This heartless guy!
The train stopped and started all the way, and the speed was very slow. Gu Qinglie and Gu Qingqing were very active and could not sit still. They went to the toilet and got hot water. Finally, they just stood at the door and looked at the receding scenery outside through the glass window.
Rice is not grown in the border town, mostly wheat and sorghum. The weather is cold now, everything outside is white, and the continuous ridges of the fields are chilly.
Gu Qingqing reached into her pocket with her right hand to take out some melon seeds. The seeds rolled on the tip of her tongue, and the intact shells ended up in the palm of her left hand.
"Gousheng probably never thought that we would go to the Southern Military Region to see him." Gu Qinglie said, holding the edge of the carriage.
"Don't mention Gousheng. I never thought I could go to the Southern Military Region." Gu Qingqing slightly turned aside so as not to block the aisle. "My butt was tortured enough the last time I came to the Corps. This time is even more torturous. I must finish all his food!"
She felt tired just thinking about the two-day and one-night train ride.
Fortunately, she was not alone this time.
At night, ten o'clock.
All the passengers in the carriage fell asleep with their heads tilted back. Gu Qingqing also lay on Chu Dai, with her right leg touching his left leg. Chu Dai was afraid that she would be cold, so he took out a military coat from the luggage bag and covered her legs.
The coat was very big, Gu Qingqing pulled half of it over his legs, rubbed her head on his arm twice, yawned, and felt sleepy.
Between sleep and sleep, she consciously touched his legs up and untied his belt in a daze.
“Pah—”
Chu Dai was stunned, and grabbed her restless little hand and held it in his palm.
"It was on the train." He leaned over and whispered in her ear, his tone somewhat gritting his teeth.
Her bedtime routine has become a habit.
Gu Qingqing closed her eyes in confusion, then blushed when she realized what was happening, and was too embarrassed to say anything.
After twirling on his shoulder for a long time, she looked up pitifully, "Brother."
"Um?"
"I can't sleep!"
Chu Dai: "..."
Finally, she placed her hand on it through her pants, and the man's palm covered the back of her hand.
Now Gu Qingqing slept soundly, but Chu Dai couldn't sleep.
He looked up and saw Gu Qinglie leaning back in the seat with his hands clasped around his chest and his head tilted back; he could hear him snoring softly.
The carriage was not very cold, but the coal slag in the boiler room was constantly being added, and the temperature in the carriage was rising.
The train speeds up at night and there are not so many stops. There are almost no lights outside the window and it is pitch black.
The girl on his shoulder mumbled something, then quickly calmed down, so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.
The night is long and I have no desire to sleep.
In the middle of the night, some passengers got up and walked through several carriages to get hot water to make cornmeal porridge for the crying child. Chu Dai was still awake, and his dark pupils were very pale.
In the second half of the night, I finally felt sleepy.
Wake up on time at five in the morning.
Gu Qingqing also woke up. She yawned and asked the man next to her, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"
Chu Dai: “…Yeah.”
She took her hand back and rubbed her eyes, "Then go ahead."
Gu Qinglie also woke up. Seeing that no food cart had come yet, he stood up with his aluminum lunch box and followed Chu Dai to the food cart to buy some meals.
Gu Qingqing slept for a while before she took off her military coat and went to the dining car to wash up and get two cups of hot water.
In the morning, I had steamed buns and fried dough sticks. A steamed bun cost six cents and a fried dough stick cost four cents. You didn’t even need food coupons on the train, but it was more expensive than in the supply and marketing cooperative.
The three of us spent only 60 cents and were finally satisfied with the meal.
Gu Qinglie held the water cup and burped: "It looks a bit like our Yancheng from outside."
"That's Yancheng," a nearby passenger said enthusiastically, "We'll be in Yucheng in a little while."
Yucheng is the hometown of Han Lianxin and Sun Shufen.
Gu Qingqing looked out the window at the lush trees outside. There were many trees here, some withered trees that had lost their leaves, and some that were cold-resistant. It looked much more vibrant than the border town. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but it didn't feel as cold as the border town.
"It will probably be around three or four in the afternoon when we get to the Southern Military Region. It's a good opportunity for us to go to Gousheng's place and get a meal. It's only three dollars and five cents a day. Even the pigs in the pig farm don't dare to eat like this, so it's more than enough for us." Gu Qinglie was already thinking about what to eat in the evening.
Gu Qingqing thought further: "Then should we live in the military compound? The military compound in the Southern Military Region should be smaller than that in the Corps, right?"
The Corps has a lot of open space, so they can build houses however they want. It won’t take long for thousands of soldiers to build houses by themselves.
Gu Qinglie also thought so: "We have a small number of people and a large area of land in our corps, unlike the southern military region which has more than 100,000 people and is very crowded." In the corps, platoon-level officers like them can already be allocated separate housing.
"Old Chu, what do you think?" He looked at Chu Dai.
Chu Dai drank the water slowly, and said in a dull tone: "Why are you asking me?"
Gu Qingqing was puzzled: "Isn't your family in the Southern Military Region?"
"Oh, so you still remember." He shook his head, finding it a little funny: "From what you said, I really thought I was visiting relatives."
Gu Qinglie responded, slapped his thigh, and said with sudden realization: "Yes, my sister married you! Then why don't we just live in your house? Why live in a military compound?"
Chu Dai nodded: "Thank you for remembering it."
Gu Qingqing finally came to her senses and said coquettishly to the man whose expression had calmed down a little: "Brother~"
Chu Dai glanced at her indifferently.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the train stopped at Qingang Station, and the two men got off the train with the girl carrying their luggage.
After leaving the station, the wind blew and Gu Qingqing sniffed and smelled a fishy and salty smell in the air.
She asked Gu Qinglie next to her: "Brother, is this the smell of stinky feet you mentioned?"
Gu Qinglie scratched his head and said, "That should be the case. However, the south is warmer than our corps. I think it is enough to wear a light layer of clothing."
Gu Qingqing felt the same way and even felt that the cotton-padded clothes she was wearing were too warm.
Chu Dai grew up here and hadn't been back for a long time. He looked a little dazed. When Gu Qingqing took his arm, he came back to his senses and smiled, "Let's go home."
After Bai Yan's death, he didn't dare to come back even during holidays. He didn't dare to face Uncle Bai, and he was afraid to see Chu Yuan's disappointed eyes.
His eyes fell on the girl beside him, and he suddenly felt relieved.
The Southern Military District’s garrison was not far from the train station. It took them about 40 minutes to walk there. The guard posts outside the military district were much stricter than those at the corps.
Chu Dai and Gu Qinglie handed over their IDs, and the sentry called the headquarters to confirm their identities before saluting and letting them in.
The headquarters covers a large area. Gu Qingqing roughly glanced and found that it was about 100,000 acres in size. There were barracks everywhere and patrol soldiers came one after another.
Chu Dai said beside him: "The Southern Military Region is in charge of all the sub-war zones in the south. It has the Tank Army Group, Field Army Group, Air Defense Army Group, Air Force Army Group, Strategic Rocket Army Group, Gu Canyang..."
At this point, he paused and said, "Brother should be in the Air Force Group Army, under the command of Commander Chu Zhan. When the time comes, just go to the Air Force Base Military Headquarters and ask and you will find him."
Gu Qinglie: "...Oh my god, no, Lao Chu, why don't you serve in the Southern Military Region? You're going to such a remote place like the Corps. In the Construction Corps, Lao Guan was the top leader, but here I don't know if he would be more than 50th place." He doesn't even have a rank.
The organization here starts with the platoon, and then consists of seven levels: company, battalion, regiment, division, corps, and army. As a platoon leader, he would be a cushion in the Southern Military Region. Lao Guan was not much better, ranking fourth from the bottom.
This shows the status of Chu Dai's father, the head of the Southern Military Region, in the army, and also indirectly reflects how many contributions Chu Yuan has made and how many tough battles he has fought.
On this point, Gu Qinglie had to admit.
After all, many members of the Chu family died fighting for this country, and of Chu Yuan and Chu Dai's generation, only the father and son are left.
"Brother, where is the Military Family Courtyard?" Gu Qingqing poked her head out and looked around.
"To the north," Chu Dai led them there. "This is called the Military Family Compound. It's very lively. It's a pity that we can't live here for long. Otherwise, Qingqing would have made a lot of friends."
With her straightforward and unpretentious personality, she will be very popular in the army and can get along with everyone.
Gu Qingqing followed him closely, smiling with eyes tilted: "Just a few days is enough. No matter where we are, I just want to be with you."
Chu Dai's eyes were gentle, and Gu Qinglie looked up at the sky, wanting to see if he could see Gousheng flying a plane.
After walking for a while, we arrived at the military compound. There were two-story buildings here, with white walls and green tiles. In some cases, the families of regiment commanders and division commanders lived in the same building, one household per floor. When it came to the rank of army commander, they could have a house of their own.
There was a sentry post every hundred meters. With the help of the pass, Chu Dai successfully led them to the innermost two-story building, which was surrounded by a courtyard wall with white wooden fences.
It's very quiet here and is some distance away from other houses.
Chu Dai was carrying two bags in his hands, so it was difficult for him to carry anything. He said to Gu Qingqing, "Wife, we are home. Take the key. It is in the side pocket."
Gu Qingqing did as she was told.
Gu Qinglie was amazed at what he saw. He and Chu Dai had been brothers for two years before he got to know Chu Dai's lazy and frivolous side beneath his usual arrogant appearance. His laziness mixed with a bit of the ruffian spirit of a young master from a military compound.
His sister is more capable, it's only been four months.
Chu Dai pulled out a bunch of keys from his pocket and said, "The longest one is the gate lock. Open it now. The other keys are for the study downstairs and the room where the simulated war sand table is placed. The other three keys are for our room and the guest room."
Gu Qingqing seemed to understand, but Chu Dai smiled and said, "It's okay if you can't remember them. Just try them one by one when the time comes. There are two keys for each room in this lock set. You can take one down later."
"Okay!" The key turned and the gate opened.
She reached out and pushed the door open. After entering, she saw many unrecognizable flowers around the yard, all neatly trimmed.
Chu Dai casually put his bag on the stone table in the yard, took Gu Qingqing to the door, took out a key and told her: "This is the door key."
Gu Qingqing took note of it secretly.
He inserted it into the keyhole, the lock turned, the man pushed the door, turned around, picked up the luggage, and led them into the house.
What caught my eye were white walls, wooden tables, a sofa cabinet, and a panda TV produced by a state-owned radio factory.
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