freenovelworld Chapter 360 There will be dumplings to eat!
Chapter 360 There will be dumplings to eat!
Xu Hui suddenly glanced at Zhao Zhaodi and saw that Zhao Zhaodi was turning around to go outside to wash vegetables. She lowered her voice and said:
"Let me tell you a secret, I saw Battalion Commander Chen washing clothes there last night. Tsk tsk tsk, what a rare good man!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Caiyun became interested and quickly asked:
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. I was going to the toilet before going to bed and I happened to see Battalion Commander Chen washing clothes by himself."
Xu Hui said.
Seeing Zhao Zhaodi return, Wu Caiyun asked:
"Xiao Zhao? Does Battalion Commander Chen help with housework at home?"
Zhao Zhaodi smiled slightly and nodded in response:
"Well, actually we don't have that much housework, and he never lets me do anything, complaining that I don't do it well enough."
After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh.
After hearing this, Xu Hui couldn't help but sigh:
"Oh my... This is clearly how much he cherishes you, we're so envious! Unlike my husband, who's always waited on hand and foot at home, never doing a single chore!"
The others chimed in:
"Yes, yes, mine is the same!"
Suddenly, complaints about their husbands being lazy arose one after another.
Around noon, sunlight streamed through the window into the room, and the dumplings were finally all wrapped.
The table and bowls were piled high with dumplings, each one plump and white, forming a small hill.
"Let's start cooking dumplings! The men aren't coming home for lunch, so we'll be enjoying these delicious dumplings all to ourselves today!"
Wu Caiyun said with a smile.
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone sprang into action, dividing the tasks in an orderly manner:
Some tidied up the table and bowls, and put away the remaining ingredients.
Some were responsible for starting fires and boiling water to prepare dumplings.
Wu Caiyun, on the other hand, started preparing the dipping sauce for the dumplings. She skillfully chopped scallions, minced garlic, and added various seasonings, and the aroma instantly filled the air.
At this moment, the children smelled the aroma of dumplings and swarmed into the kitchen like a group of little gluttons.
"Little Tiger, quickly take your younger siblings outside. I'll call you in to eat when it's ready."
While adding cold water to the steaming pot, Xu Hui hurriedly shooed the children away.
The slightly older child, nicknamed Little Tiger, tiptoed and curiously peeked into the pot, swallowing hard, but still obediently led the other children out of the kitchen.
"Xiao Zhao, go and move that table out to the yard so the children can eat there first."
Wu Caiyun turned to Zhao Zhaodi and gave her instructions.
"okay!"
Zhao Zhaodi readily agreed, then quickly walked to the corner of the room, laboriously lifted a small table, and carefully moved it to the center of the courtyard.
Then, she carefully counted the number of children and brought out the corresponding number of stools from the house and arranged them neatly.
"Little Tiger, you little guys come and eat dumplings!"
Xu Hui stood at the kitchen doorway, hands on her hips, and shouted loudly at the children playing in the yard.
Upon hearing the shout, the children who had been playing and frolicking in various corners immediately surged over like a tide.
As they ran, they shouted excitedly:
"We've got dumplings to eat! We've got dumplings to eat!"
Before long, a group of little heads crowded at the kitchen doorway, staring longingly at the steaming dumplings in the pot, their mouths practically watering.
"Oh dear, don't rush! Go wash your hands and faces before you come over! Look at you, you're all so dirty, like you just crawled out of a coal mine."
Xu Hui looked at the group of dirty little devils in front of her, feeling both annoyed and amused.
As she spoke, she gently tapped Xiao Hu's little black hand, which was eagerly reaching out to grab the dumplings, and scolded him with a stern face.
Instead of being scared and backing down after being scolded and tapped by his mother, Xiao Hu mischievously made a face at his mother, then turned around and called to his younger siblings to run towards the water tap together.
Along the way, the children chattered and played around, making quite a scene.
When Xiaohu got to the tap, he turned it on, and cool water gushed out.
He rinsed his hands under the water a few times, and that was it.
But when he raised his hand to walk back, he found that his little hands were still black and dirty, and had not been washed clean at all.
Just then, Xu Hui walked over to check the situation.
Seeing the children's perfunctory attitude, she frowned and raised her voice to scold them again:
"Xiao Hu, stand up right now! If you don't wash your hands properly, I'll call your dad right now and have him give you a good beating when he gets home from get off work! Go wash your hands again, or nobody gets to eat dumplings!"
When Xiaohu heard his mother say she was going to call his father to come home, his heart skipped a beat.
He was most afraid of his father's temper, so he quickly and obediently stood up, returned to the tap, picked up the soap, and began to wash his hands carefully.
Seeing how obedient their older brother was, the other children looked down at their own dirty little hands and, realizing the seriousness of the problem, dared not be lazy anymore and obediently washed their hands again carefully.
Before long, the adorable children quickly washed their hands and, like a pack of hungry little tigers, hopped back to the table, plopped down, and began to wolf down their food like a whirlwind.
They ate with such gusto, their mouths stuffed full, their cheeks puffed out like little squirrels.
In no time, the little ones had filled their bellies, and they ran off contentedly, patting their bellies and burping.
At this moment, the military wives slowly sat down, ready to enjoy the delicious dumplings they had made themselves.
Just as they picked up their chopsticks, Chen Runping strode into the courtyard carrying two lunchboxes. He immediately spotted the six people sitting around the courtyard happily eating dumplings, and a look of great surprise appeared on his face.
"Battalion Commander Chen, you've just returned from delivering food to Xiao Zhao? Come on, come on, have a taste of the dumplings we made!"
Wu Caiyun happened to be sitting directly opposite the courtyard gate, so she was the first to spot Chen Runping walking in and greeted him warmly.
"Yes, I didn't expect you to make dumplings today."
As Chen Runping spoke, he quickly walked to the table, gently placed the lunchbox in his hand on it, and then reached out his right hand to gently pat Zhao Zhaodi's head.