Fang Yan, however, was thinking about how much Xu Zhimin had helped her this time.
He hadn't even had time to treat them to a meal. He had to make some dry rations and send them over tomorrow, no matter what.
Xu Zhimin is an outsider, so if he wants to stay, he can only stay in the only guesthouse in the county town.
Fang Yan wasn't afraid of not being able to find him at all.
Xu Zhimin was in a hurry to make a phone call, and Fang Yan also wanted to call Zhang Jizhou; she had to tell him about this matter.
Today, without the benefit of Grandpa Wei's influence, she could only make a phone call at the post office.
After dialing the number, she realized that making a phone call now was like drawing a lottery ticket—it was all about luck.
I wonder how my luck will be today?
Is Zhang Jizhou in the military?
"Hello? I am Zhang Jizhou's wife. Could you please speak to Zhang Jizhou?"
The phone rang twice before being answered, Fang Yan said frankly.
"Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law!" The person on the other end of the phone sounded very excited. "Wait for me, I'll go get the captain for you right now!"
Fang Yan vaguely heard him shouting from afar, "Gangzi! Zi, hurry! Go get the captain's wife's phone number! Quickly!"
Fang Yan, on the other end of the phone, held the receiver, feeling something was off. Why were they so excited when she was just calling to find Zhang Jizhou?
Little did Fang Yan know that Zhang Jizhou's daily visits to the communications room to await her reply had already made her famous;
This time, I don't know where the rumor came from, but everyone is quietly spreading the word that the captain is getting a divorce.
Gossip about leaders isn't something that can be easily spread. If you get caught, you'll at best get a few words of criticism, and at worst, the captain will drag you to the training ground for "extra training." So everyone talks about it in private, and no one dares to say it openly.
My sister-in-law called now, and she sounded quite nice?
Judging from their appearance, it seems they're not here to get a divorce from the captain, so how could these meddlesome greenhorns not get excited?
Zhang Jizhou and his partner had just connected with the Blue Team headquarters and roughly finalized the exercise plan when a team member reported, "Reporting, Captain, your wife called looking for you and is waiting in the communications room."
Before his partner could even say anything, Zhang Jizhou had already been swept away like a gust of wind—no, it should be said, he had already been swept away like a tornado.
"Hello? Whoosh whoosh..."
Zhang Jizhou sprinted to the communications room at top speed. Before he could even catch his breath, he quickly picked up the receiver and said, "Fang Yan?"
"It's me," Fang Yan said kindly, hearing the heavy breathing on the other end of the line. She knew he must have just run from a long distance. "Let me speak first, and you can catch your breath and catch your breath."
"Okay." Her kindness warmed Zhang Jizhou's heart, and his voice softened considerably.
Unfortunately, he was panting too much, and his heavy breathing masked the tenderness in his voice.
For Fang Yan, it was just a small favor, but for Zhang Jizhou, it was the first ray of care from his family since his mother's death.
Fang Yanyan isn't actually a bad person; she's just too introverted. She's like a snail, living in her own little world, not liking to interact with people, nor liking others to interact with her.
That's why she used her illiteracy as an excuse to prevent Zhang Jizhou from writing to her.
She lives such a withdrawn life, so don't expect her to automatically care about others.
Of course, Fang Yan was unaware of all this. She didn't even notice that Zhang Jizhou's tone had softened unconsciously as he began to ramble on, "On Mid-Autumn Festival..."
She saved Xu Zhimin twice, and told Zhang Jizhou about Xiaoyuzai and her story.
Then he mentioned that Xu Zhimin wanted to take Xiaoyuzai's hair, "He suspects that you and Xiaoyuzai are descendants of an uncle he knew who has already sacrificed his life."
"He's from Beijing. He originally wanted to ask for my opinion to take some of Xiaoyuzai's hair to Beijing for a DNA paternity test."
However, the technology for paternity testing in China is not yet mature enough to perform intergenerational testing, so we didn't discuss the topic further.
"You should also be careful. If anyone asks about you, they might be on Xu Zhimin's side."
Fang Yan poured out everything she wanted to say in no time, like pouring out beans.
"From Beijing?" Zhang Jizhou thought Fang Yan was calling him to talk about Zhang Laowu.
Unexpectedly, she frowned slightly. "How could my mother know people in Beijing?"
"Didn't your mother go to university in the provincial capital?" Fang Yan recalled the news that Aunt De had heard from her sister and couldn't help but say, "University students and teachers come from all over the country, maybe they met during their university years?"
That makes sense.
Zhang Jizhou didn't say anything more. Taking advantage of the fact that he remembered, he quickly changed the subject and told Fang Yan a few things, "I don't know when my next vacation will be. This time, Captain Liu and a young comrade from the police station helped a lot. My allowance will come in a couple of days. When that time comes, you can buy some things and send them to them to thank them."
Since he can't come back, this task will have to be handled by Fang Yan.
Fang Yan felt this was the right thing to do. Putting aside the fact that she was still married to Zhang Jizhou and he couldn't come back, she should take care of it for him.
Just this one time, Zhang Jizhou owes all these favors because of her.
She should naturally repay the favor.
"Is there anything you need?"
Thinking that Captain Liu and the young comrade from the police station were both people within the system, and their professions were quite sensitive, Fang Yan asked, worried that it might have a negative impact on them.
This is indeed a bit difficult.
If Zhang Jizhou were here, he would have said he could treat them to a drink.
Thinking of wine, he thought of Fang Yan's cooking skills; her cooking was truly the best he had ever eaten.
"Otherwise, you could cook something nice and send it to them."
Team Leader Liu and the young officers from the police station were all men, so he couldn't let Fang Yan invite them to dinner.
Given the differences between men and women, and especially since Fang Yan is a military wife whose husband is away from home, even if they invited her, Captain Liu and the others probably wouldn't go.
This was one of her specialties, so Fang Yan immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll go look for some beef to buy and make them some beef jerky, as well as braised beef and pork jerky. What do you think?"
Meat is still a rare commodity these days, so giving meat as a gift shouldn't be considered stingy, right?
“Sure.” In fact, Zhang Jizhou had never really dealt with interpersonal relationships or social niceties over the years.
However, just hearing Fang Yan say that, he felt that what she made must be quite good.
Having said everything she needed to say, Fang Yan prepared to hang up the phone.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, Zhang Jizhou's voice came from the other end of the phone again...
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