According to Tang Qiuli's plan, all the officers of the independent division whose parents and relatives are in Dingbian will celebrate the New Year in Dingbian, especially Tang Qiusheng and Tang Qiuquan, as well as the fifty-six old men in the Tang family's nest shop who followed him into the mountains at the beginning, the first batch of veterans of the Bloody Hand Regiment, counting on their fingers, less than forty people are left who have rolled over between life and death after more than ten years of bloody rain and battlefield gunsmoke, and the rest of their childhood friends have disappeared in the cruel whirlpool of war.

Perennial wars, and most of them serve as brigade and regiment-level commanders in various corps of independent divisions, military affairs, it is rare to return to their parents in peacetime, it is better to take advantage of the Spring Festival, everyone is together, and go back lively, which can be regarded as the end of a wish of his own, for this reason, Tang Qiuli has prepared several special planes.

A few days before preparing to set off, Tang Qiuli discussed with Qiusheng and Qiuquan, and after saying his plan, unexpectedly, the two resolutely disagreed.

Tang Qiusheng's reason is very sufficient, "Brother Qiu, you go back to Dingbian, someone has to preside over such a big mess as an independent division, right?" Anyway, in the past few years, I have become accustomed to the days when you are not at the division headquarters, buy some gifts, you can bring them back, bring them to your parents, and also enter your heart! ”

Tang Qiuquan said more strictly: "Xiaoqiu, now is an eventful autumn, the Australian battlefield is in full swing, outside Outer Mongolia, the Soviet army is constantly gathering, eyeing the tiger, we even sleep with one eye open, so many brigade commanders, regiment commanders, and Brother Qiusheng and I, all go back to the side with you, in case there is an emergency, there is not even a person in charge, we can't deal with it in time, when the time comes, it's too late to regret, wait for the battle, don't we have time, don't we care about this time!" ”

Seeing the resolute attitude of the two cousins, Tang Qiuli had no choice but to give up. As a result, although many senior officers did not go back, they heard that the division commander had returned to Dingbian and bought a lot of gifts, and they all entrusted Tang Qiuli to bring them to his parents and relatives, and they were stunned to fill the two special planes.

Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan, there is one more thing to hide from Tang Qiuli, Mei Xue is a caring person. Knowing that the other officers whose homes were in Dingbian would not go back, they and Liu Xinlan took more than a dozen special guards to the streets, purchased for two days, and carefully prepared a valuable gift for each officer's parents and relatives. Therefore, seeing Tang Qiuli's constant frowning. Look at the two planes that are fully loaded. The two of them snickered secretly.

Le Yiqin was even more exaggerated, sending a fighter brigade to escort him, and without waiting for Tang Qiuli to lose his temper, he preemptively explained: "Division commander, this is not my own decision, it is the decision of Deputy Division Commander Tang and Commander Tang of the fleet." Besides, you finally went back for the New Year, why do you have to have a scene, right? The main thing is that the south side is lively. Who knows what bad intentions the little devil will have, and maybe he will send fighter jets to intercept and kill him halfway, so we have to guard against this hand! ”

Moving out of Brother Qiusheng and Brother Qiuquan, Tang Qiuli completely lost his temper, so he had to obey Le Yiqin's arrangement, and embarked on the voyage home with a huge lineup.

On the special plane, Tang Qiuli said to Mei Xue: "Xue, I know your intentions, but this is too extravagant, right?" Look at it, the gifts alone filled the two special planes, how many gifts did our other officers entrust to bring, and the rest were all bought by you, and so was Xinlan, follow Mei Xue to join in the fun, is it a waste! ”

Mei Xue smiled silently, but Liu Xinlan stopped doing it, wrinkled her good-looking little nose, and said angrily: "Hmph, don't pull your face, what, spend your money, my heart hurts?" Sue you, Sister Xue and I, I didn't buy anything for ourselves, these gifts, except for the old people on both of us, the others, are those brigade commanders and regiment commanders who can't go back, you, the master commander, have gone home, and you have to go to see their parents for the New Year, right? Do you just go empty-handed? ”

Tang Qiuli was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily, and said in a loud voice: "Okay! Good! All right! is worthy of my Tang Qiuli's wife, I really have a heart, why didn't I think of it, hey, this is forgetting my roots! Xinlan, you have done a great job! ”

"Hmph, don't you cross your eyebrows and look cold? Sue you, this is Sister Xue's idea! I knew I couldn't think of such a thing," Liu Xinlan said deliberately with disgust, and gave him a coquettish look.

Tang Qiuli smiled and couldn't answer a word, feeling very embarrassed, seeing Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan smirk.

At more than nine o'clock in the morning, the group landed at Kunming Airport to refuel, Tang Qiuli did not leave the cabin, and the local military and political officials in Kunming were notified in advance, "Vice Chairman Tang is crossing the border this time, and he does not want to disturb the locality, nor does he want anyone to visit, and I hope that the local military and political departments will understand," In the notice, there is no room at all, Long Yun and other local bigwigs in Yunnan understand Tang Qiuli's temper, if they insist on showing goodwill, they will be suspected of harassment, but it is not beautiful, so they did not come to disturb.

Half an hour later, the special plane continued to fly north, full of emerald green, gradually fading, under the wings, there appeared one after another, endless loess, yellow soil, yellow withered grass, monotonous and desolate, one step closer to home.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the special plane landed at Xi'an Airport, which is already the scope of the radiation of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone, on his own territory, there is not so much to say, Tang Qiuli also wants to know about the local situation, the head of the Xi'an Municipal Government and the Garrison Command, on the special plane, made a simple work report, and then, invited Chairman Tang to the airport restaurant for dinner, within the scope of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone, except for those old subordinates of the independent division, call him the division commander, the rest of the military and political officials, all call Chairman Tang.

Tang Qiuli politely declined, although the mayor and the garrison commander repeatedly said that they were preparing a light meal, and according to Chairman Tang's regulations, there were no delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they were all local snacks, but Tang Qiuli knew in his heart that he would never dare to slack off when he entertained himself locally.

In later generations, I have seen the so-called light meal, saying that it is four dishes and one soup, and in the end, I am afraid that there are sixteen dishes and eight soups, and they are changing tricks to please their bosses, so Tang Qiuli said euphemistically but resolutely: "I have received the wishes of the two, you all go back, I am just passing by, by the way, I will learn about the situation of the place, and after listening to your report, I am very satisfied with your work, which is stronger than any delicacies from the mountains and seas." ”

The mayor and the garrison commander saw that Tang Qiuli insisted, and they didn't dare to be too reluctant, they all knew the temper of the young Chairman Tang, so they respectfully said goodbye and left, and Shanhu muttered dissatisfiedly: "I took off from Kunming, I didn't eat well, and when I arrived in Xi'an, I had to fill my stomach, and there was still more than an hour to go. ”

Tang Qiuli threw away a box of marching rations, and said triumphantly: "Huzi, I expected this situation, before getting on the plane, I brought several large boxes of marching rations, enough to eat along the way, deal with one bite first, if you don't eat a meal, can you starve to death?" When you get home, you won't be able to eat enough! ”

The mountain tiger had a defeated expression, and ate it reluctantly, seeing Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan covering their mouths and laughing.

More than an hour later, the sunset on the Loess Plateau, ten thousand rays of light against the long loess, everywhere is a dazzling golden yellow, to the special plane also put on a layer of golden coat, in the sky of the yellow earth, suddenly appeared a large piece of verdant green, like a piece of jasper embedded in the yellow ocean, in the boundless green, a high-rise building, the city of the early lights, rushing to the face.

Finally arrived home, Tang Qiuli's heart suddenly became nervous and urgent, Mei Xue lay on the porthole, greedily looking at the city under the wings, and cheered from time to time, but at this moment, Liu Xinlan was a little uneasy.

Tang Qiuli sensitively noticed that Liu Xinlan's feelings were a little wrong, as if she was a little confused in anticipation, and seemed to be nervous with uneasiness, she couldn't help but worry, this girl was delicate and thought too much, so she quietly pulled her aside and asked softly: "Xinlan, what's wrong, is there anything on your mind?" ”

Liu Xinlan snuggled in his arms and whispered, "After arriving in Dingbian, where do I live?" "This is also the meaning of the question, Mei Xue is Tang Qiuli's official wife, and her parents are in Dingbian, where she lives is very arbitrary, she can't do it, and this man's status is undecided, and there is no one relative in Dingbian, living in his home, what is your identity?

Tang Qiuli must be at home, it is difficult for him to live alone in a hotel, just like an insignificant burden, he promised him at the time, but he didn't expect this, but now, many factors come to mind, and his heart can't help but feel miserable, and his eyes are a little red.

Tang Qiuli was immediately relieved, just for this, he smiled, stroked her inky hair, hugged Liu Xinlan hard, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, you have a lot of ideas, you are my fiancée, where do you live, of course you live at home, rightfully so, my parents don't know how happy they are to see you!" It's not the first time you've come to Dingbian, so there's nothing to restrain you! ”

Just these few words made Liu Xinlan let go of all her worries and concerns, raised her delicate face like a flower, her face was full of happiness, and she puffed out her mouth and said: "That's different, last time, it was because I had a task, I came and went in a hurry, it was only two or three days before and after, this time it's different!" It's going to be a long stay! ”

In fact, Mei Xue had already noticed Liu Xinlan's strange appearance, and she had probably guessed her inner thoughts, but this kind of thing, it is not good for her to take care of everything, and she still needs her husband to personally solve Liu Xinlan's concerns, no matter how good she is to this girl, she is not as understanding and relieved as a man.

Seeing Liu Xinlan say this, she took over the conversation and said, "Xinlan, just live at home and join me, so that some people don't take advantage of the opportunity?" In a word, Liu Xinlan laughed and trembled.

Tang Qiuli was so angry that he was about to speak, when the fuselage of the special plane shook lightly and landed.

(To be continued)(To be continued......