Of course, Feng Qingxue could sense the change in everyone’s attitude towards her. However, she didn’t become arrogant. Instead, she remained humble, as calm and gentle as before, not overly humble nor overly proud, behaving as usual and not mentioning the old leaders.
She ate the same meals as Du Xiaotao and the others.
According to regulations, since she had been granted first-class merit, her salary and rank increased by a level, and her meals became slightly more lavish compared to before.
No one else noticed. Only Du Xiaotao looked at her, licked his lips, and swallowed the words he was going to say to remind her to add more vegetables to her meal, changing the subject instead, "Sister Qingxue, you’re pregnant. You need to eat more now."
Like the living conditions, the food here was much better than in the Southwest Military Region, with a greater variety of dishes.
At this moment, Jiang Xiaoyue ran over huffing and puffing. After greeting everyone, she sat down with her meal. "Sister Qingxue, if my dad hadn’t brought Xibao to our rehearsal today, Sister Fengying, Sister Fang Ning, and I wouldn’t have known that you were here. Did you come here alone with Xibao? Oh, Xiaotao is here too. No one else?"
"Slow down while speaking. No one is racing you." Feng Qingxue patted her back to help her catch her breath.
"You haven’t told us what you’re doing here. When I asked my dad, he was so busy playing with Xibao that he ignored me. I’m so jealous of Xibao, she’s the center of attention as soon as she arrived at the art troupe." They all missed Xibao after several months of separation.
Du Xiaotao laughed, "Sister Qingxue is here to exchange medical knowledge with the Capital Military District. I came to assist her. We will be here for a long time, at least until the hospital in the Capital Military District confirms that the methods are effective. You don’t know how incredible Sister Qingxue is now. The first aid techniques she developed for the battlefield and her other medical knowledge earned her first-class merit!"
They were just waiting for the committee to approve and award the honorary title and the first-class merit medal.
Jiang Xiaoyue was very happy for Feng Qingxue, her face full of smiles, "That’s amazing! But, did the revolution partners of Sister Fengying and Sister Fang Ning not entrust you with letters to give to them when you came to the capital?"
"We didn’t know we were coming to the Capital until we arrived at the Military Region Command, so we didn’t bring anything." Feng Qingxue said.
Knowing about the trip to the Capital, without her reminding, Shang Kun and Qiao Desheng would definitely cling to her to deliver letters for them, but the journey was arranged so suddenly that even Lu Jiang would probably be left staring.
If she was exchanging medical knowledge at the Military Region Command, they would have been able to reunite quickly after it ended because it was closer!
Now, the distance between the Capital and the border defense troops is thousands of miles. They were in a hurry when they came, so they were lucky to take a plane. But they certainly won’t have that chance to return. In this case, the family of four at least has to be separated for two months.
After hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyue said, "Well, there’s nothing we can do."
After a pause, she hurriedly ate her food while chatting, "Sister Qingxue, when it’s time to rest, Xiaotao will definitely go back to the family courtyard to reunite with his family. I’ll take you and Xibao around the Capital. I’ll treat you to roast duck from Quanjude, mutton from Donglaishun, mutton skewers, and then to the Moscow restaurant for milk tea!"
She rushed off as soon as she finished her last bite of food.
"The War of Resistance Against Japan Victory Day is in a few days. They are very busy rehearsing in the performance troupe." Chen Lin explained with a smile.
Feng Qingxue suddenly realized.
September 3rd, isn’t that the War of Resistance Against Japan Victory Day? The troops will certainly hold a ceremony to honor the martyrs and celebrate.
Unexpectedly, before the commemoration day, Feng Qingxue, who had just finished demonstrating emergency treatment and was drinking water, preparing to review the first aid techniques of the medical staff, was approached by Lan Tianming, the bodyguard of Wang Xinsheng. He called her name hurriedly, "Feng Qingxue!"