GBP Chapter 318: Like drinking a few pounds of coptis root, bitter and astringent
Chapter 318: Like drinking a few pounds of coptis root, bitter and astringent
Douhua was so anxious to share the delicious food with his father that he didn't notice that his mother looked strange.
Holding the peanut candy, he skipped towards the kitchen.
While running, he shouted, "Dad, look, I have delicious peanut candy."
As Lu Jingsong looked at the tofu pudding running towards him happily, he felt as if several pounds of Coptis chinensis were suddenly poured into his heart, bitter and astringent.
Just like in the previous few days, Douhua threw himself into his father's arms, raised the candy in his hand and fed it into his mouth.
"Eat quickly, Dad."
Lu Jingsong held the tofu pudding mechanically and opened his mouth mechanically.
It was obviously sweet peanut candy, but he tasted bitterness in his mouth.
The eggs in the pot had been steamed, and Fang Qiuyan, who had calmed down again, took out the eggs.
She took out three sets of bowls and chopsticks, washed them, and made the porridge. Then she called out, "Come and eat."
The sound was so calm that there was no difference from before.
"Coming!"
Douhua said this and flew over like a happy little bird to help her mother move the stool.
After moving, he waved to his father.
"Dad, come quickly! It's time for dinner!"
Lu Jingsong swallowed the half-chewed peanut candy in his mouth, and his throat felt like it was scratched hard by something, causing him to feel a little sore in his eyes.
"it is good."
He responded in a dry voice and came to the dining table like a wandering soul.
Fang Qiuyan still didn't speak to him, but took a spoon and beat a spoonful of egg into the tofu pudding.
"Eat quickly. After you finish eating, mom will take you to pick mushrooms."
Hearing this, Douhua's eyes lit up.
"Great, I want to go!"
Douhua likes to go up the mountain to play the most. Not only can he pick delicious mushrooms, but also sour and sweet wild fruits.
However, since Fang Qiuyan had to collect herbs, it was not convenient for her to take her with her. On weekdays, she would either go up the mountain with other military wives or go alone, and she rarely brought Douhua with her.
How could Douhua not be happy when she heard that her mother was going to take her to the mountains to pick mushrooms?
Without being urged, she ate mouthful after mouthful of porridge.
The porridge was cooked in advance, and the temperature was just right, not hot. The egg cooled down soon after being put into the porridge, and Fang Qiuyan was not afraid of getting burned.
There was a large pot of boiled fish on the table, but only Fang Qiuyan took some.
Lu Jingsong hardly moved his chopsticks.
Fang Qiuyan didn't care. After finishing her meal, she took the tofu pudding out.
Watching the mother and daughter's backs gradually disappearing into the distance, Lu Jingsong's tightly clenched hands finally loosened slowly, and a bright red bloodstain was faintly visible on his palms.
Because of Fang Dongxue's letter, the relationship between Fang Qiuyan and Lu Jingsong once again reached freezing point.
It was not known whether it was intentional or not, but Fang Qiuyan once again began to leave late and return early.
Living under the same roof, the two rarely bump into each other.
Even on weekends, she stayed at Lin Wanshu's house.
The factory's equipment was pulled in yesterday. It was sent by He Wenzhu.
Her belly is almost seven months old and looks much bigger than Lin Wanshu's.
Qiu Yong looked terrified and refused to let her go to work.
Coincidentally, his mother Wang Guifen also came and was living in the family compound, taking care of her daughter-in-law who was pregnant with twins.
He Wenzhu originally didn't want to take a vacation, but her belly was too big and it was inconvenient for her to work.
Finally, she followed Qiu Yong's suggestion and after delivering the equipment to the pharmaceutical factory, she settled down in the staff quarters.
She was also at Lin Wanshu's house at this moment, watching her make mushroom sauce for Yu Fangfang.
In a few days, Yu Fangfang will leave here.
She has also completed the job transfer procedures these days and doesn't have to go to work. She spends almost the entire day at Lin Wanshu's house.
Like a follower, she followed Lin Wanshu wherever she went.
Lin Wanshu felt so upset that she wanted to make all the food she could cook and feed it to her.
Not only did she make mushroom sauce, she also made beef sauce and chili sauce.
There are also a variety of delicious snacks that are long-lasting.
Although she knew that she was not good at cooking, Lin Wanshu still prepared a lot of practical food for her.
"These things are specialties of our Yun Province. You can take them with you. If you don't eat them yourself, you can give them to others."
Although Feng Yandong is going to be promoted to the rank of colonel when he gets there, there are only benefits and no harm in establishing good relationships with other military wives.
Listening to Lin Wanshu's nagging instructions, Yu Fangfang's eyes felt sore and bitter.
In the past, she would never lower herself to make friends with the person who took the initiative.
After all, her grandfather's status is there, and it's up to others to curry favor with her. How could she take the initiative to make friends with others?
But after getting along with Lin Wanshu for a long time, she now realizes how important harmonious neighborhood relations are.
Not to mention anything else, just in the six months since Lin Wanshu came to join the army, there have been fewer quarrels in the family compound. Everyone is either busy collecting herbs or learning how to make medicine. Who has time to argue about trivial things?
Even the men couldn't help but praise it privately, saying that the atmosphere in their family compound was better than anything they had ever seen before.
The women at home are well behaved and don't make trouble, while the men are training in the front with full of enthusiasm.
Maybe she couldn't do what Lin Wanshu did and unite so many military wives.
But she is also willing to learn from her.
Holding Lin Wanshu's arm and resting her head on her shoulder, Yu Fangfang said gloomily, "Wanwan, you are so good to me. I will not be used to it when I go to the northwest in the future."
Lin Wanshu was also a little sad, but she still cheered up and joked with her: "Didn't you say we are sisters? Since we are good sisters, how can I not be nice to you?"
When Yu Fangfang heard this, her mood immediately improved a lot. Without any hesitation, she packed all the things Lin Wanshu had prepared into another sack.
Tang Qian felt so painful watching this.
"Fangfang, can you carry so many things? Do you want me to help you digest them?"
Beef sauce, chili sauce, lots of meat jerky, lard…
hiss!
She couldn't help drooling when she thought about it.
Hearing this, Yu Fangfang reflexively sealed the bag and looked at Tang Qian with a vigilant look on her face!
"Don't even think about taking advantage of me. If I can't carry it, I still have my old Feng!"
Don’t say that these are all delicious, even if they are not delicious, she will take them away!
After all, they were prepared by Lin Wanshu for her, and she treasures them very much!
Tang Qian saw that she looked like she was on guard against thieves and couldn't help but mutter something.
"Is it that serious? You already have so many delicious foods, what's wrong with giving me two?"
Yu Fangfang: "As for that! I'm not like you, I can see Wanwan every day, this is the only thing I think about."
After a while, the two of them started arguing again.
The military wives were already used to it, and they felt a little amused and helpless watching the two of them pecking at each other like elementary school kids.
He Wenzhu has been busy in the machinery factory these days and has a rare vacation. Seeing that Lin Wanshu's place is still bustling with activity, the smile in her eyes never stops.
How wonderful! They can finally bask in the sunshine of peace, play and fight as much as they want, without having to worry about the artillery fire that may fall on their heads at any time.
Amidst all the hustle and bustle, there was one person who seemed out of place.
Lin Wanshu looked at Fang Qiuyan who was sitting in the corner in a daze and couldn't help but feel worried.
However, there were so many people around now that she couldn't ask her anything, so she planned to ask her later.
Today is a rest day, and Lin Wanshu's house is packed with people.
Yu Fangfang is leaving in a few days, so everyone decided to prepare a meal together as a farewell banquet.
Qin Yan and Feng Yandong went to buy meat early in the morning and have not returned yet.
Qiu Yong, Shen Xuewen and others were helping to chop wood and kill fish in the yard.
The women were not idle in the kitchen either, helping Yu Fangfang pack things.
I started picking vegetables, washing the pot and boiling water to prepare to kill the chicken.
"Wan Shu, I'm not saying this, but your chicken is really good looking."
Early in the morning, Lin Wanshu asked Qin Yan to catch a castrated chicken, which was now tied under the foot of the stool.
Yang Zheng looked at the big fat chicken and couldn't help drooling.
Other people’s chickens may not grow this big even after one or two years of raising them, but hers can reach four or five kilograms in just over half a year!
Such a growth rate is simply terrifying!
If they could all raise chickens like this, would they still have to worry about not having meat to eat in the future?
It turned out that this chicken was the first brood of chickens hatched by the hen in Lin Wanshu's home, and it was one that was accidentally left out.
She was too lazy to send it over, so she just raised it herself.
Even the castration was done by her own hands.
This chicken is also doing well. Its growth rate is as fast as a balloon. It has grown to nearly five kilograms in more than half a year.
Kang Bufan and the other man were so greedy that they were drooling.
Tang Qian immediately became excited when talking about chickens. She didn't bother to argue with Yu Fangfang. She also came over to Yang Zheng and said, "My chicken is also well-raised. Although it's not as big as Wan Shu's, it has grown for a few months and now weighs three pounds."
She was shameless and asked Lin Wanshu for a pair of chicks.
Knowing that Lin Wanshu had a rooster, she did not keep any chickens for breeding and directly castrated the male one, which grew very fast.
The others who didn't get the rooster were immediately extremely envious.
"I don't know when my little hen will be able to hatch chicks."
Because Lin Wanshu's chicken breed is so special, the army does not limit the number of chickens that can be raised.
The military wives can raise as many chicks as they can hatch.
Those that cannot be raised will be recycled by the army in order to expand the breeding scale.
Since being allowed to raise unlimited chickens, the wives of the military personnel have been as excited as ever, trying their best to hatch a nest of chicks as soon as possible.
But so far, none of them has successfully hatched its first brood.
After all, what they got was the second batch of chicks, and the little hens had just learned to lay eggs, so they would have to wait for some time before they could hatch them.
On the contrary, the first hen in Lin Wanshu's family is expected to lay eggs again next month.
This is the efficiency of a model worker. Who wouldn't be confused when seeing this?
Several people gathered around the chicken, talking to each other.
The chicken seemed to sense danger and kept shrinking under the stool.
But this is not a problem for the battle-hardened military wives.
After the water boiled, Tang Qian reached out her hand and reached back, and the chicken was caught in her hand.
When Fang Qiuyan saw that everyone was preparing to kill a chicken and cook, she collected her thoughts and hurried over to help.
Someone was killing chickens, so she helped pick beans.
Because there were many people coming today, the military wives prepared a lot of vegetables.
There was a huge bundle of beans alone, and it would probably take more than ten minutes to pick them.
The kitchen was too crowded, so Fang Qiuyan put the beans in a basket and took them outside to pick.
The beans are not sprayed with pesticides, the insects are caught by hand.
Therefore, there are quite a few insect holes on it.
Fang Qiuyan lowered her head and broke the beans one by one, peeling off the fibers on the sides.
In the yard, the children were playing war games again.
Douhua was holding a wooden gun in her hand, which Lu Jingsong had made for her ten days ago.
Fang Qiuyan listened to her daughter's carefree voice and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.
There is heartache and reluctance.
Among the group of playing children, Feng Jianshe seemed particularly silent.
After being shot by Miaomiao, he fell to the ground and never got up again.
Xiao Miaomiao was shocked when she saw this.
Without caring about the war game, she quickly ran forward and pushed his arm.
"Brother, get up!"
But Feng Jianshe was feeling depressed and didn't want to open his eyes at all.
Even though Xiao Miaomiao pushed him a few times, he still kept his eyes tightly closed.
When Xiao Miaomiao saw that he couldn't get up, she thought she had really hurt him and suddenly became anxious.
He ran to find help.
It happened that Shen Yue was closest to her, so Xiao Miaomiao took his hand and came to Feng Jianshe.
"Save him quickly!"
Shen Yue looked at Feng Jianshe lying motionless on the ground. For the first time, he, who had always loved to play and make noises, was silent.
Without saying a word, he sat next to Feng Jianshe.
After a while, Shen Ci also came over.
He, who has always been a sinister person and likes to cheat others, also kept silent.
Xiao Miaomiao looked at this, then looked at that, and her little eyebrows were almost wrinkled into a ball.
Why didn’t they save Brother Jianshe?
Seeing that no one was helping, she moved closer to Feng Jianshe and said in a baby voice, "Don't be afraid, brother. I'll bandage you!"
She has seen movies, and that’s how it’s played out in movies.
If you are injured, just bandage it.
After hearing Miaomiao's comforting words, Feng Jianshe finally opened his eyes.
But his eyes looked a little red.
"Qin Zhiyao."
Hearing this strange yet familiar name, Miaomiao blinked.
It took him a while to realize that someone was calling him, so he raised his little hand and shouted "Here" in a baby voice!
Feng Jianshe sat up and looked at Xiao Miaomiao with his red eyes.
"Brother Jianshe is leaving. You must not forget me in the future, understand!"
Although his eyes were red, Feng Jianshe remembered his father's words firmly.
A man bleeds, not tears!
No matter how sad you are, you can't cry.
Miaomiao was still young and didn’t know what separation meant. She only knew that Feng Jianshe was crying.
She stretched out her little hands and hugged Feng Jianshe like her mother usually hugged her.
"Don't cry, brother."
When Shen Ci saw this, he instinctively wanted to take a step forward.
But I don’t know what he was thinking about, he just endured it.
Shen Yue's eyes also turned red.
Unable to hold back, he imitated Miaomiao, stretched out his arms and hugged Feng Jianshe and Miaomiao together.
"Jianshe, don't be sad. At worst...at worst I can give you my courage. You can take it with you and think of it as me accompanying you."
"Brave" is the parrot raised by Shen Yue.
This pet is his favorite, and he is reluctant to give it away even to Miaomiao.
It can be seen that he really can't bear to part with his brothers.