Chapter 37 Departure from Home to Family Compound
“I understand that marriage is a lifelong commitment, and I have never thought about getting a divorce.”
Since Huo Tingzhou has already said that, what else can Director Cao say?
"Take some time to go to the military hospital for a physical examination. I will expedite the approval of your marriage application and get back to you by next week at the latest."
There were many types of infectious diseases in this era, so in order to ensure the safety of the troops and the stability of families.
When pilots get married, both husband and wife must go to the military hospital for a physical examination and screening for infectious diseases, genetic diseases, and reproductive health.
"Thank you, Director Cao."
Huo Tingzhou thanked him and then hung up the phone. He then dialed Director Li's number in the logistics department.
Upon hearing that his marriage application would be ready next week, Director Li approved the application for the family compound without hesitation.
As for Huo Tingzhou's wish to build a small courtyard outside, he readily agreed.
He Ping had no idea that his own regimental commander was involved. Upon receiving the notification from the logistics department, he immediately contacted his own regimental commander.
Huo Tingzhou felt guilty, but he still told Jiang Si everything.
Jiang Si didn't think much of it after hearing that. It would be good to be able to go home to her family compound sooner, as she was getting really bored staying at this guesthouse.
However, she was most satisfied with Huo Tingzhou's attitude.
He is methodical, decisive, and honest.
fine!
The next morning, Jiang Si got up before six o'clock.
However, Huo Tingzhou left earlier than her; the receptionist said he left around 5 a.m.
At this time, the canteen and state-run restaurants had just opened, and there were many people queuing to buy breakfast, so Jiang Si didn't join the crowd.
During this time, whenever she had nothing to do in the evenings, she would take a stroll in her virtual space and feed the piglets and ducklings.
These little ones eat the fruits and vegetables grown in the space and drink the spiritual spring water.
The piglets, which originally weighed only 20-odd pounds, grew into large fat pigs weighing over 200 pounds in less than half a month.
The yellow chicks and ducklings were all plump and healthy.
When Jiang Si went to check her space, she was surprised to find eight chubby pink piglets in the pigpen!
There were even more ducklings and chicks, a total of forty or fifty.
It seems that once she gets back to the family compound, she'll have to hurry up and plant some ordinary vegetables in the yard.
Otherwise, at this rate, the space will soon become an animal kingdom.
Strangely, the seafood and freshwater fish she raises, even though they soak in the spiritual spring every day, don't seem to grow wildly.
Unable to figure it out, Jiang Si stopped thinking about it. Perhaps the space had its own logic.
Taking advantage of the free time, Jiang Si selected the "One-Click Slaughter" function and quickly left the space to pack her things.
Pork is delicious, but she couldn't bear to watch the pig being slaughtered.
When the time was almost up, Jiang Si went into the space.
The slaughtered, fat pig has now been cut into different parts.
Jiang Si cut off a piece of hind leg meat, weighing about three pounds, and scooped out about two pounds of flour.
After selecting "One-Click Cooking", 40 fragrant and hot meat buns were steamed in ten minutes.
Jiang Si tried it, and it tasted similar to what was sold in the cafeteria.
But upon closer inspection, the one in the space definitely tastes better.
After packing several large meat buns into an aluminum lunchbox, Jiang Si caught a speckled rooster and a mallard duck from the chicken coop and tied them tightly with straw rope.
Last night, Huo Tingzhou discussed it with her. The people who came to help today were from the same battalion as him and they were usually quite close.
After he finished tidying up in the afternoon, he wanted them to stay at his house for a simple dinner, as a way of welcoming them in advance.
Moving furniture is hard work, so it's only right to treat the person to a meal. Jiang Si naturally had no objection.
If it weren't for the fact that the temperature on Qiongzhou Island is over 30 degrees Celsius during the day, and the pork would spoil before nightfall, she would have liked to buy a few pounds of fatty pork to take back with her.
But with chicken and duck, we can just get a few stir-fries from the cafeteria later, that should be enough.
Around nine o'clock, Jiang Si came downstairs with her luggage.
Huo Tingzhou paid the room fee last night; she just needs to sign a form to return the keys.
Before leaving, Jiang Si casually asked the staff about the location of the nearby state-run vegetable market.
Fortunately, it's not far away; it only takes about ten minutes to drive there.
Jiang Si strolled around the market and had to admit, Qiongzhou Island really had a huge variety of fruits.
She didn't buy much, just a few coconuts and more than ten mangoes, and a few papayas to save for stewing bird's nest.
When she has time later, she will buy more local fruit seedlings to plant in the space!
After wandering around inside for another ten minutes or so, Jiang Si came out.
When putting things away, she took the chicken and duck that she had just tied up out of her storage space, and to prevent them from getting dirty in the trunk, she specially laid a thick layer of newspaper underneath them.
After thinking about it, I took 30 eggs and some vegetables that are common in this season.
When we arrived at the department store, most of the furniture had already been moved, and the workers were securing it with ropes.
The roads in the provincial capital are relatively easy to travel, but once you leave the provincial capital and turn onto the county roads, there is a particularly bumpy section of the road.
So when Huo Tingzhou came in the morning, he gave each of the craftsmen a pack of cigarettes and asked them to add more ropes when securing the ropes.
While supervising the construction, Huo Tingzhou would occasionally glance at the road next to him.
Seeing that Jiang Si had parked her car on the side of the road, Huo Tingzhou strode over.
"It should be almost done in ten minutes. You can rest in the car for a while."
Jiang Si hummed in agreement, took a steamed bun from the lunchbox, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
"I bought some steamed buns, they're pretty good, eat them while they're hot."
Huo Tingzhou was stunned for a moment before he realized that she had fed him the steamed bun herself.
It's quite delicious.
Huo Tingzhou ate five in one go!
Jiang Si was stunned. How could he eat such a big bun in three bites?
"Eat slowly." Jiang Si handed him her military water bottle.
This container is mostly filled with cooled boiled water, with only a small amount of spiritual spring water added.
Huo Tingzhou, who should have been overjoyed, felt a strange pang of sadness when he saw the water bottle Jiang Si handed him.
She never let anyone touch her things, let alone share them with others.
Third Uncle only knew the general outline of what happened to the Jiang family. The sentence he said most often on the phone was, "You must treat her better in the future."
In a corner where no one could see him, Huo Tingzhou clenched his fists.
He didn't understand what had happened.
But he knew she must have been wronged!
Jiang Si had no idea that he had imagined so much just because she had handed him a water bottle once.
Little did they know that he had blamed Shen Xiuwen for this whole affair.
As a result, people who were supposed to be released by the end of this month were detained by the Red Committee for almost two years.
After a while, Huo Tingzhou took the kettle from him.
He didn't touch the bottle opening, but tilted his head back and gulped down a few mouthfuls.
Soon, all the furniture was secured.
Huo Tingzhou greeted the transport team members and also gave the driver a pack of cigarettes before taking the driver's seat.
It takes more than three hours to get back to the military base from the provincial capital, including an hour and a half of the coastal road, which has incredibly beautiful scenery.
At this moment, Jiang Si, who was admiring the unparalleled sea view by the car window, was unaware of this.
Because of her arrival, the entrance to the family compound was already crowded with onlookers.
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