"Commander Xu, so free?"
"No, I'll ask them when they'll arrive. I need to pick them up from the station. I have two rascals at home. I'll have to trouble you, sister-in-law."
Commander Xu smiled broadly. After getting to know him better, he spoke much more casually and without any formality.
"You can come pick them up too. There are eight of us, and one car really can't fit everyone."
Gu Ye patted the dust off the bedding; his wife liked the smell of sunshine.
"Why are there eight people? Shouldn't it be seven?"
“My wife’s cousin got into a military medical university in Beijing. He came with me to register.”
Gu Ye was surprised that his uncle's youngest son wanted to become a military doctor and even got into a very good military medical university. That was really great.
"That's impressive. I heard that Commander Mu's youngest son got into Tsinghua University, and Zheng's son got into the Police Academy. They both did very well."
Commander Xu is very concerned about the college entrance examination results of each family's children. His son, Xu Yi, will be in his first year of high school soon. In just two years, he will also be taking the college entrance examination.
"Yes, everything is fine. We've been through so much, two years have passed in the blink of an eye. I can still remember what my daughter Liu Jiu looked like when she was just learning to walk. Back then, I was always on missions, and when I went out and came back, she wouldn't recognize me."
Gu Ye felt a pang of sadness at the thought. He had missed out on a lot of his two children's growth. His wife had it tough, all by herself. It was only thanks to the help of his mother-in-law and the others that she had it so easy; otherwise, it would have been even harder.
"Sigh, it's all the same. How many of us soldiers can take care of our families?"
Two middle-aged men, in the courtyard, amidst the fluttering bedding, recounted the hardships their wives had endured.
It's fortunate that the Gu family's location is remote; otherwise, it would have been just another legend in the compound.
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