The Pretty Military Wife

The call was made and then transferred to the county armed forces department:

"Hello, comrade from the Armed Forces Department. I'm Xu Wenshu from Huishui Commune. We want to verify the news about a person who joined the army ten years ago."

"Okay, please speak."

"He is from Group 3 of Xintang Village, Huishui Commune. His name is Zhou Guoliang. Do you have any records? He is using his active military officer ID to apply for a marriage certificate here. But he is listed as a missing person in my household registration."

"Served in the army ten years ago? Wait a minute, I'll check."

When the other party was inquiring, Zhou Guoliang said:

"Xu Shuwen, you can directly ask a comrade named Li Wu in the Armed Forces Department. It was him who signed the document that allowed me to join the army. He should have some impression of me."

Xu Wenshu still said loudly on the phone:

"Comrade Zhou Guoliang from the Armed Forces Department said that it was Comrade Li Wu from the Armed Forces Department who agreed to his enlistment. He said he could ask Comrade Li Wu. Do you have any comrades named Li Wu?"

"Oh, then wait half an hour and call me. I'll remember your name. Zhou Guoliang, right?"

When he heard that he would have to wait another half an hour, Zhou Guoliang frowned.

I only have one day, and although the current situation at home makes me sad, I still want to spend more time with my family.

So he stepped forward decisively and snatched the microphone from Xu Wenshu's hand:

"Hello, comrade. I am Zhou Guoliang. I joined the army ten years ago through Comrade Li Wu. My enlistment file number is 001. You can ask Comrade Li Wu. I came back this time to recruit soldiers in Dayang County. You can ask the comrades in the Dayang County Recruitment Office. I only took one day off to go back to my hometown to visit my parents and apply for a marriage certificate, so please check and reply as soon as possible. Thank you."

"Number 001? Are you sure your enlistment record is number 001?"

"Yes, that's what Comrade Li Wu said back then."

"Okay, I'll check it right away. Give me two minutes."

The other party also decisively hung up the phone.

Liang Xinyue on the side looked at Zhou Guoliang with a different look.

According to the military TV and criminal investigation dramas she had watched over the years, anyone with the number 001 was an important person.

Yes, I actually met 001.

After being looked at by Liang Xinyue's strange eyes, Zhou Guoliang, who had experienced gunfire and hail of bullets, suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Sure enough, within two minutes, the phone rang. Old Xu was so surprised that he almost dropped the receiver.

Liang Xinyue could hear the laughter coming from the other end of the phone even though she was two meters away:

"Is this Xu Wenshu from Huishui Commune? I'm Li Wu from the Armed Forces Department. Hahahaha, is that Zhou Guoliang back? Tell him to wait, I'll come to your Huishui Commune right away. Xu Wenshu, you can get him a marriage certificate."

Before Xu Wenshu hung up the phone, he heard the person on the other end say:

"Prepare the car. We will go to Huishui Commune right away."

Zhou Guoliang frowned. After Xu Wenshu confirmed Zhou Guoliang's identity, he began to process their marriage certificate in an orderly manner.

They got a marriage certificate that looked like a prize, and stamped it with a bright red seal, and they were now a legal couple.

Because Li Wu said he wanted to come here to see Zhou Guoliang, and it was really difficult for Zhou Guoliang to leave.

So he said to Xu Wenshu:

"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things first. I will come and wait for Comrade Li Wu as soon as possible."

Xu Wenshu was actually a little nervous. He really didn't know who Li Wu was, and he rarely contacted the armed forces.

But Li Wu is a county magistrate after all. A county magistrate wants to see Zhou Guoliang as soon as he hears that he has returned. This seems to be something big.

Xu Wenshu nodded, and Zhou Guoliang took Liang Xinyue to the supply and marketing cooperative next to the commune.

Xu Wenshu sat for a while and immediately got up and went to the second floor. He found Secretary Fu who was in a meeting and said:

"Secretary Fu, do you know what position Li Wu holds in the county's armed forces department?"

Secretary Fu took a sip of tea:

"You don't even know Li Wu? He was a hero who came back from the front line. He was called Li Dadan back then. Now he's the Minister of the Armed Forces."

Xu Wenshu paused:

"He will be here soon."

Then he quickly told the story. Secretary Fu was stunned for a moment and immediately put down his teacup and said;

"Do you have any good tea? Please entertain us. The meeting here will be over soon. Ask the canteen to cook a meat dish for lunch. By the way, the money for the meat dish will be deducted from my salary."

Xu Wenshu felt that Zhou Guoliang’s case might be even more serious, so he asked the Minister of Armed Forces to come and take a look in person.

I quickly cleaned up the office and went to the canteen to say hello. According to regulations, the canteen can prepare a meat dish for the leaders coming from the county.

In addition, Secretary Fu paid for a meat dish out of his own pocket.

The canteen has confirmed that they will serve fried pork with twice-cooked pork and braised pork in brown sauce.

Zhou Guoliang took Liang Xinyue to the supply and marketing cooperative.

This is just a supply and marketing cooperative in a commune, and there are not many things in it. They are all placed on the shelves or in the counter.

If you want to buy something, you have to ask the salesperson to get it for you.

Zhou Guoliang took a look at the straw sandals on Liang Xinyue's feet and took people directly to the place where shoes were sold:

"What size do you wear?"

He asked Liang Xinyue.

Liang Xinyue hesitated for a moment and searched her memory, but found nothing.

"I...I don't know."

Zhou Guoliang understood that she had never bought shoes before, so he looked at her feet and said to the salesperson:

"Comrade, please show me the size 37 pair of Liberation shoes."

The man looked at Zhou Guoliang, then at Liang Xinyue, and then he took out a pair of yellow rubber shoes from the counter:

"This is a size 37. If you want to try it, wrap your feet with this paper."

She also handed out a piece of yellow straw paper used to wrap the shoes.

This made Liang Xinyue shrink her toes. Her feet were a little dark, and her long nails were not trimmed.

As far as I can remember, I used to wear cloth shoes at my parents’ home, but after I married into the Zhou family, my cloth shoes broke after two years of use, and in the third year I wore straw sandals all year round. I didn’t even wear socks.

Therefore, a pair of feet is fully released. No wonder people look down on it.

Moreover, the way the salesperson looked at Zhou Guoliang, then at herself, and then at Zhou Guoliang again, made Liang Xinyue imagine:

"She wants to say that it's not worth it for me to take over Zhou Guoliang, this cabbage?"

She was just imagining things out of boredom, but Liang Xinyue still carefully wrapped her feet with straw paper and tried it.

Oh, I didn't expect size 37 to be the right size.

"Suitable."

Liang Xinyue took it off while talking. Zhou Guoliang patted her on the back and said:

"No need to take them off, put them on. And buy another pair of socks."

After looking at the nylon socks on the other side, to be honest, Liang Xinyue really didn't like those bright red or green socks.

They are all patterns of bright red and green flowers, but... this is the thing that the original body envied the most in his memory.

On the day of their marriage, she walked to Zhou's house barefoot wearing only a pair of cloth shoes.

At the door of Zhou's house, he met Zhou Ziying, who was wearing a pair of bright red socks and cloth shoes.

As a bride, I was still shy at the time and could only walk with my head down while others pointed at me.

It is that touch of red that remains in Liang Xinyue's memory as the festive color of marriage.

When the salesperson brought out three pairs of shoes for selection, Liang Xinyue still followed an idea for some unknown reason and chose a pair of bright red shoes.

Zhou Guoliang laughed and said:

"This is good and festive."