Wu Hongqin immediately fell silent.
Xu Changfeng then softened his tone: "Alright, even if I'm transferred to civilian work, at my current rank, I'll still be a cadre in the local area. Do you think I'd let you and the three of you suffer? Just behave yourself, don't go out these next few days, and take good care of the children, understand?"
Wu Hongqin nodded reluctantly, which was her way of agreeing.
Xu Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He had been on tenterhooks ever since returning from Jingshan County, but today he finally finished submitting his application for demobilization, and half of the weight on his heart was lifted.
Next, we just need to wait for approval from the higher-ups.
At that moment, he was unaware that after receiving a phone call from the Northwest Military Region headquarters, the military leaders held a small meeting that night with grave expressions.
After the meeting ended and the people dispersed, the supervisory departments below also took action silently and swiftly.
At this moment, the night gradually faded, the sky began to lighten, and dawn was approaching.
Jingshan County.
Not long after Xu Ningyan started working, the postman called her name, saying that there was a letter and a parcel slip for her.
After Xu Ningyan signed the letter and package slip, she saw that the address was in Beijing, so it was undoubtedly Gu Zhiyuan.
Upon opening the letter, Gu Zhiyuan reassured her once again, telling her not to worry. He had already asked someone to inquire about the situation in the Northwest Military Region. If the situation was true, Xu Changfeng would definitely be punished for his actions.
He said he would keep an eye on the situation there and would write or call Xu Ningyan to relay any news.
Regardless of Xu Changfeng's plans, with him around, Xu Ningyan won't suffer any losses!
Finally, he mentioned that he missed his lackey and the little courtyard where he lived.
There was also a package with the letter, containing some things he had bought for her, and he told her to remember to pick it up.
Sister Yang in the office had sharp eyes and noticed the package slip. She asked the postman a couple of questions and learned that it had also been sent from Beijing. She immediately smiled at Xu Ningyan and said, "Go and get the package. Let us see what good things Beijing has to offer."
The others joined in the commotion. Li Jianguo, who was inside, heard this, came out and asked what happened. He laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, go ahead and get it! Let us all see what it's like."
Xu Ningyan had no choice but to ride her bicycle to the post office.
When I arrived at the post office, I saw Li Jingya, an acquaintance from last time.
When Li Jingya saw Xu Ningyan, she quickly waved to her.
As Xu Ningyan approached, before she could even take out the parcel slip, Li Jingya pulled her to a corner and whispered, "I was just wondering when you were coming. I collected a lot of stamps for you; take them back and have a look later."
Then he asked Xu Ningyan what she had come for.
Seeing the package slip in Xu Ningyan's hand and noticing that the address was in Beijing, Li Jingya felt even more certain that befriending Xu Ningyan was the right thing to do.
It wasn't originally her responsibility to pick up the package, but she kindly took it, and a short while later, she came out of the inner room carrying a large package.
He placed it heavily on the counter, catching his breath: "It's really heavy. Can you carry it back by yourself?"
Xu Ningyan reached out and weighed it in her hand; it was indeed quite heavy, but that didn't stop her.
"It's okay, I came by bike."
Li Jingya said warmly, "I'll help you carry it out and put it in the car, otherwise it'll be difficult for you to put it in by yourself!"
As she spoke, she winked at Xu Ningyan, took a brown paper bag from under the cabinet and put it in her pocket, then gestured for Xu Ningyan to help her carry the package out.
They carried the package out of the post office and placed it on the back seat of the car, with Li Jingya supporting it.
Xu Ningyan seemingly took out a nylon rope from her bag, but actually from her spatial storage, and firmly tied the package to the back seat of the car.
Using the package as a cover, Li Jingya handed the brown paper bag to Xu Ningyan: "Take a look."
When Xu Ningyan opened it, she found it was full of colorful stamps, some unused and some used.
Li Jingya explained from the side, "Those used ones were all replaced by someone I asked the postman to help me find. They just casually asked about them when they delivered the mail."
Xu Ningyan couldn't help but look at Li Jingya with newfound respect; she was quite clever.
He chuckled, put the brown paper bag into his handbag, grabbed a handful of milk candies and stuffed them into Li Jingya's handbag, praising her as he did so: "This is a great idea! It's quick and easy! You've really worked hard! By the way, in three days, our department store will be clearing out a batch of defective fabrics, no coupons required, do you want some? If so, I can save some for you?"
Li Jingya's eyes lit up.
What did she gain from befriending Xu Ningyan? Of course, it was because she had a friend at the department store who had a way to buy some good things that others couldn't.
Xu Ningyan was indeed a shrewd person. I only helped her out casually, and she brought it up before I could even ask.
This person is someone I can get along with!
She exclaimed with delight, "That would be even better! How many can one person buy?"
Xu Ningyan looked left and right to make sure no one was there before whispering, "Each person can buy a maximum of ten feet. Come early so I can save some nice ones for you."
Li Jingya was overjoyed. You see, at their post office, each person could only get six feet of cloth coupons a year.
These ten feet are enough to make three summer jackets for a family.
He was extremely grateful and secretly vowed to keep an eye out for Xu Ningyan in the future and find more stamps she had never seen before to do justice to the ten feet of fabric.
Xu Ningyan glanced at the sky, then took out another five yuan and gave it to Li Jingya, asking her to continue keeping an eye out for stamps.
Then, under Li Jingya's grateful gaze, he rode away on his bicycle.
Back at the department store, before the car had even come to a complete stop, Wu Feng and Sister Yang, who were watching closely from the office, helped unload the packages from the car and carry them to the office, placing them on Xu Ningyan's desk.
When Xu Ningyan entered the office, Sister Yang had even prepared scissors for her, showing her thoughtfulness.
With everyone watching intently—no, with everyone watching closely—Xu Ningyan picked up the scissors, her lips twitching slightly.
What do you call this? Other people do mukbang (eating broadcasts), and she's splitting up her broadcast?
The commotion attracted several people from the next office, who came over to watch the excitement.
Xu Ningyan could only raise the scissors and slowly open the package.
The package was a box, tightly bound with rope.
Xu Ningyan originally intended to cut the rope, but everyone stopped her. It was a high-quality nylon rope, wouldn't it be a waste to cut it?
Two people came up to help, and after a lot of work, they finally untied the knot and were able to open the box.
Inside the box was a large military green duffel bag, its opening sewn shut with needle and thread.
Now we have to use scissors to cut the thread.
The contents inside are exposed.
The first thing they brought out was a few boxes of Beijing-style pastries, all of which were famous Beijing pastries, such as sugar-coated sesame cakes, as well as Sachima, wisteria cakes, Taishi cakes, jujube blossom cakes, and chicken oil cakes.
Packed neatly in a box, with only two or three of each item, it looked festive and appealing.
The moment these boxes of pastries were taken out, they caused a stir among the crowd, who all crowded around to take a closer look.
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