Chapter 1608: Han Ping Gets Married 2
Lu Jiang didn’t rush to pay because he knew that since Han Ping was getting married, he and his wife would definitely prepare a wedding gift to bring over. Plus, breakfast for three was just a few bucks, which wasn’t an issue for Han Ping.
Last year, Feng Qingxue bought a lot of things with foreign exchange certificates, keeping a large portion to give as gifts; none of them were cheap.
Wucheng is located north of the Great Wall, bordering Inner Mongolia, with a food taste close to the Northeast and Inner Mongolia. Lamb hand meat, smoked meat, and mare’s milk wine are specialties, all available in state-run restaurants, but breakfast certainly doesn’t include these things, instead offering buckwheat noodles, buns, fried dough sticks, tofu skin, and the like.
Feng Qingxue ate the buckwheat noodles while listening to Lu Jiang and Han Ping chat about everyday things, mainly inquiring about the border defense forces and those who retired from the military at the same time as Han Ping.
Though people leave, their hearts remain there.
The old unit, old comrades, are always worth cherishing for any soldier.
"Wu Heng retired, Sang Hong also retired, and Xiao Wang, who used to sell stuff at the service club, also retired. When he retired, he still missed the leaders, his wife, and Xibao. However, we didn’t retire at the same time; Sang Hong and I retired together. Comrade Qi Gang retired, Wan Xinguo transitioned careers, Gao Yuzhu got promoted and stayed in the military, Commander Su and Commander Zhao both got promoted, as did Chief of Staff Shang. Sister Sanbao wanted to retire but couldn’t manage it, and Comrade Hen Xiangqian got promoted too but wasn’t restored to his original position, as the military hasn’t forgotten the trouble he caused before."
Ye Zhengjun also got promoted this year, but Han Ping probably didn’t know, so he didn’t mention it.
Unknowingly, several years have passed. Those who were meant to be promoted got promoted; those meant to retire, retired. Every year, new recruits are assigned there. By now, a significant portion of the soldiers in the current border defense forces are probably unfamiliar to Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue.