Chapter 1693: Chapter 1693: Preparing to Build a House 1
Coincidentally, Lao Zhenhua’s comrade-in-arms is Colonel Gu Tian, who is also Dr. Gu’s elder nephew.
Although they initially achieved victory against Zhan Nanyue, many follow-up tasks require the senior commanders of the South Sea Fleet to handle. They had to assign troops to garrison the islands that hadn’t been seized by the enemy, guard against further territorial encroachnts, and plan how to reclaim other islands that had been occupied. Gu Tian, the chief colonel, was nearly the highest-ranking officer at the Harbor City naval base.
Deputy Commander Wu was the deputy commander of the Southeast Military Region, but in effect, he was the actual commander of the South Sea Fleet.
The South Sea Fleet was stationed in Harbor City, but it wasn’t the only naval base there.
This was also what Feng Qingxue learned from Dr. Gu and his wife. After being there for about twenty days, no one had told her the specifics about the South Sea Fleet, so naturally, she only half understood.
The more one experiences, the more one understands the feeling of encountering familiar comrades everywhere in the world.
Since Feng Qingxue arrived on the island, Gu Tian had been busy until now. He finally managed to find so ti to return ho and learned that the person Lao Zhenhua asked him to look after was actually his uncle Guo Ming’s student, with deep ties to his aunt. He had intended to visit personally, but so trouble arose at the border, so he had his aide send over many tickets and items.
The tickets had been collected from comrades without family obligations when he was entrusted by Lao Zhenhua. Their daily tickets often went unused, and those household items were specially prepared by his wife, both for the sake of Lao Zhenhua and Dr. Gu.
The aide strictly followed the orders, and Feng Qingxue had no way to refuse as she didn’t get to see Gu Tian himself.
After she accepted them, the aide quickly took his leave, departing briskly.
Gu Tian sent 30 jin of Grain Tickets, 10 jin of at Tickets, 10 jin of Sugar Tickets, 10 jin of egg tickets, and 5 jin of oil tickets, along with a stack of Industrial Coupons to purchase industrial goods. His wife also prepared a small quantity of rice, flour, grain, oil, fruits, and vegetables, as well as daily utensils like pots and pans, all placed in the newly organized kitchen, giving it a holy touch.
Early in the morning, Feng Qingxue went to buy at, not for herself, but to store it in her space.
In this seafood paradise, why eat at?
Eating alone, she didn’t dare buy too much at, so she picked up two jin of first-grade pork belly at nine dis per jin, and bought two jin of cheaper-than-ticket-price spare ribs, costing a little over two yuan in total.
Since she had an aide, for years she hadn’t bought at herself and didn’t know pork ca in graded prices.
After covering it in the basket, she turned to buy fish from Liu izi and bumped into Gu Da Sao, who was also there to buy fish.
Gu Da Sao was pleasantly surprised to see her, “Xiaoxue izi, you’re here to shop too? The fish here don’t require tickets; you can buy whatever you want. As for vegetables, there’s no need to buy, co pick from my garden. We grow our vegetables year-round, and I’ve prepared your aunt’s garden for spring planting.”
“Thank you, Sister-in-law, but as I’m eating alone, I’ll return once I buy a few cents’ worth of vegetables. Generally, vegetables cost one or two cents per jin, consistent with the national price.”
Liu izi’s gaze shifted between the two, “Sister Gu, you know Dr. Feng?”
Gu Da Sao laughed heartily, “Yes, you all mustn’t take advantage of her being new.”
“No, no!” Liu izi waved her hands repeatedly, “Dr. Feng, what kind of fish would you like? I’ll pick the best for you.”
Feng Qingxue looked carefully, “I’ll take a bass.”
She only knew how to make simple fish dishes, bass for steaming, hairtail for red-braising. As for rarer seafood, she had no idea how to cook them deliciously, and she only knew how to steam crabs.
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