1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 15 Can you deliver a pig?
Li Sanhua's eyes suddenly widened and he stood there in a daze.

This, this... is this Comrade Lu Youyou? Are you sure it's the same person from before?

"Sister, you..."

Li Sanhua was speechless. The face in front of her was too shocking.

Although she would not judge people by appearance, when she saw Lu Youyou for the first time, she couldn't help but feel that there was a difference in appearance between her and Gu Qingye.

Now I understand there is no difference at all. It's just that they, the soldiers, go out in the wind and rain every day, it's so rough!
Li Sanhua sighed, "Sister, you're like a living person, you scared me! But it's true, for a young girl traveling alone, it's more important to protect herself than anything else!"

Thinking of those people's discussions, Li Sanhua couldn't help laughing. Not to mention anything else, as long as Lu Youyou went to the cafeteria at noon, the news would spread throughout the camp tomorrow.

Lu Youyou touched her face. She had just washed off the "painted skin" and had forgotten that she had never shown her true face to anyone.

"Sister-in-law, shall we go to the cafeteria now?"

Li Sanhua nodded. "If you don't want to cook in the future, just take your ticket and go to the cafeteria. But most people still cook for themselves. By the way, what are your plans for the yard? Do you want to grow some vegetables?"

Lu Youyou paused for a moment, as she had touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.

She had been there for less than a month and had only cut grass for pigs, which she didn't even cut herself. Her hands were as tender as willow branches, and she was embarrassed to say that she was an educated youth.

Lu Youyou could only pretend to be shy: "I'll wait for Gu Qingye to come back and discuss it with him."

Li Sanhua smiled. "Right, right, right. Young couples should discuss things with each other so that they can live a happy life!"

Lu Youyou discovered that after coming here, the most common scene she played was to keep her head down and remain silent, blushing silently. Her skill in applying artificial blush has become very proficient.

At noon, the family compound was bustling with activity. The children who had had fun were going home, and smoke was rising from most of the yards.

Lu Youyou has a headache because she doesn’t know how to cook!
It cannot be said that she knows no way at all. Under the guidance of her mother and grandfather, she is quite good at making medicinal food. In other words, she can only stew soup and is not good at frying, stir-frying or deep-frying.

But Lu Youyou is not the kind of person who would make things difficult for herself. If she can't do it, then don't do it. She is here to save people, not to be a cook.

Besides, isn’t cooking a necessary skill for men? Her father cooks at home, and even her grandfather’s cooking tastes better than her grandmother’s.

Lu Youyou was under the gaze of everyone all the way, and this feeling of being the center of attention reached its peak at the cafeteria entrance.

They arrived early, so there weren't many people. However, even if only half of the people were seated in the huge cafeteria, it was still packed, and everyone looked around with a shaved head.

Gu Qingye's marriage was big news. Although no one dared to discuss it with their superiors, everyone was very curious.

I heard from my comrades who went out to purchase that Gu Ying's fiancée had arrived. Now Li Sanhua brought a woman he had never seen to the cafeteria. Those who were smart had already guessed it.

However, one has to follow the rules when eating in the army. Those facing the door can feast their eyes, those facing the side can use their peripheral vision, and those with their backs to the door can only watch their comrades' pupils tremble.

The cafeteria, which was originally very lively, suddenly became quiet. The chopsticks were still moving to his mouth, but his eyes could not stop drifting towards the door.

Li Sanhua couldn't help laughing. Who wouldn't be stunned when seeing such a beautiful girl?

She had also seen educated youth in her hometown. The young ones, especially the beautiful ones, were inevitably pretentious. But Lu Youyou, on the other hand, was generous and had clear eyes.

"Sister, this way." Li Sanhua pulled Lu Youyou and introduced, "Family members can get their meals at a separate window, but the food is the same..."

There were five stainless steel basins behind the window, with fried potato slices, tofu and cabbage stew, chili and shredded radish, and the staple food was cornmeal buns and porridge.

Lu Youyou had long been aware of the hardships of those times, and seeing this still brought a pang of sadness. Soldiers, sweating and bleeding, rarely ate meat on a regular basis. While they didn't eat meat only once during festivals, it wasn't much better. The only benefit was the abundance of food.

Lu Youyou began to worry. How could he be healthy if he ate vegetarian food all day long?

If you don't have good physical fitness, you won't be able to withstand high-intensity training. If you can't reach the training intensity, actual combat may be dangerous, and if you are in danger, you may die...

Thinking of this, Lu Youyou felt terrible and worried!
"Sister-in-law Li, why are you in the cafeteria today?"

A young soldier behind the windowsill greeted Li Sanhua, with two patches of high altitude red on his face and a bright smile.

"It's Xiao Li. Come, let me introduce you. This is Captain Gu's fiancée. She just arrived today. I'm bringing her here to show her the way around."

Li Sanhua then looked at Lu Youyou and introduced her, "This is Xiao Li from the kitchen. Don't be fooled by his youth, he's an expert at making steamed buns. I can't make them taste that good at home."

Xiao Li immediately put down his spoon and saluted Lu Youyou: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

The sound was so loud that you could even hear an echo.

Lu Youyou felt embarrassed now. She was used to being watched by others, but being saluted and called sister-in-law was really...

This time she didn't have to act, she was really blushing.

Li Sanhua was overjoyed and took Lu Youyou's hand and said, "You'll get used to it after hearing it more often. There are many people here who want to call you sister-in-law."

Becoming a sister-in-law at the age of 18 is very characteristic of the times.

Lu Youyou didn’t have a big appetite and only wanted a little of everything, but Xiao Li was too enthusiastic and piled up the lunch boxes into a mountain.

No matter how she refused, it was useless. Xiao Li simply didn't believe it. Who couldn't eat these days? Look at the hundreds of people here, they all ate like a wolf.

Lu Youyou had no choice but to continue. Fortunately, the villa could keep the food fresh, so if she couldn’t finish it at noon, she could continue eating it at night.

Li Sanhua also brought two lunch boxes. She didn't cook today, and there was a little boy at home who was old enough to eat.

Xiao Li was packing steamed buns for Li Sanhua when a young soldier suddenly ran in from the back door, sweating profusely, with a large area of ​​his short sleeves wet.

"Li Guangming, can you deliver a pig?"

Xiao Li kept moving his hands and counting in his mouth. He turned back after counting to ten and said, "Of course not. What's going on? Is it time to give birth?"

Seeing that the young soldier didn't seem to be joking, Xiao Li immediately became anxious: "Why is the baby about to be born? Didn't they say it would take more than half a month?!"

"I don't know either. Before Squad Leader Zhou went home, he told me that there would be at least twenty days left, otherwise he wouldn't let me go!" The young soldier was so anxious that he sweated more and more.

Li Sanhua also became nervous. Every pig in the army was a treasure and was related to the soldiers' food rations, especially the old sows. It was no exaggeration to say that they were everyone's eyes.

Because the squad leader of the kitchen squad, Zhou Dazhui, was a good pig farmer, the camp assigned the pig farming task to the kitchen squad.

Unfortunately, Zhou Dazhui's mother passed away due to illness two days ago. If his home was not in the next county and the sow's due date was still more than half a month away, he would not have dared to go back to attend the funeral.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left, the sow started to feel abnormal and groaned for a whole day and night. When I looked at it today, I realized that something was wrong and it seemed like she was about to give birth!

(End of this chapter)