There were a lot of things at the newspaper office at the end of the year. In order not to affect her work or delay serving Commander Kang, who was hospitalized at the military headquarters, Gu Mengmeng drove to Kang's house early every morning to pick up breakfast. After delivering it to the hospital, she served Commander Kang to finish.
Then drive to the newspaper office to work.
Lunch and dinner were taken to the hospital by Aunt Wu, who had finished taking care of household chores, in the commander's special car. Usually at this time, Gu Mengmeng was either busy at the interview site or running around in the military camp in the capital.
No matter how late at night, she would go to the hospital for a visit. Commander Kang was afraid that it would be unsafe for her to run back and forth, so he would not let her come. But Gu Mengmeng said that she came to see the old man on behalf of Kang Wei.
An old man and a young man chatted and talked about the latest news of the day.
When the time came, Gu Mengmeng asked Commander Kang to wash up and go to bed. After being handed over to special care, she drove home for more than half an hour under the dimming street lights.
Commander Kang's illness was not told to Kang Qiao, who was far away abroad.
The person who made this suggestion was Liu Chanhui. She said that the merger and acquisition of her husband's company was of great significance, and the success or failure all depended on Kangqiao's decision. Now telling him to distract him and come back, wouldn't it be a big deal?
The whole family thought it right, but no one mentioned it in the phone call from Kangqiao.
As a result, Gu Mengmeng had no one to help her except Aunt Wu. She was busy at work and at the hospital. In just a few days, she actually lost a lot of weight. Aunt Wu looked distressed and told her in private.
She made soup, but she put it back in the kitchen, saying that she wanted her mother-in-law to recuperate from sleeplessness.
Aunt Wu curled her lips and looked wordlessly at Gu Mengmeng who rushed out with bread in her mouth, praying that Kangwei would come back early to celebrate the New Year.
Time flew by like this, and on the 26th of the year, the editor-in-chief suddenly organized a meeting for all working staff.
The president, who never participates in the news section, made an exception and attended this meeting.
Before the meeting started, Gu Mengmeng sat in the seat next to her and dozed off frequently. She had finished writing a manuscript last night and it was almost 5 o'clock when she finished it. When she saw that the time was up, she simply stopped sleeping and drove to Kang's house.
At this moment, the drowsiness finally came, making her dizzy and just wanted to sleep to death.
In a daze, she felt someone sitting down next to her, one or two...and then the voices gradually started to get louder, and she vaguely heard sensitive words such as Iraq, war correspondent, deadline...etc.
After she was sobered up by the president's calm and short opening remarks, she squinted her eyes and looked around. Her colleagues all had serious faces. Some looked at the president with a deep expression on the stage, while others were swaying.
They looked at the slogans on the wall and dared not make a sound.
The president looked at the crowd below and continued to ask: "Who is going?!"
No one said a word.
Gu Mengmeng touched Xiaowen next to her and asked in a low voice: "Where are you going?"
Xiaowen looked at her with a surprised look on her face, grabbed Gu Mengmeng's sleeve under the table, and warned her in a low voice: "The president is going to select candidates for the war correspondent to go to Iraq today, you must not--
Hands! Your lover is not at home, so don’t be as impulsive as before!"
oh.
Gu Mengmeng responded in a low voice.
The president and editor-in-chief showed a rare good temper. After waiting around and no one responded, he glanced at Gu Mengmeng's young team.
Just as he was about to give words of encouragement, Reporter Tan, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly stood up. He looked at his colleagues around him with clear eyes, and said calmly: "President, I'd better go!"
The president was startled. He wanted to say something but was stopped by Reporter Tan's eyes.
"Who else wants to sign up?"
"I'm going!" Not far from reporter Tan, Li Danqing, a senior female reporter from the Military Daily who had participated in the 1998 flood rescue and the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake interview mission, also stood up.
Like Reporter Tan, she is an old reporter who was born in the 1960s. After so many years of hardships and hardships, their bodies have long been unable to bear the needs of wartime interviews. But they are resolute in this difficult moment, as
A representative of advanced party members, fearless of the challenge of life and death, stood up first!
Gu Mengmeng's sleepyhead had already gone away. Her heart warmed, her eyes widened, and she wanted to stand up without hesitation. Reporter Tan is such a person of noble character, and so is Sister Li Danqing.
A role model and goal for learning, how could she shrink back at this time?
But she was pressed tightly on the chair by Xiaowen beside her. For fear of attracting other people's attention, she whispered but firmly into Gu Mengmeng's ear and said: "Mengmeng, if you leave, your lover and your family will
What should I do! Aren’t your mother-in-law and father-in-law both sick? Don’t you care about them? "
Gu Mengmeng's body stiffened, and she smiled helplessly and angrily at Xiaowen.
Yes, she can no longer ignore the overall situation like the young girl she used to be. Her father-in-law is lying in the hospital with a heart attack, and her mother-in-law is sick at home. Kang Qiao is not at home, not to mention Kang Wei.
.If she gets mad and flies to Iraq, what will they do?
After thinking about it seriously, she remained silent.
Just when the president's flickering eyes were locked on Reporters Tan and Reporter Li, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.
The sweaty He Yang saluted the president as soon as he entered the door and made a report.
The president looked at him and asked, "Why are you late? He Yang."
Just as He Yang was about to speak, Xu Enya ran in from outside again. Seeing the curious eyes of people in the room, she muttered: "Report, I'm late."
The news that He Yang and Enya were beaten up by fellow villagers at the door was widely circulated in the newspaper office. As their immediate superiors, the editor-in-chief and the president could not have heard the rumors. Therefore, facing the current situation, the editor-in-chief and the president could only
Neng looked at each other, but shook his head at the same time.
I was about to wave to them to find a seat to continue the meeting.
However, He Yang took the initiative to step forward, looked at the president with bright eyes and said: "President, I signed up to be a war correspondent in Iraq!"
"ah!...."
"Um?....."
"Huh!....."
Various exclamations flowed out from the mouths of colleagues around him, and for a while, the conference room was buzzing with chaos.
The attentive Gu Mengmeng noticed that Enya was shaking behind He Yang. Her expression was in pain, she pointed at He Yang's back and muttered something inaudibly, then turned and ran away from the conference room.
"Enya!...."
Gu Mengmeng couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said something to the editor, then gave He Yang a sharp look, and hurried out of the room.