Chapter 189: Sounding out His Intentions

That night, Wen Yuan accompanied the new chief and Commander Duan, sat in the chief's office, and introduced the current situation of the 9th Division to the new chief.

Xu Changhe officially completed the transfer procedures and will report to a unit under Kun District the next day.

"Su Hong! We have a big happy event." Wen Yuan came home from get off work and excitedly told his wife, "Let's prepare a good dinner tomorrow to entertain the new leader and Commander Duan. Go to the town early tomorrow morning to buy food. Buy more good food and prepare a big table."

Su Hong leaned against the rattan chair, leisurely listening to the Swan Dance on the radio.

She looked at the man's excited expression and opened her mouth.

The new leader, Han Suijing, is a capable commander of the Yunnan Provincial Military Region. He is well-known in any unit in Yunnan Province.

Ordinary cadres like their family are under pressure from the division commander, and the men in their family have to live by their fingers. They are in two completely different worlds compared to the new leader and Commander Duan.

Su Hong couldn't even dream that her man would have the opportunity to get close to the top leaders, so she quickly turned off the radio.

"The new leader and Commander Duan just went to the Zhai family on the third floor for dinner, why are they coming to our house for dinner again?"

"Hehe! This is called the wheel of fortune," Wen Yuan sat down on the bench next to his wife and told her that Xu Changhe had been officially transferred out of the Ninth Division. "Tomorrow, Xu Changhe and his family will have to leave the Ninth Division. How we live in the future will depend on tomorrow night."

Wenyuan glanced at his daughter's room meaningfully, and seeing that the door was open and the light was on in the room, he called his daughter out.

The man excitedly asked his daughter to come out and talk. Su Hong leaned back in the rattan chair, pressed the radio button again, and pouted: "Why, the food at the Zhai family is not delicious? You still want to eat at our Wen family's."

The entire family compound saw the two senior officials go to the Zhai family on the third floor to have dinner, and they were eating happily.

Naturally, Su Hong had heard a long time ago that the two senior officials from Kun District were going to the Zhai family for dinner. As a woman like her who was as quiet as a chrysanthemum in front of others, she had no business joining in the fun.

While other military wives were eagerly waiting for the two distinguished guests, Su Hong, on the other hand, was leisurely cooking and eating at home with her daughters, and listening to the programs on the radio.

Wenyuan seemed to have already entered the circle of senior executives. He held his wife's hand and said, "I have asked around. The new leader is still single and has no one to date. For our Tingting, it's hard to find a partner even with a lantern."

He lowered his voice.

Su Hong sighed and didn't want to treat the new leader to dinner. She was not like the woman on the third floor who was ostentatious and aroused jealousy from other women in the compound.

"Tingting, come out, Dad is calling you."

Wen Yiting, who was sitting next to the drawer in the room, was flipping through photos, some of which were group photos she had taken with some comrades in the army.

Among them is a photo of her and Zhai Ximo.

Wen Yiting was admitted to a university in Kunqu and lived in the big city of Kunqu for two years. She had seen the world, so it was nothing special for two cadres to come to Wen's house for dinner.

She put the photo down and came out of the room, fiddling with her long, slightly curled hair.

Wenyuan intends to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the new chief Han Suijing.

"He is a cadre transferred from a large city. He is very important and well-educated. He is also a top student who graduated from a military university. Although he was temporarily transferred to Xiong District to take charge of the Ninth Division, you may not know that he has a very high prestige in the Yunnan Provincial Military District and is expected to take over as the top leader in the future."

Wen Yiting had a dull look in her eyes. She knew that this big official was not from the same world as her.

While she was in college, she saw many alumni's failed love affairs. All of them ended up in shattered pieces because of their pursuit of unattainable love.

Wen Yiting knows very well that she does not have big ambitions and her biggest wish in life is to marry the man she loves.

The man of her dreams went back to his hometown to visit his relatives this year, but instead of getting a divorce, he brought his country bumpkin wife to join the army. So she might have to come up with a way to have the best of both worlds.

Let Zhai Ximo’s country wife know how big the gap is between herself and men!

What was the point of just knowing the bandaging skills of a barefoot village doctor? How could it be compared with a regular college student like her?

Must see him divorced.

After thinking about it, Wen Yiting sat down in front of her parents and asked, "Dad, besides inviting the new leader and Commander Duan, have you invited anyone else tomorrow night?"

"Of course, we would like to invite other officials."

"Did you invite Vice-President Zhai's family?"

"Vice Colonel Zhai's wife is a big hit with Commander Duan, and she was invited to dinner at Zhai's house, so how could we not invite him?"

Wen Yuan knew that the reason why Wang Ziru could walk so proudly in front of Commander Duan was because she had gone to Baiteng Town this time and solved a difficult problem for the Ninth Division - dozens of seriously injured soldiers gradually recovered under her careful care.

Therefore, the new leader held Xu Changhe accountable for his dereliction of duty, and the handling of the injured was considered a great achievement for Xu Changhe, so that he was not demoted several levels.

Wen Yiting thought for a moment and said, "Since our family is hosting the new chief and Commander Duan, we should invite more people, including the wives of the cadres, to make the party lively."

"We men are having a dinner together, why should we allow women to join in?" Wen Yuan never thought of inviting the wives of those cadres as well.

Su Hong looked back at the graceful young lady and was very proud. "Just do as the young lady wishes."

"Invite so many people to our house for dinner?" It was the first time for Wenyuan to do such a thing.

When he was under Xu Changhe's command before, he tried his best not to show his edge. Now that Xu Changhe has just passed away, wouldn't it be too eye-catching for the Wen family to invite so many cadres and family members to dinner?

"Tell Deputy Colonel Zhai's wife to come up and help us prepare dinner. Commander Duan likes the food she cooks," said Su Hong.

Wenyuan is the kind of cadre who keeps a low profile and is strategic in his work. He has always lived a simple life with his wife, so he would always take his wife's words into consideration. "Yes, you two will definitely not be able to handle inviting so many people to your home for dinner. You have to ask a few other military wives to help cook."

Su Hong had not wanted to show off like this, but seeing that the young lady had graduated from college and had grown into such a beautiful woman, she thought it was time to draw everyone's attention to this rising star in the Wen family.

Now that there is no one suppressing them from above, she should support the man's desire to move up.

The Wen family has been dormant for so many years, it's time for them to come to the fore.

If you can make friends with the new leader and establish a good relationship with him, it will bring you many benefits in the future.

Even if her daughter did not end up marrying the man, it didn't matter. She never expected her daughter to marry an official of such high status.

That night, Wenyuan personally went to several cadres' homes and specially invited their families. Although the cadres were surprised, they happily agreed to go to Wen's house for a party the next day.

Wen Yuan went to Zhai's house on the third floor and formally invited Zhai Ximo and his wife to have dinner at Wen's house.

At that time, Zhai Ximo came home from get off work, had just finished a shower, and was holding a face towel in his hand. He looked at his wife in surprise and asked hurriedly, "Teacher Wen, are you going to hold a party this time?"

"As a welcome to the new leader, Comrade Ziru, please go up to the fifth floor early tomorrow afternoon to help." Wen Yuan smiled friendly.

Since Wen Yuan had asked, Wang Ziru would definitely give him face. "Okay! I'll go to your house after lunch tomorrow and see if I can do anything to help my sister-in-law."

After Wen Yuan left, the Zhai family also closed the door and went to sleep.

Zhai Ximo asked Baoer to sleep with his uncle at night so that they could have peace and quiet at night.

When Wang Ziru returned to her room and prepared to go to sleep, she realized, "Did the Wen family hire more than a dozen cadres and their wives?"

"Maybe Xu Changhe finally left, and Teacher Wen wanted to get along well with everyone."

"Well, I heard that the Wen family has an older daughter who just graduated from college recently and will also work in the army in the future?" Wang Ziru asked, leaning against the head of the bed and looking at the man.

Zhai Ximo had taken off half of his shirt, revealing his muscular arms. He was stunned for a moment before reacting, "The daughter of the headmaster Wen's family has already set a goal. After graduation, she will return to the army to serve as a female arts soldier."

"So... you are quite familiar with Wen Yiting?"

"Not very familiar with her," Zhai Ximo continued to undress, and the light green short-sleeved shirt fell off his hands. His shoulders and back had clear lines, and he was thin and tight. He was a little thin, but he looked very powerful.

Wang Ziru assessed the man's pretty good figure and poked his waist with her finger.

"What are you doing? Are you acting like a hooligan?" Zhai Ximo was afraid of being itchy, so he smiled and slapped his wife's fingers away, then dodged to the side.

"Does Wen Yiting have a date?"

"Why are you so interested in the Wen family tonight?" Zhai Ximo put one hand on the ground in front of the bed, doing push-ups, and said, "Wen Yiting has lived in the family compound since she was a child. There are almost no soldiers in the army who don't know her. As for the target, I don't know."

Although Wang Ziru was a carefree person, she would occasionally think of the unfinished words Li Juan said in the afternoon.

The next morning, Zhai Ximo got up early and went to work at the regiment headquarters.

Wang Ziru planned to take her children and her uncle to the town to buy some things. The bowls and chopsticks at home were still the earthenware bowls brought from her hometown. If there were to be guests at home again, she couldn't go to the fourth floor to borrow Zhu Yan's new bowls and chopsticks.

"Sister-in-law, I'm thinking, should we go to the Cheng family in Li Village to take a look at Miss Xueru?" Zhai Qingsong finally couldn't help but say as he followed his sister-in-law out.

"Brother, do you want to go see Xueru? That's fine. Baoer and I will go to the town to buy things, and you can go to Li Village."

Zhai Qingsong was a taciturn farmer. He didn't want to go to Cheng's house for no reason. He said shyly, "Let's go to Li Village first. If Miss Xueru is okay, we can still go to the town in time."

Seeing that his uncle was so insistent, Wang Ziru thought it was inconvenient for a grown man like him to go to Cheng's house. After hesitating for a moment, he handed the bamboo basket to his uncle and said, "Just do as my brother said and go to Li Village first."

Wang Ziru locked the door, and when the three of them went downstairs together, they met several military wives.

When those military wives saw Wang Ziru, they looked a little strange and didn't show any intention of greeting them.

Wang Ziru was a little puzzled. Most of the military wives she met yesterday greeted her warmly, so what happened today?

Without thinking much, she took her child to Li Village.

After leaving the army, Wang Ziru made a special visit to the environment around the army. On the inner side of the road not far from Li Village, there was a forest and no wasteland.

The idea of ​​reclaiming a piece of wasteland near the troops had to be abandoned.

From the troops passing Licun, entering the Licun fork, you can see flat rice fields along the way.

That day she rode her bike to a fork in the road and picked wild berries with Commander Duan. Two days later, no berries could be seen by the woods on the other side of the tractor road. They must have been picked by children.

About half an hour later, the three arrived at Cheng's house in Li Village.

"Is Bao'er here?" When Wang Ziru was about to reach the fenced yard of the Cheng family, she ran into Grandpa Cheng Xueru who was returning from the field with a basket full of potatoes on his back.

"Ah! Grandpa, did you go to the fields to dig potatoes early?" Wang Ziru hurriedly asked her uncle to open the yard and help take the backpack from the old man's back.

"Brother, be careful. Use your right hand more when doing things. Pay attention to the scar on your left hand."

Someone was talking to grandpa in the yard outside. Cheng Xueru was still cooking in the kitchen. She hurried out of the main room and saw Baoer, mother and uncle coming over.

A smile suddenly appeared on the girl's originally calm face, "Sister Ziru, why are you here?"

"Brother is worried about you, so we came to see you before going to town..." Wang Ziru said frankly.

"Huh? No, no..." Zhai Qingsong waved his hands quickly, and then he realized that Cheng Xueru was looking at him uncomfortably.

Cheng Xueru bit her lower lip lightly, her pretty face flushed. After recovering from the shock, she quickly replied, "Don't worry, Brother Zhai. I'm fine."

After saying that, he quickly pulled Wang Ziru to the stove.

"Sister Ziru, I want to ask you something, and you have to tell me honestly." After entering the kitchen, Cheng Xueru said shyly.

Wang Ziru stood beside the stove made of earthen bricks and looked at the pot of pig food in the big iron pot, which was almost cooked.

"What do you want to ask?"

Cheng Xueru hesitated for a long time, mustered up her courage, and said with dodgy eyes: "I heard that Baoer's uncle got divorced?"

"Ah? My eldest brother? He's divorced. His previous sister-in-law had a bad temper and he didn't get along with her. It's good that they're divorced. I can find him another partner in the future."

"So what's the situation at home?"

"Now? Isn't this what you see? His left hand was injured and he is still recovering. That's why Baoer's father brought him to the army with us to give him a change of environment."

Before Wang Ziru could finish her words, Cheng Xueru asked, "What kind of partner does he want to find? Sister Ziru, I think your uncle has a good personality, is kind, honest, and hardworking. He is not the kind of man who is cunning and treacherous, so I think..."