Chapter 269: Chapter 267: Setting Out

The bowl was passed to Ling Chengyan, and Wang Liansheng finally spoke: “This isn’t your first time going up there. I don’t understand much about it and can’t help you, but you must take care. Think more… think more about the kids.”

He instinctively wanted to say think more about him, but when the words reached his mouth, he remembered that this woman had always been… so his words turned to ’the kids’.

Although her personality had changed after joining the military and becoming an officer, her work got busy, she never neglected the kids. She truly cares about them.

Wang Liansheng suddenly felt a bit sad, picked up the rice bowl, and buried his head drinking the soup.

The two of them ate dinner quietly, together put away the dishes, Wang Liansheng didn’t let Ling Chengyan do anything, he went to wash the pots and dishes clean.

Ling Chengyan silently watched him from the side, gently spoke: “Later, I’ll go check on father.”

Wang Liansheng: “I’ll go with you.”

“Uh-huh.” Ling Chengyan agreed, and then said, “As for the house splitting matter you mentioned, just find Xu Dong, get the certification, go through the procedures, he’ll handle it appropriately for you.”

Wang Liansheng agreed, and Ling Chengyan added: “If the house gets split, ask the elder cousin to help with the renovation, I won’t be bothered with the rest, the plumbing and bathing need to be done like our father and second elder cousin’s…”

Wang Liansheng responded in a low voice, took the clean utensils into the room, put them away, wiped his hands and came out, carrying a net bag: “Let’s go.”

Ling Chengyan glanced at it; the net bag contained seasonal fresh peaches as well as nutritional milk powder and snacks favored by the elderly.

Her heart felt warm; Wang Liansheng had already thought that she was going to the Ling Family, and got everything ready that needed to be brought.

Ling Chengyan went inside to get a cloth bag and came out: “This is the fleece suit I bought for father.”

At that time, there was no concept of thermal underwear, but military apparel included fleece thermals, and their warmth was not inferior to woolen sweaters and pants, mainly being comfortable, washable, and more practical than wool.

Couldn’t be bought outside; Ling Chengyan got two quotas from the comrades in the logistics department and bought them herself.

Wang Liansheng pursed his lips, couldn’t resist this time, he spoke: “I haven’t worn them yet.”

Other military family members have one or two military items, but he as a family member didn’t have any, not even military shoes.

Ling Chengyan glanced at him, suddenly burst into laughter: “Alright, I’ll buy them for you when I return, spring, autumn, spring, summer, is that okay?”

“Hmph.” Wang Liansheng hummed softly with a bit of pride, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, then immediately pursed again.

The Ling Family, with three generations under one roof, was customarily lively.

Ling Chengyan handed the peaches and snacks to her sister-in-law and, together with Wang Liansheng, entered Father Ling’s room.

The TV in the room was on, Father Ling was watching an opera segment, Ling Chengyan entered, didn’t say much, only mentioned that she had a mission to go on and might not be able to visit him for a while.

Father Ling nodded at the TV, and Second Brother Ling stepped forward to turn off the TV.

“In such hot weather, your training loves heading into the mountains and woods, you need to be careful yourself…” Father Ling advised.

Ling Chengyan patiently listened, occasionally nodding in agreement.

After some conversation, Ling Chengyan delegated some work issues of her elder brother and second brother: “…Liansheng will keep an eye on it, won’t let anything get delayed, you two focus on learning your skills well.”

Elder Brother Ling glanced back at the second brother; the two of them shared a look, seeing a hint of guilty look towards their sister in each other’s eyes.

Second Brother Ling, being lively, grinned: “Don’t worry, you have confidence in us, right? We aren’t the type who carelessly deal with things.”

“Hmph.” Father Ling glared at the two sons, scaring the Ling brothers and immediately lowering their heads.

Ling Chengyan couldn’t help but want to laugh but held back, leaning against Father Ling, saying: “I trust elder brother and second brother, the people of our Ling family are all dependable. This is what dad taught us since we were young.”

The family talked for more than half an hour, when Ling Chengyan noticed Father Ling’s resting time, she politely got up to leave.

Elder Brother and Second Brother sent them to the door, and Ling Chengyan again instructed her two brothers: “I’ve arranged everything with the provincial hospital, take father there for a follow-up check in two weeks. I won’t be home; I’ll have to inconvenience you brothers.”

“What are you talking about? It’s what we should do.” Elder Brother Ling said, pretending to be reproachful.

Ling Chengyan smiled, didn’t say more, waved goodbye to her brothers and left side by side with Wang Liansheng.

Watching their sister and brother-in-law go off into the distance, Second Brother Ling’s brows furrowed tighter: “Why do I feel like our little sister is hiding something from us?”

“What could she be hiding?” Elder Brother Ling, inattentive, didn’t care much as he entered the main door, saying as he closed the door, “You know the nature of their unit, there’s confidentiality to maintain. Don’t always randomly think and inquire.”

Second Brother Ling glanced reluctantly at his elder brother, pursed his lips, said no more.

The two returned home, washed and rested, one after the other lay in bed.

Wang Liansheng turned off the electric light, leaving the room in pitch darkness, where one couldn’t see their own fingers, only each other’s breathing could be clearly heard.

Ling Chengyan closed her eyes, yet knew distinctly that the person beside her wasn’t asleep, but she didn’t reveal it.

After a long silence, just as Ling Chengyan felt her eyelids getting heavy, something warm touched her hand, waking her up instantly.

It was Wang Liansheng’s hand, reaching over, and holding hers.

Ling Chengyan remained still, didn’t pull away, didn’t struggle.

Wang Liansheng didn’t make any more moves, just quietly held her hand in the darkness, for a moment said: “I, and the kids, are waiting for you to come back.”

Ling Chengyan suddenly felt an inexplicable pang of bitterness rise in her heart, her fingers quivered, and from her throat squeezed out a sound: “Uh-huh.”

I’ll promise you, do my best, and come back.

In the morning, before dawn, two large trucks drove out from the district compound, heading to the train station.

At noon, Ling Chengyan and her party arrived at the provincial city, joined other district teams, and assembled at a camp in the province’s outskirts.

In this batch, all were teams from different districts, not too many people, a total of several hundred. The larger contingent were various field units, thousands upon thousands of mobilized troops.

Stayed in the provincial city for three days, after assembling the troops from all directions, boarded the train together at the provincial train station, begun their journey to the south.

This time they were on military trains, several special train cars filled with soldiers.

On the train, were all youths in their twenties or even under twenty, the army’s honorable tradition, in such situations would organize small activities to lighten the mood, thus, there were inter-battalion song battles, and cultural troupes going to perform in each car compartment to entertain and comfort the fighters.

Initially tense and suppressed, the soldiers soon replaced it with laughter and relaxation, everyone’s spirit was high as they journeyed south, and after two days and three nights, they arrived in the south.

Ling Chengyan had been here once before, the scenery didn’t seem unfamiliar when stepping off the train, but other soldiers seemed a bit taken aback by the streets full of military vehicles.

This place, unlike ordinary towns, seemed more like a military camp.

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