Ma Cuiyun saw the shoe cabinet at the door and couldn’t help but reach out and touch it, and said with envy: “Sister, this shoe cabinet is really good. It doesn’t take up much space when placed at the door. It’s convenient for storing shoes and it looks good.”
Su Yue said: “Sister Ma, if you like, you can make one like this. As long as you can get some wood, ask an old carpenter to come to your house and make one for free.”
Ma Cuiyun was moved by what Su Yue said, and she also wanted to have a shoe cabinet like this at home, so she said, “Then I’ll go back and discuss it with my man to see if I can get one too”
Ma Cuiyun saw the sofa that Su Yue placed in the living room again, and her eyes immediately brightened, “Sister, this thing called a sofa of yours looks really nice when it is placed here. It feels so noble. The whole house looks different.”
Su Yue also felt that with this set of sofas, the level of the family was instantly raised, at least from the small peasant class to the landlord class. She was also quite satisfied.
She asked Ma Cuiyun to sit on the sofa and poured a glass of water for her then asked: “Sister Ma, did you have any conflicts with the sister-in-law just now?”
Ma Cuiyun’s face turned bad when she mentioned Wang Lianying, and said angrily: “No, the person I dislike the most in this compound is Wang Lianying. I’m telling you, sister, don’t deal with her in the future. She likes to keep an eye on people’s private affairs all day long, and then spreads it everywhere.”
“When I first moved here, I didn’t know everyone’s character, seeing Wang Lianying coming up to greet her, I thought she was being enthusiastic, so I didn’t guard against her. Who would have thought that she would then add spices to what she heard and tell it to others like a story, making everyone laugh at my jokes? For example, I have two daughters at home, and my mother-in-law wants a grandson. After she found out, she told people everywhere that I couldn’t give birth to a son, that my mother-in-law was not satisfied with me, and that she wanted my man to divorce me! How can I not be angry?”
“Sister Ma, after hearing what you say, I really need to pay more attention to her in the future.” Is there such a weird person? No wonder Sister Ma was so angry with Wang Lianying just now, she would be angry too.
“You must be careful in the future and just ignore her. ” Ma Cuiyun said and suddenly slapped her forehead, “Oh look at me, I forgot to tell you about my family’s situation. My man’s name is Sun Changfu. He belongs to the same company as your Han Aiguo. I live upstairs of your house.”
“It turns out to be Battalion Commander Sun. I heard my family Aiguo say that they have a very good relationship.” Last night she heard Han Aiguo say that today Among the people who were invited to dinner at night was a man named Sun Changfu, who lives upstairs of their house. He turned out to be Sister Ma’s husband. What a coincidence.
Ma Cuiyun patted Su Yue’s hand and said: “This is our fate. If you have anything to do in the future, come directly to me. I am always at home. If you are bored at home, you can also come to me to chat. I’m usually bored at home.”
Su Yue smiled and agreed, “Okay, I aso just stay at home and have nothing to do. When I get bored, I’ll go upstairs to play with you. You can also come down and chat with me when you have time.”
Ma Cuiyun clapped her hands happily, “That’s good, I will have someone to chat with from now on. You don’t know, I usually don’t like to sit downstairs and chat with those women who are talking loudly, whether it’s talking about their in-laws or others affairs, I don’t like to talk about these things. Sister, when I see that you are not a gossiper, we will definitely be able to chat.”
Su Yue thought this was just right, she also don’t like to talk bad about in-laws and others shortcomings.
At this time, Su Yue looked at her watch and saw that it was almost five o’clock. She was startled and said quickly: “Sister Ma, we are inviting friends of Aiguo to our house for dinner tonight. I have to get food ready. In the evening, commander sun will come too so why not you come too, and bring your little daughters with you too and don’t cook at home today.”
Ma Cuiyun waved her hands quickly, “That’s not possible, how can we all come, we will eat too much? We won’t come.”
Su Yue: “Sister Ma, don’t be polite. You all come to my house. This is a lively thing. I don’t care about this. Food, Sister Ma, please don’t refuse.”
Seeing that Su Yue really sincerely inviting Ma Cuiyun, she did not refuse, “Okay, sister, Sister Ma will be shameless today. When its time for a meal. I will help you, don’t be polite if you want me to do anything.”
Su Yue was not polite, “Then Sister Ma, just give me a hand.”
“Okay~” Ma Cuiyun immediately rolled up her sleeves and helped Su Yue.
The two of them were chatting while handling the dishes. Through chatting, Ma Cuiyun really liked Su Yue more and more. This girl has a good mind and a neat person. You should make friends with people like this.
Because she liked Su Yue, there were things she didn’t want to say, but for Su Yue’s sake she said it, “Sister, have you seen the person next door to you?”
Su Yue knew there was a story as soon as she heard it, so she nodded, “I’ve seen it before. The sister-in-law Fang Xiaoli next door doesn’t seem to be very warm to me.”
“How to say? I just know.” Ma Cuiyun pouted, “It’s not that she’s not too warm to you, she’s not too warm to most of the people in our building, and she doesn’t want to talk to us at all.”
“She is from the city, and her family has some connections. Her father is also in the army, and she herself works in the supply and marketing cooperative, so she has always been rich. She looks down on us military wives who came from the countryside and ignores us when we passby. In addition, her husband is a company commander, one rank higher than our men, so she looks down upon us even more.”
“But if she meets a sister-in-law from the city, she will be very enthusiastic towards them, such as the sister-in-law of the regiment leader’s family, the sister-in-law of the political commissar’s family, and the sisters-in-law of other company commanders’ families, as long as they are from the city or has a powerful person in the family, and she is very enthusiastic, and her attitude is nothing like that when she sees us.”
Su Yue suddenly realized, no wonder she felt that Fang Xiaoli was cold towards her and Han Aiguo. It’s not indifferent. It turns out that she looks down on them because they are from the countryside.
Ma Cuiyun continued: “But even when she looks down on us. Most of the women in our building are trying to fawn over her. The one who fawns over her the most is Wang Lianying just now. Don’t It seems that Wang Lianying likes to fight others, but she never dares to fight Fang Xiaoli.”
“Why?” Su Yue was curious.
Seeing that Su Yue hadn’t reacted yet, Ma Cuiyun couldn’t help but find it funny. This girl really had no intention of currying favor with others.
“Because she works in a supply and marketing cooperative. In the supply and marketing cooperative, internal staff gets the good stuff first. Ordinary people who want to buy something may not be able to buy it even if they have to wait in line to death. Sometimes I finally got money, but I didn’t have a ticket. It was hard to buy something. But it was easy for Fang Xiaoli to buy things, and sometimes she could buy them without a ticket, so the sisters-in-law in the building wanted to bring some good things through her or Buy something free of charge.”
Only then did Su Yue understand. The staff of supply and marketing cooperatives are indeed very popular these days, and there are people fawning over them wherever they go. But she has no such intention. If they get along, they will get along. If they don’t, they will not get along. She will not deliberately try to curry favor just because she wants to bring things from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Ma Cuiyun had the same idea as Su Yue, “I have never asked her to help bring things. I always go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them myself. If I can’t buy it, I will try it next time. Judging from her face, she ignores all the people from our countryside. Nine of the ten people who asked her for help, get ignored.”
Su Yue: “Then let’s Just buy it yourself. When there are no tickets, if someone has an emergency, they can help each other. There is no need to fawn over her.”
Ma Cuiyun smiled with her eyes and eyebrows, “Sister, you are right.”
The two people were chatting, and time passed very quickly. It was half past six in the blink of an eye. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and then the door of the house was opened. A group of people wearing green military uniforms came in.
Su Yue hurried out to say hello.
When they saw Su Yue, they all shouted loudly: “Hello, sister-in-law!”
There were only a few older ones, such as Ma Cuiyun’s husband, calling Su Yue “younger sister.”
When he saw Ma Cuiyun here, he scratched his head in confusion and asked: “Why are you here?”
Ma Cuiyun gave him a look, “Sister Su Yue invited me here. Why, you are allowed to come to dinner but not me?”
Ma Cuiyun’s husband, Sun Changfu, was a very honest-looking man. She knew he was an honest man at first sight.
Sun Changfu smiled honestly, “XuXu , I just asked, there is no other meaning.”
Everyone was amused by his fear of his wife.
Su Yue asked Han Aiguo to carry the dining table to the middle of the living room and put the chairs on it.
Because the chairs bought at home were not enough, he went upstairs to Ma Cuiyun’s house and moved seven or eight of them down.
Several young soldiers also brought several bottles of wine, and don’t know where they got it.
Because everyone had not arrived yet, Su Yue asked them to sit and chat first, then went to the room to get the melon seed, candies and small twists she had made in the past few days, and put them on the table, ” You guys should eat something first to fill your stomach, the food will be ready soon.”
A group of people were shocked by the food. Forget about the melon seeds, but the candies and twists are both precious things. How could they be willing to take them out and that to much to entertain guests?
Everyone was a little in disbelief.
Han Aiguo greeted with a smile: “Eat all, don’t be polite. Your sister-in-law made this at home. She is very good at it. You can try it.”
Han Aiguo said this with pride in his eyes and showing off his wife.
After hearing what he said, everyone reached out and took the food on the table and stuffed it into their mouths.
After eating, they finally realized that Commander Han was not bragging, he was serious.
This craftsmanship is really amazing, more tasty than the most expensive candy sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.
The fruits and melon seeds are all delicious, and the little twists are crispy and fragrant, and crunchy when you bite them.
A group of men immediately immersed themselves in eating and couldn’t stop eating, and their previous reserve was gone.
When Feng Junwei brought Fang Xiaoli in, he saw a group of men immersed in eating. He couldn’t help laughing and scolding: ” Are you not embarrassed, all grown men are eating snacks so happily!” .
Zhu Zhu was the first to speak, “Company Commander, the sister-in-law of Commander Han’s family made this by herself. It’s so delicious. Try it quickly.”
Feng Junwei knew that Su Yue is good at cooking. The plate of pastries Su Yue sent two days ago was really delicious. Even he, a grown man, ate one piece and wanted to eat another.
And his wife, who is usually very picky, But kept eating the pastry one bite after another.
He immediately stepped forward and took a piece of small twists and put it into his mouth. He was instantly conquered by the crispiness and couldn’t help but pick up another one and eat it.
Fang Xiaoli secretly poked his waist from behind.
Feng Junwei looked back at her and immediately understood what she meant, so he quickly took a piece of twist and handed it to her.
Fang Xiaoli took the twist and stuffed it into her mouth cautiously, but she swallowed it not so reservedly. After finishing one piece, she couldn’t help but reach out for a piece of twist and two pieces of candy and then she was going to find a place to sit down and eat slowly.
As a result of this , she saw the armchair and sofa in the living room. First her eyes lit up, and then she frowned.
This kind of sofa is only found in rich families. Her parents have it in their home, but they don’t have it in her current home because none of the carpenters here have made a sofa and they can’t buy it.
Why does Han Aiguo a small battalion commander’s family has it? Isn’t he from a rural area? How can he get so much money to buy such a sofa?
Thinking of this, she immediately wished she had one in her own home.
Fang Xiaoli walked over and sat on the sofa while looking at it. She touched the armrest with her hand. The more she touched it, the more she liked it. It felt so good to lean against it. If only she could lean against it like this after getting off work. That would be so comfortable.
At this time, Su Yue and Ma Cuiyun were taking the time to cook in the kitchen. Su Yue is the chef and Ma Cuiyun is the assistant. Su Yue knew that these soldiers had a big appetite, so the dishes prepared were of sufficient portions, with a combination of meat and vegetables, and many styles. She made several dishes just for meat: braised pork, steamed pork, meatballs, and shredded pork rolls.
In addition to pork, she also bought ribs and pork ribs in the morning, and used the ribs to make a sweet and sour pork ribs and a ribs corn soup. Used sewer water to make a stir-fried pork offal and a flavored hand-pulled pork heart.
She simply used all the ingredients she could buy and made the most of the dishes on the table.
After the meat dishes were finished, there were vegetarian dishes. Su Yue made a dish of glutinous rice and lotus root, a dish of three delicacies, a dish of thousand-sheet tofu, a dish of fish-flavored shredded pork, a dish of braised vermicelli with cabbage, and a dish of vegetable ball.
Before she could think about it, a plate of dishes had already been placed on the plate.
As for the pot, before she could see clearly her last move, the next move was completed.
Ma Cuiyun was stunned as she watched Su Yue stir-fry, weigh the pot, and add seasonings at such a speed that her eyes could hardly keep up. One moment the pot on the left, the other on the right.
Originally, it would take more than two hours to cook for so many people, but this girl made it in the blink of an eye.
She made several plates, and the taste of the dishes was not sloppy at all. She could hardly walk just smelling the aroma and she couldn’t wait to grab a bite immediately.
Ma Cuiyun knew for the first time that there was really someone whose cooking skills were so superb. Compared with the older women, her cooking was simply indescribable.
Ma Cuiyun couldn’t help but swallowed, and then said something silly: “Sister, I think your cooking is so good, it’s like watching a show, I want to give you a round of applause.”
Su Yue was amused by her. She kept moving her hands and said with a smile: “Sister Ma, you can watch my performance later. Now, could you please help me serve? They should be waiting impatiently for the food.”
After being reminded like this, Ma Cuiyun finally remembered the business and hurriedly walked out with the food, shouting: “Hurry, hurry, hurry, the food is going to be served. You guys are in for a treat today. Your sister-in-law from the Commander Han’s family is an incredible cook!”
After hearing what she said, a group of soldiers immediately swallowed their saliva and quickly cleared the table. Then she went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes. After the dishes were served,she came to the table and used her chopsticks.
After eating this, a group of people were extremely envious of Han Aiguo. How could he be so lucky? Not only did he find such a beautiful and generous wife, but she also had such great cooking skills. He ate such dishes every day, It’s so good.
Everyone expressed their admiration for Han Aiguo, putting a smile on his face, which he generally wouldn’t have. It was hard for anyone to ignore the happiness in his eyebrows.
Even Feng Junwei couldn’t help but envy Han Aiguo in his heart. This boy had never had good luck before, but how could he be so lucky in marrying a wife? His wife’s craftsmanship is really good. Needless to say, such a wife is really hard to find even with a lantern. He would be grateful if his wife could be half as skilled as this.
Feng Junwei glanced at his wife, who was sitting next to him and only knew how to eat and never helped in the kitchen, and sighed in his heart.
There are a total of fourteen dishes in this meal, and each dish is a full portion. One dish can equal the usual three dishes. It was supposed that there would be a lot left over, but in the end, everything was eaten. Even the soup on the plate was eaten clean by these people with the steamed buns.
Looking at those shiny plates, Su Yue couldn’t even laugh or cry.
Why does it feel like a strong wind has passed by and left no grass behind… But this also shows that they like her cooking skills, which is the best compliment for a cook.
As soon as she finished her meal, Fang Xiaoli excused herself to go home and left. Feng Junwei looked a little embarrassed.
When the others saw this, they didn’t say a word. They took the initiative to help Su Yue remove the dishes and clear the table, and also cleaned the floor. There were also a few little soldiers who wanted to help Su Yue wash the dishes.
Su Yue was so embarrassed that she had to persuade them to leave. Finally, she and Ma Cuiyun washed the dishes in the kitchen.
Because of this meal, the little soldiers had a better view of Su Yue.
Look how good Commander Han is at finding a wife. It would be great if he could find such a good wife in the future.
The two little girls of Ma Cuiyun’s family also had a full stomach after eating tonight. The younger one is only three years old this year, and her name is Xiao Taozi. She raised her head and asked Su Yue: “Auntie, can I come to your house for dinner next time? The food you cook is much better than my mother’s.”
Ma Cuiyun was so angry that she wanted to beat her. After a meal, she was really afraid that this child would always run to Su Yue in the future if she was not sensible, so she said: “You eat so much, how can your aunt’s house have any extra food for you? If you eat at aunt’s house, it won’t be enough.”
The little girl thought for a while and suddenly thought of a good idea, “Then I can bring the food over and let my aunt cook it. That will be enough.”
Seeing that she had learned to prepare her own rations, Ma Cuiyun and Sun Changfu were dumbfounded.
Su Yue was also amused by her, pinched her little cheek and said, “Okay, if Little Taozi wants to come for dinner, just come directly to aunt’s house.”
Little Taozi immediately became happy and jumped up while walking.
