Chapter 148: Dividing the Meat
Aunt Li and Aunt Xu knew that Lin Yue was worried about the things outside, so they didn't want to stay any longer and simply asked everyone in the room to leave.
No one took this matter seriously, but Lin Yue had just arrived and was afraid that Zhang Yuandong had violated military discipline as soon as he arrived. He was worried and would often hold Sisi in his arms and look at the door.
She didn't see Zhang Yuandong, but she saw Tao Laixiang and a tall and burly man. Tao Laixiang pinched the man's ear with one hand and dragged him forward, cursing: "You are the only one who can cause trouble all day long. Even your son is not as capable of causing trouble as you! I wonder if the leader will remove you from your post one day, and then you will know how to use your brain!"
Tao Laixiang kept on complaining, and the tall and strong man under her kept shouting. The two of them turned a corner and quickly disappeared from Lin Yue's sight.
Zhang Yuandong came back with a few children. Lin Yue had been waiting at the door for a long time. She didn't see anything on his face. Seeing that he was so calm, she couldn't help but ask, "What happened just now? I heard from Dabao that you and Captain Shen had a fight?"
Before Zhang Yuandong could say anything, Wanli interrupted, "Captain Shen made a surprise attack, and my father knocked him down in one go. He was pinned to the ground by my father, and he even called my father a useless gigolo, and my father beat him up severely!"
Zhang Yuandong quickly explained: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I hit the ground and didn't hit anyone, I just wanted to scare him!"
Lin Yue couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, and asked, "Why did you get into a fight with someone on the street?"
Zhang Yuandong was also somewhat helpless when talking about this. He said aggrievedly: "Wife, this is really not my fault. They look down on me, saying that I am an embroidered porter from a large military region, and that my hollow radish embroidered robe is good-looking but useless. Even the new recruits talked about me, saying that I am delicate and tender, and it is obvious that I can't bear the hardships here. I am just here to get a job and will be transferred soon. I have been enduring them for several days!"
Lin Yue burst out laughing. Zhang Yuandong had been rough before, but in recent years, except for his skin color, he has become more and more delicate.
Zhang Yuandong was unhappy and said unhappily: "Why are you laughing too! This is the first time in my life that someone calls me a gigolo. I even wonder if there is something wrong with their eyes!"
Lin Yue laughed even more happily. Only a few leaders knew the reason for Zhang Yuandong's transfer. There had been a lot of discussions about it in private in the past few days, but Captain Shen was the first one to speak so directly and forcefully.
When she finally stopped laughing, she comforted Zhang Yuandong and said, "Well, this is good. Captain Shen has used himself to clear your name. Now that you can beat Captain Shen, no one will say that you are just a show-off in the future!"
Zhang Yuandong curled his lips and whispered to the man behind his back, "Wife, don't be fooled by his muscular appearance. He only looks strong and powerful. If he really gets into it, he might not even be able to beat Ma Fangdong in front of him!"
Lin Yue laughed again. It seemed that he was really annoyed and was making up stories behind her back. But she was not too worried. Although Zhang Yuandong said that, he had been in a good mood during this period. It was as if he had unloaded a burden and relaxed. So Lin Yue knew that he just said that and he definitely didn't take it to heart.
Today was their first day living in their new home. Lin Yue had originally thought that they would have to prepare a banquet with heated kangs, and had ordered a lot of ingredients from the canteen in advance. However, since there was no such requirement here, she simply made a more sumptuous dinner at home as a celebration.
The camp is far from the town, and the life here is more like that of a small village. Vegetables and food are basically grown by the family and eaten by the family. There is rarely any need to buy them outside. However, after observing for a few days, she found that there is really no shortage of meat here. They have been here for four days and have already eaten three meals of meat.
Lin Yue knew that the army had a special farm that raised a lot of livestock, but even in the previous military region, there were no such good conditions.
But she soon found out where the main source of meat was.
Behind the camp is an endless forest, which is also the main training ground for the soldiers. Sometimes the family members would go out from the back door to the forest to collect some firewood, or to find some wild vegetables and mushrooms to improve their lives. However, it is winter now, and there is white snow everywhere. The family members can't find any supplies in the back mountain, so only the soldiers are training in the forest.
Lingling and Wanli both went to the red-raising class, and even Xiao Mushroom was sent to the nursery here. Lin Yue had just arrived and there was not much firewood at home, so she often took Sisi to the back mountain to pick up some small branches. However, the snow in the mountains was heavy, and for the safety of herself and her children, she never dared to go too deep and only moved around near the camp.
That day, she had just picked up less than half a basket of firewood with Sisi when she heard a series of gunshots. The orderly at the back gate ran over to remind her: "Sister Lin, it may not be safe in the mountains now, you should go back to the camp first!"
Although Lin Yue was very curious, he listened to the advice and quickly followed back to the camp.
Not long after I got home, Zhou Aixiang came to my house. As soon as she entered, she squinted her eyes and asked mysteriously, "Did you hear the gunshot? Guess what it was this time?"
Lin Yue looked confused. Before she could figure out what was going on, Zhou Aixiang saw the backpack she had placed at the door. She came up to her and asked, "Did you go to the back hill just now? How was it? Did you see anything?"
Lin Yue shook his head. "I just heard gunshots, and soon the orderly called me back to the camp. I didn't ask any more questions. Why, do you know why the gunshots happened?"
Zhou Aixiang was a little disappointed, but soon she smiled again and said, "Anyway, just wait for the extra meal!"
She wanted to keep it a secret, but she heard Aunt Hua's powerful voice from the other side of the door. "Is Xiaolin home? I brought you some carrots and potatoes. I'll leave them at the door for you!"
Lin Yue hurried out and said with a smile: "Auntie, what are you doing? Why are you sending me so many dishes again?"
"Hey, these are all grown by ourselves, they are not worth much, you can just keep them and eat them. You may have meat to eat tonight, so you can stew them together."
Lin Yue asked with a smile: "Auntie, did the logistics staff go out shopping today? Didn't they say it would take a few days? I asked them to bring back a lot of things!"
Aunt Hua laughed and said, "That's not logistics! They can't bring back much meat even if they go out to buy. I just heard a few gunshots. I guess they killed some wild animals. Your captain Zhang will have to bring back some meat tonight!"
Zhou Aixiang smiled and said, "Auntie, I just said I wanted to give her a surprise tonight, and you said it so quickly!"
Auntie Hua laughed and said, "I just don't understand the thoughts of you young people."
Lin Yue was surprised. Did they encounter prey when the gun went off? Hunting was forbidden at that time, but she thought of the hunting organized by Uncle Zhang's village, so she stopped and didn't ask any more questions.
Sure enough, when it was time to get off work, Lin Yue saw Zhang Yuandong carrying meat back. The men who were walking home with him were also carrying meat, but it was obvious that the meat carried by some of them was much smaller than Zhang Yuandong's, probably divided according to their rank.
However, she also saw that Captain Chen, who lived next door to Aunt Hua, had quite a bit of meat in his hands, and two pieces in total. Captain Chen was obviously very happy. Seeing that he was almost home, he said hello to Zhang Yuandong and the others, and ran back home happily.
Zhang Yuandong saw Lin Yue holding Sisi at the door of the house, so he hurried over and asked, "Why don't you go inside? Isn't it cold here?"
Lin Yue smiled and said, "Lingling and the other naughty kids have gone off to play with Dabao somewhere. It's almost time for dinner, so I was just about to go out and look for them. Where did you get this meat?"
Zhang Yuandong walked into the house with his wife in his arms, and said with a smile: "Today we were training in the mountains behind the farm. We walked a little further into the mountains and cleared out the wolves there. We also shot a few roe deer and pheasants. You take care of the roe deer meat first, and I'll go find those three little bastards."
Lin Yue wanted to ask him about hunting, but Zhang Yuandong left quickly.
When Zhang Yuandong returned with the three children, Lin Yue had already served the meal. She was still very curious about hunting and couldn't help but bring up the topic again during the meal.
"Can you hunt on the hills here? If you hunt wolves, won't it attract a pack of wolves?"
Zhang Yuandong didn't think much of it and said with a smile, "Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the sea, eat by the sea. There are so many wild animals here. If we don't clean them up regularly, it will be dangerous for people living here. Besides, wolf fur is the warmest in winter. There will be more and more family members accompanying the army in the future. We still think that these few wolf furs are not enough."
Lin Yue couldn't help but laugh at him: "I think you've had enough of your gun addiction! You seem to be living quite comfortably here!"
Zhang Yuandong smiled, and then he heard Lingling saying, "Mom, I like this place too. This is the first time I've seen such heavy snow and such tall pine trees. Even the pine cones are so big. It's amazing!"
Little Mushroom nodded frantically: "Yes, it's amazing! Sister ate a super big ice cream!"
Lin Yue turned his head to Lingling and asked, "Super big ice cream? Where did you go just now?"
Lingling shrank her neck and just giggled, not daring to say anything.
Lin Yue's face was very dark, and he endured it before saying: "Eat first, and then we can talk properly after dinner."
Now not only Lingling, but even Wanli didn't dare to say anything. They just lowered their heads and ate obediently, not even daring to raise their heads.
不過這次教育還是沒有成功進行，剛吃完飯，就有一個二十歲左右的年輕女孩笑眯眯的在門口問：“這是張團長家嗎？”
淩淩一下子跳了起來，偷偷看了她娘一眼，跑出去答道：“是張團長家，你是誰呀？”
女孩輕盈的走進門，她一笑臉上就露出兩個小酒窩，看起來青春又朝氣，她笑道：“我叫劉盈，是軍區醫院的護士，今天接到一個電話，給張團長留了個口信，不知道是不是很重要的事情，我這不一下班就趕過來通知你了。”
這個姑娘身上穿着一身合身的花棉襖，一點也不顯得臃腫，倒是把少女玲珑的曲線顯露了出來，是林樾見了都會多看上兩眼的青春活潑
林樾還在納悶，是什麽人找張遠東，會把電話打到軍醫院，就聽張遠東道：“是王婷婷打過來的嗎？
女孩臉上閃現了一絲驚訝，像是沒料到張遠東會在林樾面前就這麽說出來。不過她很快就恢複了嬌俏的神色，笑道：“張團長好厲害，一下子就猜出來了！對了，那邊說讓您有空的時候就給她回個電話，您看現在要去打電話嗎？”
林樾一下子站了起來，激動道：“真是婷婷的電話，她說是什麽事了嗎？怎麽這麽着急，把電話打到醫院去了！劉盈同志，我和你一起去吧，不知道她現在還能不能接到我的電話。”
這下女孩臉上的驚訝掩都掩不住了，她磕磕巴巴的說：“這、這，那位女同志找的是張團長……”
林樾笑道：“哦，沒事，她應該是怕說我的名字你們找不到我，就幹脆報了我對象的名字，謝謝你還專程跑過來一趟，我和你一起過去吧！”
劉盈尴尬的笑笑，又定定的望了張遠東一眼，有點不甘心的跟在林樾身後，往門外走去。誰知還沒等出了院子，就聽身後淩淩疑問道：“爹，這個阿姨是不是還有什麽事找你呀，我看她一直看你，都不願意跟我娘走。”
劉盈的身子一僵，假裝沒聽到孩子的話，低着頭匆匆往外跑去。林樾反而落在了她的身後，她憋着笑，肩膀可疑的抖了抖，在心裏給自家好閨女比了個大拇指，也跟着匆匆出了門。
夜色深沉，外面又冷，劉盈在前面一個勁的往前趕，林樾追在她身後，偏偏還一副好大姐的樣子，不停的找她聊天，“劉盈同志，你今年多大了呀？你是本地人嗎？”
“劉盈同志，你慢點走，我都快要追不上你了，哎你長得這麽漂亮，一定有對象了吧？”
劉盈“嗯嗯啊啊”的敷衍幾句，明顯不走心，但是又不敢給林樾甩臉色看，只能在心裏憋着。好不容易熬到了醫院，她把記錄電話號碼的本子拿給林樾，就借口有事，匆匆走了。
林樾心裏暗自發笑，默默記下了這個漂亮女護士的名字。
等她和王婷婷通上電話，就聽那邊抱怨道：“我說大姐，你怎麽這會才給我回電話呀，我都等了你一下午了，你再不回我，我就該回宿舍了！”
林樾趕緊道歉，笑道：“那還不是因為你說要找張團長，人家接電話的女護士要等張團長下班回到家才能找到人不是！”
王婷婷叫道：“誰說我要找張團長了，我還不知道他那時候正在上班嗎，我找的是‘剛調過去的張遠東團長他愛人’！再說，接電話的明明是個男醫生，什麽時候又成了個女護士了！”
林樾沉默了下，心知這裏頭有事，不過她不想和王婷婷在電話裏讨論嬌俏女護士的事情，立刻轉移了話題，“你是有什麽事這麽着急？我一安頓好就給你寫了信，算着日子應該也快到了，裏面有這邊的聯系方式，沒想到你倒是先把電話打到了醫院裏來。”
王婷婷聲音一下子變得有些沙啞，她努力控制自己的情緒，慢慢說：“我今天接到調令了，要調到你們那邊的軍醫院。我不知道這是怎麽一回事，我之前申請了那麽久的調任，一直都沒有結果，沒想到現在突然就定下來了，我聯系不到我爹，想問問你們是不是知道點什麽。”
林樾其實早就隐約有這個猜測，上次王司令就隐晦的透露了這個意思，不過林樾沒想到，在這種大環境下，他還能只打一個電話就把這件事辦成。
她只能道：“來這邊不好嗎，離我還近一點。其實王叔在小田村挺好的，我們來的路上特地去看過了，他現在身體也挺健康的，以後也不會有人刻意為難他了，只不過你現在離生産日期已經很近了，你這會上路，怕是不安全。要不我還是坐火車去接你吧！”
王婷婷哽咽道：“我也猜到了，這事肯定是我爹的意思。他就那麽點能說得上話的人了，不為自己打算打算，還在這點小事上浪費人情。你還帶着四個孩子呢，哪能讓你再坐火車來接我！到時候我給你打電話，你去車站接我。”
林樾連連應了下來。
打個電話不容易，兩人沒聊太久，定下了大體的時間，就挂斷了電話。
這件事情最高興的就數淩淩了，她本來就和王婷婷親近，後來又跟着王婷婷練了一段時間的舞蹈，感情更好了。他們臨別前，兩人抱在一起半晌不舍得分開，現在聽說婷婷姨很快也要來了，高興得差點跳起來，當晚就要給婷婷姨收拾房間。
他們臨行前寄的包裹昨天剛送到，現在被淩淩翻得亂七八糟，什麽床單被褥、水缸飯盒全都翻出來了，要給婷婷姨用。
林樾看得很無奈，但也沒有阻止，全都由着她折騰。
第二天，淩淩和萬裏剛領着弟弟去上學，隔壁的周愛香就跑來了。她是來打聽八卦的，也不扭捏，直奔主題道：“我昨晚上聽到你喊劉盈的名字，不會是醫院裏那個小護士吧？你怎麽和她扯上關系了？”
林樾好笑的看了她一眼，笑道：“你這一大早的來我家，就是為了這事呀？”
周愛香急了，“你可別不當回事，那個劉盈可是個有前科的，前排那個王營長，去年媳婦沒了，眼見就要和新未婚妻結婚了，不成想被她勾得丢了魂，非要退了和老家的那門親事。部隊裏本來是要他退伍和降職二選一的，只是人家老娘和未婚妻很快就從老家殺過來了，壓着王營長在部隊裏就成了親，這才只是給他記了個大過。”
林樾有些不可置信，“她是不是不知道王營長在老家有未婚妻呀？不然的話醫院也不能這麽放任她吧！”
雖然這是在屋子裏，但周愛香還是左右看了看，小聲道：“那小蹄子可毒着呢，她幹這種事已經不是一次兩次了，不過她去年舉報了一次不可說，立了功，上頭一時半會不能把她怎麽樣，不然的話，她這個營區裏最大的妖風哪能撈得着好！”
她又往林樾的方向湊了湊，聲音更小了：t“沈團長你知道吧？你別看他現在這麽怕老婆，有段時間和劉盈也走得很近，只是沒被人抓住把柄就是了。不過陶來香可不是個善茬，差點沒把沈團長打得進了醫院，你看，現在多老實！”
林樾驚得張大了嘴巴：“就是和我家那位打架的沈團長？”
見周愛香點頭，林樾心道可真是人不可貌相。她在心裏給這個劉盈豎了個大拇指，暗暗贊嘆，這小姑娘看起來溫溫柔柔的，沒想到還這麽有膽識！不過林樾是想不明白，她到底圖什麽呀，人長得也挺漂亮的，工作也好，正正經經找個對象不是什麽難事吧？
周愛香繼續道：“唉，這個劉盈也是個眼光高的，以前也不是沒有人給她介紹過連長，人家就是瞧不上！”
林樾點點頭，又想到王婷婷很快就要來了，不知道和這樣的人在一個醫院，會不會有什麽問題。
晚上，她把心裏的擔憂和張遠東說了，皺眉道：“昨天晚上的事情也不知道她記在心裏了沒有，要因為這些事給王婷婷找不痛快，那可麻煩了。”
張遠東淡聲道：“她如果真是周愛香說的那種人，倒是好辦了。部隊裏不會容忍這種不正之風的。”
這個林樾倒是知道，不過她就怕這人有機會爬上去，以她的性格，可比孫秀麗難纏多了。
時間一晃而過，二月二龍擡頭那天，王婷婷終于來了。她已經有七個月的身孕了，就算穿得再厚，也能很明顯的看出來是個孕婦。這一路的颠簸對她來說很不容易，林樾接到她的時候，她臉上的疲态掩都掩不住。
淩淩和萬裏都跟着過來了，貼心的接過婷婷姨手裏的行李，一邊一個給她指路。等出了火車站，兩人歡快的往前一指，大聲道：“婷婷姨，看看這是什麽！”
Wang Tingting looked forward along the line of sight of the two children and saw several horses tied under trees on the roadside. Most of them were tall and strong, with shiny manes. She was surprised and said, "Wow, so many horses! I haven't seen them for a long time."
She had been with Commander Wang in many places before and had a wide range of knowledge. When she was a child, she had not only seen horses but also learned how to ride one. Now seeing so many tall and strong horses, she couldn't help but think of the past.
But she didn't feel sad for long. Two children pulled her forward, one on each side, and asked happily, "Guess which one is ours?"
Wang Tingting was really shocked. She looked at Lin Yue in disbelief, with a very obvious questioning look in her eyes. Lin Yue smiled and said nothing, just following them forward.
As they got closer, Wang Tingting finally understood that each horse was pulling a cart, but the cart had no wheels, only two rows of long wooden boards wrapped with iron sheets. She took a step back, looked at Lin Yue in confusion, and asked, "What are so many carts here for?"