The Military Wife Who Joined the Army for the Mess Hall

[Military marriage] + [Joining her husband at his post] + [Sweet romance] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Everyday sweetness] + [Rugged husband dotes on his wife]

Twenty-year-old city girl Zhou Wanwan follows her husband to a military compound in the 1980s, becoming the wife of Battalion Commander Lu Zhenshan in an arranged marriage.

On their wedding night, he calls her a “bottomless pit.” She eats five bowls of congee and remains as slender as ever, stunning the entire compound.

She’s naturally unable to gain weight, and all the nutrients go to the baby. She eats eight flatbreads at a time during pregnancy, and the fetus grows two weeks ahead of schedule.

The doctor marvels that she’s “the perfect mother,” and the news spreads through the unit. Her stern, rugged husband secretly checks her records and grows suspicious.

The neighbors’ mockery turns to envy. When her mother-in-law accuses her of faking an illness to claim extra rations, he presents two ration slips in front of everyone: “My kid needs to grow up with a general’s bones!”

From being accused of “eating the army out of house and home” to becoming a model military spouse, she rises to fame through her appetite.

Their little foodie inherits her genes. At six months old, the baby is weaned and sleeps through the night; when the baby starts talking, reciting “Sympathy for the Peasants” shocks the entire compound.

The cafeteria ladies ask her how to make three-color rice porridge, and the military district invites her to teach “the science of eating.” With nothing but a cooking pot, she stews up a life as everyone’s favorite.

Simple meals, deep affection; the three of them under one roof are her whole world.