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Tang Shengkai only stayed at home for a day and a half before running back to his unit. Li Qingyang knew Tang Shengkai was going back to his unit, so he specially arranged for someone to take him away in a donkey cart, but Tang Shengkai refused.

He was used to long-distance training, so 50 li (25 kilometers) was nothing to him. Moreover, he had recently been able to absorb more spiritual energy, so his body was naturally different than before. Tang Yue tested Tang Shengkai's strength at home; she felt that although it wasn't very strong, it was enough to take on five, seven, or six people without any problem.

Li Qingyang is mainly in charge of the medicinal herb factory, and the military also has dedicated personnel to coordinate with them. A while ago, when Tang Yue was away, military personnel came to teach all the villagers of Daobei Village how to identify medicinal herbs. Currently, the medicinal herb factory has a small number of workers.

After finishing their grain harvest, many villagers took advantage of the two days of free time to go up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs.

There are really no other families like Tang Yue's where two people work at the medicinal herb factory. It's not that the villagers hadn't protested before, but they eventually learned that the factory was built in their Daobei village because of conditions Tang Yue made with the division commander in the army.

Naturally, some people raised questions, but after hearing that Tang Yue possessed a prescription for treating internal organ damage, which she sold to the army in exchange for, the villagers finally quieted down. Everyone then waited quietly for Li Qingyang to allocate the quotas.

Lin Cuicui received intensive tutoring in counting and arithmetic from Tang Bei and the others for many nights, and thankfully, she didn't mess up when it was time to go to work. Old Li also officially became the old man who guarded the medicinal herb factory.

Neither of them is tired from work every day, and they can still do a lot of other chores when they get home.

Tang Yue has been going up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs with Tang Bei and the others every day lately. She doesn't want to go, but none of her three older brothers feel comfortable leaving her home alone. So every day she runs wildly up the mountain with her three brothers.

“Daughter, once the production team finishes its work of planting in the next few days, Mom will take you to the border town for a visit.”

"Really, Mom? That's wonderful. Mom is the best."

Lin Cuicui smiled and asked, "Mom, what about your job?"

“I’ve already talked to your Aunt Miao, and I’ll have her cover for me for a day.”

Tang Yue was very happy.

In the military, after Commander Kang and Chang Yin had their conversation, Commander Kang also applied to his superiors for a family compound for Tang Yue's family, but there has been no response recently.

These past two days, Chang Yin went out on a mission and sank a US warship at sea. Before the warship sank, they managed to retrieve a black box from it.

However, this thing was already broken when it was brought back. Despite the efforts of all available resources across the entire South Island, no one could ultimately repair the black box.

Zeng Chen has arrived on the South Island. However, he is not very familiar with the situation of the troops there, so he did not participate in this mission. On his way here, he also inquired about Tang Yue's family from Commander Kang.

Commander Kang knew about the connection between Zeng Chen and Tang Yue's family, but he still held back some of Tang Yue's abilities. Zeng Chen knew that their family was alright, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Today's meeting was to discuss how to repair this black box. Chang Yin offered her insights at the meeting and suggested that Tang Yue give it a try.

Some leaders disagreed. The young girl did have some talent; she could fix the radio and even get multiple stations working, which proved she was very capable. However, this didn't mean they could entrust such an important black box to her.

A little girl like her has no idea how important these things are. If she makes things worse, no one will be able to bear the responsibility.

Zeng Chen became increasingly confused. He couldn't quite figure it out. Were they talking about Tang Yue? Was she the little girl he knew?

Why does this sound so fantastical? A little girl has actually become the focus of their meeting discussion.

Commander Kang: "The United States wouldn't come to China's waters to provoke us without a reason. They must have some purpose in coming here. We haven't captured a single prisoner, and the current situation is too passive for us."

Therefore, knowing that repairing the black box is the simplest way to find out the US's intentions is the best course of action. Since we have someone to try this with, I think we can give it a shot.

Before anyone could voice their objections, Commander Kang made the final decision: "I will consult with my superiors about this matter. Let's leave it at that for today."

Zeng Chen went to Commander Kang's office. "Commander Kang, is there anything I don't know about Tang Yue's family?"

Commander Kang invited Zeng Chen to sit down. Zeng Chen was from the Beijing Military Region compound and a staunch supporter of the royal faction. Commander Kang, on the other hand, was a staunch conservative. The two sides were actually in conflict regarding their respective camps.

However, since Tang Yue and her family were sent by Zeng Chen, Commander Kang hadn't thought too much about it before, but now he had to consider it more carefully. If Tang Yue were exposed to these pro-royal faction members, how would they use her?

"Major General Zeng, I have already reported the matter regarding the black box. The young lady Tang Yue has some talent in repairs. There is no one on the South Island who can repair the black box right now, so I would like to let the young lady give it a try."

Zeng Chen raised an eyebrow; he understood that Commander Kang hadn't made himself clear. But if the little girl really did possess such abilities, would their faction let her go?

"Can I see Tang Yue?"

Commander Kang's expression remained unchanged, but inwardly he was alarmed.

"Major General Zeng, when you recommended Tang Yue's family to come to the South Island, I think you were just repaying a favor to Dr. Li. Now, I don't want the burden of these internal struggles in China to fall on a young girl."

"Hehe, Commander Kang, I heard you're already trying to help the girl apply for enlistment. Does that mean you haven't dragged her into this?"

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