Chapter 16

Waiting for a response that never came, Director Liu’s face grew darker and darker. Ji Jian Guo secretly rejoiced.

Before, he thought it was not worthwhile to send his two daughters to the countryside. Not only would he not receive any dowry money, but if they married a peasant in the countryside, they would drag their in-laws along to suck his blood, causing him a lot of trouble!

So he asked someone to get fake medical records for his two daughters, keeping them at home to wait for a good opportunity.

But times had changed. Before, he was misled by Xiaorou, and then he was beaten up by that beast, his whole body ached, and his brain short-circuited, so he went to do superstitious things! It almost killed him!

Now, after being guided by Captain Chen, he couldn’t beat that beast, so he sent her to the distant northwest to drink the northwest wind, wouldn’t that be great!

Ji Jian Guo couldn’t hide the smile in his eyes and eyebrows, he couldn’t wait for Ji Wanqing and Director Liu to clash, directly sending her to a labor camp to do hard labor every day, to vent his anger!

Just as Director Liu was about to speak with a gloomy face.

Ji Wanqing said with a righteous face: “Leader! Our country is now in a period of reconstruction, going to the countryside to build new villages is the responsibility of our younger generation! How could I refuse?”

Director Liu’s face brightened: “Then take your household registration booklet, let’s go to the Youth League Office to fill out the registration form now.”

Ji Wanqing shook her head: “But Director Liu, I also want to be a young intellectual and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, but I’m currently unable to do so, so I have to refuse.”

Ji Jian Guo interjected: “Director Liu, don’t listen to this girl’s nonsense! She hasn’t been sick for the past two years, she’s just trying to avoid going to the countryside!”

“Really?” Ji Wanqing said with a faint smile, “Then who gave me the medical record, and which staff member filed it? A good comrade like me can’t tolerate any sand in my eyes, I have to report those two incompetent doctors and corrupt officials to feel at ease.”

Ji Jian Guo choked, turned his head and changed his words: “…She was really sick, but she’s definitely recovered now. If you don’t believe me, take her to the hospital for a physical examination, she’ll be bouncing around! One punch can kill a bull!”

Director Liu stood with his hands behind his back and threatened: “Comrade Ji Wanqing, evading labor is not a good thing, I’ll give you one more chance, are you going to the countryside or not?”

Ji Wanqing said with a smile: “Director Liu, it’s not that I’m evading labor! It’s that my grandfather arranged a marriage for me before he died. I was underage two years ago, so I stayed with my dad for a while. Now I’ve grown up, and I should fulfill his old man’s wishes.”

Ji Jian Guo jumped up: “Nonsense! How come I don’t know you have a marriage arranged?”

She shrugged: “My grandfather arranged it, I only found out about it before his old man died.”

Director Liu remembered Captain Chen’s instructions, frowned: “You just have a marriage arranged, but you’re not married. If everyone uses your excuse to shirk the Youth League Office, how can we do our work?”

Ji Jian Guo echoed: “That’s right! Don’t try to shirk your responsibility!”

Ji Wanqing looked innocent: “Ah, but my fiancé is the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 73rd Division of the An Province Military Region! He said he’s going to submit his marriage report soon, is that not okay?”

“…”

“!!”

Director Liu’s face turned ugly.

If the other party was a small squad leader, he would have to do this for Captain Chen.

But he had relatives in the army, he knew that the numbers starting with 11 were all the main forces of the military region, and her fiancé was a battalion commander. If this got to the higher-ups, he wouldn’t have a good time!

“You’re lying!” Ji Jian Guo’s heart skipped a beat, “How can you have a fiancé who’s a battalion commander! Why didn’t you say so before!?”

Ji Wanqing looked innocent: “Dad, you didn’t ask before either?”

Ji Jian Guo choked on a mouthful of old blood.

That was the battalion commander of the main force! According to the way his old father-in-law doted on this little beast, he definitely wouldn’t introduce a crooked, ugly, and much older man!

A young and promising battalion commander in his twenties, wouldn’t it be easy for him to be promoted to regiment commander and then division commander in the future?

Wouldn’t he have a division commander son-in-law when he gets old?!

Director Liu’s brows furrowed, after a while he said: “Comrade Xiao Ji, we can’t just listen to your side of the story, we need to confirm it.”

Ji Wanqing nodded: “That’s right, let’s go make a phone call to confirm it now.”

To say she wasn’t nervous…

That was impossible.

But her grandfather had praised her fiancé so much before he died. As long as she spoke fast enough, the other side would definitely help her cover up the lie… right?

There were few places with telephones these days, the Youth League Office was one of them.

Under the watchful eyes of several people, Ji Wanqing dialed the military region’s number.

This number was originally written down for the original owner by her grandfather, but the original owner had lost it.

Fortunately, she now had a brain like a projector, she could retrieve the number from her memory.

“Hello, hello, I’m looking for Comrade Jiang Che, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 113th Regiment.”

The operator on the other side said: “Okay, I’ll transfer you to the 113th Regiment Party Committee Office immediately.”

After a while, a voice came from the other side: “Hello, I’m Zheng, the instructor of the 113th Regiment. Who is this?”

“Hello Instructor Zheng, I’m looking for Comrade Jiang Che.”

“Comrade Jiang Che is currently in closed training at the Beijing Military Academy, it’s not convenient to contact the outside world right now, is there anything you need to tell me?”

So unlucky?

Ji Wanqing hesitated for a moment: “That… I’m Comrade Jiang Che’s fiancée, I called to ask him when he’s going to submit his marriage report.”

Instructor Zheng was puzzled.

Instructor Zheng was silent.

Instructor Zheng was shocked.

“Oh my god! That kid said he had a fiancée, I thought it was an excuse to reject people! I didn’t expect it to be real!”

The phone was on speaker, with Instructor Zheng’s words, Ji Wanqing knew that the matter was settled.

Ji Wanqing said shyly: “Yes, it was a childhood engagement arranged by my grandfather, and there are tokens.”

“Yes, yes, Xiao Jiang also said it was a childhood engagement arranged by our elders.”

After the shock, Instructor Zheng was still a qualified elder, he cared: “Little comrade, did you encounter any difficulties? Why did you suddenly call the military region?”

Director Liu’s back stiffened, he quickly leaned over and smiled ingratiatingly: “That Instructor Zheng, I’m Liu, the director of the Yunhe City Youth League Office.”

“There’s been a misunderstanding. You know, it’s national policy for young people from the city to go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. We’re just doing a census, and we found that Comrade Xiao Ji has no job and is not married, so we came to mobilize her.”

Instructor Zheng understood, he said with a hint of meaning: “Then now…”

Director Liu said righteously: “Of course, we can’t ask Comrade Xiao Ji to go to the countryside to be a young intellectual now! Our soldiers are defending our country on the front lines, and their wives are guarding the rear for them, they are also contributing to the country! They are all serving the people, it doesn’t matter if it’s in the countryside or the military region!”

Instructor Zheng was very satisfied with Director Liu’s understanding: “Okay, Comrade Xiao Ji, Xiao Jiang will finish his training in half a month. Get your introduction letter ready, pack your bags, and come over to our military region. You’ll be able to catch up with him when he returns. He’ll have a week’s leave when he comes back, just enough time for you to have a wedding.”

“…”

Ah?

It’s so coincidental?

No room for maneuver, directly having a wedding?

She was still thinking that if Jiang Che didn’t suit her taste, she would withdraw to Yunhe and play a time difference with the Youth League Office, find a job in the city first, and then continue to torment Ji’s family.