MDMP Chapter 3.2

She has gained a lot of weight now, and her mother was a little tired after she picked her up at the train station just now.

But, she didn’t want her bad Dad to hold her…

Zhao Suisui raised her little head and looked at the people around her. The little soldiers wearing the same clothes as the bad Dad were also looking at her, the corners of their mouths twitching because they were holding back laughter.

Zhao Suisui: “…”

Forget it, let the bad Dad hold her and then kill him again!

Having made up her mind, Zhao Suisui walked up to Zhao Haoyang’s legs with a bulging face, tugged on his pants, and said unhappily: “Then, hug me.”

This was what Zhao Haoyang was waiting for.

He immediately knelt down and hugged Zhao Suisui and Zhao Jingcheng one by one.

Zhao Suisui exclaimed, and Zhao Jingcheng on the other side said happily: “Sister, aren’t you very tall?”

Zhao Suisui looked at the suddenly elevated field of vision, blinked, and tried to pull down the corners of her mouth.

Zhao Haoyang finally hugged the daughter he longed for. He was so satisfied that he deliberately held the two of them in a circle, making Zhao Suisui hug his neck tightly in fear.

Zhao Haoyang burst out laughing and wanted to talk to Zhao Suisui, but before he could say anything, he was patted on the head by her little hand.

“Watch the road carefully!” Zhao Suisui said in a sweet voice.

Zhao Haoyang didn’t care and nodded good-naturedly: “Okay, okay, Dad will watch the road carefully.”

The Zhao family walked to the canteen in the family compound.

The soldiers who were watching this scene behind them looked at each other in confusion. Is the man with a silly smile on his face after being slapped on the head by his daughter really the Deputy Commander Zhao of their unit?

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There are a total of 4 regiments stationed in the Songnan Army, which is quite large.

When passing by a large camp area, Zhao Haoyang specifically asked not to run into it at will.

The family compound is on the other side.

The Songnan army has a large number of people, and there are also many family members who are qualified to come and accompany the army. After the expansion, the family area is also quite large.

Looking from a distance, they saw that the long rows of two-floor small buildings in front and back were the houses in the family compound.

Considering the large number of family members accompanying the army and the relatively remote location, the army has set up canteens and supply and marketing cooperatives in the families’ courtyards to meet the basic living needs of the family members.

Some family members with skills even opened barber shops, tailor shops, etc., which could not only meet the needs of some people but could also subsidize the family income at the same time.

After entering the family courtyard area, Zhao Haoyang first took them to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

At this time, it was a bit late compared to the time of breakfast, so there were not many people in the cafeteria.

Feng He first took the two children to find a seat and sit down. Zhao Haoyang took the money and tickets to buy food.

However, when the food was served, none of the mother and two children had any appetite, so most of it ended up in Zhao Haoyang’s stomach.

None of the three of them had a good rest on the train. After eating, they went straight to the house assigned to Zhao Haoyang’s family.

The road leading to the small buildings in the family compound is very smooth. There is an open space in front of each small building where some vegetables are planted.

“Our home is on the second floor of that building.” Zhao Haoyang pointed to a small building not far away with his chin.

Along the way, Zhao Suisui felt very heavy.

Although Zhao Suisui had never been here before, she always felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It wasn’t until they entered the building that Zhao Haoyang pointed to and walked up to the second floor that she saw the familiar door painted with green paint. Zhao Suisui’s face became even tighter.

Ah ah ah, what happened in the dream is indeed true!

She remembered that this was the house their family lived in when they came here!

At the same moment, in a rural hut thousands of miles away, a woman suddenly opened her eyes.

When she saw clearly where she was, the woman’s expression changed again and again, and finally, she grabbed the quilt under her and started crying and laughing.

 

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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia:

China’s supply and marketing cooperatives were established in the 1950s. They were created to act as a mechanism to distribute products and commodities, forming a bridge between cities and the countryside between industry and agriculture. Since the 1980s, they’ve undergone a series of reforms.

As a bridge between city and countryside, industry and agriculture, producer and consumer, Rural Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (RSMCs) play a key role in distributing commodities and purchasing rural products for some 800 million people in China.

 

 

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