Chapter 60

After settling her elder sister and nieces, Tingting's life returned to normal again.

Apart from attending classes every day, I would stay at home to translate, and then be taken for a walk in the family yard by Huo Xiao at a fixed time.

As a result, Captain Huo's reputation has improved greatly, and the military families' evaluation of him has changed from being serious and difficult to approach to being a good man who loves his wife.

If his time does not allow, the job will be given to the dragon and phoenix fetus.

At times like this, the little ones, feeling that they were carrying a heavy burden, would put on serious faces and hold their mothers on both sides.

Following behind these people will be a little puppy that has grown into a chubby boy. It is an extremely festive scene.

Ruiting often felt at a loss for words. She was only three months pregnant, but people who didn't know her would think she was about to give birth.

And time, in the midst of various warm daily lives, has inadvertently quickened its pace.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of June and the weather had turned really hot.

I heard that pregnant women tend to be afraid of heat. I didn’t feel it before, but now I really feel it.

Just after lunch break, the ten-minute journey back to school made her sweat profusely.

Seeing this, Gu Fang frowned: "Didn't your Captain Huo ride a bicycle to take you here today?"

With one hand she wiped the sweat off her face and with the other she picked up a palm leaf fan to fan herself: "I was in a meeting and didn't even come back for lunch. Mom wanted to push me here on her bike, but I didn't agree."

Because the division commander will be visiting the grassroots to express condolences in the coming days, the camp, which had just rested for a short time, became busy again.

As the head and political commissar of a regiment, Huo Xiao and Xing Guoqiang often return home late at night.

It is to strengthen the various skills training and political thought training of the fighters.

After all, according to custom, the condolences from the top leaders also include random checks on the soldiers' various military qualities.

Of course, this situation happened to more than one group, the second and third groups were also like this.

Gu Fang finally reacted after hearing this. She snorted coldly, "I see your Captain Huo sending you off every day. I almost forgot that everyone is busy right now. You don't even know that when I went to see my brother Rongxuan the day before yesterday, he was very busy and sent me away with just a few words."

Thinking of this, Gu Fang felt a little jealous of Ting Ting.

Although Brother Rongxuan was very good to her, she could only see him twice a month, and she also had a mother-in-law who was difficult to get along with.

Especially because she had been married for more than half a year and still hadn't gotten pregnant, the old lady wrote countless letters and called her countless times, and there was always a sense of coldness and contempt in her words.

Gu Fang didn't mean to be mean. She felt that if it weren't for the help from her own family, her mother-in-law would have scolded her.

"What's with that bitter and resentful expression? Is your mother-in-law looking for trouble again?" Seeing her friend's face suddenly darken, Li Ting became a little worried.

Gu Fang curled her lips and said, "It's just the same old stuff. I'm used to it."

Tingting patted her friend on the shoulder and said, "Since you and Captain Wen have both gone for checkups and everything is fine, having a child is only a matter of time. Just stay calm."

"Oh... let's not talk about this, it will affect my mood. Let's talk about you. What are you going to do in the future if you are so afraid of heat?" Gu Fang is a lively person. She quickly put her worries behind her and turned to care about her friend.

Tingting: "It's okay. Summer vacation is just a few days away. It should be fine to rest at home during the hottest two months."

"Yeah, if that doesn't work, just go buy an electric fan."

After coming here, Ruiting hasn't seen any store with electric fans, nor has she seen any in the shopping malls. She thought they didn't exist yet.

I have to say, she was really moved.

What the caller could not have expected was...

Bai Tiancai told Fangfang that she wanted to buy an electric fan.

I saw it when I got home from school in the evening.

Ruting looked at the people in the room and stood at the door with a confused look on his face.

Since taking on manual labor for the family compound, the military families have rarely gone out to play.

She was wondering what was going on when she heard someone say in an almost admiring tone:

"Wow, this is an electric fan? This is the first time I've seen one. It's really cool."

It's expensive for a reason. I want to buy one, but when the dog days come, I'll be so hot I'll die."

"This thing is hard to buy. I heard that this one was brought back from Shanghai. There are very few in Tianjin. You can't buy one even if you want to."

"It's comfortable, but I can't bear to part with it. It's too expensive."

"Hey, if you ask me, it's because Captain Huo loves his wife so much that he's willing to spend money on her."

"You're wrong. How capable is our teacher Xiao Ru? She can buy eight or ten of them by herself."

After these words were spoken, everyone was silent for a moment, and then glared at the person who spoke without restraint.

Although it is true, Captain Huo's mother is still alive.

In their view, no matter how good the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law is, it is not as important as their own son.

What if the other person minds and doesn't like hearing this, wouldn't that make Teacher Xiaorui uncomfortable?

When the woman who was speaking received everyone's gazes, she also reacted and immediately wanted to slap herself in the face.

She really had no intention of sowing discord. She just spoke out of admiration for Teacher Rui's character.

Just when I was thinking about apologizing to Aunt Xiu, I saw Teacher Ru standing at the door and unable to come in.

She immediately raised her voice and shouted, "Teacher Xiao Rui is back! Look, your team leader Huo was afraid that you would be too hot, so he bought you an electric fan...Everyone, please make way, Teacher Rui can't get into the house."

After she said this, no one cared to pursue her for speaking without restraint. They all smiled and moved to the sides, quickly making way for them.

From their conversation, I knew that Ruiting had bought an electric fan at home, but before he could say anything, a cool breeze blew on his face.

She was sweating from the walk back, and when the wind blew, she suddenly felt refreshed.

It’s really... not easy, I can actually turn on the electric fan.

Ruting walked into the house, chatting with everyone while smiling, and asked her mother-in-law: "When did Huo Xiao ask someone to buy it?"

Hu Xiu smiled and replied: "This kid is a taciturn person. I'm afraid it has been a while."

Yes, according to what the military families said just now, electric fans should be extremely difficult to buy nowadays, it has been a while.

Thinking of this, Li Ting couldn't help but feel sweet in her heart...

The news that Captain Huo had an electric fan in his home soon spread to everyone.

Until the next day, there were still many people coming to experience it.

No one was jealous, after all, it was no exaggeration to say that Teacher Ru had done a great favor to most of the family members.

It is also normal for pregnant women to be intolerant to high temperatures.

But no one expected that no one had any objection, but Political Commissar Liu took advantage of the issue to make a fuss.

He has reached his current position by having more than just straw in his head.

Even though he has been in a high position of power and everything has gone smoothly in recent years, he has always been vigilant.

Therefore, even without evidence, he was 90% sure based on his intuition that the person behind Cao Wen Ze might have a backup plan.

Political Commissar Liu could even feel that, somewhere he couldn't see, a huge net was being laid out for him.

So although he kept a low profile these days, he was investigating everywhere secretly.

He couldn't just sit there and wait for death, he had to strike first.

But after checking over and over again, he eliminated everyone and finally targeted the most unlikely person, Huo Xiao.

At first, Political Commissar Liu suspected that his speculation was wrong for two reasons.

First, Huo Xiao was a rural soldier, and his resume clearly stated that he had sacrificed his life to get to where he is today.

Second, there was no conflict between the two. Even if Cao Wenzhe was an officer under a regiment, Huo Xiao would not offend his direct leader for an unimportant person unless he was absolutely sure.

But in the end, Political Commissar Liu still set his suspicion on the other party.

Because Captain Huo has only been in the army for a few months, he hasn't had enough time to fully understand the situation.

Political Commissar Liu has always believed in his intuition, so he has been quietly collecting dirt on the other party these days.

Or, create a stain on the other party.

However, things turned out to be much more difficult than he had imagined.

This is because Huo Xiao is a man who is very careful in what he does and says, and there is no trace of anything that can be found on him.

There is no chance of creating stains.

In just a few months, Huo Xiao had already captured several people in important positions under his command.

In the end, in order not to alert the enemy, he could only start with the person he despised the most, Hu Shuigen.

He just promised the other party that after he was not included in the end-of-year transfer report, he immediately came over.

And today, Fang Shuigen brought him a useless handle.

In order to make his wife feel better, Huo Xiao went to great lengths to buy an electric fan.

This is actually not a big deal, but if used well, it can have an unexpected effect.

For example, the commander of the tank division was an extremely serious and simple old revolutionary. He was the most fair and could not stand arrogance and debauchery.

Whenever his commander came to visit and express his condolences, he would ask someone to deliver a letter of denunciation, reporting that Huo Xiao lived a petty-bourgeois lifestyle and was not loyal enough to the Party.

Well, the least that can be done is to ruin the impression.

For a group leader who has lost his political reputation in front of the top leader, it is not easy to recover.

Unless... in such a bad situation, Huo Xiao still has the ability to get someone to transfer him away.

But it is not easy to transfer jobs again in less than half a year.

By then, I will be well prepared and can just catch the other party abusing their power and pull out the person hiding behind it.

And this is his real purpose...

Thinking of this, Political Commissar Liu's small eyes were full of calculations.

As for whether or not the wrong person was mistaken, it was a misunderstanding of Huo Xiao.

In the eyes of Political Commissar Liu, it was no big deal at all.

It was Huo Xiao who was unlucky!

However, an electric fan alone is not enough to completely qualify as a hipster.

Maybe... we can add some fuel to the fire.

Fang Shuigen is in a good mood recently.

It’s so good that it makes up for the waste of the past few days.

That day he received oral instructions from Political Commissar Liu.

Let him ask the housewife to persuade Huo Tuan's family to install wooden floors in the house.

At first, Hummingbird didn't understand the purpose of doing this.

Later, after Political Commissar Liu explained it to him, he learned that the country had issued a document a few years ago to prevent large-scale logging from damaging the ecological environment and to prohibit the installation of wooden floors in residential buildings.

This regulation was issued many years ago, and not many people know about it now. If it is handled properly, it cannot be covered up with a bland remark.

The one he especially has to deal with is Captain Huo, who has looked down on him in various ways since he took office.

If he could really drag someone down with him, maybe he wouldn't have to change his career and could even be promoted to deputy regiment commander or...regular regiment commander!

After all, he now has the leverage over Political Commissar Liu, and he dare not not help him... Thinking of this, Fang Shuigen became even more impatient.

"What are you laughing at? What good news has happened?" Ding Feiyan has been beaten by her husband every now and then recently, and she would avoid it if possible on normal days.

But today, seeing that the man was in a good mood, I couldn't help but want to coax him. Maybe he won't hit her next time.

If it really doesn't work...just be gentler.

Fang Shuigen had no idea about his wife's dream of "prosperity", and when he came to his senses, he fixed his gaze on the other's face.

Then he quickly remembered that this stupid woman had already offended the team leader's family, so how could she persuade them to lay the floor?

Thinking of this, Fang Shuigen's good mood disappeared, and he grabbed the man and beat him up again.

It was not until his sight saw the second girl shrinking and moving away that Fang Shuigen seemed to remember something. He let go of the crying woman and waved towards the second girl.

Fang Yiling instinctively didn't want to pay attention, but she was very aware that she was too weak to run faster than her father, so she could only pretend to be timid and come over.

Erya was Fang Shuigen's least favorite child because she was born with a thumb-sized birthmark on her left cheek.

If he hadn't been afraid that people would say he was old-fashioned and favored boys over girls, he would have thrown her out long ago.

However, because of his disgust, he usually never looked down on others.

Naturally, he didn't know that his abandoned little daughter's timidity in front of him was all a protective color, and she was actually very smart.

Fang Shuigen looked at the second girl who had her head buried and her expression unclear, and said as a matter of course: "Scarface, I remember that Teacher Xiaolue liked you very much, right? She even sent you food before."

Arya is still young after all, and no matter how smart she is, she cannot completely hide her emotions. For example, after hearing the question, the two little hands hanging by her sides immediately tightened.

But Fang Shuigen never liked his daughter, and looked down on the second girl, so he didn't pay any attention to these details.

Seeing that she just buried her head and didn't say anything, he immediately walked away.

After he had kicked the man to the ground, he asked fiercely, "Speak! Are you dumb?"

Because she dodged quickly, Arya didn't feel much pain, but she still pretended to be in pain and lay on the ground, curling up her body skillfully and burying her head, then she said tremblingly: "After being discovered last time... I won't send you off."

Hearing this, Fang Shuigen frowned. He naturally knew what the second girl was talking about. In his opinion, as long as his son could carry on the family line, there was nothing wrong in giving the good things to a boy with a penis.

But now is not the time to worry about these.

Fang Shuigen frowned for a while and came up with an idea: "Don't eat tonight. Go to Teacher Xiaolue and tell her that you are hungry. Let her pity you."

Fang Yiling didn't dare to object and nodded her head.

Seeing this, Fang Shuigen finally calmed down a bit, but he still threatened: "In the next two days, act pitiful in front of Teacher Xiaorui. Isn't she very kind? You can take this opportunity to say that you want to repay her by helping her lay wooden floors at home. That way, it will be clean and you don't have to mop the floor every morning and evening."

Ding Feiyan thought that the extent to which the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Ruo Ting, loved cleanliness was just hypocritical, and she had complained to Fang Shuigen about it several times. This was really a good entry point.

The second girl is small, and as long as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law agree that the wooden board is clean and convenient, maybe it can work.

After all, who would be defensive about a poor child?

Thinking of this, Fang Shuigen couldn't help feeling proud of his quick wit. He immediately became restless and quickly stood up to take the second girl out.

Before he finished, he threatened: "Scarface, you better do your job well, and don't tell anyone that I asked you to do this, or I'll throw you away!"

Fang Yiling was used to hearing these words since she was a child. She still kept her head down and said nothing, but walked out cooperatively.

I didn't dare to turn around until I had walked a certain distance away.

But I didn't expect that my father was still standing at the door staring at me.

Fang Yiling was so frightened that she immediately retracted her head and ran straight to Teacher Lu's house.

This time, we waited until we were near Teacher Rui’s house.

After making sure that his father couldn't see him, the child turned around and ran towards Principal Huang's house.

My eldest sister said that Teacher Rui is pregnant and pregnant women are very fragile, so try not to trouble her. If you have any problems, you can go to Principal Huang.

Fang Yiling didn't understand why her father asked Teacher Rui to lay wooden floors at home, but she always felt something was wrong.

She is going to find Principal Huang and tell her grandfather about this...