“I, Lu Fangfang, admit my mistake and accept Commander Zhuang’s criticism. I will never do it again. Please forgive me, Commander Zhuang.”
"Commander Zhuang, what about... what about the sidearms?"
Lu Fangfang looked at her husband, feeling a little uneasy.
"I can only say that I gave you the opportunity to use it in a last-minute emergency. This is the first time I've lied to my superiors."
"Sigh, it's all my fault for messing up at the crucial moment. It's all my fault, you can't blame me for this. Look at my broken leg."
Zhuang Mingcheng couldn't help but sigh.
If his leg hadn't cramped up, he wouldn't have put his wife at such a risk.
"Don't say that. You were so tired that you fell asleep in the shower. It's not your fault. Even a body of iron can't withstand that."
Hearing this, Lu Fangfang felt sorry for her husband.
She quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Zhuang Mingcheng, saying, "Mingcheng, drink some hot water to warm yourself up, don't catch a cold."
Turning around, she went into the yard and ladled out a bowl of hot stewed yellow mushrooms and rock goat meat.
"Gurgle..."
Zhuang Mingcheng looked at it, and his stomach immediately rumbled.
During the week he was away, he almost died of missing the food at home.
He picked up his chopsticks, quickly grabbed a piece of mutton, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Hmm...
"It's delicious, Fangfang, come sit down and have some more."
"Awoo~"
"Meow~"
Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox watched, their eyes filled with longing.
Lu Fangfang smiled and shook her head. She picked up the small basin, filled it with some more for the two little ones, and then sat down at the table.
She had been watching over Zhuang Mingcheng all night and hadn't even had dinner yet.
"Mingcheng, these are some wild onion flowers I picked this morning. You can dip them in the meat."
Zhuang Mingcheng nodded quickly. He felt a chill on his body and it was perfect for him to eat something spicy to sweat it out.
The two sat facing each other, with Xiaohua and Xiaozanghu in front of them at the table.
Zhuang Mingcheng turned to look at the two little ones, then looked at his wife, feeling an overwhelming sense of warmth and comfort.
After a week of wandering, he finally returned home.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two did nothing else and quickly went back to the inner room to prepare for sleep. It was almost two in the morning.
On the kang (heated brick bed), Zhuang Mingcheng held his wife, still thinking about what had just happened.
"Fangfang, what were you thinking when you fired that shot? Weren't you scared?"
"I didn't feel anything. Anyway, Xiaohua and Xiaohuangou didn't bite any good people. If I didn't want to keep them alive, I would have pointed the gun at the head of the dog spy."
Zhuang Mingcheng: "..."
“My wife is so brave. In your next life, you should join the army, and I will follow you.”
Zhuang Mingcheng was full of admiration. Fighting a person was different from fighting a wild animal. His wife was a potential king of soldiers.
"Get out of here, what nonsense are you talking about? Are there any men who accompany soldiers?"
"Of course! In the next life, you'll strive to become a female battalion commander, and I'll come and accompany you to the army."
Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, stunned by his words.
Um……
After thinking about it carefully, she frowned and said, "Okay, but I want to be a navy officer. In the next life, you can come with me to guard the island. I'll be a captain, and you'll definitely be qualified to accompany me."
Zhuang Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh.
He hugged his wife and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I'll go see the sea too."
"Don't laugh, I'm serious."
“I’m serious too, but honey, you have to work hard. The captains of medium-sized ships are regimental-level officers, and the captains of large ships are division-level officers. The sooner you get promoted, the sooner I can come and join the army.”
Hmm...
Regimental level? Divisional level?
Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes at him and ignored him.
She snuggled closer to Zhuang Mingcheng, yawned, and felt sleepy.
Beside him, Zhuang Mingcheng gently touched his wife's belly, then whispered, "Honey, should we go to the hospital for a checkup?"
"Let's go to the county together in a few days, after you're done with your work. My morning sickness is getting really bad, so we can buy some sour things together."
After saying that, Lu Fangfang hugged her husband and fell asleep.
"Sour stuff?"
Zhuang Mingcheng kept it in mind.
He leaned close to his wife's belly to listen, then fell asleep with a smile on his face.
...
The next day, the two lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) until the sun was shining on their buttocks before waking up.
Lying lazily on the kang (a heated brick bed), neither of them showed any intention of getting up.
Lu Fangfang rubbed her eyes and gave him a push, "Aren't you going to the regiment? The spy issue hasn't been resolved yet."
"Let's go again this afternoon and have them review it again."
Zhuang Mingcheng closed his eyes, still feeling very tired.
He held his wife, wanting to sleep a little longer.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang was too lazy to get up. She hadn't been pregnant for long, but her morning sickness was quite severe.
Besides morning sickness, she felt much more lethargic and extremely sleepy.
In the outer room, the little Tibetan fox was hugging Xiaohua's tail, drool dripping from the corner of its mouth again.
Xiaohua pulled it out with disdain.
It got up, stretched, then put its tail under its head and lay back down to sleep.
They were exhausted after being away for a week.
Their family was very quiet, but the residential compound outside became quite lively.
Most of the residents in the family compound heard the two gunshots in the early morning. Those who were free gathered under the birch tree at the entrance of the compound to inquire about the news.
“I heard from my husband that the regiment has imprisoned the Third Battalion Commander and Xiao Ting. I heard they let the spies escape.”
"No wonder I didn't see Sister Shulan today."
Listening from the crowd, Jiang Xiuhong couldn't help but say, "That Third Battalion Commander has an impeccable background, how could he possibly let a spy escape?"
"Xiao Ting is a possibility, though. Her father was demoted, so she might want to retaliate against the regiment. Besides, this spy was captured by Deputy Regiment Commander Zhuang's men..."
"Xiuhong, don't talk nonsense. You can only know a person's face but not their heart. Your husband is the political instructor of the Third Battalion. Don't let him get implicated."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiuhong immediately shut her mouth.
The sisters-in-law passed the news around and quickly figured out what had happened in the early hours of last night.
After Lu Fangfang finished lunch, when she passed by the entrance of the family compound again, she saw the women who were enjoying the cool air looking at her with smiles on their faces.
She looked down at herself but didn't notice anything different about what she was wearing.
As she was wondering what was going on, her sisters-in-law gathered around and pulled her under the birch tree.
"Xiao Lu, tell us quickly, how did you fight off the spies last night?"
"Yes, I heard that the bullet went straight through the agent's thigh, and he bled a lot. He almost died."
"Xiao Lu, were you scared back then?"
The sisters-in-law were very curious and started asking questions one after another.
Catching spies single-handedly—that's amazing, just like in those old stories.
Even among the soldiers in the regiment, very few had ever caught a spy.
Xiao Lu is also a military wife who accompanied her husband to the army. The other wives are quite proud of her, as they are also very capable and valiant military wives.
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