The last mission agreed to retire (revised)
"You're going to retire?!"
There was a loud "bang" in the simple office, accompanied by an unbelievable roar.
The people outside the office were immediately attracted by the sound. They looked over and saw only dust floating in the air from the office tent.
"I want to change my career to spend more time with my wife and children." Huo Chengfeng looked straight at the person in front of him.
Jiang Yeqiang stared at him with his tiger eyes, "Don't joke with me!"
"Really, Political Commissar, I'm not joking. I hope you approve." Huo Chengfeng raised his right hand and solemnly saluted Jiang Yeqiang.
"I don't agree!" Jiang Yeqiang looked unhappy.
Huo Chengfeng never put down his right hand and insisted on saluting.
Jiang Yeqiang looked at him and was so angry that he really wanted to beat him up, "You're retiring now, and you don't want to consider your future?"
"I have thought about it. I joined the army when I was 18. Now I am 26. I have been in the army for 8 years and have been excellent every year. After I retire, I should be able to be assigned to work in a unit in the provincial capital. This way, I can earn money to support my family and spend time with my wife and children."
"Are you really sure that you will be assigned to a unit in the provincial capital? What if you are assigned to a county town or the countryside? You will have no future at all! Chengfeng, you are very smart," Jiang Yeqiang said, "You must know that if you go to the countryside, it will not only harm your own future, but also that of your wife and children. Are you willing to be buried?"
“If all else fails, you can always start your own business.”
Jiang Yeqiang, who was not married, really didn't understand his idea. Now he looked at him as a fool who was crazy about love: "You want to start a business after retiring? You may not be cut out for it. Let me ask you, can't you support your family in the army? Can't you accompany your wife and children? Don't your family members all live in Xitai Town? You can go back to see them every time you have a holiday, or is there something wrong at home? The one in your family wants you to retire? This is a woman..."
Huo Chengfeng interrupted him, "Political Commissar, there is nothing wrong with my family."
Jiang Yeqiang was interrupted, and after hearing this, he became excited again, "Then why are you retreating? You are not allowed to retreat! Bring the report back to me!"
He picked up the report and motioned for Huo Chengfeng to take it back.
Huo Chengfeng did not move. "Political Commissar, I really want to retire..."
Without saying a word, Jiang Yeqiang tore up his report. Jiang Yeqiang was so angry that he didn't let Huo Chengfeng take it back, so that he wouldn't have to bring it to him next time.
Finally, he couldn't help but persuade, "Chengfeng, you are a good seedling. The army needs people like you. Don't joke with your future. It's just a difficult time. After this period, you will usually return to the local garrison. At that time, you can go home every day and don't have to worry about not having time to spend with your wife and children."
Huo Chengfeng graduated from a technical secondary school and served as a soldier. He had good physical fitness and strong learning ability. He learned whatever he was assigned to learn without any complaints, and he even learned something useful. Such studious and capable talents will be trained with emphasis.
Arranging him to camp in this mountain is meant to train him, to let him suffer first and then get promoted.
If he can really get out of this mountain, his future will be limitless. Jiang Yeqiang really couldn't understand why Huo Chengfeng wanted to retire.
Huo Chengfeng did not refute, but just said, "I still want to retire."
“…”
Jiang Yeqiang finally understood that Huo Chengfeng only had his wife and children on his mind. He was furious and pointed outside the tent, "Get out!"
Huo Chengfeng nodded, "Then I'll come back another day."
“…”
He has made up his mind to retire.
Huo Chengfeng walked out of the tent, and his comrades immediately came up to him, "Chengfeng, are you going to retire?"
They camped in the cave, and conversations inside and outside the tent could be heard. There were multiple tents just to make the scene look more formal.
Moreover, as a leader, although Jiang Yeqiang has a good temper and can get along well with his subordinates, he still needs a separate resting area. He cannot eat and sleep with his soldiers. Even if Political Commissar Jiang is willing, the soldiers under him will not be happy about it.
Huo Chengfeng looked up at his comrades in front of him and nodded, "Yes, I want to retire."
"You don't want to retire and start a business just because you see others making money, do you? Don't let that foolishness sink in!"
Huo Chengfeng shook his head, "I didn't retire because I wanted to go out and do business."
"Then why do you want to quit? You have enough experience. You will definitely be promoted if you leave here. And you have never made any mistakes in your escort missions in the past few years. You will definitely be able to make contributions in the future. Do you have the heart to give up like this?"
Huo Chengfeng remained silent.
He and his comrades camped in a deep mountain. They patrolled the mountain every day, did daily training and assault training. They usually trained with real guns and live ammunition, just like in the army, or even more rigorous.
Only a few people know what is in this mountain, and Huo Chengfeng happens to be the one who knows. There are hundreds of people in this mountain, all of them are engineers.
Every time people from the mountains were about to leave and return to the city, he would escort them back.
Occasionally he also needs to deliver some important things for them.
In fact, this task is very easy. Maybe I will be able to make great contributions in the future, but that will be in the future.
Huo Chengfeng smiled and said, "How can retiring mean giving up? After I retire, I can still shine in my new position."
Seeing his attitude, his comrades didn't think he was just talking, so they didn't try to persuade him. "If Lao Jiang doesn't agree, do you still want to go to his office every day?"
This is what Huo Chengfeng planned.
When I went there the next day, the retirement report had been torn up again.
When I went there on the third day, the report was not torn up, but I was kicked out of the office.
After going there for five days in a row, Jiang Yeqiang really had no choice but to patrol the mountains all day long. He would set out in the morning and come back in the evening, and he would avoid Huo Chengfeng's shift.
Even if Huo Chengfeng wanted to find him, there was nothing he could do.
However, Jiang Yeqiang would occasionally ask other soldiers who stayed in the cave about Huo Chengfeng's situation.
Soldier: "Sometimes I sit under the lamp and read the retirement report, and sometimes I talk with my brothers about my plans after retirement."
Jiang Yeqiang: "Have I ever talked to you about his wife and children at home?"
The soldier shook his head, "Not really."
"Do you think he really wants to retire?"
The soldier nodded, "He looks forward to seeing you every day."
“…”
It dragged on like this for seven or eight days, and it was only two days before Yangyang's full moon.
Huo Chengfeng must submit his retirement report and then ask for leave to go back. He switched shifts with his comrades and waited in the camp for Jiang Yeqiang to return.
When Jiang Yeqiang returned to the cave, he saw Huo Chengfeng cleaning the cave. He paused and sighed, "Chengfeng, come here."
Huo Chengfeng put down the broom, took the retirement report, followed Jiang Yeqiang into the tent.
"Do you really want to retire?"
Jiang Yeqiang looked at him with a complicated expression and asked.
"Really." The report was once again delivered to Jiang Yeqiang.
"Well, if you want to retreat, then retreat."
Huo Chengfeng looked up in surprise and listened to Jiang Yeqiang again.
"However, before you retire, go and complete one more mission. Accomplishing merit will help you get a job directly, and you will have a higher starting point in the future. What do you think?"
Huo Chengfeng: "What kind of mission is it?"
"Pick up someone and send him to Yin'an City, Qingchuan Province. Someone will pick you up there. When you come back, you can pack your things and go to work there." Jiang Yeqiang said.
Huo Chengfeng did not agree immediately.
"He is coming back from abroad and will get off the plane in Xinzhou City. Because this is an inter-provincial escort, there are six more people who will be carrying out the escort mission with you this time. You will be divided into four groups, with two people responsible for a section of the journey."
"What do you think?" Seeing that he remained silent, Jiang Yeqiang asked again.
"Shall the eight of us go directly to the city to pick them up?" Xinzhou City is very close, and Yanmen County is under the jurisdiction of Xinzhou City.
"He will be arriving in Xinzhou City by plane in five days, so you guys should leave for the city in three days at the latest, and then someone will arrange for you. The other six people are also from our camp, so you will know each other well, so there is no need for you to adjust to each other."
Huo Chengfeng nodded, "Okay, I'll take this task."
Jiang Yeqiang walked up to him and patted his shoulder, still regretting that he had retired. "I have watched you grow up. Everything will go well after you start working in the local area."
"Thank you, Political Commissar, for your care over the years," said Huo Chengfeng.
Jiang Yeqiang waved his hand, "Go back and pack your things. I know your son will be one month old in two days. Let's go."
"Would you like to go out for dinner, Political Commissar?" Huo Chengfeng asked. "In two days, it will be your day off. You don't know where to go on your day off, so why don't you go out for dinner and take a break."
Jiang Yeqiang is considering it.
He is not married and has no family members accompanying him in the army. When he is on leave, he basically sleeps in a cave. His hometown is far away, so he cannot go back to see his elderly mother. Days like this are boring.
Jiang Yeqiang is of course happy to add some color to his boring life.
"Okay, I'll go have a meal. Of course I won't eat for free. I'll prepare a gift for the child then." With that decision, the two agreed on a time for two days later, and Huo Chengfeng went to pack up.
The next day, Huo Chengfeng came out of the mountain with his luggage.
Shi Mingzhu didn’t know the exact day Huo Chengfeng would come back, but the closer it was to Yangyang’s full moon, the more likely he would come back.
So in the past few days, Shi Mingzhu wore new clothes every day.
Wear a long skirt or a suit alternately. It does look good wearing this, but it is not very convenient for breastfeeding.
Yu Meizhen was dissatisfied, and she spoke up for her grandson, "Mingzhu, it's not convenient for you to breastfeed your baby when you wear these clothes. Yangyang can only have breast milk once a day these two days. You don't have to wear these clothes all the time at home."
"There's nothing wrong with drinking milk powder. He was able to drink it when he was just born. Why can't he drink it now that he's almost one month old?"
"Drunk, that's it..." Yu Meizhen wanted to say more, but Shi Mingzhu said directly, "I wear it for your son to see. If you want me to wear it for other men to see, then I will change my husband and I will change your son."
"...You can wear it if you want. I won't say anything." Yu Meizhen shut up.
"I shouldn't have said that in the first place. It sounds unpleasant and makes me unhappy. When your son comes back, I will have to beat him to vent my anger!" Shi Mingzhu turned around in front of the mirror, looking at herself in the mirror happily, and did not forget to fight back against her mother-in-law.
"…We can't fight, right?"
"I will definitely fight!"
The quarrel between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law had already been decided. Outside the yard, the person that Shi Mingzhu said she wanted to beat up to vent her anger had already entered the house with her luggage.
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