Yun Qiao's face changed slightly when he heard this. "Ah, why? Didn't we already talk about this? Did something unexpected happen?"
He Tingjun quickly explained, "Yes, there was an emergency. Comrade who was originally scheduled to go to Beijing to participate in the military competition was injured and couldn't go. The higher-ups sent me to take over, and the time conflicted with the time we agreed to get our marriage certificate. So, I'm sorry, we can't get it on your birthday."
"When do we leave? How long will it take?" Yun Qiao asked.
"I'll be leaving tonight. As for how long I'll be gone... I'm not sure yet." He Tingjun explained, "Probably one to two months."
"That's okay, it's just a postponement for a while. What's important is you." Yun Qiao held his hand and said understandingly.
He Tingjun looked at her guiltily: "I'm sorry, Yunqiao, I broke my promise this time. I'll make it up to you when I come back."
"Yeah." Yun Qiao curled his lips and joked, "Remember to bring me a gift, otherwise I will be angry."
"Sure." He Tingjun agreed without hesitation, "What kind of gift do you like?"
"As long as you put your heart into preparing something, I like it." Yun Qiao said, then added, "Don't be perfunctory. Don't try to fool me. The recipient can tell whether you put your heart into preparing a gift or not."
"Yes." He Tingjun looked into Yun Qiao's eyes with a smile: "I will prepare carefully and try not to let you down."
Because it was a temporary rescue and He Tingjun had very little time left and had to leave that evening, he did not stay with Yun Qiao any longer.
He came and went in a hurry.
Zheng Wenjing was particularly surprised: "Your comrade He left so soon? They're almost getting married, and you don't even want to stay together and spend some time together?"
Yun Qiao and Zheng Wenjing never hid anything from each other, and Zheng Wenjing was the only person who knew that Yun Qiao was going to marry He Tingjun.
Yun Qiao: "Why are you being so snarky? We'll have time to be snarky after we get married. He has a real job."
Soldiers defend their country, and she is about to become a soldier's family member, so she must have a good sense of the overall situation.
Zheng Wenjing smiled and joked, "Your mentality is good. You're a perfect candidate to be a military wife."
Yun Qiao smiled but said nothing. She felt a little reluctant, but she knew what it meant to put the overall situation first.
This is a military competition, and the venue is in the capital. It is easy to imagine that this mission must be very important.
After He Tingjun left, the two could only communicate through telegrams and letters in the following days.
Telegrams have a longer validity period. He Tingjun sent a telegram from the capital the day before, and Yun Qiao received it at most two days later. Letters are slower.
He had been gone for half a month when he finally sent the first letter from the capital, which he managed to send to her the day before her birthday through the correspondent Lu Xun.
Yun Qiao opened the envelope and found that there was not only a letter written by him, but also two photos attached.
One was a photo of him standing on Chang'an Avenue Square in his military uniform, with the national emblem prominently displayed behind him.
It was still snowing in the Great Northern Wilderness in April, but the weather in Beijing had already warmed up. He Tingjun, dressed in a neat military uniform, looked heroic and valiant, like a strong pine tree, resolute and upright, so handsome that people could not take their eyes off him.
Another photo shows a cat with a high vermilion wall in the background.
Yun Qiao couldn't figure out where the film was taken, but after reading He Tingjun's letter, he realized that the film was taken at the Forbidden City, showing the Forbidden City cats.
He said in the letter that the cats in the Forbidden City are not shy. When people call "meow meow", they will meow and rub against people's trouser legs, which is very cute.
He also said that Yunqiao would definitely like it when she saw it, and if there was a chance in the future, he would take her to the Forbidden City to see the cats.
It's amazing that he can see a cat and think of watching it with her in the future.
Yun Qiao looked at the letter and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.
She carefully put the photo into her notebook, then picked up a pen and wrote back to He Tingjun.
She first copied a paragraph of the highest instructions, then wrote: "Brother He, the photos are very good, I like them. The cats in the Forbidden City are also very cute. I look forward to seeing them with you one day. Just focus on the competition, I'll wait for you to come back.
Is everything fine for you in the capital? I am fine for everything in the company."
When signing his name, Yun Qiao thought for a moment and finally wrote "Miss you, Yun Qiao."
After finishing writing, Yun Qiao packed the letter and gave it to Lu Xun, asking him to help mail it out.
After celebrating his birthday with his family, Yun Qiao and He Tingjun continued to keep in touch through letters.
Living close to the correspondent had its advantages. Every time He Tingjun wrote, Yun Qiao could get it immediately. And every letter from He Tingjun made her feel sweet.
The two sides expressed their hearts to each other in the letters and shared every bit of life. Although they were far apart, it could not dilute the friendship between them. Instead, it made the two hearts more closely connected.
Time flies, and it is the first day of May in a blink of an eye.
The ice melted, the earth revived, and in May, the Great Northern Wilderness finally welcomed spring. Yun Qiao changed into a light shirt and finally met the 'legendary father'.
As a very busy man, Qin Lin was busy with all kinds of things, so he kept postponing the date for meeting Yun Qiao. First, he postponed it from the Lantern Festival to February 2nd, and then he kept postponing it until the beginning of May. Finally, he took time out of his busy schedule and came to Songjiang.
He did not even ask for leave specifically, but took advantage of a business trip to inspect the national railway system, included Mishan Agricultural Railway in the scope of inspection, and reserved a week for it, thus truly achieving both work and visiting relatives without delay.
Yun Qiao really didn't know whether to praise him for being proactive and motivated, or to praise him for being a master of time management.
After Qin Lin arrived at the Dongfanghong Station by the rural railway, he did not go to find Yun Qiao immediately. Instead, he stayed in the guesthouse of the company for one night. After finishing the inspection work, he took the field headquarters' bus to the fifth company as arranged by the local leaders.
After arriving at the Fifth Company, he first visited the company leader, and then Captain Yang took him to the clinic where Yun Qiao was.
In the clinic, Feng Juan and Qin Zheng had received the news and rushed over from the military family compound in advance.
The two sides met and exchanged a few pleasantries. In front of outsiders, Feng Juan saved Qin Lin's face and played the role of a sensible and virtuous wife, not embarrassing him in public.
After Captain Yang and the others had left and Feng Juan was the only one left in the room, she closed the door and started to attack Qin Lin.
Feng Juan snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Wow, Minister Qin is so grand and ostentatious. He even needs the leader to clear the way for him to come see his daughter. I've finally seen it myself."
They said they'd come to Songjiang for the Lantern Festival, but ended up arriving only during the May Day holiday, more than three months late. Qin Lin knew he was in the wrong, so he ignored Feng Juan's sarcasm and explained a little stiffly, "We're new here, unfamiliar with the place, and don't know our way around. As soon as I found you, I sent them back."
Feng Juan didn't believe his excuses.
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