Siheyuan, my new life

At the special brigade’s base, the third squadron leader Sun Shengnan leaned against a truck with a lonely look on his face, while groups of soldiers were loading equipment onto the truck.

The faces of the First Squadron Captain Chang Ping'an and the Second Squadron Captain Qu Dongfang were also gloomy. They were originally very excited after being transferred here. They were able to work with Lin Yu, the first person to propose the formation of a "special forces" and receive his personal training. Many of their comrades were very envious at the time.

You should know that the special forces of a certain army who were trained according to the training outline proposed by Lin Yu and received the medicinal bath for strengthening the body and nourishing the essence are now almost all soldiers. It is a bit exaggerated to say that one can beat ten ordinary soldiers, but he can still handle five or six at the same time with ease. Therefore, some people have privately called Lin Yu the "Father of Special Forces" of our army.

Now, due to the actions of Chu Jianguo, the political commissar of the special brigade, and the gang of people in the General Logistics Department, Lin Yu has completely left the army. When Sun Shengnan heard the news from her father, she almost exploded.

After her father's explanation, Sun Shengnan realized that for Lin Yu, leaving the army completely was his only option at the moment. Otherwise, sooner or later he would become a tool in the hands of those people in the General Logistics Department until he collapsed from overwork.

Sun Shengnan's mood was extremely complicated. She felt unwilling for Lin Yu and also hated certain people.

Chang Ping'an came over and asked in a low voice: "Captain Sun, does this mean that our special forces brigade can only be disbanded? You know, these soldiers are the elites carefully selected from the army. As long as they are trained and given a medicinal bath to strengthen their foundation and nourish their essence, they will definitely become a powerful and vigorous army!"

Sun Shengnan sighed helplessly and glanced at Qu Dongfang who came closer. She whispered, "This is the only way for now. After you go back, I hope you can continue to train according to Consultant Lin's training outline. I heard from my father that many military leaders are looking for trouble with the General Logistics Department." She hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Consultant Lin officially retired from the army yesterday."

Qu Dongfang asked in confusion: "There are serious problems with the quality of the medicinal materials. It's all Chu Jianguo's fault. What does it have to do with Advisor Lin? Why did he leave the army?"

Chang Ping'an glared at him and whispered, "Dongfang, you should use your brain more in the future! For Consultant Lin, taking this opportunity to leave the army is his best choice at the moment. With the nature of those people in the General Logistics Department, who can guarantee that if they catch Chu Jianguo today, there won't be another Zhang Jianguo or Li Jianguo tomorrow? You should know that Consultant Lin is responsible for the preparation of the concentrated solution of Guben Peiyuan Decoction. If there is a problem, then Consultant Lin will have to take full responsibility. What will Consultant Lin do then?"

Qu Dongfang opened his mouth in surprise, and after a while he sighed and said, "According to your analysis, it is the best option for Consultant Lin to leave the army, but how are we going to perform the herbal bath for strengthening the body and nourishing the essence in the future?"

Sun Shengnan smiled softly: "You are a low-ranking official, but you have a lot to worry about. Don't worry, the leaders above are more anxious than us. Remember what I said, don't fall behind in training when you go back."

A captain ran over quickly, stood at attention and saluted before reporting loudly: "Report, all the equipment has been loaded onto the vehicle, and the handover with the People's Armed Forces Department has been completed."

The three captains saluted each other and got into their cars. Soon, nine military trucks slowly drove out of the special brigade’s base.

In the middle courtyard of the Jia family at Siheyuan No. 95, Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang and her son Banggeng, who were sitting at the dinner table and eating voraciously, and felt like crying but had no tears.

Qin Huairu got up early this morning, carefully took the twenty yuan he got from Jia Zhang yesterday, and hurried to the Chaoyang Vegetable Market. He walked to the butcher shop and queued up to wait for it to open to buy meat.

Although the butcher shop had not yet opened, there were already more than twenty people queuing in front of Qin Huairu.

At that time, due to the difficult living conditions, most ordinary people were extremely short of oil and water, so when buying meat, they all hoped to buy fat meat, so that when they got home they could not only refine the fat into oil, but also use the fat residue to cook dishes.

As for lean meat, not many people like it, so when buying meat, people will go early in the morning, hoping to buy fat meat.

After waiting for a long time until the butcher shop opened, Qin Huairu slowly moved forward, looking intently at the people who were leaving happily with the fat meat in their hands. He muttered to himself that he must not wait until it was his turn when the fat meat was sold out.

Finally, Qin Huairu squeezed to the meat stall and saw the big white fat meat on the chopping board. She smiled sweetly at the butcher and said, "Master, please cut me three pounds of fat meat. Thank you!"

The butcher glanced at the beautiful woman opposite him, smiled and nodded, then he raised his knife and cut off a large piece of fat meat. When he put it on the scale, it was exactly a little over three pounds.

Qin Huairu quickly handed over the money she had prepared long ago, and said sweetly: "Thank you, Master." After that, she took the big piece of fat meat, turned around and left happily.

Today was the first time in Qin Huairu's life that she had so much money in her hands. She spent another one dollar and fifty cents to buy a big rooster, a pound of braised meat, two pounds of eggs, and four or five kinds of vegetables. In just a short time, she spent more than ten dollars. She went to the grain store to buy a few pounds of white flour and ten pounds of two-column noodles, and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy two bottles of lotus white. Looking at the only two dollars and sixty cents left in her hand, she gritted her teeth and took out one dollar. She looked around to see that no one was paying attention to her, so she bent down and stuffed the dollar under her insole, and then carried the things she bought to the courtyard house No. 95.

When they got home, Jia Zhang and Banggeng started drooling at the sight of the huge piece of fat meat, and Banggeng even clamored for more meat.

Qin Huairu took great pains to convince her son and promised to cook meat for him tonight.

After putting all the things she bought in the kitchen, Qin Huairu carried the big rooster, a kitchen knife and a large bowl and walked towards the pond in the middle courtyard. She had to quickly prepare the rooster and stew it early in the afternoon.

Seeing Qin Huairu walk out of the house, Jia Zhang waved to her grandson, and then the two of them slipped into the kitchen one after the other.

When Qin Huairu returned home with the cleaned rooster, she was stunned by the scene in front of her. She saw Jia Zhang and Banggeng sitting at the table, eating braised pork with big mouthfuls, while her daughter Xiaodang was lying on the kang with her eyes wide open, watching her grandmother and brother feasting on the food. When she saw her mother walk into the house, she immediately opened her mouth and cried, "Mom, meat, eat meat."

Qin Huairu couldn't help but whispered: "Mom, the meat was given by Dongxu to treat the old man to a drink tonight, why did you cook it and eat it? Besides, can't you give Xiaodang a bite of meat? She is your granddaughter!"

Jia Zhang swallowed the meat in her mouth and continued to reach for the meat while muttering, "Why would we need so much meat to treat that extinct family to a meal? Isn't there a big rooster? Why should a money-loser like Xiao Dang eat meat? It's better to let my big grandson eat more so that he can grow up."

Qin Huairu held back her tears, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised pork, then took a small bowl and handed it to Xiaodang, then quickly walked into the kitchen. Seeing that there was less than half a pound of pork left on the chopping board, she could no longer hold back her tears.