Chapter 132 Chapter 132 Goodbye Kiss Goodbye, How Can We Not Kiss...
"Again."
Political Commissar Ji smiled and shook his head at Commander Yang.
"If you can't hang it up, go to your office."
Xia Xia smiled and said, "Hang up all the pictures in your office. If that's not enough, hang up the pictures of you and Liang Xin all over the playground!"
"Oh, that's right."
Li Mao took over and said, "I think the most suitable place is the flagpole. Replace the national flag and party flag with a photo of you and Liang Xin, fluttering in the wind. Deputy Commander Lu will definitely like it!"
"What's your suggestion?"
Lu Chongfeng asked, "What if Liang Xin gets frozen by the wind?"
Li Mao: “….”
Liang Xin chuckled and brought over another luggage bag containing local specialties.
Zhong Xuelian shook her head and smiled, "I used to be quite satisfied with our old Ji, but after becoming a neighbor with Deputy Division Commander Lu, I found that my requirements for old Ji also increased."
"If I treat you like Deputy Commander Lu every day, can you bear it?"
Political Commissar Ji said, "Take a photo of the two of us, hanging on the red flag fluttering in the wind?"
Zhong Xuelian: "...then forget it."
There was a loud laugh in the living room.
Liang Xin took out the apricot and peach preserves and jasmine tea she brought back from Beijing and distributed them to the three families. She also took out the roast duck and said, "I went to Quanjude to buy roast duck for you. Since the children couldn't go to Beijing, you can try the roast duck and preserved fruits from the time-honored Beijing restaurant."
“Yo!”
Li Mao took the roast duck and asked in surprise: "Where did you get so many premium food coupons and meat coupons in Beijing to buy so many ducks?"
"Rural areas are now allowed to raise chickens and ducks. You don't need coupons to buy roast ducks and roast chickens in the city." Liang Xin handed the roast duck to Mei Man, "Buy as many as you want. I didn't want my luggage to be too heavy, and the ducks don't last long, so I brought one for you to try."
"Don't you need tickets to buy chickens and ducks at grocery stores?"
Zhong Xuelian asked curiously, "You don't charge for pork anymore?"
"Pork is a key controlled commodity in the planned economy, and you still need a ticket."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "But I heard that Guangdong and Fujian have opened up the bargaining market, and pork can be bought at a high price without tickets. Maybe in a few years, pork can be completely liberalized for sale."
Li Mao smiled and said, "Life is getting better and better!"
"It's time to eat."
Lu Chongfeng took out a small bowl and chopsticks from the kitchen and said, "We can take a half-day break today. You don't have to go to work?"
The living room was silent again for a moment.
Liang Xin couldn't help laughing out loud.
Xia Xia also smiled and said, "I've already started to miss Section Chief Lu when he first came to the 11th Division. Now that we're familiar with each other, I'm afraid of him and I don't dare to talk to him!"
"Fortunately, we are no longer neighbors now."
Li Mao walked out holding the specialty. "I'm going to the factory first. You should have a good rest at home. Everything is normal in the factory. The order volume is increasing steadily. Don't worry."
Zhong Xuelian called Meiman, "Let's go, let's go home."
Political Commissar Ji raised his hand and pointed at Lu Chongfeng, "The afternoon meeting can be postponed to tomorrow morning. You should have a good rest first."
"No, it will start at 3pm as usual."
After everyone left, Liang Xin looked at the three people sitting at the dining table one by one and smiled again.
Lu Chongfeng served Liang Xin a bowl of porridge and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Dudu looked towards his mother and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Liang Xin smoothed her daughter's black hair and said, "I thought Dudu would look like me."
“Like you.”
Sister Ji brought the egg to Liang Xin and said, "Dudu is so smart, just like you."
Liang Xin picked up the egg and cracked it, "Her father is not stupid either."
“That’s true.”
Sister Ji added: "Still like you, Bai."
Liang Xin raised his head and glanced at Lu Chongfeng, who was gradually getting tanned and came from the 11th Division, without further explanation.
Even if you have a sleeper berth on the train, it is impossible to get a good rest.
Every time Liang Xin comes back from outside, she has to sleep for a long time before she can recover.
I slept until the lunch break was over and the wake-up call sounded.
Liang Xin looked at Dudu who was sleeping soundly in the middle, and didn't let Lu Chongfeng draw the curtains. "What do you want to eat tonight?"
Lu Chongfeng picked up his military jacket and put it on. "I've been eating northern food these days. I want to eat something southern."
Liang Xin leaned against the bed, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, "Dumpling?"
"OK!"
Lu Chongfeng raised his chin slightly, fastened his uniform button, picked up his military cap, walked up to Liang Xin, and kissed her on the mouth.
"........other people usually kiss each other on the forehead, no one kisses on the lips like you do."
"Nonsense, goodbye kiss, how can it be called a kiss if you don't kiss?"
Liang Xin: "...go early and come back early."
Lu Chongfeng put on his military cap, glanced at his sleeping daughter, knelt on one knee beside Liang Xin's legs, leaned over and kissed her lotus-like little arm, "Do you want me to hold my daughter down to sleep?"
Dudu is getting bigger and heavier.
Lu Chongfeng was worried that it was unsafe for Liang Xin to carry her daughter down the stairs.
"Dudu hasn't even woken up yet, why are you holding her?"
Liang Xin pushed him and said, "Go to work now."
"You said you want to retire at 40 and stay at home every day."
Lu Chongfeng stood firm and said, "We've only been together for a few days, and you already find me annoying."
Liang Xin: "...Why don't you stay at home and make dumplings with us?"
Lu Chongfeng was slightly stunned, the corners of his lips slowly curled up, and he held Liang Xin's hand, "You don't want me to go to work? But since the meeting has been notified, it's better to be on time and not waste other people's time. Besides, I have to send the film to the photo studio of the service agency and develop the photos as soon as possible so that we can appreciate them together. This film can't be seen..."
Dudu suddenly turned over, sat up, and looked for the source of the sound with sleep marks on his face, "Daddy is making noise!"
Liang Xin picked up her daughter and tried to hold back her laughter. "Daddy has to go to work. He can't bear to leave Dudu."
Dudu sat in his mother's arms and waved to his father, "Goodbye, Dad."
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
Liang Xin raised her daughter's hand and touched Lu Chongfeng's face, "Dudu said, Daddy, go quickly and come back soon."
Dudu: "Dad, go quickly."
I won’t say the second half.
Liang Xin buried her face in her daughter's body and smiled.
Lu Chongfeng kissed his daughter's face flat, and then kissed Liang Xin again, "Let's go, it's a good opportunity to go down together."
The family compound is sunny and quiet in the afternoon.
Therefore, many family members living in cities are actually very reluctant to join the army.
Liang Xin likes this quiet and leisurely environment, but except for the first six months with the army, she did not enjoy the afternoon sunshine much.
Dudu was sitting on a small stool at the door of the living room, holding a bottle of milk, while Xiaoju and Xiaobai were lying at her feet.
Liang Xin put the quilt on the drying line, dusted it off with a bamboo pole, and looked back at her daughter, "Do you want to listen to the trumpet?"
Dudu nodded his little head and said, "I need to listen."
Liang Xin turned on the radio. The afternoon radio program "Little Trumpet" would tell stories, play nursery rhymes and radio dramas.
"Little friends, Grandpa Sun Jingxiu is going to tell you a story today. The name of the story is "Sun Wukong Fights the White Bone Demon Three Times"......"
Liang Xin put the water-ground powder into an enamel basin, poured cold boiled water on it, and slowly kneaded it into a soft dough.
Sister Ji carried two buckets of water into the yard from outside, "Is Dudu up?"
Liang Xin kneaded the noodles, "Wake up, big sister, when did you go out?"
"I woke up and went out right after a nap." Sister Ji carried two buckets of water to the yard and put them down. "I've been in Beijing for so many days, so I want to quickly wash the clothes that Dudu took off."
Liang Xin let her go, "Are you used to eating tangyuan? What kind of filling do you want to eat?"
"You can eat anything you want."
Sister Ji picked up the bucket and poured water into the large iron basin. "I can get used to eating so many things in Beijing. Why can't I get used to eating glutinous rice? I will eat whatever fillings you eat."
Liang Xin thought that Sister Ji could eat anything, so she stopped worrying and prepared red bean paste dumplings, meat dumplings, and crystal dumplings with lard and sugar fillings as planned.
Flatten the kneaded dough, bring it to the kitchen, boil water in a pot, put the dough in after the water boils and cook it, remove the cooked starch and soak it in cold water.
"Mother."
Dudu appeared at the kitchen door, revealing half of his face and dark pupils.
"What's the matter?"
Liang Xin looked at her daughter who suddenly appeared and asked, "Want to go out and play?"
Dudu shook his head, "I missed you."
Liang Xin's heart was melted by her daughter's words. She went forward and picked up Dudu. "Mom is in the kitchen. She didn't go anywhere. I made egg custard for Dudu. Do you want some?"
Dudu hugged her mother's neck and said, "Mom doesn't go to work."
Liang Xin was stunned for a moment before she understood why her daughter, who was listening to the story so attentively, suddenly ran to the kitchen again, "Mom won't be working today, so she'll stay at home and play with Dudu."
Dudu was relieved, loosened his arms around his mother's neck and slid down, "Egg."
Liang Xin squatted down and hugged Dudu again, smelling the milk fragrance on her body, looked up at her daughter's soft and tender face, and explained seriously:
"My mother has helped the families of the uncles and aunts to run the factory, and the uncles and aunts are becoming more and more familiar with the daily operation of the factory. In the future, my mother will not go to the factory for so long. She will rest as usual and play with Dudu at home."
Dudu looked at his mother and nodded his little head, looking as if he didn't understand or not, and trotted out.
The pace seemed happy.
Liang Xin wrapped the bowl of egg custard with a rag and brought it to the coffee table in the living room. "Dudu, can you eat it by yourself? You need to blow on it a few times after scooping a spoonful. Only eat it when it is not too hot."
Dudu trotted to the baby chair next to the dining table and waited for his mother with his arms open.
Liang Xin brought over the egg custard with a smile, picked up Dudu and sat him on his dedicated chair.
Dudu raised his chin high again.
"Mom has forgotten everything, but Dudu has a good memory."
Liang Xin took out a small bib and put it on Dudu. "Then Dudu can sit here and eat while watching mommy make dumplings."
Dudu picked up the spoon, scooped up the egg custard, and blew hard with his little mouth.
"So good."
Liang Xin praised with a smile, and went to bring out the cooked starch soaked in cold water. Then she poured more water-ground flour into the basin, added the cooked starch, stirred vigorously, and kneaded it into a sticky and smooth dough.
Put the prepared dough on the chopping board, knead it into strips, then pinch it into small pieces, put it aside for now and prepare the filling.
First make the red bean paste filling, then the pork filling. Both dumplings should be put into the pot and cooked, and the other lard and sugar filling should be fried.
Liang Xin put the minced pork in a blue-rimmed bowl, washed and peeled the winter bamboo shoots and green onions, chopped them into fine pieces and added them in. Then she added egg white, MSG, pepper, fine salt, cooking wine and sesame oil and mixed well. She left a small bowl aside to make meatballs for Dudu in the evening, and added a small amount of boiled water to the rest of the fillings and beat them into the filling.
"Mom, I'm done eating."
Liang Xin walked out of the kitchen with the stuffing and looked at the small bowl that Dudu raised. "That's amazing. Are you full?"
Dudu: "I'm full."
"Do you want to go down?"
"I want to go down."
Liang Xin smiled and took her daughter down from the chair, "Go play."
"dad!"
Dudu trotted towards the door like a chick running to its mother.
Lu Chongfeng squatted down, opened his arms, and hugged his daughter who rushed over, "My daughter is still thinking about me!"
Liang Xin was surprised, "You're back so soon?"
"The meeting has been going on for an hour and a half. How can it be early?"
Lu Chongfeng said dissatisfiedly: "People always feel like they haven't seen each other for three years..."
Liang Xin interrupted him, "Who is that person?"
Lu Chongfeng: "The ancients you like to talk about the most!"
Liang Xin flattened the dough and then rounded it. "I was making the dumplings you wanted to eat and forgot the time."
When Lu Chongfeng entered the room, he only saw Liang Xin and his daughter, but didn't see the dough on the table. When he heard Liang Xin say that, he walked over with a touched look on his face, "Thank you for your hard work, my wife."
Liang Xin lowered her head with a smile on her face. She pinched the dough in her hand into a small bowl shape, put the pork filling in it, and pinched the top to close it. "Is there any work to be done? If not, you can make the red bean paste filling."
"You can put your current work aside for now."
Liang Xin felt something was wrong when she heard this, so she looked up at him, only to see Lu Chongfeng striding towards the bathroom.
Based on Lu Chongfeng's usual state, looking at his walking posture and speed, he didn't look unhappy, but rather a little excited.
Liang Xin's heart, which had just been lifted, fell again.
When Lu Chongfeng came out, Liang Xin said, "When you said that just now, I thought there was another case of reporting and suspension."
"I'm doing such a good job, who would suspend me for no reason?"
Lu Chongfeng sat on the chair and brought over the bowl of red bean paste. "We're having tangyuan tonight?"
"Two kinds of boiled fillings and one kind of fried crystal dumplings, do you think it's not enough?"
"Enough, I just asked casually."
Liang Xin watched him put in the red bean paste and prepared to close it. "Pinch the filling into a pointed shape so it's easier to tell apart."
Lu Chongfeng pinched the mouth into a pointed shape as Liang Xin said, "Do we need to make the skin of the crystal dumplings separately? Let me make these two kinds, you go ahead and do it."
Liang Xin wrapped the glutinous rice balls in her hand and started to make the dough for the crystal dumplings. After steaming the batter in the steamer, she suddenly felt a little quiet.
"Why are you speechless?"
Lu Chongfeng looked up and said, "I am wrapping the dumplings carefully. What if I make a mistake while talking?"
Liang Xin poured lard and sugar into a bowl and mixed them together. "It's okay if you made a mistake. It's not a big deal. Can you go to the meeting to make sure everything is alright?"
"Is there something I won't tell you?"
Lu Chongfeng wrapped a beautiful tangyuan and put it aside with satisfaction. "You didn't have lunch, you must be hungry. Cook it first?"
"Let's wrap it up and eat it together."
Liang Xin thought that if Lu Chongfeng was really put in solitary confinement or suspended from his job, he would have been cursing at home a long time ago. Thinking of this, she laughed again and sat down to continue making dumplings with Lu Chongfeng.
After the red bean paste and pork dumplings are cooked, serve them on the table.
Liang Xin turned over the crystal ball with melted lard and sugar filling in the pan again, and when the soft ball was softened all around, she served it on an enamel plate.
Lu Chongfeng sniffed it and said, "It smells really good. Fried glutinous rice tastes better."
“It smells good when fried, and tastes delicious when boiled.”
Liang Xin placed Dudu's meatballs, pumpkin steamed cake, and sponge gourd scrambled eggs in front of her, "Big sister, come and eat."
The soft, glutinous and round dumplings are served in a small white porcelain bowl, steaming hot, and look particularly fragrant and delicious.
Liang Xin bit off the delicate and smooth glutinous rice skin, blew on the pork filling, and then took a big bite. The gravy burst in her mouth, and she couldn't help but say "hmm", "delicious!"
"tasty!"
Sister Ji's face turned red from the burn. "How can life get better and better? I just finished a meat dish with thick oil and sauce, and now I can eat such delicious meat dumplings when I come back!"
"Let me try some crystal balls."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the crystal clear glutinous rice balls and took a bite. The filling was flowing out of his mouth, and the aroma of greasy lard filled his entire mouth. It was sweet but not greasy. "My wife's cooking skills are so good!"
Liang Xin took a sip of the soup and then picked up the crystal glutinous rice balls.
The whole family finished the plates of three flavors of dumplings. Liang Xin was patting her belly and enjoying it when she noticed that Lu Chongfeng was looking at her intently.
Before Liang Xin could speak, Lu Chongfeng spoke up: "The war is about to begin."
Liang Xin's hand stopped and her brows furrowed.
Then I remembered the Laoshan War, which I had been worried about but had not thought about tonight.
"fight?!"
After being frightened, Sister Ji hurriedly shouted, "Why is there going to be another war? When will it start? I haven't heard about this on my way back!"
"Those ungrateful bastards continued to frequently build fortifications and harass our border farms and villages even after the Vietnam War."
Lu Chongfeng said: "The Central Committee has decided to recapture the important strategic locations of Laoshan and Zheyinshan. Our army has received an order from the military region..."
Sister Ji's face turned pale with fear, "You all want to go?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded and looked at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin stacked the small bowls to divert Sister Ji's attention, "Sister, please take the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen."
"Oh, okay."
Liang Xin cleaned up the dining table, helped Dudu take a bath downstairs, and persuaded Sister Ji, who had just returned from next door, to go to bed peacefully.
After going upstairs and coaxing her daughter to sleep, Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng.
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin and said, "This is not my first time on the battlefield. Don't worry. The scale of this battle is limited, far smaller than the Vietnam War in 1979."
"War is not a safe thing. Even a fight in the countryside can result in loss of life."
Liang Xin realized that she was a little upset after she finished speaking. She didn't want Lu Chongfeng, who was about to go to the battlefield, to calm her down. She took a deep breath and exhaled, "I'm fine. I ate too many dumplings and it's a bit indigestible."
Lu Chongfeng picked up Liang Xin, walked to the sofa and sat down, letting Liang Xin sit on his legs and rubbing her belly. "Defending the border and safeguarding sovereignty is a soldier's lifelong duty. My name is Chongfeng. On the battlefield, I must charge forward and never take a step back..."
Liang Xin patted him, feeling even more indigestion, "Stop rubbing it."
"Just listen to me."
Lu Chongfeng said: "The second half of my words is to say that I will never be sexually hurt by those bastards..."
Liang Xin frowned and covered his mouth. "You like to say the opposite every time. Every time you say you won't come, you suddenly appear. Now that you have decided to go to the battlefield, don't keep saying things like "absolutely, impossible, I will definitely come back" over and over again!"
Lu Chongfeng kissed the palm of Liang Xin's hand.
Liang Xin released his mouth.
"I understand." Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin tightly, "I won't say anymore."
He stopped talking, and Liang Xin continued, "You also said that this is not your first time on the battlefield. You are a soldier and have the responsibilities of a soldier. I am a soldier's family member, and I also have the awareness of a soldier's family member. But awareness does not mean that I can stop worrying. This is something that you can't appease no matter how much you talk."
Lu Chongfeng nodded obediently and looked at Liang Xin's face, "Then what should I say?"
Liang Xin was actually a little confused, "I won't say anything, just hold me quietly."
Lu Chongfeng pressed Liang Xin's face to his neck and hugged her tightly.
There was silence for less than a minute.
Lu Chongfeng opened his mouth again, "Do you think I should follow the old rules this time, or not?"
Liang Xin looked at him in confusion, "What old rules?"
"The old rule is to save it up and come back together after the victory..."
"You're about to go to the battlefield, and you're still thinking about this?"
Lu Chongfeng kissed Liang Xin on the cheek and said, "I am sacrificing my image just to make you relax."
Liang Xin was indeed more relaxed than before, "It seems like you don't usually look like this."
Lu Chongfeng whispered in Liang Xin's ear, "We can only talk to each other, and we can't tell anyone else."
Liang Xin was amused by him, "You think I am you."
Lu Chongfeng: "What's wrong with me? Can I tell everyone about our relationship?"
Liang Xin looked at him and said nothing.
"no the same!"
Lu Chongfeng understood what Liang Xin wanted to say. "What I said were things that proved our good relationship. They were superficial and life-related things. How could I possibly tell others about private matters? Is this the image of your husband in your mind?"
Liang Xin knew that Lu Chongfeng was deliberately trying to make her happy. She hugged his neck and put her cheek against his face, feeling the scorching heat. "The list of names for the battle is out. Give me a copy. President Shi has left. I'm in the division this time. I will do my best to help take care of the families."
Lu Chongfeng's palms wrapped around Liang Xin's face, his fingertips gently slid across her smooth and delicate skin, and he conveyed everything he wanted to say to Liang Xin with his fingers.
In December 1984, members of the 11th Division of the 16th Army of the Jiangjing Military Region collectively submitted a letter of request to join the battle, some even biting their fingers to write a blood oath, vowing to fight at Laoshan and win glory for the country to show their determination.
The Jiangjing Armed Forces Department and the Civil Affairs Bureau organized the masses, students and worker representatives to gather at the train station with drums and gongs and banners to see off the soldiers of the 11th Division.
Liang Xin took Dudu from Lu Chongfeng's arms and looked at Lu Chongfeng, who was not afraid but rather excited by the atmosphere. "...Do you like fighting so much?"
Lu Chongfeng: “?”
"Who likes fighting? I'm here to defend my country and teach those bastards a lesson!"
Zhong Xuelian and Political Commissar Ji, who were standing nearby with tears in their eyes, burst into laughter when they heard the conversation between the two.
Political Commissar Ji smiled and said, "At the oath-taking ceremony, Commander Chen said that our Deputy Commander Lu was born to fight!"
The train started whistling.
The smile on Liang Xin's face disappeared again, and she hugged Dudu and said, "I'm at home, so you can fight without worry."
Lu Chongfeng's eyes suddenly turned red. Regardless of the many people present, he hugged Liang Xin and his daughter in his arms, hugged them tightly for a few seconds, and turned around to call the soldiers:
"Everyone! We'd rather die one step forward than live even one step back. Get in the car and set off!"
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