Chapter 1403: Promotion Again

Fu Yan Cheng seemed to have seen through her thoughts: "Rest assured, the unit has already signed a contract with the City Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the Department Store. With sales channels secured, we naturally need a stable supply channel; relying solely on Hulan Village won't be enough.

Moreover, personnel from the Logistics Department have met with several village cadres from the villages under Qingshan Town, analyzed the pros and cons for them. They will only plant these on slopes or mountainous land, certainly not affecting the village's grain delivery to the state or the villagers' food rations. Rest assured, with the Logistics Department helping to clear the thorns, the road ahead for the roasted goods workshop will be much smoother.

You don't know how many comrades have asked me to thank you."

Fu Yan Cheng didn't need to explain; Liu Chuxue understood why: "If it truly turns out as you say, once the workshop business picks up, it will provide more jobs, thus fulfilling my original intention."

Seeing her happy, Fu Yan Cheng said, "Today is a good day. What do you want to eat? I'll cook."

Liu Chuxue had just been thinking of cured meat rice; hearing Fu Yan Cheng ask, she said directly, "I want cured meat rice, and I've been craving it even before you came back."

Fu Yan Cheng tapped her nose: "Alright, you guide me from the side, and I'll cook."

The two chatted intermittently while Fu Yan Cheng skillfully cooked the rice. Liu Chuxue occasionally offered a reminder, and the courtyard was filled with a sense of peaceful times.

What they didn't expect was that the appointment came down the very next day. The entire dependents' compound was talking about it: "Battalion Commander Fu, oh no, now Deputy Regiment Commander Fu. That promotion is too fast, isn't it?"

"What do you know? I heard from my man that if Deputy Regiment Commander Fu weren't so young, with his military merits, he could have easily been a full Regiment Commander."

"Does that mean Deputy Battalion Commander Sun will also be promoted?"

"That's hard to say."

Since Fu Yan Cheng had been promoted, the subordinates clamored for him to treat them. Originally, he was concerned about Liu Chuxue's condition and didn't want to host a banquet at home, but he also didn't want to be too conspicuous by treating them outside. He joked with everyone: "Wait until my wife gives birth, and I'll treat everyone along with the full-month celebration."

The soldiers under his command wouldn't let him sidetrack the topic. Someone shouted, "Deputy Regiment Commander, are you up for it or not? Such a huge happy occasion, we absolutely must have a good drink."

This news reached Liu Chuxue's ears the next day. She thought that since they hadn't held a grand wedding celebration at the unit before, only inviting a few tables of close acquaintances.

She figured that if they really didn't host a banquet, people might say Fu Yan Cheng was stingy, especially since she had been living in the dependents' compound before her college entrance exam.

When Fu Yan Cheng returned from evening training, Liu Chuxue brought it up directly: "Yan Cheng, I heard some idle talk over at the small square in front today."

Fu Yan Cheng didn't need to think to know what she had heard: "Let them say what they want. Right now, everything is secondary to your health. If they keep clamoring for a banquet, we'll go out to eat then."

Liu Chuxue shook her head: "Treating them outside isn't appropriate; it makes it easier for people to make a fuss. These past few days, my morning sickness has disappeared. Since everyone has the kind intention to come and celebrate for you, it would be wrong to reject their goodwill. How about we just host a few tables at home?"

Fu Yan Cheng looked disapproving: "Pregnancy is exhausting in itself, and you are carrying triplets. If you get exhausted again, I'll regret it to death. They'll only talk for a while; once this phase passes, it will be fine. At worst, we can hold a proper celebration when the babies are born for their full-month party."

Affection is mutual. Seeing him think so much for her, she wanted to be good to him in return: "Listen to me on this. With the sisters-in-law helping, I won't get tired. We'll just follow the crowd."

Dear readers, Happy New Year!

The pages of the old year are about to turn, and the new year is approaching with morning light. Thank you for accompanying me all the way, breathing and growing together with the characters in my writing.

In the new year, may we still meet within the stories, and may your lives be warm and smooth, with three meals and four seasons, peace and joy.

I will continue to hold the pen, depicting more moving times and stories.

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