Back To The 80s-Chapter 158: Discharged from Hospital (Please Vote Monthly)_1

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Discharged from Hospital (Please Vote Monthly)_1

Shen Heng thought for a while, drove back, thought again, and decided to head towards Lu Zhanguo’s troop.

Before Lu Zhanguo went to sleep, he asked Gu Xiaobei, "What happened to Jiujiu’s face?"

"She was hit by her fourth sister-in-law, Li Xianglan. She’s a mother herself, how could she hit a child so hard?" Gu Xiaobei muttered softly as he made up the bed.

"How old is her child?" Lu Zhanguo asked uncommonly.

"Around the same age as Chang Yuan’s Xiaobao, I guess. But Li Xianglan really dotes on her son. Jiujiu said that the over two pounds of rice that I sent them, they only used a handful to cook porridge, which lasted for one meal. The rest was used to cook porridge for her child. Every time there is good food at home, she locks it away for her son." Gu Xiaobei thought to himself that blood is thicker than water after all.

Lu Zhanguo leaned against the head of the bed, furrowed his brows, seemingly in deep thought.

Gu Xiaobei also got into bed, took his sweater, and continued knitting.

"Next time Jiujiu goes back, go with her. With a stranger there, she’ll be treated better." Lu Zhanguo suddenly said.

"Yes, that’s what I was thinking too."

Suddenly, there was a knocking sound. Lu Zhanguo quickly got dressed and went out to open the door.

A guard stood outside the door. When he saw Lu Zhanguo, he saluted and said, "Squad leader, there is a comrade named Shen Heng at the gate who wants to see you."

Lu Zhanguo nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, ask him to wait a moment, I’ll be right there."

After the guard left, Lu Zhanguo went back to the room to change his shoes, quickly let Gu Xiaobei know, and then left.

Shen Heng was sitting in the car outside the gate of the troop. At night, even the people from the troop needed a password to enter, let alone outsiders. No matter who you were looking for, you could only wait outside the safety line at the main gate.

Lu Zhanguo opened the car door and sat into the passenger seat: "Why are you looking for me at this time?"

"Jin Cheng has gone to the south." Shen Heng felt suffocated and wanted to talk to someone. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"It’s okay, Jin Cheng is a clever boy." Lu Zhanguo said, trying to comfort Shen Heng, or himself.

"I saw Yuan Ye on the provincial road today, heading towards the provincial city."

"How is your investigation about her divorce going?"

"These things need time, it’s not that quick." Shen Heng sighed.

"Right now is a special period. Pay more attention on your side, and don’t focus all your energy on Gao Dailin." Lu Zhanguo always thought Gao Dailin was just a decoy.

"Okay, also, about Chi Xiaoyue from your health team and that bookstore, there are issues. They haven’t taken any substantial actions yet."

"Chi Xiaoyue has asked for a leave of absence, I expect some actions are about to happen." Lu Zhanguo said after contemplating for a moment.

"I’m going back for a meeting now, you go back too." Shen Heng suddenly said.

"Be careful on your way." Lu Zhanguo knew Shen Heng had suddenly come over because of Jin Cheng, which made him feel heavy.

Watching Shen Heng driving away, Lu Zhanguo stood for a while, and then turned and walked back to his quarters.

Early next morning, when Gu Xiaobei woke up, as always, Lu Zhanguo was already gone.

After eating some pancakes with Jiujiu and drinking half a basin of powdered milk, Dadong and Xiaodong came to call Jiujiu to go to school, and Li Fengmei followed them.

"We have to unload the coal balls in the next couple of days. Let’s go downstairs later and tidy up the coal shed." Li Fengmei, who had lived here for two or three years, was very clear about when and what to prepare.

"Okay, I totally forgot about the stove." Gu Xiaobei completely forgot about it.

"Each household has a small coal shed, with ours adjacent to each other. We just need to clear out the crushed coal cinder inside. Later, the soldiers will help us tidy up the coal." Li Fengmei explained in detail, thinking about how Gu Xiaobei hadn’t arrived this time last year.

As the two went downstairs to borrow a shovel from the troop, they noticed a car parked at the gate. Chi Xiaoyue was helping Xiangmin to get out of the car.

Li Fengmei smiled and greeted: "Sister-in-law, you look well."

Xiangmin responded with a stiff smile. When she saw Gu Xiaobei standing behind Li Fengmei, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.

Gu Xiaobei was a bit taken aback, they hadn’t seen each other recently, why had she incurred resentment again?

Chi Xiaoyue stood beside Xiangmin, her face etched with an inscrutable smile. Just then, Xiangmin said, "Living in the hospital, not seeing those annoying things, my mood improved, so naturally my complexion is better."

Li Fengmei felt a bit awkward, how was she supposed to reply to this? Gu Xiaobei pretended not to hear and walked towards the courtyard with his shovel. He wouldn’t pick up a gratuitous reprimand.

After Xiangmin had finished speaking, she felt more cheerful and headed for the quarters.

Li Fengmei felt a bit stifled. Here she was sincerely asking after her, and she responded with this cryptic remark, what was she implying? She stayed silent and followed into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Wang Ping and Sun Aiqin had already started tidying up the small coal shed under their courtyard wall.

Called a coal shed, it was really just a small frame about a meter high and two square meters large, built around the root of the courtyard’s east and west walls with half bricks and waste wood planks. When the coal was delivered, it would be stored carefully here, and then a plastic cloth would be spread over the top and pressed with bricks to prevent rain and snow from getting it wet.

As soon as Xiangmin noticed this, she shouted at Wang Ping, "Wang Ping, when will the coal balls be delivered?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping paused her work to turn and walk over cheerfully, "Sister-in-law, welcome back, I guess the day after tomorrow."

Sun Aiqin turned to Xiangmin, giving her a humph before resuming her work.

Xiangmin enthusiastically spoke, "Among everyone here, you are the kindest. You even visited me in the hospital, remember to bring Nini over to my house for a playdate."

Wang Ping smiled awkwardly and nodded. When Gu Xiaobei reached his own shed and heard this, he thought to himself: Did Xiangmin forget to bring her brain when she came back today? With her one sentence, she had offended all five or six of the military wives who were working in the courtyard. So, those who didn’t visit her were heartless, were they?

Xiangmin continued, "Look at me, I can’t work with my condition. My husband is busy too. If the coal shed is not tidied up, who knows if it can be used this year." She sighed after saying this.

The meaning of her words, of course, was for Wang Ping to do the work for her. Wang Ping understood the hidden request, and after a moment’s hesitation, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you go upstairs and rest first, I will help tidy up for you later, it’s not much work."

Xiangmin nodded satisfied and said with a smile, "Thank you so much, don’t forget to bring Nini over for a playdate." With those words, she and Chi Xiaoyue went upstairs.

Watching Li Fengmei first pick up the fallen bricks, stack them up again, and then dig the broken coal cinder out of the shed, Gu Xiaobei followed her lead and did the same.

When Wang Ping came over, no one spoke to her. She silently continued working, feeling somewhat awkward and unjust.

Suddenly, Sun Aiqin chuckled, "Wang Ping, you’re quite good at bootlicking."

Wang Ping blushed a bit, speaking out indignantly, "What are you talking about?"

"Alright, let’s all get back to work." Li Fengmei called out. Among them, she was the oldest and had been a military wife the longest; everyone still respected her opinion.