Wen Nuan and her colleagues from the kitchen team watched the moon and ate mooncakes before going home.
Gu Qinghan walked in front holding Lele, who was already feeling a little sleepy. Wen Nuan yawned and followed slowly behind.
Sister Guihua, who was walking beside Wen Nuan, yawned several times and said to Wen Nuan, "I ate too much tonight. It seems that I need to rest for a while before going to bed. But I think that little Lele seems to be sleepy. You usually let her go to bed early, right?"
Wen Nuan glanced at Sister Guihua who yawned again and said with a smile, "It happens from time to time. Sometimes I don't want to sleep for a long time after turning off the lights."
Wen Nuan glanced ahead and saw that little Lele was already drowsy on Gu Qinghan's shoulder. He would probably fall asleep soon.
Sister Guihua said, "I really envy Lele, he almost falls asleep the moment he lies down.
Sister Guihua was used to going to bed early. After saying a few words to Wen Nuan, she went back to her home.
When Wen Nuan walked to her yard, she saw Yang Xiaomei following her dejectedly, so she couldn't help asking, "Xiaomei, why did you come so late today? Are you okay?"
When Yang Xiaomei heard Wen Nuan's question, she immediately raised her head and replied, "No, I was just delayed for a while because of something at home."
"Oh." Wen Nuan observed the other person's expression, and then said, "Just now I saw that you didn't eat much, and I thought you were unhappy again."
Moreover, Yang Xiaomei has always been a person who can warm up the atmosphere. Sister Juxiang said that she is also a lively person in the kitchen, laughing every day and seems to have no worries.
This time, Wen Nuan guessed that Yang Xiaomei might be unhappy again because of the person she was secretly dating.
Wen Nuan didn’t know Ding Guoli, and didn’t know whether he was reliable.
However, to make Yang Xiaomei, such a lively and cheerful female comrade, exhausted both physically and mentally, I am afraid he must have done something too much.
Yang Xiaomei was stunned for a moment after hearing Wen Nuan's words, and then she said sullenly, "It's nothing serious. I just had a quarrel with Ding Guoli tonight."
Wen Nuan raised her eyes slightly and tried to comfort the other person: "Is it not a big problem? What does your partner say?"
Yang Xiaomei looked at the comrades who had dinner and went home, not paying attention to them, so she said to Wen Nuan: "This is what happened. I felt that Ding Guoli seemed to be a little strange recently, so I went to find him tonight to find out what he was doing recently. Who knew that guy suddenly lost his temper and said that I was too annoying, asking questions all day long and being suspicious. I was so angry that I scolded him and said that I would let him tell his family about my relationship with him tonight. Who knew that the stinky man turned around and left, saying that now was not the right time."
Wen Nuan pricked up her ears to listen to Yang Xiaomei's words. She felt that Ding Guoli seemed to be hiding something. However, she didn't know him, so it was hard to say. She could only comfort him, "It's not your fault. Don't think too much."
"Yeah, it's okay. I feel better after the fight. It's much better than keeping it in my heart."
Yang Xiaomei forced a smile and looked at the lights on in Wen Nuan's house. She suddenly remembered that during the dinner just now, Gu Qinghan took care of her in every way and even looked at her with a smile in his eyes, which was very different from his usual image.
Whenever Yang Xiaomei thought of her partner, she wanted to curse.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Yeah, if you have anything that makes you unhappy in the future, you can tell me, don't keep it in your heart."
After hearing this, Yang Xiaomei finally smiled from the bottom of her heart for the first time this evening and said to Wen Nuan, "Sister Nuan Nuan, go back. Deputy Head Gu and Le Le are waiting for you."
Wen Nuan looked back at her home. Gu Qinghan had already turned on the light in the living room, emitting a warm yellow light.
So she said to Yang Xiaomei: "Then you should go back and rest early. See you tomorrow."
…
After returning to the house, Wen Nuan wanted to give Le Le a bath before going to bed. Although the weather was a bit cold, it wouldn't be too cold if the doors and windows were closed tightly.
I ate too much barbecue tonight, and I always felt like I had a barbecue smell on my body. It was a bit uncomfortable if I didn’t take a shower.
Who would have thought that as soon as I walked into the room, I saw Gu Qinghan putting the already fast asleep Lele on the kang. When the little guy fell asleep on the kang, he found a comfortable position for himself and then fell asleep again.
Wen Nuan lowered her voice and said, "I was thinking of giving her a bath."
Gu Qinghan heard his wife's voice and turned around. "Forget it. The little girl fell asleep as soon as she got home. I'll get some hot water and wipe her hands and feet."
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Then you help her wipe it?"
Gu Qinghan looked at her and said in a relaxed tone: "Well, I can do it. There is hot water in the pot. Go take a shower first."
After a while, Gu Qinghan came back with a basin of hot water with Lele's towel in it. Wen Nuan went to the closet to find a set of clothes for herself.
Just as I walked out of the door of the room, I heard Gu Qinghan say, "Wait for me for a moment. I'll help you get some hot water after I wipe Lele's hands and feet."
The water bucket at home is made of wood and is very heavy. I only carry half a bucket of water every time when it is warm, otherwise I don’t have enough strength.
Wen Nuan turned around and met the man's gaze, feeling that things were not that simple.
But today he was indeed a little tired, so he said "hmm" and then asked him: "By the way, do you know Ding Guoli, the brother of the commander of the 25th Battalion?"
"The commander of the 25th Battalion? He's the mechanic of our flight team. But I don't know his brother." Gu Qinghan had never heard Wen Nuan ask him about gay men, so he frowned and looked at his wife and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking me about other men?"
Wen Nuan met the man's unhappy look and said unhappily, "What do you mean by that look? This is the boyfriend of a comrade in our kitchen team. I just want to ask you if you know what kind of person he is."
Wen Nuan couldn't say that he was Yang Xiaomei's boyfriend. After all, he hadn't told his family yet and they were still in a secret relationship.
Gu Qinghan on the other end of the line obviously relaxed, wrung out the water from the towel in his hand, and said, "We've only met twice, and we haven't spoken. What's wrong?"
Then Wen Nuan asked curiously, "Do you think it's normal for people in the army to keep their relationships secret?"
Gu Qinghan snorted, wiped Lele's palms gently with a towel in his hand, and said, "Don't even mention the army, it's not normal anywhere."
Wen Nuan felt that this was indeed the case in this era. Since Gu Qinghan didn't know this man, she didn't want to ask any more questions. However, she had the same idea as Gu Qinghan, that there must be something wrong with this man.
Wen Nuan took her clothes and went to the bathroom without waiting for Gu Qinghan.
When she carried the hot water to the bathroom, Gu Qinghan followed her in with another bucket full of hot water in his hand.
Wen Nuan muttered, "Where can I get so much water? I won't wash my hair tonight. It's too late."
Every time Wen Nuan wanted to wash her hair, Gu Qinghan would prepare half a bucket of water for her. However, it was too late today, and if she washed her hair, she didn't know when it would dry.
Gu Qinghan met those warm and sparkling eyes, then smiled and said, "I'll wash with you."
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The next day, Gu Qinghan returned to the flight team with a cheerful face, and ran into their captain Liang Guoan. When the other party saw him, he asked:
"Old Gu, are you going to go to Factory 112 for another test flight?"
Gu Qinghan nodded, and then said: "I'll go next week, what's the matter?"
Seeing that he was in a good mood today, Liang Guoan said, "Oh, it's about recruiting pilots. The commander should have told you about it, right? When the time comes, go to the flight school and see if you can find two students. Our flight team is too small, so we need to find some people to expand the team."
Gu Qinghan nodded and said, "Yes, I mentioned this to Commander Lu and the division commander yesterday. But those students are still too inexperienced and can't understand the data dials at all. Only a few of them are patient enough to take notes on the aircraft, but it's still not very clear. When you are free next year, let's go over and take a look."
Liang Guoan also felt a headache, but he still said: "You have to teach me step by step, otherwise when will you be able to become a master?"
Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and then said, "You should also hold a meeting with the division commander as soon as possible to select another group of soldiers from within our air force for training. The school still has a few fighter planes, and they don't have that many opportunities to fly. If they were in the army, they would learn after a few tries."
Liang Guoan: “…”
Liang Guoan was speechless. If one could fly a fighter jet just by touching it a few times, would it be necessary to study for several years before being able to fly
If it were that easy, they wouldn't have to pick only one out of a million pilots. There are so many fighter jets in the army now, but only about thirty pilots. It's not enough!
Liang Guoan snorted: "Do you really think that everyone is you, Gu Qinghan? It's easy to talk without any pain in your waist!"
There is a real difference between talent and hard work.
Just like him, what's wrong with having more flying experience than Gu Qinghan
But his skills are not as good as his. Thinking back to the previous plane crash, if it were him, he would probably have died.
Gu Qinghan smiled and said, "They are just not paying attention."
Liang Guoan put his hands on his hips and said, "Why don't you say they are stupid?"
Gu Qinghan smiled faintly: "You said that, I didn't say that."
Liang Guoan: “…”
I feel like I've been tricked.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Guocheng came over. When he saw Gu Qinghan, he immediately smiled and said, "Deputy Captain Gu, here is yesterday's maintenance report. Please take a look."
Gu Qinghan glanced at Ding Guocheng, then nodded and said, "Well, put it aside for now. I'll take a look later."
Ding Guocheng did not leave the office, but pondered for a few seconds, then asked: "Deputy Captain Gu, I just heard that you guys are recruiting pilots, right? I have a younger brother who is only 20 years old. I wonder if he can sign up?"
Gu Qinghan frowned, remembering that Wen Nuan asked about Ding Guocheng's brother last night, and the question was very strange.
He said calmly: "It hasn't started yet. If the other party agrees to the conditions, we will certainly welcome it."
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Gu Qinghan picked up the report and said without even looking up: "You go out first and help me close the door."
Liang Guoan knew that Gu Qinghan was angry, because not only had he overheard their conversation, but Ding Guocheng was also caught in the crossfire. If he had listened to what they said, he would have guessed that the recruitment of pilots had not yet begun.
Ding Guocheng is so anxious to show his presence in front of Gu Qinghan, he is simply asking for trouble.
Ding Guocheng touched his nose and opened his mouth, but seeing Gu Qinghan's cold attitude, he didn't dare to continue speaking. He turned around and closed the door.
**
Because there were a lot of leftovers from the barbecue last night, and since her house was close at the time, the quartermaster moved the remaining dishes to her house.
So there were a lot of dishes. Wen Nuan made tiger skin chili peppers and leek fried eggs and brought them to Gu Qinglan at noon.
Gu Qinglan has been very busy recently and I haven't been to their house for many days. I only went to the auditorium once to watch her performance during the gala.
Lele would occasionally call her "Auntie" while eating, probably because he missed her.
So Wen Nuan took the little one and lunch and went to see her.
When we arrived at the hospital, Gu Qinglan was giving a comrade an IV. Seeing Wen Nuan and Le Le, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Le Le, you guys are here?"
When the little guy saw Gu Qinglan, he excitedly shouted, "Auntie."
Wen Nuan raised the lunch box in her hand and said with a smile, "I'm here to bring you food."
Gu Qinglan was so happy that she almost jumped up, and then she said, "Wait for me for a while, I will be off work in five minutes."
Lele wanted to rush over to Gu Qinglan, but was stopped by Wen Nuan, "Wait a moment, Auntie is still busy."
The little fellow looked at Gu Qinglan's busy figure, pouted his little mouth, and started to be unhappy again.
Wen Nuan led Le Le to the nurses' lounge, but when they passed the emergency room, they heard a female comrade's voice asking, "Man Qing, didn't you say that Commander Lu is your godfather? Why didn't you let him come to see you yesterday? You are so sick."
Then there was another weak voice, muffled: "My grandfather is very busy. I just have a common cold. I definitely can't trouble him."
Wen Nuan suddenly heard the words "Commander Lu", then looked over and saw two familiar faces sitting in the IV area.
The reason why Wen Nuan had an impression of them was that they were female comrades from the art troupe. At the gala, Wen Nuan watched their performance with great gusto, so she remembered it very clearly.
He Manqing and her companion Zhou Yun soon noticed Wen Nuan's figure, as well as the little girl beside her. For some reason, He Manqing suddenly frowned, and looked at Wen Nuan with a somewhat cold look.
Wen Nuan met He Manqing's eyes and was a little confused about what she meant. However, she was unhappy to be looked at so rudely, so she simply pulled Lele away.
Zhou Yun watched Wen Nuan leave, and whispered to He Manqing: "Our art troupe's program is so good, how come we lost to the kitchen team?"
He Manqing snorted, "Don't forget that her husband is also a member of the ratings team."
Zhou Yun suddenly realized and exclaimed, "No wonder we were only one point behind the kitchen team. It must be because her man gave her a high score."
She thought for a moment and said, "We were already a sure winner, and our score was almost perfect."
He Manqing sighed, feeling sorry for losing the first place, but also indignant.
If she had lost to the female comrades in the Propaganda Department, she would have thought it was understandable, but why did she lose to the kitchen team
She couldn't figure out what was going on because she couldn't produce any of them.
Moreover, because of this performance, Director Liao has been very dissatisfied with her and has not allowed her to go back to the troupe to practice in the past few days.
He Manqing felt that she couldn't hold on any longer, so she came to the hospital for a check-up.
Zhou Yun sighed and said, "Manqing, if you had known earlier, you should have gone to talk to Commander Lu. Maybe we would have won the first place."
He Manqing lowered her eyes slightly. It was not that she didn't want to, but Commander Lu simply didn't have time to see her, okay
However, she couldn't say that the reason why the people in the art troupe became friends with a person from the countryside like her was all because of Commander Lu.
But they didn't know that she and Commander Lu hadn't been in touch for two years. The last time they contacted was when she said she wanted to be an arts soldier, so she was arranged to come to Beicheng.
In fact, she didn't want to come to Beicheng at all. She wanted to go to Beijing, but Commander Lu no longer answered her calls.
This time he came to the military district in Beicheng to express his condolences. In fact, she had asked someone to inform him, but Xiao Zhang, the assistant to her grandfather, refused to let her see the commander.
She said she was busy and was afraid that her disease would be transmitted to Commander Lu.
But He Manqing heard that Commander Lu asked Xiao Zhang to go to the auditorium in the middle of the night to take down that broken model of the kitchen team. In fact, it was not inconvenient for him, but he just didn't want to see her.
Later she wrote a letter, but her godfather had already returned to Beijing, and there was not even a single word of reply.
Thinking of this, He Manqing felt a little disappointed.
However, she couldn't let those people in the art troupe know, otherwise after this incident, she would lose her status even more.
He Manqing smiled and said, "It's not glorious to win first place like this."
For this first place, Director Liao of the art troupe and several comrades blamed her for the problem, saying that she should not have gone to the competition despite being ill that day, causing them to lose the first place.
Zhou Yun opened her mouth and said, "That's true. She's still Commander Lu's goddaughter. Manqing, you have such a high level of ideological awareness."
He Manqing was delighted to hear Zhou Yun say this, and said with a smile: "No, our art troupe has always been open and aboveboard. Everyone knows that we have the strength. This mistake was just an accident."
However, when they thought no one heard their conversation, they never expected that someone had been staring at them for a long time with a fierce look.
Gu Qinglan put her hands on her hips and pointed at He Manqing and Zhou Yun angrily: "You two, whose first place is shameful? Did you go to the show without your eyes? Or did you go out without your brains?"
"The performance of the kitchen team that night was seen by everyone. They were creative, didn't you know that? Were you blind and didn't see the creativity of the ending? Nine out of ten people said they liked it, and said those fighter plane origami and models were cool. How dare you say that the first place of the kitchen team was dishonorable?"
He Manqing and Zhou Yun had no idea that their conversation was overheard. They had only started discussing this matter when they saw Wen Nuan walking away with the child.
He Manqing saw the nurse's uniform on Gu Qinglan and didn't want to argue with her, so she said, "Comrade, you don't have to be so excited. We are not saying that you..."
Gu Qinglan raised her voice and shouted, "Oh, so you're saying that I can maliciously slander others? You think you're great just because you dance, and you can't lose to the kitchen staff, right?"
He Manqing got angry when she heard that and stood up. "What bullshit are you talking about? What's wrong with us dancing? Can you dance? Can you dance?"
Gu Qinglan laughed out loud: "You guys don't feel ashamed of losing to the kitchen team, do you?"
Wen Nuan came over holding Le Le, having already heard their conversation. She looked at He Manqing and Zhou Yun and said, "It's shameful if you can't afford to lose."
When Gu Qinglan saw Wen Nuan coming over with Lele in her arms, she wanted to tell her that she should handle the quarrel, but Wen Nuan handed Lele to her.
Gu Qinglan took the little guy with a smile, and Lele immediately hugged her neck and shouted, "I miss my aunt!"
Gu Qinglan hugged the little girl and kissed her: "Aunt misses you too!"
Then Wen Nuan took two steps forward towards He Manqing and Zhou Yun and said slowly, "Our kitchen staff has also put in a lot of effort and time for this program. You don't look for the reasons within yourselves, but instead think that there is something fishy about our first place. Isn't that very low-class and vulgar?"
Lele in Gu Qinglan's arms also followed the warm words and shouted: "Low-level!"
Gu Qinglan couldn't help but burst out laughing and whispered in the little guy's ear: "Well said!"
After he finished speaking, He Manqing and Zhou Yun on the opposite side turned pale, and their expressions looked as if a color palette had been overturned.
More and more people gathered around, and many people saw Gu Qinglan arguing with two female comrades and thought it was a medical dispute.
But when they heard what was dancing and the cooking class, they gathered around curiously, thinking it must be something from the party two nights ago.
"Isn't this for grading? Whoever gets the highest score gets first place. What are you fighting for?"
"Are these female comrades from the art troupe? Are they unwilling to accept their defeat by the kitchen staff?"
"That's what I think. Think about it, the Art Troupe is always number one every year, or the Propaganda Department. This year, the kitchen team suddenly stole the spotlight. They must be unhappy."
"But the performance of the kitchen squad this year was really creative and the design was very thoughtful. Didn't Commander Lu take the fighter model of their kitchen squad back to Beijing? I like it very much!"
"Right, right, right. If you can't afford to lose, then don't participate. It's not necessary for people who can dance to win first place. Anyway, I think the program of the kitchen team is very creative. There are a group of children on stage. This is the first time..."
He Manqing gritted his teeth and listened to the discussions of the crowd. He almost wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it!
Zhou Yun, who was standing by, felt extremely ashamed. Who didn't like their art troupe before? She looked forward to their performances every day, but now...
It was also the first time that Zhou Yun was criticized by the staff. The feeling was even worse than losing the first place.
Wen Nuan glanced at them and no longer wanted to argue with them. She then signaled Gu Qinglan with her eyes to go over there to eat.
"Let's go. If you don't eat now, the food will get cold."
Gu·Eater·Qinglan heard it and said: "Eat, eat, I can finally eat!"
Gu Qinglan carried Lele and went to the lounge with Wen Nuan, teasing the little one in her arms all the time.
Lele was also very happy, laughing all the time, and reached out to touch Gu Qinglan's face and said, "Aunt is fat."
Gu Qinglan: “???”
Gu Qinglan scratched Lele's nose and asked, "No, where is Auntie fat? You are wronging me!"
She has been very busy lately. Li Daxiang came over yesterday and said that she had lost weight. How could she have gained weight
Wen Nuan looked back at Gu Qinglan and smiled: "Don't listen to her nonsense. It's your elder brother who said she was fat, so she just said what he said."
Lele laughed and said, "Mom is fat!"
After saying that, she buried her head in Gu Qinglan's shoulder, secretly observing whether Wen Nuan would come over to beat her.
Wen Nuan just gently pinched the little guy's face and said with a smile: "Look at your own face, it is as round as the moon."
Lele knew Wen Nuan was not angry, and she held her face with a smile on her face, "Yuan Yuan."
Gu Qinglan kissed her on the cheek: "Yes, round and cute!"