After eating and drinking his fill, Wei Aiguo is now sleeping well.
He held his wife tightly, reluctant to let go, and gently stroked her belly.
Song Yan had been awake for a while. She wasn't sleepy at all, and this wasn't the time to sleep. But unexpectedly, she fell asleep in Wei Aiguo's arms, and it was a rare, sound sleep.
Song Yan: "How long will you stay this time?"
"The mission at the Old Black Mountain Armory is nearing completion and will be finished soon. I didn't expect my superiors to order me to Kyoto. I thought they had some urgent mission for me. Otherwise, they wouldn't be in such a rush."
It turned out that Officer Han, who met me at the station, said that Commander Shen had requested my superiors to end my mission early. Because you accepted a mission, and during its execution, you witnessed your first brutal battle with enemy agents, your first time killing someone, and were traumatized; you weren't in good condition…
Han said I could stay here with you for a while.
He told me that after I was transferred back, the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region came looking for me! They might arrange for me to attend a military academy. He told me to just wait for their notification.
"You can go to military academy!" Song Yan felt that if Officer Han could reveal this information, it was very likely accurate, which was good news! "Don't you have to take an exam to get into military academy? You were exempted from the exam?"
"Yes. And it's in Kyoto." Wei Aiguo was especially happy that he could go to military academy. However, at first, he was too worried about Song Yan to think about it. Now, that joy was finally welling up inside him.
Song Yan is learning and making progress. He also needs to learn and improve so that he can keep up with his wife's pace.
Wei Aiguo: "I often see you when I study here."
"It's you. What will happen when my pregnancy gets further along? I'll have to take care of Yueyue, and Wei An and Wei Ping too. I'm afraid I won't be able to look after you. I don't know if the school will even grant me leave if I need to."
Song Yan had already planned ahead: "If I can't buy a house, I'll rent one. I'll have my mother inquire in the village about people willing to come to Beijing to work. They'll provide food and lodging and pay four or five yuan a month. I'm sure some people will be willing to do it."
That way, someone would be there to help Mom take care of the child. Song Yan was also thinking of writing to her third aunt to ask if she would be willing to come once she had a place to stay.
Song Ma wrote that her second aunt's eldest sister-in-law, Miao Shuang, had gotten divorced and returned to the Miao family.
The Miao people live in very crowded conditions now.
"If it's four yuan a month, that's forty-eight yuan a year. A family might not even have forty-eight yuan left after a year of working in the brigade. That's a good idea." However, Wei Aiguo calculated in his mind that he also received a stipend for attending military academy; if he was frugal, he could definitely save most of it. He would also receive an extra bonus for his meritorious service this time.
A family should have no problem living in Kyoto. But it'll probably be just enough to get by. To live well, they'll have to find a way.
After not hearing Wei Aiguo's voice for a while, Song Yan asked, "Are you planning how to live in Kyoto?"
Don't worry, the whole family is in Kyoto, so the Wee Kapok will come too. Life will be easy.
Wei Aiguo couldn't help but laugh; his mother was a devout believer in the Weasel God of Gratitude.
“You’re going to school tomorrow, right? I’ll just wander around Kyoto and see if I can find a place to rent. I don’t think buying a house is necessarily allowed,” Wei Aiguo said.
Song Yan thought of the reward she, General Shen, and Secretary Fang had requested. However, since there was no news on the matter, it was best not to discuss it for the time being. But she had to talk about General Shen.
Song Yan: "Things in this world are just so coincidental; some people just happen to meet each other."
Shen Ruomei is my bunkmate; she's General Shen's daughter. She told you about her brother; what are your thoughts on that?
Wei Aiguo: "Just because I look like him doesn't mean I'm his brother. That's impossible. How could I not be my parents' son? Do you know how much my parents loved me when I was little?"
Song Yan: "I didn't connect many things before, but today Shen Ruomei was so excited, and her words reminded me of many things."
Your aunt's adopted son was stolen by her, and I suspected at the time that the child might be the orphan of a martyr...
Wei Aiguo was shocked. He knew, of course, that his aunt had taken a child, but he never imagined it was stolen. "Who told you that her child was stolen? And then she killed it!"
Song Yan: "Little Tiger."
That year, Liu Shitou came to our house and said his mother wanted to see our mother, so our mother went. On our way back that time, we even encountered a pack of wolves.
When I went there, my mother said there was something she wanted to ask clearly, because she was afraid that no one would know after my aunt died.
Later, Xiaohu said that he heard his mother ask his aunt about the child.
If that child dies, what's the point? So that child should be alive…”
Song Yan told Wei Aiguo what Xiao Hu had overheard, and that the story of Wei Xiaogu stealing the child matched the story of General Shen losing his child that Lao Zeng had told him. He had never thought of these two things together before.
Old Zeng also hates Wei Xiaogu.
They are two people who have nothing in common, so where does his hatred come from?
Why did Secretary Fang rush over after learning that Wei Aiguo was being bullied after being injured?
Old Zeng has some unusual feelings for Yueyue.
Song Yan also noticed Shen Changchuan's unusual emotions.
Song Yan recounted all of these matters in detail.
Wei Aiguo knew that what Song Yan said was true, but his parents loved him so much. He never imagined that he wasn't their biological son.
Putting everything else aside, the emotions that Lao Zeng often reveals make sense according to Song Yan's speculation.
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