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Making dumplings was originally a relatively difficult technical job for her, but in order for him to avoid eating quick-frozen dumplings from the supermarket when he came back in the future, she had been asking Yan Zhuang to make dumplings for the past few weekends.

From chopping stuffing to wrapping, she learned it in a down-to-earth manner. For someone as smart as her and willing to work hard, she can still pass the test with her current skills!

From four o'clock to six o'clock, her heartbeat continued to accelerate, and she would run out every few minutes to see if he was approaching, but she was disappointed every time...

There were finally footsteps outside the door. She jumped up happily and opened the door...

Disappointment was like a bucket of cold water, pouring over her from top to bottom.

The person coming is Ning Zhenqian...

It's Hao Xiaohai...

Moreover, she had a hunch that what Hao Xiaohai brought was definitely not the news she wanted to hear...

"Sister-in-law! The leader asked me to ask you to go to the cafeteria for dinner!" Hao Xiaohai said.

really……

She looked back at "Perfect" on the dining table, smiled and asked, "Where is your group leader?"

"I'm on duty tonight! I've already eaten in the cafeteria. Let me call you!"

"On duty? Didn't he say he won't be on duty tonight?" After a day of hard work and careful preparation, but no one was there to support him, I still felt somewhat uncomfortable...

"Originally, it was not the regimental commander who was on duty, but Chief of Staff Fang's shift. However, Chief of Staff Fang had something to do temporarily, so the regimental commander took over for him..."

"That's it...I understand...Thank you..." Although he understood, he could not help but feel disappointed on his face.

Hao Xiaohai was really attentive and instantly understood the meaning in her tone, "Sister-in-law, let me say a good word for the leader. It's not that the leader won't come back to accompany you. The leader, chief of staff, and the others are all thinking about the brothers. During the Spring Festival,

The leaders are on duty so that the brothers can take a break during the New Year."

She sighed in her heart, how could she bear to resent him like this? He was the one she loved...

However, you can come back to eat even if you are on duty! After all, are you still avoiding her? Otherwise, you have a whole day during the day, why don't you come back and say something to her?

Brother Tangtang, in fact, as long as you give me a chance, a small chance, I will be satisfied...

"Sister-in-law... are you going to eat?" Seeing that she remained silent, Hao Xiaohai thought she was angry with the group leader, but it was not convenient to say anything more.

Tao Zi smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, I'm cooking at home, let's just eat at home. Xiao Hai, have you eaten?"

"Not yet..." Hao Xiaohai glanced into the room and saw that the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was on the table. He couldn't help but feel indescribable sympathy for his sister-in-law's hard work. She must have worked hard all day to make such a meal.

, my sister-in-law is so kind to the leader...

"Xiao Hai, why don't we eat together? Look, I've made so much that even one person can't finish it!" She opened the door wide and let Xiao Hai in.

"This..." Is this good? Will the group leader cut him?

"It's okay! Come in! Isn't it different from eating in the cafeteria to eating here?" The dishes and chopsticks were already set, and even wine was prepared on the table. Tao Zi pulled away the stool and sincerely invited Hao Xiaohai to eat with him.

"Then... okay..." Hao Xiaohai felt that he really couldn't refuse his sister-in-law's kindness, so he walked in and sat down. The dishes on the table all looked good, which made him praise him, "Sister-in-law, you did all this. I really can't see it."

Come out!"

She is small, dressed immaturely, and last night I played with her making paper dumplings. I feel like she is just a child. I didn’t expect that she could make such a good dish. The leader is really lucky!

Tao Zi didn't know that Hao Xiaohai had so many thoughts in his mind, so he opened the wine bottle and poured wine for Hao Xiaohai, then took another cup, poured half a cup, and offered it to the grandfather in heaven. However, she herself had a bad stomach and

Not daring to drink, he smiled and answered Xiao Hai's words, "Actually, this is the first time I have cooked so many dishes alone. You want to try it first before deciding whether it tastes good or not. If you think it is good, you can come here to eat more often in the future!"

"Is sister-in-law planning to join the army?" Hao Xiaohai asked sensitively after hearing the word "often come".

Tao Zi felt a heavy blow in the heart, yes, joining the army! According to Ning Zhenqian's level, there is no problem for her to join the army, but he never mentioned it. This is also expected, let alone joining the army, just

Even when she came all the way to see him, he didn't want to see him and always found various excuses to avoid him. How could he let her go with the army?

She smiled nonchalantly, "No! I have a job I like, so why would I join the army? It's just that this vacation is longer, so you can come here often to try my craft." How could work be compared with him in her heart? He was the only one.

With the look in his eyes, she could abandon everything and rush here. The place with him would be her paradise...

"Yes..." Hao Xiaohai looked a little depressed, "Our place is remote and difficult, and the climate conditions are also very bad. No girl is willing to come."

"That's not the reason... don't talk about it, eat! It's time for the food to get cold!" Tao Zi picked up a chicken leg with chopsticks. This chicken, Tao Zi, is a whole steamed chicken. The meat has been steamed until it is extremely soft. When you pull it,

He tore off a whole piece and gave it all to Xiao Hai.

"I don't want so much! Let's keep these legs for the leader!" Xiao Hai felt a little uncomfortable. What would happen if the leader knew that he was enjoying his benefits? I'm afraid this half chicken doesn't have enough calories.

Dozens of laps consumed...

"Don't be polite if I ask you to eat!" Tao Zi also spread some other side dishes for him and said, "Xiaohai, feel free to eat and drink freely. Don't let your sister-in-law see you outside. It's just that my sister-in-law can't drink.

I can’t accompany you anymore.”

Hao Xiaohai nodded and took small bites of half of the chicken. Tao Zi filled a bowl of soup and replaced the wine with soup as a gesture of respect to him.

After drinking some wine, Hao Xiaohai relaxed a little and started to gnaw on the chicken. He started talking more, and all he said was good about Ning Zhenqian:

"Our regiment leader Ning is a well-known iron-blooded regiment leader. Our regiment wins every military exercise!"

"The regimental commander is very strict when training troops. It is no exaggeration to say that when the brothers heard his voice, their hair stood up! But we all just have one word: obey!"

"The regiment leader is strict and strict, and he cares about us in daily life! Once, my father was ill, and the regiment leader even sent money to my father in my name..."

…

Hao Xiaohai praised Commander Ning as a god-like figure. He took a break and took a sip of wine. "Sister-in-law, don't believe it! I am not bragging. The Commander is well-known. The daughter of a senior leader of a certain military region has served us well."

The leader has been here several times..."

What? The meatballs in Tao Zi’s mouth fell into the bowl, and someone was still eyeing her husband?

"Sister-in-law, don't believe it. Not every man in our mountains is in bad shape. People have already said that as long as the regiment leader agrees to be with her, he will be transferred to the military area and leave this broken ravine.

!" There was a bit of disdain in Hao Xiaohai's tone, "Humph, our regiment leader doesn't do that! What's so great?! What happened to Poshangou? Our regiment leader can go back to Beijing as long as he wants. What does the military region mean?

Humph, the leader just likes this broken ravine, what’s wrong with you! I just like this broken ravine, what’s wrong with you?!”

This sounds relieving!

Tao Zi didn't hear the implication of Hao Xiaohai's words. She just felt that her captain Ning was too powerful in front of other women. On a whim, he poured a glass of wine and clinked glasses with Hao Xiaohai, "Yes! Is that right?

Wrong! The men in our ravine are so powerful! Who dares to look down on her? We still look down on her! Come, cheers to the real men in the mountains! My sister-in-law, I love such a man!"

Hao Xiaohai was slightly tipsy, staring at Tao Zi with a pair of small eyes, and said with excitement, "Sister-in-law, cheers to the leader for having a sister-in-law like you! Sister-in-law, let me tell you one thing, tomorrow night, the woman is expected to come, sister-in-law, you have to do it

Be prepared!"

"Why is she here? Your regimental leader and I are married. Is she here to ruin the military wedding?" After spending a few days together with him, I already had a lot of knots in my heart, and having a woman come to disrupt the situation is really enough.

Oh! Has Yue Lao fallen asleep? The red thread is being pulled randomly?!

"Tomorrow the leader of the military region will come to visit us. There will be a performance for her own entertainment. She will also come with her and bring a program. This has been the case for the past two years. Sometimes she will also come for the Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. You and the leader

We just got married not long ago, so no one knows that the group leader is married, and if you don’t come this time, we won’t know either.” Xiao Hai decided to kindly remind her sister-in-law, lest that shrewd woman do anything inappropriate and make it difficult for her to come down.

tower.

What a good Ning Zhenqian! What a joy! If she hadn’t known that there was someone like Qianqi in your heart, she would really have suspected that the reason why he refused to go back was because of the warm and fragrant nephrite here! Just thinking about it makes everyone angry.

Another woman was actually by his side during the festival. How could this make her, a real wife who stayed in the cold palace, feel so embarrassed?

She had an idea, "Performance? What kind of performance? Who are the performers?"

"There are performances by the talented brothers of our group, as well as programs brought by the condolences group."

Her eyes lit up, "Xiaohai, can I perform one?"

"Of course! It's best to ask the team leader to arrange your program with that woman together to make her mad!" Hao Xiaohai had a bad impression of that woman at first, but he was short-tongued and fell in love with Tao Zi. Now he is completely

We share the same enemy with Tao Zi!

"But I don't want your group leader to know that I'm also acting. Xiaohai, can you help me arrange it?"

Xiaohai squinted her eyes and smiled, "Sister-in-law, I understand, you want to give the group leader a surprise, right? Okay! I'll take care of it!"

"By the way, I still need some things, and I don't know if they are sold in town, but there is a performance tomorrow, can you make it in time?" Since there is a performance, clothes and other things must be prepared.

"It's all on me! There will be a shopping trip tomorrow, and I'll ask them to pick you up." Hao Xiaohai has completely lost the sense of strangeness with Tao Zi, and started pouring wine for himself, and then filled it for Tao Zi, "

Sister-in-law, can’t you drink? Drink less.”

"Yes, I can only drink a little." Tao Zi raised his glass and clinked it with him again.

He said he only drank a little bit, but Tao Zi forgot about it. As the drunkenness gradually increased, various emotions began to creep into his heart.

For many years, she has been celebrating the holidays alone. She has closed herself tightly in her own circle, not letting anyone intrude, but she never thought that for the first time, she would open her heart and let another person step into her circle.

But it's not the person he misses so much, but... Hao Xiaohai...

Maybe, in a sense, this is also a kind of fate...

There are many kinds of fate. There is fate between relatives, so we can be sons, daughters, and parents. There is also fate between friends, so we have confidants, two, three, friends, four, and five. Of course, there is more need for fate between lovers.

, that’s why we have the moth to fly into the flame and have no regrets for the rest of our lives...

"Xiao Hai, be my younger brother!" She held the wine glass and smiled. This was the first person besides her grandfather to spend the New Year with her...

"Okay! I really want to have a sister! Sister, you will be my sister from now on! Sister, cheers!" Hao Xiaohai drained the wine in his wine glass in one gulp.
To be continued...