Chen Yuanwu took the ticket and said, "Thank you!"
The ticket Xiao Ding brought over was a reception ticket, which was not arranged according to family treatment, but according to the guest's unit and level. It was in the fourth row, number three, and the view was very good.
Jiang Jun stuck his head out and smiled at Xiao Ding as a greeting, then continued washing the vegetables.
Chen Yuanwu looked at Xiao Ding and nodded towards the kitchen: "Where's hers?"
Xiao Ding tried to remain serious: "It's row 11, number 3, number 5."
Chen Yuanwu listened to the seat number and felt something was amiss. He glanced at Xiao Ding, who kept glancing at his hand. Then he realized he was drinking from Jiang Yun's bowl of soup. He calmly drank the last sip and said, "I have a mission tonight and can't go. Give your ticket to someone else."
Such a good location would be too conspicuous if it were left empty.
Xiao Ding couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yun's back.
Chen Yuanwu put down his bowl and said, "That's the mission! You can ask the deputy commander to let you be the commander of the special forces company!"
Xiao Ding smiled and took back the invitation ticket: "I will report to the deputy commander!"
Chen Yuanwu stood up and collected the empty bowl: "You can go now!"
What's interesting? Report it now!
Xiao Ding left in a flash.
Chen Yuanwu entered the kitchen and kissed Jiang Yun on the ear from behind: "Who else is with you? Your sister?"
Jiang Jun knew it was useless to hide, but he couldn't help but hunch his shoulders. "Itchy! It's Xiaolan. She came with me this time. She wants to join the art troupe."
Chen Yuanwu froze for a moment. "Every time my dad goes to the art troupe, he always takes your sister with him?"
Jiang Jun lowered her head to wash the vegetables. "Yes, Uncle Chen even found a teacher for Xiaolan in the art troupe to teach her to sing."
Only then did Chen Yuanwu remember to ask, "When did you come? Before May Day?"
Jiang Jun nodded, his hands busy. "Yes, it came in mid-April. The day before May Day, I even cooked the meal for Teacher Cheng!"
Chen Yuanwu hugged Jiang Yun in frustration. He had missed three months of good times in vain. "Were you the one who cooked that day? Was that black tweed coat hanging by the door yours?"
Jiang Jun also understood something and turned around: "So you have a mission?! I thought you..."
She couldn't say the rest of the words.
Chen Yuanwu expressed his apology with his latest discovery.
Later...
Chen Yuanwu took care of all the work in the kitchen, including washing, cutting, pickling, steaming, boiling and stewing, and he did it quickly and well.
While doing this, he could also chat with Jiang Jun, asking her about her life in Chuncheng over the years with concern.
The more Jiang Jun downplayed the situation, the more distressed Chen Yuanwu felt. "You didn't even write to me. I even went to Chuncheng to inquire about your news."
That year, he had secured the opportunity to travel with the commander to Spring City. They took a soft sleeper, encountered heavy rain, and were delayed by nearly twenty hours, a journey of four days and four nights. A fellow passenger in the same carriage worked for the Spring City Commercial Bureau. He explained that the local incomes were several levels lower than those in Beijing, and that ethnic minorities in the mountains only earned a few yuan a year.
Jiang Jun didn't dare ask Chen Yuanwu how he felt about not catching the train. He feigned indifference and said, "I didn't dare write a letter back then. Even when I dared later, I couldn't. It took two days to ride a bicycle from where we lived to the post office in the county town."
The roads are all mountainous, and riding a bicycle is not convenient. It is not as fast as walking on foot.
Chen Yuanwu pretended to be angry: "Alas, in the final analysis, you just don't miss me, you really forgot me!"
Jiang Jun was a little sad: "I have to forget! Especially when my dad was sick, I thought I would stay there forever."
How desperate she was at that time. Everything she had just fought for was gone in the blink of an eye.
She even thought that if she waited until the year when the college entrance examination was resumed and then asked Chen Yuanwu for help, she might not be able to find him. He might have already gotten married, and no one would care about a silly girl like her living in the wilderness.
Chen Yuanwu immediately softened his heart: "No, you still have me! I will keep looking for you until I find you! I even applied to the commander this time..."
It’s over!
Chen Yuanwu felt like he had shot himself in the foot. He applied to the General Secretary for a one-year office in southern Taiwan! He was leaving in ten days!
Jiang Yun didn't know and wanted to know Chen Yuanwu's determination and perseverance: "What did you apply for?"
Chen Yuanwu pounded his forehead: "A long-term mission out of town!"
How stupid! If he had stayed ten minutes longer on May Day, he wouldn't have missed it!
Jiang Jun disagreed. After all, it was normal for soldiers to go on missions. Some of them could be on missions for eight or ten years, or even more than ten or twenty years!
Scientists like Mr. Zhang at the military base spend their entire lives conducting experiments, and their families are just a few nouns written on pieces of letter paper.
"Then how long will you be gone? Sorry, you don't have to tell me, I shouldn't have asked!" Jiang Jun apologized quickly.
Chen Yuanwu shook his head slightly: "This is not a secret. I will be gone for at least a year."
Jiang Jun was very surprised. "Doesn't a year go by so quickly? Look, I've been in Spring City for almost three years."
Chen Yuanwu was annoyed. How could this silly girl understand his eagerness to try something new? He didn't want to be separated from Jiang Jun for even a minute. "If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have applied!"
Jiang Jun snorted: "Who told you to run away?"
Chen Yuanwu suddenly had an idea: "How about you come with me! Now that Uncle Jiang's policy has been announced, you can rest assured. Come with me, I'll find you a house over there, and I can come visit you often."
Jiang Jun fainted: "Why are the army's requirements so lax?"
Chen Yuanwu laughed: "As soon as I saw you, I forgot all my requests!"
Jiang Jun shook his head: "Then just wait for them to punish me!"
In this era, unmarried couples will only be accepted by others if they interact like two strangers in public. If they look at each other for a second longer or smile at each other, they will be laughed at and regarded as shameless.
Chen Yuanwu was so anxious that he said this: "Ever since I saw you leave on the train and didn't catch up with you, I haven't been able to sleep for half a year."
Fortunately, half a year later, he saw the words Jiang Jun wrote on the card at Mo Xiaohui's place, and he came back to life.
Jiang Jun pouted: "Only half a year?"
Chen Yuanwu's hands were greasy from cooking, so he could only lean over and give her a kiss: "You heartless little bastard, half a year isn't enough, you've totally forgotten me!"
Jiang Jun ran away with a smile: "I'm going to make some tea. I can't handle all the heavy meals later."
Chen Yuanwu reminded: "Make it stronger!"
Jiang Jun didn't bother to pay attention to him: "Drinking too much will hurt your stomach. You won't be able to sleep tonight."
Chen Yuanwu silently added in his heart: I just can’t sleep.
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