It was already seven o'clock when Li Zheng arrived home that night.
It's getting dark early.
My daughter ate egg noodles and sat on the sofa with Shao Xiaoqian to study online preschool tutorials.
When Li Zheng opened the door, he inevitably had to face Shao Xiaoqian's resentment again, saying that he had forgotten about home because he was so busy.
Angry and resentful, but Shao Xiaoqian was still very happy when her husband came back. She went up to take the bag from Li Zheng's hand and took out the slippers for him to change.
Li Zheng hurriedly took out an apron and put it on, rolled up his sleeves and entered the kitchen.
The little aunt at home is a relative from Shao Xiaoqian's hometown, and she came over to help take care of the child.
Because the mother-in-law has gone to the capital to accompany the old man, without the old man's care, the young couple can only rely on themselves.
In addition to the special nature of this family, both Li Zheng and Shao Xiaoqian were soldiers. For a period of time, Shao Xiaoqian had to pick up the child at night and take her to the cafeteria of the Intelligence Investigation Brigade to have dinner with him.
It lasted like this for a year. One time, mother-in-law Li Yueqin came back to G city and found the door locked at the couple's house. She went to the Love Detective Brigade and found her daughter and granddaughter.
It was winter when we met. The place was in the office. Shao Xiaoqian was working. Sissi, who was less than two years old, was playing on the floor by herself. A piece of mucus dripped from her nose and hung on the middle of the bed. Her two little faces were flushed and a little...
It's dry and cracked, which makes people look pitiful.
Li Yueqin's face turned dark immediately, and she couldn't help but get angry when they were on their way back together with Shao Xiaoqian after finishing overtime.
In her opinion, the couple simply couldn't get along. She and Lao Shao had been married for so many years and had both worked in the army. They had never been in such an embarrassing situation, nor had they treated their daughter badly.
"You were the same age as Sissi at that time, and I didn't freeze your face like this. No matter how busy I was, I had someone take care of you, send you to kindergarten, and pick you up from school..."
Li Yueqin kept nagging, and she didn't know whether it was with pity or annoyance. Anyway, her words were filled with complaints and distress.
After this incident, Li Yueqin personally went back to her hometown, and spent a lot of money to find a distant relative who was very handy to help take care of her.
Afterwards, I had a heart-to-heart talk with Li Zheng and his wife. The central content was that since both of them are soldiers and work in key departments, they cannot have their cake and eat it too. One of them will have to sacrifice himself to take care of the family.
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No one can have both.
After careful consideration, Shao Xiaoqian agreed to sacrifice her career.
Not long after, she was transferred from the Intelligence Reconnaissance Brigade to a military academy in G City, where she taught battlefield information and intelligence analysis in the Special Operations Department.
The school is much more leisurely than units like the Intelligence Investigation Brigade, and with the care of the little aunt invited, in Li Yueqin's words, this family finally feels like a family. In the past, it was not called a family, so that's fine
It means that revolutionary comrades live together.
The little aunt had picked and cut the vegetables. Li Zheng went up to heat the oil and put it in the pan, turned on the range hood and started working in the kitchen.
When making boiled fish fillets, Shao Xiaoqian sneaked into the kitchen at some point, took a pair of chopsticks and directly picked up a piece of fish fillet that had not yet been served and stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it carefully and praised it: "Li
The brigade commander's cooking skills haven't deteriorated. Did he also cook a lot in the 433rd Brigade?"
Speaking of cooking in the 433rd Brigade, Li Zheng has done it before.
For example, when Lao Wan said goodbye last time and left, he personally cooked and made a pot of boiled fish fillets using the fish he caught.
This is his specialty.
When it comes to Lao Wan, Shao Xiaoqian said that she had seen Lao Wan in the war zone some time ago. He was here to go through some formalities. He seemed to be in good spirits. When asked about his condition, Lao Wan said that it was just like that and he would not die.
After saying that, he still laughed.
Shao Xiaoqian said that since she could still laugh, it meant that Lao Wan was living a more comfortable life recently.
When it was over, I felt emotional again.
I actually envy Lao Wan and his wife.
Li Zheng said, aren’t you cursing me?
Shao Xiaoqian took a closer look at her own emotion before and felt that this was really not the right thing to say.
But at home, she rarely gave up. Whenever there was a dispute, Li Zheng would let her go.
Li Zheng felt that if a good man does not fight with women, it would be a sign of pettyness to care about women.
So every time he ended up giving up.
This unprincipled way of handling things made Shao Xiaoqian more or less unreasonable like a little girl.
"How am I cursing you? I envy the couple who have found the true meaning of life. They can help each other and grow old together. They are the only ones who grow old slowly... Tell me, how romantic..."
Li Zheng said while cooking: "Oh, I can't tell that Director Shao, who was vigorous and resolute back then, has become sentimental now."
Shao Xiaoqian was suddenly touched, her eyes turned red, and she said yes, don't look at how violent I was in the past, after all, I am also a woman, right?
Li Zheng immediately sensed something was wrong in his words, turned his head and his eyes happened to fall on the corners of Shao Xiaoqian's eyes.
They are the same age, both 35 this year, and Shao Xiaoqian already has a few fine crow's feet at the corners of her eyes.
Li Zheng couldn't help but feel soft. He put an arm around his wife, pecked her on the forehead and said sorry.
It seems that except for saying sorry, everything seems so redundant and weak.
Shao Xiaoqian suddenly returned to normal again, her eyes suddenly became tough, and she said, "What are you doing? Suddenly my mother-in-law and mother got up. You are almost confused when you look at the food. Don't hug me here. It's not good for your child to see it."
Auntie is also here... If anything happens, we'll talk about it tonight...
Li Zheng tensed up all of a sudden, retracted his hand as if he had a guilty conscience, and started cooking in a serious manner.
The couple has been like this over the years. Many times when their love is strong, a sudden word will make them return to their true nature as revolutionary comrades.
Sometimes Li Zheng doesn't know what to call it, saying it's not love? Of course not.
To say it’s comradeship plus friendship? It’s definitely more than that.
To say that marriage is the tomb of love and that love has turned into family love cannot be summarized in such a simple way.
Anyway, I feel like it has a little bit of everything.
Love, family affection, friendship, revolutionary comrades.
Anyway, the marriage between a soldier and a soldier is so awkward and sweet, just like a spoonful of sugar put into water, once mixed, it becomes difficult to separate.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shao Xiaoqian reminded Li Zheng: "Commander Li, move quickly, your girl is going to cause trouble again later, and she can't help but be hungry."
Li Zheng said: "By the way, I guess I won't be the brigade commander soon."
Shao Xiaoqian was startled subconsciously, and then her eyes lit up again: "Is the order issued?"
Li Zheng shook his head: "That's not true, but Chief Zhuang called me and said that my appointment has been discussed and decided."
"Where to go?" Shao Xiaoqian asked.
Li Zheng said: "Guess."
"I won't guess!" Shao Xiaoqian said, "What's the point of guessing? If you really don't want to tell me, I'll just give you a call later."
Li Zheng said: "Your father said he won't let you do anything special."
Shao Xiaoqian said: "I don't want to be special. I am asking as Li Zheng's wife. Is that okay?"
Li Zheng could only speak frankly and honestly: "Combat situation."
"Combat Bureau of the Theater Joint Staff Headquarters?" Shao Xiaoqian beamed.
She knows the weight of this position.
This position is definitely a place to train people, a place to test people, and a place to promote people.
Commanders who leave here will basically be entrusted with important tasks.
Li Zheng is now at the brigade level, with the rank of colonel, and he will be awarded the star if he goes higher up.
But it’s not that easy to hang on to the stars. There are carrot pits all the way up the journey.
Many people have reached this stage. They originally had good abilities and good qualifications, but they have been waiting for ten or eight years. In the end, they have not been able to get a good position. According to regulations, people have met the conditions for changing jobs and can only leave in despair.
"I remember that the position of director is vacant. You can't appoint the director directly, right?" Shao Xiaoqian said.
Li Zhengdao: "No, deputy director, acting director, I guess he is the general appointed by Chief Yan."
"He?" Shao Xiaoqian felt her eyebrows twitching slightly: "It's good to follow him. Chief Yan is an extraordinary person."
Li Zheng said: "I have been working at the grassroots level since I joined the army, starting from the special forces. To be honest, I really don't like going to the government agencies and I feel a sense of fear towards them."
Shao Xiaoqian smiled and said: "Is there something you are afraid of?"
Li Zheng said: "Of course, agency work is different from combat troops."
Shao Xiaoqian said: "The combat situation is different. It will be very busy there, and there are staff officers from all branches of the sea, land and air force. This department was only reorganized last year. You were really under a lot of pressure in the past. The staff officers of each arm who can work at the Joint Staff Headquarters are all from their own countries."
You are the best in the military. Many people are older and more senior than you. It takes real ability to convince people. But I believe in you, husband, you are the best!"
After saying that, she gave Li Zheng a thumbs up.
Li Zheng felt warm again in his heart and was extremely moved.
Shao Xiaoqian is someone who will always stand by her side to encourage herself. Knowing that she is the best in the eyes of another person is the best feeling for a man.
"Thank Wife……"
Before he even finished speaking, Shao Xiaoqian suddenly turned around and was swept out like the wind.
As he walked, he shouted to his daughter Sissi: "Baby! Mom is so happy today!"
"Auntie, get a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet. I want to drink some to celebrate tonight!"
Li Zheng prepared another dish and couldn't help but smile knowingly when he heard his wife's voice as happy as a lark outside the kitchen.
Recalling what Shao Xiaoqian had said before and what he was going to face in the combat bureau, he couldn't help but warn himself that the position of director of the combat bureau was really not easy to get. Once there, if he didn't have some real skills, he would lose more than just himself.
Face.
A kind of pressure fell on my shoulders invisibly.