"Why do you want to listen to the news broadcast?" Although there were doubts, Ye Tan obediently turned on the TV and adjusted the channel.

"It's about caring about current events. Cheng Yanting replied while washing rice and cooking rice.

The time has not yet reached the point of the news broadcast, and there are other things on the TV. With the sound of the TV program, Ye Tan stood in the corner of the kitchen, watching the good-looking man in front of him cook.

"Cheng Yanting, aren't you a soldier?

"My dad can cook, so it's inherited. Cheng Yanting turned on the faucet and cleaned the pork belly first, because the pork belly needs to be marinated for a long time, so it is processed first. Wash the pork belly and cut it into thin slices, marinate with salt, light soy sauce, cooking wine, and cornstarch, and set aside.

After the pork belly was ready, he began to clean the fish, and his beautiful hands scrubbed on the fish, this fish must be delicious, Ye Tan thought so. Because it is a fish that has been washed by beautiful hands.

"Actually, no, after being promoted to an officer, there is a place to live in the family home, and sometimes when you don't have time on duty, you just want to eat some food, and the canteen doesn't do it, so you start to study it yourself slowly, and it's okay. Cheng Yanting still answered Ye Tan's question seriously.

He washed the fish, put it on the cutting board and cut it into thin slices, knife by knife, and cut the thickness of the fish fillet extremely crisply without hesitation. Ye Tan looked at the fish fillets, they were almost the same, and their knife skills were good.

Then add cooking wine, starch, a small amount of pepper and salt, and set aside to marinate. Blanch the tomatoes as they were yesterday, peel them and cut them into cubes. Cheng Yanting did it step by step very skillfully, turned on the fire, heated the pot, poured in an appropriate amount of oil, added the prepared minced garlic and green onions and stir-fried until fragrant, then added the chopped tomato pieces, stir-fried a few times over high heat, turned the heat down and let it boil into a puree.

Take two bowls of water, pour them into the pot, boil them into tomato soup, the fish fillets are almost marinated, put the fish fillets into the pot, see that the fish fillets have changed color, put in the appropriate amount of salt, cover the pot and simmer for a while.

"You don't know how to cook, you can serve vegetables, right?" Seeing that Ye Tan was staring at him very intently to cook, Cheng Yanting felt that he should find something for her to do.

"You look down on me, I will!" Ye Tan took the big bowl handed over by Cheng Yanting, picked up the spatula and took out the tomato fillet. When she was done, she cocked her head slightly and snorted as if to show off.

After taking the pot to the sink and cleaning, Cheng Yanting began to prepare fried pork belly with garlic.

It's a very home-cooked dish. Wash the garlic moss, cut it into sections, and put it directly into the pan and stir-fry briefly to soften it. Then set aside.

Then add the appropriate oil to the pot, add a little minced garlic and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, add the pork belly that has been marinated for enough time and stir-fry until it changes color and turns golden brown, then set aside.

There was still oil left over from the fried pork belly in the pot, with the fragrance of pork belly, so Cheng Yanting directly added garlic moss and stir-fried, poured in a little water, covered the pot and simmered for a while.

When he opened the lid of the pot again, he found that there was a little too much juice boiled by the garlic moss, so Cheng Yanting mixed it with cornstarch and water, hooked a thin thickener, stir-fried to collect the juice, and then added the pork belly, and stir-fried it evenly with the garlic moss.

Cheng Yanting felt that it was almost fried, so he added light soy sauce for color adjustment, and salt was used for seasoning, that is, it was served on the table.

"You can eat as much rice as you want, I cook it according to the portion of the two of us, don't waste it. After admonishing Ye Tan on the side, Cheng Yanting also packed rice for himself, and the two of them went to the dining table to eat together.

It happened that the news broadcast also arrived at this time, and Cheng Yanting paid attention to the news broadcast on TV while eating.

Ye Tan looked at him seriously, and he didn't want to disturb him, so he followed him together.

I haven't watched news broadcasts for hundreds of years, Ye Tan thought, Cheng Yanting really still has an age, unlike a young man like me.

In the news broadcast, two well-known hosts were broadcasting the news, and at this time they happened to talk about the story of the most beautiful veterans. When Cheng Yanting heard it, he stopped the chopsticks and watched TV. The news is about the retired soldier who led the poor county to become rich after retiring, and the reporter interviewed the retired soldier and then briefly described the process.

"How can a soldier retire?" Ye Tan asked.

"After two years in the army, you can choose to retire, depending on your wishes. If you don't retire and choose to stay in office, there is a different period, and you will choose after a certain period. Cheng Yanting looked at the description in the news broadcast and replied to her.

"Then will you choose to retire?"

Hearing this, Cheng Yanting's eyes moved away from the TV, looked at Ye Tan, and said, "As long as I can continue to be a soldier, I will not retire." I love military uniforms, and I love the mission they bring me. ”

He spoke slowly, and from his deep voice you could feel his seriousness and unquestionable content, and his eyes were dignified and determined.

Ye Tan has been with Cheng Yanting for so long, and all he saw was him complaining about her, but it was the first time he saw Cheng Yanting so serious, and what he said was just as serious.

Xu is found that what he said was too serious, so that the little girl in front of him couldn't react, Cheng Yanting cleared his throat and spoke again, "Actually, my family has always wanted me to change jobs, and I had a long dispute with my parents before agreeing to apply for the military school." I did lose a lot when I became a soldier. ”

Cheng Yanting paused and recalled, "After studying at the military academy, because the management is very strict, we don't use mobile phones much, brush the Internet, and naturally derail with the trend or something. ”

Ye Tan listened quietly, this was the first time she heard Cheng Yanting talk about herself, and the Cheng Yanting she saw in the past was always black-bellied, which made her often forget that he was a soldier.

"I also lost a lot of time with my parents. Cheng Yanting took a chopstick dish, swallowed it and continued, "When you were in college, you were playing with your classmates, right? For example, singing and playing cards, I don't know what you play at your age, anyway, it's just playing." At that time, my classmates didn't get along with each other the same, and we were rivals in training, and no one let anyone. After the training, even if the other party was just knocked down, as soon as the training was over, they still went to the cafeteria to eat together like brothers. The friendship between us is compared in the competition, who is better in physical fitness, and who can play better. ”

Recalling the time when he was studying in the military academy, those life scenes seemed to be vivid, and Cheng Yanting's eyes and tone were full of nostalgia.

"Then don't you regret being a soldier?" Hearing Cheng Yanting say this, Ye Tan asked him.

"I regret being a soldier for two years, and I regret not being a soldier for a lifetime. Have you heard this sentence?" Cheng Yanting asked Ye Tan first. Seeing that she nodded, she continued: "Others don't feel anything when they hear this sentence, but those of us who are soldiers feel the same way. It was uncomfortable to go in at first, there were many rules to follow, and the purpose of a soldier is to obey orders. Even in the shit pit, as long as the chief tells us to lie down, we must do it without hesitation. I even thought about going backwards when the devil was training. But when I went through all this and looked back, I was extremely grateful that I persevered and didn't give up. ”

"I learned a lot of things that I couldn't learn anywhere else, and most importantly I learned the character of a soldier. There is weight in a military uniform on the body, and that is the weight of his mission and responsibility. As a soldier, I am honored and proud to have the mission and responsibility of defending the motherland and dedicating myself to the people, and this will be the glory of my life. ”

When he said these words, Cheng Yanting's eyes were full of light, which was the light of a man's affirmation of himself, and even more so the light of a soldier's affirmation of his profession.

When eating at ZeQ Restaurant, Cheng Yanze mentioned to her that Cheng Yanting loves the military career and has a tendon. At that time, she didn't feel anything, but at this moment, Ye Tan felt that Cheng Yanze's description was simply superficial and idiotic.

She looked at Cheng Yanting, and from his firm gaze, she felt Cheng Yanting's pride and sense of honor for the cause of the military, and also felt the light of the special profession of the soldier and the meaning of the existence of this profession.