In the evening, Chen Yang finally drove back to his home in the military compound by himself.

Chen Ruonan, who had been waiting for him to go home, opened the door and greeted him when he heard the sound of the courtyard door, there was heating in the house, and she wore very little, just a simple white silk hooked shirt with a black pleated skirt, without any accessories, and her long straight black hair was draped behind her head at will.

Chen Yang parked the car outside the courtyard, got out of the car, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Chen Ruonan who was looking towards the courtyard gate from a distance.

After Chen Ruonan saw Chen Yang enter the courtyard, he hurriedly stepped down the steps and greeted him.

Speaking of which, Chen Yang hadn't seen his wife for two or three months, and when he saw his wife standing on the steps of the gatehouse, it was freezing outside, but he unconsciously felt a trace of warmth in his heart.

"It's so cold outside, why don't you stay at home and wait for me to do something?" Chen Yang asked with a smile.

Chen Ruonan ignored his words, reached out and gently patted the snowflakes on his coat, while complaining in a low voice: "Aren't you on the plane at noon, why are you busy until now?" ”

Chen Yang smiled helplessly, handed the handbag to Chen Ruonan, and said, "Some things have been delayed." As he spoke, he diverged and asked, "Are your parents and children at home?" ”

Chen Ruonan took Chen Yang's handbag and glanced up at Chen Yang, obviously not believing Chen Yang's perfunctory words, but now that she is staying at home with her parents, she is not good at getting to the bottom of it. just pouted and replied to Chen Yang: "The children are all studying in the study, Dad is resting upstairs, and Mom and Sister Lan are making dumplings in the kitchen." ”

Chen Yang was a little speechless when he heard this, and when he entered the house, he changed his shoes, frowned slightly, and said helplessly: "You too, there are still two or three days to celebrate the New Year, as for holding on so tightly, you have to let the two children relax for a few days." ”

Chen Ruonan, who was squatting and stuffing Chen Yang's shoes into the shoe cabinet, was a little unhappy when he heard this. Stand up. With a dissatisfied face, he said: "Don't count me down as soon as you get home, you think it's the schedule I arranged for the children, hmph, if you're not satisfied, you're a father." "Chen Ruonan said, and nodded in the direction of the kitchen. "If you have the ability, you can tell your mother to go."

"Well," Chen Yang coughed dryly. But he quickly stopped the conversation.

"Ruonan, is Xiao Yang home?"

Just as the couple were whispering, Li Duanyu's angry voice came from the kitchen.

didn't wait for Chen Ruonan to reply. Chen Yang hurriedly replied loudly: "Mom, I'm home." As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the kitchen.

"You wait a minute." Chen Ruonan hurriedly grabbed him.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yang asked with some surprise.

Chen Ruonan hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Mom and Dad had a quarrel last night, Mom hasn't had a good face on the way back, you have to be careful when you talk to Mom later." ”

Chen Yang couldn't help but shudder, and subconsciously asked, "Isn't it?" Dad's temper, will he be idle and have nothing to quarrel with his mother? ”

"You ask me, I ask who to go." Chen Ruonan pouted very irresponsibly and replied, and then pushed her husband's shoulder, "Okay, just don't make your mother angry again, you go over quickly, I'll go upstairs to see the child, and I'll go to the kitchen to help later." ”

Throwing down the words, Chen Ruonan chuckled, turned around and staggered upstairs.

"Ruonan, you"

Chen Yang sweated, shook his head, and then walked towards the kitchen with some hesitation, and when he entered the kitchen, he saw Li Duanyu who was busy making dumplings, he quickly walked over with a smile, took off the rolling pin in Li Duanyu's hand with a smile and said, "Mom, you can rest for a while, let me come." ”

Li Duanyu was not polite, gently patted the flour powder on his hands, sat on the chair and carefully looked at his son who had not seen him for a long time, and then said: "You are a child, usually you say that you are busy with work and have no time, but now it is almost the New Year, and you only go home when you step on the point, and you don't say that you will give yourself a holiday early, is it possible that you, the secretary of the municipal party committee, go home to visit your relatives and some people say that it is not okay?" ”

"Mom, look at what you said, haven't I already arrived home? Besides, you just returned to Beijing. Chen Yang said with a smile while rolling the dough carefully.

Li Duanyu still snorted a little unhappily, and then continued: "Okay, don't stay in the kitchen, just have Ruonan to accompany me here." You go upstairs to see your dad, and by the way, persuade your dad to be stubborn, and you can have a good chat with your mother after dinner. ”

"What's the matter, what's upset you, Dad?" Chen Yang put down the rolling pin and asked cautiously.

"What else could be the matter?" Li Duanyu snorted with a displeased face and said,

Seeing his mother's unhappy face, Chen Yang was also secretly surprised in his heart, although his mother was extremely strong in her life, she had actually never quarreled with her father a few times, and this time it was obviously really awkward.

"Hehe, Mom, don't be angry, I also pointed to the future with Ruonan to have a few more small ones to serve you, if you are angry, it will not be worth it." Chen Yang smiled and hurriedly hugged his mother's shoulders and comforted.

Maybe after seeing her son who she hadn't seen for a long time, her mood was much better, Li Duanyu was a lot less angry, gently patted Chen Yang's hand on her shoulder, and laughed: "Hehe, you stinky boy knows that talking nonsense makes me happy, if you really think so, I have to go and burn incense and worship the Buddha right away, thank the ancestors for blessing." ”

Next, after the mother and son chatted casually for a few more words, Chen Yang left the kitchen under the urging of his mother, and then went straight up to the third floor, walked to the door of the study and stopped, and knocked on the door twice, "Dad, I'm Xiao Yang." With that, he pushed the door open and entered.

At this time, Chen Yaohua was practicing calligraphy on the desk, and after Chen Yang entered the room, he did not stop, but wrote on rice paper while dancing with dragons and phoenixes, and responded to Chen Yang in a deep voice: "Are you back?" ”

"Well, Dad, I just arrived at home, and I talked to my mother for a while."

In front of his adoptive father, Chen Yang is not as casual as when he was downstairs before, in fact, in his memory, it seems that since the day he was led into the gate of Chen's house by Chen Yaohua, Chen Yaohua has always been such a strict father who does not smile, and the father and son usually rarely communicate with each other, on the contrary, although Li Duanyu is very strict with Chen Yang and Chen Ruonan's two children, far from being a mother, Chen Yang has much more communication with his mother than with his father.

However, Chen Yang is also a person who has been a cadre for more than ten years, especially in the past few years, he naturally has a calm atmosphere of being in a high position, so although his father still makes people feel cold as usual, he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong, standing next to the desk, he naturally picked up the inkstone and gently helped his father grind it.

"By the way, Dad, I heard Ruonan talk about it earlier"

Before Chen Yang finished asking, Chen Yaohua interrupted: "What did Ruonan say? Hmph, I think your mother just said a lot of me in front of you, right? ”

"Hehe, Dad, Mom, she didn't say anything about you." Chen Yang pursued the principle of self-preservation and refused to offend either end.

Chen Yaohua slowly put down the brush in his hand, sighed softly, and then said: "Speaking of which, your mother is also worried about you." After a pause, a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face, "Hehe, I look at her, it's just that there is nothing to do, is it difficult for me to be a father really stand in the way of the child?" ”

After all, Chen Yang is a person who has been in the sea for a long time, although Chen Yaohua said it very vaguely, he understood the deep meaning of Chen Yaohua's words almost immediately.

His face suddenly changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Mom hasn't been in the system after all, and she doesn't know many things, Dad, don't listen to Mom." ”

When Chen Yaohua heard this, he turned his head to look at Chen Yang, and he didn't squeak, and after being silent for a while, he gently patted Chen Yang's arm, sighed slightly, and said lightly: "Xiao Yang, don't talk about your mother like that, although your mother has never been in the system, she is a smart person" Speaking of this, he smiled at his son, "Of course, your father and I are no worse than anyone else, aren't we?" ”

Although it had been a long time since he had seen his father's smile, Chen Yang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart for no reason at this moment, opened his mouth, and was about to say something, but Chen Yaohua took the initiative to interrupt him: "Don't worry about us, I have a sense of proportion in my heart, you, just work hard." ”

Chen Yang's face darkened, he raised his eyes to look at his father, and finally didn't say anything more.

Yes, he knew in his heart that even if he said a lot now, since his father had already made a decision, with his father's temperament, no one could persuade him. Maybe it won't be long before my father will leave the army he has worked hard for all his life, although it is said that at my father's current age, it is time to retire and rest, but at my father's current level, I don't know how much effort and effort my father has put in, and where can he retire with a word.

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Chen Yang sighed softly in his heart, if he hadn't embarked on the road of official career and climbed to such a high position smoothly along the way, with his father's ability and background, I'm afraid his career has just begun now.

Isn't it? You must know that Chen Yaohua was just awarded the rank of lieutenant general last year, and now he is the deputy political commissar of the Ningxi Military Region, and he will definitely be a popular candidate for the position of chief of various ministries in the future, and it is very likely that he will even enter the Military Commission. (To be continued......)