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Zhu Haimei used to not really like cooking, but after watching the drama on TV, he became interested in cooking.

It was a little strange but it seemed like he was actually born to be a chef because he could process any ingredients into food. In addition, his coworkers also like to go to his place to eat. Cooking burrows (cold noodles) is easy.

After lighting the fire and heating the pot, Zhu Haimei then cut the fatty meat into small pieces and put it in the pot. In an instant, the smell of fatty meat instantly filled the kitchen. And when he smelled the smell of fatty meat, his appetite also increased.

This can't happen. If you eat too much, you will not be able to lose weight. He then rushed out of the kitchen, took out the dried lotus leaves he had bought, then brewed a cup of lotus leaf tea.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people consider lotus leaves as one of the medicines for diet. Lotus leaf tea can not make weight loss significantly, but it can suppress one's appetite. If consumed regularly, a person can suppress his excessive appetite.

After drinking more than half a cup of tea, Zhu Haimei then returned to the kitchen. He stood in front of the pot and pensively looked at the fatty meat that was slowly becoming oil. He will inevitably acknowledge the miracle of the Creator, for even meat can be turned into oil.

When a sound came from the door, Zhu Haimei stuck his head out to see who was coming. Apparently it was Shen Dongyuan who appeared to be wearing an army green vest with his arm muscles that looked glittering with sweat and in his hands was a camouflage suit. Shen Dongyuan's forehead looked wrinkled as she looked at Zhu Haimei in the kitchen. After smelling the scent of meat, Shen Dongyuan was not at all surprised to see Zhu Haimei had a fat body, as the woman must have eaten meat again.

When Zhu Haimei saw Shen Dongyuan, his mood worsened. Although he was feeling tense, but he ventured and said, "Eat at home tonight. I'll cook boiled mianjin." Zhu Haimei knew that people living in military territory would eat at home three times a day to save money.

(Mianjin is a Chinese food made from flour or gluten.)

Shen Dongyuan was stunned and said, "Alright." Whynot? Zhu Haimei spent his money on meat, while he could only eat out with vegetarian and mantou food.

Zhu Haimei was so happy that he was speechless, but he tried as much as possible to remain calm. "Then, is eating noodles okay?"

"Yes." Yeah." Shen Dongyuan replied then turned to go to his room. Not long after that, he took a wash basin and went into the bathroom.

Fortunately, tomorrow he plans to eat liangpi (cold noodles), so he has made a large amount of flour dough. First, he pulls a little dough and sets it aside and makes a mianjin. He poured the washing water into a basin and then kept it. He then steamed the mianjin using a steaming pot. After that, he fried the mianjin until it became brownish-yellow with the remaining oil in the pan. Then he put the washed bok choy into the pot and poured water, then added some ingredients and boiled it. Lastly, he'll start grinding his noodle dough. But he only realized that there was no wood grinding dough. After thinking for a moment, he decided to make his noodles in the form of cut noodles.

After taking a bath, Shen Dongyuan sat down on the chair in his room and took out a military documentation book that he had not read for a long time To be honest, he was very unwilling to marry Zhu Haimei.

But his father accidentally fell off a cliff and broke his leg. When the incident happened, Zhu Haimei's father saved his father and drove him to the hospital. After the examination, it was discovered that his father's ribs were broken. If he was taken to the hospital too late, maybe his father's life had already been lost.

Zhu Haimei's father, Zhu Liming, was an honest man. Unlike her mother-in-law who always heard this news, she did not know that she wanted to marry her lazy daughter to Shen Dongyuan. Initially, Shen Dongyuan's mother opposed the matchmaking because the Zhu family's daughter was very famous as a lazy figure who liked to act arbitrarily on her own. The girls in his hometown were already engaged at the age of 18 or 19, whereas Zhu Haimei was still not. He was twenty years old. Maybe it was because no one was interested in him.

Actually Shen Dongyuan's father also disagreed, but he insisted on returning the favor of Zhu Haimei's father who had saved his life. Finally, Shen Dongyuan's mother, who could not oppose her husband's decision, met with a fortune teller to ask about her husband's decision. The prediction turned out to be amazing. Zhu Haimei has a phoenix life.

Whoever marries her will achieve success quickly. This eventually led to Shen Dongyuan's mother agreeing to the marriage. Which parent does not want to see their child prosper?

(According to Chinese belief, the life of the phoenix is a symbol of wealth and glory. If any woman has a phoenix life then she will have good luck that can make her rich and not worry about food and drink for life.)

Shen Dongyuan thought his parents' decision was just a joke. How could they believe in a prophecy? Even if he refused to marry Zhu Haimei, his younger brother would be asked to marry. How could Shen Dongyuan let his sixteen-year-old sister get married? Moreover, his sister has a good achievement at school.

Not long after that the aroma of cooking filled the entire room. This was the first time Zhu Haimei had cooked since coming here two months ago. The aroma of the cuisine is quite fragrant, but somehow with the taste. Shen Dongyuan, feeling hungry after a day of training and the smell of Zhu Haimei's cooking made him even more hungry.

"Let's eat." Zhu Haimei's voice puffed up to make Shen Dongyuan stop his reverie. Shen Dongyuan then put down his reading book and walked out of the room. At the small dining table in the living room, there are sauteed bok choy and crispy fried yellow mianjin mixed with red peppers. The dish successfully aroused Shen Dongyuan's appetite. In addition to the two dishes, on both sides of the table there is still a bowl of large and small noodles doused with vegetable sauce.

Didn't he say the daughter of the Zhu family couldn't do anything?

"Sit down and eat." Said Zhu Haimei while carrying a small bowl containing slices of pickles and grated onions that gave a little vinegar. "How about tomorrow morning you have breakfast at home? I'll cook burrows (cold noodles) for you."

As soon as Zhu Haimei put down the small bowl, Shen Dongyuan immediately smelled the scent of fresh onions. Zhu Haimei then sat down and pushed a large bowl of noodles towards him. "In the big pot is still there. If it's less I'll fill it up again for you."

It was also the first time in two months that they could speak well.

Shen Dongyuan sat down then took the chopsticks and bowl. When he had just bitten a bite of noodles, suddenly someone was banging on the door. Brak brak brak! And made Shen Dongyuan stop his meal. While Zhu Haimei quickly said, "You just eat first, I'll go open it."

After opening the door, a man was seen looking at her with an angry expression.

Zhu Haimei was stunned. That man was Zhang Zhonghai, Zhong Yan's husband. He was also a Company Commander like Shen Dongyuan, but only a Company Commander deputy. Zhu Haimei tried to smile and said, "Captain Zhang, please come in."

Zhang Zhonghai stood beside Zhu Haimei and looked at Shen Dongyuan who was eating. "When do you eat?"

"Have you eaten? Let's eat here."

Shen Dongyuan greeted Zhang Zhonghai, then Zhu Haimei quickly moved his seat. But Zhang Zhonghai would not accept the seat from him, instead taking another seat to sit down.

Zhu Haimei was so embarrassed that he put down his chair again.

"What's wrong? You're not happy, are you? Which new soldier pisses you off?" Ask Shen Dongyuan.

"Nothing, you eat first. We're done eating again." Zhang Zhonghai.

"Say, who's with whom?" Shen Dongyuan asked then sipped his noodles again, slurp slurp. Almost a large bowl of noodles went into his stomach.

Now his hunger was less and his mood had become much better. This noodle is very chewy and delicious.

Zhu Haimei then gave a bowl of noodles to Captain Zhang. "Captain Zhang, let's eat noodles together."

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