Chief Quartermaster Shen was a straightforward person, and pointed to the couplet on the courtyard wall.
"Comrade Jiang, did you write this couplet?"
"Yes, I wrote it."
As she said this, Jiang Si had a rough idea of what the other party was up to.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Chief Quartermaster Shen said.
"Comrade Jiang, could you please write a couplet for our canteen?"
He smiled and offered a somewhat embarrassed explanation.
“I used to write the couplets myself, but I accidentally hit my hand a while ago and I’m still not very good at holding a pen.”
Writing a couplet was not a difficult task for Jiang Si.
She readily agreed.
But to her surprise, Quartermaster Shen presented her with another difficult problem.
"Comrade Jiang, the gate of the division canteen is quite tall. Could you make the couplet longer?"
After saying that, he talked about the Spring Festival couplets he had written in previous years.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Si exclaimed, "Good heavens..."
All the ideas she had in mind had already been used.
Chief Quartermaster Shen knew that his request was quite difficult for others.
"If there isn't a more suitable one, you can just pick one from previous years to write about."
After listening, Jiang Si pondered for a moment. This year is a special year. Just last week, the country issued the highest level of combat readiness requirements.
Therefore, couplets must not only reflect the atmosphere of daily life, but also closely adhere to the requirements of war preparedness.
Jiang Si stood there thinking for more than ten minutes before she began to write.
The first line of the couplet reads: "Red rice, pumpkin soup, officers and soldiers share the meal; tradition remains, the spirit of hard work and perseverance is never forgotten."
The second line reads: [Wild vegetables are fragrant, the campfire is blazing, fighting spirit is high, steel guns are in hand, and the heroic sentiment of fighting the enemy endures.]
Horizontal scroll: [Self-reliance leads to abundance]
"Chief Chen, take a look, is this couplet acceptable?"
"Sure, why not! It's absolutely perfect!"
Not only is the calligraphy beautiful, but the couplet is also so perfect that it seems tailor-made for their cafeteria!
The quartermaster immediately stood up and said, "I'll find someone to put it up in the canteen right away."
Before leaving, he turned back and said, "Comrade Jiang, I'll have someone bring you some dumplings later, and add a dish to your meal."
"Chief Quartermaster Shen, there's no need for such trouble..."
Jiang Si was about to say that she was from the South and that Southerners don't eat dumplings during the Lunar New Year.
But Chief Shen was too fast; he couldn't catch up.
"What's wrong with Quartermaster Shen? Why is he so happy?"
Hearing the commotion, Hu Meili also came over from her own yard.
Jiang Si then explained the situation to her.
"No wonder he would bring you dumplings out of the blue."
Hu Meili looked away and said with a smile, "If he gives it to you, just take it. Let me tell you, Quartermaster Shen is from Liaoning Province, and his dumpling-making skills are superb."
Just then, the eldest and second eldest brothers came over carrying baskets.
The two brothers looked listless, clearly having received plenty of 'care' from their parents yesterday.
Jiang Si felt a little embarrassed, after all, she was the one who delivered the durian.
But given the current situation, she couldn't bring up something she didn't really want to say.
He could only change the subject by asking, "Sister-in-law, what kind of things do the troops usually give out for the New Year?"
Speaking of this, Hu Meili immediately became interested, "It varies every year, mainly depending on the income of the self-sufficient farms under the military."
"A new cannery was built on the farm below last year, and the profits will definitely be higher than in previous years."
"With more income, there will be more welfare benefits during the Chinese New Year."
After Hu Meili finished speaking, she specifically reminded him, "Take a bigger basket, otherwise it won't fit everything later."
Jiang Si is someone who listens to advice, so she changed to a larger basket.
Is this okay?
“Okay.” After Hu Meili finished speaking, she smiled and said, “I heard from Mingjuan that there might be a dividend this year.”
"Dividends?"
Jiang Si was surprised for a moment, "Isn't this a military factory? How come there are dividends?"
As they walked, Hu Meili explained to her, "When this factory was being built, a typhoon hit, and the factory collapsed after only half of the building was completed."
"The army couldn't raise that much money in a short time. In the end, it was the families of all the officers and soldiers who raised the money to build the factory."
"The money for buying the equipment later was also raised by us."
“At that time, we also signed a subscription agreement, which stipulated that as long as the factory was profitable, we would receive a dividend every year.”
"The amount of dividends depends on the proportion of investment each company made at the time."
Hu Meili was happy when she talked about this; she and her husband earned a combined salary of over 180 yuan.
The benefits for military personnel are good, and they can save a lot of money over the course of a year.
So when they made the purchase, they contributed 1,500 yuan.
As they spoke, the group quickly arrived at the logistics department.
At this time, two long lines had already formed outside the logistics department.
Jiang Si only recently learned that the family compound is divided into an east section and a west section.
The families of the flight regiment, radar regiment, and escort boat regiment all lived in the East District.
The western district was inhabited by the families of infantry regiments, armored regiments, and anti-aircraft artillery regiments.
Jiang Si had been living in the East District residential compound for some time now, and perhaps because everyone had seen her so often, they had gradually become accustomed to her beauty.
On the contrary, the people in the West District family compound, who rarely come here, all turned to look at Jiang Si when they first saw her.
"That must be Commander Huo's wife, right?"
"It should be. I've heard people from the East District say before that Commander Huo's wife is even prettier than movie stars in magazines."
She's beautiful, that's all. But the real thing is that her dazzling white skin is so enviable.
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