Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

"I have to thank my husband for his help! He sent us a lot of sea fish, which brought us a lot of military merit. The division commander gave each of us a 'third-class individual merit' and transferred us to the logistics department to be in charge of material procurement."

Zhou Xiaobai explained somewhat embarrassedly. Then he said shyly:

"It was also my fault that I said you were very capable and could get a lot of supplies. The instructor recommended me to the higher-ups for credit. The commander thought Luo Yun and I had the channels in this regard, so he arranged for us in advance. Husband, you don't blame us, do you?"

Zhou Xiaobai looked at Lao Yang pitifully.

Old Yang pinched the two men's noses and said, "It's no big deal for my wife to brag about something. It's just some supplies. You two haven't signed any military orders. How much supplies are you going to purchase for the troops?"

The two shook their heads at the same time. Zhou Xiaobai said, "Not really. After all, the leaders probably just want to try their luck. In fact, the troops are not short of food right now. Xingbang Company has laid a lot of food channels in the mainland, and the imported food is also very cheap. It is given priority to the organs and troops. What we lack now is all kinds of meat and vegetables!"

After all, the two girls are still in adolescence and always fantasize that their prince charming is omnipotent. They look at Lao Yang expectantly.

Old Yang was also soft-hearted and doting, so he arranged, "Okay, as long as you don't care about the taste of meat, I can provide you with meat once a month, fish meat! Are a few dozen tons a month enough?"

When the two heard the amount Lao Yang said, they immediately jumped up and asked, "Husband, can you really get so much meat?"

Lao Yang stopped the two men's waists and said proudly, "It may be difficult for others, but it's no problem for me! Dozens of tons of meat are just like a fish."

Luo Yun asked Lao Yang curiously: "A fish?"

"Do you know there is a fish in the world called a whale?"

Lao Yang began to popularize biological knowledge.

The two girls nodded and replied, "Yes, it's written in the book, it's the largest creature in the ocean."

Old Yang nodded and continued, "That's it. A whale is 20 to 30 meters long and weighs dozens of tons. If you catch a whale, you can complete all the tasks! Isn't it a surprise? Isn't it unexpected?"

The two asked in surprise: "Can a whale be caught? It's so big! And can it be eaten?"

Old Yang let go of the two women and gestured, "A whale may seem very big, but outside the ocean it is just a piece of meat, otherwise where would the shark fins come from! With my ability, catching a few whales is no big deal. But the most difficult thing is how to hand it over to you. How are you going to explain the source of the fish? I don't care, just figure it out for yourselves. It's best to find a large warehouse outside the military base, and I'll put the whale in there, and you can arrange people to cut it up and take it away. But whale meat doesn't taste good, it's a bit like horse meat. But when I catch a whale, I'll put some high-end marine fish in the whale's stomach as a bonus! You can discuss the price of the fish meat, and you can split it equally between the two of you. I don't care about this little money, just treat it as your pocket money!"

The two of them immediately jumped up and down excitedly, each of them kissed Lao Yang on the cheek, and took Lao Yang to the back camp, ready to let Lao Yang see the tanks and armored vehicles.

Soon, two lively and beautiful female soldiers led a handsome man to the tank camp. There were a large number of tanks parked in rows of tall sheds, and four or five people were surrounding each tank to inspect and clean it.

On a distant training ground, several tanks were galloping back and forth. A human head appeared on each tank, giving commands with a wireless intercom.

Luo Yun pointed to a tank and introduced it to Lao Yang: "Honey, look, this is the latest Type 59 tank. We only have about 20 of them. The soldiers treasure them so much that they have to clean them after training every day. They are not so serious when chasing girls!"

The two soldiers on the tank laughed when they heard Luo Yun's introduction. One of them shouted to Luo Yun: "What's so good about women? How can they be as good as our wife? This big girl is our wife. We are so sorry for her!"

The shouting caused the other soldiers to laugh, and they wiped the tanks carefully while laughing.

Old Yang also turned around and said to Luo Yun with a smile: "Weapons and equipment are a soldier's second life. In their eyes, they are more precious than their wives!"

Several soldiers nearby laughed when they heard what Lao Yang said. They gave Lao Yang a thumbs up and said, "You are right! If you lose your life, you will also lose your wife. If you lose your wife, you can still get another life if you still have one!"

The soldiers wiped the tanks with a smile on their faces, and worked more vigorously.

Luo Yun blushed and replied shrewdly, "You deserve to not be able to find a wife! I'll promote you so that you won't be able to find a partner!"

The soldiers burst into laughter when they saw Luo Yun's angry look.

A dark and thin young man in the distance came over and scolded, "What's wrong with you guys? It's not good if you affect others!"

The laughter of several people also subsided. The dark and thin man saw Luo Yun and Zhou Xiaobai coming over and asked with a smile:

"It's Xiaobai and Xiaoyun. Why are you here? Don't you have a job?"

Zhou Xiaobai replied: "Brother Shengli is here too, why didn't he go to training?"

Luo Yun quietly introduced him to Lao Yang, "This man is called Wang Shengli, the youngest son of Division Commander Wang. He has been in the army for more than three years and is now a platoon leader in a tank battalion."

"We are on a rotation today. No driving training, just routine maintenance work. Who is this?"

Wang Shengli looked at Lao Yang and Zhou Xiaobai who were standing next to the two women. To be honest, Wang Shengli was a little jealous of Lao Yang. After all, every man would feel jealous when he saw a man who was more handsome and taller than himself (except for his closest relatives).

The person who can be accompanied by Zhou Xiaobai is definitely not an ordinary person.

"This is Comrade Yang Shangjin, an important guest of our military region. He was invited to attend a meeting at the military headquarters today. Several leaders still have meetings to attend, so let us take him around the military region first to experience the life in the barracks."

Zhou Xiaobai wanted to praise Lao Yang and make him proud.

When Wang Shengli heard that Lao Yang was invited to the meeting by the Kyoto Military Sub-district, he knew that he must be no ordinary person, and his father had also attended the meeting.

Since he wanted to experience life, Wang Shengli invited Lao Yang and said, "How about it? Brother Yang, are you interested in tanks? Do you want to go in and play with them?"

Lao Yang also showed some interest and asked, "Is it okay? I have never been in a tank before."

Wang Shengli patted the tank and said, "No problem!"

Wang Shengli turned to a soldier next to him and said, "Goudan, go get a hat for this brother Yang!"

Goudaner immediately saluted and said, "Okay, platoon leader."

He turned and ran away. Soon Goudaner came back with two tank caps and handed them to Wang Shengli and Lao Yang. The two climbed up the tank along the tracks, opened the top door, and climbed in through the doorway.

After Lao Yang entered, he immediately felt that the space was rather narrow, inconvenient to move, and very uncomfortable. It was divided into three parts: the driver's cab, the machine gun firing port, and the shell assembly room. It should be equipped with 4 to 5 people, one driver, one gunner, one machine gunner, and one shell loader.

Lao Yang observed the structure of the tank and found that the style was rough, with many sharp edges and corners that could easily hurt people, which is why they had to wear hats. It was completely different from the tanks of later generations. Now, ergonomics is not considered at all. As long as it can be used and is safe, it's fine.

After a while, Lao Yang felt a little stuffy and had difficulty breathing, so he climbed out along the ladder. He returned the hat to Goudaner and said to Wang Shengli:

"This tank is too small and cramped, and it's very hot inside without air conditioning!"

After Lao Yang finished speaking, several soldiers immediately laughed.

Wang Shengli patted the tank and said, "Although it has various problems, it does not hinder its status as the land overlord. With this, our army can narrow the gap with the world's superpowers and be invincible. There will definitely be difficulties, but we just need to overcome them!"

Looking at the simple smiles of the crowd, Lao Yang was full of admiration. In any case, the soldiers of this era were the cutest people, sacrificing their lives and blood for the country without regrets. They cared for the equipment sincerely, unlike the tasks assigned in later generations.

Lao Yang followed Zhou Xiaobai and the others to the training ground, watching the tanks speeding through the training ground and feeling the violent vibrations of the ground. Each tank was like a steel monster running on the ground. The overwhelming momentum was shocking. If there were hundreds or thousands of tanks, the collective charge would definitely be unstoppable. This is also why the role of people in wars becomes less and less important as time goes on.

Suddenly, they heard the roar of heavy artillery fire in the distance. A few people looked into the distance and saw a cloud of black smoke rising from a small hill in the distance.

Zhou Xiaobai said: "That direction is the heavy artillery brigade training ground. It seems that only a 140mm howitzer can have such an effect."

The two women took Lao Yang to the logistics department and visited the chickens, ducks, geese, fish, rabbits and pigs raised by their logistics department. This was a large farm, and there were several elderly soldiers who were busy cleaning the pigsty. There were only a few skinny piglets inside.

Zhou Xiaobai explained that the current conditions are not good and raising pigs is a burden. There is not enough food for the people, so how can we feed the pigs? But we only have a few of them and cannot afford to raise more.

Old Yang nodded and followed the two of them to Zhou Xiaobai's office. There were only two desks inside. It seemed that this was an office specially prepared for Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun, and there were only the two of them.

Once I close the door, I let myself go.

An hour later, Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun walked out of the logistics office and returned to the administrative building with Lao Yang's arm around theirs. On the way, Lao Yang asked about Luo Yun's family situation.

Luo Yun's father, Luo Jinqiang, was a commander of a heavy artillery brigade. Due to the low level of education, the long time of participating in the revolution, and the lack of room for advancement, the living conditions of Luo Yun's family were not very good. Luo Yun had an older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister. As the eldest sister, she had never enjoyed any special care and had always given in to her younger brothers and sisters. She had not received any special care from her father. The only time she was sent to the army was when she was sent there. After she came, she never saw Luo Yun once.

Luo Yun is very envious of Zhou Xiaobai. In the original plot, Luo Yun was jealous of Zhou Xiaobai because Zhou Xiaobai received more fatherly love than her and was better than her in everything. But now that the two have met Lao Yang, their sisterhood has deepened, and naturally there is no more intrigue.

Lao Yang has always treated everyone equally, you have her and she has you, and he will never let anyone feel that he is being treated specially. Who can blame Lao Yang for giving so much, so much that no one feels unfair. So if a man wants to have his feet on multiple boats without capsizing, he must have strong capital, otherwise he will feel like drowning every minute.

Luo Yun's family favors boys over girls, and her older brother and younger brother are treated with equal attention, obviously much more than Luo Yun and her younger sister. If Luo Yun had not always been good friends with Zhou Xiaobai, she would have been arranged to marry by her family. How could she be allowed to go to high school? She took this opportunity to be sent to the army with Zhou Xiaobai.

Soon the three of them returned to the reception room of the administrative building, and Xiaobai went to the conference room to find out more about the situation. Soon Zhou Xiaobai led Zhou Zhennan to the reception room.

Zhou Zhennan said to Lao Yang approvingly: "You are a good kid, I am very satisfied! I may not be able to come up with any concrete results today, so you can go back first, I will contact you if there is anything else."

After saying that, he turned around and left. A voice came from afar:

"Xiaobai, go and see him off!"

Lao Yang looked at his watch. It was almost 12 o'clock. He asked Zhou Xiaobai, "Does your cafeteria provide meals? How about we find a place to eat together?"

The two girls also knew about Lao Yang's magical abilities and knew that he must have brought a lot of delicious food with him. They immediately complained that the food in the cafeteria was very ordinary and definitely not as delicious as what Lao Yang brought.

The three of them hurried back to the logistics office and locked the door. They put two tables together, and Lao Yang placed a few hard dishes on the table and took out some pastries from the space. He gave each of the two women a bottle of juice and poured himself a glass of champagne.

The three of them began to eat lunch happily. After the meal, Lao Yang collected the leftover garbage into the space and destroyed it.

He picked out two ladies' watches from the space and gave them to the two people, saying, "Seeing that you don't have watches yet, I'll give one to each of you to play with."

The two saw that they were both very beautiful ladies' watches, and happily took them and put them on their wrists, looking up from time to time. Lao Yang helped them calibrate their watches, and saw that it was getting late. He took the two women to the administrative building and prepared to drive away.

Lao Yang opened the trunk and took out two bags of snacks and canned food and gave them to the two girls, asking them to take them back to eat. The three of them said goodbye reluctantly, and Lao Yang got in the car and left the military area.

I didn't get back to the compound until 3:00.

Zhao Jingyi was sorting out her clothes in the house, preparing to give away some of the clothes and items she no longer needed. After going to Hong Kong with Lao Yang, these things would definitely not be used, so it was a good time to sort them out.

Seeing Lao Yang coming back, he hurried to help Lao Yang change his clothes, hung up his clothes, filled a basin with cold water, wet a towel and handed it to Lao Yang to wipe his face. He asked with concern, "Are you busy today? You just came back now, and it looks like you drank some wine."

Old Yang hugged Zhao Jingyi, kissed her cheek and said, "It will be done soon. We can leave early and return to Hong Kong, and the rest of the people can go there one after another. Just take care of the things at hand, and don't worry about me."

Zhao Jingyi buried her head in Lao Yang's arms and said with a hot face: "Hubby, I want to..."