Chapter 6 : Get married?

“Too late!”

Aiguo sneered.

He turned around and shouted to the two soldiers outside the door, “Take Li Dajun away and put him in solitary confinement.”

“Political Commissar, please don’t, I… I…”

Li Dajun was so anxious, sweat pouring down his face. He regretted it deeply and blamed others for giving him poor advice.

Seeing that Aiguo had turned away and was ignoring him, he hurriedly said to Zhu Haimei, “Comrade Haimei, I apologize for the photo. I was confused for a moment, but everything else about our communication was fine.”

“I am sincere to you, Comrade Haimei. Please help me beg for mercy…”

“Comrade Haimei, Haimei…”

Li Dajun was dragged away, shouting all the way, leaving only Aiguo and Zhu Haimei in the room.

Aiguo took a glance at Zhu Haimei, then walked to the door, opened it, turned around, and walked back over.

Looking at Zhu Haimei in a daze, his face full of apology, he said, “Comrade Zhu Haimei, our regiment will definitely deal with Li Dajun’s matter seriously. I’ll speak to Captain Gao later, and he will be punished.”

Aiguo thought for a moment and added, “How about this? You can use Li Dajun’s allowance to cover your round-trip travel expenses back to Shanghai. What do you think?”

“I’m not short of money…”

Zhu Haimei shook her head, feeling like she had become a joke.

“Comrade Zhu Haimei, this isn’t about money. Li Dajun should be punished.”

Seeing that Zhu Haimei had no expression on her face, Aiguo said angrily, “With him acting like this, and still being a deputy battalion commander, I must ask Old Gao to remove him.”

“Comrade Haimei, don’t be sad. It’s not worth it for Li Dajun.”

“How about this? You stay at the group’s guesthouse tonight. I’ll have someone buy you a train ticket back to Shanghai, I guarantee you won’t be delayed.”

Seeing that Zhu Haimei remained silent, Aiguo felt a headache coming on. He raised his voice and asked, “Comrade Haimei?”

Zhu Haimei snapped out of it. She had finally escaped and didn’t want to go back to Shanghai.

Wiping away the tears on her face, she thanked Aiguo first, then shook her head. “Comrade , it took me a lot of effort to get to our army, so I’m not in a rush to go back.”

“I like our army and our great Northwest. Can you introduce me to someone else in the regiment? By the way, the battalion commander, Zhuang, mentioned earlier, he’s still single, right? Can you introduce me to him?”

“Ah?!”

Aiguo stood there, stunned.

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The regiment’s guesthouse.

“Comrade Lu, please answer it quickly.”

Zhuang Mingcheng was carrying a thermos and holding several lunch boxes in his arms. He also had two large yellow steamed buns in his bandaged left hand.

Inside the room, Lu Fangfang was very surprised and quickly took the steamed buns from the man’s hands.

Seeing that Zhuang Mingcheng was still holding the thermos, she took it and placed it on the ground.

Zhuang Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and placed the three lunch boxes in his arms on the chair.

He picked up a chair and placed it in front of Lu Fangfang. He said, “Eat. I just got this from the cafeteria. It’s still hot. Don’t starve yourself.”

Lu Fangfang: “…”

“You’re welcome. I know you’re hungry.”

Lu Fangfang pursed her lips.

She was cold and hungry, so she couldn’t refuse. “Comrade Zhuang, thank you.”

Looking at the steamed bun in her hand, she took a small bite and began chewing.

After a while, she swallowed it reluctantly.

This was the first time she had eaten fine grains since coming here.

Feeling the sweet taste in her mouth, her tears almost flowed down.

“Don’t just eat the buns, there are dishes I prepared for you in the lunch box.”

Zhuang Mingcheng handed her the chopsticks, then picked up the thermos and poured a cup of hot water.

“Thanks…”

Lu Fangfang took another bite of the steamed bun, then opened the aluminum lunch boxes one by one.

Fried potato chips and boiled cabbage. When she opened the last one, she saw four pieces of fat and tender braised pork in the middle of the lunch box.

“Ah!”

Lu Fangfang exclaimed. This was exactly the man of her dreams.

She swallowed and picked up a piece with chopsticks.

She dipped it on the steamed bun and then reluctantly put it into her mouth.

“Hmm…”

With a light bite, the braised pork burst with fatty gravy.

If this had happened in her previous life, Lu Fangfang would have felt nauseous, but now she just felt it was so enjoyable. This kind of meat was so satisfying.

She ate all four pieces of braised pork without leaving any.

She even wiped up the remaining soup in the aluminum lunch box with the steamed bun and put it into her stomach.

She didn’t waste the other two dishes and ate them all.

After eating, there wasn’t even a trace of oil stain left in the lunch box on the chair.

Zhuang Mingcheng, who was standing next to her, didn’t look surprised. It was really very normal in that era.

“Are you full?”

Lu Fangfang touched her stomach and smiled, “I’ve never felt so full before, Comrade Zhuang, thank you.”

“Call me Mingcheng. Drink some water first.”

Zhuang Mingcheng moved a chair and sat opposite Lu Fangfang.

“Why did you come here from the Red Star Brigade without telling me? Did something happen in the village?”

Sitting face to face with him, Lu Fangfang felt a little uncomfortable.

But she had just eaten someone else’s food, so she couldn’t just ignore him.

Suppressing her embarrassment, she straightened up and told Zhuang Mingcheng according to her memory “It didn’t rain much last year, and the team suffered from drought. We really had nothing to eat, so my family asked me to come here.”

“Why didn’t you send a letter? So I could have picked you up in advance?”

Lu Fangfang glanced at Zhuang Mingcheng, lowered her head, and said nothing.

Send a letter?

The money for her train ticket had all been borrowed from her family, so how could she have any extra money to send a letter?

Unfortunately, she lost her money just as she arrived at the train station, and even the original owner lost her life. What a hateful thief!!!

Opposite him, Zhuang Mingcheng sat upright in a chair and remained silent for a while.

He already knew the reason.

After taking a closer look at the clothes on Lu Fangfang, he sighed unconsciously, “Wait for me for a moment.”

After saying that, he stood up and turned away.

“Hey? Where are you going again?”

In the room, Lu Fangfang was confused again.

Fortunately, Zhuang Mingcheng came back quickly this time. After a while, he came into the house carrying a few green military uniforms.

“I only have a military uniform, no other clothes. You wear it first.”

As he said that, he handed over the clothes in his arms.

Seeing Lu Fangfang’s puzzled face, he explained “There’s a bathhouse in the regiment headquarters. I’ll take you there later, and you can wash yourself properly.”

“You should stay in the guesthouse for the next few days and don’t wander around. There are still empty houses in the family compound. I will go to the political commissar to apply for them. When the houses are available, you can move in first.”

“Oh, by the way, give me the letter of introduction, and I’ll write the application form. Once the group agrees, we’ll get married.”

Zhuang Mingcheng talked a lot.

His arm was injured, so he had just enough time to work. By the way, Lu Fangfang came at the right time too.

“Marry? Marry you?”