Chapter 459 Sending out Military Medals
Gu Hongmei looked around, touched her hair, got off the bicycle, and pushed it to a deserted place nearby.
Seeing this, Xu Daqiang followed with a smile.
Gu Hongmei stopped only when she reached a place where there was no one.
"Why are you looking for me?" Gu Hongmei asked, looking at her toes.
Xu Daqiang took out a mahogany box with a five-pointed star printed on it from his pocket. He opened the box and found a golden military medal inside.
"I-I want to give this to you."
Gu Hongmei looked up in surprise, "You want to give me your military medal?"
Gu Hongmei knew how important this medal was to soldiers. It was the highest honor, and it was earned with their lives and blood and sweat.
Xu Daqiang wanted to give me such a valuable gift. It would be a lie to say that I wasn't touched.
Xu Daqiang nodded vigorously. "This is the most important thing to me. I want to give it to the person who is most important to me. Comrade Gu Hongmei, are you willing to accept it?"
Xu Daqiang looked at Gu Hongmei with a blushing face, his eyes sincere and passionate.
Seeing Xu Daqiang so sincere, Gu Hongmei's heart beat faster and faster. She wanted to accept it, but she felt a little inferior and timid.
She is a divorced woman who has been someone else's wife for so many years. How can she be worthy of him, a war hero?
Gu Hongmei was extremely conflicted and her heart was in turmoil. At this moment, she suddenly remembered what her fourth sister-in-law had said to Chunhua in the morning.
"You met a scumbag and got divorced. These are just your life experiences, not your life stains."
Her mind suddenly became clear.
"Are you sure you want to give it to me? You won't regret it?" she asked Xu Daqiang.
The latter hurriedly said: "I will definitely not regret it, I'm just afraid that you will regret it."
"Your family won't object?" Gu Hongmei asked again.
Xu Daqiang said, "I've already told my family. My parents said that Captain Gu's sister must be good, and they asked me to treat you well, hehe..."
He wasn't lying; that's exactly what his parents said when he called them.
When Gu Hongmei stretched out her hand, Xu Daqiang was stunned at first, and then he quickly put his military medal in Gu Hongmei's hand.
"I'll keep it for you. If you don't want me to keep it anymore, I'll give it back to you."
Xu Daqiang smiled and said yes, "Then when can I come to visit Auntie and the others?"
He knew that Captain Gu's mother lived in the military family compound, so he found time to visit her. If the aunt also approved of him, the two families could sit together for a meal and discuss the marriage.
Xu Daqiang is a little anxious about getting married.
Gu Hongmei thought for a moment and said, "Come on your day off."
After saying that, she pushed her bicycle away.
Xu Daqiang said from behind: "Then I will come the day after tomorrow."
When she returned home, Gu Hongmei's heart was still pounding as she put Xu Daqiang's military medal in a locked drawer.
During dinner in the evening, Gu Hongmei cleared her throat and said, "A guest will be coming to our house the day after tomorrow."
"What guest?" Zhao Changying asked.
"I know." Gu Qiuyu raised her hand, "He's my uncle."
"What uncle-in-law?" Zhao Changying frowned.
Gu Huai's tone was cold, "Is it Xu Daqiang?"
When he was on a mission, he didn't have time to deal with him. Later, he was injured and hospitalized. He has only been back for a few days and has been busy with various things. He has no time to spare, and this Xu Daqiang is about to take over.
Gu Hongmei nodded with a red face.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Zhao Changying asked anxiously.
Gu Huai said, "Xu Daqiang is an officer under my command. He went on a mission with me this time and won first-class merit, and was promoted to battalion commander. He has had his eyes on Hongmei and wants to date her."
At this moment, Hongmei said that she wanted to come to visit, which obviously meant that she had agreed to date Xu Daqiang.
"How old are you?" Zhao Changying asked.
Gu Huai thought for a moment and said, "It should be about the same size as Hongmei."
"What's his character like?" Zhao Changying asked again.
"I don't have much good character, and I'm also very healthy."
"Who's at home?"
Gu Huai thought for a moment, "I remember he has a younger sister who is still in school, and his parents are both ordinary workers."
"A working-class family." Zhao Changying frowned. "Will his family look down on Hongmei?"
Zhao Changying didn't think her daughter was lacking in any way, but she was divorced after all, and she was afraid that Xu Daqiang's parents would look down on Hongmei, and that Hongmei would be wronged if they got married.
Gu Hongmei held the bowl and said, "Daqiang has already told his family about my situation."
Xu Daqiang's family knew about it but didn't object, and Xu Daqiang even went to visit them, which meant he didn't look down on Hongmei.
Hearing this, Zhao Changying felt relieved. "I'll go to the market tomorrow and buy a live fish and a live chicken. I'll keep them and kill them for the guests the day after tomorrow."
Yu Hui smiled and said, "We won't be going to work the day after tomorrow. We can just let Sister Chunhua and Sister Chunling look after the shop."
It’s a big deal that my sister-in-law’s boyfriend is coming to visit, so the whole family must be there.
Zheng Rong smiled and nodded, feeling happy for her sister-in-law from the bottom of her heart.
The next day, Zhao Changying called her hometown and asked Gu Pingshan to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to answer the call.
When Gu Pingshan heard that his daughter was dating a man who was a combat hero and a battalion commander and would be visiting him tomorrow, he blamed Zhao Changying for telling him too late.
If he had told her a day earlier, he could have bought a train ticket today to check on Hongmei and see if this future son-in-law was suitable.
"Oh, you'll be able to see it when we meet the in-laws in the future. I, the youngest brother, and the eldest brother's wife are watching over us, so nothing can go wrong."
"Then when will you come back?" Gu Pingshan said sullenly.
Zhao Changying: "I would like to go back, but the youngest is really busy here. If I'm not here, all the kids will have to go. I'll have Xiaohui and the others take them to the store on their bikes. They're all very active kids, and there are so many cars on the streets in this city. How can I be at ease?"
Gu Pingshan: "Forget it, wait until the grain is harvested, and then the boss and I will come up."
"Alright."
Gu Pingshan returned home with his hands behind his back. As soon as he entered the house, Wang Mei asked curiously, "Dad, what did Mom say when she called?"
Gu Pingshan sat down on the lounge chair, took out his pipe and took out some tobacco from it.
"Hongmei is dating someone."
"What, Hongmei has a boyfriend? How can she have a boyfriend?" Tian Ying blurted out.
Gu Jiang's face darkened. "Why, Hongmei can't date anymore?"
"That's right." Gu He glanced at Tian Ying. She simply felt that Dongmei, a divorced woman, was not suitable to be a partner.
Tian Ying quickly denied it, "That's not what I meant."
"Dad, who is Hongmei dating?" Wang Mei asked curiously.
Gu Pingshan lit his tobacco, took a drag, and exhaled white smoke. "He's a combat hero who won first-class merit. He was just promoted to battalion commander. He's about the same age as Hongmei. I heard from the youngest that he's also tall and handsome, and he's still unmarried."
Tian Ying and Wang Mei were both surprised. They didn't expect that their sister-in-law, who was divorced, could find such a good partner.
Needless to say, this is definitely due to the youngest brother's help. After all, the youngest brother is now the leader of the group.
"Battalion Commander..." Gu Jiang nodded and said, "It's not bad."
Tian Ying: What do you mean? This is absolutely amazing.
If I had known earlier, I should have let Qiu Ye stay in the city and let Gu Huai find her an officer to marry. It would have been so much better. Why bother studying? It would have wasted time and money.
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