Reborn Spicy Little Wife

Chapter 341 Housewarming Celebration (3)

As soon as she appeared, everyone rubbed their hands together in delight.

"Sister-in-law!" everyone greeted in unison, almost lifting the roof off.

"Sister-in-law, we're here to work. Just tell us what you need!" Xiao Di said on behalf of everyone.

The comrades' high spirits made Luo Ning feel a little dazed, as if he hadn't seen such a scene in his life.

"Alright, alright, everyone, I need your help with something. Did you see the tables and chairs under the jujube tree when you came? Could you wash them for me?" Luo Ning pointed to the entrenching tool leaning against the door. "Also, dig a stove under the jujube tree. I'm planning to borrow the canteen's steamer to steam some things!"

"No problem!" Upon receiving the order, everyone immediately picked up their entrenching tools, rolled up their sleeves, and went out to get to work.

"Xiao Ning, just make something simple for lunch!" Xie Chang'an said worriedly, fearing that Luo Ning would get tired.

Luo Ning nodded, indicating that she knew what she was doing, and quickly went into the kitchen.

"Sister Tong, clear out the steamer to make mung bean soup. Sister Fu, wash the shepherd's purse you picked, wash a lot of it, we'll make wontons for lunch!" Luo Ning said, inserting the pre-prepared water pipe into the faucet, tying two loofah sponges to it, and running it from the kitchen through the living room.

People outside were wondering how to wash the tables and chairs when they saw a water pipe and three loofah sponges coming out of the front door, and they were amazed.

This is a good method; it saves us from having to fetch water repeatedly.

Tong Nan and Fu Qingjin exchanged a glance in the kitchen. Making wontons was a good idea; they didn't need to cook any special dishes, and it solved the problem quickly.

Everyone got busy with their own tasks. Xie Chang'an looked through the bamboo curtain at his comrades working enthusiastically outside and heard the sounds of activity coming from the kitchen. He sighed inwardly.

This is life! This is what life should be like!

Hearing the sound of chopping filling, Xie Chang'an wheeled over and saw Luo Ning chopping filling, and his heart ached instantly.

It doesn't matter if those bastards eat or not, but don't tire out their wives! "Someone come in and chop the filling!"

Xiao Di dropped his entrenching tool, dashed inside, went into the kitchen, washed his hands, and said with a grin, "Sister-in-law, let me do it!"

Luo Ning turned her head and caught a glimpse of Tong Nan and Fu Qingjin's teasing glances out of the corner of her eye, then glared at Xie Chang'an.

You're such a busybody, but I couldn't hide my happiness. "Xiao Di, thank you for your help!"

"It's nothing, sister-in-law, don't be so polite. We've come all this way to trouble you!" Xiao Di took the cleaver and began chopping the filling with a rapid, clattering sound.

"It's just cooking a meal, it's nothing!" Luo Ning picked up a bowl, scooped out some glutinous rice flour, mixed it with some of the remaining rice flour, and kneaded it into a dough. After the mung beans were cooked, she put them into the mung bean pot, sprinkled on some white sugar, and then put them in cold water to chill.

Tong Nan had already chopped the shepherd's purse and scallions and was peeling the scallions with Fu Qingjin.

Luo Ning watched Fu Qingjin working hard and secretly gave her a thumbs up. Fu Qingjin was born well and married well, but she didn't act like a spoiled girl at all. No wonder she could get close to Sister Tong.

Seeing Fu Qingjin, she couldn't help but think of her former teacher's wife, who was also a woman who liked to do everything herself and create all the flavors of life.

I hope that she can live a wonderful life in this lifetime as well.

Luo Ning glanced at the cutting board and hurriedly called out, "It's done, Xiao Di, thank you so much! You should rest for a while and go call everyone in for some mung bean soup to tide them over!"

"Okay, sister-in-law!" Xiao Di put down the cleaver and went out to bring in a large bunch of things.

When everyone received a bowl of mung bean soup, they secretly chuckled as they looked at the little glutinous rice balls floating in it.

My sister-in-law is so generous! After drinking the soup, I worked even harder.

Twenty minutes later, Luo Ning sat in a chair with rolled-out wonton wrappers on her left, wonton filling on her right, and a lid on her left front.

Now it's time for the performance, this is Luo Ning's signature act, honed over two lifetimes.

Luo Ning took a chopstick and poked around in the wonton wrapper. With lightning speed, she wrapped the wonton with one hand and tossed it onto the lid.

Fu Qingjin and Tong Nan were dumbfounded. They could only see the wontons flying around, and they couldn't see how Luo Ning wrapped them at all.

"Sister Tong, boil some water! Sister Fu, take the dried shrimp out of the drawer on your right, tear open the bag, grab a handful and put them in each bowl."

Luo Ning directed Tong Nan and Fu Qingjin while working.

Tong and Fu were busy with their own things when they inadvertently turned around and found that Luo Ning had already covered a curtain with everything, arranged neatly as if measured with a ruler, with not a single one in the wrong direction.

Tong Nan immediately replaced the lid with a new one, and the wontons quickly stood upright on it.

After Xiao Di and the others finished their work, they were called in for lunch.

"We're having wontons for lunch today. Eat as many bowls as you want, it's all you can eat!" Luo Ning said heartily as she ladled wontons into her bowl.

When all the wontons were finally served, everyone sat down at the table and looked at Xie Chang'an in unison.

"Eat!" Xie Chang'an gave the order, and everyone picked up their chopsticks.

The plump wontons lay in the large bowl, each one looking like a gold ingot, which was particularly pleasing to the eye. When you picked one up and took a bite, the crispness of the shepherd's purse mixed with the aroma of meat spread on your tongue. It was so fresh that you wanted to swallow your tongue along with it, making you unable to stop eating it.

Luo Ning frowned as she picked up a wonton from her bowl, looking it over from left to right. It seemed like her first attempt at cooking a large pot of rice had failed!

As Xie Chang'an ate his wontons, his memory suddenly flew back to when he was on the train leaving home, hungry and looking for food in his backpack, when he saw that thermos.

And the letter Luo Ning wrote to him, the embarrassment of his hidden secret being exposed was gradually soothed after eating the wontons made by Luo Ning himself.

Luo Ning made wontons for him once after he came to Jidu, but those two wontons were different from this one, and so was his mood.

But they were all equally delicious; the young wife's cooking skills are truly amazing.

After Xiao Di finished his bowl, he finally found a chance to speak when Luo Ning refilled it for him. "Sister-in-law, the wontons are so delicious and beautiful. It's the first time I've ever seen wontons wrapped like this!"

The others nodded in agreement, expressing their strong appreciation for the newfound worldliness they had gained.

Luo Ning's heart instantly returned to normal, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that Xiao Di was only eating a little more because he was afraid of embarrassing her.

It's embarrassing to have so much left in the basin.

But the joy on Xiao Di's face and the genuine smiles of her relatives and comrades seemed real, and she finally felt relieved.

Just as Luo Ning was about to add wontons to Shen Da'an's plate, Shen Da'an suddenly felt a chilling gaze from his battalion commander and hurriedly declined, "Sister-in-law, I can do it myself. You've been busy all morning, sit down and eat!"

“Okay!” Luo Ning nodded, put down her spoon, glanced at Xie Chang’an, and picked up her rice bowl again.

Xie Chang'an was extremely self-righteous: "My wife didn't even give me any, so how could it be their turn!"

And my wife is the one who serves them, huh!

Xiao Di, Shen Da'an, and the others left after finishing their meal. They had training in the afternoon and needed to get back on time.

While I was at it, I took with me Luo Ning's instructions and borrowed the steamer baskets and large pots from the military canteen.

The living room fell silent instantly. Tong Nan was the last to put down her chopsticks, wiping her mouth sheepishly, "These wontons..."