She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 843 - 787: Famine Era 28 (Second Update)

So in the end, she didn’t make any requests and just went back to the city hospital with Tong Zhan, agreeing to have a medical examination tomorrow.

Personal applications and coordination letters were all ready. Tomorrow, at the hospital where Ye Huan works, they would get the medical report and then they could register.

After getting the marriage certificate, they still had to report and file at each of their workplaces, and not a single step could be skipped.

They ended up fussing for about three days before they got the marriage certificate. It was a black and white photo, and they wore military uniforms that day. After all, how could military life be without uniforms?

Once everything was organized, the wedding time was set. They would have one ceremony at the barracks and another when they returned to their hometown in Henan.

The wedding day was set for December 18th. On the wedding day, the hospital director and a few colleagues she was familiar with went to the barracks to attend her wedding.

Her family wasn’t from around here, so there weren’t many formalities. They simply held a small ceremony and had a meal with the Big Pot Dish cooked by the barracks. At the end, they also prepared some peanuts, melon seeds, and sugar for the guests, wrapped in dessert packaging paper as a return gift for those who brought wedding gifts.

On her wedding day, she wore a military uniform with a big red flower. Even the toasting dress was replaced by the uniform, saving quite a bit.

After a busy day, Tong Zhan closed the courtyard gate of their home after sending off the last wave of guests.

Ye Huan, who had entered the room first, felt a bit nervous upon hearing the sound of the gate closing.

Fortunately, Tong Zhan himself had lived a good life before and knew at least some basic hygiene. He directly pumped a bucket of water from the water pump, brought it to the edge of the stove inside the house, and added some firewood underneath after pouring the water in.

Firewood was collected by him after he was allocated the house, whenever he had time, he would go up the mountain to pick some, and he had collected quite a bit, all stacked in the corner of the courtyard, covered with straw.

Before their wedding, it had already snowed. Although it didn’t snow on the wedding day, there was still unmelted snow on the ground.

After boiling the water, Tong Zhan filled up two thermos bottles with water, and both of them washed with the remaining water (rinsing private parts, washing feet), as they had just taken a bath the day before the wedding, so today only a rinse was necessary.

During the rinsing, she didn’t say a word, just handed him a basin, and he understood what it was for. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Of course, before this, she had already divided the newly bought enamel basins.

One for him (for rinsing private parts, washing feet), two for her (washing feet, rinsing private parts), and another one was the family’s shared face wash basin. She even prepared a set of toothpaste and toothbrush for him.

These were gradually purchased for the barracks after they first viewed the house. Fortunately, there was no voucher system at that time, and as long as you had money, you could buy it. Tong Zhan gave her one hundred thousand before the wedding, letting her buy whatever she wanted, so these daily necessities were her first consideration.

After washing, the two of them felt a bit awkward, exchanging glances, and she lowered her head shyly, while he hesitated and asked.

"Shall we turn off the lights?"

Ye Huan blushed and nodded, then climbed onto the kang, took the quilts from the cupboard above the kang, and laid them out. These were all issued by the barracks. Since the kang was heated, just laying one quilt and covering with another was enough. Also, the room was especially warm because the kang was heated.

The army issued blankets and quilts were all grass green, with the same color for the covers. Even their home’s mugs and tea mugs were this color, characteristic of military personnel of this era.

Moreover, she thought these looked much better than all those colorful quilts.

After making the bed, she looked at him awkwardly, rubbed her belly, and said, "Are you hungry?"

Tong Zhan was about to undress, paused after hearing her words, and said, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I’ll make you something."

Ye Huan never thought he’d cook and was surprised as she got off the bed, "You can cook?"

"Of course, it’s a necessary life skill. It might not taste good, but it’ll be cooked."

Ye Huan giggled and said, "Forget it, I’ll do it. I prepared some vegetables and grains a couple of days ago. Let’s just make some noodles."

"Then I’ll add some water to the pot."

Ye Huan nodded and walked straight into the kitchen, taking out some spinach and pumping some water from the well in the courtyard.

The water was groundwater, so it wasn’t particularly cold. However, before pumping, a little water needed to be added, and then the pressure would slowly bring water up from below. Since high-ranking military officials lived here before, every household had a water pump, as tap water wasn’t available yet, and having a water pump was quite an achievement.

Ye Huan made some mixed grain noodles, which she had bought. The white flour was grown by herself and then taken to a grinding place where someone helped grind it. Although she had the conditions to eat white flour, cornmeal, and rice every day, she dared not do so. In this era, there were very few people who could eat white flour regularly, and she didn’t want to stand out, so it was better to keep a low profile.

Since surviving the Famine Era, her standards for the quality of food had lowered, even if these weren’t great. Aren’t there still fruits and vegetables to supplement the nutrition? With this comparison, she was living quite well.

After the dough was kneaded well, during the waiting time, she stir-fried some shredded cabbage, since there was nothing else, just dry stir-fried cabbage, and added water after it was done.

Then she made some Shanxi-style noodle pieces, and as the noodle pieces boiled, she took the tomato sauce made from tomatoes grown in her space, scooped two large spoons, dissolved it, and then added chopped spinach and coriander, sprinkling a little salt before serving, then sealing the fire and serving a bowl to each.

The whole process was so quick and skillful that Tong Zhan was dazzled. Even though he had just asked about the origin of the tomato sauce, the taste still made him raise his thumb to her with admiration: "I didn’t expect your cooking to be this good!"