After Song Changzhou returned to the army, he started to get busy. Not long after, heavy rains continued and the south suffered severe disasters. Even many dams collapsed, and many people's lives and property were greatly threatened.

The daily weather forecast is still heavy rain and rainstorm warnings.

The people's soldiers are mobilized to carry out disaster rescue without delay.

The Southern District troops, led by Song Changzhou, arrived at the front line to work.

Once you leave, you don’t know when you will be able to come back. Fire and water are merciless. Even modern soldiers with high-end equipment can be injured and killed, not to mention the 1970s, when they still relied on simple tools.

Zhang Yuwan didn't dare show her fear. For the first time, she felt the difficulty of being a military wife.

Song Changzhou received a notice that he only had half an hour to go home and prepare.

When he returned home, Zhang Yuwan had anticipated this and had prepared a package for him a few days in advance. In addition to spare clothes, there were also raincoats and boots. She also packed dozens of towels, some simple medicines and medicines for bruises and injuries, a large bag of work gloves, and some nutritional supplements. She also packed a lot of meat sauces made by Mrs. Wang for him, and a small kettle with a lid that was a cup.

Basically she installed everything she could think of on him.

"You must never drink raw water. Always carry your own water bottle with you and fill it up wherever you find hot water. These three ginsengs are very young. When you're particularly tired, chew a piece or soak it in water and drink it. Be sure to carry them with you."

Zhang Yuwan gave him a plastic bag, wrapped it up, and put it in his military coat pocket.

"It doesn't matter how much of what I give you you give to others, but you must keep some for yourself in the end. The most important thing is to pay attention to safety. I'll wait for you to come back." Zhang Yuwan touched the pocket of his clothes on his chest, not daring to look him in the eye, and tried her best to restrain her tears from falling.

Seeing her pretending to be strong, Song Changzhou pulled her into his arms.

Zhang Yuwan listened to his strong heartbeat and smelled the scent on his body. The uneasiness in her heart was like a ship that had been drifting on the sea for a long time and finally found a safe harbor. She gradually calmed down.

"I will pay attention to safety. Don't worry, I am the commander-in-chief and will not rush to the front." Song Changzhou comforted the woman in his arms.

Finally, he gave her a hard kiss on her cherry lips, then quickly turned around and left into the wind and rain.

……

After Song Changzhou left, Zhang Yuwan began to count the days every day. He would look at the calendar countless times and make marks on it. He knew the date of his departure clearly in his mind and still held it in his hand every day. The radio at home was broadcasting news about disaster relief and disaster relief.

If she heard about a dam collapse and PLA soldiers leaping down, regardless of danger, hand in hand to form a human wall, she would be terrified. Is he there? Will he see such danger and jump down too?

Zhang Yuwan knew that she was in a very bad state. She shouldn't be like this. She should be more free and easy, but she just couldn't control herself.

Until one day, she went out to mail a letter to Song Changzhou, but it was returned. When Mrs. Li from next door saw her, she was surprised and said, "Oh! Xiao Zhang, why do you look so pale? There's no color at all. Are you sick?"

Zhang Yuwan realized that he had been depressed for too long and subconsciously touched his face. "It's not Sister Li, I'm just worried about Song Changzhou. He's been gone for so long and there's been no news. I wrote to him and sent all the letters back, but they never reached him."

Mrs. Li's husband also went to the disaster relief work. She couldn't help but sigh, "We military wives are always worried. I'm the same way. I haven't been sleeping well these past few days, and my eyelids are always twitching. But Xiao Zhang, your situation is quite serious! You need to learn to adjust yourself!"

"I understand, Sister Li, thank you."

Zhang Yuwan returned home, looked in the bathroom mirror, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Zhang Yuwan, look at how useless you are! Stand up for me now, don't look so depressed, all your good fortune is gone."

She patted her cheeks to make her face a little redder, put on some lipstick, and said to the mirror with a fist: "Come on!"

Zhang Yuwan started going to work. She didn't need the salary to support herself, but she needed this job to achieve herself and to distract herself.

She now goes to work regardless of rain or shine. If it rains heavily, she wears a raincoat and brings a set of clothes to change at work. The same goes for going home. She changes her wet clothes immediately, takes a shower and blows dry immediately. Mrs. Wu still cleans the house every day and makes her a bowl of bird's nest before leaving.

On weekends, she would look through the books and materials that Li Mu Ning gave her and take notes. Her life was very fulfilling. Sometimes, when she felt that the materials were not comprehensive enough, she would go directly to the library to look up some information.

Her professional skills improved rapidly, and she could now discuss in-depth professional knowledge with Josephine without any obstacles, and gained a deeper understanding of the industry.

I also have a deeper understanding of the machinery factory. I have to admire the factory director in my heart. He was able to support this factory in the catastrophe years, had the courage and ideas to develop new products, and was very good at making big plans in management. Especially Director Tao of the Revolutionary Committee, I was always lost in the praise of the factory director.

Her improvement made the factory director and Master Xie very happy.

The radio at home is on for news broadcasts every day, until she goes to bed. During the day, she works at the company, and there is also a radio in the office. Sometimes she is not in the office and may not hear all the information. Mrs. Wu will tell her what she hears at home.

In addition to disaster information, the broadcast also included the names of the fallen soldiers.

Every time this happened, Zhang Yuwan would stand up and observe a moment of silence. She was just an ordinary person and had no ability to do anything.

It has been twenty-eight days since Song Changzhou left, and there is still no information coming back. However, the good news is that the weather forecast has finally started to report good weather.

There is no more heavy rain or rainstorm, the sky is clear!

Looking at the warm sun, Zhang Yuwan ran to the yard, raised her head, let the sunlight shine on her face, and opened her arms to embrace the sunlight.

The disaster is finally coming to an end.

The following days were all good news. The flood receded and the victims living in tents began to return home and rebuild their homes.

The People's Liberation Army also began to repair the dam and do the final finishing work.

Chinese people always have an optimistic spirit. No matter how great the difficulties they encounter, they will always face the days ahead positively.

Zhang Yuwan took the newspaper and read the report. The disaster affected an area of ​​over 400 hectares, affected a population of 1.2 million, and killed over 3,000 people. The direct losses...

These rows of cold numbers will eventually become the dust of history.

No matter what, these news told Zhang Yuwan one message: Song Changzhou was finally coming back.

But she didn't expect that another great man passed away that year, so Song Changzhou was sent out on a mission without even returning home.

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