When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1276 Farm Owner 29
Tan You felt a pang of sadness: "I hope you live a good life. If possible, it would be nice to stay in the army for the rest of your life."

Chen Xiaojun: "Sister Wei, you're even more imaginative than me. The oldest person in our corps is under 45, and he's in logistics. At that age, many people envy him."

Tan You fell silent; the cruelty of the wasteland was laid bare in that moment. Chen Xiaojun was only eighteen or nineteen, yet he envied others who could live to 45. How many people wouldn't even reach that age?
“Everyone will live well from now on,” Tan You said, taking a deep breath, almost as if making a promise.

Chen Xiaojun didn't understand what was going on and continued to laugh foolishly, "We're doing pretty well now. Since I met you, I've never gone hungry, and I can eat all sorts of delicious food from time to time. Compared to before, it's already much better."

Tan You felt a pang of sadness and lowered her head to knead the dough: "Take some sugar triangles back with you later."

Chen Xiaojun's lips curled up; he refused to admit that he was deliberately playing the victim.

The aroma of the steamed buns was incredibly strong, especially with a hint of sweetness. This fragrance wafted all the way to the strawberry field, and these superhumans, each with their keen senses, were certainly aware of it.

Zhang Xiang straightened up: "Sweet? It even tastes like red beans."

"Is it a red bean bun?" Another soldier sniffed. "We can eat red bean buns again! Yay!"

Li Yong silently picked strawberries: "Hurry up, let's go to the courtyard for breakfast after we're done picking."

When these people come to pick strawberries, Tan You usually provides them with breakfast. It's mostly various steamed dishes, previously it was all kinds of steamed buns, pumpkin buns, purple sweet potato buns.

Now that the farm has mutated red beans, they've also eaten red bean buns and red bean cakes a few times.

Thinking of the sweet and sticky red bean buns, everyone quickened their pace in unison, and in less than an hour they were all sitting neatly in the courtyard's dining room.

Besides red bean buns, Tan You also cooked a big pot of jujube porridge. A bowl of sweet jujube porridge with red bean buns in the dead of winter provides all the calories, carbohydrates, and sugar you need.

Chen Xiaojun carried a large steamer basket: "Sister Wei prepared a lot of red bean paste. Five buns per person today. If you can't finish them, take them back."

Zhang Xiang picked up two, and planned to take the remaining three back for his family to try: "Sister Wei is so generous. She always provides meals for us when we come to work. I don't know how many people envy us."

As he spoke, he picked up the bowl and gulped down the porridge, emptying the large bowl in less than five seconds. Tan You used to tell them to eat slowly, but now they're used to it.

She took two steamed buns and sat down to slowly nibble on them, occasionally taking a sip of porridge, and felt a warmth spread from her stomach all the way to her heart.

As they were leaving, Chen Xiaojun became the envy of everyone. Everyone else was eating and taking things home, but they were all carrying steamed buns they had saved up. But Chen Xiaojun was different; he was carrying a full 40 steamed buns, which Tan You had personally packed for him.

Zhang Xiang asked jealously, "Why are you so lucky, kid?"

Chen Xiaojun threw down the leaves and ran away, shouting, "Sister Wei took care of me, you're not allowed to take mine!"

Li Yong stepped forward to protect Chen Xiaojun: "He's the youngest, so it's only natural for Xiao Lin to take care of him."

The group left the farm amidst playful banter. Because the filling was made from mutated red beans, Chen Xiaojun stuffed the buns into his clothes the whole way, making him look like a woman five months pregnant.

One of his teammates joked with him, "Junzi, you look like you've gained weight."

“You’re criticizing me now,” Chen Xiaojun rolled his eyes, “Don’t come asking me for it later.”

He wasn't the type to keep things to himself. Although food was scarce in the wasteland, Chen Xiaojun would generously share anything good he got with his colleagues, including, but not limited to, Tan You always cooking special meals for him. The other person immediately put his arm around Chen Xiaojun's shoulder: "I misspoke, Junzi. I wasn't full just now. I can have another bun."

Chen Xiaojun generously opened the bag, giving one to each team member, leaving him with 11 buns. Chen Xiaojun chuckled, "Brother, let's split them in half tonight."

Li Yong smiled and ruffled Chen Xiaojun's buzz cut: "Okay."

"Everyone gets a share!" Yan Liang was quick-witted and nimble-fingered. He had smelled the aroma from afar, and upon closer inspection, he saw that it was red bean buns. He quickly grabbed two for Jin Xi and two for himself, leaving seven buns in the bag.

Chen Xiaojun was furious but dared not speak out. In the end, he could only tie the cloth bag tightly and vowed that no one would be able to eat his buns today!

Jin Xi handed a steamed bun to Mu Nan. Mu Nan took a bite, paused for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Zero-pollution mutated red beans, she's really willing to spend money like that."

Chen Xiaojun said listlessly, "Yeah, I cooked red bean paste for a long time this morning."

He wouldn't tell anyone what Tan You had there; they were friends, and friends' privacy shouldn't be publicized.

Minister Huang, while eating a red bean bun, asked, "Did she agree?"

Chen Xiaojun nodded: "I agree, but we need to discuss how to cooperate in person."

Jin Xi smiled and said, "It's nothing, thank you for your hard work."

He could have approached Tan You directly, but after much deliberation, he decided to have Chen Xiaojun act as his intermediary. After all, Chen Xiaojun was more familiar with her, and the two were the best of friends.

If the army had its own farms, it could not only house wounded soldiers, but also ensure the legion's logistics. Therefore, it was only natural to bring Tan You under the protection of their Third Legion, and outsiders no longer dared to covet her.

In short, it's a great thing that achieves multiple benefits.

As soon as Chen Xiaojun and the others left, Tan You went back to her bedroom and slept soundly. The original owner of this body was already malnourished, and although Tan You had taken good care of her after arriving, resources were still scarce. She was no longer a stick figure, but she was still a skinny stick.

Not sleeping all night had taken a huge toll on Tan You. She slept until six o'clock the next morning, successfully missing yesterday's lunch and dinner.

Touching her rumbling stomach, Tan You jumped up and boiled water to cook herself a bowl of egg noodles. Just as she was eating, several mother hens led their chicks around the yard. Seeing this, Tan You grabbed a handful of grass seeds from the storage room, and the mother hens and chicks pecked at them all over the yard.

"It would be great if we had ducks and geese. Geese are excellent for guarding the house," Tan You said with some emotion. "Salted duck eggs are delicious too. I'll ask Chen Xiaojun when he comes."

People are easily distracted; just as Tan You mentioned Chen Xiaojun, the phone rang.

Chen Xiaojun, full of energy: "Sister Wei, we're here. Are we going straight to the strawberry farm?"

"Let's go pick strawberries first," Tan You said, glancing at the egg basket in the corner of the kitchen. "We'll have chicken soup with eggs for breakfast this morning, two eggs each."

"Alright!" Chen Xiaojun exclaimed, "Is there enough noodles?"

“There’s plenty,” Tan You chuckled. “Xiao Caojing ground two more bags of flour yesterday, enough to eat. Come over half an hour early to help me roll out the dough, I can’t manage it all by myself.”