After Jiang Tingxia finished everything he had asked him to do, Li Changpu began to pack up the pile of wood, metal sheets and wire he had brought back. After a while, the things in his hands had taken shape.

Jiang Tingxia took a curious look and saw a piece of wood with many thick and thin wires wrapped around it. She asked, "What is this?"

Li Changpu was still busy with his work, without even raising his head, "Catch mice."

Jiang Tingxia became even more interested after hearing this. She squatted beside Li Changpu and watched his movements curiously. She saw his fingers flexibly moving among the raw materials. Jiang Tingxia watched for a while and roughly understood the principle of this thing.

She pointed at the spring at the front of the board and said, "What a clever design! Put food here to lure the mouse into the trap. Then the wire attached to the spring will pop open, and the wire mesh pressed by the wire will cover the mouse that stepped into the trap."

Li Changpu raised his eyebrows and glanced at her. Her facial features, which were originally as white as frost and snow, now seemed to have melted away, and there was a bright look in her eyes that was somewhat different from before.

His thing is still a semi-finished product, but she actually explained the principle.

Jiang Tingxia saw Li Changpu looking at her. This man who always had a cold face had some strange expressions on his face. Jiang Tingxia was very unfamiliar with this expression which had never appeared on his face before. When encountering unknown things, her first reaction was to attack.

Jiang Tingxia immediately glared at him in dissatisfaction, "Don't underestimate me. You know such a simple mechanism, how can I not see it?"

Jiang Tingxia was originally very sensitive about academic qualifications. Now he couldn't help but wonder, just because he graduated from university and he only had a junior high school education, he thought he was illiterate?

Jiang Tingxia felt a little resentful. In the short time she had been with him, she had always behaved unintelligently. She either set the house on fire or was accidentally poisoned and sent to the hospital. She couldn't do anything. He must be laughing at her in his heart, laughing at her for being so stupid. She just said a few words and he looked at her with that expression. Humph!

Li Changpu watched the girl stand up and leave angrily, with question marks all over his head. Why did she suddenly become unhappy when everything was going well?

Li Changpu quickened his movements, and after making the mousetrap, he held it in his hand, then deliberately coughed twice, trying to use the sound to attract Jiang Tingxia's attention. However, Jiang Tingxia was sitting aside in a huff at this time, and didn't want to pay any attention to the man who was mocking her.

Seeing that the discussion was boring, Li Changpu also felt bored and put away the mousetrap. After thinking it over, he suggested, "I'll go to town. What do you need?"

Jiang Tingxia exhaled, "No."

Li Changpu patiently asked, "Biscuits, milk powder, etc., are you used to eating them?"

Hearing him ask again, Jiang Tingxia felt embarrassed to be angry anymore, "Want to buy it for me?"

After Jiang Tingxia finished speaking, she saw Li Changpu nod in agreement, and she shook her head, "I don't need it, just buy what you need."

Jiang Tingxia was not a shameless person. She felt embarrassed to live in his house and eat and drink his food every day, but she couldn't say anything. Just as she was thinking this, she heard Li Changpu say, "You'd better buy some, otherwise you'll starve when I'm not at home."

She was a little late in doing her laundry and cooking this morning, so she was very hungry.

Jiang Tingxia:?

Why are you catching up and squeezing people out?

Wasn't it because she couldn't get used to the clay stove in the countryside? Later, she wanted to learn how to make a fire, but he was afraid that she would set the house on fire again, so he strictly forbade her to touch the stove, so she didn't learn it.

She said angrily, "No, I can resist hunger."

When Li Changpu was a child in his hometown, he always thought about having a full meal every day. Later, he joined the army in order to have something to eat to survive, not to mention going to the battlefield. If you want to be able to withstand guns and defeat the enemy, physical and mental strength are of paramount importance, and you still have to have enough food. Therefore, eating is the top priority for Li Changpu. Of course he would be angry when he heard that Jiang Tingxia didn't eat.

Li Changpu spoke in a stiff tone, "Man is iron and food is steel. Moreover, you are a patient, how can you not eat?"

"I'll buy some for you."

After saying that, he put on his coat and went out.

Li Changpu borrowed a car to go to the town and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

He bought some apples and pears first, then went to the grocery area to take a look. The supply and marketing cooperative in the town must not have the complete variety of products like those in big cities. Jiang Tingxia's picky and dissatisfied look was still in his mind before he left. He was afraid that the things in small cities would not be to her liking. So Li Changpu picked out some things with decent packaging, bought three cans of malted milk, a few bottles of canned sugar water, two pounds of shrimp crisps and White Rabbit milk candies, and five cans of Golden Rooster biscuits in tin cans. These things did not require cooking, and he could just pick them up and eat them when he was hungry.

Seeing that he was buying snacks, the salesperson smiled and said, "Comrade, are you buying these to please your children?"

Jiang Tingxia's angry face appeared in front of him. Li Changpu's expression was a little unnatural, and he hummed vaguely twice.

The salesperson looked at the unfamiliar man standing in front of the counter and knew at first glance that he was not a frequent shopper. He kindly said, "You're buying so many things. You must have many children at home, right? There are loose biscuits over there. I tell you, the money you spend on jar biscuits can buy two or three kilograms of loose biscuits."

The salespersons at the supply and marketing cooperative earned a fixed salary, and they got the same money no matter what they sold, so naturally they could say whatever they wanted. Looking at the tall and handsome soldier in front of her, she couldn't help but give him a few words of advice.

"This stuff is sold for its packaging. When your wife sees you spend so much money on this stuff, she'll definitely be mad at you."

The salesperson had seen this kind of situation before. Some men who didn't often shop came and bought a lot of things. Not long after they got home, their wives came back twisting their ears. The two of them quarreled until they were red in the face, and the supply and marketing cooperative had to return the things for them.

Li Changpu stood in front of the counter and took out money. "Take this."

He handed the salesperson the money and ticket, paid the bill and left.

The salesperson clicked his tongue twice and said to his colleague, "If you want to marry someone, choose a worker or a soldier. Look how generous she is. She spent a month's salary of mine without blinking an eye."

After Li Changpu returned, he delivered the car keys to He Zhihai's house and walked in carrying a bunch of things. He put down a can of malted milk, two cans of biscuits, and also distributed some of the remaining sugar and fruit.

Nanfang refused to accept it and asked him to take it back. Li Changpu turned around and was about to leave. He Zhihai heard the noise at the door and came over to see. He saw Li Changpu calling him, "Why are you running away, kid? Come here. I have something to ask you."

Li Changpu stood up straight and heard He Zhihai ask, "Who did you buy these for? I've known you for eight hundred years, and I've never seen you eat these. Are they for Xiao Xia?"

Li Changpu answered truthfully, "Yes"

The flesh on He Zhihai's cheeks sagged, and he asked again, "I heard that you wash all the clothes in your house?"

Gossip spreads very quickly everywhere. It was just something that happened in the morning, but it reached He Zhihai's ears.

Li Changpu answered again, "Yes."

He Zhihai was annoyed when he saw him looking up with his head held high, and asked again, "Are you the one who chops wood, makes fire, washes clothes and cooks in your family?"

Li Changpu: “Yes”

He Zhihai was speechless after hearing his resounding answer. He felt quite disappointed and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "I'm giving you all my energy, but you have no place to use it!"

Nan Fang saw He Zhihai say this and glared at him, "Xiao Xia came all the way here to marry me, so we must take good care of her. Don't forget that we promised Mr. Jiang that we would not let this child suffer any grievances."

He Zhihai pointed at Li Changpu and retorted, "Before they got married, I told this kid not to bully his wife after they got married."

He Zhihai looked at his beloved general and felt a pang of pain. "Who knew that now the situation has turned around and his wife is bullying him."

He Zhihai didn't speak to Li Changpu in the tone of a leader to a subordinate. After all, Li Changpu had served in the army under him since he was a teenager. He raised him like a half-son. His tone was filled with admonition and heartache. "You are too naive, kid. I asked you to take care of Xiao Xia, but who told you to serve like this? You are a grown man, don't you have any ambition?"

Nan Fang got angry when she saw He Zhihai's chauvinistic attitude. She pushed him into the door and said to Li Changpu outside, "Xiao Li, go home. Don't pay attention to him."

Li Changpu seized the opportunity and slipped away like a rabbit.

He Zhihai was still yelling angrily when Nanfang put the things Li Changpu had given her on the table with a thump. "I think Xiao Li is a good person. I don't know why you have such a big problem with him."

He Zhihai put his hands on his hips and said loudly, "What do you know? If a man spends all his time around the stove, I think it's because the wife he married is too mean."

Nan Fang looked at He Zhihai with a bit of disdain and said, "I think Xiao Li is quite happy. He works hard when he is happy. But you are old-fashioned and don't know anything."

He Zhihai disagreed with Nanfang's words, "Bullshit, if you are so happy to serve others, aren't you a fool?"

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