Chapter 48

Having confirmed that her elder sister was willing to stay in Tianjing, Li Ting now had a direction.

However, she is not an impatient person, and this matter cannot be accomplished in a day or two.

I had been thinking of finding time to call my second brother so that the three siblings could sit down and discuss the matter together.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. In the next few days, there were continuous heavy rains, and Tianjin entered the plum rain season about half a month earlier than in previous years.

The meeting with my second brother had to be put on hold for the time being.

At the same time, because of the continuous and heavy rain, Ruting couldn't help but worry.

Because Wen Lan's sister-in-law told me that the rainy season every year is the most difficult time for the soldiers.

The "dig the river" policy has not yet been implemented, and Tianjing has been flooded several times in recent years.

Not only has the plum rain season arrived early, but the rainfall can be described as pouring.

With the rivers and dikes now riddled with holes, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for a few more days.

The facts turned out just as expected.

Another three days passed, and she was not surprised when the soaking wet attendant came back to inform her.

After all, Huo Xiao had been making preparations for the rescue these days.

But being mentally prepared is one thing, and worrying is another.

That was a flood, and it would really kill people.

She wanted to ask her husband not to go, but when the words came to her lips, she finally said: "Be careful, everyone be careful."

Orderly soldier Wu Xiaojun smiled with white teeth: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we all know how to swim!"

The girl who was not comforted at all...

"Xiao Wu, wait a moment." After a brief silence, Ruting seemed to remember something and hurried back to the house. Together with her mother-in-law, she put all the candies in the house into a glass jar.

When she handed the candy to Xiao Wu, she reminded him, "Candy can replenish your energy. If you don't have time to eat, share some candy with everyone."

Wu Xiaojun was somewhat touched. His sister-in-law was really nice. He took the glass jar and smiled with white teeth: "Hey! Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll go now."

"Be safe! Tell your leader for me that my mother, the children and I are waiting for him to return home safely. You too, stay safe."

"I know!"

Seeing the little warrior running away, Hu Xiucai, who had been silent all this time, raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eyes: "God is blind, what kind of thing is this!"

Hearing this, Ruiting took a deep breath without leaving a trace, adjusted her mood, then turned around and took her mother-in-law's hand, intending to take her back to the house to have a good talk.

Just as I turned around, Mrs. Wenlan from next door came rushing over in the heavy rain.

The two houses were very close, but the rain was so heavy that within a few seconds her body was already half wet.

Hu Xiu stopped worrying and hurried to get a dry towel.

Li Ting was helpless: "Sister-in-law, why don't you hold an umbrella when you come here? It's easy to catch a cold."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Wenlan shuddered.

Seeing this, Ruting frowned and said, "Come with me to the room and change into clean clothes first."

Tang Wenlan waved her hands: "Wait for me, I'll go back and change."

Having said that, without waiting for Ruting to get her an umbrella, she rushed out again.

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"Oh, I didn't expect that I would get so wet just by taking a break." Three minutes later, Tang Wenlan came back and changed her whole body.

Ruting was amused by the other person's carefree attitude. He poured her a cup of hot tea before sitting next to her: "How could I not have thought of that? The rain is almost as heavy as a bucket."

Tang Wenlan still didn't care much and started to explain her purpose: "I thought this was the first time you encountered such a thing, so I came to take a look."

Li Ting: "I've already prepared myself mentally. Huo Xiao gave me a heads up a few days ago."

Tang Wenlan looked at him carefully again, and seeing nothing wrong with him, she sighed, "You are quite stable. I had just joined the army at that time, and Old Xing was not yet the political commissar. The first time I saw him on a mission, I was terrified."

Li Ting smiled bitterly: "I am worried too, how can I not be worried...By the way, sister-in-law, do you know how long it usually takes for them to come back after going out for rescue?"

Hearing this, Hu Xiu and Lu Qing, who had been silent, also looked over.

Tang Wenlan wanted to say something nice, but after hesitating for a few seconds, he shook his head honestly: "It's hard to say. It could be a few days at the fastest or a month or two at the slowest. It depends on the area affected. I heard from Old Xing that there was a big flood in our area a few years ago. All the villages under the embankment were flooded. The water was more than 1.5 meters deep. The soldiers were busy for more than a month."

After she finished speaking, seeing that everyone had serious expressions, she quickly added: "But generally there won't be any major danger, it will just be very hard. You might as well take this opportunity to prepare more things and replenish them when Captain Huo returns."

Because of Tang Wenlan’s reminder.

The family finally found something to distract themselves.

But only a little.

Two days later, the rain still did not stop, but it was a little lighter.

It was not convenient for Ruiting to go to the brigade commander to ask about the situation outside, and she could not go out, so she finally called her old classmate Qian Haitao.

The situation outside is indeed very bad. Although the specific number of disaster victims has not yet been counted, it is definitely over 10,000 households. Even the Tianjin airport has been ravaged by the flood.

Ting Ting did not dare tell her mother-in-law about this news. She went to class, ate and slept normally.

But every time when it is late at night and everyone is asleep, the anxiety and worry in my heart will be magnified infinitely.

The anxiety only eased a week later when the sky began to clear up.

Because the brigade commander knew that his family members were worried, he specially asked his subordinates to visit them one by one early in the morning.

I'm not doing anything, just letting everyone know that I'm safe.

"Buddha bless us, there is finally news, as long as everyone is safe." Hu Xiu, who had only dared to chant Buddha's name in his heart because of the campaign to break the four olds, immediately began to worship after the clerk left.

In the past, Li Ting found it funny in her heart. After all, when she asked her mother-in-law which Buddha she worshipped, she couldn't tell at all, and couldn't tell what Buddha there was. She just followed the crowd and worshipped whatever others did.

But at this moment, seeing her smiling face, Tingting suddenly felt that this was not bad, and felt at ease: "Mom, according to what the official just said, the soldiers can take turns to come back and rest for a night recently. Maybe it will be Huo Xiao's turn in the next two days. Go to the kitchen team and order a dog later."

In fact, we do have a few chickens at home, but they are all kept for laying eggs.

Of course, there must be many people who have the same idea as Ruiting. If they fail to find one, they can only kill the ones at home first.

Hu Xiu obviously realized what was happening. She didn't even bother to eat breakfast and just went out with the money in her pocket.

He just rushed out the door and hurried back: "Shuangshuang, I don't know when I will be back, please help me send Miaomiao and Guoguo to school."

Ruishen agreed immediately.

Recently, there was a large-scale disaster.

Even though the camp was not affected due to its high terrain, the teachers in the office lost their mood to joke.

But today is clearly different.

When Ruiting walked into the office with her bag, she saw three or five colleagues gathered together, discussing something excitedly.

Gu Fang arrived early today, and when she saw her friend, she waved to him, "Come here quickly, I have good news for you."

Ruting walked to her desk, pulled out a chair, and smiled, "I understand."

Gu Fang was not surprised: "That's right, the family compound is so small, when did you know that Captain Cao was going to be transferred?"

"What? Captain Cao is going to be transferred?" As soon as her butt touched the stool, her eyes widened in shock at the news.

The two looked at each other for a while before Gu Fang asked, "Didn't you just say you knew?"

Tingting: "...I thought you were talking about the official coming to inform me about that."

"Where? Didn't you notice that someone didn't come today?" Gu Fang raised her chin and pointed at Liu Wenyan's position.

Tingting: "Doesn't she come here every now and then? Let's not talk about Liu Wenyan. Did you say that Captain Cao was transferred?"

"She hasn't left yet. She's still on a mission outside right now, isn't she? But the transfer letter has been issued, and everyone is discussing it." Whenever she thought about how Liu Wenyan had struggled for several months and now had nothing to show for it, the gloating look on Gu Fang's face would not go away.

This is really good news. Li Ting asked again: "How did you know? Is the news accurate?"

It's not that she is mean-spirited, she just feels that there is something fishy going on in this matter.

The transfer of soldiers was basically all in the hands of Political Commissar Liu. If he was willing to let Captain Cao go, how could he have allowed his daughter to humiliate him like that?

Anyway, no matter what others say about Political Commissar Liu being a good person but being unable to control his wife and daughter, Li Ting doesn't believe it.

Gu Fang nodded quickly, and then once again began to gloat over the misfortune: "That's right, the transfer order came yesterday, and it was directly transferred to the division headquarters. Although it is a horizontal transfer, everyone knows that going to a higher-level unit is equivalent to a half-level promotion... Not to mention, Captain Cao has quite a few connections."

Completely unaware that it was her husband who had done the hard work, Ting Ting nodded in approval, feeling even more relieved: "This is great, I'm so embarrassed, that family is probably going to go crazy."

Gu Fang rolled her eyes: "I'm angry. I heard that the teacher personally requested the person. Political Commissar Liu will have to think carefully even if he wants to cause trouble for someone in the future."

Ting Ting agreed with this, and her tone was full of joy: "I guess the Liu family must be regretting their decision now, right? They thought it was a soft persimmon that could be squeezed at will, but they didn't expect it to be full of sharp thorns and fangs."

"Haha, you said it well."

This is indeed the case.

Since receiving the transfer order yesterday, although Political Commissar Liu looked the same as usual and was even able to say congratulations cheerfully, his mood was extremely bad.

He no longer loved his beloved wife, nor spoiled his young lady. That night he went home and gave them both a good beating, scolding the mother and daughter for being wastes who only caused trouble for him.

After venting his anger, Political Commissar Liu did not rest and went to his old partner's house.

It would be impossible to reach this position without a complicated network of relationships. Although Political Commissar Liu was not afraid of the division commander behind Cao Wenzhe, he also wanted to find out what was going on.

"Lao Wei, we have been brothers for so many years, tell me honestly, was the incident with Cao Wen Ze your hand in it?" There was no need to hide it now, after meeting the man, Political Commissar Liu smoked a cigarette in silence and asked directly.

Seeing him like this, Wei Lu sighed inwardly, but still said frankly: "It's not me."

Upon hearing this, Political Commissar Liu's chubby face showed surprise: "If it's not you, then who could it be?"

This is not a doubt. He knows Lao Wei very well. He is firm in his words and when he says something is not true, it is definitely not true.

But he had found out about Cao Wenzhe, he was just a rural soldier and his rank was not high. If there was really someone behind him, they wouldn't have waited until today.

Seeing that he showed no remorse, the commander felt even more depressed: "Old Liu...how did you become like this?"

The comrade who was fearless in the face of artillery fire has become... extremely unfamiliar.

Political Commissar Liu glanced at his old partner and lit up another cigarette: "People always change. Besides, I didn't do anything. If it weren't for that kid named Cao who went too far, I wouldn't have been so oppressive."

"But it was Wen Yan who caused the trouble first. You knew that Wen Yan had a stubborn personality, so you shouldn't have let her do it in the first place!"

If this was said in front of others, Political Commissar Liu would have denied it a few times, but the person in front of him was an old friend with whom he had known each other for decades, so he smiled and said calmly: "You know, my kid is a coward. I only have one son. When I get old, I will definitely find him a backer... Lao Wei, you are also a father, you should understand me."

The brigade commander frowned... He didn't understand. In his opinion, the child had to live an incompetent life. For those who have experienced gunfire and hail of bullets, safety is more precious than anything else.

"Originally, I had my eyes on Huo Xiao. That guy is really outstanding. I'm sure he will achieve more than you and me in the future. It's a pity that he's married, and his personality is hard to deal with..." When he said this, a hint of regret appeared in Political Commissar Liu's small eyes.

The brigade commander couldn't help but sarcastically said, "But Cao Wenzhe is in trouble now... I advised you before, if you had listened to me, you wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation now... Old Liu, why did you become like this?"

Hearing this, Political Commissar Liu's expression froze for a moment before he sneered, "That's because Cao Wenzhe is confused. He married my daughter, so he won't dare to say anything else in the future. I can still guarantee that he can climb to the brigade level. Isn't it good to have a ready-made career path?"

The brigade commander didn't like what he heard: "Xiao Cao is also very good now. According to you, he got all these people by climbing up the ladder?"

The gap between the concepts of Political Commissar Liu and his old partner has been widening over the years. He was not here to argue with the other party today, so he simply changed the subject: "Old Wei, I still think that there should be no one behind Cao Wen Ze, otherwise the kid would not have endured until now. I just don't know who took action this time. Do you have the ability?"

"What kind of credible am I?" The brigade commander, who actually had some credible cred, retorted directly.

After a heart-to-heart talk, Political Commissar Liu still didn't get the information he wanted. He frowned and wondered if he had guessed wrong. Could it be that Lao Wei really didn't know?

However, the unknown enemy was more dangerous, and he would not feel at ease until he found this person. So he asked again, "You really don't know?"

The already ugly face of the brigade commander became even uglier in an instant: "If I want to know, how can I not tell you?" He really didn't know, and the doubt in his heart had not been confirmed, right?

This time Political Commissar Liu believed it. He prided himself on having sharp eyes and could tell whether Lao Wei was lying or not.

Now he really couldn't sit still anymore. He exchanged a few more words of greeting and then hurriedly said goodbye and left.

He had to contact the network behind the scenes, and make all preparations in advance, regardless of whether Cao Wenzhe would retaliate in the future.

It's not easy to get to this point, he can't let a small person fall on him...

Brigadier General Wei, who had also guessed the other party's intention, watched the man leave and did not rush out of the study. Instead, he picked up his cigarette and started smoking one after another.

I don't know how long it was before the study door was pushed open.

"Cough cough cough...you old man are trying to kill yourself...cough cough...how many cigarettes have you smoked?" Pang Lihua kept coughing because of the smoke filling the room. After opening the door, she went to open the window at the back.

After she finished all this, she took her husband away.

"What's wrong with you? What did Old Liu say?" When she put her husband down on the sofa in the living room, she realized that he looked like he had suffered a great disaster and was very depressed. Pang Lihua didn't care about being angry anymore and sat down next to him and asked worriedly.

The brigade commander opened his mouth, but for a long time he didn't know where to start.

"Why don't you tell me? I'm so anxious!"

The brigade commander subconsciously reached for his cigarette again, but found that the cigarette box was empty. He suddenly became even more depressed: "Lihua, tell me...how can a person become so powerful?"

Hearing this, Pang Lihua understood. In fact, she had told Lao Wei two years ago to stay away from Lao Liu, otherwise he would be implicated in the future.

But at that time, although Lao Wei was a little disappointed with Lao Liu, he was still willing to treat him as a brother and was not willing to listen to him.

But right now, I'm afraid I'm extremely disappointed.

If it were in the past, Pang Lihua would have laughed three times first, and then taken the opportunity to make a few sarcastic remarks. Who made him not listen to her advice and be kind to others with all his heart?

But seeing the old man so depressed, she softened her heart and said in a much gentler voice: "People will always change, as long as we keep our original intentions."

People always change!

Old Liu had just said the same thing. The brigade commander's throat choked up, and when he spoke again, his voice was obviously tired: "But the change is too big. He was obviously a very good person before... Power is really scary!"

How does it change a person beyond recognition?