Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 225 The Lu Family Doesn't Support Idlers
On stage, seeing Yang Liqiong and Jiang Moli chatting frequently offstage, Fan Qiuyun was momentarily distracted and tripped and fell over with the person next to her.

"oops!"

Looking at the rehearsal she had ruined, and then at Jiang Moli in the audience who was leisurely looking her over, Fan Qiuyun's heart sank to the bottom.

Yang Liqiong clapped her hands to signal: "Everyone, take a 15-minute break. Xiao Fan, come here for a moment."

With a sense of facing death without fear, Fan Qiuyun walked up to Yang Liqiong and Jiang Moli.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Yang."

Yang Liqiong got straight to the point: "Jasmine and I have discussed it, and you will be the lead actor in 'Chasing Dreams' for now. Take some time to thoroughly study the script and the character, and don't let us down."

Fan Qiuyun could hardly believe her ears.

She thought that Jiang Moli would seize on her mistake and take the opportunity to replace her.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Moli was willing to let her star in 'Chasing Dreams'.

……

"Jiang is in charge!"

Jiang Moli turned around, looked at Fan Qiuyun who had chased after her from the rehearsal room, and raised an eyebrow: "Is something the matter?"

Fan Qiuyun stopped in front of her, her expression somewhat unnatural. "Thank you for being so magnanimous and for not making things difficult for me at work because of our past grievances."

"Director Jiang, let's reconcile. I have offended you in the past, please forgive me!"

Jiang Moli smiled lightly, "You've misunderstood. I'm not as magnanimous as you think. Your Deputy Regiment Commander Yang isn't someone who's easily fooled. Your performance was quite remarkable. Even if I insisted it wasn't good, she wouldn't listen to me. So, you should thank yourself for having a good leader who appreciates you and is willing to cultivate you."

"That's what she told you?"

In the office, Yang Liqiong listened to Fan Qiuyun's report and a playful smile appeared on her lips.

Fan Qiuyun nodded seriously, "Yes, these are Jiang's exact words, not a single word different. I think Jiang is a bit too unconventional and doesn't understand the ways of the world at all."

Yang Liqiong smiled.

Fan Qiuyun couldn't understand it, but she did.

Jiang Moli wasn't naive; she was simply helping her cultivate Fan Qiuyun's loyalty.

Jiang Moli rejected Fan Qiuyun's advances in order to make Fan Qiuyun appreciate her as a leader even more.

He's a really interesting person.

At the same time, it's puzzling how someone with such a good mind and wisdom could have such a bad reputation.

……

At lunchtime, Yang Liqiong made a point of sitting at the same table as Jiang Moli.

Would you like some fish?

Jiang Moli was quite flattered.

She usually asks for meat, but today Yang Liqiong suddenly offered to feed her, which she found a little unusual.

Two-finger-wide pieces of fish are coated in starch and fried until golden brown. They are then braised with fermented bean paste, pickled radish, and konjac. The fish is tender, flavorful, and spicy.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Yang, do you not like eating fish?"

After thinking it over and over, I still couldn't figure out why Yang Liqiong would give such delicious fish to her instead of eating it herself.

It can't be targeted poverty alleviation, can it?

Yang Liqiong didn't respond to her comment, but instead brought up the performance at the end of the month, saying, "At the end of the month, 'Chasing Dreams' will be doing its first performance at the military base. Do you want to go?"

Jiang Moli couldn't be happier, "Okay!"

Her main purpose in joining the performing arts troupe was to perform with the troupe and take the opportunity to earn points of disdain.

Seeing Jiang Moli's bright almond-shaped eyes and her extremely happy expression, Yang Liqiong couldn't help but smile as well.

They really do love money.

They receive extra subsidies for performing outside the area.

Therefore, the group members all quite enjoy going out with the group.

……

On her way home from get off work, Jiang Moli saw some wild small fish for sale by the roadside. She bought two jin (1 kg) and planned to have Ma Hongmei make fried dried small fish for her when she got home.

When she got home, Ma Hongmei had to go back to her hometown for some business and wouldn't be back until the day after tomorrow.

The fish couldn't be kept for long, and it was impossible to throw it away. An Hui didn't know how to fry it, so Jiang Moli had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and cook it herself.

Back in the day, her grandmother often fried small dried fish for her, so she knew a little bit about how to make them.

Small fish, about the thickness of chopsticks, don't need to be scaled or gutted. Just wash them clean and marinate them with white wine and salt.

Crack an egg, add a handful of cornstarch, a pinch of salt, and Sichuan peppercorn powder, and mix into a batter. Squeeze out excess water from the marinated small fish, pour in the egg batter, stir, and then fry in oil.

Ultimately, it was due to a lack of practical experience that the fried food didn't look very appealing.

Either it's burnt, or it's not cooked long enough.

Fortunately, it was fried until cooked through, so it was still edible.

Jiang Moli also stir-fried a plate of cured pork and pea shoots, along with some dried anchovies, so that dinner now had two dishes.

Lu Tingting came in just as the food was served.

"Grandma, I've come to eat."

"Don't you have any food at home?"

An Hui didn't mean to be unwelcoming when she said this; she was just wondering why her eldest daughter-in-law hadn't cooked for her that evening.

"My mom took my brother and sister to a friend's house."

Jiang Moli teased, "Then why didn't I take you with me?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

Lu Tingting glared at her, then her eyes lit up when she saw the fried dried fish on the table.

Just as he reached out to grab a piece to eat, An Hui slapped his hand away, saying, "Don't you have any manners? Go to the kitchen and get some bowls and chopsticks."

"Oh."

Lu Tingting quickly brought out a bowl and chopsticks, and before her bottom even touched the chair, she couldn't wait to pick up a dried fish.

Fried dried anchovies were also her favorite food; otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen for the human traffickers' trap in Menghai.

"Ugh, it's so salty and bitter, it tastes awful!"

An Hui started to complain: "If you don't like it, then don't eat it. You have food to eat, yet you still complain about this and that."

"You can't even say it's bad..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Moli snatched his rice bowl and chopsticks away.

"what are you doing?"

Jiang Moli remained silent, simply walking to the balcony, tossing her rice bowl and chopsticks out the window, then returning to the table to calmly eat.

After a brief silence.

Lu Dezhao quickly picked up a dried fish and ate it: "This dried fish is quite delicious, Jasmine, your cooking skills are pretty good, haha."

An Hui also picked up a stick, nodding as she ate, "It's alright."

I can't say it's not good, what if I end up throwing away their bowls and chopsticks too?
Lu Tingting looked at this and then at that, then angrily went to the kitchen to get a new set of bowls and chopsticks and returned to the dining table.

She no longer dared to be picky, and even silently ate several of the fried dried fish that she had previously disliked.

After dinner, Jiang Moli asked Lu Tingting to wash the dishes.

Lu Tingting objected, "Why should I wash it?"

"The Lu family does not support idlers."

"..."

After struggling for a while, he couldn't come up with a rebuttal. After all, Jiang Moli had cooked dinner, so he could only resign himself to washing the dishes.

Angry.

In the afternoon, relatives from the countryside gave me a bag of pomelos.

Jiang Moli picked a round one, peeled it, and tasted it herself first.

"Hmm, it's quite sweet. Dad, Mom, you should try some."

Looking at the pomelo pulp offered to him, Lu Dezhao subconsciously refused: "Jasmine, you eat it, I'm full."

Jiang Moli blinked. "It's so sweet."

"If he doesn't want to eat it, then I'll eat it."

An Hui took the pomelo pulp, broke off a small piece, and put it in her mouth.

Seeing that she was eating normally, Lu Dezhao happily went over and said, "Feed me some."

An Hui stuffed the rest of the pomelo pulp into his mouth.

Lu Dezhao chewed for only a couple of bites before his facial features scrunched up.

Oh my god, this is so sour!