Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Someone reported you?
Liang Xin pushed Lu Chongfeng away and put her feet on the ground, "Eat, I'm hungry."
"Eat something first." Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin's waist and stood up. "I'll go cook. I bought tofu and crucian carp. What else do you want to eat?"
Liang Xin opened the cupboard, took out two pieces of egg cake, took a bite, and passed the other piece to Lu Chongfeng, "Have something to eat. I was on the phone for a long time this morning, which delayed my cooking."
Lu Chongfeng took a bite of the egg cake, picked up the tofu on the table and walked towards the kitchen.
Liang Xin finished a piece of soft and fragrant egg cake in a few bites, opened the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer, and took out a small bottle of milk. Lu Chongfeng just walked out and saw it and said, "Take it out and put it aside for a while before drinking it."
"Let's make some spicy crucian carp tofu."
Liang Xin followed into the kitchen with milk, "I've been eating too light food lately, and I'm tired of the crucian carp and tofu soup."
Lu Chongfeng blocked the pool, afraid that Liang Xin would see her morning sickness, and scraped the scales of the crucian carp with a knife. "It tastes spicy, how do you cook it?"
Liang Xin wanted to speak, but she was already dry-mouthed from talking at Section Chief Yan's house. "You prepare the fish, and I'll cook it."
"I'll cook it, and you give me orders. Otherwise, I'll vomit from the smell of the fish and feel uncomfortable again."
"I don't want to talk."
Lu Chongfeng quickly cleaned the fish, took out his apron, walked behind Liang Xin, helped her put it on, hugged Liang Xin from behind, and whispered in her ear: "I am your home for life."
Liang Xin held his hand on her belly and said, "It's okay. It's just that the scene brought back memories. Plus, it's because of the pregnancy hormone. I can't say that I don't care about it anymore, but I already know how to deal with this kind of problem."
Lu Chongfeng rested his chin on Liang Xin's head. "Normally, wouldn't it be me who helps you deal with the problems you're facing, and once I'm done with them, it would deepen the relationship between us?"
"I've read a lot of romance novels lately."
"Is there any progress?"
"Very much. Let's cook some rice and stew a bowl of egg custard."
"After returning from Section Chief Yan's house, I ate egg cake first, and then egg custard."
Lu Chongfeng turned around and took the dustpan to scoop up the rice. "It must be that the naughty boy is greedy again."
Liang Xin chuckled, picked up the knife and made four diagonal cuts on both sides of the fish body. Instead of using rice wine, she evenly spread ginger slices, green onions and soy sauce all over the fish to marinate.
Taking out the tofu and cutting it into pieces of 1.2 inch long, 5 inch wide and 2 inch thick, Liang Xin brought up a topic they hadn't discussed before, "Do you want a boy or a girl?"
Lu Chongfeng looked up curiously, "Can I get any one of them I want?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"Just chatting."
"The book says prenatal education is very important. The baby can already hear everything we say."
Lu Chongfeng poured the selected rice into the rice washing sieve. "There are only two choices, and I can only say one. What if I say something other than the gender of the baby in your belly? The baby in your belly will be upset. If the baby is upset, you will be upset too. If you are upset, I will be even more upset. Comrade Liang Xin, it is forbidden to discuss this topic that makes the whole family uncomfortable!"
Liang Xin: “….”
Liang Xin chopped the last piece of tofu and threw it into the boiling water.
Lu Chongfeng said "Yo" and turned to look at Liang Xin, "Why does cutting tofu make the sound of cutting bones?"
Seeing his genuinely puzzled expression, Liang Xin couldn't help laughing again.
With the gas stove, he spent less time using the big pot. His stomach was getting bigger and bigger, and he could no longer curl up on the stool in front of the stove. Lu Chongfeng became busier and busier. He had to rush back at noon to cook rice in the big pot, but if he was not careful, the rice would be burnt.
"Let's bring back a rice cooker next time we go back to Jiangjing."
"Why do you need to bring it yourself?"
Lu Chongfeng poured the rice into the pan and said, "I've asked Brother Heping to buy it and send it to us."
Liang Xin was surprised, "Already bought it?"
“I should be able to receive it tomorrow.”
Lu Chongfeng said, "Logistics also asked me, but I'm busy with the division-wide public opinion survey recently, so it's not convenient for them to buy it. By the way, if you have anything for logistics to buy, please wait for a while if it's not urgent."
"I have no right to ask them to do the shopping for me."
"You have no rights, so who has? Minister Zou of Logistics said at the meeting that you are the God of Wealth of the 11th Division!"
"I don't need such a high hat."
Liang Xin fished out the tofu and said, "Everything I do is what I want to do. If I really wear this high hat, I might be kidnapped and forced to make money one day."
Lu Chongfeng's eyebrows suddenly turned hard, "Who dares?"
Liang Xin glanced at him, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and put lard into the pot. After the snow-white lard melted into oil and water, she put the crucian carp in and fried it on both sides until golden brown, then took it out, scooped two large spoonfuls of bean paste and stir-fried until bubbles appeared. The rich aroma of bean paste made them both swallow their saliva.
Lu Chongfeng used chopsticks to beat the eggs and said, "My wife's cooking is delicious."
Liang Xin didn't have time to pay attention to him and just wanted to eat as soon as possible.
Add scallion, ginger and garlic slices to the bean paste, stir-fry briefly, put in the crucian carp, pour in fresh soup, soy sauce, pepper powder, and add tofu. The aroma reaches its peak at once, and combined with the rice aroma wafting from the rice pot, both of them will be overwhelmed by the fragrance.
In the morning, the lady next door brought me some crispy and tender chicken greens, which she had cleaned specially.
Liang Xin took out a yellow enamel basin, scooped out a bowl of oil residue, poured oil into another pot, and stir-fried the oil residue.
Lu Chongfeng walked over and looked at the sizzling oil residue, "I'm really not as good as you in cooking skills."
A pot of green vegetables was poured into the oil-dregs pot and stir-fried. When they were slightly softened, Liang Xin took them out of the pot and put them on a plate.
She and Lu Chongfeng both like to eat vegetables with a crisp texture, and do not like to eat vegetables with a soft and mushy texture.
Liang Xin was feeling a bit exhausted. The crucian carp pot had been cooking for about ten minutes, so she called Lu Chongfeng over.
Adding MSG into the pot, Lu Chongfeng lifted the pot and shook it, first took out the crucian carp and put it into a large bowl, then mixed some cornstarch and poured it into the soup to thicken it, then removed the pot and poured the rich soup and tofu on the crucian carp.
The crucian carp tofu with bright red juice, salty, fresh and slightly spicy taste was served on the table. Liang Xin couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and eat it without waiting for the rice to come, enjoying the tender fish meat.
Lu Chongfeng placed the egg custard in front of Liang Xin with a rag, then returned to get two bowls of rice. After sitting down, he took a spoon and scooped two large spoonfuls of egg custard into Liang Xin's bowl. "Are you starving? You can't deal with the Family Committee's affairs during mealtimes anymore."
"If you can handle it well, it's okay to be hungry. But if you encounter a situation where it's past mealtime and you still mess up, that would be terrible."
Liang Xin shook her head and scooped up the rice and egg custard and put them into her mouth. "When I first joined the army, I wanted to lie down and drink tea and bask in the sun every day. How did I end up dealing with family conflicts for all the officers in the division today?"
Lu Chongfeng smiled brightly, picked up a piece of tender fish and fed it to Liang Xin, "It's because you have a red heart."
Liang Xin opened her mouth and ate the snow-white fish meat on the chopsticks, letting out a sigh of relief as she chewed.
As the seasons change, the persimmon trees beside the courtyard wall are hung with small orange lanterns, each of which looks like a millstone, with pleasing colors.
Liang Xin tidied up the yard in the autumn breeze.
First, use lime to plan the classification in the yard.
A vegetable garden is enclosed by a fence under the persimmon tree, and lettuce, cabbage, radish, spinach and cold-resistant peppers are planted in the fall.
The cracks in the fence are full of chrysanthemums, colorful yellow, white, purple and green, some in bud, some in full bloom. The autumn breeze brings a cool coolness, and the courtyard is filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemums.
Liang Xin walked to the awning on the left with a cup of tea.
The area from the porch to the pergola has been hardened with cement to avoid stepping on mud on rainy days.
Although the floor was not made into tatami-like as expected, even if it was made of cement, lying on a recliner, drinking tea, and looking at the garden built by hand in front, the feeling of leisure and comfort is no less than imagined.
On the courtyard wall to the left of the gate, Lu Chongfeng had already built a diamond-shaped climbing frame and planted bougainvillea that would cover the entire wall once it bloomed, looking like a rosy cloud.
Bougainvillea has thorns, so even if it climbs all over the wall, no snakes can hide inside. Marigolds and lavender, which have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, are planted around the courtyard walls.
A flower bed was built under the wall, and Liang Xin selected fragrant pine, holly, agave and a red maple at the flower and bird market.
Lu Chongfeng thought these were the trees Liang Xin gave him, so he selected tulips and forget-me-nots as a perfect match and planted them in the long flower bed under the courtyard wall.
She also visited all the communal flower gardens around the military camp and selected roses to place on the shelves above the pergola, occupying the space where Liang Xin had originally planned to plant wisteria.
Lu Chongfeng also personally built two small houses with blue bricks next to the shed.
Originally, I only planned to build a dog house, but after Xiaoju moved here, he always liked to play in the yard, so I built a cat house and used cement to waterproof the top.
Liang Xin used a sewing machine to sew the quilts, put them in a bamboo basket, and then put them in their home.
Lu Chongfeng specially moved over everything they had made together from the original teahouse kitchen.
A water feature was created by using a stone mill that was used to grind soy milk, paired with a bamboo tube, and drawing water from the pool.
The garden has been in construction for a long time.
Whenever Liang Xin sees the stone mill, many images still pop up in her mind.
"Why are your ears red?"
Lu Chongfeng walked into the shed with a blanket and covered Liang Xin with it. "I was worried that you were cold, so I brought you a blanket."
Liang Xin picked up the teacup and covered half of her face.
"I'll be back late today." Lu Chongfeng adjusted the button on his collar, "Someone's coming from headquarters."
Liang Xin frowned, put down the cup, and looked at Lu Chongfeng questioningly.
"It's nothing serious. It's the end of the year and there are just a lot of things to do."
Lu Chongfeng said this easily, and Liang Xin watched him leave.
At night, although I came back late, I still came back.
After three days of such busy work, Lu Chongfeng had breakfast in the morning and asked Xiao Wang from the secretariat to come and inform him at noon that he would not be back for lunch.
Liang Xin's heart sank slightly. She held the newspaper in her hand with a normal expression, and asked as if she was chatting with her family, "Where was the meeting held?"
Xiao Wang subconsciously said, "It's in the division headquarters auditorium."
Liang Xin looked towards the wall next door and asked, "Is Political Commissar Ji also in a meeting?"
"Political Commissar Ji is in a meeting at the division headquarters." Xiao Wang said, "The people from the military region and the headquarters only called Deputy Division Commander Lu, and did not let Political Commissar Ji attend the meeting."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "So they are going to have their meals at the small kitchen today?"
"It seems not."
Xiao Wang shook his head with a childish look on his face, "I heard from the people in the small kitchen that the cadres who came this time were not here to eat and drink."
Liang Xin smiled and thanked him.
As soon as Xiao Wang left, Liang Xin stood up, holding her waist, went to the kitchen to cook some simple noodles, brought them to the living room, and slowly ate the noodles and the fried eggs to the sound of the TV.
After sitting on the sofa for a while, he picked up the phone and called the Parents' Committee.
Chen Cai pretended nothing happened on the other end.
Liang Xin already knew the answer, so she didn't ask any more questions. She hung up the phone, lowered her eyelashes, and looked at her belly which was approaching its due date.
That night, Lu Chongfeng returned just as the lights-out bell was about to sound.
Liang Xin was sitting in the living room downstairs knitting a sweater.
"The people at headquarters kept nagging and wouldn't let us leave."
As usual, Lu Chongfeng went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then came out and sat next to Liang Xin. "Have you eaten?"
Liang Xin looked at him, "Have you eaten?"
"I ate it. I ate with them in the small kitchen."
Lu Chongfeng looked up at the clock on the cabinet and said, "It's past nine o'clock. Why aren't you ready to go to bed yet? I'll carry you upstairs."
Liang Xin put down the half-knitted sweater and asked, "Because of the Sixth Company incident?"
Lu Chongfeng's outstretched arm suddenly froze, and he looked at Liang Xin with unconcealed surprise.
Liang Xin glanced outside the door and said, "There are more than one footsteps outside the door. You didn't take off your military uniform when you came back. Are you going to wait until I fall asleep before leaving?"
Lu Chongfeng's breathing changed. When he looked at Liang Xin, his eyes changed from surprise to appreciation and a hint of pride. He sat down again and held Liang Xin's hand. "Relax, we are waiting for a leader to arrive. I will stay in the conference room for one night and will be back tomorrow."
Liang Xin held Lu Chongfeng's wrist and asked, "Did someone report you?"
Lu Chongfeng's eyes had just turned calm when Liang Xin's words moved him again. He raised his hand and touched Liang Xin's head, "I'm sorry that you married me."
"I am very satisfied with the pace of my life after marrying you."
Liang Xin grabbed his hand and asked, "Is it because of the Sixth Company's dual-use talent issue?"
Lu Chongfeng thought about it and finally nodded, "A soldier on duty in the Sixth Company was so engrossed in reading that he dropped his gun on the ground. Someone took this opportunity to report it to the military district, and a chief from the military district came."
Liang Xin frowned and looked at his dry lips.
"Comrade Liang Xin, it's better to be stable than to be chaotic." Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin's hand tightly. "This storm is far less than the storm before we got married. You are the center of our family."
"Go ahead."
Liang Xin raised her hand and touched his lips, "Drink more water."
Lu Chongfeng picked up Liang Xin and went upstairs, put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and kissed her forehead. "Sleep well, I'll be back at dawn."
When daybreak came, Lu Chongfeng still hadn't returned.
The sister next door brought a bowl of wontons as usual, with two poached eggs inside.
Zhong Xuelian looked like she wanted to hold it back, but ultimately she couldn't. Just as she was about to persuade Liang Xin to eat, Liang Xin walked out of the bathroom, washed up, then sat at the table and picked up the spoon.
"Old Ji left early in the morning." Zhong Xuelian said, "Nothing will happen to him. A dazzling person will always have a lot of people jealous. If there is even a little mistake, they will be caught by others. The leaders have witnessed the talent and ability of Deputy Division Commander Lu. They will definitely not suspend him or punish him."
Liang Xin asked, "Do you know who is coming?"
Zhong Xuelian hesitated, "I'm not sure, but Lao Ji said that the person who came was a senior leader. He got angry as soon as he arrived at the division and was very dissatisfied with the Sixth Company's dual-use talents. In my opinion, they are too ostentatious. They almost got into trouble when they bought a stereo before, but this year they made a lot of money and bought cameras, tape recorders, and even a TV. I heard that the senior leader still doesn't have a TV at home. In addition to these, they also bought chess, checkers, and military chess. The former violates the financial discipline of the army, and the latter is even more inconsistent with the military system. Not to mention, they dropped their guns while on duty!"
The eldest sister pushed Zhong Xuelian.
Zhong Xuelian looked at Liang Xin who had stopped at some point, pursed her lips, and thought to herself that she had been with Li Mao for too long, and that bad company would corrupt him. "Liang Xin, I am anxious too, don't take it to heart, don't be anxious too, the most important thing for you now is to eat well and drink well, and give birth to the baby safely."
Liang Xin looked at the door and said, "I believe him."
"What is combat effectiveness? Talent is combat effectiveness!"
In the division headquarters conference room, Lu Chongfeng sat opposite a row of headquarters and military district leaders. He stood up straight, not like he was being investigated, but rather like he was being awarded. "As early as 1977, Deng Xiaoping proposed that it was not enough for soldiers to only focus on fighting in the army, but also to focus on the needs of demobilizing and transferring cadres and soldiers to local areas. This reform is still in its infancy. The incident of a soldier from the sixth company dropping his gun was due to inadequate supervision. The organization's punishment of me is reasonable. The gun dropping incident can be regarded as a wake-up call on the road to reform, but we cannot just cut it off and kill the reform of dual-use military and civilian talents in the cradle!"
"From ancient times to now, I have never seen soldiers like the Sixth Company!"
A commander with heavy crow's feet sitting in the middle said angrily, "The bugle hasn't stopped yet, but the TV, radio, and stereo are already blaring. One is busy learning from a teacher, and another is busy growing vegetables. Even if the Sixth Company has achieved its military performance target this year, this soldier who threw away his gun just to read a book is a harbinger of things to come. A soldier who doesn't even want a gun shows that there is something seriously wrong with the Sixth Company's military thinking. If they can throw away their guns today, there will be a bigger accident tomorrow!"
Lu Chongfeng said: "If the commander has not seen it, it means that the soldiers are making progress. If the commander has seen it, it means that we are lagging behind."
The commander's wrinkles on his face were straightened by his glare. "You don't even need the guns to advance. What the hell is this advance?"
Lu Chongfeng said: "The commander is right."
The commander was furious for a moment and was about to speak again when Lu Chongfeng continued, "If you were wrong, you should admit your mistake. I won't make excuses like that he was a new recruit assigned to the Sixth Company from the New Recruit Company, nor will I make excuses like that he was assigned to the Kitchen Squad and then attended a half-year study class, read hundreds of books in the company, and wrote a 30,000-word paper on international wars and was transferred back to the Sixth Company."
A group of leaders in the front row: “........”
The leaders silently and simultaneously let out a long breath through their noses.
Including the senior leader in the middle, he stared at Lu Chongfeng most intently, ready to argue back at any time, so his breathing followed Lu Chongfeng's changes throughout the whole process and he almost suffered from suffocation.
Lu Chongfeng said calmly, "By the way, this cook who was just transferred back to the Sixth Company also made his own field cookware, which effectively supports the logistics of improving the field combat effectiveness of the entire division. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. Of course, merits are merits, faults are faults, and mistakes are mistakes. I will not make any excuses to exonerate him."
"You've already said all the excuses. You didn't say a single word less!"
The leader in the middle glared again. "It's true that you carried out military reforms throughout the regiment and impressed the entire army during the Vietnam War. You had the courage to take the lead in taking action to establish a system where cadres can be promoted or demoted, despite the pressure from all Chinese cadres. This is also impressive. But letting soldiers eat, drink and have fun in the army is not in line with the policies of our party and our army!"
"The newly arrived commander may not be very clear. Let me report to you in detail. This year, the Sixth Company has achieved great success in both military and political training. The military training results have risen from the last in the regiment to the second in the regiment. We have planted jasmine, built two large pig pens, and dug an acre of fish pond. The net income from agricultural and sideline products has not only reached the target of 3,000 yuan, but we have also earned more than 8,000 yuan by making and selling shoes."
Lu Chongfeng said, "The army is poor, the base is poor, the division is poor, the regiment is poor, and the company is poor. The Sixth Company is a pilot company for dual-use talents. Its military performance has risen and broken the regiment record. The company's net income and additional income do not need to be found in the 11th Division. The leaders should look for it in the military region and in military regions across the country. Which company has achieved this income? I thought the income came from major newspapers and commune directors who came to learn from them. I didn't expect that it was the leaders who came. If the leaders still think that the reform of the Sixth Company is a mistake, the Sixth Company should be like you in the past, lighting oil lamps, eating wild vegetables, carrying Type 56 rifles, and holding wooden-handled grenades... That's not right."
The leaders were listening attentively when they suddenly heard Lu Chongfeng laugh.
"I was wrong." Lu Chongfeng looked at the chief with graying temples and said, "Without money, not every soldier can get hold of a Type 56 rifle and a wooden-handled grenade. They can only hold a brick and lie on the ground to practice aiming for a day. Let's not talk about whether they will use bricks to fight against electronics, chemistry, armor, nuclear weapons, satellites, etc. in the future. Has the chief ever cared about the future of the soldiers? Has the chief ever seen how those soldiers who have been lying on the ground for six years and wasted several years of their youth survive in society after leaving the army?"
The leader sitting in the middle felt struck in the heart by Lu Chongfeng's calm but sharp words. His crow's feet began to accumulate again, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows also wrinkled.
"From ancient times to the present, most reformers have not had good results. I have been mentally prepared for this."
Lu Chongfeng said, "If the commander has really investigated thoroughly and still thinks that the dual-use talent reform should be stopped just because a soldier in the Sixth Company dropped his gun while reading a book, and punishes me and suspends me from my post, I will obey the organization's arrangements."
The meeting room fell silent, but there was a fierce noise outside the bakery.
When Liang Xin arrived, he saw a group of men in gray-blue clothing surrounding Zhong Xuelian and Li Mao, clamoring to find the military leader to make the decision.
"Liang Xin!"
Li Mao pushed through the crowd and rushed out, "Be careful."
Before Liang Xin could say anything, the leading uncle came forward and said, "Director Liang, you are finally here. I have always admired Director Liang for being a female comrade who can surpass most male comrades. Today, I believe that Director Liang will also handle our family's affairs impartially."
“I’m not an official.”
Liang Xin pushed open the door of the bakery, walked to the side of Zhong Xuelian, and blocked Sun Meihua who was holding two children behind her. "It's not a question of impartiality, uncle, but you sound like a cadre, you shouldn't be unreasonable and make trouble?"
The old man paused, "Director Liang, I won't be polite with you. My third daughter-in-law had the opportunity to work in the army bakery because my third son died. Now, she wants to remarry! What do you think, should we kick her out of the bakery?"
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