Chapter 199 Chapter 199 Chapter 199 Chapter 199...
Chapter 199
Shi Dongzhi was serving in Huyang City, Western Province, while Weisheng and the others lived in a village under Yongchang City, Northern Province.
The train journey from the Northern Province to the Western Province alone took four days and five nights. Taking into account the three transfers and the waiting time, it would take them at least seven days to reach their destination.
Shi Dongzhi often wrote back. Su knew his son's address and remembered some of his words. So before leaving, she prepared a lot of dry food for the journey.
Weisheng was originally worried that Su Shi couldn't walk, and now seeing that she was preparing more and more things, he was worried that the two of them couldn't carry them, so he went to Guanshan Town specially and assembled a foldable wheelchair in front of Su Shi.
The wheelchair Weisheng made is 30 centimeters higher than a normal wheelchair. It can accommodate people on top and luggage on the bottom. This way, she can take care of both people and luggage.
Because she was going to visit her son in the army, Su killed the three hens at home. Fearing that they would go bad on the way, she also made smoked chicken overnight.
After bringing all the food and drinks, Su went to find the village chief again. The village chief then sent a donkey cart from the village to take Weisheng and Su to Guanshan Town.
When they arrived at Guanshan Town, Weisheng took Su to the bus station according to the original owner's memory.
After buying two bus tickets to the city, Weisheng went to look for the driver again. After giving him two packs of good cigarettes, Weisheng and Su boarded the bus early.
The bus ride lasted six hours, with a half-hour break in the middle, but it still made Su, who had almost never traveled far by car, very tired.
Fortunately, although Su was tired, he did not feel carsick. If he did, it would have been even more painful.
When they arrived in Yongchang City, Weisheng opened the customized wheelchair and pushed it as a luggage cart, while Su followed Weisheng and looked around.
Su rarely went to the town throughout the year, and this was the first time she had come to the city in her life.
They first asked for directions along the way and went to the train station. Then Weisheng asked Su to sit in a wheelchair while she went to buy the train ticket by herself.
I didn’t buy a soft sleeper, or even a hard sleeper, I just bought two hard seat tickets.
It’s not that there are no tickets or no money, but it’s not possible to get it all at once for the time being.
Because the train was tomorrow morning, after buying the tickets, Weisheng took Su to a guesthouse near the train station.
Having not slept well last night and having been on the bus for more than six hours, Su felt as if his bones were about to fall apart when he arrived at the guesthouse.
She didn't really want to eat, but was worried that Weisheng would be hungry, so she forced herself to open the bag and take out all the food.
Weisheng came back with a kettle of hot water and saw Su holding her waist with one hand and getting something out with the other. He quickly took two steps and put the kettle down. "Mom, if you feel uncomfortable, just lie down for a while. Just call me if you need anything."
Su: "Yesterday I fried a whole box of oil tea noodles, but you didn't know where to put it..."
Weisheng pulled Su towards the bed, saying to her as they walked, "There are only a few bags, how could you possibly find them? Mom, lie down, I'll massage your waist."
Weisheng helped Su lie down without saying anything, and began to massage her shoulders, neck and waist.
Comfortable!
Su sighed comfortably and asked Weisheng with a smile how he could do this.
Weisheng paused and continued massaging. When he was done, he whispered to Su, "Mom, have you heard of Qin Hetang?"
"Why haven't I heard of that? But didn't Qin Hetang burn down in a fire?"
Qin Hetang is a century-old Chinese medicine shop in Guanshan Town. Unfortunately, two years ago, all the Qin family members were killed by the people with red sleeves, and even Qin Hetang was burned down.
"Yes, it's gone." Weisheng whispered to Su what he had prepared long ago, "When I was a child, I studied Chinese medicine for many years with Doctor Qin from Qinhetang..."
"So that's how it is."
No wonder my daughter-in-law, a town girl who eats commercial grain, is willing to go on a blind date with Dongzhi.
However, Su was also shocked when she heard this. After thinking for a while, she told Weisheng not to let anyone know, so as to avoid those people with red sleeves causing trouble for them again.
Weisheng nodded, "Don't worry, Mom. I've already bought the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook. Even if someone finds out I know some medical skills, I can just attribute it to that."
Su nodded in relief, "That's good, that's good."
After massaging Su for a while, Weisheng took her pulse and found that Su was fine except for feeling a little tired, so he went to look for Youchamian with peace of mind.
He scooped two spoonfuls of oil tea noodles into each of the two bowls he brought with him, then rinsed them with hot water. After that, he took out two cold steamed buns made of three-grain flour, and finally poured out some pickles from a can.
After finishing these, Weisheng called Su to come for dinner.
I hadn't eaten properly all day, and now that I had recovered, I was actually feeling very hungry.
After dinner, Weisheng went to the bathroom to wash the dishes. He then washed the millet they had brought with them, mixed with a little rice, and poured it into a thermos that he had also brought from home. He then filled it with hot water before returning to his room to rest.
At night, Weisheng lit some calming incense, and Su slept soundly until dawn.
I woke up early and the porridge in the thermos was ready. Eating the hot porridge with cold steamed buns was just right.
After the meal, there was still half a pot of porridge left. Weisheng added some hot water to the thermos and took it in the car.
This journey would take a day and a night, and they wouldn't be able to get off the train until tomorrow morning. During the day, Weisheng and Su would sit in the hard-seat carriage, chatting, looking at the scenery, or chatting with the people on the same train.
After nine o'clock in the evening, Weisheng quietly got up and found the conductor to "buy" two berths for the staff to rest, and then took Su and the luggage to the sleeper car.
After a good night's sleep, they got off the bus with their luggage early the next morning without washing or having breakfast.
I still went to the train station to buy tickets first, and this time I bought tickets for the evening train.
Although they had a good rest last night, they couldn't stay in the waiting room all day. So Weisheng took Su Shi to walk around the transit city first. When they were tired, they went to a state-owned restaurant and ordered a bowl of noodles with the flatbread they brought from home, which they shared.
After lunch, Weicai took Su to the Station Front General Hospital, which was closest to the train station.
After orally describing Su's condition to the doctor, Weisheng asked the doctor to prescribe two bottles of nutrient solution for her.
They went to the infusion ward, found a bed against the corner, piled their luggage in the corner, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, both of whom were not fat, lay on the bed.
After the infusion, he did not leave immediately, but went to the hospital cafeteria to get two hospital meals.
Not only did the hospital cafeteria's patient meals not require food coupons, they were also cheaper than those in state-owned restaurants. After dinner, Weisheng took Su to the train station waiting room on time...
It took seven or eight days for Weisheng to bring Su to Huyang City.
However, Huyang City is not the end. They still have 50 kilometers to go before reaching the garrison point.
But there are neither buses nor passenger cars passing through these fifty kilometers.
Weisheng stood on the street and thought for a while before deciding to go to the post office to send a telegram to Shi Dongzhi first, and then find a way to go to the base tomorrow.
"I didn't tell my brother before because I was afraid he would be worried these past few days. Now that we've arrived, I have to tell him. This will also save him from being unprepared when we come over so suddenly."
Weisheng took Su to the post office to send a telegram and told her his intention.
Although it was only seven or eight days, Weisheng completely changed Su's original impression of his daughter-in-law.
I used to worry that my daughter-in-law was too soft and would be bullied. Now I realize that my daughter-in-law is just like me, shrewd and strong towards others, but she only shows her softest side to her own people.
They are destined to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
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The head of the group was arranging an outbound mission when he unexpectedly received a telegram from the city.
Originally, he wanted Shi Dongzhi to lead the second company on this mission, but when he saw that Shi Dongzhi's mother and daughter-in-law came to visit, he changed his mind and gave the task to the third company.
Shi Dongzhi looked at the telegram in disbelief. After reading it from front to back, and making sure that he was not mistaken, his usually stern face suddenly broke into a smile.
He became a company commander at a young age, and although he had risen to the top step by step through his own abilities, he looked particularly immature among a group of company commanders and platoon leaders who were older and even looked more mature than him. So, in order to impress the crowd, he often kept a stern face. Now that he was happy, he showed some youthful appearance.
The telegram said that they would arrive at the base tomorrow, but the telegram was sent from the city post office, which shows that they are in the city now.
Although Huyang City is not small, it is not difficult to find people.
The team leader asked someone to go to the logistics department and told them, then lent his own car to Shi Dongzhi and asked Shi Dongzhi to pick up the people.
After Weisheng and Su sent the telegram, they found a guesthouse near the post office and asked for a room.
After entering the guest room and taking a short rest, Weisheng asked Su if she wanted to buy some more things to bring back to the residence.
"...After all, there are so many leaders and comrades here. If we go over there, they'll definitely come over to chat or something. Mom, how about we buy some candy and peanuts or something?"
Su couldn't imagine the scene Weisheng described, but after thinking about what Weisheng said, she felt that it would be better to prepare more things.
"I don't know how many people are in their base. When I came here, I was thinking of sending the three chickens we brought to the cafeteria..."
Since Weisheng had been arranging food, accommodation, and transportation along the way, Su had already given Weisheng most of the money she had brought with her. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed the matter, and Su asked if the money and tickets she had given Weisheng were enough. If not, she had more.
“I have one too.”
After Weisheng finished speaking, he asked Su to have a good rest and then took a cloth bag and went out.
First, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some candy, melon seeds, and peanuts. Then, I asked around and went to a place to buy vegetables and meat. After a while, I found a deserted corner and smuggled five smoked chickens out of the space.
Because he didn't know whether he would meet the military families in the base, and was afraid that there would be some children who would need a gift, Weisheng took out a bundle of 30 pencils from the space.
If you really need a gift, two pencils for each child will be fine.
After buying almost everything, Weisheng headed towards the guesthouse. Passing by a scrap yard, Weisheng went in and exchanged some odds and ends.
After returning to the guesthouse, Weisheng left the things he bought to Su to see, and then he used tools to replace parts of the discarded small radio at the table.
The door of the room was not closed. When the shadow fell, Weisheng looked up at the door and saw Shi Dongzhi standing there in a military uniform.
"elder brother!"
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