Boom boom boom…
Lu Cheng raised his head, stood up immediately, and saluted: "Captain."
"Sit down, sit down." The team leader looked at Lu Cheng, and sighed in his heart, "Your promotion documents have come down, and you will officially take over my position starting on the 1st of next month. I will hand over the things on hand to you, and then I will be transferred."
Lu Cheng had no idea about this matter, he had known it for a long time. The only thing that made him feel a little sad was that the head of the regiment was going to be transferred to another place. However, he was not very sad. For them, they were already used to separation and death. They had learned to put their reluctance deep in their hearts and then turn it into motivation to work harder for the future of the motherland.
Lu Cheng was silent for a while: "Don't worry, I will be the leader of the independent regiment in the future."
This is what the regiment commander wanted to hear the most: "When I joined the army, I was assigned to the independent regiment and started as a soldier. I also watched the veterans leave one by one, and the new recruits become more and more promising... Now that you are taking over, I am relieved." After chatting for a while, he took out the appointment document, "Although it is a bit cliché, I still want to say, congratulations to you, Comrade Lu Cheng."
Lu Cheng saluted again: "Thank you for your care over the years."
Boom boom boom…
There was another knock on the door. Lu Cheng and the regiment commander turned around at the same time and saw that it was the political commissar. The political commissar rarely came to the independent regiment because the independent regiment had its own system, but he did not expect to come today.
"What a rare guest..." the leader asked, "Did you also come here to congratulate me because you heard about it?"
"Rumor? What rumor?" The political commissar hadn't reacted yet.
The regiment leader was really helpless: "The document issued by the higher authorities has arrived today. Comrade Lu Cheng will officially become the leader of our independent regiment from today onwards."
The political commissar opened his eyes wide, and then reacted: "Look at my brain, congratulations, the document has finally been approved, Comrade Lu Cheng, you must treat us to a meal. I have heard that your wife, Comrade Lin, is a good cook. Thanks to the efforts of her and the comrades in the kitchen team, the third company's kitchen team is well-known. Treat us to a meal, we must treat us to a meal."
"You really are... Lu Cheng got promoted, and you only think about food." The team leader said unhappily, but, "I'll bring the wine, I'll treat you."
"Hahaha..." The political commissar laughed, "Look at what you said, you're even more anxious than I am."
Lu Cheng, who really didn't want to treat the guests, didn't dare to agree directly: "I have to ask my wife about this matter." The three words "my wife" caused ripples in his mouth. Only in this case, he dared to call her his wife. On weekdays, they all abided by their duties and dared not say a word that went against the rules.
"Right, right, right. We have to ask Comrade Lin about this. Comrade Lin is the chef. We dare not go beyond her, otherwise we will definitely not have good food to eat. Hahaha..." The chief of staff laughed, and then remembered something else. "Speaking of this, I also have something here, which is related to Comrade Lin."
Hearing about Lin Qingqing's matter, Lu Cheng perked up: "What's the matter?"
"I heard that since Comrade Lin joined the Third Company's kitchen team, the food has been getting better and better." said the political commissar.
"I can testify to this. My wife often goes to the Third Company's kitchen to get food." The regiment commander said. Whether it's meat or vegetables, they cook deliciously. Some dishes look simple, but when his wife makes them, she just can't make them taste the same. "My wife said that many people in the family compound also go to the Third Company's kitchen to get food."
"That's exactly what happened." The political commissar continued, "Now the problem is here. People from other companies are also getting restless. They see that the food of the comrades in the independent regiment is getting better and better, and they are getting impatient. Especially in the past two days, the weather is hot, and your independent regiment has made green bean soup and soy milk, which makes other regiments wonder whether the independent regiment's kitchen team has more funds. But we all know that the funds for each kitchen team are the same. This fund does not pass through the hands of the kitchen team, and our troops are the ones who pay for it, so there is no problem of different funds.
Later, after I investigated, I found out that Comrade Lin was doing business with several military wives in the family compound and the supply and marketing cooperative. This business required wood ash, so she used the wood ash from the kitchen team. The kitchen team used the money earned from the wood ash to add some snacks for the comrades. We definitely allow this, which can increase the income of the military wives and improve the food for the comrades. But the problem is... In a unit, if you have food and others don’t, those bad boys will not accept it. "
The regiment commander said: "There's nothing we can do about it. We can't use the money from the independent regiment's wood ash to provide meals for other classes. We only have a few dollars, which is not enough." The regiment commander naturally knew about this matter.
The political commissar said, "Of course that won't work, so I thought of a way. Let's not talk about the mung bean soup and soy milk for now, can we improve the food of the other regiments' kitchen teams? You see, the same eggplant, the one the kitchen team eats is called cold-mixed eggplant, and the one the other teams eat is called steamed eggplant... When you hear the names, the eggplant in the kitchen team is more presentable, don't you think?"
Lu Cheng asked: "So what do you mean?"
The political commissar finally got to the point: "What I mean is that Comrade Lin doesn't have to go to the Third Company's kitchen to work anymore. She can go directly to the logistics department. We will assign her a position. From now on, she will be in charge of arranging the meals for the entire army. Do you think Comrade Lin can take on this important task?"
Lu Cheng was stunned: "Joining the organization of the Logistics Department, that is the organization of our troops." It is equivalent to the female soldiers of the Logistics Department.
The political commissar said, "That's what I mean. Anyway, she is a military wife, so there must be no problem with her political background."
Lu Cheng said: "I want to ask her."
Political Commissar: "Okay, this matter does need her consent, then I will wait for your good news."
Lu Cheng did not promise because he didn't know what Lin Qingqing was thinking.
That evening, after Lu Cheng had finished his dinner in the canteen of the Third Company's kitchen, he waited for Lin Qingqing to get off work. When the family of three was walking on the road, he mentioned this matter: "The political commissar came to see me today and told me two things, both of which were related to you."
Lin Qingqing was a little surprised, and then said: "I can probably guess one thing, but I can't guess the second thing."
This surprised Lu Cheng: "Guess what."
Lin Qingqing smiled slightly: "The first thing should be related to what happened this afternoon. This afternoon, several squad leaders of the kitchen squad came to squad leader Qi and asked us to unify the dishes in our canteen and other canteens, and to prohibit things like mung bean soup and soy milk, because comrades from other companies are protesting."
"There is also this matter?" No wonder the political commissar came to discuss with me, there was this matter before. "Indeed, there is one matter related to this. The political commissar said that you are invited to join the logistics department of the army and be responsible for the meals of the canteen of the entire army. In addition to our independent regiment, our army has 36 companies, which means there are 36 company canteens. Do you think it is okay?"
Lin Qingqing said: "If it's just about arranging the meals for the army cafeteria, that is, arranging the dishes and the matching, then it's not a problem. Anyway, I'm just talking about it and I don't have to do it. But the problem is... If that's the case, I don't have to go to the kitchen team of the third company, right?" If I don't go to both sides, I will definitely be too busy.
"Of course, if you join the army's logistics, you will have a position, which is equivalent to a logistics soldier." Lu Cheng chuckled, "If a logistics soldier does well, he can also get a military position."
Lin Qingqing couldn't help laughing: "That's too good to be true. I can't even imagine it. But I am worried."
"Are you worried about what will happen three years later?" Lu Cheng asked with telepathic understanding.
Lin Qingqing opened her eyes wide, and then gave Lu Cheng a thumbs up: "As expected of Vice Captain Lu, you are awesome."
Lu Cheng curled his lips, but finally did not show his happiness too obviously. He explained: "Even if she leaves in three years, she will definitely find a way to leave the logistics department. I think she is more unwilling to take risks than anyone else, and she is more afraid of death than anyone else." It's not that she is afraid of death, but that everyone is afraid of death. Even Lu Cheng is afraid of death. However, compared to death, he will face it bravely. "Don't worry, if you want to do it, just do it boldly. I will take care of everything."
Lin Qingqing felt a warm current in her heart. She looked at him with bright and moving eyes. Such eyes attracted Lu Cheng very much, because her eyes were clean and warm, as gentle as the spring sunshine. Lu Cheng smiled at her without saying too much or doing too much.
"What if I go? Will it have any impact on you?" Lin Qingqing was still a little worried.
"No... there is an impact, probably... everyone will be jealous of me." Lu Cheng joked.
Phew... Lin laughed softly.
Lu Haici looked at his father and then at his mother. He didn't understand. But it didn't matter. As long as his parents were around, he would be happy playing in the mud.
"What is the other thing?" Lin Qingqing asked, "I can't guess. Could it be that because of my good performance, I will get a raise? But that's impossible. Since I'm in the logistics department, the raise or not should be integrated, so the other thing must be unrelated."
"Smart." Lu Cheng praised generously, "Guess again." Captain Lu probably never imagined that one day he would play word guessing games with others.
Lin shook his head gently: "No, I can't guess."
"You called me Deputy Captain Lu by mistake just now. From today on, I am Captain Lu." There was a hint of pride in his tone that only men have in front of women, especially in front of the women they like. Captain Lu, who was as stable as a dog, was very calm in front of the captain and the political commissar in the afternoon, as if the promotion had nothing to do with him. But when he turned around, what was wrong with his proud tone
Lin Qingqing was stunned at first, then slowly opened her eyes wide, her joy and excitement a little out of control: "Lu Cheng..." she shouted loudly.
Lu Cheng looked at her with a faint smile: "Hmm?"
"You're awesome." Lin Qingqing's eyes and mouth were filled with smiles, which grew bigger and bigger, and she couldn't suppress it at all.
Lu Cheng's smile remained unchanged: "Yeah." This 'hmm' had a little more meaning than the previous 'hmm'.