Chapter 90 Inquiry
Upon receiving the news, Wei Yang quickly came out, took the lunchbox, and called Song Lubai aside.
Taking the opportunity, Feng Ying inquired about the situation from the man who was winking at her at the door.
"Where is your deputy minister from? How old are you? Are you still unmarried? What rank do you hold? How much is your monthly salary?"
Xiao Liu: "...!"
Is this how people nowadays to get information?
Xiao Liu was also straightforward: "Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?"
Feng Ying gestured with her chin toward Song Lubai.
"With Comrade Wei being so proactive, how could I possibly be inquiring for someone else?"
Xiao Liu smiled and said proudly, "Our deputy minister is now a deputy and regimental-level cadre. He has been on the battlefield and made many great contributions, including four first-class merits and three second-class merits. As a combat hero, he has given speeches at many lectures and has also studied at a military academy. In our hearts, he is the one."
Xiao Liu proudly gave a thumbs up.
Feng Ying was deeply moved as she listened.
If Wei Yang were interested in her, she might not be so polite after hearing these things.
"You haven't said how old he is yet."
Xiao Liu asked cautiously, "How old is Comrade Song?"
Feng Ying said uncertainly, "Eighteen or nineteen, anyway, not twenty yet."
Xiao Liu gestured: "Our Brother Yang is twenty-six this year."
Fearing they might think Wei Yang was too old, Xiao Liu quickly added, "Our Brother Yang joined the army early, at fifteen. He's now a deputy regimental-level officer. At his age, to be promoted to deputy regimental-level is extremely rare in the military. And being a few years older is nothing. In our Xinjiang province, it's not uncommon for men to be more than ten years older than their wives."
Feng Ying was aware of this situation.
XJ is a very special place, where many soldiers who are demobilized locally cannot find wives.
According to the old soldiers in the camp, in the early years, there were no kindergartens or primary schools in the army and regiments because no children were born. It wasn't until the commander and the commander moved about 10,000 female soldiers from Kouhe that the soldiers who stayed in the army and regiments gradually started families and had children.
Kindergartens and primary schools were gradually built, and now there are junior high and high schools as well.
Compared to the male soldiers who gradually migrated from the area, the number of female soldiers was still far from enough, so there was still a large number of older, unmarried bachelors in the army and regiments.
It's not uncommon for girls in their early twenties to marry men in their thirties or forties, and it's not something that people criticize.
Judging from Wei Yang's age, he is only a few years older than Song Lubai, the age gap is not large, and Feng Ying thinks the two can get along.
Wei Yang specifically told Song Lubai about Liu Mei's situation, and mentioned that the Second Branch Farm was nearly 100 kilometers away from the Sixth Branch Farm.
Song Lubai once again marveled at the vastness of Xinjiang Province.
Both are branch farms under the main farm in Shicheng, but they are hundreds of kilometers apart.
Wei Yang made conversation, saying, "If you want to visit her and your brother in the future, you can ask me to go with you. It's not safe for you to travel alone."
Song Lubai shook her head: "Lin Shuhong is not my biological brother, and I don't have a good relationship with them. I probably won't go looking for them."
His purpose couldn't be clearer.
After saying goodbye, she was about to leave when she saw that he still seemed to want to say something. Song Lubai said directly, "Just say what you want to say."
Wei Yang didn't know whether he should tell Liu Mei about her past experiences. He wanted to tell her but felt it was unnecessary and pointless. He couldn't bring himself to say such things, and she, a young woman, couldn't listen to them. So he changed the subject and said, "I might go to your company again in a few days. If you want to eat something, you can give me the money and tickets in advance, and I'll bring it for you."
Since they've said that, Song Lubai won't hold back.
She had money and several national grain coupons, which weighed a total of three jin and eight liang.
Food coupons have an expiration date and will expire in about half a month, so she simply took out all the food coupons and handed them to him, and also took out three yuan.
"I'll have the big meat buns, thank you."
Wei Yang's lips curled slightly.
He thought it was quite nice that the two of them were getting along so politely.
He glanced at the food coupons: "The expiration date is approaching. I'll find someone to exchange them for longer-lasting ones so you can eat them for a while longer."
Song Lubai was delighted, "That's great, thank you so much."
Wei Yang nodded: "You're welcome."
After waving goodbye, Song Lubai and Feng Ying went to the intersection of the farm headquarters to wait for Zhao Aiguo to drive the tractor over.
When the instructor came in the morning, he said that Zhao Aiguo would come again in the afternoon, and that they should wait at the intersection before seven o'clock.
The 25th Company is a newly established company. The company's barracks have only recently started to be built, and no vegetables or grains have been planted in the fields yet. Naturally, it cannot be self-sufficient. All food and supplies have to be allocated from the farm headquarters. Fresh vegetables have to be transported from the regimental headquarters every three or four days. The inconvenience is one aspect, but the small amount is the most troublesome.
If the company has its own vegetable garden, then there's no need to be particularly frugal when it comes to vegetables.
In the Armed Forces Department, Xiao Liu, with a sly look on his face, boasted, "Brother Yang, I just said a lot of good things about you. That Comrade Feng was asking about you for Comrade Song. I told him all about your glorious past. You're the youngest deputy regimental-level officer in the army. I think you guys are capable."
Wei Yang looked at his expressive face and said, "You shouldn't be in the Armed Forces Department. It's a waste of your talent to stay here."
Xiao Liu straightened his back, feeling that his superiors had finally recognized his talent, and excitedly asked, "So, where do you think I should go?"
Wei Yang said leisurely, "If you're in an opera troupe, go and perform that face-changing act; the audience will definitely love it."
Xiao Liu: "..."!
Xiao Liu slapped Wei Yang's arm and snorted, "I've been so worried about you. You're not young anymore. Logically speaking, Brother Yang, you're a good catch, you shouldn't be still unmarried."
"duang"
Caught off guard, Wei Yang was slapped on the ground by Xiao Liu, causing the lunchbox in his hand to fall to the ground and the money inside to spill out.
Upon seeing the money, Wei Yang gently shook his head.
Xiao Liu sighed, "Oh dear, Comrade Song and Comrade Feng are really too kind, but they have failed to live up to your good intentions."
The amount of food served in the cafeteria is limited each day. One of the two boxes of vegetable soup delivered to Song Lubai's hospital these past few days was Wei Yang's own portion.
Wei Yang wanted to get an extra box of vegetable soup, but he had to pay extra for it. However, if he wanted a third box of vegetable soup, he couldn't buy it even if he had the money.
At the intersection near the farm headquarters, Feng Ying, fanning herself with a straw hat, asked Song Lubai, "How old are you?"
According to the lunar calendar, three days ago was Song Lubai's nineteenth birthday. If Feng Ying hadn't asked, she wouldn't have known that she had already turned nineteen.
Song Lubai always thought that birthdays were just for counting age, but in the book she read in her dream, which featured Lin Jinyao as the main character, Lin Jinyao celebrated her child's birthday in a grand way after becoming a mother.
Birthdays don't seem to need to be celebrated, but it's nice to have a ceremonial celebration.
"What's wrong? Why are you asking this?"
Feng Ying, probably influenced by Xiao Liu, winked and said, "I've inquired for you. Comrade Wei Yang is 26 years old this year. He is the youngest deputy and regimental-level cadre. I haven't found out his salary, but it must be quite high. He joined the army at the age of fifteen, made great contributions, and attended military academy. He definitely has a bright future. I think you can consider it."
This image of Feng Ying reminded Song Lubai of her mother, Zhang Cui.
Zhang Cui was just as quick when she inquired about Li Guangming's situation.
"You were bought off after eating a few meals of vegetable soup from them?"
Feng Ying spat and said, "Don't be ungrateful. To be honest, if such an outstanding man were to fawn over me, I would never let him slip away."
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