Chapter 40: Leaving Home to Join the Army

Everyone was reluctant to see Chen Jintao leave, and the meal took a long time. Unfortunately, they had to go to work in the afternoon, so no one dared to drink, otherwise everyone would have had a few drinks.

Hu Chengdong didn't say anything when he left, but just looked at Shen Jintao deeply.

Sister Zhang and Master Zhuang were the only two experienced people working in the state-owned restaurant. They could see Hu Chengdong’s thoughts at a glance, but they could only pretend to know nothing.

But it's actually quite normal. Chen Jintao is beautiful and outstanding. I think every man would like such a woman.

The next day, Chen Jintao took Huo Nanxi to a state-owned restaurant to try out her cooking skills. Huo Nanxi was very serious when she was learning, and indeed learned about 60% to 70% of what Chen Jintao did.

Sister Zhang was very satisfied, and Master Zhuang was also very satisfied.

"Not bad, you have great skills, little girl. You can do this job!"

Master Zhuang smiled. Although this girl's craftsmanship was not as good as Xiao Shen's, it was actually very good, and he could now relax a little.

Huo Nanxi didn't expect that she actually succeeded. Her breathing stopped for a moment. Before today, she would never have thought that she could become a master chef in a state-owned restaurant.

After leaving the state-owned restaurant, Huo Nanxi's face flushed with excitement, "Sister-in-law, thank you!"

After spending these days together, Huo Nanxi has changed her opinion of Shen Jintao. If Shen Jintao was really interested in that bastard Lu Qingshan, she would not have advocated beating him up last time.

Putting this aside, Huo Nanxi really likes her sister-in-law.

"It's the result of your own efforts." Chen Jintao said with a smile, "Let's go, you passed the test successfully, and your sister-in-law will give you a gift."

"No need, sister-in-law, I'm already very happy now." Huo Nancy was flattered.

After all, her attitude towards Shen Jintao before was really not good.

"That'll make me even happier." Chen Jintao pulled Huo Nanxi into the supply and marketing cooperative without hesitation and bought her two boxes of vanishing cream and a set of ready-made jackets with a pretty good style, spending nearly thirty yuan.

Huo Beichuan followed them all the time with a satisfied smile on his face.

I'm really happy to see that their relationship has improved. After all, he and Shen Jintao are good in every way, except that my younger sister has always had problems with her wife. Now it's finally a happy ending.

Liu Guifen and Huo Chenggong were very happy to learn that their daughter had passed the assessment and got a formal job.

"Taozi, take this!" Liu Guifen took out five hundred yuan, which was definitely a huge sum of money for their family.

Shen Jintao was stunned for a moment, "Mom, what are you doing?"

"Let's not talk about how valuable this job is. You have to take the money. Without you, Xiaoxi, you wouldn't have gotten this job. You deserve it."

Liu Guifen's attitude was very firm.

"Really not necessary!" Shen Jintao was helpless.

"Sister-in-law, just take it. I will pay you back slowly after I get a job." Huo Nanxi also expressed her attitude.

In this day and age, the value of a stable job is no joke. When she wants to get married in the future, she can find a better partner.

What's more, she is only sixteen years old now. She can save the money slowly. She is not afraid that she will not be able to pay it back. But she would feel really uncomfortable if she had to take such a big advantage of her sister-in-law.

If this job was sold, one thousand yuan would be a piece of cake, and five hundred would be considered a small amount, not to mention that if it weren't for Chen Jintao's dedication to teaching her, she would never have had such an opportunity.

"Okay! Then I'll keep it." Chen Jintao thought about it and didn't refuse. This was quite good. The Huo family knew how to distinguish between gratitude and grudges.

"That's right. I definitely can't take advantage of you. Although we are a family, Beichuan has contributed more to this family over the years. If you give up your job for nothing, your father and I will feel uncomfortable."

Liu Guifen was finally satisfied.

After the work was handed over, Shen Jianmin and others were called home for a meal, and then Shen Jintao and Huo Beichuan prepared to set off.

Xu Xuemei was reluctant to let go, and pulled Shen Jintao to ask her about all kinds of issues. Although her daughter was already married, a mother is always worried about her child even when she is far away, not to mention that Shen Jintao had hardly left them since she was a child. Shen Jianmin also shrugged his nose quietly, but held back.

The whole family went out together and sent the couple to the city railway station.

Although Chen Jintao and Huo Beichuan had already sent most of their luggage to the army in advance, their family members still prepared a lot of things for them to take on the road, with food being the most important.

"Mom, Dad, brothers and sisters, you should go back soon!" Chen Jintao waved goodbye to everyone.

"If you need anything, be sure to write to us and we'll find a way for you!"

Xu Xuemei wiped her tears.

"I understand. You guys should go back quickly. The train will leave soon!"

Chen Jintao was reluctant to leave, but she still held back her tears and waved goodbye.

The train started to depart. Even though Chen Jintao was lying by the window, she could only watch the figures on the platform getting farther and farther away, gradually blurring until they were out of sight.

"Wife, let's come back as soon as I have a vacation."

"good!"

Shen Jintao nodded with red eyes.

After Xu Xuemei and others saw Chen Jintao and Huo Beichuan off, they returned to the team and ran into Chen Chunmiao with a strange expression.

Chen Chunmiao saw her uncle and aunt, but she didn't show any intention of saying hello. She was in a bad mood, so she went to Huang Erniu to relieve her emotions.

The brigade cadres didn't want to make a big deal about the last incident. They didn't catch the woman who was with Huang Erniu, and Huang Erniu refused to admit it, so they could only let it go. Once the storm passed, she couldn't help it.

The fact that Chen Jintao joined the army was really a huge blow to her. She still couldn't understand why Huo Beichuan would take Chen Jintao with him to join the army in this life, even though he hadn't returned home for a long time after they got married in their previous life.

"I heard that the place where Huo Beichuan served as a soldier is close to the sea, and the environment is very bad. I don't know if Chen Jintao can withstand it. Don't let her be swept away by the waves when she arrives there, hum!"

After saying this, Chen Chunmiao left without looking back.

"Damn, is this girl sick?" Xu Xuemei rolled up her sleeves and really wanted to fight.

"Forget it, forget it. We won't live together in the future. Why bother with her? Let's go home. I think this girl is useless!" Shen Jianmin held his wife, said goodbye to his in-laws, and went back to the new house.

That’s right, they have already moved into the new house. It feels a lot more peaceful now that they don’t have to live with the people from the second room.

After five or six days of bumpy ride on the train, we finally arrived. Shen Jintao felt like she was about to fall apart and was completely depressed.

Huo Beichuan also felt distressed, but there was nothing he could do. He could only have a good rest when he got there.

As soon as they got off the train, Shen Jintao noticed someone waving at them. Huo Beichuan immediately explained, "This is my best brother Gao Wu. He knew we were arriving today and came to pick us up."