Chapter 79 Chapter 79 My wife is still the best!
After Director Wu left, Liang Xin cleaned the refrigerator from inside to outside and left it open to air.
Looking at the small green refrigerator, I have already thought of several ways to make cold drinks.
"Meow~"
Xiaoju stood on the left and right of the threshold and observed for a few seconds, then raised his front paws and jumped into the door, trotting towards Liangxin.
"You're back."
Liang Xin went to the kitchen, found the fish soup and fish bones she brought back from the guesthouse last night, mixed them with steamed buns, and handed them to Xiaoju.
Xiaoju didn't eat, but sniffed around Liangxin. Unlike before, when he wouldn't lift up his front paws and climb onto Liangxin after not seeing her for a long time, he didn't do that before. After sniffing, he would squat aside and lick his paws to wash his face. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and trotted to his own plate to eat.
Liang Xin poured Xiaoju a bowl of cold boiled water.
Lu Chongfeng said she didn't need to cook or do housework. Liang Xin looked at her watch and saw the time. It was half past ten.
It was already eleven o'clock when Lu Chongfeng came back. After cooking and eating, his lunch break time was basically used up.
There were no other vegetables on the wall except salted fish, salted meat, salted chicken and sweet potato vermicelli. There were fresh Chinese cabbage, coriander, green onions and spring radishes in the vegetable garden, but they were all vegetables.
Liang Xin had never paid attention to what pregnant women should eat, but it was always a good idea to eat fresh food. She picked up the basket and prepared to go to the service center to see if there was any leftover meat or vegetables to buy.
As soon as I went out and locked the door, I saw Lu Chongfeng walking back with a knife of meat.
"Where are you going?"
“Buying groceries.”
Lu Chongfeng strode to the door of the house and took the basket of vegetables from Liang Xin's hand. "Didn't I tell you not to do housework?"
The wooden door was opened again, and Lu Chongfeng helped Liang Xin in.
"Be normal."
Liang Xin slapped his hand away. "You've been in the 11th Division for several years, and you've seen many family members get pregnant. How could you be like this before your belly gets big? You want me to lie on the bed and not move, but if I move, you want to hold me in your hands, with my feet off the ground. It's not too late to help me when I'm about to give birth."
"I asked someone, and they told me that pregnant women should not be anxious."
Lu Chongfeng put the mutton in his hand into the basket. "I bought fresh mutton. How do you want to eat it?"
"Pita Bread In Mutton Soup."
Liang Xin thought of the sweet potato vermicelli hanging on the wall. "You cook the mutton, and I'll make the steamed buns."
"You sit and direct, and I'll do it."
Lu Chongfeng was carrying the mutton towards the kitchen, and then he saw the refrigerator at home. He stopped and looked, "A reward from the division headquarters?"
Liang Xin nodded.
Lu Chongfeng was surprised, "My wife is awesome!"
A smile appeared in Liang Xin's eyes and she followed Lu Chongfeng to the kitchen.
Lu Chongfeng moved out the recliner that had not been used for a long time, but found that the rattan chair seemed very light, so he put it back out of concern and moved the large rocking chair in the long hall to the yard.
I grabbed some melon seeds, toffee, orange candy, coconut candy, pecans, egg cake from the bakery, and mung bean cake. Out of habit I wanted to make a pot of green tea, so I immediately made a cup of milk and put them all on the wicker coffee table.
"Sit down and rest."
Liang Xin looked at the milk and said, "I just finished a glass. It's been less than two hours."
"Can I drink malted milk?" Lu Chongfeng walked to the living room again, "Or can I drink sugar water?"
Liang Xin said: "It's okay to drink green tea in moderation."
Lu Chongfeng returned to the backyard with the enamel pot filled with green tea and handed it to Liang Xin.
Afraid that Liang Xin couldn't see it, Lu Chongfeng moved the small table in the kitchen to the yard, took off his military jacket, rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt, poured flour into a yellow basin, and following Liang Xin's instructions, added yeast powder, sugar and other ingredients, stirred it into dough with warm water, and then started kneading it.
Liang Xin basked in the sun and drank green tea. "The reform work has just begun. You can't do this every day, right?"
"Wait until you have recovered from this breath, and then we'll see."
Lu Chongfeng's hands were large and powerful, and he was much faster at kneading the dough than Liang Xin. The flocculent dough had slowly become smooth and elastic. "As long as the policy is implemented correctly, I am not as tired as before. You have been back for a short time. If you stay a few more days, you will feel that the 11th Division is full of vitality. This vitality has not only been injected into the cadres who have been promoted or demoted, but also motivated the cadres who have not been promoted or demoted. They are all vying to polish themselves again."
"That's right."
Liang Xin picked up the sunflower seeds, cracked them open, and chewed the kernels. "Does the higher-ups have any opinions?"
“Of course there will be no shortage of opinions.”
Lu Chongfeng picked up the dough and threw it into the yellow basin. "The military and the military district cadre department are full of reports of dissatisfaction with me from various units, but the 11th Division's professional training results, shooting practice results, and all military training subjects of the entire regiment have all steadily improved, opening up a new situation. I am not afraid of any more reports."
Looking at Lu Chongfeng who was kneading dough in the sun, with cold eyes and unruly eyebrows, Liang Xin bit the melon seeds and hooked her finger at him, "Come here."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin's fingers in confusion, seeing nothing, so he put down the dough and walked over.
Liang Xin: "Bow your head."
As soon as Lu Chongfeng lowered his head, Liang Xin kissed him on the lips, and a melon seed kernel was pressed into the gap between his lips.
Liang Xin was pressed down and kissed for a long time, until the melon seeds were almost softened. Lu Chongfeng was reluctant to leave and went back to knead the dough.
The cold and unruly look in his eyes just now was replaced by a look of complacency and satisfaction.
Liang Xin picked up the green tea and took a sip slowly, licked the corner of her lips, and when she looked up, she met Lu Chongfeng's dissatisfied eyes again.
Liang Xin: “?”
Lu Chongfeng stared at the corner of Liang Xin's mouth with fiery eyes, "You are washing your mouth!"
Liang Xin: “….”
“Misusing words.”
"You can't dislike me."
Lu Chongfeng threw the dough and said, "I take two showers every day!"
Liang Xin glanced at her watch.
Too much conversation today.
"The dough is too soft. If you drop it again, it can be used to make dumpling wrappers."
Lu Chongfeng immediately stopped what he was doing and closed the lid. "Then I'll go deal with the mutton."
Liang Xin stood up by holding the handle of the rocking chair.
"What are you doing up?"
Lu Chongfeng came over quickly, carrying the mutton, and said, "Lie down."
Liang Xin said, "I feel like vomiting from the shaking. I'll get up and move around."
Lu Chongfeng stopped talking, helped Liang Xin up, and only let go after she stood firmly.
Liang Xin went to the kitchen and took out an enamel bowl, poured some flour, added salt and five-spice powder, poured oil into a frying pan, heated the oil to boiling point, and poured it on the surface of the enamel bowl to make golden oil pastry.
"Just take care of the mutton."
Liang Xin opened the lid of the basin and said, "After the mutton is cooked, it needs to be sliced very thinly. It takes time. I will make the steamed buns."
Lu Chongfeng stood aside and watched that Liang Xin was moving normally and did not seem to be in danger, then went on to wash the mutton.
While washing, I looked back and saw Liang Xin kneading the dough.
A smile slowly appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Suddenly, a military song came to her ears. Liang Xin looked up and saw Lu Chongfeng humming a song, walking around the table and going to the kitchen.
Know what he is happy about.
Liang Xin was just as happy as him, "Change the song to Teresa Teng's Sweet Honey."
Lu Chongfeng: “…I can’t sing.”
Liang Xin chuckled, picked up the rolling pin and rolled the dough into a thick slice, brushed a layer of pastry on the slice, slowly rolled it up, and then cut it into even-sized dough pieces accompanied by Lu Chongfeng's military song.
“Captain!”
Suddenly, a soldier Liang Xin had never seen before rushed in from the door. He stopped in his tracks with sweat all over his forehead, stood at attention and saluted Lu Chongfeng, "Captain!"
Lu Chongfeng held a kitchen knife in his hand, "What happened?"
"Report to the regiment commander, the cadres of the Sixth Company are collectively looking for the commander of the Third Company to fight!"
"Bang!"
Throwing the kitchen knife on the table, Lu Chongfeng took off his apron and looked at Liang Xin, "Don't move yet, wait until I come back."
Liang Xin watched Lu Chongfeng stride out and followed him to the door. Just as she was about to close the door, she saw Zhong Xuelian and Li Mao passing by Lu Chongfeng, obviously coming this way.
"Liang Xin!"
Zhong Xuelian saw Liang Xin standing at the door and trotted over. "I heard you were back last night, but the leaders were all in the guesthouse. I wanted to go, but it was difficult to go, so I endured it all morning before coming to see you."
Li Mao didn't wait for Liang Xin to answer, he stepped into the room and said, "I heard there was a fight in the group!"
Liang Xin invited the two to the backyard and made some green tea. "What's going on?"
"It seems that the commander of the third company reported the instructor of the sixth company, saying that they were greedy for pleasure and were engaged in speculation!"
Li Mao told everything he knew and looked at Zhong Xuelian, "Did your old Zheng reveal any information?"
"I don't know as much as you do."
Zhong Xuelian put the cherries she brought on the table and said, "I only know that the instructor of the Sixth Company collected toothpaste tubes and sold them as scrap metal to make a speaker. The commander of the Third Company caught them and they almost got into a fight. The commander of the Third Company later reported it to the regiment headquarters."
"Is this considered speculation?"
Liang Xin took out the honeycomb coal stove, rolled the dough into a round pancake, and put it in the pan.
The pastry dough can be eaten directly after frying. For the pastry dough that is not fried, break it into pieces and cook it in mutton soup.
"Yes, every household collects toothpaste tubes and sells them as scrap metal. I have never heard that this is considered speculation."
Li Mao smelled the aroma of the pastry and swallowed his saliva. "I think the key problem lies in the speaker. Now when you go into the city, you will see people everywhere holding tape recorders and listening to random songs. They curl their hair and make their pants so big that they look like speakers. They are so uncouth. How can the army be like this?"
Liang Xin heard that they didn't know the details, so she stopped talking about it. "I heard that the military district arranged for Political Commissar Zheng to study at the National Defense University. Is your Political Commissar Ji going to move?"
Zhong Xuelian looked calm, "Captain Lu has made such great contributions, but he hasn't moved. Why should he move?"
"It hasn't even been three years since Captain Lu was promoted, and your old Ji has been in the position of captain for at least six or seven years."
Li Mao recalled, "When Liang Xin and his friends first came, your old Ji was the political commissar of the 22nd Regiment."
"I think he really likes working with Captain Lu, so he may not want to move."
Zhong Xuelian said, "He used to rush home after work and never stayed in the office for too long. On Sundays, he would take us to the city to stroll around and buy things. Ever since Liang Xin went to college, he is willing to stay with Captain Lu for a long time after get off work every day, and he also sticks with him on Sundays. He is reluctant to be separated from Captain Lu."
Liang Xin smiled and shared the freshly baked pastries between the two of them.
"Captain Lu will definitely be promoted, it's just a matter of time." Li Mao said seriously: "It's not certain for your old Ji. If there is a chance to be promoted, you must seize it and not be tempted by Captain Lu..."
Zhong Xuelian asked, "Why can't our Old Ji be certain?"
"Don't argue, eat the cake while it's hot."
Liang Xin interrupted her mortal enemy, "Have you heard about the chicken farm?"
The two people's attention was immediately diverted.
"I heard that, Liang Xin, you are really capable!" Li Mao took a bite of the cake, which was so hot that steam came out of the tip of his tongue, and he chewed it with a fragrant smell. "I heard that it saved the division more than one million! I was dizzy just by hearing this number. If I had this money, I wouldn't have to worry about lying at home for several lifetimes!"
"It's more than one million. One million is just the start-up capital. After the chicken farm is built, we may be able to earn back more than one million in a year."
As soon as Zhong Xuelian finished speaking, the cake in Li Mao's hand fell down, and he said in shock: "Can, can there be so many?"
The two of them ran off the focus again, and Liang Xin continued, "In the direction of training the bakery, add a chicken farm, and hand over half of the bakery's net profit at the end of this year to the flour mill, and build the staff housing first."
Li Mao was pleasantly surprised. "Really? We can get a house so soon? That's great! The martyrs' families who were assigned to the flour mill are all living in the old factory building. Fortunately, there are not many people. If there were more people, they would have to live outside in tents with plastic sheets."
"real."
Liang Xin said, "Just bear with it for a while."
Li Mao was so excited that he wanted to pat Liang Xin on the leg. He raised his hand and thought about what happened in the morning. "Didn't you go to the hospital for a checkup? Are you pregnant?"
Zhong Xuelian looked over in surprise.
Liang Xin smiled and nodded, "More than two months."
They both smiled in surprise.
"Look! I feel like something's wrong with you!"
Li Mao took back his hand and said happily, "It's just right that I'm done with my work and you're pregnant. Otherwise, if Jiangjing Bakery and Beijing Bakery didn't open, you wouldn't be able to let go and it would be troublesome."
"I heard that the country is going to strictly control family planning." Zhong Xuelian said: "It may not be easy to have a second child."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "One is enough."
The three chatted for a while, and then Zhong Xuelian and Li Mao hurried home to cook.
It would be difficult for Lu Chongfeng to come back once he left. Liang Xin knew this, so she baked the steamed buns, broke them into pieces, and went to the stove to cook mutton soup.
Just as I was about to pick up the kitchen knife to cut the mutton into thin slices, I heard a noise at the door.
Liang Xin thought she would see an angry face, but she saw an obviously happy face instead. She wondered, "What's wrong?"
Lu Chongfeng washed his hands and took the knife from Liang Xin's hand. "This is the first time I have encountered a situation where all the cadres and soldiers in the company collectively opposed the demotion of a cadre."
Liang Xin sat back at the table and broke a steamed bun, letting him continue talking or stop there.
Before Lu Chongfeng could say anything, Commander Yang and Political Commissar Zheng suddenly walked into the house, followed by Political Commissar Ji.
"Captain Lu, do you really want to protect the instructor of the Sixth Company?"
As soon as Political Commissar Zheng sat down, he said, "Comrade Lu Xuexing, he has always been a troublemaker in the Sixth Company. He has used hedonism to curry favor with the soldiers and gain their support. This is not in line with the traditional moral standards of our army."
"Hedonism to please superiors is common in recent years."
Lu Chongfeng was slicing mutton. "This is the first time I've seen hedonism used to please soldiers. If he did this after the system of promotion and demotion of cadres was introduced, I wouldn't protect him today. But what they did was before the system of promotion and demotion of cadres was introduced, so the meaning is very different."
"Whether before or after, it's always hedonism."
Commander Yang said, "Being a soldier is about enduring hardships, not enjoying comfort. Didn't you say the same thing before? Why did you change your mind today?"
"I still admit that being a soldier requires hardship."
Lu Chongfeng said, "But I have seen the results of the Sixth Company. Before Lu Xuexing became the instructor, the Sixth Company trained as usual every day but was the last in the entire regiment. After Lu Xuexing became the instructor, he led the entire company to collect toothpaste tubes and sell scrap metal every day. Indeed, they also exchanged the white flour on the company canteen account with the villagers in the commune for corn, which did not comply with the regiment regulations. But the speaker worth more than 100 yuan was indeed bought with the money he saved by selling toothpaste tubes and scrap metal with the soldiers. With this speaker, the military results were excellent in all subjects and caught up with the results of the entire Third Company. This Lu Xuexing is not simple, he has a way of leading soldiers!"
Commander Yang said sternly: "The army must never take the path of material incentives!"
“But society is changing.”
Political Commissar Ji said, "The Sixth Company is composed of soldiers transferred from the new recruit company in the past two years. What do they carry in their military bags when they join the army? Cameras, radios, imported chocolate, malted milk, and they wear leather shoes, roller skates, boxing gloves, and wrestling clothes. This is no longer the era of not having enough food to eat, a pair of pants for the whole family, and not being able to afford a pair of work shoes. People signed up for the white steamed buns and fat meat in the cafeteria, and that little allowance."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the garlic sprouts and cut them into small pieces. "It's already the 1980s. Soldiers from the 1980s should be led in the way of the 1980s."
Liang Xin saw that Commander Yang was about to get angry, so she said slowly, "The things I bought with scrap metal from toothpaste tubes can't be considered as material rewards from the army, right?"
Teacher Yang was furious for a moment, and Political Commissar Zheng immediately said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you are the top scorer, and you are also a college student. Today you are at home, not in the office. What do you think of this matter?"
All the leading cadres in the yard looked at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin glanced at Lu Chongfeng and said, "I have never been in the army, nor have I been in a company. I have only worked in a bakery. Judging from the current national economic situation, all units are rushing to make money by transferring from the military to civilian sectors. As Deng Xiaoping said, it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat. I think the Sixth Company will not delay training, and it will have time to think of ways to generate income and improve the quality of life of the entire company. It will be much faster than many military factories."
Commander Yang was stunned.
Political Commissar Zheng thought for a few seconds and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you don't have to worry. If you have any ideas, just say it directly."
My wife is on his side!
Lu Chongfeng gave Liang Xin an encouraging look.
“It’s not much of an idea.”
Liang Xin said, "It's just that I thought of the cadres and soldiers who were demobilized and transferred to civilian jobs in the division in the past two years. It's better for cadres to be cadres wherever they go. The demobilized soldiers have served in the army for several years, and the military projects they practiced in the army are completely useless when they get to the local areas. It can even be said that they are a person with no skills after leaving the army. The city streets are almost bursting with educated youth returning to the city, and there are so many people fighting for a job to sweep toilets. In the final analysis, they still have no skills. Since they can save money without delaying training, if the army can guide them and point out the right path, it is very likely that everyone will be happy. After all, what the country lacks most now is technical talents."
"Point out the correct path?" Political Commissar Ji asked, "Comrade Liang Xin, what does this mean?"
Liang Xin said, "Instead of saving up toothpaste tubes and picking up scrap metal, you can do radio repair, shoe repair, masonry painting, furniture making, clock repair, or even learn to make bread. Instead of raising pigs and vegetables in the company, it is better to grow other things that can generate more income. For example, the Xiahe Brigade, I heard that they switched to growing oyster mushrooms with the technical support of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences last year, and the average annual income of each household increased by more than 1,000 yuan. With our relationship as a model city for supporting the military and the people for many years, they will not be unwilling to send people to teach us."
Lu Chongfeng thought about it seriously and nodded, "That makes sense!"
"I don't think it makes sense."
Commander Yang said: "If this continues, what will the army become? The army should train soldiers, not workers and members!"
"Doesn't it mean that you won't be delayed in becoming a soldier, and it also improves the military performance of the entire company?"
Liang Xin said: "If that's the case, why can't the military train dual-use talents?"
All the division and regiment leaders in the yard were stunned.
Including Lu Chongfeng.
When Lu Chongfeng learned about this, he first keenly discovered a new way to lead the troops, and then thought of saving the time for toothpaste tubes to sell as scrap metal. However, he only planned to let the soldiers use this time to learn science and culture, and encourage and guide them in the direction of military academies and universities.
Lu Chongfeng asked himself, for the time being, he had not thought about what would happen to the soldiers after they left the army.
Today, Liang Xin taught him a lesson.
The look in Lu Chongfeng's eyes when he looked at Liang Xin was hotter than the mutton soup on the stove.
"The military products of military factories have been reduced by 75% since the beginning of this year. All major military factories are rushing to convert military products into civilian products. The economic benefits of local factories are bound to take a sharp turn for the worse. The military is overburdened and will inevitably start to reduce its military." Liang Xin said, "All leaders are very clear about this. The local areas have been squeezed by millions of educated youth who have returned to the city and are suffocating. If another million soldiers with no skills are squeezed in, what will happen to the country and society?"
Some people will become crazy and lose their moral values due to financial constraints, poverty, oppression and helplessness.
Car bandits and road bullies, crime is rampant......
Lu Chongfeng suddenly clapped his hands.
Commander Yang and Political Commissar Zheng were startled for a moment, and then sighed.
"Comrade Liang Xin, you are indeed the top scholar."
Political Commissar Ji sighed, "Our perspective is still in the military, while your perspective is the entire China."
“Pilot.”
Lu Chongfeng said, "Doesn't the division know how to deal with this matter? Then use the third and sixth companies as pilot reforms. The third company will continue to develop according to the traditional military training, and Comrade Lu Xuexing will be sent back to the sixth company. Let the sixth company, on the basis of the original training, use the time they spent collecting toothpaste tubes and picking up scrap metal to upgrade to various study groups based on the opinions of my family members. The pilot period will be one year, and we will see the results after one year."
Commander Yang and Political Commissar Zheng were wholeheartedly supportive and no longer had any hesitation.
When he left, he looked completely different from when he came in.
Before Zheng Zheng left, he looked at Liang Xin and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you really should have joined the army."
Commander Yang thought for a moment, "Is it too late now?"
"I am still working for the army now." Lu Chongfeng said, "There are too few opportunities and positions for female soldiers to display their talents. Rather than feeling sorry for my family, we should think of ways to expand the number of female soldiers this year."
As soon as Commander Yang and Political Commissar Zheng left, Lu Chongfeng locked the door, ran back to the backyard, picked up Liang Xin, put her on the table, bent down and kissed her hard.
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