Chapter 174 Want to Kill
After the call, the head of the Ministry of National Defense told Luo Jiu that my country's missile research has made some progress recently, but because it is a top-secret project, it is not convenient to talk about it on the phone. If the president needs it, he can bring the person in charge with him to report in person.
Luo Jiu thought about it and decided that asking others to take time out to come and report would be a waste of their time. It would be better for him to go back and check the situation on the scene himself.
The next day, Luo Jiu landed somewhere in the desert by helicopter.
This is the experimental base of the China Missile Force Research Institute, where nearly 8,000 staff members conduct missile research and testing.
Knowing that the president was coming, the base prepared a grand welcome ceremony.
Everyone was smiling, waving their hats, and warmly welcoming her.
Luo Jiu felt extremely heavy as he looked at the desert without any grass and the young faces that were weathered by the wind, sand and scorching sun.
Many of them were overseas students who had returned. They had spent seven years with her in the West, and she was very familiar with many of their faces.
In my memory, these students still had young and childish faces, but in front of me they all had black faces and cracked lips.
In just three years, the students seemed to have aged seven or eight years.
Luo Jiu suppressed his nasal tears and shook hands with everyone one by one.
Due to limited conditions, the researchers here are diverse, including international students, newly graduated college students, mathematical experts selected from junior classes, and talents from all walks of life drawn from the military.
Luo Jiu walked past the group of children in the junior class. Seeing that these kids were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and had to endure loneliness, boredom and harsh environment here, his heart felt like being pulled by something.
In the welcoming team for the junior class, Luo Jiu met Xiaohua, the little girl that Chen Liguo picked up on the way to join the army.
After Xiaohua avenged her brother, she stayed in the army.
After the unification of the country, the army was streamlined and reorganized, and children in their teens like Xiaohua were sent to school.
Last year, Luo Jiu heard Zhong Jialing mention that Xiaohua was extremely focused and hardworking, and was selected into the junior scientific research class. He didn't expect to see her here.
Luo Jiu held Xiaohua's thin arm. Thinking of this child who had no relatives and was arranged here alone, he couldn't help but said distressedly: "Comrade Xiaohua, have you encountered any difficulties here? Is there anyone to take care of you?"
Xiaohua replied crisply: "President, there is no difficulty. I live with my sisters and they all take good care of me."
Luo Jiu didn't believe it, "Really? Then why are you so thin?"
Before Xiaohua could answer, a fat boy next to her said, "The food here is not good. I have been here for half a year and have lost 20 pounds. President, if you live here for a while, you will lose weight too."
As soon as these words were spoken, the leaders of the base all took a deep breath.
Yu Zengnian, director of the Missile Forces Institute, quickly rebuked him, "Qian Xiaolei, did you get the chance to speak? Don't be disrespectful when talking to the president."
Luo Jiu glanced at Yu Zengnian, "What do you want to do? Don't let the child tell the truth?"
Yu Zengnian was so embarrassed that he stopped talking. Tang Yushu, the project's chief director, said, "President, please don't misunderstand me. Director Yu didn't mean that. He was just afraid that the child might offend you if he didn't know better."
Luo Jiu glanced at her, and Tang Yushu didn't dare to say anything else.
Luo Jiu looked at everyone, "What do you think of the food here?"
Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "Okay!"
"Okay?" Luo Jiu frowned. She walked up to the soldier who shouted the loudest and asked him, "What did you eat last night?"
The soldier replied: "President, cabbage and tofu soup, fried celery, and white rice."
"What about noon?"
"Shredded potatoes, fried leeks, and big steamed buns."
When Luo Jiu heard this, her face turned greener than the leaves. She gritted her teeth and asked, "What's so good about this dish that doesn't have any meat or fish?"
The soldier answered seriously: "President, before liberation, my family couldn't even afford steamed bread. My younger brother was born a year before liberation and starved to death when he was less than one year old.
I was lucky. I took the college entrance examination for the first time and ate white rice for the first time when I entered university.
I feel very lucky to be chosen here, I have enough food and never go hungry."
Luo Jiu frowned and really wanted to say something to him, but he didn't know what to say.
After all, from his perspective, this was considered a good meal.
Luo Jiu glanced at Yu Zengnian and Tang Yushu, "You two, take me to the kitchen right now."
The two of them lowered their heads and led Luo Jiu into the kitchen in silence.
It was not meal time, and there was no one in the kitchen. Luo Jiu simply rolled up his sleeves and personally checked the food reserves in the kitchen.
The rice jar and flour jar are full and kept very clean.
But there were only potatoes, wilted greens, cabbages and the like on the vegetable shelf.
She opened a large iron basin with a lid and finally found a basin of ribs inside.
Unexpectedly, Sister Jin from the kitchen came in at this time, saw Luo Jiu opened the rib basin, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't move! That's prepared for the president!
Everyone knows that the president loves to eat ribs. Look at you, why do you have to open it? What if a bug gets in? Really."
She snatched the lid from Luo Jiu's hand and quickly covered it again.
Tang Yushu knew that today would not be a good day for him, and his face was almost as bitter as a bitter melon. He didn't expect that the situation would be made worse, with one trouble after another.
She reminded with a look of despair, "Sister Jin, this is the president."
"Ah?" The lid in Sister Jin's hand fell to the ground with a clang. "President, President, I... I didn't recognize you!"
Her legs suddenly went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Luo Jiu helped her up and said, "It's none of your business. I want to ask you, where is the meat in the kitchen?"
Sister Jin pointed at the basin of spareribs and then suddenly remembered, "There are three chickens. The supply truck delivered them this morning. They are alive. They will be killed for you whenever you want to eat them."
Luo Jiu had no mood to eat, she was so angry that she was full. And she even wanted to kill a chicken.
She really wanted to curse someone now, and was afraid of missing out on anyone she should curse.
"Ms. Jin, right? Could you please go and get your logistics director here?"
"Hey, President, I'm going right away." Sister Jin trotted along, feeling anxious, and shouted as she ran, "Minister Wang! Something terrible has happened, come quickly! The President is looking for you!"
Wang Changmang was mending clothes for the soldiers with an embroidery needle. When he heard this, the needle accidentally pierced his finger and he screamed in pain.
Just as he was about to open the door, Sister Jin pushed it open and came in. Wang Changmang already had a lame leg and had difficulty moving, so he bumped into her and fell over.
Sister Jin pulled him up with her rough hands and said breathlessly, "Hurry! The president summoned you."
Wang Changmang: "What's the matter? Are you in a hurry? Is your eyebrows in danger?"
Sister Jin complained bitterly, "It's worse than a burning eyebrow. I think the president's face is blacker than the bottom of a pot. It looks like he wants to kill someone."
Wang Changmang was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He limped to the kitchen and saw Luo Jiu sharpening a knife.
Director Yu and Commander-in-Chief Tang stood there like two wooden pegs, not daring to breathe.
Wang Changmang moved in cautiously. Before he could speak, he heard Luo Jiu sharpening his knife and asking, "Who among you three embezzled the food money?"
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