Of course, Sun Weimin knew the situation at home, so the few times he came back, he always brought home specialties from the Northeast. Ordinary fish, shrimp, meat and eggs were piled high in the house, so he didn't need to worry at all.
Sun Weimin's army is stationed in the Northeast. Apart from local specialties, it is better to buy other things in the capital. He is a cadre of the army and cannot take the lead in breaking the law. He should take some rare birds and game home.
Sun Weiguo and Niu Hong, the dumplings who sent them off and the noodles that caught the wind, loved to eat the home-made stretched noodles the most.
Now that the conditions at home are better, the toppings of the noodles are also constantly upgraded. They use large pieces of beef, plus cabbage cooked in beef soup, and serve them with wide noodles with soup and water. It tastes "sucky".
That's a lot of fun.
After the meal, the second child was sent to do his homework. Xiao Hu and the driver helped Li Cuifeng and Niu Hong clear the table. Sun Weimin took Sun Weiguo and Sun Dahai to the study to talk.
Sun Dahai was very well-behaved. After entering, he first helped his father and uncle make a pot of tea, then sat aside and listened to their conversation.
There were two things Sun Weimin wanted to say. The first thing aroused Sun Dahai's interest as soon as he opened his mouth.
It turned out that Sun Weimin's troops had a small military horse farm at the foot of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. There were not many war horses in it, and most of them were mules and horses for transportation.
Beginning this year, nnn ordered to reduce the number of troops by one million within three years and adjust the organizational configuration of the army to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
One of them requires that the entire army, except for a few areas with inconvenient transportation, carry out the work of eliminating "mules and horses" and cancel most of the cavalry establishment. Only two cavalry battalions and several cavalry companies are symbolically retained.
Since the beginning of the year, the military region has begun to implement the orders of the Central Military Commission and began to dismantle its armies and some institutions. This backup military horse farm is naturally among them.
According to the requirements of the military region, the stallions, war horses and some mules and horses in the military horse farm will be taken over by other troops. After the military facilities are dismantled in the military horse farm, they will be handed over to the local government together with the remaining mules and horses.
Who knew that the local government was complaining a lot.
Long Province has cold winters, a vast territory and sparsely populated areas, especially where the military horse farm is located.
The terrain of this county is mainly hilly, with a land area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, but a population of only more than 20,000, and most of them are concentrated in the county seat and several nearby townships.
The military horse farm was handed over to the county. The county had no ability to operate it. It lacked both human and financial resources and could only let it be abandoned.
As for those mules and horses, it seems like a good thing, but there is no green material in the winter in the Northeast, and most large animals cannot survive just by relying on stored dry materials.
This is a poor county. We don’t have money to buy winter feed. We can’t take over the mules and horses and have most of them die in one winter, right?
The county informed the troops of the difficulties, and then reported them to the military region at all levels. The head of the military region was considerate of the local government's difficulties, but nnn's order could not be discounted.
In the end, the military region could only postpone the plan to transfer the military horse farm to the end of this year. This was the greatest help the military region could provide within its own authority.
Sun Weimin is now the chief of staff of the division. These tasks are handled by the division's logistics and infrastructure departments to negotiate with the local government, and there is no need for him to take care of them.
But the situation reported to the military region later stated that he wanted to review the signature, so he learned about the situation.
He knew that Shiweitian was expanding and its business projects were not limited to pig raising. So after returning home, he told his brother and nephew about the situation.
"It's a military horse farm. Is the pasture area large?" After hearing this, Sun Dahai quickly asked.
"The pasture covers an area of 5,000 acres, with a river running through it. There are also more than 3,000 acres of hilly shrubland. All buildings in the racecourse are brick-concrete structures and meet military standards."
Sun Dahai thought for a while and said to Sun Weiguo: "Dad, I think it's not bad. Why don't you invite Samantha and Uncle Gao Hongjun to come over?"
Sun Weiguo said: "Gao Hongjun? Do you want the company to raise sheep there? Can the sheep withstand the cold winter there? Do you want Gao Hongqi to come with you?"
"I have to ask Uncle Gao to answer the question about sheep. He is an expert in this field. Uncle Gao Hongqi and his second uncle went to Dongshan Province and are not in the capital now."
So Sun Weiguo called them respectively and invited them to come to his home to discuss.
Before Huang Feifei and the others arrived, Sun Weimin said the second thing first.
"Xiao Hu is also retiring from the army this time. He is retiring because his family is experiencing financial difficulties."
Sun Weimin's orderly Xiao Hu, whose nickname is Hu Cheng, is from Yangzhou. He was born in 1965 and joined the army after graduating from junior high school a year ago.
After Hu Cheng left the recruit company, he replaced Chen Feng, who was forced to retire for violating prisoner of war discipline, and became Sun Weimin's orderly, where he remains today.
In the past few years, Hu Cheng used his spare time to study high school courses by himself. Sun Weimin also planned to recommend him to study in a military school this year and prepared to include him in the pre-examination list for party membership. As a result, his family had trouble.
Hu Cheng has a family of six, including him, his parents, grandfather, and two younger sisters.
His father is a maintenance worker at the housing management office. He is very skillful and is a skilled worker in the office. He can do all kinds of work such as carpentry, tiles, oil, electricity, and plumbing. Unfortunately, there is no establishment, so he has always been a temporary worker.
I can only get a salary of more than ten yuan.
His mother used to be a barefoot doctor and now works in a health center. His two sisters are five years younger than him, and they are both in school.
His family's economic conditions are not good. Not only do they have many children, but his grandfather has no income and suffers from chronic diseases. He needs medicine all year round. Therefore, the family has always been in a tight situation.
At the end of last year, his grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. After several operations and various treatments, he was not cured in the end. Instead, it spread throughout his body. Within a few months, the family was burdened with heavy foreign debt.
After Sun Weimin found out, he sent two thousand yuan to his family in Hu Cheng's name, hoping to help his family.
Unfortunately, his grandfather's illness was no longer a matter of surgery. The old man passed away in July this year.
The deceased is gone, but life must go on.
With Hu Cheng's parents' monthly income of less than 70 yuan, it is really out of reach to pay off their debts when supporting four people.
Even if Hu Cheng's monthly allowance of a few yuan is added, it will not help.
Hu Cheng's eldest sister, Hu Jing, has decided not to go to school until she graduates in the third grade of junior high school next year. She plans to find a job to earn money and help relieve the pressure on her family.
But it’s the 1900s, how can it be so easy to find a job? Hu Cheng’s family has an urban household registration, unlike in the countryside, where they can work in the fields without going to school. There are still so many unemployed young people in the city, and they don’t have anywhere to go.
Hu Cheng did not accept Sun Weimin's funding. He gave up the opportunity to study in a military academy and decided to retire from the military at the end of this year to contribute to his family.
Sun Weimin felt sorry for Hu Cheng, a good young man, and said that he would lend him money to repay his debt first, and then repay himself slowly.
As a result, Hu Cheng had the backbone and insisted on supporting himself. Sun Weimin had no choice but to go home and ask Sun Weiguo and Sun Dahai to see if they had any good positions where he could place Hu Cheng.
