Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

First, he sent instructions to his subordinates, asking them to pay attention and arrange for Zhou Yanshen to be placed in a position next to his home.

Then he sent another telegram to Elder Liang, telling him that his mother's condition had greatly improved and that he wanted him to recommend Su Wanqing for a temporary position at the General Hospital of the Military Region.

—On the other side.

Zhou Yanshen looked at the two simple rooms in front of him, his luggage placed at the door, and stood there staring for a long time.

This area belongs to the central area of ​​the Bincheng Military Region, and it is mostly inhabited by officers at the battalion commander and regimental commander levels.

The building was an old-fashioned brick-and-mortar tenement building with gray exterior walls and narrow, dark stairwells. Each floor housed seven or eight families who shared a single water room and toilet.

Although it was clean and tidy, it didn't have a small courtyard or a private bathroom, so people had to use public toilets.

The only advantage is its proximity to the cafeteria, making it convenient to get meals. Downstairs is a bare concrete floor, without even a decent tree.

This place is completely different from the military family compound where Zhou Yanshen used to live.

That area was a military compound with only a few hundred people. It was spacious with few residents and each household had its own yard. But this was the Bincheng Military Region, the center of power, with many more people and officials, so housing was naturally in short supply.

"Commander Zhou, these are the two rooms assigned to you. They are fully furnished and clean. Each room is over 30 square meters, which is quite spacious. The two rooms have been combined, making them suitable for families. Although the buildings are a bit old, the conditions are already very good."

The logistics officer handed over the keys, his tone somewhat businesslike.

Zhou Yanshen then asked, "Comrade, do you have any family housing units with a yard? A smaller room is fine, or one with a private toilet would also be acceptable?"

He's a grown man and it doesn't bother him, but his wife is pregnant and the frequent urination will get worse.

Besides, without a yard, it would be difficult to bring the livestock over, and my wife loves to eat the vegetables we grow ourselves; without a yard, we wouldn't even be able to eat vegetables.

He really miscalculated; he didn't expect the military center here to be so crowded, much smaller than the previous place.

The logistics officer glanced at him and said nonchalantly:

"No. There are more people than rooms available right now, it's already quite good that they were able to clean out this one. This is the one the higher-ups assigned to you, so just stay here. Why make such a fuss? If everyone was like you, wanting to change rooms whenever they were dissatisfied, how could we possibly manage? Besides, who doesn't want to live in a bigger, nicer place?"

At this moment, several elderly women from the neighborhood were sitting in the sun picking vegetables.

The weather in Bincheng is warm; even in winter, the temperature never drops below zero. Hearing Zhou Yanshen's words, everyone laughed.

"With a yard? Tsk tsk, that's a place only division commanders can live in! Division commanders' yards are over a hundred square meters, and some families in good locations even have several hundred square meters of open space in the back."

"Yes, young man, if you don't like it here, why don't you move to the division commander's quarters? That's much better! This place is just so-so. If you ask me, each room is this big; it's supposed to be a two-bedroom apartment, which is already pretty good. And some people still complain about it?"

"Young people these days can't endure hardship."

"Whoever is capable can move in; those who aren't can just stay."

Zhou Yanshen frowned.

Xiao Zhang, the logistics officer who was leading the way, nodded in agreement.

"Who says otherwise? Commander Zhou, if you ask me, there are too many people and not enough rooms right now, so please try to overcome the difficulties. Call me if you need anything, I'm off." With that, he disappeared.

Zhou Yanshen sighed and walked around the new house.

It seems there's no other way; we'll have to install a toilet indoors. Raising chickens is out of the question.

As soon as he put down his bags, several middle-aged women who lived nearby gathered around, looking Zhou Yanshen up and down.

"Young man, you'll be neighbors from now on. My son is the commander of the Sixth Army Corps."

"I heard from my son that there was a guy from the countryside who accumulated enough military merits and was promoted three ranks before returning to the city. Is that you, young man? So you skipped ranks from battalion commander and didn't even become a deputy regimental commander?"

"You're such a handsome young man, and you're already a regimental commander at such a young age. Are you married? I have a daughter from my family..."

Zhou Yanshen's head was buzzing. He hadn't been surrounded by old women like this in over a decade. Just as he was about to turn back, Xiao Zhang, who had just left, came running back.

"Commander Zhou! Commander Zhou! Please wait a moment, don't put down your luggage or pack your things!" Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhou Yanshen hadn't packed yet.

Zhou Yanshen asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Zhang quickly said, "Regimental Commander Zhou, please pack your things and come with me! You've been reassigned a house. Oh dear, it's all my fault. I didn't look carefully. I only just saw that Division Commander Li personally gave the order, saying that you'll be staying in the deputy division commander's courtyard next to his. The order has already been issued."

He looked at Zhou Yanshen with a resentful expression.

"You said you had this relationship and knew you were going to stay there, you should have said so earlier. You were just testing me."

"Come on, I'll take you over there. By the way, what's your relationship with Commander Li? Why did Commander Li allocate you a house of that rank?"

He thought to himself, "Commander Li is really brave!"

There were more than a dozen pairs of eyes watching the courtyard, and many people were asking about moving there. But Commander Li just gave it to this guy.

Is this guy related to Commander Li?

Zhou Yanshen frowned, confused: "You mean Commander Li allocated me a house?"

Xiao Zhang glanced at the bewildered Zhou Yanshen, thinking to himself, "You're still pretending, aren't you?" and said:

"Come on, come on, we're all family. I'll take you to the house."

As she spoke, she, who had previously ignored Zhou Yanshen's luggage, now carried it all herself and helped Zhou Yanshen move his luggage before leaving.

Zhou Yanshen was even more confused: "Is there a mistake?"

He doesn't know any Commander Li!

Without turning his head, Xiao Zhang said, "Still pretending with me? If you didn't know Commander Li, would they have allocated such a good house to you? Come on, come on, the orders from above have all come down, there can't be any mistake. You're the only one in the entire military region named Zhou Yanshen, how could there be a mistake?"

When Zhou Yanshen inexplicably left with Xiao Zhang, things immediately went up in an uproar.

Although the houses in this area are fairly spacious, none of them have their own yards; all the houses are connected together.

Upon hearing this, they immediately began to discuss it animatedly:

"Oh my goodness, this young man actually moved to the division commander's residence?"

"Could there be a mistake? Is this kid a division commander?"

"Haven't you heard he's the regimental commander? I think his name is Zhou Yanshen, right? Go and find out more about him. I didn't expect he had such strong connections."

"They misjudged this person who came back from the countryside."

"Wow, those houses over there are really nice, especially the big yard where you can grow your own crops!"

Zhou Yanshen followed Xiao Zhang to this area. The houses here were several levels higher than those there. Each house was a detached house with its own courtyard, surrounded by blue brick walls, and there were flower beds in front of the doors.