"Big brother? Big brother?"
Wang Haibing was about to go to the camp when he heard a woman shouting something. He paused for a moment, then pointed at himself in confusion.
"Yes, it's you, big brother. Can you come over here for a second?"
Zhang Honghua stood in the guesthouse, leaning against the window by the door, waving her hand vigorously.
The staff at the guesthouse wouldn't let her go out, saying that if she did, she would be locked up. She was quite worried, but this was the only way she could call for help.
Wang Haibing scratched the back of his head and walked curiously into the guesthouse. "Miss, what can I do for you?"
"Brother, my brother-in-law is the commander of your regiment. Can you call him here? The people here won't let me out."
Zhang Honghua clenched her hands together nervously, then gave him a pitiful look.
Seeing that the man's clothes had four pockets and a pen was clipped to his shirt, she had a sudden thought and couldn't help but scrutinize Wang Haibing.
This man was less handsome than her brother-in-law, and he looked quite old, at least twenty-seven or twenty-eight. She felt a little regretful.
"Not letting you out? Who's not letting you out?"
Wang Haibing looked at her and became even more puzzled.
Looking back into the guesthouse, he asked in confusion, "Xiao Liu, is her brother-in-law Commander Gao?"
"Instructor, no, she's Commander Zhuang's sister, not Commander Gao's."
"Old Zhuang's sister? When did your guesthouse stop accepting guests...?"
Before Wang Haibing could finish speaking, Xiao Liu pulled him aside quickly. "Instructor, this is what Commander Zhuang instructed us to do. Please don't let him miss anything."
Wang Haibing looked back at Zhang Honghua and couldn't help but feel even more puzzled.
Why would someone be locked up in a guesthouse? Is there some hidden reason?
He shook his head, too lazy to think about it anymore. Since it was Lao Zhuang who instructed him, he couldn't just meddle.
"Um, comrade, our regimental commander Zhuang is probably busy right now. He'll be here when he's done. Don't worry, go inside and rest for a bit. It's cold outside."
Wang Haibing kindly offered her a word of comfort and then turned to leave.
"Brother, please help me. Call my brother-in-law over. I need to talk to him."
Zhang Honghua felt something was increasingly wrong. She had come to take care of Fangfang, so why was she being locked up in the guesthouse?
She had seen the two whispering to each other in secret, and she knew something was definitely going on.
She grabbed Wang Haibing's clothes and said pitifully, "Big brother, please help me."
"Comrade, please don't do this..."
Wang Haibing was startled.
His heart was pounding. He quickly untied Zhang Honghua's hands and then hurriedly left the guesthouse.
"Big brother? Big brother? Don't go, big brother?"
Zhang Honghua felt a little regretful as the person left without looking back.
Turning around, she quickly walked to the counter and asked curiously, "Xiao Liu, what kind of cadre is a political instructor? Who's higher up than a regimental commander?"
Xiao Liu kept his head down, not wanting to talk to her.
He now fully understood the instructions from the regimental commander and his wife. This Zhang Honghua was simply a troublemaker; no wonder they didn't want her to leave.
"Little Liu? Little Liu?"
"Battalion-level officer, are you ever going to stop?"
"whispering sound!"
Zhang Honghua pursed her lips, then began to ponder to herself.
A battalion-level officer, which is one rank below her brother-in-law, is still very impressive; he's considered a high-ranking officer. She quickly walked to the door, only to find that the person from before had vanished.
She shook her head and walked back.
"Xiao Liu, um, are there any single officers in your regiment? My brother-in-law wants to find me a girlfriend, battalion or company level is fine, I won't go for anyone lower than that."
Xiao Liu couldn't help but look up at her.
The regimental commander's relative is really too confident. He really wants to ask this woman where she gets the audacity to think that battalion-level and company-level officers would be interested in her.
"Xiao Liu? Xiao Liu? Say something! Why are you staring at me like that?"
Zhang Honghua couldn't help but take a step back.
This Xiao Liu is just a gatekeeper; she wouldn't even look at him.
"Comrade Zhang Honghua, this is working time, please do not disturb me!"
"Tch! What are you pretending for?"
Zhang Honghua pursed her lips, and seeing that the man wouldn't speak, she simply walked to the door again and looked outside.
After a while, she saw another person pass by. The person was wearing glasses, looked polite, and didn't appear to be very old.
More importantly, this person was wearing a shirt with four pockets, which made it obvious at a glance that he was an official.
Her eyes lit up, and she immediately called out again, "Big brother? Big brother? Can you help me find my brother-in-law? My brother-in-law is the deputy commander of the regiment..."
Xu Jinbu glanced at it, then walked away expressionlessly.
He's busy with his lover's affairs right now, so he doesn't have time to worry about anything else, let alone Zhuang Mingcheng's business.
"Big brother? Big brother?"
"I encountered a deaf or mute person..."
Zhang Honghua pursed her lips and stood in front of the door waiting again.
...
At the breeding farm.
Lu Fangfang harnessed the donkey cart and put all the quail eggs that had been laid in the past two days onto it.
Calling out to Xiuxiu, the two of them sat on the donkey cart and headed towards the troupe.
When they arrived at their destination, the soldiers carried quail eggs and moved them into the warehouse. She asked Xiuxiu to watch the donkey cart while she went to the logistics department to replace a light bulb.
As she was walking back, she heard someone calling her name.
"Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law?"
Lu Fangfang turned around and saw that the person who called her was from the troupe's guesthouse.
Startled, she quickly asked, "Comrade Liu, what's wrong? Has something happened?"
Comrade Liu felt somewhat helpless; if he hadn't truly been unable to bear it, he wouldn't have wanted to come looking for his sister-in-law.
“Sister-in-law, your sister-in-law is really something else. If she stays any longer, I’m afraid it will have a bad influence. She’s been standing at the door harassing the cadres in the regiment…”
He didn't hide anything and told Zhang Honghua what she had done.
To be honest, he's a little scared now that he's staying in the guesthouse.
Why didn't you let her rest inside?
“As soon as I let her go inside, she wants to go to the toilet, and I can’t stop her. Sister-in-law, why don’t you go and persuade her?”
Lu Fangfang was a little annoyed. She hadn't expected that Zhang Honghua would sit on a hard-seat train for four or five days without getting tired, and couldn't even sit still for two days.
After thinking about it, she told Comrade Liu to go back first.
She walked quickly to the donkey cart, took out the key, and told Xiuxiu to go home and get a small cotton quilt, a few steamed buns and a kettle, and then wait for her at the entrance of the family compound.
"Sis, where are we going?"
Xiuxiu looked on expectantly. As soon as she heard that she was going to get food and drinks, she knew that her sister was going out.
"I'll take you to see the animals on this vast grassland. It's been a long time since I've been there. Okay, do as I say, hurry home and get it."
Lu Fangfang waved her hand, signaling Xiuxiu to leave.
Sitting on the donkey cart, she called to the little wild donkey as they headed towards the troupe's guesthouse.
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