With just his two arms, Niu Feng was rendered powerless. No matter how many moves he had, they seemed to be useless in the face of absolute power.
Of course, this wasn't the most embarrassing thing for him. Tang Cuihong seemed to be deliberately teasing him, forcefully rotating his two arms from the front to the back. If she hadn't controlled the force, this one move alone could have dislocated his arms.
"Are you convinced now?"
Cuihong's lazy voice carried a hint of provocation, making Niu Feng feel incredibly annoyed, yet he couldn't help but nod in admiration.
"I'm impressed, I'm really impressed, you're amazing!"
Seeing him nod, Cuihong readily pushed him forward. Unexpectedly, the boy was still persistent and tried to launch a sneak attack. However, the sharp-eyed Cuihong spotted him, grabbed his arm, and turned him around. A wail echoed in the courtyard.
After Niu Feng was thrown to the ground over his shoulder, Xiao Jiu covered her eyes.
"Oh my god, Brother Niu, why are you doing this to yourself?"
Half an hour later, Niu Feng, who had strained his back, was being massaged by Zhou Xing with safflower oil, who scolded him for overestimating his abilities.
Niu Feng, however, kept a smile on his face and even shamelessly said to Zhou Xing.
"This is the wife I've been looking for all along! Xing, for my sake, could you put in a good word for me?"
Zhou Xing glared at him, "If I remember correctly, we didn't know each other three days ago."
"Oh, now that we know each other, there's absolutely nothing wrong with my family. The organization has already investigated everything."
As for myself, you can ask around at the military region.
"Look at me, I'm already twenty-five. If I hadn't suffered from a lack of education in my younger years, would I still be a lieutenant at the deputy company commander level like you? I would have been promoted long ago."
"It's as if it's not because of this,"
"Brother, since you've also suffered this loss, we'll have to make it up to each other later. Right now, the most important thing is that you have to help me get married!"
"You've never even fought someone before, and you have the nerve to ask me for help?"
"Oh dear, she's a woman, how could I possibly use real force?"
But she's really strong, so I won't be bullied anymore. And if something really happens to me, she and my future son won't have to suffer. I…
"Hey bro, aren't you overthinking this? It's not even a hint of anything's going on yet, and you're already thinking about the future?"
"There's no other way. I don't want my children to go through what I've been through."
Otherwise, why would I be 25 and still not thinking about finding a partner?
It's not that I'm not in a hurry, it's just that I haven't been able to find the right one yet.
You know, in our line of work, we have to be ready at any time to fight for our country, even unto death.
Zhou Xing frowned. "I don't think what you're doing is right. It's like you're using moral blackmail. Even if that 'what if' really exists, you can't use this rule to force someone to raise their child alone for the rest of their life."
"No, you misunderstood. What I mean is, at least, she won't abandon the child and remarry."
As Niu Feng said this, his eyes were filled with desolation: "I know all too well what it feels like to be abandoned..."
Zhou Xing couldn't stand seeing a grown man display such an expression in front of him.
But he's also a straight man; you can't really ask a straight man to be a matchmaker.
Fortunately, Grandpa Tao was there the whole time and heard everything, so he told Zhao Lingli about it.
Zhao Lingli looked at her father-in-law in surprise.
"This child has such unique ideas. So, you don't mind that our Honghong has hearing loss?"
The old man shook his head firmly.
"I think he didn't take this seriously at all; he really treated Cuihong like a normal person."
I think this child is alright. You can ask Cuihua, and have Cuihua ask Cuihong.
"It's not necessarily going to be settled like this. We can get to know each other better later. It's better than just marrying anyone, right?"
Zhao Lingli agreed wholeheartedly, so she told Cuihua about it before dinner that evening.
Cuihua was also shocked. What was this? Love at first sight?
It wasn't that she lacked confidence, but rather that, given the current social circle, Cuihong might not be able to find a partner with better conditions than Niu Feng.
"Does he really not mind that Cuihong has hearing loss?"
Zhao Lingli shook her head. "I just heard from Xiao Jiu that this kid doesn't treat her as an abnormal person at all. He mentioned her hearing loss several times, but he didn't take it to heart. It's clear that this kid really doesn't care."
Cuihua pursed her lips. "I need to ask Cuihong about this properly."
When we had dinner that evening, the old man, the old woman, Tao An, Zhou Xing, Niu Feng, and Zhao Lingli were seated at one table, while Xiao Jiu and the other sisters were seated at another. The main reason was that there wasn't enough room at one table, and we didn't want to make the Tang sisters feel too awkward, so we set up a separate table for them.
In addition to dumplings, we also stir-fried garlic sprouts with eggs, fried radish balls, stewed cabbage with vermicelli, and spiced peanuts.
To be able to prepare such a meal under the current circumstances is truly remarkable, especially considering that the dumplings are made with both wheat and corn flour, and have two kinds of fillings: one is mackerel and chives, and the other is pork crackling and pickled cabbage. Niu Feng kept saying how delicious it was.
After learning that Cuihong's cooking skills were also involved in these dishes, the praise became even more excessive, so shameless that even Zhou Xing felt embarrassed by him.
Luckily, Cuihong was focused on eating and didn't even glance in his direction, otherwise he would have been incredibly smug!
After the banquet ended, Cuifeng and Cuilan stayed behind to help clean up, while Cuihua pulled Cuihong back to talk things over.
Niu Feng clutched his injured waist, opened his mouth as if to speak, but Zhou Xing stopped him.
"Alright, even if you're in a hurry, you should at least let the older sister ask the younger sister what she thinks, right?"
Niu Feng's face lit up with joy. "You told them?"
Zhao Lingli came out after tidying up the house and happened to hear this.
"Xiaofeng, let me ask you something honestly: are you really not concerned about my Xiaohong's hearing loss?"
When Zhao Lingli asked him this, Niu Feng immediately straightened his expression and responded very seriously.
“Auntie, as long as they don’t look down on me, what right do I have to look down on them? I’m not qualified for her to come with me to my military post yet, and we may have to live apart for a long time in the future. Besides, my job is quite dangerous, and not every girl is willing to come with me.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lingli had no choice but to ask more questions.
"So what kind of work do you mainly do in the provincial military region?"
Niu Feng was stumped by the question and subconsciously looked at Zhou Xing. The Army Special Forces were a special entity. How could he explain the special nature of this job?
Their primary duties are to raid important enemy political, economic, and military targets and carry out other special missions.
It is characterized by flexible organization, lean personnel, excellent equipment, rapid mobility, well-trained, and strong combat effectiveness.
Zhou Xing and Niu Feng had completed the first phase of their mission and were preparing to head to the next rendezvous point when this unexpected turn of events occurred.
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