Chapter 76 Choice
If the doctor said that the diagnosis was not wrong, Xu Wanxiu was still hopeful. After all, the system is called the Military Wife System. If Zhao Guoqiang can't stay in the army because of a foot injury in the future, he can only change careers? Then the name of the system is not worthy of the name.
But now that there is no response from the system, it can be considered that the only hope left in Xu Wanxiu's heart has been truly extinguished. She sighed and continued the movements in her hands.
When she took out the washed clothes, Xu Wanxiu couldn't see anything on her face. She hung the clothes on the small balcony as usual, and then went back to the house.
"Dad, do you think Chang'e really lives on the moon?" The baby was lying on the bed, with Erlang's legs cocked like his grandmother, and his calves were swaying, extraordinarily leisurely. At this moment, she was looking sideways at Zhao Guoqiang, looking for answers expectantly.
Zhao Guoqiang had heard this story when he was reading before, or it could be said that everyone in the village had heard it, and the stories of Chang'e flying to the moon have always existed in the beautiful vision of the villagers. It's just that these are not allowed to be mentioned in recent years.
Zhao Guoqiang smiled and explained to the baby, not the usual style of popular science, but imitated Xu Wanxiu's usual appearance, patiently teasing the baby, and softened her voice to solve her confusion.
Xu Wanxiu walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, then lay down. The baby noticed the sudden movement on the bed, and half turned his head up on his stomach, looked at Xu Wanxiu and shouted with a smile, "Mother, are you here to sleep too?"
"Well, just now Daddy was telling you about it. Story?" Xu Wanxiu nodded and asked with a smile.
When the baby heard this, he nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, I just asked Daddy, does Chang'e really live on the moon? Daddy is telling me this.
" Go to bed early, mother is also listening." Xu Wanxiu said with a smile and Zhao Guoqiang, who was looking at her with a smile.
Zhao Guoqiang was amused, laughed sullenly, and then continued the story just now. His voice was not as cold and hard as it was during the day, but a little softer.
Not to mention the baby, Xu Wanxiu felt a little drowsy after hearing such a gentle voice.
Zhao Guoqiang tried his best to say what he knew in a humorous and relaxed tone. At the end of the sentence, he lowered his eyes and found that the baby was already sleeping on his right side. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling. He reached out and pulled the quilt to cover the baby, holding her hand to his side, so that he would not wake up again tomorrow. It hurts to scream.
After he did all this, he turned sideways and subconsciously wanted to talk to Xu Wanxiu. Zhao Guoqiang has been watching the baby sideways, and he has not been able to say a word to the little girl.
He opened his mouth and swallowed the words again. Zhao Guoqiang saw that the little girl was facing her sideways at this time, her eyes were closed, her breathing was long, and she might have fallen asleep listening to the story he told.
"Go to sleep, it's been a long time." Zhao Guoqiang looked at her soft face, even if he fell asleep, his eyebrows were smiling, making people extremely happy just by looking at her. He also stretched out his hand and pulled the quilt to cover Xu Wanxiu. He also covered the quilt and closed his eyes to prepare to fall asleep.
The room was quiet, only the moonlight outside the window was bright, pouring brilliance all over the place, smearing the tenderness in the room.
Days passed by like this, Xu Wanxiu was busy rearranging the questions for the fifth grade children, printing them into papers, giving them exams, and then revising the papers. In addition to the real questions brought back by Principal Zhou's entrustment, they also have questions designed by Xu Wanxiu himself.
She carefully kept all the topics she designed for the children in her earlier years. Over the years, her math question bank has become more and more abundant. Xu Wanxiu only needs to sort it out a little, and then she can print it into a paper, and with the review progress of her lectures, the effect is not bad.
Zhao Guoqiang recuperated at home and went to the military hospital to change his dressing once every two weeks. Xu Shi was well-raised at home, and Xu's mother was well nourished in terms of food and drink. The plaster that had to wait two or three months to be removed, when she went to the hospital to change the dressing just two months later, the old doctor saw it and said it could be removed. .
Just to explain, usually pay more attention, don't walk for a long time, so as not to get tired, especially not to do strenuous exercise. The old doctor knew that these soldiers were stubborn, and it would be better to kill them if they couldn't train. He was just afraid that Zhao Guoqiang would also train hard without fear of death, and in the end he was injured by tossing again.
Before Xu Wanxiu could come back, she heard Zhao Guoqiang's firm response, "You can rest assured, doctor. I have the old and the young, and my own health is the most important thing."
Zhao Guoqiang said this too . seriously. If he was alone in the past, he might have really done it. He tried his best to practice and try, and he had to get his body right. Even if he failed, it would be more serious than now; but
now he has a wife and children, and there is a family The old mother-in-law who is dedicated to this family, if something happens to him, she will not feel at ease in death.
After resting at home for so long, Zhao Guoqiang has already done countless psychological constructions in his heart. No matter whether he continues to stay in the army or changes careers in the future, he can accept it.
And do your best, try your best, and let your daughter-in-law and children live a good life, at least not worse than now.
Zhao Guoqiang had never said these words to anyone, not even his lover, Xu Wanxiu, whom he regarded as his favorite.
After listening to this, the old doctor nodded and replied, "Well, it's good that you have this idea. I have been in this hospital for so many years, and you are one of the few people I have ever seen. You are a good person."
Xu Wan Xiu didn't think so much, she just thought that Zhao Guoqiang could have this heart. In his heart, he cared about his family, and he still had some hope, so that he would not be lost.
As long as everyone is well and the family can continue to be together, that is the greatest happiness.
Even she still has some subtle thoughts, Zhao Guoqiang can no longer perform tasks, at least there is no danger to life safety. Every time he went on a mission, even when he was admitted to the hospital twice in recent years, he still had some minor injuries, and Xu Wanxiu was worried when he looked at it.
Even if she has done enough psychological construction before, Xu Wanxiu will still feel distressed when she sees it, and her biggest wish is that Zhao Guoqiang can return safely.
In the past, I supported Zhao Guoqiang because I knew that he loved this career. Now that he is so injured, if he doesn't have to go to the front line in the future, his family can feel more at ease.
Of course, these messy thoughts just circled in Xu Wanxiu's heart and disappeared without a trace. She never thought of telling Zhao Guoqiang these things, to "force" him to make a decision.
She respects any choice he makes, regardless of wind or rain, regardless of interests, as long as it is what he loves and is willing to accept.
Xu Wanxiu and Zhao Guoqiang went home, and Mother Xu was happy to see that her son-in-law came back without a cast, although he was still on crutches.
She patted her thigh happily and said, "Today is really a good day. Son-in-law, it's God's blessing for your legs to heal so quickly. I'll cook more dishes at noon, and you should eat more to make up for
it ." It was with strong personal emotions, her happy words and radiant smile also infected Zhao Guoqiang, he followed with a slightly raised mouth and smiled, "God bless, sent my mother to take care of our family, we can live like this. Prosperity."
If what he said was heard by someone with a heart, he was afraid that he would be used as a topic. But now at home, they are the closest people, so it doesn't hurt to make a joke along Mother Xu's words.
Mother Xu was amused at the moment, but she still felt the humor of her son-in-law, she waved her hand and said, "Your words are really broken, come in and rest, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare."
"Hey . Okay, then it's hard work, mother." Zhao Guoqiang smiled and nodded, and he entered the house with a cane. He's used to the crutches now, and he's moving a lot faster than he was at the beginning.
The baby just didn't speak, she stared at Zhao Guoqiang's right leg intently, listening to the adults talking, knowing that Daddy was much better, she also grinned.
At this time, she followed Zhao Guoqiang step by step, not daring to get too close, for fear of tripping over her father; but she didn't want to be too far away, and she wanted to talk to her father in her heart.
When he saw Zhao Guoqiang sitting down beside the bed, the baby immediately leaned over and asked with a smile on his face, "Dad, is your right leg almost healed? You are no longer wrapped in that white thing."
The little guy didn't know it was a plaster, he only knew that the white thing was not a good thing. Without that thing, Daddy's right leg would definitely be healed soon.
"Well, the white plaster has been removed now, and the doctor said that it is much better. Soon Daddy will be able to play games with Ningning again." Zhao Guoqiang said with a smile, the game in his words refers to those who hold high physical activity.
At the end of the day, the old doctor finally gave good news. He said, "Your family is also doing their best. You have taken good care of them for a while, and your feet are recovering quickly. At this rate of recovery, if you take care of them for a while, you will be the same as normal people. It's not impossible. "
Seeing the man's eyes that suddenly lit up on the opposite side, the old doctor emphasized again," but it's only restored to the level of a normal person. The training of the soldier and the intensity of the task are more than normal people. Gao."
Zhao Guoqiang naturally understands this. From his enlistment in the army more than ten years ago to now, he has been training every day, and his physical performance is hundreds of times better than those of his peers in the village.
He nodded and replied, "You can rest assured, I will take good care of it." The
baby was also very happy when he heard it, and the longer she hadn't done something, the more she looked forward to it. When Daddy played with her every night before, the little guy was naturally happy, but not so eager.
Later, when Daddy went out for so long, and he came back, he hadn't played the game of lifting high with her. At this time, he suddenly heard that he could play it soon, and the baby was naturally happy.
She clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Okay, then I'd rather just wait."
In the following days, Xu Wanxiu would always call out a system from time to time, but she still didn't give up. Always thinking about what if? What if there is a way to upgrade the system?
It's a pity that time passed quietly, Zhao Guoqiang slowly tried to walk, even if his right leg hurt a little. After seeing it, the old doctor nodded and said yes. He couldn't lie down all the time. With Zhao Guoqiang's current recovery, he could already try to leave.
Zhao Guoqiang trained in a moderate manner, insisted on it every day, controlled the degree, and rested before his body and legs could not stand it. He walks more and more smoothly, and basically has no impact on life.
It has been more than three months since he was hospitalized to the moment he recovered.
During this time, Xu Wanxiu took the fifth grade children to review all the knowledge points, and did a lot of questions and papers, and the overall progress was still OK.
During the period, after each important three-subject examination, Xu Wanxiu would organize two subject teachers, Qian Yuehua and Zhou Yunshan, to discuss the academic performance and recent learning situation of the classmates.
The three of them have been in the same class for many years, and they are still familiar with each other. For the children in the fifth grade, they also do their best to be responsible and hope that they can pass the test.
So every time they got together to discuss these matters seriously, Qian Yuehua and Zhou Yunshan responded positively, and they rushed to talk during the discussion. In other words, I will actively participate next time.
The day before Zhao Guoqiang was going back to the army, Xu Wanxiu was still a little worried. During this period of time, he rested at home. Except for the leaders who came to see him and let him recover from his injuries at the beginning, only the good brothers came to visit him in turn.
Regarding his injury, the superior leaders are all in the door, but there has been no conclusion and arrangement. Xu Wanxiu thought, she probably wanted to wait for Zhao Guoqiang to go back to check the situation, maybe it will be announced in the next few days.
Zhao Guoqiang felt that the woman beside him was worried. He smiled and stretched out his long arms to wrap her slender shoulders, and said softly, "Wanxiu, don't worry, no matter what the outcome is, I should be able to accept it."
"Okay, don't hide everything in your heart. We are husband and wife, we should share weal and woe, and we can tell each other anything." Xu Wanxiu held the palm of his other hand and smiled said.
She is not afraid that Zhao Guoqiang can't bear it, even if it is for this family, he will definitely resist. She was just afraid that this resolute man would not say a word, hiding all the pain and distress in his heart and digesting it silently.
The next day, everyone got up early in the morning and sat at the dining table eating breakfast as usual. Even the baby woke up and sat next to Daddy to eat.
She happily held the spoon against the bowl and made a crisp sound. She raised a smile and said, "I'm so happy today, I can sit next to Daddy again to eat."
"Daddy can accompany Ning Ning to eat in the future." Zhao Guoqiang said with a smile. Xu Wanxiu and Xu's mother were also amused by the child's childish words.
Because Zhao Guoqiang still had to arrive at the army at the same time as usual, he hurried out after eating. Xu Wanxiu, Mother Xu, and the baby all stood at the door of the house and waved goodbye to Zhao Guoqiang, watching his back slowly disappear at the entrance of the corridor.
The baby was reluctant to hold his mother's hand and asked with a stern face, "Mother, are you going to school
later?" "Yes, mother has to go to school." Xu Wanxiu smiled and reached out and touched the baby The little head responded.
Who knew that the baby hugged her waist and said softly and coquettishly, "I really hope that Ning Ning can grow up soon, so that she can go to school with her mother.
" Going to school, I don't want to be separated from my mother.
At that time, Xu Wanxiu couldn't help laughing, so she had to coax, "Only teachers and students can enter the school. When Ningning grows up and can study at the school, my mother will take you with me, okay? When the time comes, my mother will go to class, Ning Ning also went to the class, and we can go home together after class."
Unexpectedly, the little guy still remembered these words.
Xu Wanxiu stretched out her hand and hugged the soft body in her arms, patted her back and coaxed, "Okay, that mother is waiting for Ningning to grow up." In the
end, no matter how reluctant the baby was, Xu Wanxiu would be on time. Still have to go to school. Fortunately, the child can't help but make trouble now. He just held his grandmother's hand and stood at the door to say goodbye. He smiled and waved his hand to explain, "Mother, you have to come back after class."
"Okay, I know, Ning Ning remembers to listen to her grandmother at home." Xu Wanxiu also smiled and waved goodbye to the baby and Xu's mother, then turned and walked down the stairs to the school. Her days were plain and fulfilling, and she was very satisfied watching the students in her class make a little progress every day.
Zhao Guoqiang walked over to the army, and now that group of soldiers had just finished their morning training and ran to the dining hall to eat. Seeing Captain Zhao, who had not seen him for a long time, they all stopped and saluted, "Hello, Captain Zhao."
After Zhao Guoqiang greeted them one by one, he finally walked to his office. Li Weiguo also just arrived. He looked at his good brother's walking posture, which was exactly the same as before the injury. He smiled and patted Zhao Guoqiang on the shoulder and said, "It seems to be recovering well."
"Thanks to you and Yang Kang these days . , the family is also taking care of it, and the recovery is naturally good." Zhao Guoqiang nodded and said with a smile.
Seeing the faint smile on his face, and having said so many words, Li Weiguo knew that Zhao Guoqiang was in a good mood, at least he wasn't depressed because he couldn't do strenuous exercise in the future, and he was also relieved.
Zhao Guoqiang simply said a few words to Li Weiguo before entering the office. He hadn't come for a long time, and the table here was covered with a layer of dust. Xu Shi was in a good mood when he returned to the army the day before. It just so happened that it was too early. Zhao Guoqiang took a rag from the cabinet, dipped it in water, and wiped it off, not letting go of any corners.
But after a while, the whole office became bright, and it was exactly as clean as before the injury, and it was pleasant to look at. As for the documents handled by the previous office, because he was injured, they were all handed over to one of the deputy head of the regiment.
Zhao Guoqiang couldn't find anything to do at the moment, so he simply waited for the time to go to the superior leader to report his work. He took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, his whole heart barely calmed down.
At the superior leadership's office, Zhao Guoqiang reached out and knocked on the door three times.
In the evening, Xu Wanxiu came home, played with the baby for a while, and then went into the kitchen to help Mother Xu again. She was still worried about Zhao Guoqiang's side in her heart, and she didn't know what the situation was.
When the meal was almost ready, at about the same time as before, there was a knock on the door outside. The baby who was playing in the living room heard the sound and quickly stood up and ran over, holding down the door handle to open the door, and shouting happily, "Daddy is back!"
"Yes, Daddy is back to accompany Ningning to dinner." Zhao Guoqiang He smiled and held his daughter's hand, walked into the house and closed the door, then took her to the kitchen to say hello, "Mother, Wanxiu, I'm back."
"Hey, son-in-law, wash your hands first, we can do it right here. That's it." Mother Xu was holding the spatula and loading the cooked dishes in the pot, while Xu Wanxiu went to iron the bowl to pack the rice.
When the family eats, they talk and laugh. Xu Wanxiu watched Zhao Guoqiang calmly, and found that he was smiling all the time. He treated the baby very fondly, and was very patient with Xu's mother. There was a smile in his eyes, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
She finally calmed down a little bit. It seems that he went to the army today, and the news he got was not bad, just good.
The little girl's eyes were not aggressive, but rather gentle.
Zhao Guoqiang has received sufficient training before, including his acuity. As long as someone's eyes fall on him, he can always detect it immediately. It is also such a keen sense that he escaped many crises when he went out on a mission before.
Zhao Guoqiang could probably guess what the little girl was thinking, but now that his mother-in-law and children were at the dinner table, he pretended not to notice, thinking in his heart to talk to her about today's affairs at night.
After washing up at night, when Xu Wanxiu returned to the room, Zhao Guoqiang had already told the baby a bedtime story and put her to sleep.
He leaned against the head of the bed, stretched his long arms around the woman who had just sat on the bed, and a faint smell of tangerine peel lingered in his nostrils. The little girl has always liked to drink tangerine peel water.
"Guoqiang, you seem very happy today?" Xu Wanxiu couldn't help but ask, feeling the scorching embrace.
"Well, I feel like the dust has settled, at least I'm relieved." Zhao Guoqiang nodded in response, he said with a smile, "I went to the leader's office today, and he asked me if I wanted to transfer to the military or to a career, just at my age. It's almost enough."
Usually these are not options, Zhao Guoqiang is very fortunate that he can still choose. In that office, there was another person he didn't expect—the old head of the head, head of Wang, the head of Wang who brought him to this point with one hand, and was very optimistic about him.
He recalled that after walking out of the leadership's office this morning, Captain Wang followed him out, patted his shoulder with a smile, and said, "I didn't see you wrong. Tenacious vitality, this is what we should have as soldiers."
He was worried that his disciple would be depressed, after all, for someone like Zhao Guoqiang who has a bright future and loves the dedication of the army, he had to be injured because of his physical condition. It is a big setback to stop abruptly when it does not meet.
Captain Wang said with a smile, "I think this path is fine, you can rest assured that the army will not treat anyone who has worked hard for it, and the future path will depend on you. I believe in you. "
Zhao Guoqiang remembered the old head's kindly smiling face, his eyebrows still had the spirit of youth, his heart was also soft, and his face was soft. He knew that he could have a choice, and it was more or less related to the head of Wang's dealings in it.
With his military exploits in the past so many years, and the old team leader's contribution in it, the final result will not be bad.
Zhao Guoqiang told Xu Wanxiu the two options that the leader and him said, but he paused and did not speak for a long time.
"And then, which one did you choose?" Xu Wanxiu couldn't help urging after waiting for the half-pay, and she vaguely had an answer in her heart.
Zhao Guoqiang smiled and said firmly, "I chose to change careers."