Two generations of military wives compete for time

The next morning, driver Shi Jiayang arrived at the community building on time, picked up Qian Yizhen and sister-in-law Hao Xia, and went to the Provincial People's Hospital. There were quite a lot of people doing prenatal checkups, registering, queuing, and waiting for their numbers to be called.

People were rushing back and forth in the hospital lobby.

Qian Yizhen was afraid that Hao Xia was not familiar with the hospital environment, so she asked her to remember the building number, floor, window number and toilet location. If she got lost, she could ask at the information desk and not panic. Hao Xia was a little nervous when she first arrived, and she held Qian Yizhen's hand tightly.

Sister-in-law Hao Xia saw that most of the women who came for prenatal check-ups were accompanied by their husbands. She felt a little regretful that Ming Yuanhui was now at the Yunnan border, carrying out the mission of defending the country and could not accompany his wife for the prenatal check-up. She silently wished Qian Yizhen and her child safety.

After the prenatal checkup, all indicators were normal. Qian Yizhen looked at the time and said, "Sister Hao Xia, let's go to the restaurant for lunch today to welcome you." Then, they drove to the famous Qingfeng Hotel in the provincial capital. They found a private room, sat down, and ordered food.

Sister-in-law Hao Xia took a look at the menu, waved her hands and said, "This is too expensive, let's go home and eat." Then she stood up to leave.

Qian Yizhen quickly motioned for sister-in-law Hao Xia to sit down, holding up the menu and saying, "We don't eat here every day, this is to welcome you, it's a token of my and Ming Yuanhui's love."

Just as he finished speaking, a well-mannered middle-aged man pushed the door open and walked in, holding a stack of documents in his hand. He sat down on the chair next to Sister-in-law Hao Xia while flipping through them, muttering to himself.

Sister-in-law Hao Xia took a closer look and asked tentatively, as if she had discovered a new continent: "You! You! You! Are you Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen Zhuoran?" The middle-aged man raised his head, looked at Hao Xia, thought for a long time, and asked in confusion: "Do you know me? I have so many students that I can't count them all. Please tell me your name and let me think about it." The middle-aged man said, adjusting his reading glasses.

"Taizi Commune, Mentougou Village, you lived in our house when you were sent to work in the countryside, and you taught me how to read and do arithmetic." Sister-in-law Hao Xia said in dialect.

The middle-aged man thought for a while, and immediately said happily: "Are you the girl from the Hao family? I really can't recognize you." "Yes, yes," said Hao Xia's sister-in-law excitedly.

Teacher Chen asked in confusion, "Why are you here?" Before Sister Hao Xia could speak, Teacher Chen slapped his forehead and said to himself, "I went to the wrong room."

As the saying goes, "When good things happen to people, they feel refreshed." The research results of the research team led by Teacher Chen won the National Science and Technology Award yesterday. Teachers and students agreed to come to the restaurant for a drink at noon today to celebrate.

Teacher Chen said humorously: "I went to the wrong door and met an old friend. It's a double happiness." As he spoke, he unfolded the documents in his hand, took out a blank piece of paper, and wrote down his name, landline number, work unit, and home address.

He handed it to Hao Xia: "Come to me if you need anything." He waved his hand and walked out of the room.

Qian Yizhen sat quietly on the side, watching the actions and words of Hao Xia's sister-in-law and Teacher Chen. She felt an inexplicable familiarity with Teacher Chen. Her facial features and face shape seemed to have been seen somewhere before. She felt close and familiar. Especially Teacher Chen's name, Chen Zhuoran. Was it the "Zhuoran" mentioned by Qian's mother?

Sister-in-law Hao Xia brought back her thoughts to more than 20 years ago, when Teacher Chen Zhuoran was labeled a rightist and sent to work in our village. He and an old professor were assigned to live in Hao Xia's house. At that time, he was the youngest teacher in the university. Because he supported the old professor, he was labeled a rightist. For this reason, his wife, who had just married, divorced him. Teacher Chen often joked: "One person is full, and the whole family is not hungry."

It was the Cultural Revolution at that time. Schools could not hold classes normally and there were often parades and movements in the streets. Some children of the same age as Hao Xia, who were around ten years old, had no adult supervision and would run around in the fields all day, climb trees, scale walls, rob bird nests, and make mischief. Teacher Chen felt it was a pity as they were at the age of learning knowledge. It was such a pity.

So, Teacher Chen secretly gathered us kids together in a secret place and taught us how to read, count, tell stories and play games. For safety reasons, he also verbally agreed with us on a confidentiality agreement, not to tell anyone else.

Teacher Chen's words and deeds, as well as his tall and handsome figure, left a deep impression on Hao Xia, and he became a role model that Hao Xia envied and admired. It can be said that those were the most unforgettable and beautiful days in Hao Xia's childhood.

Later, the policy was implemented and Teacher Chen returned to school to teach. After the college entrance examination was resumed, half of our group of children were admitted to universities, and two of them were admitted to the university where Teacher Chen taught. After Hao Xia graduated from elementary school, because she was a girl, her parents took her home to take care of her younger siblings, and she never went to school again.

"Teacher Chen has a great memory. He still remembers me." Sister Hao Xia said to herself, immersed in her beautiful memories.