Chapter 134 Chapter 134 The People's Army is now...
A preschool class was opened in the division's primary school, and Dudu was old enough to go to kindergarten.
Liang Xin used a sewing machine to make a small backpack for Dudu to wear across his body. The front of the backpack was embroidered with Dudu’s favorite picture of a kitten chasing a butterfly, and a ruffle was sewn around it.
Dudu raised his head and drank all the milk, put down the enamel pot, slid down the chair, ran to his mother, carefully examined the schoolbag, and frowned again, "Mom, this is not right."
Liang Xin was helping Dudu fold a handkerchief. "What's wrong?"
Dudu pointed at the schoolbag, "There is no five-pointed star here!"
Liang Xin: “…”
Dudu patted his chest and said, "I am a soldier's child, and there must be a five-pointed star on my schoolbag!"
Liang Xin was amused by Dudu's proud look, "Okay, Mom will help you sew a five-pointed star."
Dudu ran to the sewing machine, opened the small drawer on the right, took out the red thread, pulled out the thin needle from the white thread ball, and held it up to her mother.
Liang Xin sat on the sofa, threading the needle, and under the watchful eyes of Dudu, she sewed a standard five-pointed star!
Dudu was satisfied and held his schoolbag, "Thank you, Mom. You have worked hard."
"Sweeter than your dad."
Liang Xin stood up and put the needle and thread into the sewing machine drawer. "Check if you have brought everything, including the handkerchief, kettle, bib, and revolutionary nursery rhyme booklet."
Dudu put his head into his schoolbag to check, stole a glance at his mother, and reached into the crack of the sofa with his little hand to take out the tin frog, and put it into his schoolbag, "Mom, I've checked everything!"
While Liang Xin turned around to put on her shoes, Dudu put two more orange candies into her schoolbag. When he found out that his mother didn't notice, he secretly grinned.
Liang Xin came over and said, "Mom, check it again."
Dudu looked up in shock.
Liang Xin held back her laughter, pried open her daughter's hands that were tightly grasping the strap of her schoolbag, checked it once, and walked to the cabinet next to the dining table with the schoolbag in her hand.
Dudu had a bitter face and trotted to catch up with his mother. Just as he was about to beg for mercy, he saw that his mother had actually put a bag of animal biscuits in his schoolbag!
Dudu's eyes suddenly became bright and shiny.
Liang Xin said, "You must respect the teacher during class and listen carefully. You can only eat and play with toys after class. Do you understand?"
Dudu nodded vigorously and jumped for joy twice, "I love mom so much!"
Liang Xin smiled and bent down, "Give me a kiss."
Dudu hugged his mother's neck tightly and kissed her on the face three times!
Liang Xin held Dudu's hand and walked all the way from the staff quarters to the newly opened kindergarten of the division primary school.
Dudu was very happy all the way. When he arrived at the kindergarten gate, he saw other children sitting on their fathers' shoulders and being taken to school. The smile on his little face disappeared again.
Liang Xin squatted down and held her daughter's hand, "Mom will make fried pork chops for you at noon."
Dudu was pouting, but when she met her mother's gaze, she suddenly raised her chin and said, "I'm not an ordinary dad's child! I'm Lu Chongfeng and Liang Xin's child, I won't cry!"
Liang Xin was stunned for a moment, then she held her daughter's hand and kissed it, "Good girl, follow the teacher into class."
Dudu held the teacher's hand, turned around and waved to his mother, and without looking at other children who were being sent by their fathers, he ran into the classroom carrying his small schoolbag.
Liang Xin stood at the door for a while, then walked in again out of concern.
As soon as I walked to the window, I saw Dudu stuffing a handful of animal biscuits into his mouth. His cheeks were puffed up like a little hamster, and it was obvious that he couldn't chew anymore.
Liang Xin: “….”
When her daughter seemed to turn her head towards her, Liang Xin avoided Dudu's sight, fearing that she would choke suddenly.
Looking at Dudu who was surrounded by other children with envy, Liang Xin raised the corner of her mouth.
Dudu’s personality is more like Lu Chongfeng’s. His emotions come and go quickly, and he won’t get stuck in them and find it difficult to get out of them.
Time flies, and another two months have passed.
The 11th Division, which had held the front line for nearly half a year, finally received news that it had gloriously completed the defensive combat missions of Laoshan and Zheyinshan, and was about to withdraw from its positions and return triumphantly.
The atmosphere in the family compound was visibly relaxed and cheerful, and the family members' frowns turned into smiles.
Liang Xin did not relax. She put Dudu on the first floor to sleep with Sister Ji at night. From the time the lights were turned off until the second half of the night, she and the cadres of the Family Committee would take turns to check on the family compound.
Family members are currently very excited and even impatient. Pregnant women who are close to their due date may go into labor at any time.
That night, Liang Xin had just walked into the family compound with a flashlight when she heard a "ding-dong-dong" sound of collisions coming from the front.
I shone the flashlight forward, but didn't see anyone.
The "ding-dong-dong" sound did not stop, but rang out from time to time.
A cadre from the Family Committee huddled beside Liang Xin and said, "Chairman Liang, I heard that many bandits died here before. Could it be that there are ghosts?"
Chen Cai: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Liang Xin laughed, "It doesn't matter if there is. The people's soldiers are the Zhong Kui of today. They move as fast as the wind and stand as high as a mountain. Ghosts and gods will retreat when they see them. The air in our military camp has long been filled with righteousness. The ghosts of those pirates have long been frightened and reincarnated."
Liang Xin's words not only confirmed her ghost story, but also gave her strong comfort. The cadre was no longer afraid and followed Liang Xin to walk towards the sound.
"Yujuan!"
A woman with a big belly and sweat all over her face was leaning against the wall.
Chen Cai hurried out: "I'll go get a stretcher and notify Doctor Liao!"
While Liang Xin was holding Yujuan, she shone the flashlight on the ground and saw that the pregnant woman's black pants were all wet. She didn't know whether it was amniotic fluid or blood that soaked through her square-toed cloth shoes.
"Liang, President Liang, I want to give birth."
Liang Xin held Yu Juan's hand tightly, and said calmly, "I know. Chen Cai has already notified the doctor. Let's sit down slowly and then lie down to prevent the umbilical cord from prolapse. It's okay. I'm here. We're all here. Relax."
The family committee cadre immediately took off the double-faced woolen coat that he had bought with the industrial coupons he had saved for two years, spread it on the bluestone road that was covered with mud and amniotic fluid, held Yujuan's other arm, and together with Liangxin, helped the pregnant woman sit down slowly.
Liang Xin opened the net bag that was making a jingling sound, pulled out the blanket inside, placed it behind Yujuan's buttocks, and then let her lie down flat.
Liang Xin held Yu Juan's hand and said, "Breathe in through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Take a deep breath and relax. The stretcher will be here soon. The division hospital is very close. There are so many of us. We will be able to take you there in a short while. You will definitely be able to wait for Deputy Political Commissar Zhang to return safely."
When Yujuan heard this, her frown relaxed slightly. She followed Liangxin's lead, taking a deep breath through her nose and exhaling through her mouth.
The staff of the Parents' Committee was sweating profusely and leaned close to Liang Xin's ear, "Chairman Liang, there seems to be blood. Is the baby coming out soon?"
"You can't be born here even if you come out."
Liang Xin's back was also wet with sweat, and she finally heard the hurried footsteps of Chen Cai and the patrol team.
Yujuan also heard it, and her tense body was obviously relaxed a little. She still held Liangxin's hand tightly and said with difficulty: "President Liang, thank you, thank you. Without you, I would not be here today..."
"Exhale, don't talk, save your energy for when you get to the hospital."
Yujuan works in a pharmaceutical factory. Deputy Political Commissar Zhang's parents are old and used to live in a military camp. She takes care of the whole family and is still able to be awarded as a model worker every year in the pharmaceutical factory.
She must not have wanted to trouble other neighbors tonight, so she packed her things and wanted to walk to the division hospital to give birth, but she didn't expect to die halfway.
“Here it comes!”
Chen Cai ran over first, followed by the patrol team carrying a stretcher. "Doctor Liao is already in the hospital, and we can go to the operating room as soon as we get there!"
The neighbors in the housing estate may have heard the noise, and they turned on the lights one by one.
Liang Xin looked at the young soldier who didn't dare to stretch out his hands to carry the pregnant woman on the stretcher and said, "In non-war military operations, you must also serve as a rescuer when the people need you. Saving lives is your current combat mission."
The two young soldiers on duty encountered such a situation for the first time. They reacted immediately and squatted down to help.
Yujuan was lifted up onto a stretcher, but she still refused to let go of Liangxin's hand.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you."
Liang Xin held Yu Juan's hand tightly and was about to comfort her again, when she suddenly saw Lu Hongfang slowly sliding down the door frame, "...Chen Cai, Hongfang is about to give birth too!"
Chen Cai ran so fast that he didn't even have time to catch his breath before he rushed forward again.
"I want President Liang!"
Liang Xin had just started jogging forward with the stretcher when Lu Hongfang's panicked cry came from behind, "President Liang, don't leave!"
Liang Xin paused, and Yujuan on the stretcher raised her head with difficulty, holding her hand tightly, "It's out, it's out!"
"We'll be at the hospital soon. Relax, keep relaxing and follow my exhalation. One, two, three, ha, ha, ha!"
Listening to Lu Hongfang's voice, it should have just started. Liang Xin chose to follow the more dangerous Yu Juan to the division hospital. While running, she did not forget to turn around and said, "Hongfang, wait, I'll call the doctor over!"
Lu Hongfang's coquettish and ghostly howling voice was heard again from behind.
Liang Xin followed Yujuan all the way to the door of the operating room before she let go of her hand. She handed the delivery bag that Yujuan had prepared in advance to the nurse, asked the family committee cadres to watch over it, and ran out quickly to check on Lu Hongfang.
As soon as I walked out of the hospital gate, I heard Lu Hongfang's wailing, and from afar I saw a large group of cadres' family members running towards me around a stretcher.
Liang Xin couldn't help laughing and trotted over.
The night wind blew up her sweaty thin flannel coat. Liang Xin held Lu Hongfang's hand, which had been opened from a distance because she saw her.
"President Liang, I'm scared!"
"No."
Liang Xin took out a handkerchief to wipe her face, but found that there was not a single drop of sweat on her face. Then she looked at her pants and felt relieved. "When you get to the hospital, you can probably eat some bananas, apples and soda crackers."
"ah?"
Lu Hongfang stopped howling immediately, "Can I still eat?"
Liang Xin chuckled, held her hand, and went into the division hospital together.
After the obstetrician and gynecologist finished the examination, he arranged for Lu Hongfang to stay in the ward first.
Looking at Lu Hongfang who was eating a banana while waiting for Liang Xin to make apple puree, the family members kept shaking their heads.
"The noise just now made me think the baby would come out in the next second!"
"It turned out I was just having a contraction! My water didn't even break!"
"Hongfang is really good at making a fuss!"
Liang Xin smiled and placed the small bowl of applesauce in Lu Hongfang's hand. "You rest here first. Yujuan should be leaving the operating room soon. I'll go over and take a look first."
Lu Hongfang knew that she would have to wait at least eight hours before giving birth, and she felt embarrassed and stopped holding Liang Xin back from leaving.
As soon as Liang Xin walked to the door of the operating room, the nurse came out carrying the child.
"She gave birth?" Liang Xin walked over quickly. "How is the mother?"
"Fortunately, they were brought in in time, and both mother and child are safe." The nurse smiled and said, "The mother will be able to come out after a while of observation."
Liang Xin breathed a sigh of relief, walked over and hugged the newborn baby, looked at the pink child, couldn't help but smile, "Everything is fine."
The woman in labor was sent to the hospital. Liang Xin did not relax her vigilance after receiving the news that the soldiers were about to return triumphantly. She had already selected people who had taken care of the woman during the confinement period from the division headquarters' family quarters, and special tasks would increase points according to personal honors.
This year, the central government started a massive layoff of one million soldiers. Employees in family factories attached more importance to points than before and signed up enthusiastically, hoping to do their best to provide a safety net for their families.
Liang Xin also had no experience in postpartum care, but Sister Ji did have some. However, knowing that the family members were eager for points, she did not offer to help.
With the start of the million-man military reduction, the army launched production and operation activities to make up for the shortfall in military spending.
The Jiangkou base also established a production and operation office, with a minister from the headquarters serving as the production director, but this minister was just a figurehead; the person who really did the work was Deputy Director Wei Yuanyang.
Wei Yuanyang finally arrived at the moment he had been dreaming of.
He can freely dispose of the money from production and operation. It is no longer like when he was dealing with property in the past. No matter how much money passed through his hands, he was just an organizer and could not get any real benefits except the flattering smiles of others.
Wei Yuanyang recruited elite soldiers with business acumen, family background and connections from various units.
In just one month, by pouring coal, the construction of the half-built regimental staff housing at the base resumed, and the minister personally lit a cigarette for them.
After nine years of military service, he finally waited for his time to come.
After returning from a business trip, he asked the driver to drive directly to the 11th Division’s family compound.
Liang Xin was busy all night, making sure that Yujuan and her child were safe, and arranged for family members who were taking care of her during the confinement period to come over. She returned home at dawn, had breakfast with Dudu, and sent Dudu to school. She had just returned upstairs to catch up on her sleep, but was woken up before she could fully rest.
Liang Xin went downstairs with a frown on her face. When she saw Wei Yuanyang sitting in the living room, looking elegant and carrying a briefcase, her brows furrowed even tighter. "Who let you in?"
Sister Ji was stunned. She had never heard Liang Xin speak so badly before. "I, I, he said he was a relative. I saw he was in a military uniform, so I let him in."
Liang Xin saw Sister Ji and adjusted her expression, "It's okay, Sister, just sit here."
Sister Ji quickly sat on the sofa, looking at Wei Yuanyang with hostility.
Wei Yuanyang stared at Liang Xin who had just woken up.
After so many years, and having traveled to fashionable Hong Kong and abroad, Liang Xin's beauty has become more and more outstanding as her horizons have broadened.
He could never find the holy temperament of Liang Xin in another person.
At the same time, he never met another person like Liang Xin who was so pure and treated him wholeheartedly.
Wei Yuanyang suddenly pulled out a black mobile phone from his bag and said to Liang Xin with a smile: "Liang Xin, do you know what this is?"
"That's what you came to say?"
Liang Xin walked to the dining table and poured a glass of water.
She looks so good even when drinking water.
Wei Yuanyang watched Liang Xin finish drinking the water, and when he saw that she was getting impatient, he said, "This thing, except for people who have been abroad, no one in China, except you and me, may have seen it."
Liang Xin pulled out a chair from the dining table and sat down, looking at him quietly.
Wei Yuanyang smiled.
He knew that Liang Xin always mentioned money every time they met him. Since she loved money so much, he would be able to attract her as long as he took out something she had never seen before.
Just as I was about to speak, I suddenly heard Liang Xin say, "Sister Ji is not a human?"
Wei Yuanyang: “…”
Wei Yuanyang's face froze for a moment, and he continued, "This is called a mobile phone, just like these hand-cranked phones, but it's not restricted and you can answer calls anywhere. This one costs thousands of dollars!"
Sister Ji looked at the big black brick in surprise.
Sister Ji's look made Wei Yuanyang feel more relaxed. "Not many people in the whole army can use it. Now, I can use it."
Liang Xin looked at him for two seconds, "Are you okay?"
Wei Yuanyang paused for a moment, predicting that Liang Xin wanted to send him away, and quickly added: "I saw a very nice handbag in Hong Kong, called Louis Denko, which costs three to five thousand Hong Kong dollars. Teresa Teng and foreign celebrities all carry such bags. Even if we add up several years' salary of ordinary soldiers without food or drink, we can't afford such a bag."
Liang Xin looked at him deliberately shaking the mobile phone in his hand, hinting, "Really?"
Wei Yuanyang's eyes lit up for the first time in a long time, "You..."
Liang Xin: "Take this brick and dial our phone number. I'll see how it works."
Wei Yuanyang's face suddenly froze again.
After a long period of no response, Sister Ji urged, "Just now you can answer the phone wherever you go, why can't you make a call now? Or you don't know how to use it!"
Wei Yuanyang's face became even more stiff.
But he held the brick without moving.
Liang Xin said slowly, "Is it because China has not yet adopted the AMPS and TACS standards to open analog cellular mobile phone systems, so your mobile phone can only be used as a brick?"
Wei Yuanyang's frozen face changed and gradually became dumbfounded.
What Liang Xin said just now was exactly the same as the words that the other party reminded him when he borrowed his mobile phone!
"Besides," Liang Xin continued, "I have heard of Louis Vuitton, and I have also heard of the transliterated variant Louis Vuitton. What brand is the Louis Denko that Teresa Teng wore?"
Wei Yuanyang's dumbfounded face turned redder and redder.
Just when he was feeling so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, another idea popped into Wei Yuanyang's mind.
Liang Xin understands!
Why do you understand?
You must be interested to understand.
This shows that her heart is just as he expected, she still yearns for such a life!
Wei Yuanyang suddenly laughed, "Liang Xin, I just became the deputy director of the production and operation office. This is just the beginning. The outside world is changing with each passing day. You are so smart, you understand what I mean. I believe you have also seen what I have been like over the years."
"Deputy Director of the Production and Operations Office..."
Liang Xin raised her eyes and said, "Tell me, if I apply to the General Logistics Department, will the General Logistics Department choose you to continue to be the deputy director, or will it choose me to be the deputy director?"
Wei Yuanyang stood up suddenly, any hint of pride and superiority on his face disappeared, and he looked at Liang Xin warily.
Liang Xin's face turned cold, "Don't let me see you again. If I meet you on the road, you'd better take a detour."
Wei Yuanyang was carrying a mobile phone bag. He looked very proud when he came, but his face turned pale when he left, and he disappeared in the division staff quarters.
Sister Ji locked the door and walked back to the living room. "From what I heard, he is not a good person! Why would they choose such a person to be a cadre?"
Liang Xin drank water and immersed herself in thought.
"Except for him, no one else in the base is more suitable to be this cadre."
Sister Ji was stunned for a moment, "Why? Aren't you more business-minded than him?"
Liang Xin didn't continue the topic. She just told Sister Ji to pick up Dudu from school and go upstairs to catch up on her sleep.
When Yujuan and Lu Hongfang were discharged safely from the hospital, the troops of the 11th Division finally returned triumphantly.
The Jiangjing Armed Forces Department and the Civil Affairs Bureau once again organized the masses, students and worker representatives to gather at the train station with drums and gongs and banners to welcome the victorious return of the soldiers.
"dad!"
While other children hadn't seen their fathers for half a year and were still a little strange and shy, hiding beside their mothers, Dudu saw Lu Chongfeng getting off the car and rushed out like a little cannonball.
"Girl!"
Lu Chongfeng excitedly greeted his daughter, lifted Dudu up high, and kissed her chubby face.
Looking at the father and daughter who stood much taller than the green team, Liang Xin walked over holding a bunch of red roses picked from the garden.
As soon as she moved, Lu Chongfeng held his daughter in one arm, stretched out his other arm towards him, and walked towards her through the crowd.
When he got closer, regardless of the presence of many cadres' family members and the public, he pulled Liang Xin into his arms and hugged her tightly.
Burying her head in the familiar green military uniform and feeling the scorching body temperature, Liang Xin's eyes became hot uncontrollably.
Just when Liang Xin's eyes were blurry, she suddenly heard a warm whisper in her ear: "I took a shower."
Liang Xin: “…”
Liang Xin stepped out of his arms and looked at him.
"What's that look in your eyes?"
Lu Chongfeng snorted, "Look at you, you're imagining nonsense again. I was afraid that you and your daughter would dislike my stench, so I washed myself clean with soap before getting on the train, in case you refuse to hug me when I get back!"
Dudu hugged his father tightly, "No matter how smelly Daddy is, I won't despise you!"
"Good girl!"
Lu Chongfeng kissed Dudu's cheek hard again, then looked at Liang Xin, "Your mother is not like you. Once I'm dirty and smell of sweat, your mother stays away from me and won't let me get in bed without taking a shower!"
Liang Xin said: "It's not just wishful thinking."
Lu Chongfeng was stunned for a moment, "What?"
Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng: "I miss you, I miss your eyes."
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