The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 573 Liu Wu gets married and his family follows the army!!!

Liu Wu, the childhood friend who was often talked about by He Qiu and others, finally got married a while ago.

And his bride was Li Qinglan, whom he had met once in the hospital. What a wonderful fate.

After the home visit leave ended, Liu Wu returned to the army.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the correspondent brought a letter, saying it was sent to Liu Wu.

Liu Wu opened the letter and saw that the words inside were very simple. It just said that the hospital had been a lot quieter recently and that Li Qinglan was fine. Finally, she reminded him to take care of himself.

The handwriting was elegant and neat, revealing a hint of warmth. Liu Wu looked at the letter and felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart, so he picked up his pen and wrote back.

From then on, they began to exchange letters.

The exchange of letters became Liu Wu's most anticipated thing.

At the beginning of this year, Liu Wu and Li Qinglan officially got engaged.

On the day of the engagement, Li Qinglan's mother smiled and said to Liu Wu: "Qinglan has a soft personality, but she has her own ideas. You two should live a good life in the future."

"Liu Wu, you must treat my daughter well." Li Qinglan's father said seriously.

"Uncle, don't worry. I guarantee it with my life." Liu Wu straightened his back and replied.

Li Qinglan stood aside, looking down and fiddling with the scarf in her hand, a faint blush on her face. Liu Wu felt both moved and nervous.

Because Liu Wu knew that a soldier's life was destined to not allow him to be with his family every day.

The wedding date was set for this year's National Day, and the family started preparing early. Liu Wu specially took a wedding leave, thinking that he must spend a few more days with Li Qinglan.

But just a few days before the wedding, the troops received an urgent task, and Liu Wu's battalion was responsible for the allocation of supplies.

The task was heavy and time was tight, so Liu Wu couldn't get away at all. He could only call Li Qinglan: "Qinglan, I have a task to do. Don't worry, our wedding will go on as usual."

Just a few words made Liu Wu feel breathless.

Until two days ago.

"Xiao Wu, aren't you coming back yet? The day after tomorrow is your wedding day!" Mother Gan Ning's voice came from the other end of the phone, revealing an uncontrollable anxiety.

Liu Wu clenched the microphone in his hand and spoke in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "Mom, I will definitely come back."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Wu looked out the window.

It was just daybreak, with grey clouds hanging low in the air. The cold wind at the barrack door made people’s faces hurt. The shadows of the mountains in the distance were vague, like an unrolled painting.

Liu Wu and Li Qinglan's wedding is scheduled for ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

But Liu Wu was still in the army and had not left. He was busy loading and dispatching the armored battalion.

The task was urgent, and the instructor patted Liu Wu on the shoulder and said, "Old Liu, don't worry about the wedding. Leave as soon as you're done with this. There's still time!"

At five o'clock in the morning, Liu Wu was still commanding the camp.

It was just daybreak outside, and the chill penetrated deep into my bones through my thick cotton clothes.

After loading the last truck of supplies, it was almost nine o'clock. Liu Wu didn't even have time to eat. He got in the car and drove straight to the bus station.

But who could have thought that something unexpected would happen on the road.

Just when we were almost at the train station, the road ahead was blocked by an overturned truck. Bricks from the truck were scattered all over the ground, and a crowd of people gathered.

Liu Wu was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet, watching the time pass by, but he had no idea what to do.

At this time, I heard the sound of a motor in the distance. A motorcycle stopped in front of me. The rider took off his helmet and shouted at me: "Captain, the instructor sent me to pick you up!"

When Liu Wu saw that it was Staff Officer Li from the camp, he immediately felt relieved.

At exactly eleven o'clock, the wedding car finally stopped at the door of Li Qinglan's house.

Liu Wu jumped out of the car and rushed into the house.

Li Qinglan was sitting in front of the mirror, wearing a bright red wedding dress, with red eyes. When she saw Liu Wu coming in, she stood up suddenly, her voice choking: "Why did you come just now!"

Liu Wu grabbed her hand and hurriedly explained: "Another mission, delayed."

Li Qinglan stared at Liu Wu for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled: "It's okay, I'm glad you're back."

The wedding finally went smoothly.

Considering Liu Zhiye's current social status, the Liu family was particularly low-key when handling their son Liu Wu's wedding banquet to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

Therefore, the wedding banquet was not a grand affair, and only the closest relatives of both parties were invited. Even some old friends were not notified, in an effort to keep it simple yet warm.

On the wedding day, the Liu family set up a simple ceremony venue in their own courtyard.

The Liu family compound is surrounded by green trees. The air is filled with a faint floral scent. The sunlight shines through the leaves onto the ground, creating mottled light and shadows.

A small white arch was built in the central courtyard, decorated with a few bunches of fresh lilies and roses, making it look particularly elegant.

Li Qinglan changed into a simple white wedding dress, with a gentle smile and a hint of happiness between her eyebrows.

Liu Wuze, wearing a neat new military uniform and looking extremely handsome, stood beside her with a look of doting in his eyes.

Although the wedding ceremony was simple, it was full of warmth.

Both sets of parents sat in the front row, their faces filled with pleased smiles.

The chef for the wedding banquet was a famous Shandong cuisine master from the "Liu's Catering Group".

During the dinner, Liu Wu and Li Qinglan took turns toasting relatives and friends, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

Shortly after his marriage, Liu Wu immediately returned to the army due to his important mission.

Li Qinglan sent Liu Wu to the entrance of the village and held his hand tightly, refusing to let go. Liu Wu gritted his teeth and comforted her: "Wait for me to come back, and we will live a good life together."

These newlyweds are really inseparable.

After returning to the army, Liu Wu was about to write a letter to his wife when he received a new task.

All the officers and soldiers of Liu Wu's regiment will quickly go to the old forest area of ​​Changbai Mountain to cooperate with the forestry workers, militia and border guards there to jointly build and defend a military base.

Head of the team Cheng convened a mobilization meeting and mentioned that the Northeast had entered the permafrost period. Everyone might wonder why they were setting off at this time.

The reason is that Liu Wu and his group's work location happened to be near a forest area.

As early as a year ago, road construction workers had built a highway in the center of the forest area and built houses around it. All officers and soldiers can bring their families to the base, which will become Liu Wu and his family's second home.

If they go early, they can give everyone a long vacation, spend a reunion year with their wives and children, and avoid their wives' complaints about them "only caring about the country and not their families."

I heard that women in Northeast China live very happily, and your wives should also go and enjoy themselves.

However, I have to point out in advance that although the house and the kang have been repaired, the courtyard wall needs to be built by yourself.

The land behind the house is very spacious. The tour leader mentioned that the characteristic of Northeast China is its vast land and abundant resources. You don't need to cultivate the land. Perhaps those pheasants and roe deer will fly into your pot.

There is no need to worry about children going to school, as there are schools ranging from education classes to high schools in the forest area, and family members can also become teachers.

Of course, everyone needs to be mentally prepared. This trip to the base will take at least three years, and at most five years or even more than ten years.

When you have completed the task successfully, you can go home.

Military orders are as heavy as mountains and must not be disobeyed, but most people are quite happy about this.

Especially for those whose wives and children are left behind in their hometowns, their children may not even recognize them after not seeing them for a year or two.

Now that such an opportunity is in front of us, everyone is naturally very happy.

Liu Wu felt mixed emotions. He was happy that he had time to spend with his wife, but he was also worried about whether she would agree. He couldn't help but blame himself for his bad mouth.

If they really wanted to go deep into the mountains and forests, how could Li Qinglan, who had just started working at Union Hospital, agree?

The woman is called a widow, but what is he?

It was Sunday when Liu Wu returned home again. Li Qinglan and her grandmother Deng Ru were tidying up the flowers and plants in the yard.

I suddenly felt someone approaching from behind. Unexpectedly, when I turned around, I saw Liu Wu. My heartbeat suddenly accelerated and I shed tears in disbelief.

Deng Ru noticed that something was wrong with her grandson's wife. She stood up from where she was sitting and asked excitedly, "Xiao Wu, why are you back again?"

Although this was a question, his tone was full of joy.

Deng Ru stood up and said she was going to call her husband back. She didn't know which river Liu Jingzhai had gone to fish again.

……

As the door closed, Liu Wu was so excited that he was at a loss, but suddenly Li Qinglan threw him into her arms. He could no longer hold back, so he held her little face and kissed her.

Just as the old company commander said, a man should take the initiative and take the initiative in everything, including... kissing his wife.

Li Qinglan originally felt sweet and sour in her heart, but she cried out "wow" during his kiss, indicating that she was bitten.

Li Qinglan beat him angrily, while Liu Wu fell into panic and felt extremely annoyed.

Veterans often say that after returning home they hug their wives and kiss them, and their wives will feel that their husbands are loyal because of their "impatience".

Nie Yuanchao, who was experiencing this kind of thing for the first time, seemed particularly unsure.

Li Qinglan covered her burning face and accused with tears in her eyes: "Which man would bite his wife when he sees her? They are talking about kissing, right?"

Liu Wu scratched his head, looking aggrieved: "I'm not stupid, I just lack experience. In the future I will..."

But Li Qinglan quickly interrupted him: "It is impolite not to reciprocate!" So Li Qinglan decided to bite back.

She stood on tiptoe, grabbed Liu Wu's face and bit it hard, only to find that his face was as hard as stone, unlike her soft face.

Even so, after biting it, Li Qinglan was still full of dissatisfaction: "Brother Wu, you have a bad face..."

Liu Wu wiped his face embarrassedly: "Hehe, I was in a hurry on the road and didn't have time to wash..."

The sweet scent emanating from Li Qinglan reminded him of the scene when he first held her in his arms. Now that she had become his wife, she became even more charming.

Liu Wu felt warm and happy as he hugged Li Qinglan, with some unknown thoughts emerging in his mind.

"You're still laughing!" Li Qinglan glared at him, but the anger in her eyes had mostly dissipated.

She turned around and pretended to be angry while adjusting her clothes, but she felt warm in her heart. Seeing this, Liu Wu walked up to her and gently hugged her from behind, whispering, "I was wrong. I will pay attention next time."

Li Qinglan did not break free, but just sighed softly: "You are always so reckless."

There was a hint of helplessness in her tone, but it also revealed her tolerance for Liu Wu.

Liu Wu felt her softening, and his heart was warmed. He said softly, "Lanlan, I will definitely treat you well in the future and will never let you suffer any injustice again."

Li Qinglan turned around, looked up at him with a hint of expectation in her eyes: "Really?" Liu Wu nodded solemnly with a firm look in his eyes.

Li Qinglan finally smiled, leaned lightly on his chest, and felt his strong heartbeat.

The sunlight outside poured in through the window and shone on the two of them, as if casting a layer of warm glow on their future.

……

Not long after, Li Qinglan took a train and finally arrived in the Northeast.

Her husband's military base was located in Changbai Mountain, not far away.

After skillfully finding the county armed forces department, Li Qinglan was arranged to stay in a guesthouse for one night.

The next day, she and two other military wives got on a car to the military base.

Thinking about the experiences of the past few days, Li Qinglan felt like crying and laughing at the same time.

From Yanjing to Northeast China, this was the first time in Li Qinglan's life that she had traveled so far away.

Fortunately, after going through so much hardship, she finally came.

"I don't know how he is doing. Life here... Well, now that I'm here, I can only take it one step at a time."

Pursing her cracked lips, Li Qinglan took out a color photo from her bag.

She rubbed it gently and looked at it intently.

In the photo, Liu Wu is riding on an armored vehicle with a cold and determined look in his eyes. Behind him are vast grasslands and towering snow-capped mountains.

"Girl, it's so cold, you're wearing too little. I have a thick coat here, you can put it on to keep out the wind."

Li Qinglan came back to her senses and subconsciously waved her hand, "No, sister, don't bother."

Sitting opposite was a middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties, who was currently untying the bag in her arms.

Hearing what Li Qinglan said, she smiled and said, "It's no trouble. Just don't mind that my coat is old."

As she spoke, she took out a blue gown from her bag and handed it over.

Li Qinglan was somewhat touched and took it with both hands.

The wind blowing down from the snowy mountains was so cold that she spread out her coat and put it on herself.

Rubbing her hands, Li Qinglan said sincerely, "Thank you, elder sister."

It's okay, when I look at you, I feel like you are my little sister."

"By the way, my name is Wang Shufen. This time I am bringing my child to join my man. Sister, are you also going with the army?"

Wang Shufen looked at her curiously.

To be honest, the girl opposite looks like a college student, and doesn't look like a military dependent.

"Sister, my name is Li Qinglan, you can just call me Qinglan."

Li Qinglan smiled.

After a while, she shook her head and said, "We just got married a while ago, and we are also military dependents."

Wang Shufen's eyes lit up, and she pointed at another woman in the carriage, "Oh, what a coincidence, Qinglan, you and Haimei are both looking for someone who just got married. What a fate."

"Ok?"

Hearing Wang Shufen's words, Zhu Haimei next to her opened her eyes.

She looked Li Qinglan from head to toe.

A navy blue wool coat, a white turtleneck sweater, black high-top leather shoes...

You can tell at a glance from the way he's dressed that he's from a big city.

Zhu Haimei shook her head and looked at her face again. Hmm... she had yellow wavy hair, an oval face, and fair and pretty complexion... She didn't look very old at all.

Tsk, just a yellow-haired girl, not worth mentioning.

Li Qinglan felt uneasy when she looked at her.

I looked down at myself and found that everything was fine.

"Li Qinglan, right? There are policies for women to accompany the army. The man must be at least a battalion officer. The family members of the top soldiers cannot accompany the army. Were you deceived by the man?"

Li Qinglan's face froze. These words, which were full of a sense of superiority, were really annoying.

"Hai Mei, why are you talking like that? What's wrong with being a private? My husband was a private and is now the political commissar of the regiment." When the elder sister Wang Shufen saw that Li Qinglan looked unhappy, she hurried out to smooth things over.

"Sister, I didn't say anything about you. I was just worried that the little girl was deceived."

Zhu Haimei raised her eyebrows and looked at Wang Shufen. She suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, sister, my boyfriend is the second battalion commander in the regiment."

"He's about 1.8 meters tall, and looks... quite handsome. Have you heard your brother-in-law mention him?"

As she spoke, Zhu Haimei's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

Wang Shufen smiled and said, "I heard that your boyfriend is doing well, a battalion commander in his thirties..."

Li Qinglan, who was standing next to him, thought:

"A battalion commander in his thirties is pretty good, but what about my brother Wu, a battalion commander in his twenties?"

"Sister Wang, the guy is also a battalion commander, he seems to be from the first battalion, his name is Liu Wu. Have you heard of him?" So, Li Qinglan said deliberately.

"Oh, Qinglan, your man is a battalion commander?" Wang Shufen slapped her thigh and asked excitedly.

"Yeah." Li Qinglan nodded.

"Oh, sister, we are really destined to be together. My man once told me that the battalion commander is the most handsome and capable in the regiment. He must be right. Sister Qinglan, you are so lucky."

Li Qinglan's face turned even redder, and she glanced at Zhu Haimei opposite her with pride.

Zhu Haimei was so angry that she rolled her eyes.

The three of them talked all the way and were all tired.

For a moment, the three of them fell silent, leaving only the sound of the car moving forward.

Starting from the county town, the military vehicle arrived at the military base in less than half an hour.

There are two groups here, and the place is quite big.

The driver slowly stopped the car, then opened the door and jumped out.

Patting the fence of the car, he said loudly: "Sisters-in-law, we have arrived. Let's get off the car. Sister Wang, you and the two sisters-in-law wait here for a while. I will go and call the political commissar."

After saying that, the driver quickly ran towards the regiment headquarters.

"This is it..."

Li Qinglan stood up, rubbed her butt, then got out of the car with her luggage.

Glancing around, she took in her surroundings curiously.

The military base was a little different from what she had imagined. Except that all the people were wearing military uniforms, it felt no different from the outside world.

"Girl, help me pick up Tiedan."

Li Qinglan came to her senses and turned around, only to see Wang Shufen standing on the car, holding a child of two or three years old and passing the child downstairs. She quickly reached out and took the child in her arms.

"Kid, your name is Tiedan?"

Li Qinglan couldn't help but look down.

The little brat was wearing open-crotch pants, and she could see his little bird, which was quite cute.

Tiedan looked at Li Qinglan timidly and didn't dare to speak.

When Wang Shufen came down, he quickly opened his arms and shouted for his mother to hold him.

"Child, didn't you hear your aunt talking to you?"

Wang Shufen took the child and slapped her son on the butt.

Turning her head to look at her daughter, she smiled and said, "Daya, you will see your father soon. We will live here from now on."

Daya opened her eyes wide and looked at the distance curiously, "Mom, there are so many tanks. Mom, can I sit in one in the future?"

"You'll have to ask your father."

After a while, Zhu Haimei also got out of the car.

Seeing someone walking towards this side in the distance, Zhu Haimei snorted lightly. She carried two suitcases, took two steps forward, and blocked Li Qinglan behind her.

"boring."

Li Qinglan rolled her eyes, took two steps to the side, then stretched her head and looked curiously.

Not far away, a middle-aged man was striding towards this side.

Seeing Wang Shufen and the others, he shouted excitedly: "Tiedan! Daya!"

"father!"

Daya suddenly broke free from Wang Shufen's hand and ran towards the man.

(End of this chapter)