novelhk Chapter 115 Dumplings
Chapter 115 Dumplings
The next morning, as soon as Yin Yi went out, he saw Jiang Wan standing at the door and was about to raise his hand to knock on it.
"Late night?"
Yin Yi was a little surprised. At this time of day, Jiang Wan would have gone out long ago. Why hasn't he gone out today?
Jiang Wan took back the hand that was about to knock on the door and said with a smile: "Yin Yi, I made some breakfast, come and eat with me."
"okay."
Yin Yi followed Jiang Wan suspiciously to the restaurant next door and saw several plates of food he had never seen before on the table.
"Wanwan, what is this?"
Jiang Wan pushed the larger plate in front of Yin Yi and explained, "This is dumplings. There is an old saying in my hometown: dumplings when you get on the bus and noodles when you get off.
It means that if someone in the family is going to travel far away, they will make dumplings for him before he leaves, and when he comes back, they will cook noodles to welcome him home.
Yin Yi picked up a dumpling with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, only to find that there was meat wrapped inside the plump white dough.
"These dumplings are delicious, but I don't think I've seen you make them before."
"Well, compared to pasta, I prefer rice, so I don't make pasta very often. I made this to see you off. Dumplings have a meaning in my hometown."
"Oh, what is it?"
"In our place, dumplings represent reunion and also represent people's expectations for peace and success. So, you should eat more today. This way, everything will go smoothly for you this time when you go out, and you will return safely."
Jiang Wan explained with a smile, and after leaving enough dumplings for himself, he put the rest into Yin Yi's bowl.
"I got up early today and made a lot of dumplings, some with meat fillings and some with vegetable fillings. You can try them all. There are still a lot in the kitchen. If you're not enough, go get more."
After hearing Jiang Wan's explanation, Yin Yi felt his heart swell.
He was able to reach the position of general by relying on his own abilities and climbing up step by step, and he earned it by participating in wars and sacrificing his life.
However, every time he went out to fight in the past, no one ever told him that they would prepare food for him, hoping that everything would go well for him and that he would return safely.
"Wanwan, don't worry, I will definitely come back safely. I'm still waiting to come back and hold the wedding with you."
Yin Yi suppressed his thoughts and ate the dumplings that Jiang Wan had made specially for him in big mouthfuls.
After breakfast, Yin Yi took the lunch box handed to him by Jiang Wan and went to the military headquarters.
"Admiral."
As soon as Yin Yi entered the office, Bai Jue and Lang Qi came forward, "The soldiers have all been assembled, and the warships are all in place, ready to set off at any time."
"Okay, let me know. We'll set off in ten minutes."
Yin Yi glanced at Bai Jue and said, "Bai Jue, you stay. You don't have to go with us this time."
"Admiral?"
Bai Jue looked at Yin Yi in surprise, not understanding why Yin Yi suddenly gave this order.
"You are going to have a wedding, so I'll give you a long vacation this time so you can prepare for the wedding. I hope we can come back in time to attend your wedding."
Yin Yi patted Bai Jue on the shoulder and walked into the office.
"Wow, Old White, you are really lucky."
As soon as Yin Yi left, Lang Qi came up and put his arm around Bai Jue's shoulders, "We have such a long vacation for nothing this time, so we must prepare for the wedding well. It must be a grand one. When we come back after resolving the border issues, we can just attend. It's great."
"Don't worry, I will definitely do my best to organize my own wedding."
Bai Jue responded perfunctorily, looking at the closed office door in front of him with some confusion. Why did the admiral not let him participate in this operation after just one night?
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"Wanwan, these are the positions and personnel that are going to be eliminated this time. See if there are any that need to be added or changed. If not, I will talk to them one by one."
Yu Rou handed the information in her hand to Jiang Wan, but after waiting for a long time, the man in front of her did not take it. She couldn't help but feel a little strange and looked over.
"Late night?"
"Ah, um, what's wrong?"
Jiang Wan came back to his senses and saw Yu Rou looking at him worriedly, "What's wrong? Do you have any report for me to see?"
Yu Rou handed over the information in her hand again: "This is it, this is the list of layoffs this time, I want you to take a look, if there is no problem, I will go and talk to them."
"Oh, okay, let me take a look."
Jiang Wan took the information and started reading it.
After she came to power, she had always wanted to lay off some of the orc staff in the Female Protection Association, but it had not been implemented due to previous reforms.
Now that the reform is over, they can finally free up time to lay off employees. After Jiang Wan discussed with Yu Rou, Yu Rou drew up a list and then talked to those employees one by one and gave them compensation.
This is the fourth batch of layoffs.
"Wanwan, were you thinking about Xiaoyi just now?"
Yu Rou leaned on the desk in front of Jiang Wan, put her head closer and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Wan was not panicked when his thoughts were exposed. He looked at the information in his hand without raising his head: "Why do you like gossip so much now?"
"Oh, don't I care about you?"
Yu Rou stood up and walked to the chair opposite and sat down, "Xiao Yi has been at the border for a month, don't you miss him at all?
I heard from our Bai Li that before Xiao Yi left, he asked him to help plan the wedding, saying that he would hold the wedding with you when he came back. Wan Wan, are you finally ready to register as Xiao Yi's spouse?"
"I used to wonder how you fell in love with Bai Li, but now I understand. You two are just like-minded. You all look gentle, kind, and charming, but in fact, you are all more talkative than the other, and you can't stop gossiping about other people. Instead of caring so much about my marriage with Yin Yi, you might as well think about how to get rid of those bad apples."
There were a few orcs in the association whom Jiang Wan wanted to expel from the beginning, but these people relied on the power of their families and refused to leave. They also instigated others to make small moves and refused to cooperate with them.
Yu Rou had talked to them many times, but each time she came back empty-handed. The Parliament was also dissatisfied with their large-scale layoffs. The three elders had talked to Jiang Wan and Yu Rou many times.
Jiang Wan wanted to ignore everything else and just lay off people violently, but was stopped by Yu Rou, who said that those people had powerful family influence and she couldn't break off relations with them. She asked Jiang Wan to leave the matter to her, but it had been a month and she still hadn't laid off a single person.
Yu Rou, who had promised Jiang Wan that she could deal with these people perfectly, lost interest in gossiping when she heard Jiang Wan mention her own experience of getting slapped in the face, and lay on the table with a bitter face.
"Hey, I want to, too, but those people won't budge. They just won't leave. I really don't have any other options now. If I really have to, Wanwan, how about you kick them all out?"