After coming out of the cinema, the two of them rode their bicycles to the post office first. Yun Huaying took out the royalties, and Han Zheng also went to pick up the special letter mailed to him.
Yun Huaying withdrew the money quickly and stood at the door waiting. After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, Han Zheng came out of the office inside the post office.
His expression changed slightly before he went in, and he looked more serious than usual. Yun Huaying instinctively felt something was wrong and stepped forward to ask softly, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Han Zheng quickly collected his thoughts and spoke to her in a much softer tone, "My application for retirement was rejected."
"Hmm?" Yun Huaying was slightly stunned, her eyes flickering slightly. "The retirement application was rejected. In other words, your application for retirement was unsuccessful, and you are still a military officer."
Han Zheng nodded and, for the first time, took the initiative to talk to her about work. "I didn't meet the conditions for retirement in the first place. My inability to continue at my previous unit was due to artificial obstruction. My superiors and unit leaders were caught in the middle and were in a difficult position. I had many arguments with the obstructionist faction on my behalf."
"After my grandfather learned about the situation, he asked me to apply for retirement and stay out of the spotlight so as not to cause trouble for the leaders."
"After much deliberation, I agreed to my grandfather's arrangement and requested the signatures of the two leaders. However, my unit leader later submitted my application to the higher-ups, but the senior leader disagreed and rejected it. I had been on vacation for the previous two months, and now they've assigned me a new task."
Yun Huaying understood, and her tone was slightly reluctant: "You have a new mission, so you are leaving?"
He has not retired and is still a glorious soldier. He is able to realize his ideal ambitions in his favorite position. Yun Huaying is happy for him, but considering the special and dangerous nature of his job, she can't help but feel a little worried.
Thinking about him leaving to carry out missions in different places, her emotions fluctuated a bit, but due to her personality, she did not show it on the surface.
She didn't show it, but Han Zheng could hear the reluctance in her voice. With joy in his heart, he whispered to her, "Huaying, I won't leave for the time being. Instructor Meng already knows that I'm dating someone, and my grandparents just got together. He hasn't assigned me any major tasks. He wants me to stay here with you and the elders for a while, and only go out occasionally to do one or two small tasks."
The Instructor Meng he mentioned was Song Nanfeng's second uncle. Instructor Meng had been quietly recuperating at home for the past two or three months and had kept in touch with Han Zheng.
In fact, the order from the chief had come down a long time ago, but they had been suppressing it and had not informed Han Zheng, allowing him to concentrate on resting and pursuing his partner during this period, and also waiting for the right opportunity to assign him a task.
This time, Instructor Meng assigned him a special mission, which took place in Yang County. It involved military secrets, and he could not reveal it to anyone, including his grandparents and Huaying.
Yun Huaying knew the peculiarities of his profession and wisely didn't ask any more questions, changing the subject: "Have you finished your work here? If so, let's go to Xinhua Bookstore and meet up with Lin Shan and the others."
"It's done, let's go."
They rode their bicycles to Xinhua Bookstore, but met Lin Shan and others when passing by the county hospital. They were all standing at the gate of the county hospital, and the team leader and Secretary Tian were also there.
After Han Zheng parked his bike, Yun Huaying jumped off and asked, "Lin Shan, why are you all here? Did something happen?"
"Jacaranda."
Lin Shan squeezed out of the crowd and said to her with a frown: "Something happened to Liu Xiu."
"What happened to her?" Yun Huaying pretended not to know, and her expression did not reveal any flaws.
"She was very unlucky today. While walking down the street, she was hit by a worm-eaten tree trunk on the roadside, breaking her spine. The doctor operated on her for over an hour and just sent her out. He said her spine was severely injured, with broken bones and damaged nerves. She will never be able to stand up again."
After she finished speaking, Yun Huaying showed a surprised expression, "Paralyzed?"
"Well, that's what the doctor said."
Although the village cadres and educated youth did not like her, when they thought about how Liu Xiu became paralyzed at such a young age, everyone who did not know her true appearance still felt a bit of sympathy and pity for her.
The team leader and Secretary Tian had just arrived at the hospital. Li Bin ran back to the team to inform them. Although Liu Xiu was not popular in the team, she was an educated youth who went to the countryside in accordance with the policy. Now that something had happened, they, as village cadres, had to come and deal with it.
"Yun Huaying, last time I heard you say that Liu Xiu's cousin is in the county town. Do you know where he lives?" The team leader wanted to inform Liu Xiu's family.
"Liu Xiu said before that it was a house her cousin rented from someone else and that he only stayed there for a few days each month. It wasn't her cousin's home."
The captain thought about it and decided to go and take a look. "Take me there. If we can meet her cousin, we can have him notify Liu Xiu's parents as soon as possible. Liu Xiu's family seems to be well off, and they live in a big city. Ask them to bring her back quickly and take her to a big hospital."
Yun Huaying was about to nod, but Han Zheng spoke first: "Huaying, you can't go. I'll take Xuelin over there."
Zhao Xuelin knew his character and noticed something was wrong with his words, so he asked, "What's wrong? Why can't Yun Huaying go?"
"Lesbians are not allowed to go."
Han Zheng didn't explain in detail, but the meaning was clear.
Everyone present was smart. They all remembered what Yun Huaying said when she and Liu Xiu had quarreled. They had long guessed that Liu Xiu's cousin was not a good person. After hearing what he said, they were even more certain that Liu Xiu's cousin was someone who should not be provoked.
Zhao Xuelin also understood and said to the others, "Liu Xiu is being taken care of by doctors and nurses. You can't help by staying here. Go and do your own things. When you are done, return to the production team as soon as possible."
"Okay." Wang Huiyu responded on behalf of everyone.
"There are a lot of idle hooligans and pickpockets in the county town. You female comrades should try not to walk around alone and be careful with the money and belongings in your hands." After the team leader said this, he said a few words to Secretary Tian, then got on Han Zheng's bicycle and left.
Yun Huaying had no plans to go in and see Liu Xiu. The others had just taken a look at her when she was pushed out of the operating room, and now none of them had any plans to go in and see her again.
The talkative Zhong Furong hadn't said much just now, but when she was about to leave, she came over to Yun Huaying again, "Yun Zhiqing, did you guys go to the movies just now? What movie did you see?"
"Tunnel warfare."
Speaking of watching movies, Lin Shan and the others were all excited. "Oh, I heard this movie is great. If I had known you were going to watch it, I would have shamelessly gone with you."
"I haven't seen it either." Jiang Yuan also wanted to see it.
"How about we go and see it together later?"
Wang Huiyu suggested that she hadn't been to the cinema for many years and had only watched open-air movies twice in the two years since she came to the countryside.
No one else had any objections; even the male educated youth seemed quite interested. Yun Huaying didn't plan to go any further and told them, "The two screening rooms at the cinema are rotating. If you want to see Tunnel Warfare, wait for 40 to 50 minutes before going."
"Okay, let's go to Xinhua Bookstore first." Lin Shan said and took the lead.
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