allonlinenovel Chapter 458 15 Military Service in the 60s
Chapter 458 15 Military Service in the 60s
After placing the dumpling on his head, Nie Shenyuan began his shopping.
The first place they went to was the department store.
The supplies here are complete, so you can buy most of the items at once and then put them in the supply truck. Later, you can go buy some smaller items.
With Xie Qingyu's prepared list, shopping became much faster.
Nie Shenyuan was quite familiar with this area, and by referring to the list, he could find the correct area without much thought.
Xie Qingyu followed behind him and was responsible for paying the bill.
After buying all the daily necessities, Nie Shenyuan handed Tuanzi to Xie Qingyu, saying, "You can stay here and see if there's anything else you want besides these necessities, or buy Tuanzi some malted milk powder later. I'll take these back to the supply truck first."
"Okay." Part of the money and tickets are with Xie Qingyu, and the majority are with Nie Shenyuan.
She can buy whatever she wants.
Xie Qingyu took Tuanzi for a stroll around the mall. At this time, the department store actually sold quite a wide variety of things, but you needed a ticket to buy anything.
She had quite a few tickets on her, and after thinking about it, she went to the food counter and bought some snacks.
These are for entertaining Nie Shenyuan's comrades and sister-in-law when they come over for dinner.
If things are slow, we can't just leave people waiting.
In addition to these, Xie Qingyu bought some other things for Tuanzi.
In addition to the malted milk powder that Nie Shenyuan just mentioned, I also bought some milk candy and biscuits.
When the milk candy arrived, Xie Qingyu handed one to Tuanzi.
I had eaten the dumplings before, so I recognized them and was quite happy when I received them.
"Eat slowly, I'll buy you more after you finish." Xie Qingyu peeled one and put it in her mouth.
When Nie Shenyuan returned, he found Xie Qingyu at the food counter.
Seeing the mother and daughter puffing out their cheeks in identical motions, Nie Shenyuan felt a strange sensation in his heart.
When he came over, Xie Qingyu directly put it to his lips.
"What?" Nie Shenyuan had just opened his mouth when Xie Qingyu stuffed a candy into his mouth.
"Is it delicious?" Xie Qingyu asked, and Tuanzi looked at Nie Shenyuan with the same curiosity.
Nie Shenyuan had never eaten this before, but now he could answer, "Sweet, too sweet."
It was so sweet that he was completely stunned, and felt a sweet warmth in his heart.
"I bought some food, some for Tuanzi, and some for your comrades to entertain you later," Xie Qingyu said to Nie Shenyuan, holding up the things in her hand.
Nie Shenyuan naturally took these things into his own hands.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Let's go buy some other things."
The sewing machine is out of stock right now; the one they ordered won't arrive for another two weeks, so they won't be able to buy it this time.
But that doesn't stop me from buying other things. Besides the items from the department store, I also want to buy things like pork and cotton.
The pork purchase went relatively smoothly, but cotton was a bit harder to find.
These items should be relatively easy to buy now, but most of them are in the hands of villagers, and it's not easy to find enough to exchange for them.
But at least I bought some.
This cotton is mainly used to make quilts.
"If that doesn't work, I'll go to the military and ask if they can spare a blanket for us."
"Is this okay?"
“I didn’t pay attention before. I don’t know how the other people who came to accompany the military did it. It should be okay.”
Nie Shenyuan had always considered himself a lone wolf and had never paid attention to matters related to military service.
Now that Xie Qingyu is here, it's indeed time to ask her about these things.
"Let's buy some more seeds. We can plant some vegetables by the gate... or you can plant some flowers if you want," Nie Shenyuan said.
Xie Qingyu glanced at him and shook her head. "Planting flowers isn't suitable, so let's buy some vegetable seeds instead."
Nie Shenyuan breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief. "If all we need are vegetable seeds, we can just ask others for some when we get back. We don't need to buy any."
Nie Shenyuan only knew that Xie Qingyu liked flowers.
Her gaze softens especially when she sees flowers on the roadside.
"Then let's go back first," Nie Shenyuan said.
They bought a lot of things on this trip. To save time, some of the items were bought by Shi Tou. After they finished shopping, they returned to the supply truck.
The supply truck didn't pick up any people this time; they returned to their unit after buying their supplies.
The supply truck was still parked at the family compound, but they bought a lot of things, and Nie Shenyuan and Shi Tou made three trips to unload them.
Xie Qingyu carried the sleeping Tuanzi back first.
They don't have any food available right now, so they can't let Shitou eat here.
Xie Qingyu insisted on giving him some of the things she had bought, telling him to take them with him.
After seeing Shi Tou off, Nie Shenyuan and Xie Qingyu looked at the pile of things in the yard.
"Looks like I'll be busy this afternoon too."
"It's alright, I'll take care of it. It should be quick." Nie Shenyuan glanced at it, assessed it, and felt it was acceptable.
"it is good."
"I'll go get the food first, and I'll take care of these things when I get back. You can rest for a while." Nie Shenyuan picked up the lunchbox and went to get the food.
Xie Qingyu thought for a moment, then went inside and woke Tuanzi up.
He woke up too early this morning and was sleepy by noon, so we woke him up again when it was time for lunch.
Tuanzi wasn't grumpy at all when she woke up. After rubbing her eyes, she reached out to Xie Qingyu.
"Your dad went to get food. How about you eat first and then go to sleep?"
Tuanzi nodded obediently, waiting for Xie Qingyu to put on his shoes and help him get out of bed.
While the mother and daughter waited at home, Nie Shenyuan returned quickly.
Nie Shenyuan specially bought two large lunchboxes so that he could pack more types of food.
Nie Shenyuan discovered that both mother and daughter were picky eaters. When they encountered food they didn't like, they wouldn't say anything, but even if they ate a few bites of something they didn't like, they wouldn't eat much.
Nie Shenyuan sighed, wondering how he could fatten them up a bit.
This time, Nie Shenyuan ate a little faster, and after he had almost finished eating, he started working.
He was probably trained in the military; he works very efficiently.
The things he bought were a mess, with everything needing to be put somewhere. Nie Shenyuan organized them one by one with great patience.
After Xie Qingyu finished eating, she tidied up the table and then started cleaning up with Nie Shenyuan.
Seeing this, Tuanzi came over to help.
Xie Qingyu didn't stop him; instead, she instructed him to do some errands.
Tuanzi was having a great time, running around delivering things to Xie Qingyu and Nie Shenyuan.
When everything was almost packed up, Nie Shenyuan started a fire with honeycomb briquettes.
It's inconvenient not being able to boil water. Now that I've bought everything, it's better to turn on the stove.
After finishing that, he looked around the yard to see if there was anything else he could do.
He only had one day off today, and he was trying to get everything done so that Xie Qingyu wouldn't have to feel awkward when she was home alone.
"That's about it. If we're going to have a housewarming party later, should we buy some more groceries?"
"I'll ask the kitchen to spare some for us then." Nie Shenyuan had a plan; Xie Qingyu didn't seem like someone who knew how to cook.
"Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate to get everything from there?" Xie Qingyu asked seriously.
“I’ll prepare two in advance. You can decide what to make then.” Nie Shenyuan had already thought it through. “When they come, they’ll see that it’s you who’s cooking. Besides, we don’t have all the ingredients, so it’s normal for us to buy some from the cafeteria.”
Xie Qingyu's impression of Nie Shenyuan improved even more. He didn't have any of the current male chauvinism and was very considerate of Xie Qingyu's feelings.
"Okay, we'll see when you order. I'm going to the market with the other sisters-in-law tomorrow to buy some things too."
The atmosphere between the two of them was fairly good, but there were always uninvited guests who would come and ruin it.
Who else could it be but Yu Lingling, one of the female soldiers standing at the door?
Xie Qingyu saw her first; her gaze was fixed on the courtyard.
Nie Shenyuan noticed Xie Qingyu's gaze and turned to look at her.