Chapter 184: They are divorced, how come they are together?

Han Suijing sat behind his desk with a calm expression, fully giving the masses and cadres the same right to appeal.

After listening patiently for twenty minutes, Liao Fengjiao's claim that "Commander Duan deliberately targeted Old Xu" made sense one by one, but it was not the case at all.

"Comrade Liao wants me to do something for Xu Changhe?" Han Suijing asked calmly.

"Old Xu didn't allow me to talk to the commander about these things. Commander, you are also a soldier. You must know that being demoted, having your salary reduced, and being transferred away from your original unit is a fatal blow to a soldier."

"Who told you that being transferred out of your original military region was a fatal blow?"

"Isn't it? Commander, you are still young, not like our old Xu. Once he is transferred to another military region, he will definitely be suppressed by others. No matter how hard he works, he will never be able to get promoted in this life."

Liao Fengjiao's eyes were red, and her fingers were tightly holding a handkerchief, which was mostly wet.

She had lived in the 9th Division compound for more than ten years. Why would she want to go to Kun District?

She had no acquaintances in Kun District, and moving her family to Kun District would mean starting everything from scratch, and she was not willing to make any changes.

Han Suijing looked at the watch on his wrist and saw that it would be 10:30 in half an hour.

"Comrade Liao, you have to know that my time is very precious. You have already wasted 27 minutes of my time. If you don't have a central idea, please leave here."

"Commander, you must seek justice for our Lao Xu."

"Fair? Tell me how to help?"

Liao Fengjiao wiped her tears with the handkerchief in her hand, and glanced at the new chief cautiously, feeling aggrieved: "He was dedicated to defending the country, but Commander Duan demoted him and reduced his salary. The commander also deducted his salary to buy food and distribute it to a few unrelated military wives."

"These days, food is so scarce in every household! How can I live with Old Xu now?"

Liao Fengjiao burst into tears again.

"Comrade Liao, you wasted half an hour of my time just to tell me that the commander gave food as a reward to a few military wives?"

"Shouldn't I have said it? Commander Duan was angry, why didn't he criticize Xu Changhe at the district meeting? He arbitrarily deducted Old Xu's salary to please a few military wives. How can Old Xu and I put our faces aside?"

Han Suijing's eyes were gloomy, as if he was deliberately trying to keep people in suspense: "Well, what you said makes sense."

"So has the chief decided to recover the deducted salary for Old Xu?" Liao Fengjiao's face was full of hope.

"Or should we let Old Xu be under observation for the time being and then restore his title of division commander after a while?"

"Comrade Liao, do you think the military transfer order is a joke?" In an instant, Han Suijing took out a black pen from his left chest pocket, unscrewed the cap, opened the notebook in front of him, and a chill instantly emanated from his body:

"You just said that you want Xu Changhe to be criticized at the district meeting? No problem! I will report your request now. According to the military district regulations, Xu Changhe will have to report to Kun District tomorrow. Then let the commander criticize him again at the district meeting."

"No! That's not what I meant, Chief..."

"You've made your point very clear! Comrade Liao, you should get out. I won't allow anyone who has nothing to do with me to waste more than thirty minutes of my time."

Liao Fengjiao hadn't reacted yet and looked at the new leader with a dull mind.

However, Han Suijing ordered him to leave.

The guard, who had been as quiet as air, turned and walked to the door, opened the door of the chief's office, and looked at Liao Fengjiao. "The chief's office has important military matters to deal with. People who are not involved please leave immediately."

Liao Fengjiao's eyes squeezed out two more lines of tears, and she pleaded with a miserable look: "Commander, I don't want to follow Lao Xu to Kunqu to join the army, can I..."

"Can't."

"I haven't finished talking yet."

"Get out!" Han Suijing became furious when he saw the attitude of the wife of the commander of Xiong District.

In any unit in Kunqu District, even the wife of the high-ranking commander is not allowed to set foot in the unit's office.

Of course, Commander Duan is still a single man now!

"I came to see the commander today, not because I had to do anything. Old Xu is a loyal and honest man. When he received the mission from the military region to recapture Baiteng Town, he did not hesitate at all. There were obviously not many soldiers left in the army, but he led the vanguard troops to Baiteng Town to fight that day."

Liao Fengjiao was unwilling to leave like this, because she knew that the women in the family compound were watching her.

You can't really follow Xu Changhe to Kun District, right?

Han Suijing ordered the guards, "Go and ask Xu Changhe to come in."

The couple had some tricks up their sleeves. Xu Changhe thought he could avoid punishment by asking the woman in his family to plead for him.

The regiment office soon learned that Liao Fengjiao was severely scolded by the new leader and returned to the compound in disgrace.

All members of the regiment were busy preparing for the consolation meeting for the families of military martyrs to be held in the auditorium in the afternoon.

Zhai Ximo originally wanted to slip away and go home, but he knew very well that a new official has three things to do when he takes office, and everyone in the regiment headquarters might be called to the new leader's office at any time.

I had no choice but to prepare with everyone for the condolence meeting at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Liao Fengjiao returned to the family compound covered in dust and dirt and was seen by many military wives.

At Zhai's house on the third floor, Wang Ziru slept for a while and then got up to wash up.

She knew that Bao'er had followed his uncle to Cheng Xueru's home in the nearby Li Village. She asked several military wives for directions to Li Village and left the army alone.

It was almost noon, and Wang Ziru was thinking about what to eat for lunch, so she planned to go to Li Village to find some vegetables.

Unexpectedly, not far from the military gate, he ran into Commander Duan at the fork in the road leading to Li Village and nodded to him politely.

"Commander! Are you coming to Xiong District too?"

"Why, can't I come yet?" Duan Yanzhi got a bicycle from somewhere and rode around the troops.

As soon as he and Han Suijing arrived at the unit, Han Suijing was harassed by someone.

At this time, Xu Changhe's woman was complaining to Han Suijing. Accompanied by several cadres, he strolled around the troops. He simply asked the guards to get a bicycle and rode outside the troops.

Just one day after they separated, Duan Yanzhi saw Wang Ziru again. He felt strangely friendly: "You little wife, the troops are so lively, but you don't go and join them. You run out alone!"

"I'm not a female soldier in the army. I'm not interested in the fun stuff in the army."

Wang Ziru saw that the commander did not seem to be doing serious work, so she joked: "New leaders start working as soon as they arrive at the troops, but you come here to inspect and you are riding your bike on the road."

"Well, you are absolutely right," Duan Yanzhi was not angry. A friendly smile appeared on his unshaven face. He rode a 28-inch bicycle and followed Wang Ziru slowly. "Can you ride a bicycle?"

Wang Ziru looked down at her navy blue denim pants, turned her head, and thought, "It's useless to know how to ride a bike."

"Then why is it useless? All female soldiers in the army can ride bicycles."

"I'm just a country bumpkin from the countryside. Besides, even if I could ride a bike, my family doesn't have a 28-bar bike."

Duan Yanzhi smiled and said, "I'll come down and show you a 28-caliber heavy-duty truck."

She thought the commander was joking, but it turned out he was serious. He swung his long legs and got down from the seat with his tall figure.

He pushed the cart and followed Wang Ziru. "Since you cooked delicious food for me, I'll help you. Come up and try it."

"Really?" Wang Ziru curled her lips and smiled.

I looked back and there was no one else on the road.

Wang Ziru thought that since she had free time, it would be a good thing for her to try out a Phoenix 28-bar bicycle from the early 1980s.

Duan Yanzhi handed the steering wheel to her and walked to the rear of the bike, holding the tension of the bike firmly with his palm.

What’s hilarious is that Wang Ziru tried to climb up several times. I don’t know if it was because she had never ridden such a high seat or because of her short legs.

Wang Ziru's face turned red after failing to climb onto the bicycle seat several times.

"You must be tired from riding the bike." Duan Yanzhi snorted lightly, straddled one of his long legs on the rear of the bike, held her slender waist with his other hand, and pushed her onto the seat.

"No, Commander, please don't..." Move your hands or feet.

"Sit up straight, raise your head, hold the handlebar with both hands, and keep the handlebar straight..." Commander Duan patiently taught his young wife as if he was teaching an elementary school student.

At first, Wang Ziru was not used to riding such a high 28-inch bicycle. With someone holding her at the back of the bicycle, she became bolder and tried riding it for a while. She felt that the 28-inch bicycle was not that difficult to ride.

We happened to pass by a bamboo forest, and in the middle of the forest there was a muddy road leading into the village.

"This should be the road to Li Village. Let's ride to Li Village." Wang Ziru said excitedly. The car turned and headed towards the sloping village road of Li Village.

Duan Yanzhi pulled the rear end of the car, slowing down the pace of his young wife. He raised his eyes and glanced at the flat road and green crops ahead.

"Didn't you guess that the troops only had a few days left? How could you know Licun? What were you going to do there?"

Wang Ziru was riding a bicycle, with someone following behind to ensure safety. It was such a leisurely experience.

She told the commander about her plan to go to Cheng Xueru's home in Li Village to look for her child.

"Your uncle is a nice guy. He will help you take care of the baby."

"Yeah, I also think that Big Brother is such a good man, why would he end up getting divorced?"

"Is he divorced?"

Wang Ziru said “hmm”, “My arm was cut by my mother-in-law, and it hasn’t fully recovered yet. My former sister-in-law thought my eldest brother was a loser and insisted on divorcing him. After the divorce, my eldest brother was alone at home, so pitiful, so we took him to the army.”

After listening to the young wife talking about family affairs, Commander Duan said in a rough voice: "You are a very nice person."

"I'm not a bad person! So every time you scold me, I want to fight with you." While chatting about daily matters, Wang Ziru completely let herself go and spoke without any respect.

Duan Yan felt that the young wife was quite interesting. When he entered Li Village, he couldn't stop grinning all the way.

When we saw a few osmanthus trees on the other side of the tractor road, we said, "There are osmanthus trees over there."

"Osmanthus tree? Oh, really, that's great. In two months I can go to the village to pick osmanthus flowers."

"Why are you picking osmanthus flowers?"

"Take it home, mix it with candles, and make aromatherapy. Lighting the aromatherapy can fill the whole house with the sweet fragrance of osmanthus."

Duan Yanzhi began to think seriously about the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance that filled the room...

As if he was particularly susceptible to the young wife's joy, he asked, "Then give me one."

"Hurrah."

Wang Ziru nodded happily. Just then she felt her legs getting a little sore. "Squeak!"

I stopped the car and looked up at the osmanthus trees, with small petals hanging among their green branches and leaves.

I planned to come here early in September to pick osmanthus flowers.

"Are these osmanthus trees so popular?" Suddenly, he saw the young wife stop and pedal with her short legs. Duan Yanzhi laughed strangely twice, "Why don't we steal these osmanthus flowers back today?"

"No, the ones nowadays are not very fragrant." Wang Ziru shook her head and looked around. The biggest difference between the villages near the Xiongqu troops and their hometown is that their hometown is in a mountainous area.

Licun has a flat terrain and the rice fields are all on the dam.

"Look, little wife! What is that?" Duan Yanzhi saw some wild berries growing on the edge of the woods across the tractor road. They were bright red and very tempting. "Do you want to eat them?"

Wang Ziru also saw the small berries dotted among the branches and vines.

So many berries! Don’t the children in the village like them? I haven’t eaten such fresh and unpolluted berries in many years.

Wang Ziru licked her lips and turned to face the bearded man. "The tractor road is too wide. You have long legs. Go over there and help me pick some!"

"Why are you more greedy than a child?" The rough man stared at his young wife with hope on her face and said this slowly. Then he pulled Wang Ziru's beautiful braid very naturally and said in a loud voice: "Wait! Watch me pick all the berries over there for you."

"Okay, okay! You treat me to berries, and we'll have dinner at my house. I'll make some dishes to entertain you, my distinguished guest."

Wang Ziru sat on the seat of a 28-inch bicycle, loosened one hand, and looked at the bright red berries blooming on the other side of the tractor road with great joy.

I watched the commander's long legs cross the tractor path, stride over to the cluster of vines, pick the berries one by one, and soon he returned from the other side of the tractor path with his hands full of juicy berries.

The two of us stood on the road leading into the village, you holding one and I holding one.

Wang Ziru was not afraid of getting dirty. She took the berries from the commander's hand, blew on them one by one, and put them into her mouth. "Hmm, they taste really good, sour and sweet, very appetizing."

I was enjoying my meal when suddenly a series of bicycle bells rang out.

Wang Ziru looked up and saw a young warrior with an unfamiliar face riding a bicycle out of Li Village.

The soldier saw the two faces on the road ahead, his pupils dilated, and he hurriedly stepped on the brakes, "Commander!"