"What? Li Yunlong applied for marriage?" Zhou Weihan asked in disbelief. The telegram was sent directly to the division headquarters compound.
"Yes, Communist, this is the telegram!" The telegraph operator handed the telegram to Zhou Weihan.
After looking at the signer of the telegram, it was Tan Lin. The content of the telegram was also extremely simple. Tan Lin had no objection to Li Yunlong's marriage application and asked Zhou Weihan for his opinion.
"Political Commissar Tan called back and said that I had no objection to the matter, and then asked Li Yunlong when the date would be arranged!" Zhou Weihan said bluntly.
"Yes!" the telegraph operator responded.
Zhou Weihan was happy from the bottom of his heart that Li Yunlong could get married, but he was just curious about which girl could fall in love with such a handsome guy like Li Yunlong.
At that time, after Luo Benzhong learned about the matter, he agreed without delay. Li Yunlong was a member of the Southwestern Shandong Military Region, and his age and qualifications met the Eighth Route Army's marriage regulations, but he needed to report to the superior unit, the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region.
"Monk, find Chief of Staff Xing!"
Not long after, Xing Zhiguo came over after hearing the news: "Lao Zhou, I heard from the monk that Lao Li is getting married?"
"It is happening, but the specific date has not been determined yet!"
"Hey! Which girl from this house is so blind that she can fall in love with Lao Li?" Xing Zhiguo, with his temperament, rarely said a few words of ridicule, but he was really happy for Li Yunlong, an old comrade in arms.
Zhou Weihan's mind was not on this, but he asked: "Old Xing, how old is Old Li this year?"
"I'm either 29 or 30. I'm not young anymore. It's time to get married. It's not easy to meet a woman who knows both coldness and hotness!" Xing Zhiguo said with a smile.
"Well, it's not easy. You, Mr. Xing, should be older than Mr. Li. You are already 32 years old. Comrade Xing Zhiguo, your personal issues should also be put on the agenda. Is there anything suitable?" Zhou Weihan said with concern.
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"I haven't really thought about this issue yet. I want to wait until the war is over before I consider this aspect!" Xing Zhiguo immediately waved his hand to express his attitude.
"Old Xing, you are not young. Besides, do you know when the war will end? What if there is still another ten or eight years and you still delay it?"
"Now that my wife and children are on the hot bed, and my comrade who shares life and death is still single, I feel unhappy. Besides, if you, the chief of staff, don't get married, how can you ask Ding Wei and the others to mention this matter?"
Zhou Weihan is not keen on being a matchmaker, but under the current situation in the Tainan base area, the thoughts of all commanders and soldiers are generally fluctuating. This situation was brought up by Zhao Gang on his own initiative when he was at Yamawang Mountain.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers are also human beings, and they also have thoughts and feelings. This is normal. They only provide ideological guidance without providing tangible benefits. In Zhou Weihan's view, this should not be the case.
When he was in Jiluyu, Zhou Weihan had talked with Tan Lin about the marriage of cadres and soldiers in the army, and had related discussions with Zhao Gang.
"Lao Zhou, I understand the truth, but after all, I am the chief of staff and I have to take the lead. You see, Lao Zhao, as the political commissar, has been in harmony with Comrade Zhang Yuanlan for a long time. Isn't it that he has not applied to the organization for a long time?" Xing Zhiguo explained.
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"Old Xing, are you picking on me?" Zhou Weihan joked: "Old Zhao and Zhang Yuanlan are still young, so it doesn't matter if they wait for two years, they have already reached an agreement!"
"I didn't mean that. This is a special situation for you. Everyone understands that no one gossips, but we are different. Both cadres and soldiers are a little impetuous during this time!" Xing Zhiguo explained quickly.
"Okay, okay, I know all the situation you mentioned. I have discussed it with Tan Lin and Zhao Gang. Let's not talk about the Hebei, Luyu and Yu Military Regions. Considering the current situation in the Tainan Military Region, it is time to solve the problem of gay marriages.
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"Comrade Xing Zhiguo, I will now announce the collective decision of the Tainan Military Region leadership team," Zhou Weihan said seriously with a straight face.
"All leading cadres of the Tainan Military Region who meet the marriage regulations should consider personal issues in a timely manner. For officers and soldiers who do not meet the requirements, as long as they are over 30 years old, the organization will come forward to organize a blind date meeting!"
"This order will be officially announced very early and distributed to all troops in the military region. Lao Zhao is in charge of the rear regiments, and you, Lao Xing, are in charge of the frontline regiments!"
"When the time comes, you two will take the lead, cooperate with the local government, field hospitals, and base on various factories and primary and secondary schools in the area to encourage more lesbians to participate!" Zhou Weihan said in detail.
"Is this a decision made by the leadership team? Why didn't I be notified?"
"Nonsense, your old man Xing is in Pingshun. How far is it? Zhao Gang, Li Yunshan, I and I have decided directly. Regardless of whether you agree or not, three votes are greater than one. This is the decision. You are the chief of staff and you have to play the role.
Take the lead!”
"A charter will be produced within three days, and the first blind date will be held within ten days, do you understand?" Zhou Weihan emphasized.
"What about the superior?"
"I will explain to my superiors that all regulations are not static!"
"Yes!" For this reason, Xing Zhiguo could only respond helplessly.
On the same day, Zhou Weihan received a telegram directly from the Southwest Shandong Military Division. The telegram stated that the wedding day was set for the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and specifically stated that, except for a few old comrades from the Fourth Front Army period,
, does the Tainan Military Region need to invite other personnel?
"Monk, what's the date today?"
"March 1st, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, *** member, are we going to have a banquet?" the monk said with a grin.
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he glared at the monk: "Eat, eat, eat, I think about eating all day long!"
"They are all working as guards around me. Just look at their Defu. They read and read by themselves when they have time. Now they are all going to cadre schools to study. After graduation, at least they will be deputy platoon leaders!"
"Hey, Communist Party member, Defu is gone. If I leave too, who will take care of you then?" The monk was scolded by Zhou Weihan, but he just smiled innocently, scratched his head, and said it
Those words made Zhou Weihan's heart twitch.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Everyone has feelings, and Zhou Weihan is no exception. Tian Defu is motivated and eager to learn, so Zhou Weihan took advantage of the opportunity to give him a thumbs up. He said these words to the monk because he was angry.
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"Forget it, just stay with me!"
"Yes!" the monk replied happily.
Li Yunlong has many acquaintances in the Tainan Military Region. The current cadres above the regiment level, except for a few newcomers, are basically all old comrades who have worked together together.
Xing Zhiguo, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Liu Tianming are all old comrades from the Red Fourth Front Army, so they must be included in the invitation.
The brigade commander must be there, but he is busy with business, and the Taiyue Military Region is too far away from southwest Shandong. It takes at least six or seven days to go there, so the brigade commander may not be able to go.
As for Xu Dali, Li Dali, Zhao Gang, Li Yunshan and others, thinking of this, Zhou Weihan also had a headache, and thought to himself: Damn it, he got married and actually pushed the problem to me, Li Yunlong has such a brain.
Who can be invited and who cannot be invited is a matter of practice.
With Li Yunlong's character, the more lively the day of his wedding, the better. He would like to invite everyone there. But now is the war era. Zhou Weihan thought about it briefly and realized that Luo Benzhong must have had the idea behind it.
"Forget it, I will be the bad guy!" Zhou Weihan said to himself.
Zhou Weihan then ordered that, except for Xing Zhiguo and others, the rest of the group were mainly engaged in work and did not have to attend the wedding, but they could give a gift in the name of the group.
Time soon came two days before Li Yunlong's wedding. Everyone first gathered in Pingshun and then rushed to southwest Shandong. Along the way, they inevitably discussed Li Yunlong's marriage.
"You guys said, don't think Li Yunlong is a sly guy, he can't stop talking about his mother. He is a good blessing. How could I listen to what he meant? It was the woman who fell in love with him first!" Kong Jie
He said with jealousy.
"Hey, Lao Kong, are you jealous? If you have the ability, go find one! What are you doing here?" Ding Wei said with a smile.
"Oh, it's true that I'm jealous, but I'm not that lucky anymore. Let's wait until we beat the little devil away!" Kong Jie was calm and admitted directly.
It took everyone a day to arrive at Leijia Village, where the headquarters of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region is located, rest for one night, and rush to southwest Shandong together with Tan Lin the next day.
When Zhou Weihan got married, the boss and others came to attend the wedding, and political commissar D was the witness. Now that Li Yunlong is getting married, the deputy chief of staff was invited to be the witness.
The village where the headquarters is located looks particularly festive. The children who had not set off firecrackers during the New Year now have their pockets filled with firecrackers and are running wildly around the village one by one.
The compound of the headquarters was filled with tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans borrowed from various households in the village. The soldiers from the cooking team tied a big fat pig to the stool and were preparing to slaughter it.
After all calculations, Zhou Weihan and others arrived one day early, and the next day was the official day.
As soon as everyone entered the room, they saw Li Yunlong circling around uneasily. When he saw everyone coming, he quickly greeted: "Hey, you are here, everyone, sit down, everyone, sit down, Huzi, pour some water!"
"I said, Lao Li, you can do it. I didn't expect you to be one step ahead and move quickly enough. Tell us what the new wife looks like!" Ding Wei joked.
"It's just that you, Li Yunlong, are really beyond appearances. We are still single, but you got married first. It's not very interesting!" When several old comrades met, they inevitably started to make noises.
Li Yunlong first turned his back on Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin who were sitting beside him, grinned, and Zhang Yangjin suddenly said: "Hey, I'm not bragging. Comrade Yang Xiuqin is a famous pretty girl from ten miles and eight villages. She comes and goes to propose marriage.
The people have stepped down the threshold!"
"Tch, you know how to brag!"
"That's right, Lao Li, I'm not telling you. You're getting married. At least you should change into clean clothes. You also have to wash yourself well. Don't take off your shoes and knock the bride down tomorrow at the wedding. Then
It’s so much fun!”
Here, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin were also chatting about the current situation of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area during this period. After learning that during the Chinese New Year period, no less than 30,000 people were resettled in the newly built military camps near the mines and factories in the base area.
, Zhou Weihan felt relieved a little.
"After the year, it is expected that a large number of refugees will flow into the base area. If this is the case, they will need to be resettled in the rear areas, such as Heze and Zhencheng, or even dispersed to the Luxi base area. Personally, I think it is better not to relocate the refugees
Place it on the frontline battlefield facing the Japanese army, otherwise it will be affected once the war starts!" Tan Lin said.
"Okay!" Zhou Weihan nodded.
In the evening, everyone had dinner and went to bed early. Li Yunlong took a rare hot bath and put on clean clothes the next morning.
Before picking up the bride, the deputy chief of staff, the witness, hurried from Heze to Dingtao.
"I'm late, so I didn't delay things. Congratulations, Li Yunlong!" the deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
Yang Xiuqin is the deputy director of the Women's Committee of Dingtao County Committee and lives in the village, which saves some distance.
The deputy chief of staff and Tan Lin stayed at the headquarters, Luo Benzhong stayed in the compound as a guest to continue the arrangements, and the rest of the people gathered around Li Yunlong and went straight to the bride's residence.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the door, they were stopped by a group of women's committee officers: "Groom, although you are the leader of the army, our sister Xiuqin is also a woman. How many male comrades in the county committee are thinking about it? Comrade Xiuqin is the only one who cares about her."
If she falls in love with you, you should be nicer to her in the future!"
"Yes, if you treat Comrade Xiuqin badly, we, the Women's Committee, won't do it!"
A group of lesbians who could hold up half the sky stood in front of the door, chatting in a flurry of words. Li Yunlong had to nod frequently in order to pick up the bride. Zhou Weihan was stunned when he saw this scene. Fortunately, Wen Qiang had no acquaintances in Tainan.
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"Okay, okay, comrades, don't waste the auspicious time. The groom's forehead is sweating. Don't worry. If Li Yunlong dares to do anything that is sorry for Comrade Xiuqin, I will not be the first to spare him!
"Finally, Zhou Weihan stepped forward to relieve Li Yunlong's urgent need.
The groom and the bride were both wearing military uniforms. The difference was that Li Yunlong wore a large red flower on his chest, while Yang Xiuqin wore a red curtain on her head. Kong Jie and others who were eager to see the bride were disappointed.
"Officer Groom, the bride is here!" Following Huzi's loud shout, two firecrackers were raised on both sides of the wall of the headquarters. The crackling sound of firecrackers made the whole headquarters lively.
The deputy chief of staff read out the marriage certificate in an orderly manner, and finally joked: "Comrade Li Yunlong, Comrade Yang Xiuqin, your ability at work is obvious to all, but in the future you still need to work harder on cultivating the next generation for the cause of the Anti-Japanese War.
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As soon as these words came out, everyone present laughed. Yang Xiuqin responded without any hesitation. Li Yunlong even greeted everyone with a grin: "Comrades, today is our happy day. I, Lao Li, never thought that I would be able to marry in this life."
To my wife, thank you to all the comrades for supporting me, eat and drink well!"
"It's definitely good to eat and drink well, but when we come here, we can't even know what the bride looks like, right?" Ding Wei coaxed.