Chapter 106

After a full meal, the two took a boat back to the island.

Because Cheng Zheng performed well in the exercise and because of the accidental injury, Song Zhaokang specially approved him a 20-day vacation so that he could recuperate at home and relax.

Cheng Zheng has always been a workaholic and seldom took a vacation. Now that Jian Lu is on summer vacation, it is a rare opportunity for the family to get together at home.

When Shuangshuang saw her mother who was on summer vacation and her injured father coming back, she rushed over, caring about her father and her mother, and complaining to her mother about her father's troubles.

"Mom, Dad's hand is injured. Dad is so pitiful."

Cheng Zheng had just put down his wife's suitcase when he heard his lady's words, which made this tough soldier almost blush.

How could such a minor injury make him feel pitiful? Especially when he said this in front of the woman he loved the most, his old face instantly became embarrassed.

"Ahem." Cheng Zheng cleared his throat, trying to stop the girl, "Shuangshuang, bring the enamel cup to your mother."

"Okay!" Shuangshuang ran around and handed water to his mother. When he saw his mother gulping down the water, he continued to complain, "Mom, now Dad can only eat with his left hand. It's so pitiful."

Jian Lu glanced at Cheng Zheng and found that the man turned his head away and stared at the wall in embarrassment.

"It's okay. Your dad is physically disabled but mentally strong."

At dinner time, Aunt Wang prepared a table of dishes. Today was the first meal since her daughter-in-law came back, and she was thinking about giving her injured son some nourishment, so the table was filled with delicious food.

"Shitou, this pig's trotter soup is specially made for you. Take more nourishment and your injury will heal faster."

Cheng Zheng watched his mother scoop him a bowl of hot soup and noticed that his wife on the other side seemed to be smiling.

"Mom, I also ordered pig's trotters for Brother Cheng at noon to make up for his lack of appetite."

Cheng Zheng: "..."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in perfect sync with each other, and were very happy that each other recognized their ideas. Cheng Zheng did not dare to act rashly and just drank the soup in silence.

Okay, just make up for it.

"Dad, let me pick up some food for you!" Shuangshuang looked at her father with sympathy and pity. In her eyes, her father was really pitiful. It was not easy for him to eat with his left hand.

With cabbage, eggplant, cucumber, and sweet and sour pork ribs, Dad's bowl was turned into a small hill.

"Okay, Daddy can't finish it." Cheng Zheng looked at this caring little cotton jacket, and his heart was filled with warmth. The girl is still good, and it's not in vain! "Eat your own."

"Okay!" Shuangshuang buried her head in eating again.

Jian Lu watched the man eating with his left hand with some difficulty. Although it looked a bit awkward, his ability to control himself was really good. Although he was not left-handed, he could use his left hand steadily.

"Do you want me to feed you?" Jian Lu saw her mother-in-law going to the kitchen to scoop soup while her daughter was busy eating the food. She went over and whispered a joke to him.

Cheng Zheng's hands shook and he almost couldn't hold the chopsticks steady. He wasn't that cruel!

The question of whether to feed or not was actually raised by Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang in the army two days ago.

However, these two people had no good intentions when they said that, they just wanted to make fun of me.

At that time, Cheng Zheng felt that he was deeply insulted by the two men. How could he save face in the future when he let two old men feed him?

Similarly, I can't appear so useless in front of my wife. No matter how hard or difficult it is, I must remain calm and composed. There is nothing in this world that I can't do, even if my hands are injured.

After dinner, Jian Lu changed the bandage for Cheng Zheng. She felt relieved after looking at his wounds. It was indeed not too serious. It was mainly caused by sprains. However, she felt itchy teeth when she thought of Qian Hongzhuo.

"You can't get it wet? Then how do you take a shower?" Jian Lu asked casually while wrapping new gauze around him.

"It's okay, just wipe it off. I just hurt one hand, everything else is fine. I'm not that weak." Cheng Zheng is always defending his image. No matter where he is, he is the all-powerful pillar in the hearts of his family.

......

Jian Lu realized that this man was really stubborn. Even when he was injured, he would not complain. Reputation was more important than anything else, and he was afraid that his tall image would be damaged even a little bit.

She did not argue with him. She just poured hot water into the wooden tub for him, tested the water temperature and felt satisfied. She then placed the bath soap on the sink in the bathroom. Turning around, she saw Cheng Zheng struggling to unbutton his shirt with one hand.

The button had just been undone, revealing the sexy Adam's apple, and the man's slender fingers continued to move down and began to fiddle with the next button.

"Let me help you."

"No need." Cheng Zheng refused reflexively, always thinking that he could do everything by himself.

But Jian Lu walked over slowly, ignored his objections, and started to unbutton his clothes.

The hot water in the wooden tub was steaming, filling the bathroom with mist. The water vapor floated everywhere, raising the indoor temperature with a little warmth.

Cheng Zheng felt a pair of hands touching his chest, and then the buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned one by one, revealing his muscular chest. Jian Lu came closer, lowered her head and unbuttoned, her gentle breath sprayed on his chest, her dark hair fluttered, brushing against his chest, bringing a little itchiness.

"Okay, raise your hands." Jian Lu took off Cheng Zheng's clothes, but was not ready to help with the rest of his trousers. "Okay, take off your pants yourself. I'm going to leave first."

His Adam's apple rolled, and Cheng Zheng felt his chest itchy from being brushed by his wife's hair. The itching spread to his heart and instantly ignited his whole body.

Holding the person with one hand and tightly grasping Jian Lu's wrist, Cheng Zheng said in a hoarse voice, "My hand is injured, you better help me."

Jian Lu looked at the man suspiciously. Now he actually took the initiative to ask for help?

Is this him? The tough guy who wants to save face but suffer in vain? !

......

More than an hour later, Jian Lu came out of the bathroom angrily, followed by a man with a satisfied look on his face, who followed his wife upstairs at a leisurely pace.

It seems that people should not be too concerned about their reputation and should ask their wives for help!

"Lulu, help me change my clothes."

"Lulu, what are you eating? Feed me."

Jian Lu glared at him. This old man was really going too far when he acted like a hooligan! Humph!

"You have your hands. Aren't you physically disabled but mentally strong? Eat it yourself."

At that time, Jian Lu was peeling a pineapple honey and eating it. The pineapple honey was sweet and delicious. As soon as Jian Lu got home today, she couldn't resist and ate several pieces.

Look at this man again, he is going even further, he actually feeds himself when eating fruit? !

Not to mention what he did in the bathroom!

"Okay." Cheng Zheng was in a good mood. He walked over and picked up a piece of pineapple honey from the fruit plate in front of his wife with his uninjured left hand. The yellow pineapple honey flesh had a sweet aroma that he could smell before he even put it in his mouth.

Cheng Zheng didn't put the pineapple honey in his hand into his own mouth. Instead, he put it directly into Jian Lu's mouth. "I really went too far just now. I want to apologize to you with a gift? Eat this, huh?"

Captain Cheng spoke to his wife in a soft and gentle voice that was rarely seen in his life. If the soldiers under his command heard it, they would definitely think it was weird. How could this be their own captain?

Jian Lu opened her mouth and took a bite of the pineapple honey. The sweet taste instantly spread throughout her mouth. Before she knew it, Cheng Zheng had fed her the remaining three pieces of pineapple honey with his left hand. In the end, she didn't eat a single bite.

After eating the fruit, Jian Lu's anger subsided. Just when she was about to let him lie down and rest, she heard the man speak.

"I'm not angry anymore. I'll need your help in the future..."

"Cheng Zheng!" Jian Lu's anger was rising again. There's no way! You have to take it off by yourself in the future. Don't expect me to help you."

Jian Lu pushed the man away and glared at him, but Cheng Zheng, who was falling on the bed, pulled her down with his left hand.

They both fell onto the bed, with Cheng Zheng lying underneath. Jian Lu was worried that he might have hurt his hand, so she leaned over to take a look.

"It's okay. How could it be so easy to get hurt?" Cheng Zheng touched his wife's earlobe, which was soft and smooth. "Are you not angry anymore?"

Jian Lu lay on his chest and said softly, "I'm still angry~"

"I'm not angry anymore. I was wrong." His attitude of admitting his mistake was very positive, but to Jian Lu it sounded insincere!

=

Since that night, the originally "disabled but strong-willed" Captain Cheng has changed and started living the life of a "waste" in which he cannot eat or wear clothes.

Shuangshuang looked at her father curiously, and felt so distressed when she heard her father say that his hand hurt and asked her mother to feed her.

"Dad, let me feed you!"

Jian Lu smiled, "Okay, Shuangshuang, you come and feed Daddy."

Don't think she can't see through this man's little thoughts.

Cheng Zheng couldn't refuse the lady's kindness. He looked at his wife with regret, and then watched the lady feed her the dishes she didn't like.

After eating celery and bitter melon, Cheng Zheng had a bad taste in his mouth. He reminded his daughter, "Shuangshuang, you can't be picky about food."

"Dad, I'm not picky about food. Didn't you say celery and bitter melon are good to eat? You always told me to eat more."

Cheng Zheng: "..."

Yes, Shuangshuang doesn’t like to eat anything, but they, the adults, love to praise what is good to eat.

"So, Dad, you have to eat more!"

Cheng Zheng: "...still can't refute it."

=

Cheng Zheng was not too idle during the more than a week he spent recuperating at home. He was used to being busy, and he would often handle official business in his study.

When Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang came to visit with the latest news, they found that the boy was enjoying himself at home.

"What is this? Tsk, so much food?"

Jian Lu prepared a plate for Cheng Zheng, on which she put two kinds of fruits and some snacks, for she was worried that it would be inconvenient for him to go downstairs to get the food.

Pineapple honey and mango are placed on both sides, with a few pieces of almond crisps and melon seeds and peanuts in the middle.

"My wife did it because she was worried that I was hungry."

"Tsk!" Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang's voices became louder. Don't think they can't hear what this stinky man is trying to show off.

Grabbing a few peanuts, Liang Haisheng explained his purpose.

"Qian Hongzhuo was interrogated for several days." The crisp cracking sound of raw peanut shells rang out, and Liang Haisheng told Cheng Zheng's troops the latest results of the handling. "This person insisted that he couldn't afford to lose. He was unwilling to accept it at the time and wanted to compete with you. As for what happened later, it was all an accident."

Xu Lang pouted, "He admitted his mistakes actively and said he was willing to accept the punishment."

Cheng Zheng was not surprised by Qian Hongzhuo's behavior. His behavior on the boat that day must have been punished.

After a moment's silence, Cheng Zheng asked about other things, "Have you found out anything about what we talked about last time?"

"I checked. He did take a leave to visit his family six months ago, one month before the Chinese New Year. He said he took a train back to his home in the north to celebrate the Chinese New Year."

Xu Lang said, "Will it be possible..."

The three of them had the same suspicion. There had been something strange about the navy's military preparations recently. Song Zhaokang vaguely felt that some basic movements of the troops seemed to have been leaked. Nothing serious had gone wrong, but the results were always a little off, giving people a feeling of being powerless.

He talked about this with Cheng Zheng, Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang, and they all had some doubts about Qian Hongzhuo.

However, it is difficult to make a final judgment based solely on Qian Hongzhuo's strange behavior on the boat. The man had been punished before and had already lost face. Perhaps his psychology had been distorted. He later turned things around by marrying Wang Jin and was reused.

I thought he had been keeping a low profile in recent years, but I didn't expect something unexpected would happen.

"See if you can find out which train he took and who he came into contact with. But it's hard to find out. Let's try."

"Okay." Liang Haisheng didn't care. He felt relieved when talking about Qian Hongzhuo's suspension. "I heard that he is writing reports and reflecting on himself at home every day. He listens to the radio all day long, just like a big boss."

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At the same time, Qian Hongzhuo, who was punished, criticized by the army and suspended for two months, was writing a self-criticism at home.

In order to show his ideological transformation and progress, he had to write a thought report every week to reflect his ideological situation to his superiors.

In the evening, Qian Hongzhuo went straight into the study after dinner. Wang Jin pushed the door open and complained about her man.

"Hongzhuo, you can write it tomorrow. Why waste time writing a report so late at night?"

Qian Hongzhuo ignored his wife and didn't even raise his head.

Wang Jin sat down next to him and watched him proudly write two pages of ideological reports. He felt distressed and angry. "I don't know what's the point of writing this report? It's a waste of time!"

As she was talking, she was bored so she picked up the radio on Qian Hongzhuo's desk and started playing with it, fiddling with the antenna.

"Don't touch this." Qian Hongzhuo snatched the radio back and yelled at Wang Jin fiercely.

"You..." Wang Jin was aggrieved, and couldn't even touch the radio, "Qian Hongzhuo, the radio is more important than me?"

Qian Hongzhuo put the radio away. Knowing that he had a bad attitude just now, he immediately hugged his wife and said, "Xiaojin, I was just anxious. If you had pulled the antenna, the radio would not be usable. Blame me, blame me."

"Humph!" Wang Jin's anger soon subsided after the man coaxed her. "I don't care. How could I be so clumsy? Give me the radio and I'll tune it to a channel for you."

Qian Hongzhuo handed the radio over reluctantly and watched Wang Jin adjusting the antenna. A crackling sound continued to come from the radio.

"Hey, this is it!" When tuning to a channel, Qian Hongzhuo called his wife to stop and listen attentively to the news broadcast there.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, hey! Qian Hongzhuo!"

"Don't make any noise, wait a minute, I'll be with you later."

"What's so good about a broken radio?!" Wang Jin pushed the chair away and ran out angrily.

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"Radio?!" Jian Lu sat in front of the dressing table and wiped her face. Once the fragrant lotion was applied on her face, her face seemed to become even smoother.

At this moment, she was still trying hard to recall the plot of the original text. Because her memory was a little vague, Jian Lu had recently been trying to recall whether Qian Hongzhuo had any leverage, but with little success.

Until a flash of inspiration just now, Jian Lu suddenly remembered that in the original book, after Qian Hongzhuo was turned against the government, he contacted the outside world through a radio!

The other party has an arrangement at the radio station, and should convey the spy mission to Qian Hongzhuo through a news broadcast at a certain time.

However, Jian Lu did not understand or have any impression of the specific operations and how to arrange the passwords. The book did not seem to describe them in detail, and only briefly mentioned them.

Cheng Zheng leaned against the bed, listening to his wife mumbling to herself while wiping her face. He asked her curiously, "What's wrong with the radio? Do you want to listen to the radio?"

"No." Jian Lu got up and returned to the bed, asking Cheng Zheng about the topic of spies. "Have you ever participated in catching spies before?"

"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Cheng Zheng turned his head and saw a gleam of curiosity in his wife's eyes. This was probably what it meant to be eager to learn in school.

"Tell me a story!" On the one hand, Jian Lu wanted to hint Cheng Zheng to pay attention to Qian Hongzhuo, on the other hand, she was indeed very interested in these stories. If these spies were placed in the future, wouldn't they be walking 500,000 people?

Seeing that his wife was very interested, Cheng Zheng picked out some of the things to tell her, but in fact, many of them had already been spread out.

"We have captured spies airdropped by the G Party before."

"Ah? Airdropped?"

"Yes, usually they come by airdrop or sea. It's been OK in recent years, but in the first few years after liberation, the other side was still thinking about counterattack and never gave up on airdropping spies."

Cheng Zheng thought of his suspicion of Qian Hongzhuo again. "However, our country is large in area and has a large population. It is possible that there are some well-disguised spies hidden inside. A few years ago, the army caught a spy who was hiding his identity. He had been carrying out subversion work in the country and transmitting confidential documents abroad."

"Then how do the defected people usually get in touch with those people?"

"There are many methods, all kinds of them, including Morse code, using interlayers in books to send notes..." Cheng Zheng also participated in the activities of arresting spies, but no news about him has been heard in recent years.

"It seems so." Jian Lu casually picked up the radio on the table and played with it. "Actually, if you want to transmit information secretly and not be easily discovered, this... Look, the radio is still a good helper. It reports news, and everyone hears normal news, but maybe one person hears it differently and can hear the hidden meaning."

Cheng Zheng listened to Jian Lu's words and stared at the radio in her hand thoughtfully.

Radio?

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The next day, the family went to the county department store to buy home appliances, and the fan and washing machine industrial coupons that Jian Lu had obtained were finally put to use.

Before leaving, Cheng Zheng went to Liang Haisheng's house next door, whispered something in his ear, and then went out with his family.

He hadn't been so free for a long time, and after being injured, he began to relax.

The family took a boat to leave the island. Shuangshuang was the most excited. Her grandmother held her hand all the way, but she was so excited that she seemed to fly.

"Shuangshuang, you have to hold grandma and take good care of her."

"Okay!" Shuangshuang suddenly felt a great responsibility when they heard their mother say this. Grandma can't read, so she can't get lost!

The little hand held grandma's soft, wrinkled hand, and the old and the child walked together.

Cheng Zheng and his wife walked side by side at the back. Looking at his old mother and his daughter-in-law holding hands in front of him, he curled his lips unconsciously. The little girl was really talkative. She kept telling her grandmother about things on the street and kept talking about everything all the way.

The family of four walked around the street and bought a pound of walnut cakes and a pound of winter melon strips. They ate the winter melon strips and watched their parents buy food for everyone.

She had heard that one of the two big guys was a fan that could blow air, which was amazing, so she didn't have to fan herself, and the other big guy was a washing machine that could wash clothes by itself, which was even more amazing!

Jian Lu paid the money and industrial coupons, received the receipt, and made an appointment with the department store to deliver the goods to the island the next day.

After returning home, Shuangshuang waited for a whole day. From time to time, they ran to the door of the house to look outside, and stuck their heads out to observe secretly. They waited and waited, and finally saw two men appear in front of the family yard pushing a wooden cart. Finally, everyone arrived.

This time, Jian Lu chose a red table fan. Today's fans are very simple, with only one wind speed setting and they don't shake. There is only one on/off button, so they are easy to operate.

As for the washing machine, Jian Lu chose a domestically produced Red Star brand blue single-tub washing machine.

When the two appliances arrived at the family compound, many people gathered around to join in the fun and look at them curiously.

"Oh, fans and washing machines! Great stuff!"

"I heard this thing is useful!"

"I don't believe it. It's definitely not as clean as my hand wash! And it's expensive!"

"You think it's expensive, right?!"

The military wives watched for a while and felt that Captain Cheng's family was willing to spend money. They were also envious of his family's ability to save up so many industrial coupons.

Looking at the large appliances, the crowd started talking about what they had recently heard from the men at home, that Team Leader Cheng might be promoted, which suddenly seemed more reasonable.

After all, the brigade commander and the chief have some home appliances at home, including a TV!

Jian Lu instructed the delivery man from the department store to place the fan on the long cabinet in the living room, move the washing machine into the bathroom, and connect the water pipes.

During this time, Cheng Zheng tried to help carry the things, but was stopped by Jian Lu with a look.

He withdrew his hand in dismay and began to "enjoy" his special treatment. He really became a free man!