"Okay, honey, don't overthink it. Since you're planning to change careers, why don't you think about which department you should transfer to?"
Huo Beian sighed and could only say, "Wife, what department do you think I should transfer to?"
Song Ning thought for a moment, "The Education Bureau, I guess."
"The Education Bureau?" Huo Beian was somewhat embarrassed. "Me, a mere military man, transferring to the Education Bureau? This is no joke."
The work at the Education Bureau wasn't actually that busy, since people didn't value education much in those days. Compulsory education wasn't even widespread, and the Education Bureau was practically a dead-end office, with plenty of free time.
“This is no joke. Honey, don’t look at the present, look at decades to come. I’ve told you before, education will be a huge industry in the future, the most valued and profitable. Being close to the source will give you an advantage. Having connections in high places will make it easier to get ahead. Our descendants will all benefit from your influence.”
"Really?" Huo Beian looked at his wife's serious expression and was somewhat puzzled.
"Of course it's true. Would I lie to you?"
"Okay. Then I'll apply, and I'll apply to the Education Bureau."
"So, honey, don't worry. Our lives will definitely get better and better in the future. In another fifty years, almost every household will have a car, a TV and a telephone in every building, and everyone will be living a comfortable life."
Song Ning began to describe the wonderful future life to Huo Beian.
Huo Beian listened intently.
"Honey, what will our country's military strength be like in the future? Will anyone still dare to bully us?"
There was a small country surrounding country H that kept provoking them, so in the 1970s, they were always prepared for war. Although there was no large-scale war, small-scale wars of self-defense and counterattack continued.
Moreover, at that time, India, the neighboring country to the southwest, was also constantly provoking H country's border defenses.
Huo Beian felt that in a few years, a war of self-defense would be needed to completely resolve this matter.
"Decades later, our country will have a very powerful military, and we will have domestically developed aircraft carriers, spacecraft, and space stations. We will also be the world's largest economy."
"Really? That's great."
Huo Beian clenched his fist happily.
As a soldier, hearing that my country's future military strength is so powerful fills me with immense passion.
So this is what the world will be like decades from now! He's really looking forward to it; life will definitely be different every day.
We hope that the prosperous future will be as we wish.
"Moreover, in the future, the enrollment rate of higher education in our country will be close to 95%, almost universal. There will be more college students than dogs." Song Ning sighed. "But with that comes the fact that it is extremely stressful and tiring. In that future world, I was a college graduate who was unemployed at home and could only work as a live streamer."
"Roll? What does that mean?" Huo Beian was a little confused.
"That means unfair competition. In the end, all that back and forth is essentially a waste of effort."
"I think I understand somewhat."
"In short, life in the future will be happy, with both troubles and joys. It is an era where opportunities and challenges coexist."
As Song Ning was speaking, Huo Beian suddenly reached out and grasped her hand, saying tenderly, "Wife, I am willing to stay with you until that future era. Holding your hand, we will grow old together. In life and in death, we will be bound by our promise."
"Why is my husband suddenly being so sentimental?"
Before he could finish speaking, Huo Beian pressed a deep kiss on his lips.
Song Ning also reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck, and the two kissed passionately.
Now, having experienced life and death, the two are completely honest with each other and have no secrets from one another.
At this moment, the two are simply two souls finding warmth in each other, two hearts beating sincerely...
Huo Beian stayed in the hospital for half a month before he and Song Ning returned to their unit.
On this day, the sycamore leaves in the Gancheng Military Region were falling softly.
Holding his hospital medical records, Huo Beian submitted his application for demobilization to the military. He stood at the door of the leader's office, wearing an olive-green military uniform, the third-class merit medal on his uniform still gleaming coldly, his brows furrowed with sorrow.
After today, he will never have the chance to wear this military uniform again.
The military region leader, holding the application, finally wrote "agree" with a fountain pen and stamped it, the ink spreading across the word "agree".
He knew how hard Huo Beian, the king of soldiers who climbed his way up from the reconnaissance company, had worked...
During the border standoff last year, he led his team to lie in wait for seven days and seven nights, drawing a map of the enemy's firepower deployment with perfect accuracy...
The youngest battalion commander in the unit... a king of soldiers who strikes fear into the hearts of the enemy...
"Huo Beian, the organization will miss you." Commander Gao patted his shoulder earnestly.
"Thank you, leader. I'm also very reluctant to leave. But my health won't allow it."
Huo Beian was also very upset. He finally took off his military cap, stood up straight, and saluted Commander Gao.
"The organization will always be your home. If you encounter any difficulties after you are transferred to civilian work, remember to tell the organization."
"Thank you, boss."
At the same time, Song Ning also went to the cultural troupe and applied for early discharge from the army.
Yuan Yan was very reluctant to part with her and held her hand affectionately. "Song Ning, it's such a pity that you retired from the performing arts troupe after all this time. And your departure is a great loss to our troupe. We will never have a pianist again."
Song Ning was also very reluctant to leave. She knew that she had faced so much resistance when she joined the performing arts troupe because of her family background, but now she had to retire.
She was sad, but there was nothing she could do. If Huo Beian was no longer in the army, there was no point in her staying here any longer.
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