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

Chapter 301 Finally Got Fooled!
While the whole family was busy entertaining Lu Cheng, Lu Tingting quietly opened the red envelope in her hand and took a look.

Yang Chunxiang and Ding Yuzhen each wrapped 1.8 yuan and 1.2 yuan, which is quite a lot in the countryside.

In Lizigou, children usually receive 1 or 2 mao (0.1 or 0.2 yuan) as New Year's money.

Jiang Dahai was generous and gave me 6 yuan.

"Has the money been counted?"

Seeing Jiang Moli leaning closer, Lu Tingting, for the sake of the New Year's money, unusually refrained from arguing with Jiang Moli.

With the silver ingots included, she made a small profit of over ten yuan today.

"Come on, let me take you out to play."

Lu Tingting loved to have fun, and since it was her first time in Lizigou, she couldn't help but follow Jiang Moli out the door.

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Outside Jiang Dashan's house stands a red tangerine tree, its branches laden with bright red tangerines, each one resembling a delightful little red lantern.

Jiang Moli stopped under the tree and asked Jiang Peng to pick two tangerines to try.

The red tangerine tree is about five or six meters tall, and its trunk is covered with sharp thorns more than an inch long, making it impossible to climb.

Jiang Peng went back and got a ladder, climbed up the ladder, picked one, and threw it to Jiang Moli.

Jiang Moli broke the orange in half, tasted one segment, and then handed the other half to Lu Tingting.

Lu Tingting didn't take it. "I don't want it."

Given that woman's character, she wouldn't be given any good food.

Jiang Peng jumped down from the ladder. "If she doesn't want it, fine, I'll eat it."

He took the tangerine from Jiang Moli, peeled two segments, and popped them into his mouth.

"Mmm, so sweet!"

Jiang Peng nodded as he ate, his expression resolute, as if he were about to join the Party.

Lu Tingting looked at the siblings suspiciously, her doubts still unresolved.

Just then, Lu Cheng came out of the Jiang family home and saw the siblings eating oranges. He walked up to Jiang Moli and said, "Give me a bite."

Jiang Moli casually broke off a piece and fed it to him.

"Is it sweet?"

Lu Cheng nodded. "Sweet."

Without further hesitation, Lu Tingting climbed the ladder up the tree and picked a large, red one.

After peeling it and taking a bite, his facial features instantly scrunched up.

"Oh my god, it's so sour!"

The moment she ate the orange, Jiang Moli and Jiang Peng, who were under the tree, hurriedly spat out the oranges from their mouths.

Jiang Moli laughed heartily: "Finally, they fell for it!"

Jiang Peng laughed gleefully, "These oranges are incredibly sour!"

Lu Tingting was furious. "Third Uncle, even you've been corrupted by them. You've teamed up with them to play tricks on me!"

Lu Cheng put his hands on his hips and glared at her. "Can't you use your brain? If it were delicious, would it be left on the tree waiting for you to pick it?"

"I refuse to believe that every single one is sour!"

Lu Tingting was not convinced, so she picked another red orange that looked good, peeled it and took a bite, but it was still unbearably sour.

"These oranges on this lousy tree are so sour, why don't you just cut them down?!"

Jiang Moli explained to her, "Silly girl, these oranges aren't grown to eat, they're grown to peel. Once the peel is removed and dried, it becomes excellent dried tangerine peel. Pick a lot and take them home to dry and make dried tangerine peel candy; it won't be a wasted trip."

Hearing Jiang Moli say that, Lu Tingting forgot about being angry and found a basket to pick tangerines.

Jiang Peng climbed the ladder to pick the fruit, and she caught it from below the tree.

Dried tangerine peel is a good thing.

From childhood, whenever she and her younger siblings coughed, Fan Wenfang would boil dried tangerine peel water for them to drink, and the cough would stop. Jiang Moli and Lu Cheng moved a long bench to sit by the tree and peeled the red tangerines they had picked one by one.

Five or six pounds of fresh orange peels were taken from half a tree of red tangerines and filled a whole basket.

After washing her hands, Yang Chunxiang diligently brought Jiang Moli a bowl of water.

Lu Cheng was also a little thirsty, and said to Jiang Moli, "If you drink it, give me a sip."

Yang Chunxiang hurriedly said, "Oh dear, you can't drink this water!"

Jiang Moli had just taken a sip of water and was about to swallow when she heard this and quickly looked up at Yang Chunxiang.

Yang Chunxiang: "This is a fertility potion that I specially asked Ma Shenpo for..."

"puff--"

Jiang Moli sprayed a mouthful of water directly onto Yang Chunxiang's face.

Yang Chunxiang playfully wiped the water off her face, "This fertility potion is very effective, don't waste it."

Jiang Moli returned the bowl to Yang Chunxiang, saying, "This water has a strange taste."

Yang Chunxiang took a bite, smacked her lips, and said, "It doesn't taste strange."

Jiang Moli smiled and said, "Then you should drink it all, Auntie, so that Hehua and the others can have another little brother."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm too old for a baby!"

Seeing that Jiang Moli really didn't want to drink it, Yang Chunxiang didn't force her and turned to give the fertility potion to her daughter-in-law.

I had lunch at Jiang Dachuan's house and overheard some gossip.

Ge Yue'e had an affair in the village before the Lunar New Year, but was caught by the man's wife. The Guo family was furious, but they could only turn a blind eye.

Who told Guo Dawei to blind Zhang Tiesheng in one eye and turn him into a labor camp prisoner?

If Ge Yue'e runs away, Guo Dawei will probably never be able to marry a woman and will be a bachelor for the rest of his life.

After recounting Ge Yue'e's romantic escapades, Ding Yuzhen casually brought up Wei Qing as well.

"After the New Year, Wei Qing should be sentenced by now, right? I wonder how many years she'll get? She's really heartless; she'd even dare to commit murder."

Jiang Dachuan glared at his wife, "Why are you talking about such unlucky things during the New Year?"

Ding Yuzhen quickly smiled apologetically, "Let's not talk about her then. Xiao Lu, I heard from Yulan that Jiaming is going to be promoted to platoon leader? Is that true?"

Lu Cheng had discussed Zhang Jiaming's proposal for platoon leader with Zhong Weiguo, and Zhong Weiguo had no objections. However, the matter still needed to be reviewed and assessed by the organization, and it was too early to say whether or not he would be promoted.

"Whether Zhang Jiaming can get promoted depends on his own abilities," Lu Cheng said tactfully.

Ding Yuzhen had a plan in mind. "Here's the thing: I have a niece on my mother's side who just turned 20 this year. I was thinking that since Zhang Jiaming is still single, I wanted to play matchmaker for the two of them. My niece is very honest and hardworking, and she only has a junior high school education."

Jiang Moli spoke up, "Second Aunt, if you want to arrange a marriage for Zhang Jiaming, go directly to the Zhang family. You have nothing to do with us."

Ding Yuzhen smiled, "Xiao Lu is Jiaming's superior. If Xiao Lu is willing to act as matchmaker, then this matter will definitely succeed."

Jiang Moli said directly, "Lu Cheng has four or five hundred soldiers under his command, and they all ask him to be their matchmaker. He might as well quit being a battalion commander and become a matchmaker instead."

Jiang Dahai spoke up to ease the tension, "Second sister-in-law, Xiao Lu is an amateur and not good at matchmaking. You should hire a proper matchmaker to handle this."

"Yuzhen, if you can't find a good matchmaker, I'd be happy to help," Yang Chunxiang teased.

Although Zhang Jiaming is getting married for the second time, he is about to be promoted to platoon leader, so he is still highly sought after, and matchmakers are practically wearing down his doorstep.

Ding Yuzhen's decision to have Lu Cheng act as matchmaker was precisely a calculated move to take advantage of her proximity to Lu Cheng.

"No need to trouble you, sister-in-law."

Ding Yuzhen chuckled and changed the subject, "Everyone's here today, so I'll share some good news: my son Dachuan got a job guarding the brigade's granary."

The mountains and seas all look towards the rivers and lakes.

"This is a good thing!"

"It's alright, I'll have more income every month from now on."

As Jiang Dachuan spoke, he picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Jiang Dashan and Jiang Dahai.

Jiang Moli remembered something and spoke up—