Chapter 108: Hot Pot



"Why did this happen?"

If you ask Gu Cheng what he regretted most in his life, it was that he applied for a transfer to Nanhai and was appointed as the deputy captain of a certain brigade.

What brigade was it?

——Captain, Lu Yan.

When he saw this name, Gu Cheng wanted to spit out blood. He really didn't expect that such a thing would happen. For so many years, he has been conscientiously concentrating on his career and climbing up the ladder, thinking that he could step on Lu Yan's foot in his career and show off in front of him.

The result is that he ends up working under him as his deputy?

"What a coincidence, brother, it's you!" After the previous deputy captain was transferred, Lu Yan met his new deputy captain, that is, his new partner. Unexpectedly, it was an old acquaintance.

Isn't this the brother Gu who followed him around all the time? Phew -

Lu Yan put his arm around Gu Cheng's shoulders and smiled brilliantly, "We are old acquaintances too. I didn't expect that we two brothers can still work together. Gu Cheng, let's work together to achieve results in the future. When I get promoted, I, Lu, will give you the position."

The previous deputy captain had a lot of experience and was reluctant to work under him. Many times, his ideas did not match those of Lu Yan, but Lu Yan was able to coordinate all aspects. Now the deputy captain has been transferred and replaced by an old acquaintance, who is also reluctant. Lu Yan is not afraid.

He knew that Gu Cheng was capable and a good helper. Their navy valued unity the most. After all, they were all grasshoppers on the same boat. If the boat capsized, they would all be doomed. They were not fighting alone, so where else could they go?

Gu Cheng: "..."

Although it was inappropriate, he felt that the leaders above had made such a decision.

"Captain Lu, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

Gu Cheng tried to squeeze out a slightly twisted smile, thinking that he was here to endure hardships. Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. One day, he would let Lu Yan be his deputy.

Just wait and see, Lu Yan, Gu Cheng thought that he could endure it, and they would have many days to get along with each other in the future.

Lu Yan is married, has two children, and a hot wife, which is perfect. He must have witnessed the hard times that Lu Yan was in.

As soon as Gu Cheng was transferred to their brigade, their base immediately organized a promotional photo shoot. The brigade leader Lu Yan, the deputy brigade leader Gu Cheng, and the political commissar Lao Zheng were the young cadre team specially built by the higher-ups.

After countless ideological work, Gu Cheng finally accepted the current reality and stood with Lu Yan with an indifferent face to take the promotional photos.

When the promotional photos were taken, the female sanitation staff and the fleet arts soldiers also came to watch the excitement, and they all talked about it: "Look at the two leaders, they are so handsome and young."

"Captain Lu is married and has two children, don't dream about it, Captain Gu next to him is not married yet, you have a chance."

"Captain Lu is still better looking."

"Captain Gu looks so cold, is he difficult to approach?"

...

Political Commissar Zheng stood next to Lu Yan and Gu Cheng, and suddenly rubbed his hands nervously, "Captain, do you think I, Zheng, will be transferred soon? Then I will pick a new handsome political commissar for you."

"Otherwise, I always feel that I, Zheng, have lowered the level of our brigade."

"Old Zheng, don't underestimate yourself. In fact, you are not bad looking, with sharp edges and corners."

"...That's true. When I was young, I was also a good son-in-law that all the aunts and uncles in the village were fighting for."

Gu Cheng listened to their conversation indifferently: "..."

"Old Gu, why don't you talk? Why have you become less and less talkative over the years?" He

was so angry, but he still talked.

"Captain Lu, why don't we discuss how we should proceed with our work next..."

No matter where he went, Gu Cheng was still a man who devoted himself to his work.

Qin Rou saw the newly taken promotional photos, and suddenly felt that the leaders above were very understanding. The new deputy captain of Lu Yan's team was Gu Cheng. I met him at the last party. He was Lu Yan's fellow villager and childhood friend. He was very good-looking and unmarried. When he stood with Lu Yan, the charm of the two handsome long legs was blinding.

Not long after he came, various sisters-in-law from the family compound came to Qin Rou to inquire about the situation, and also wanted to make connections and introduce a partner to a male officer like Gu Cheng.

"When will your husband Lu invite Xiao Gu to his house for dinner?"

"Where is Xiao Gu?"

"Does Xiao Gu have a crush on someone?"

...

Qin Rou finally got rid of this group of people. Could it be that after being a military wife for so long, she would start introducing people to someone? Qin Rou just laughed when she remembered Zhao Jianghong's joke last time that she and Lu Yan were a golden ice couple.

How could it be possible?

With the level of flirting between her and Lu Yan, could she still be an emotional advisor to others?

When Lu Yan came home, Qin Rou held a promotional group photo and another group photo of cute kids in her hands. She pushed the two photos in front of Lu Yan so that Comrade Lao Lu could admire them.

Qin Rou sighed. Obviously, Comrade Lao Lu was not that old, only one year older than "Little Gu", but everyone started calling him "Lao Lu" to distinguish him from the unmarried "Little Gu".

"Comrade Lu, Gu Cheng was your childhood playmate, right? Tell me, did you take photos like this when you were little? Look, put these two together, don't you feel a strong contrast?"

Qin Rou stretched her head to look at the two photos, one of which was a photo of long legs in various military uniforms, and the other was a photo of cute kids with short legs. What was even more surprising was that the long legs in the first photo and the short legs in the second photo looked very similar.

It was like Lu Yan's childhood photo.

"No." Lu Yan took the photos of his two sons with a smile, "I was different from our son when I was little, I didn't take many photos."

"These two children have you as their mother, they are so blessed." When they grow up and look at their childhood photos again, they will really... maybe want to tear them up.

"This is the childhood memory of our two children." Qin Rou developed more than ten photos of this photo alone and kept the negatives carefully, intending to keep them for decades to come.

"Will Gu Cheng come to our house for dinner? The sisters-in-law in the family compound are eyeing him covetously, and so are the sisters-in-law in the other families... Liu Xiaoyu from the Liu family has started to change her attitude towards me recently... making me seem like a hot commodity."

Because a young and good-looking male officer was transferred to her husband's side, Qin Rou's treatment in the family hospital was improved. The female nurses, hygienists and girls from the art troupe she met also wanted to make friends with her.

"He said he couldn't come. He had no interest and was busy with work." Lu Yan hugged his wife's waist, enjoying the happiness of holding her warm and soft jade. He really had no interest in mentioning Gu Cheng, a workaholic.

"Whether he gets married or not is none of our business. His family is anxious."

Lu Yan kissed her face: "Isn't it good to be a popular commodity?"

"It's just a fresh and hot popular commodity at this moment." Comrade Xiao Gu was focused on his work and didn't want to find a partner.

After everyone's novelty wore off, they returned to their original state.

"Gu Cheng has been transferred?"

Xue Tingting was dumbfounded after running over with great effort.

After Qin Rou married Lu Yan and followed the army to Qiongzhou Island, Xue Tingting was unwilling to accept it. She was hesitant about Lin Changyan. While wavering, she knew that she had become more beautiful. She wanted to find a man who was more powerful than Lu Yan, so she gave up the original male protagonist Lin Changyan.

Who knew that before she found another target for the strategy, Tang Ruibai, a bitch, actually took advantage of the opportunity and talked about the target with Lin Changyan, which made Xue Tingting angry.

At this time, she was even more unwilling in her heart. Lin Changyan was her male lead, and she, Xue Tingting's official match. Even if she didn't consider Lin Changyan for the time being, how could the male lead like Tang Ruibai, a talkative passerby who was more transparent than the vicious female supporting role Qin Rou? ? ?

Could it be that Tang Ruibai was also transmigrated into a book?

Xue Tingting had tested Tang Ruibai, and she found that Tang Ruibai was still the same Tang Ruibai as before, the original talkative passerby female supporting role.

This gossipy passerby female supporting role actually fell in love with the male lead Lin Changyan? ? ?

Xue Tingting was going crazy.

In reality, Lin Minghui pursued the school beauty Qin Rou for four years. Qin Rou at least had a charming face to look at, and she also had the strength recognized by the entertainment company, but what did Tang Ruibai have? How could she be with Lin Changyan?

This was like a bolt from the blue, and Xue Tingting could not understand this fact.

At that moment, she hated Tang Ruibai more than Qin Rou.

"How can such a rubbish passerby be with the hero?"

Xue Tingting used all her skills to destroy Tang Ruibai and Lin Changyan's relationship, but it deepened their feelings. What made Xue Tingting even more uncomfortable was that at this stage of the plot, the "extreme" she set for the heroine in the book came one after another.

The period novels she wrote were in line with the trend of the time. The heroine fought for the best every day and made money in the black market... But when this happened to her, Xue Tingting found it uncomfortable.

She failed to capture the hero Lin Changyan, and could not get his support. She was exhausted from fighting with several top-notch people. As for the black market... When she wrote, she just wrote nonsense, and the heroine could sell things in the black market without anyone noticing.

But when you really stand in the black market and encounter patrol raids during the day, you will know how daunting this matter is.

It would be terrible if she was criticized and sent to the farm.

The whole process was very scary.

The reason why Xue Tingting gave up the black market was that it was too tiring to trade in the black market. Who would spend time doing so many things every day? How could they live like this?

After becoming the heroine of her own novel, Xue Tingting found that being a real heroine in a period novel was too tiring and she was busy like a spinning top.

She worked so hard every day to make money in the black market, but she couldn't enjoy it openly. She was terrified that someone would report her for something wrong. In Bincheng, if she showed any flaws, she would be suspected of becoming an enemy spy.

And what about the other female supporting role?

The seductive, bitchy and vicious female supporting role Qin Rou married the background board Lu Yan and followed him to the island. Qiongzhou Island was backward at this time, but it was a tropical island with lush vegetation and countless fruits. She would never starve to death.

Tang Ruibai, the talkative and transparent female supporting role, got the male lead Lin Changyan and snatched her male lead away. Thinking of the backgrounds of Lu Yan and Lin Changyan, Xue Tingting was so angry that her eyes turned red.

Therefore, she did not make money in the black market at this time, but focused on men. She wanted to find a handsome and good male target. In this era, there are more good targets than just the male lead Lin Changyan.

This blind Lin Changyan is not worthy of being the male lead.

Xue Tingting tried hard to find a new target on the male officer "Gu Cheng". She knew a plot related to Gu Cheng. As long as she could win his favor, they would become husband and wife. With Xue Tingting's help, Gu Cheng would definitely surpass Lu Yan, and she would become the envied wife of the chief. Not to mention, Gu Cheng was also good-looking.

However...

a workaholic like Gu Cheng was too difficult to approach. He was a navy, had no family, lived and ate on the ship, and occasionally had to go out to sea, and his whereabouts were unpredictable.

Just when Xue Tingting finally found a suitable opportunity to approach Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng was transferred to the South China Sea? ? ! ! !

"He went to the South China Sea!!!"

Why is this so?

Why did Gu Cheng go to the South China Sea inexplicably?

Xue Tingting was in a trance. She thought it must be Qin Rou. It must be Qin Rou who had read the book and knew part of the plot, so she interfered and thought of a way to get Gu Cheng to Qiongzhou Island in the South China Sea.

Xue Tingting was so angry that her eyes turned red, but she could do nothing.

Fortunately, it was already 1976, and the college entrance examination would be resumed next year. Instead of going through so much trouble, it would be better to concentrate on reviewing and waiting for the college entrance examination. With her level, she might be able to become the top scorer in the college entrance examination and be admitted to one of the best universities.

But after she bought the books and went back to review, Xue Tingting found that the days of reviewing were too difficult to endure. Having experienced the college entrance examination once in her life, she didn't want to experience it a second time, not to mention that she didn't study hard during her university years... Now picking up the textbooks again, she felt her head was dark.

- How should I learn this math?

From 1975 to 1976, the art troupe began to disband and merge organizations. Xue Tingting transferred to a local song and dance troupe. She wanted to find someone to review with, but who would have thought that after those people found out about her study, they all looked at her like she was crazy: "Are you stupid?"

"What's the point of learning these things?"

"Students in school don't learn these, why are you looking at these? Can't you do something serious?"

"Xue Tingting, aren't you going to practice singing anymore? You haven't been working hard lately, and you haven't been paying attention on stage. The people above have criticized you so many times. What's wrong with you?"

Xue Tingting sneered in her heart, thinking that kind words can't persuade the damned ghost, and you will regret it when the college entrance examination is resumed.

Xue Tingting studied hard, just waiting for the surprise of the college entrance examination.

But... it has been so many years since the last college entrance examination. After the idleness in college and work, it is very difficult to get into the state of study again. Whether it is solving math problems or memorizing

by heart, Xue Tingting feels particularly uncomfortable. Now there is no division of the test scope, and there are not so many mock tests and famous teachers. Who knows what they will test? It is almost dark in front of her.

Without a positive learning environment and motivation to study, Xue Tingting's learning efficiency is very low.

It's like there is a seesaw in her heart, tilting to the left and then to the right. Go to college? Or not?

I have already gone to college once? Do you have to go to college again? She can get into college, but not necessarily the best one. If she doesn't get into the best one, what's the point of going to college? Waiting for a job?

But if she gets into the best one, she has to study hard for four years, and she has to make money during that time. After making money, she has to deal with all kinds of extremes. This life... this life doesn't seem to be very comfortable? The

1980s was a good time to make money. As long as you are brave, you can make tens of thousands of yuan by setting up a roadside stall, selling snacks, selling clothes, or opening a factory. Why do you have to suffer the hardship of studying?

But if she were to go into business, she, a graduate of a normal school, didn't have much experience. Should she really buy goods and set up a stall? Sell barbecue on the street? Open a restaurant? Sell chili sauce? Go to Guangdong Province to buy clothes wholesale and sell them back? Open a clothing factory?

Thinking of the slow green trains at this time and the road bullies in the 1980s and 1990s, Xue Tingting felt as tired as if someone had hit her on the back of the head with a stick. Just thinking about that kind of life made her feel physically and mentally exhausted.

Is it so comfortable to be a female boss?

Starting a business is not just about starting a business.

She has read a lot of period novels. If you set up a stall to sell food, then within a few days someone will imitate you and set up a stall to lower the price to compete with you; if you open a clothing store to design clothes, then within a few days a store will definitely lower the price and copy your style...

Being a heroine in a period novel is really too tiring.


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