Chapter 444 Bai Nuo: Well done!!!

"What's going on? What's going on? Old Zhu, Old Zhu..."

"Commander, are you alright?"

The chief of staff, who lived closest to the Zhu family, heard the commotion and nearly died of fright when he looked out the window. He thought some audacious enemy agent had launched an artillery attack on the home of their military commander. That was terrible! He was so scared that he rushed out without even putting on his coat.

Even faster than him was the chief of staff's bodyguard, who left his orderly to protect the chief of staff and rushed over with his gun first.

"Cough cough, no, it's nothing!" Zhu Kaixuan ran out of the kitchen looking disheveled, followed by Fang Meng, who looked helpless.

"What's going on? Is there a surprise attack?" The chief of staff ran in with his bodyguard, and then... froze!

Could it be that an undercover agent planted explosives in their leader's kitchen?

It doesn't seem like it!

Bai Nuo wasn't that nervous. It wasn't the first time her dad had blown up the kitchen. Last time, he insisted on showing off his skills to the two of them, but the big iron pot leaked, which counted as showing off his skills!

It's not that her father can't cook; I heard he even learned how to cook for her mother. It's just that his cooking talent is only half-developed, and something always goes wrong when he cooks. So she and Fang Meng basically don't let him into the kitchen anymore.

After all, iron pots and kitchen knives are really hard to buy these days. A stove is easy to build, but it's quite troublesome. So the best solution is... not to let him in.

But I couldn't stop them today!

"What happened?"

Fang Meng pouted and looked aggrieved as she approached Bai Nuo. With her head drooping, she explained in a low voice, "Dad insisted on helping me chop vegetables, but I didn't dare. I still feel the cleaver flying over my head last time. So I asked him to help start the fire. Then I said you like roasted potatoes, so throw a few in. The food was ready, and the potatoes were roasted too. But Dad probably took the wrong one and threw in three or four eggs instead. I was so scared that I quickly pulled Dad up and pushed him behind me, otherwise... Dad would have been in big trouble."

Bai Nuo: Well done!!!

The chief of staff was also speechless. He and Zhu Kaixuan were old acquaintances. They were in the same company when they were young. This was not the first time he had seen this old guy blow up the kitchen. He had been chased and beaten by Bai Yiman with a fire poker for this before. So many years have passed, how come he still has no shame!

But he's not the caring older brother he used to be; he's now someone's subordinate. What can I do... I can only try to appease him.

Finally, Zhu Kaixuan, Bai Nuo, and Fang Meng's family of three were taken home by the chief of staff. The kitchen was in such a state that they definitely couldn't cook that night. They wanted to go to the canteen, but the chief of staff wouldn't let them, so they went to the canteen next door.

Fortunately, they bought a lot of things today, and Bai Nuo had Fang Meng grab a chicken and a duck to take with them.

The two of them didn't go out the next day. Bai Nuo continued to pack up the things they had bought, while Fang Meng spent two hours cleaning the kitchen before finally getting it clean.

“Right, Bao’er? When Dad left this morning, he said that the engineering corps would come over in the afternoon to measure the foundation next to us, and told us not to go out in the afternoon.”

"Why are you surveying the foundation? Aren't our military region's high-ranking officers already full? Even if new officers come, the highest-ranking one would be a regimental commander, right? Aren't they stationed in the front?"

The previous regiment commander, Wu, was implicated by his wife and daughter, and also had a younger sister who had been turned by enemy agents. She had already been taken away. There has been no news of a new regimental commander being transferred from another military region. If a deputy regimental commander were to be promoted from below, he would not have received the promotion order yet. Therefore, the regiment is currently led by a deputy regimental commander.

Fang Meng smiled and shook his head: "It's not about building a house for someone else. Even if we were to build one, it wouldn't be here. The engineering department agreed to the conditions you mentioned earlier. They don't require you to join the research institute. They'll just build a dedicated research lab for you right next door. The materials used are specially sourced by the engineering department and are the highest-quality materials for laboratory safety. Once it's built, you can see what research equipment you need and apply directly to the engineering department. You don't need to go through our military region's factories."

Bai Nuo had heard Zhu Kaixuan mention this before, but she didn't expect the engineering department to actually agree. It seems that the assault rifle played a significant role in this.

Fang Meng smiled and leaned closer, whispering, "Not only that, I received a call from Grandpa a few days ago, saying that the higher-ups are planning to recommend you for a commendation, at least a third-class merit."

Bai Nuo's eyes lit up immediately. She currently only had a second-class merit from the public security system. Their special operations team was quite special, and none of the missions they took on were simple, so all the military merits were piled up. At the end of the year, when everything was tallied up, Bai Nuo's military service was less than a year. Unless she made a major contribution, she would not be able to get a medal.

If she were to accumulate military merits in the special operations team, it would probably take until the end of next year at the earliest. Unexpectedly, she actually achieved a small success in her research.

As soldiers of the Dragon Kingdom, none of them are not interested in military industry, but Bai Nuo likes it too. Of course... she likes the kind of work that she can do while still alive the most.

"I will try my best to accumulate more military merits and exchange them all for medals so that I can show them to my grandfather when he comes back."

Her maternal grandfather is truly patriotic from the bottom of his heart, wholeheartedly serving the country and its people. He is both politically sound and professionally competent, and he especially loves the military medals awarded by the country. He will definitely be very happy when they are awarded.

“Okay, let’s work together.” Fang Meng nodded with a smile.

"By the way, go down to the second floor and get the packages for my elder brother, Brother Fang, Sister Xiangqian (Shanghai), and the Qishui Brigade. We need to add a few more items to the things we bought yesterday. We're going out tomorrow, so let's mail them to them, otherwise they won't arrive before the New Year."

Bai Nuo had prepared all of this in advance, and with the things they bought yesterday, each family had a big bag.

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