Walking into the back garden, along the pebble path, and across a small bridge, Ding Qiunan finally saw her husband.
This was already the northeast corner of the courtyard. Li Chu was sitting cross-legged on the ground with three small mounds of earth in front of him.
This is where Xiao Hei and its two children, Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang, are buried.
Ding Qiunan's footsteps did not awaken Li Chu, who was lost in remembrance.
She took a few more steps forward and then she noticed that her husband, who hadn't drunk or smoked for over a decade, was now smoking a cigarette, and there was an open bottle of liquor on the ground in front of him.
The movement of the three dogs startled Li Chu from his reverie. He turned around and found his wife standing right behind him.
"Why did you come here?"
Seeing her husband trying to stand up, Ding Qiunan went over and pressed down on his shoulders, then sat down cross-legged herself.
"I woke up just now and didn't see you, so I thought you might be behind me." As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on the three small mounds in front of her.
“Sigh…” Li Chu sighed: “I can still clearly remember the scene when I picked up Xiao Hei that night. Time flies by too fast, and its life is too short.”
Ding Qiunan reached out and put her arm around her husband's shoulder, patting him gently.
She could understand her husband's feelings; each of the dogs they kept at home was like a member of their family.
"Don't be too sad, darling."
Li Chu slowly shook his head: "It was just a feeling, I'm fine, honey. You go back to sleep first, I'll sit for a while longer."
"I'll go with you!" Ding Qiunan said in an unyielding tone.
Hearing her words, Li Chu smiled slightly: "Wife, do you think Xiao Hei might still want to be reincarnated into our family?"
"What, do you want Xiao Hei to be a dog again in his next life?"
"Maybe I'm being selfish, but I really want it to stay with me a little longer."
"Actually, according to human standards, Xiao Hei was already very old. In addition, it had a life of good food and drink. I think when it passed away, it probably thought that it would be a dog of the Li family again in its next life."
Li Chu looked at his wife with some surprise, not expecting her to say such a thing.
"Why are you looking at me? I think Little Black will definitely be reincarnated into Stinky Ball's belly."
"Alright, I appreciate your kind words."
The couple leaned against each other, chatting away, until Ding Qiunan couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep in her husband's arms.
Li Chu gently picked her up and carried her back to the bedroom.
Early in the morning, just as dawn was breaking, Li Chu stood in the courtyard and practiced a set of boxing techniques.
"Father Chu"
Just as I was about to take a shower after working up a sweat, I heard Wang Yueyue calling my name softly.
Turning around, I saw the little girl perched on the window frame of the bedroom in the west wing.
Why did you wake up so early?
"Daddy Chu, I'm a little hungry. I didn't eat enough last night," Wang Yueyue said with a pained expression.
"Okay, I'll wash up and then go out to buy breakfast. Tell me what you want to eat?"
"Hmm... I want to eat braised pork offal with baked wheat cake."
"Uh...you're a grown woman, why do you like eating this?"
"Hehe, I want to eat it, but my mom won't let me."
It would be strange if people could eat it. People who love this braised pork are crazy about it, while those who don't won't even glance at it.
"Dad Chu, actually what I really want to eat is braised chicken and ramen."
After speaking, Wang Yueyue looked at Li Chu with a hint of anticipation in her big eyes.
"Haha, you little rascal, alright, tonight we'll have big plate chicken, and I'll also get some ramen. Have you told your parents you're not staying here?"
"Dad Chu, you're so kind! I told them about it when I came over yesterday."
"Okay, go lie down. I'll wake you up when I get back with the purchase."
"Thank you, Dad Chu."
Li Chu patted Wang Yueyue's head and turned back to the main living room.
After breakfast, the three children went to school together with their schoolbags on their backs.
After Ding Qiunan finished tidying up, the couple left the house together.
A military jeep was already parked at the entrance of the alley, with a soldier standing under it.
Upon seeing Li Chu and the others emerge, they first saluted: "Hello, Vice Dean Li, Hello, Director Ding!"
Then he opened the back door.
Ding Qiunan is now the director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy at the main hospital.
This was also a form of indirect reward from the organization for Li Chu.
After Li Chu and his wife got into the car, Xiao Tian closed the door, got into the driver's seat, and drove the jeep smoothly toward the main hospital.
This jeep was a special car provided to Li Chu by the main hospital, and the driver was also a full-time employee. The other vice presidents did not have this kind of treatment, but no one felt it was unfair.
After all, Li Chu has too many things to do every day. If he didn't have a car, the higher-ups would probably ask about it.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Ding Qiunan got off the bus in the outpatient hall.
The main hospital has now reopened to the public, and people are flocking here for treatment every day.
The general public will still trust the military more.
As Li Chugang got out of his car downstairs in the administration building, Director Zhang from the medical affairs office came over.
"Vice President Li, the General Office of the State Council just called to inform you that you need to go to the education sector to attend a coordination meeting."
"who?"
Li Chu stopped and looked at Director Zhang with a surprised expression, wondering if he had misheard.
Director Zhang repeated what he had just said.
You heard me right, but why would they let him attend a meeting of this level?
Although he felt a little strange, he didn't hesitate and turned around to get back into the car, asking the driver, Xiao Tian, to drive to the Education Gate area.
Point Guard Here
He knew about this coordination meeting beforehand; it was about the reopening of the medical school. But he couldn't figure out how to get himself to attend.
He didn't think he was at a level where he could attend this kind of meeting.
When he arrived at the conference room, apart from a few high-ranking leaders, all the other attendees were already there.
After greeting a few acquaintances, Li Chu found a corner to sit down.
After sitting down, he took a look at the people who had come to the meeting.
Goodness, several former deans of the medical school who had long since retired came over.
The meeting was short, as it had already been discussed twice before; this time it was just to confirm certain things.
Even after he got into the car, the strange look on Li Chu's face hadn't faded.
What's going on? The medical school actually plans to invite him to be an adjunct professor, responsible for the basic TCM courses in the TCM major.
Of course, this matter is not that simple. We are just asking for his opinion now. Whether it will work or not will require coordination from the education department, the health department, the medical school, and the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army.
He could only become an external professor after the military approved it.
And it wasn't just this one thing that was strange. Just now, after the meeting ended, as he was walking out, Dean Chen, whom he had known since school, called him back.
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