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Chapter 205
Weisheng was really happy for Shi Dongzhi. He carefully read the notice which looked more like a transfer order. Weisheng even took out his mobile phone from the space and took two photos when Shi Dongzhi was not paying attention.
The military academy notification letter before the resumption of the college entrance examination is very necessary to keep as a souvenir.
To celebrate her son's admission to the military academy, Su ordered Shi Dongzhi to kill a laying hen. After that, she cut the braised pork belly she had fried in winter into thin slices and steamed a plate of it with grandma's vegetables.
Weisheng kneaded the dough, then went to the vegetable garden to cut a bunch of leeks, preparing to bake a batch of leek and egg pies in a bread oven.
The bread oven was built by Dongzhi last summer under Weisheng's direction. It is so convenient for baking anything.
There are two earthen pots in the kitchen, one for stewing chicken and the other for steaming meat and rice.
Su skillfully used both earthen pots, and then went to the small vegetable garden to pick two cucumbers and two peppers. He cut the cucumbers and peppers into shreds, added a handful of chopped green onions, and mixed them with the lean meat sauce fried yesterday. It became a super simple cold dish to go with rice.
Turning around, he cut another plate of tomatoes and mixed them with white sugar.
The chickens raised at home are the hardest to cook. After Weisheng finished making the pie, he washed a handful of soybeans and hawthorns and threw them into the pot.
Shi Dongzhi was in charge of making fire. Seeing Su and Weisheng busying themselves for him, he was happy and his face was full of smiles.
Soon, the food was ready, so they set up the table in the courtyard. As the three of them ate, they talked about Shi Dongzhi's time at the military academy.
Many people from the Huyang Military Region stationed there participated in the competition, but only Shi Dongzhi was admitted to the military academy.
This was his own effort, as well as Weisheng's. Shi Dongzhi was so happy today that he even dug out a bottle of liquor from the warehouse. He filled Su Shi and Weisheng's bottles first, then poured himself a glass after they were done.
First, I toast to my mother, thanking her for her hard work and companionship far from home. Then, I toast to Weisheng, thanking her for her unwavering support and unwavering loyalty.
Never leave, never abandon?
Weisheng looked at the wine glass raised in front of him, raised his eyebrows, met Shi Dongzhi's eyes, and clinked glasses with him.
"I'm also looking forward to how far you can go."
After saying that, Weisheng drank it all in one gulp, pretending not to notice the uneasiness in Dongzhi's eyes. He turned around and smiled at Su beside him.
Su noticed early on that the atmosphere between her son and daughter-in-law was not right.
But the young couple never quarreled or made a fuss, and they always talked and laughed when they met, so she couldn't understand what the problem was.
When I asked my son, he just said that nothing happened to them.
She asked her daughter-in-law, and her daughter-in-law asked her with a smile what was the matter?
At this moment, Su felt that her son's words were full of hidden meanings, and her daughter-in-law's words were also quite incoherent. But it seemed that the young couple understood...
Su Shi, confused about their riddle, simply ignored the question that Wei Sheng and Shi Dongzhi didn't want her to worry about. She picked up a chicken drumstick for her son and a whole stewed chicken wing for her daughter-in-law.
After discovering that Weisheng liked to eat chicken wings, Su stopped chopping the wing tips, middles and roots when stewing chicken.
Then, since they knew that Weisheng liked to eat chicken wings, whenever their family stewed chicken, they would leave the pair of chicken wings for Weisheng to eat.
After eating, Shi Dongzhi picked up the chopsticks and washed them without being told to do so.
Su went to make tea, while Weisheng went out for a walk and then came back with a watermelon.
For a while, the three of them sat in the coolest place in the yard, drinking tea and eating melons while discussing their future arrangements.
It was only 1973, and the military academy Shi Dongzhi had entered was open only to internal students. The school had a three-year curriculum, with no winter or summer vacations. During his time at school, he not only had to study a wide range of subjects but also participate in various missions and training arranged by the school.
After graduation, they will either return to their original units or make other arrangements.
Shi Dongzhi knew he definitely wouldn't have any family leave for the next three years, but he wasn't sure if he'd even be able to return to Huyang Station after that. He wanted Weisheng and the others to wait for him in Huyang City, but he was worried they'd end up being assigned elsewhere. He wanted them to return to the village first, but he was afraid they'd end up back in Huyang City.
Another thing is that he has been away for three years. Even though his base is very close, he still feels that Weisheng and the others have no one to rely on in Huyang City, and he is a little worried.
Su had no idea what to do, so when she heard her son say that, she turned her gaze to Weisheng.
Weisheng thought about it and still felt that it would be more comfortable to live in Huyang City.
Besides, there's a train in Huyang City, making it convenient to get anywhere. But returning to Sanhe Village would be a hassle, let alone going out again.
First, take a bus from the village to the town, then take a bus for several hours from the town to the city, and then take a train from the city to other places...
It's too tiring.
Weisheng: "...Just focus on your studies. If you're assigned somewhere else after graduation, give me the address and I'll book a freight car at the train station. It'll be convenient for you to go anywhere."
Shi Dongzhi: Why does such a plain sentence sound so domineering?
Su: As expected, a daughter-in-law is more reassuring than a son.
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There were still ten days until school started, but Shi Dongzhi could only stay at home for five days at most. During these five days, Weisheng gave Shi Dongzhi some spiritual spring water and a detoxification pill.
Because he didn't know what was going on at the military academy, Weisheng also sponsored a bottle of 50 blood-replenishing and qi-invigorating pills.
Taking one pill every few days will neither over-supplement you nor cause the medicine to deteriorate.
Su prepared a lot of food and supplies for Shi Dongzhi to use on the journey. She was happy but reluctant to leave. But when she heard Weisheng say that soldiers who attended military academies had better prospects than those who did not, she was filled with relief and expectation.
On the day Shi Dongzhi left, Su couldn't help crying. Seeing this, Weisheng couldn't help but think of her 2.0 again, so he took Su home and promised to take her to the military academy to visit Shi Dongzhi next year.
As soon as she mentioned leaving, Su Shi recalled the suffering she had endured on the way to Huyang City. However, when she thought about going to see her son, Su Shi forgot about the suffering and only thought about what to bring her son.
When Dongzhi went to school, Weisheng and Su Shi continued to live in Huyang City. Life was still pretty much the same as before. Occasionally, the family members in the family quarters would come to visit them, and Luo Xin would occasionally be asked by the local leaders to bring them some things.
After receiving the gifts, Weisheng always wanted to give something back. So in late autumn and early winter, Weisheng went to the post office and called Captain Li, saying that she wanted to organize a crash course in equipment maintenance at the base.
Upon hearing this, Captain Li immediately expressed his welcome.
Because Weisheng didn't want to live in the base, Captain Li said that he would send a car to pick her up from the rental house every day.
The crash course lasts for one month, with three hours of study time in the morning and afternoon every day.
Ten days ago, Wei Che talked about how to repair large and small cars in the station.
For the next twenty days, we talked about tractors, motorcycles, bicycles, radios, telegraphs, and radios...
These are all valuable insights specially extracted by Weisheng, absolutely practical and quick to learn.
A month later, Weisheng compiled a copy of his lesson plan and gave it to the students to copy.
It is better to have a good memory than a bad pen. First, deepen your impression, and then keep a note so that you can refer to it when you forget.
Before New Year's Eve, Political Commissar Gao and his team had Luo Xin ask Weisheng and his team if they wanted to go to the base to celebrate the New Year. Weisheng and Su Shi both declined, and then Political Commissar Gao and his team sent some New Year's goods to the rental house.
Oh, no fish.
After what happened on New Year’s Eve last year, I’m afraid we won’t be able to eat fish here for a long time.
Spring is the peak season for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Weisheng thought about it for a while and called the base again.
Do you want to arrange a free clinic?
want!
Yes, yes, yes!
So Weisheng spent another week arranging a free medical consultation for the families in the garrison and family quarters.
Also in late autumn and early winter, Weisheng organized a training course on family medical knowledge and first aid methods at the base.
Another month passed. After a month, Weisheng directly copied 100 copies of the family medical and first aid booklet she compiled and left them at the base.
I didn't dare let them copy it themselves, mainly because I was afraid that they would make mistakes or copy it in series, and she would end up doing something bad with good intentions.
In 1975, when Dongzhi was a junior in college, Weisheng organized a free clinic in the spring and a physics training class in late autumn and early winter.
What we teach are some very practical knowledge in work and life...
It can be said that during the three years that Shi Dongzhi was away from Huyang, the garrison took good care of Weisheng and Su, and Weisheng also gave back to the garrison in his own way.
Not only that, because Weisheng did it on purpose, even if Shi Dongzhi went to school, Weisheng helped him maintain his connections and relationships.
In 1973, Shi Dongzhi went to the military academy. So in the summer of 1974, Weisheng took Su to visit his relatives.
Weisheng had originally planned to take Su Shi back for another visit in 1975, but Shi Dongzhi wrote back in advance, saying they might have to go out for training. Thinking that Shi Dongzhi would be back in 1976, they didn't go to visit their relatives again.
Unexpectedly, when graduation was approaching in 1976, Shi Dongzhi wrote to Weisheng to tell him that he was going to report to the special brigade near Jinshi.
He also said that the conditions for family members to accompany the army there are more relaxed, and even if Weisheng and others do not receive a promotion in rank, they can still accompany the army.
After receiving the letter, Weisheng told the good news to Su. Thinking about the moving, Weisheng called Captain Li and the others the next day and arranged a free medical consultation for himself.
Before going to the free clinic, Weisheng went to the train station. Coincidentally, there was a train from Huyang City to Jin City.
Weisheng discussed the arrangement of renting a freight car with the transportation department at the train station, agreed on the price and the train number, paid the money, and after receiving the receipt stating the reason, Weisheng got a tricycle and some cardboard boxes, sacks, and plastic sheets, and then returned to the rental house.
Because they had to wait until the winter solstice to set off, Weisheng booked a later date with the train station, so they had plenty of time to pack.
Because they had booked a freight car on the train, they were able to take away everything they wanted this time.
Including furniture, as well as the hens and cats that Su raised as treasures.
On the day of the free clinic, someone asked Weisheng how he was going to get there, and Weisheng specifically told them his plans. So on the day of departure, Captain Li asked Zhang Qiang, the deputy platoon leader of the second company, to bring two squads of young soldiers to help Weisheng move his luggage to the train station.
The freight car that Weisheng packed was a 15-meter-long covered car with a door in the middle, so Weisheng asked the young soldiers to place the luggage on both sides of the left stone, leaving space in the middle for her and Su to live in.
That’s right, Weisheng didn’t buy a train ticket. After all, two train tickets, whether hard seat or hard sleeper, would cost a lot of money, and most importantly, the area was small.
The freight compartment is 15 meters long, 2.8 meters wide and high, and has an area of more than 40 square meters.
The furniture and luggage are placed at both ends, which can free up at least 20 square meters of space.
There was no need to worry about ventilation, as the doors of this freight car were sliding doors that opened on both sides. Once the train started moving, we would open one of the doors, put a piece of plastic sheeting on top to block the wind slightly, and then put a double bed board underneath to block the doorway.
It provides both ventilation and lighting, and there is no need to worry about people and cats in the carriage falling out.
However, this freight car does not have a door leading to the normal car, so the most important problem that needs to be solved is the water supply and drainage problem.
Weisheng brought a small honeycomb coal stove and two large buckets of water, so they could boil water and cook on the train. As for sewage and excrement, since they had to bring a litter box for the cat anyway, they could just bring a toilet for themselves.
As for how to clean the toilet...tsk, that's no problem.
A few days before her departure, Weisheng sent Shi Dongzhi a registered letter, informing him of her arrangements. Afterward, she sent Shi Dongzhi a telegram the day before her departure.
Shi Dongzhi never expected that Weisheng would actually book a freight car and bring his mother and all his belongings to join the army.
The feeling at that moment... Shi Dongzhi, who had just been promoted to battalion commander, couldn't describe it at all.
Not to mention Shi Dongzhi, even the stationed soldiers who came to help and witnessed with their own eyes how Weisheng cleaned up a room in the truck were shocked that "this is possible."
I just want to know what's going on in their brains and how they can come up with such unique ideas.
Compared to these people, Su, who was a little afraid of going out, felt that this trip was the most comfortable.
A thick straw mat as big as a kang was laid on the ground. She no longer had to sit in a crowded hard seat carriage or sleep in a narrow hard sleeper berth. She could sit or lie down as she pleased at home, whatever made her feel comfortable.
You don’t have to compromise on food. Bring all your daily necessities with you and cook whatever you want.
Not to mention that if someone passes by to pick up something, you will have to nervously look at your luggage.
The carriage was just for her and her daughter-in-law, and it was so cozy and comfortable.
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