Daily Life in the 70s-Chapter 237: Offered (Extra)

Yang PeiMin ran past Political Commissar Zhou’s place, where only Sister-in-law Zhou was at home. Seeing her anxious expression, Sister-in-law Zhou quickly asked what was wrong.

She looked at Sister-in-law Zhou, her eyes flickered once, and she held back the sourness in her eyes, asking, "Sister-in-law, do you have any news about Yiguang?"

Sister-in-law Zhou was stunned for a moment, "I heard Old Zhou say that he was on a mission and hasn’t come back yet, right? Or is something else the matter?"

"Sister-in-law, do you really not know, or are you keeping something from me? All the others who went on the mission with him have come back, but he’s still nowhere to be seen. Sister-in-law, if there’s anything, you have to tell me."

Sister-in-law Zhou patted her hand, "Look at you all worried, these tasks, well, everyone has different ones, some come back early, some late, depending on how well you’ve executed them. You don’t need to worry too much. How about this, when Old Zhou comes back later, I’ll ask him for you, and you can stay for dinner at my place tonight."

Yang PeiMin shook her head, looking as if Sister-in-law Zhou really didn’t know, and she stood up, "No, I still need to go to the Political Commissar’s office and ask to be at ease."

Sister-in-law Zhou, seeing her like this, understood, and nodded, escorting her to the door, "After asking, come back here for dinner, it’s no fun eating alone in your dormitory."

Yang PeiMin still shook her head, giving her a smile, "No need, Sister-in-law."

She hurriedly left Sister-in-law Zhou’s house again and bumped into Du Juanjuan on the road. Remembering that her man was also out on a mission and that they were close, she no longer cared about her usual discord with Du Juanjuan, "Comrade Du, has your husband, Battalion Commander Shao returned?"

Du Juanjuan watched her stop in front of her, and with that anxious look, she raised an eyebrow, eyeing her and speaking indifferently, "What does my man’s return have to do with you?"

"Now’s not the time for bickering. Today I met Sister-in-law Li Xing and her husband went on a mission at the same time as our husbands, but hers came back three days ago, so I came to ask if your husband has returned?"

Du Juanjuan was completely uninfected by her urgency, and laughed ironically, "Look at you, frantic like a mad dog, it’s actually funny because of this, so what if he comes back, what if he doesn’t?"

Sick!

Seeing her like this, Yang PeiMin also felt she had been foolish to ask her.

So she didn’t want to argue further and headed towards the military region building, bypassing her.

Du Juanjuan sneered, feeling that this countrywoman was naive and clueless, brushing off the dust that didn’t exist on her skirt, she headed toward her dormitory. There was a new TV in the dormitory, and the show was about to start!

Yang PeiMin stood at the door for a while before entering Political Commissar Zhou’s office.

"Brother Zhou, when will Yiguang come back?" She asked as soon as she entered.

Political Commissar Zhou stood up from the seat at the back of the office and asked her to sit down before having someone serve her a cup of water.

Yang PeiMin felt a pang of anxiety in her heart, "I don’t want water, can you first tell me about Yiguang’s situation? I don’t feel at ease at all."

Political Commissar Zhou spoke with gentle patience, "You can rest assured that Yiguang’s mission was added on; he didn’t come back with the others, and it might still be about ten days or so."

Yang PeiMin looked at his facial expression, but Political Commissar Zhou wasn’t just anyone, and she couldn’t make out anything from his face. She had a sense of her own and said, "Then you guarantee me, he’s definitely alright, and as you said, will be back in ten days."

Political Commissar Zhou sighed and shook his head, "Sister-in-law, I understand your feelings, but isn’t this difficult for me?"

Yang PeiMin sat in the chair in front of his desk, somewhat brazenly saying, "Who asked you to be his leader? As a leader, aren’t you supposed to ensure the safety of those under you to the best of your ability and also appease the emotions of their family members? What you’re saying now just doesn’t calm my feelings."

Political Commissar Zhou glared, "As a military spouse, you should understand the military work, and you must unconditionally comply with the higher-ups’ arrangements for soldiers, without question."

Yang PeiMin sighed, "I’m just a woman from the countryside, I can’t have such high awareness, all I know is that a leader who doesn’t even dare to guarantee when it’s over, can’t make me feel at ease."

Yang PeiMin left Political Commissar Zhou’s office fuming, not bothering with the anxious calls of Zhou following her, and she rushed toward the military hospital.

After she left, Political Commissar Zhou immediately stood up and made a phone call, "Hello, please connect me to room 303 of the military hospital."

Once a familiar male voice came through, he shouted, "The wife you’ve married is too fierce, I completely caved under pressure."

Then there was silence for a second on the other end, followed by a cold laugh, and then a click as the phone hung up.

Political Commissar Zhou holding the now-busy phone, froze for a second, muttering, "The cheek of this kid to hang up on me, that’s just rude!"

After putting down the phone, he took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, suddenly feeling so hot.

As Yang PeiMin left Political Commissar Zhou’s office, she started out fuming, feeling like she was about to explode, but as she walked, tears unexpectedly started flowing out.

Shen Yiguang, how could you! Such a big thing as getting injured and being hospitalized, and you still hid it from me! Do you still have your wife in your heart and eyes at all? After all this time since I’d arrived here, I’ve eaten alone, slept alone, dealt with my fear of ghosts alone at night.

Shen Yiguang had been quite serious at first and was being treated at the military hospital in the neighboring province. Later, when his condition stabilized, at his request, he was moved to the military hospital here today.

And here I was, still unsure of what to do.

As she was about to go back and ask Political Commissar Zhou, she saw Xiao Xu running towards her in a hurry. When he saw her, he looked greatly relieved, "Sister-in-law, it’s so good to see you, where are you going now?"

Yang PeiMin looked at him suspiciously, "You’re here to take me to the military hospital, aren’t you?"

Xiao Xu scratched his head, grinning foolishly, "Sister-in-law, you’re so psychic, how did you know? Sure enough, you have the highest sense... I wanted to flatter you more, but seeing Yang PeiMin’s expressionless face, he couldn’t continue."

In the end, he said sheepishly, "Sister-in-law, do you need to go back to the dorm to get something?"

Yang PeiMin looked at him, "So tell me, how badly is Shen Yiguang injured? Can he take care of himself? Who’s looking after him? Is there someone helping him clean up? You knew about this all along, didn’t you?"

Xiao Xu broke out in a cold sweat and with a guilty conscience, he wiped his forehead and chuckled sycophantically, "It’s not a big problem, he’s much better now. Ye Old leader hid it from you because he didn’t want you to worry, he can now sit up by himself, and there are nurses and caregivers looking after him, I often go to visit..."

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