The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 103 - 102: Eating Dumplings, Theory Assessment

Wu Qingyun whispered, "Squad leader, why don’t you come with us?"

These rare leek and meat dumplings cost quite a bit of money, and we’re just giving them to the new recruits to eat. We should aim for the biggest impact, right?

Wu Qingyun, a rural kid with only a middle school education, might not know the term ’showing grace.’ Ling Chengyan, born into a general’s family and raised as their own by her father and brothers, has personally led soldiers and is certainly familiar with showing grace.

However, the Ling Family’s first rule in leading soldiers is to be honest and fair, and they look down upon so-called techniques for manipulating people like showing grace or winning hearts. Ling Chengyan, having been taught by her father and brothers from a young age, naturally disdains playing such tricks to gather favor.

She shook her flour-covered hands and laughed, "You all can go for me; it’s the same. I’ll quickly finish wrapping the remaining ones, and they’ll be ready just in time when you return for dumplings."

Zhang Wanxiang chuckled and said, "Sister Yan, we’ll eat over there. It’s rare for us to make dumplings; let us, big eaters, have them so the kids won’t be short."

Ling Chengyan couldn’t stop laughing, "Go quickly and come back soon. Your sister can afford to treat you to dumplings. Rest assured, there’ll be enough for the kids."

Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun carried the dumplings away.

Ling Chengyan, along with Xiaoyu and a few other soldiers, hurriedly wrapped the remaining dumplings. With a small piece of dough left, Xiao Xing timidly came over, hesitating. Ling Chengyan asked and found out the little girl wanted to eat sweet dumplings.

"That’s no big deal; if you want some, go get the sugar jar. Oh, and bring the sesame oil bottle too." Before Ling Chengyan finished speaking, Xiao Xing ran out, her crisp reply echoing from afar at the doorway.

Fresh, green leek dumplings in the winter—it’s simply a surprise and a bliss.

Zhang Wanxiang, Wu Qingyun, and Zheng Hongwei carried the dumplings together back to the new recruits’ platoon. The recruits, ready to go to the mess hall, regardless of how their theory exam went that morning, glowed at the sight of steaming leek dumplings and rushed forward.

Zheng Hongwei shouted, tapping the bowl with chopsticks, "Line up, line up! Our squad leader specially made extra, ensuring everyone gets to eat."

"Hey, our squad leader is really generous, giving us so many dumplings; it must’ve cost quite a bit, right?"

Wu Qingyun smiled and said, "Money is small; the key is how rare leeks are in the winter. It’s pure luck to come across them, costing nearly two yuan per pound. Our squad leader eats such rare stuff and still thinks of us. Isn’t she just as good as our own sister?"

Someone chuckled, "Better than my own sister! Since she got married, I rarely see her even once a year. Whenever she visits our mother’s house, she always thinks about taking stuff back to her husband’s place..."

His words brought a burst of laughter.

Two large pots of dumplings were not enough for twenty or so strong men to be fully satisfied, but each got about ten dumplings. They couldn’t wait to turn around; they stuffed them in their mouths as soon as they got them, loudly praising them for being delicious, so fragrant, so tasty amid the laughter, chaotic but exceptionally festive.

The old soldiers, having heard the news, ran quickly to taste a few dumplings themselves and praised their tastiness while feeling envious and jealous of the group of new recruits, acidly saying these young brats are lucky to have such a good squad leader.

Instructor Wu Yushu, hands behind his back, unknowingly appeared behind the crowd, smiled, and spoke, "You all are unlucky, having leaders like me and the company commander, right?"

The sudden voice startled the old soldiers. Seeing the instructor when they turned around, they awkwardly denied: "No, it’s not, I didn’t mean that. Well, who doesn’t know those in the big courtyard soldiers, our company commander and instructor are the best..."

Wu Yushu squinted at him, snorted, and turned away.

The old soldiers really are envious and jealous. Even he couldn’t help feeling sour about Ling Chengyan treating a bunch of new recruits with leek meat dumplings without thinking about him and the company commander... They just helped her win an award in the morning!

Ling Chengyan didn’t realize that a simple dumpling meal sparked much discontent; she was at home listening to Zhang Wanxiang’s tales about how silly the new recruits looked eating dumplings.

"... each one eating like they hadn’t had food in days, wolfing them down. Normally, Zhao Dahu seems a bit simple, but when snatching dumplings, he’s fiercer than anyone, aggressively grabbing three or four extra. When we got back, that kid was surrounded by several people hitting him!"

"A real fight?" Xiao Xing was curious and surprised.

Ling Chengyan smiled without a word, while Wu Qingyun laughed, "Just messing around, not really fighting."

Truthfully, it was a real beating but targeted places that could take hits like the hips and back. Zhao Dahu, relying on his thick skin, held his head while those he stole dumplings from pounded him. After all, a few punches and kicks were worth the six dumplings he nabbed!

Indeed, these leek dumplings, more expensive than meat, were truly delicious!

He wondered, after eating leeks for almost twenty years, why these dumplings tasted so delightful. He couldn’t figure out how the squad leader prepared the filling. There’d be a chance to help at her house making dumplings and secretly learn her secret of seasoning the filling!

That noon wasn’t just lively at Ling Chengyan’s home with dumplings; Staff Officer Xing, Political Commissioner He, and Han Guangchuan returned home smelling exceptionally enticing leek aroma. Eating leek dumplings in the winter certainly left an aftertaste for several days.

After eating dumplings, Zhang Wanxiang and others helped clean up and then left.

Ling Chengyan tidied up and went out to the theoretical exam grading location.

This place not only managed the Automobile Company’s driver assessment but also undertook training and assessment for the entire military division, though she was not very familiar with it, having only interacted during exams.

Upon entering, she inquired and found that the new recruits’ theory exam papers had been graded. Politely negotiating, she obtained the papers to carefully examine them for an hour, then approached the grading instructor and began complaining: "These stinky kids, when I taught them, they all said they’d remembered it and grasped it. And, during the exam, they made so many mistakes. I guess they need a good straightening out."

Her angry demeanor made the grading instructor unable to bear it. He poured her a glass of water, persuaded her not to be angry, stating that new recruits being clumsy is normal.

Ling Chengyan still looked disappointedly angry, but she was courteous in thanking the grading instructors, acknowledging their hard work.

Then, switching tactics, Ling Chengyan took out her new recruits’ exam papers and began discussing technical theories with the grading instructor... Over an hour later, the two failing recruits’ scores also passed.