Cheng Qiu Kui waved goodbye to Cheng Xiao Kui without a care in the world. In her mind, her second sister was just going to the cooperative to buy things. Only Cheng Chun Kui looked a little melancholy, as if she had noticed Cheng Xiao Kui's unnatural expression.
However, given her current status, she can neither say nor do anything.
Cheng Qi's men were still monitoring her every move in the courtyard.
Instead of going to the cooperative, Cheng Xiaokui carried her vegetable basket to a factory near her home.
In those days, only factories and government offices had telephones; ordinary people couldn't have them at home.
She went to the factory's gatehouse and told the gatekeeper that she had something urgent to do and wanted to borrow the phone.
The uncle readily agreed and let Cheng Xiao Kui go into the gatehouse to make a phone call.
Cheng Xiaokui picked up the phone and skillfully dialed Song Jingchuan's home number.
Song Jingchuan should be home by now.
The phone rang with a beeping tone, and after a moment, the call was connected, and Song Jingchuan's voice came through the receiver.
Hello, who is this?
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "It's me."
Without saying anything else, just two words were enough for her to know that Song Jingchuan could recognize her voice.
Song Jingchuan said, "Xiao Kui? Why are you calling me? What happened?"
This is very unusual. He had only been gone a short while when Cheng Xiao Kui called him.
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Um... something came up. Si Muyang went back to the military headquarters. He went to Chief Zhao to request a reprieve for his marriage application..."
Song Jingchuan's voice did not come through the phone receiver.
What Cheng Xiao Kui said was unexpected by Song Jingchuan, but it was also reasonable.
Song Jingchuan felt a pang of sadness, but then he thought that Si Muyang's injuries had almost healed, and it was normal for the two of them to remarry.
He said, "You called me just to tell me this?"
The next moment, he realized something unusual; Cheng Xiao Kui had no reason to tell him this right away.
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Um... could you call Chief Zhao?"
She glanced at the uncle sitting in front of the stove, drinking tea and reading a newspaper.
There are some things she can't say too clearly in front of outsiders.
Song Jingchuan was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "You want me to call Chief Zhao so that he won't approve Si Muyang's report?"
He asked uncertainly, because approval was normal; if it were approved normally, Cheng Xiao Kui wouldn't have needed to contact him at all.
Cheng Xiao Kui gave a soft hum, "Mmm."
On the other end of the phone, Song Jingchuan's expression instantly turned solemn.
He asked, "Did you... discover something? Is something wrong? Is it convenient for you to talk over there?"
Cheng Xiaokui said, "You can just make the call. We'll talk when we meet. I'm hanging up now. I'm using someone else's phone to make this call, so I'm sorry it will take too long."
Song Jingchuan said, "Alright, I'll call Chief Zhao right now."
Cheng Xiaokui hung up the phone, thanked the uncle, and went to the cooperative with her vegetable basket, pretending to buy two chickens.
In this day and age, chickens are much more expensive than pork. There is a saying that no feast is complete without chicken. A whole chicken must occupy the center position on the entire table!
Cheng Xiao Kui had two chickens in her shopping basket, and passersby would often look at her with envy.
Let alone buying two chickens, an average family wouldn't even be willing to buy a single chicken.
Cheng Xiaokui brought the chicken back and handed it to her aunt who was working at home, asking her to stew it for her.
Lin Qiuru and her two children were at her house, so she had to treat Lin Qiuru well.
The two live chickens successfully piqued Xiaolongbao's interest.
The two children reached out and touched the red rooster's comb, and the two of them teased the rooster with small twigs.
Si Muyang entered the military headquarters smoothly in a jeep.
Cheng Qi drove the car directly to the ground floor of Chief Zhao's office building.
He got out of the car and opened the door for Si Muyang.
Si Muyang got out of the car, touched his forehead with his hand, and swayed slightly as if he had lost his balance.
Startled, Cheng Qi quickly reached out to support Si Muyang and asked, "Commander, what's wrong?"
Si Muyang said, "I feel a little dizzy. I've only been able to walk a little these past two days, and I've walked quite a lot today. Can you help me to the commander's office?"
Cheng Qi helped Si Muyang into the small building.
Si Muyang seemed to be very weak, with most of his weight resting on Cheng Qi's arm.
Cheng Qi helped Si Muyang to the door of Chief Zhao's office.
Si Muyang then stood up straight and said, "Reporting to the commander."
Chief Zhao's voice came from inside the room, "Please come in."
Cheng Qi pushed open the door and helped Si Muyang inside.
When Chief Zhao saw the weak Si Muyang, he quickly stood up and said, "Muyang, what brings you here? Didn't I approve your leave so you could go home and rest properly?"
He instructed Cheng Qi to help Si Muyang sit on the sofa.
He found the sofa comfortable and poured Si Muyang a cup of tea himself before sitting down next to him.
Si Muyang said, "Sir, I'd like to submit a report. Could you please approve it for me?"
Commander Zhao said, "What report? Tell me!"
Si Muyang said, "I want to remarry Xiao Kui."
Chief Zhao said with a smile, "I knew you were right. Why did you rush back to see me before you were even fully recovered?"
I was just wondering, do you miss me that much? Haha, turns out you don't miss me, you miss your wife!
Xiao Kui is a good girl, capable and responsible. I wholeheartedly support your marriage to her. Where's your report?
Si Muyang said, "I came in too much of a hurry, I didn't write a report yet."
Chief Zhao said, "How can I approve it if you haven't written a report? I'll get you a pen, you can write it here."
He got up and returned to his desk, picked up the paper and pen on the desk, and handed them to Si Muyang.
Si Muyang took the paper and pen and quickly wrote down the marriage application.
These kinds of things are very formulaic; they just shout out some of the most popular slogans of the time and then ask for approval from higher-ups.
Once the superior signs and stamps the document, the matter is considered settled.
Si Muyang wrote his application very quickly, and handed it to Chief Zhao as soon as he finished.
Chief Zhao put on his reading glasses and looked at the application. Just as he was about to sign his name with a pen, the landline on his desk started ringing.
He picked up the landline receiver and answered the call.
Si Muyang couldn't hear the voice on the phone receiver. He was sitting on the sofa, and Chief Zhao's desk was quite far from him.
After answering the phone, Chief Zhao casually asked, "Hello, who is this?"
Then he didn't say anything more, only hummed softly twice.
However, Chief Zhao's expression gradually became serious.
A moment later, Chief Zhao hung up the phone.
Si Muyang stood up and urged, "Chief Zhao, please sign off on this! I need to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Xiao Kui to complete our marriage registration."
Chief Zhao, wearing his reading glasses, read the application again...
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