wives, about thirty years old, was tall and thin, a bit dark.

She glanced at Li Xinyue and whispered to the people beside her: “You say this Qian Sanni is quite a busybody.”

“Do you know that woman? She’s the wife of Chen Mingchuan, the outstanding cadre of the whole division.”

“She’s only been here a few days, and this Qian Sanni is already ordering her around. She’s quite something!”

As soon as she said that, a slightly chubby army wife beside her gave a look of disdain: “It seems she’s not very smart either. She’s been fooled after just a few days.”

“Of course! She’s just arrived, someone pays attention to her, and she treats it like a treasure!”

Just then, a short army wife in her mid-twenties came over: “Qian Sanni is smart. Who is this Battalion Commander Chen?”

Who is he?

The division commander’s favorite general, of course!

The tall and thin army wife rolled her eyes: “She really thinks she can get ahead by flattering Battalion Commander Chen’s wife? I heard that Battalion Commander Chen doesn’t like his wife at all!”