"Daddy, is Mommy going to give the puppy away?" Little Wenhui asked, sitting in Li Chu's lap, crying as she spoke.

"It wasn't Mom who wanted to give it away, it was Dad." He couldn't let his wife take the blame; it was his promise to do so in the first place.

"I don't want to, Daddy. Please don't give the puppy away, okay?"

“Huihui, if we don’t give them away, we have too many dogs. Dad can’t keep them all. They need too much meat.”

"Gah..." The two children stopped crying at the same time.

"Dad, how about I eat less meat from now on and give it to the dog?" After some hesitation, Xiao Wenhui finally made up her mind and said.

"Okay, Dad, I'll eat a little less too."

Xiao Wenxuan sat in Ding Qiunan's lap and echoed what his sister said.

This made Li Chu look at his two children with new respect.

These two little guys, who love eating meat so much, are actually willing to give up some of their meat. That's really something.

The two children have seen dogs since they were born. Later, several dogs accompanied them as they crawled around, helped them learn to walk, and played with them. They often slept with their heads on the dogs.

It should be said that Wenhui and Wenxuan have an exceptionally good relationship with their dogs, and by extension, they love their four puppies very much.

Now that she hears the puppy is going to be given away, it's no wonder she's crying.

These are still puppies. If someone dares to say they're giving away three big dogs, I wonder what the reaction will be.

“Huihui, Xuanxuan, the meat you saved is not enough; it's still not enough for them to eat.”

The two children were dumbfounded. After a long pause, Wenxuan cautiously said, "Dad, could you eat a little less too?"

“That won’t do. If I eat less, I won’t have the energy to work. If I don’t have the energy to work, I won’t earn money. If I don’t earn money, I won’t be able to buy meat.”

These words completely confused the two children; in short, it simply didn't work.

Seeing that the two children had stopped crying but were about to burst into tears again, Ding Qiunan quickly said, "Three of the four puppies have been given away. If you don't cry, we can consider keeping one for you."

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This approach of first downplaying and then elevating the story surprised and delighted the two little ones.

"Mom, can we keep two?" Xiao Wenhui started bargaining with her mother.

Hey, you're really pushing your luck.

Ding Qiunan flatly refused: "I can only keep one at most. If you are not satisfied, I will give them all away."

When Wenhui saw her mother's serious expression, she quickly covered her mouth, indicating that she would not say anything more.

Li Chu put Xiao Wenhui on his stool: "Alright, let's eat. Let's not talk about the dog anymore."

The next morning, after dropping the child off at the daycare, Li Chu rode his bicycle with Ding Qiunan to the main hospital.

I was busy from morning till afternoon, and finally I finished all the procedures.

The main hospital gave them three days to handle things at the other hospital, and they can report for duty next Monday.

Ding Qiunan also took the time to visit the daycare center.

After arriving, she started complaining to Li Chu, firmly disagreeing with sending the child over.

They say the environment here is bad, the hygiene is bad, and the nursery staff are irresponsible.

When she went over to check, a little boy had fallen off the slide and was sitting on the ground crying loudly, while the two women next to him acted as if they hadn't seen him and continued chatting.

While it's true that children need to be toughened up and fall, it shouldn't be ignored.

Based on this, Ding Qiunan decided not to let her child come.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Lin, the young couple pushed their bicycles out of the main hospital.

The bike was no longer rideable; the clothes tied to the back seat and hanging on the handlebars were all the new clothes the two of them had received.

Each person has two sets of summer clothes and two sets of winter clothes, including a shirt, leather shoes, a belt, a cashmere hat, suede shoes for winter, and cotton-padded clothes and trousers.

He has already obtained the necessary documents, and the main hospital has also given Li Chu the title of deputy director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but he doesn't have any real duties as a deputy director.

Their salaries have also been set. This military rank reform also resulted in a pay cut, bringing their salaries in line with those of local cadres.

Therefore, Li Chu's salary remained basically unchanged this time, except for an increase of ten yuan in position allowance. His current salary at the main hospital is one hundred and eighty-seven yuan and fifty cents, while his salary in the health care group remains unchanged.

Ding Qiunan's salary increased significantly this time, reaching 62 yuan, which made her very happy.

"Li Chu, the daycare here isn't working, what will happen to the child?" Ding Qiunan, who was initially happy about the raise, became worried again when she thought about the child's situation.

"Just keep sending it over there, what's there to worry about?"

"Can the hospital still let us send them? We've both been transferred."

"Don't worry, they'll definitely deliver it. I'll talk to Section Chief Wang in the logistics department when I go to pick up the kids later."

Hearing her husband say that, Ding Qiunan became happy again and began to plan how to alter her new military uniform after returning home.

"Honey, just make a slight alteration. Don't go overboard. This is a military uniform, not your old work clothes."

"Oh, I know, those pants were too big at the waist, I couldn't wear them without alterations. I just slightly cinched the waist, you can't tell."

Ding Qiunan is very confident in her skills. Over the past few years, she has been making clothes for her husband and children, which has given her a lot of practice.

Siluke

Instead of going back to the hospital, the two decided to go home first to put down their clothes. They had too much stuff, and they hadn't even collected their bedding yet.

As soon as I entered the alley, I saw Xu Damao pacing around in front of his house.

"Da Mao, what are you doing at my doorstep?" Li Chu shouted.

Xu Damao turned his head and saw the two of them, and it was obvious that he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Chu, I went to the hospital to look for you, but they said you two were transferred, but they wouldn't tell me where you were transferred to. I came over here, but no one was home, so I was really worried."

Xu Damao walked over quickly as he spoke.

Seeing his anxious look, Li Chu smiled.

Regardless of how Xu Damao is treated by others, he is genuinely good to him, and this demeanor is not an act.

"Da Mao, where's Xiao'e?" Ding Qiunan asked.

"Sister-in-law, Xiao'e is at her house taking care of the child. I came here today to invite you two to have a meal together after get off work this afternoon."

After saying that, Xu Damao looked curiously at the things tied to the cart that Li Chu was pushing: "Brother Chu, sister-in-law, which unit did you transfer to? Why does this look like clothes?"

"Let's go, Damao, let's go inside first and talk."

After entering the room, Li Chu then talked to him about work.

Listening to what Li Chu said, Xu Damao felt his head was bulging, and his brain was not quite able to process it.

"Is this how it works? Enlisting in the army makes you an officer?"

Li Chu propped up the bike, took the things hanging on the handlebars and handed them to his wife, then took the things off the back seat and carried them to the living room.