She has been so busy lately that she forgot about it.
No wonder she felt that there were a lot fewer people when she returned to the military family compound this time. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that those sisters-in-law with rural household registration were indeed not there. They must have gone back to the countryside to take care of this matter.
"Are you not busy now? If you are not busy, please accompany me to a place to have some tea." asked Mr. Zhang.
"I came to talk to Secretary Zhang about something. I won't be busy if he's not here." Qiao Xinyi said, "I quit my job at the school. I have to tell Secretary Zhang about it."
Mr. Zhang nodded, turned around and shouted towards the office, "Xiao Xie, if your secretary calls back, please tell him on behalf of our Qiao Xinyi and tell him that Qiao Xinyi has resigned from his job as a teacher."
The person in the office said ok and walked out.
Qiao Xinyi now knew who the Xiao Xie that Mr. Zhang was talking about was.
Oh my goodness, it’s the deputy director!
"Secretary Zhang mentioned Qiao Xinyi's work problem when he came back. You quit your job as a teacher. Do you have any new ideas?" asked Director Xie.
"Yes, I will give my report to Secretary Zhang when he comes back. Please help me pass a message to Secretary Zhang, Director Xie." Qiao Xinyi felt that she had given him enough face.
"It's a matter of talking, there's no point in using words like trouble." Director Xie waved his hand indifferently.
Qiao Xinyi followed Mr. Zhang out of the hospital. She thought that Mr. Zhang would take her to some unit for tea, but unexpectedly, he took her directly to the rest home for retired cadres.
Qiao Xinyi had always known that there was such a place in the provincial capital, but had never been there. She had never expected that there was even a pond where one could fish.
"I'll introduce you to two of my old friends later. I think they're fishing under the shade of the trees right now." Although Mr. Zhang is quite old, he's still very agile.
He turned around and pointed in the direction of the pond to Qiao Xinyi, then took Qiao Xinyi there.
There were indeed people fishing under the shade of the trees, but Mr. Zhang's two old friends were not fishing today. Fortunately, they were sitting at the small tea table in the shade of the trees making tea.
"Lao Du, Lao Ping." Grandpa Zhang called out to the two of them, "Why are you willing to put down your fishing rod today?"
"Whether you can put it down or not, you won't be able to catch any fish. You might as well drink some tea and relax." Mr. Du responded and looked back, and found that Mr. Zhang had brought a young female volunteer with him.
"Is this your little girl?" Old Master Du thought for a while but couldn't remember any child in the Zhang family who was this age.
"Isn't she the daughter of the Zhang family?" Mr. Ping's words were really venomous. "The Zhang family can't produce such a beautiful daughter."
"You're right this time. If my Zhang family had such an outstanding daughter, I would wake up laughing in my dreams." Old Master Zhang pointed to an empty chair and asked Qiao Xinyi to sit down. "You are pregnant. Don't stand for a long time. It's too tiring. Don't be restrained. Sit down."
"I see there's an empty chair over there. I'll move it over. Grandpa Zhang, please sit down first." Qiao Xinyi was still a young woman, and she wasn't pregnant yet, so how could she let Grandpa Zhang move a chair for her from far away?
Qiao Xinyi was so strong that she moved a chair like she was carrying a marshmallow, leaving the three old men dumbfounded.
"A female strongman." Mr. Ping laughed. "I've never seen a female warrior with such strong hands, and she's pregnant. Old Zhang, have you kept us in suspense? Tell us who this female warrior is. I'm really curious."
Since the girl that Mr. Zhang brought back specially is not from the Zhang family, she must not be an ordinary person.
"Isn't she your grandson's wife?" Grandpa Du guessed, "I heard that Zhang Li got engaged at a state-owned hotel at the end of August and invited many people to the party."
"Such a thing happened, but you didn't even notify us old friends to come and join in the fun." Mr. Ping shook his head, "You are such a bad person."
Just by listening to the tone of the three people's conversation, Qiao Xinyi knew how good their relationship was.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you hear me just say that she was pregnant? How did she become my future granddaughter-in-law?" Old Master Zhang shook his head. "If my Zhang family had this granddaughter-in-law, we would have to wait until our ancestral graves were filled with smoke."
Old Master Zhang said bluntly, "How can Zhang Li be worthy of her? She is the person you were talking about wanting to meet a few days ago. I just happened to meet her today, so I brought her here, didn't I?"
"We want to see..." As soon as Mr. Du said this, he realized who the female volunteer in front of him was. His voice changed. "Is this the volunteer Qiao Xinyi who won three helicopters for our country?"
Mr. Ping stood up and shook Qiao Xinyi's hand. "Qiao Xinyi, I have admired you for a long time."
This was a typical elderly star-chasing scene. Qiao Xinyi was warmly welcomed by the two old men, who asked her what it felt like to fly a plane and what it felt like to win the plane back from Japan.
Mr. Zhang sat aside, keeping his achievements and fame to himself, and smiled in a very ostentatious manner.
Qiao Xinyi understood now that Mr. Zhang had brought her here in such a hurry because he really wanted to show off in front of his old friend.
You can tell by looking at Mr. Zhang sitting there, laughing so hard that his eyes are almost invisible.
"Xinyi, your Grandpa Du and Grandpa Heping were both in the army before they retired. Back then, your Grandpa Du relied on homemade cannons to shoot down enemy planes from the sky on the battlefield."
"Your grandfather Ping is even more amazing. When he was young, he lurked in the enemy's camp and infiltrated the enemy's interior, performing several remarkable feats."
Knowing that his two old friends really wanted to meet Qiao Xinyi, they happened to meet Qiao Xinyi this afternoon. After Mr. Zhang confirmed that Qiao Xinyi was free, he eagerly brought her here.
It's not only to show off, but also to fulfill an old friend's dream.
They are all old. When they were young, they were all on the front lines and had some minor hidden injuries on their bodies.
All three of them were invited to this military parade, but Mr. Ping was even hospitalized due to health reasons. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Du decided not to go and wanted to stay in the provincial capital to accompany their old friends.
They were all afraid that they would not be able to see their old friend for the last time if they went to Beijing to attend the military parade.
Fortunately, Mr. Ping survived, but the hospital also said that Mr. Ping’s health condition might cause him to pass away at any time.
One day less, one day less.
Maybe another year or two.
Or maybe a day or two.
Qiao Xinyi was flattered and quickly stood up to shake hands and greet the two seniors.
Qiao Xinyi's personality is the kind that the elders would like very much.
She is talkative and willing to listen.
She talked about everything with the three old people in the afternoon.
She listened to the three old men talk about every time they had escaped death on the battlefield and every time they died with their comrades.
She talked with the three elderly people about the economy, agriculture, and even the current household contract responsibility system, as well as the future economic trends.
Qiao Xinyi knew that Mr. Zhang and the others were not the kind of reserved people, so she was not afraid to open the microphone to talk about anything.
Mr. Ping was already in very poor health, and he said he couldn't see Huaguo coming. Qiao Xinyi boldly suggested something to him, which made the old man smile and praise her repeatedly.
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