Shen Jichuan felt that although he had been demoted to the Northwest, he had also gained something by meeting these comrades who were guarding the border together.
Without saying much, Shen Jichuan got into his car and left.
Wang Gang and Deputy Division Commander Sun were standing together when Deputy Division Commander Sun suddenly offered Wang Gang a cigarette.
"Old Wang, I also need to say goodbye to you. I will retire after October 1st."
Wang Gang paused for a moment as he took the cigarette.
"Have you thought it through? Didn't you say you wanted to work for a few more years?"
Deputy Division Commander Sun laughed heartily.
"I just don't want to admit defeat. But what can I do if I don't admit defeat?"
Commander Wu Yongliang was from the Northwest Army, and he joined the Northwest Army one year below Deputy Division Commander Sun. Deputy Division Commander Sun and Wu Yongliang were from the same division headquarters but different battalions.
Seeing that Wu Yongliang had become an army commander in Beicheng, while he was still just a deputy division commander.
Deputy Division Commander Sun suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, losing all his arrogance.
The military didn't force him to retire because he was a senior leader.
Deputy Division Commander Sun also knew that leaders changed one term after another, and once the old leaders he knew were replaced, no one would care whether he lived or died.
It would be better to retire gracefully now, while there are still a few retired cadres I know.
Wang Gang said, "I've finally figured it out."
“If you go to the provincial capital’s retirement home, you might get better treatment. Besides, your children are all in the city, so you can stay together. Isn’t that great?”
Wang Gang chuckled.
"Yes, that would be wonderful."
He spent his entire life in the Northwest Army.
In the end, I still couldn't bear to part with it.
The thought of leaving this familiar place and going somewhere else brought tears to the eyes of Deputy Division Commander Sun.
He turned and left without a word.
His hair was gray, his military uniform was plain and faded from washing, he wore a pair of liberation shoes, and his steps were slightly unsteady, as if he were drunk.
His slightly hunched back made him look even older.
Wang Gang sighed.
These times are changing so fast.
The generation of Deputy Division Commander Sun is gradually retiring from the front lines.
They're recruiting soldiers again soon.
One generation goes out, and another comes in.
Seeing her husband in a daze, Li Qin asked, "Deputy Division Commander Sun has finally decided to retire. Your problem of doing political work for several years can finally be resolved."
Why do you seem a little unhappy?
Wang Gang glared at his wife.
"You don't know anything."
After Wang Gang finished speaking, he turned and left.
How could these women comrades who had never served in the military possibly understand the feelings that soldiers have for their troops?
He was too lazy to tell his wife.
Li Qin was completely baffled; what had she said wrong this time?
Deputy Division Commander Sun should have retired long ago, but he has been occupying a position and refusing to leave. If he doesn't leave, the people below him won't be able to move up.
These were the words Wang Gang said to her.
Li Qin wondered if her husband was having an affair and was starting to dislike her.
Like that Director Li before, everyone said he was good to his wife, but he still fell in love with another woman later.
The more Li Qin thought about it, the more she felt that Wang Gang had someone else in his heart.
When Wen Qiao came out of the house, she had changed her clothes.
Her dress was so dirty that it was no longer wearable.
I don't know how Shen Jichuan dared to do that...
Wen Qiao couldn't figure out what kind of person he was either; when he was serious, he was truly frightening.
But as he was caught up in passion, he made her realize that he truly loved her very much.
Seeing Wen Qiao emerge from the house like a ghost, her feet motionless, Lü Yazhi glared at her daughter.
“Look at you, your husband goes out on business and you don’t come out to see him off, you’re crying inside the house. What are you crying about? You’re the division commander’s wife, you have to uphold that status.”
Wen Qiao pursed her lips.
I was too lazy to talk to her mother any further.
"I understand, Mom. Don't say anymore, I'm tired."
Lu Yazhi asked, "Are you tired of crying?"
"Why are you crying? Men go out to earn money and do things, and we just need to take good care of the children and do the housework at home."
Wen Qiao overheard Shen Jichuan telling his mother those lies while she was inside the house.
She could only admit that she was crying in the room.
She couldn't very well tell her mother that she was clinging to Shen Jichuan with her legs wrapped around him and wouldn't let go when he was about to go on a mission, could she?
She couldn't bring herself to say those words.
Just as her mother said, while Shen Jichuan went out to work, she stayed home to take good care of the children and live a good life, so that Shen Jichuan wouldn't worry about her and the children and would have no worries.
Wen Qiao felt a little uneasy for the three days that Shen Jichuan had just left.
To distract herself, she started reading and studying like a madwoman.
She mastered all the textbooks for the third year of junior high school in just twenty days.
Wen Qiao went to the county town again and bought a few second-hand high school books. Although they were difficult to understand at first, she read them a second time if she couldn't understand them the first time. She started by studying Chinese and math.
As for English, she had never been exposed to it and didn't understand it at all.
She'll put it on hold for now. If she goes back to Beicheng in the future, she'll go to night school and study English properly.
I used to attend night school to learn accounting in order to make a living.
Now she wants to go to high school and then to university because of what Shen Jichuan told her: he hopes that Wen Qiao's future will only get better and better.
And now, she's become better.
The original plan was to take the children to the hospital for a check-up when they were three months old, but complicated things happened in between, and Shen Jichuan went on a mission.
When the baby was four months old, it was around August.
Wen Qiao, along with her mother and nanny Sister Wu, took the three children to the provincial military hospital.
Wang Gang was naturally worried, so he had his driver take Wen Qiao there.
After arriving at the provincial military hospital, I registered and sought medical advice.
I checked both my first and second babies first.
Both children are normal and healthy, with no problems in height or weight.
When they got to the baby's third child, the doctor sensed something was wrong.
But she didn't tell Wen Qiaoming.
Instead, he said, "Comrade, please wait a moment. Our hospital just received a military doctor from Beicheng this week. He is not a pediatrician, but he studied abroad and is an expert in cardiology."
Wen Qiao was very excited upon hearing this.
"That's really too much trouble for you, doctor."
The female doctor said, "Don't mention it. I remember you, the woman who gave birth to triplets. At that time, the child had congenital heart disease. I heard that your husband, that young leader, sent candy to everyone in our department, saying that he was sorry to have troubled us."
"And they told us not to tell you that your youngest daughter is sick."
The female doctor remembered it clearly; in all her years as a doctor, this was the first time she had encountered something like this.
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