When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 141 Investigation Mission?! New Year's Eve Dinner - Family Members.

After returning to their unit, the members of the Ninth Platoon washed up and it was already around five o'clock.

Urged by Guo Yuanshuai, everyone changed into clean clothes and headed out towards the regimental headquarters.

"Squad leader, didn't you say last time that your wife wouldn't be coming until the end of the year? How come she's here so soon?" Xu Ge asked.

"Have you been training me so hard all the time that I've gone mad? Today is already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month!" Guo Yuanshuai said irritably. "Tomorrow, the 29th, is New Year's Eve!"

Xu Ge was momentarily dazed. Was the New Year already so soon?

"Squad leader, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to go empty-handed?" Kaiyu asked.

Guo Yuanshuai glanced at him: "What, have the sergeant's salary and allowances been paid out?"

Kaiyoumu: "I was thinking that it wouldn't be right to come to my sister-in-law's house empty-handed for the first time..."

"What's inappropriate about it? She's your sister-in-law, and you're the younger generation. It's her duty to give you a gift and New Year's money!"

Guo Yuanshuai looked at Kaiyoumu and said, "You run faster and go to the regimental headquarters to call Li Dongshui over. We'll wait for you at the entrance of the family compound."

"Yes!"

Kaiyu immediately ran ahead.

Niu Sanxian asked, "Squad leader, has Guo Xiaobao arrived yet?"

Guo Yuanshuai shook his head: "The child is sick, and his mother was afraid that the altitude sickness would get worse, so she didn't bring him along."

"Hey, what delicious food did your sister-in-law bring this time? Did she bring any hot dry noodles, squad leader?"

"Absolutely! I even had her freeze the fish jelly in advance; it's made with wild whitebait and crucian carp!"

Wow, I can't help but drool!

The group chatted and laughed as they quickly arrived at the regimental headquarters. Walking forward, they reached Du Hu's military dog ​​unit, and turning right led to the family compound.

When Xu Ge arrived at the gate of the residential compound, he found that it was similar to a small community. There was even a community supermarket inside, and smoke was coming out of the windows of many residents. The only difference was that there were sentries standing guard at the gate.

Xu Ge sniffed, and various smells immediately flooded his nasal cavity, mostly the aromas of various dishes and the smells of everyday toiletries.

Guo Yuanshuai lit a cigarette and gestured for everyone to wait at the door, while Niu Sanxian went ahead to the sentry to register the number of visitors and their organizations.

Less than ten minutes later, Kaiyoumu and Li Dongshui, carrying backpacks, came over from the regimental headquarters.

"Dongshui, why did you bring your backpack back?" Wang Lin asked.

Li Dongshui grinned: "We get a holiday for Chinese New Year!"

Once everyone had arrived, Guo Yuanshuai solemnly instructed, "I'm warning you all, after you see your sister-in-law, none of you are allowed to mention my injury, understand?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, their expressions complicated.

"What the hell is wrong with your faces? You think your sister-in-law is unhappy? Smile, all of you!"

"Hey hey hey!"

"Hmm, that's more like it, keep it up!" Guo Yuanshuai waved his hand, "Let's go eat!"

The group followed Guo Yuanshuai into the family compound. When they reached the third row of buildings, they suddenly encountered Xu Can, who was carrying a bag, holding a bag, and pulling a large camouflage suitcase.

"Hey, Guo, what brings you guys here?" Xu Can stopped first and greeted them.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, and my wife came over. She insisted that I invite them over for dinner."

Guo Yuanshuai glanced at Xu Can's backpack and asked with a smile, "You live here too?"

"Yes! The single dormitories assigned to us by the brigade headquarters are also here." Xu Can nodded in reply, then laboriously moved the suitcase aside, gesturing for Guo Yuanshuai and his group to go over first.

"Xiao Xu, why are you carrying so much stuff?" Guo Yuanshuai asked casually, not in a hurry to leave.

Xu Can's expression was somewhat unnatural: "There's nothing here, just some personal items."

"Where are you going?"

“A car is coming to pick me up outside the residential area.”

"Okay, let Xu Ge deliver it to you." Guo Yuanshuai said, then beckoned Xu Ge over. "Help Engineer Xu carry the boxes and bags to the entrance of the community."

Xu Ge and Xu Can were both taken aback. Xu Can quickly waved his hand, "No need, no need, you two go upstairs and eat..."

"Why are you being so polite with us?" Guo Yuanshuai interrupted. "That little brat Xu Ge treated you badly last time, so he deserves to do the hard work. That's it!"

Xu Ge, who hadn't said a word the whole time, could only silently take the handle from Xu Can's hand. He originally wanted to lift the suitcase directly out of the snow, but he found it to be surprisingly heavy.

"No need to carry it, just pull it along," Xu Can quickly said.

Xu Ge asked curiously, "What did you put here?"

Xu Can didn't answer, but just waved to Guo Yuanshuai: "Thank you, Squad Leader Guo, I'll be going now?"

"Okay, okay, slow down!"

Xu Ge followed behind Xu Can. Just as they reached the corner, Guo Yuanshuai seemed to remember something and called out, "By the way, Xu Ge, come here for a second. I'll tell you which floor we're coming down to."

Xu Ge turned around: "Deputy squad leader, I know..."

"You know nothing! Hurry up and come over here, don't waste their time!" Guo Yuanshuai suddenly winked at him.

Xu Ge's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly ran back.

"Try to find out what Xu Can is up to. What I see in her backpack looks like flight equipment. Could it be that my old sergeant is organizing some kind of surprise training exercise during the New Year?" Guo Yuanshuai whispered quickly.

Based on his understanding of Sirius, Xu Can, as a pilot, should have been on leave by now.

Xu Ge and the others' expressions changed, with Xu Ge looking particularly troubled: "Deputy squad leader, how am I supposed to figure this out? I can't just ask Xu Can directly, can I?"

"I don't care how you ask, don't even think about eating your sister-in-law's cooking until you figure it out!"

"Oh!"

Xu Ge looked speechless and turned to leave.

"Come back, I haven't told you which floor you're on yet..."

“The third floor, I know, the one on the right, right?” Xu Ge said casually.

Guo Yuanshuai: ? ? ?

"No, how did you know that, kid?" Guo Yuanshuai was quite surprised.

Xu Ge: "I could smell the sesame paste and hot dry noodles from a long distance."

. . .

. . .

Xu Ge followed Xu Can slowly, and neither of them spoke.

Xu Ge was trying to figure out where Xu Can was going and what he was doing; he couldn't just ask directly.

Xu Can noticed that Xu Ge remained silent and didn't know to say anything first.

Seeing that they were almost out of the residential area, Xu Can finally thought of a topic. He slowed down and waited for Xu Ge to come up, asking, "How's the compass I gave you last time?"

Xu Ge breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied, "It works great! Thank you, Xu Can!"

"No need to thank me, it's not anything expensive, I'm just glad you like it," Xu Can said with a smile. "Besides, you're still helping me with my suitcase."

Xu Ge immediately followed up with, "Xu Can, don't you pilots usually get your holidays quite early? You must have some kind of urgent mission to be out at this time, right?"

"Mm!" Xu Can hummed in agreement.

Xu Ge: ...

What? Huh? Keep going!
"How badly was your head hurt when you hit it last time?"

"Moderate concussion, but he's recovered."

"Oh, I was worried it would affect your flying. The weather's bad today, and it looks like it's going to snow heavily tonight!"

"It's okay, I'll be flying a helicopter tonight, I don't need to fly too high," Xu Can said casually.

Xu Ge was excited and was about to continue trying to get more information out of her when he noticed that Xu Can had stopped. It turned out that the two of them had arrived at the roadside outside the residential area.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xu Ge. Go back and eat!" Xu Can reached out to take the lever. "I can wait for the car here by myself."

Xu Ge forced a smile and said, "It's okay, I'll wait with you."

Xu Can was taken aback and looked Xu Ge up and down: "You're not thinking of pursuing me, are you?"

Xu Ge: ? ? ?
"How could that be? I already have a girlfriend!"

Xu Ge started lying, "I just wanted to stay outside a little longer. If I go back too early, they'll definitely make me help in the kitchen." "Wait, your expression is too unnatural." Xu Can stared at Xu Ge for a while, "You're not trying to chase me, but you're just lingering... You're trying to find out what I'm going to do, aren't you?"

Before Xu Ge could deny it, Xu Can nodded to himself and said, "No wonder, that explains why Squad Leader Guo insisted that you give me a ride. Why did you keep bringing up my identity as a pilot the whole way?"

Xu Ge remained silent, but inwardly he was thinking: How come this woman's brain works so much better after she was discharged from the hospital? She was cuter when he first rescued her.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Did I guess right?" Xu Can continued to ask.

Xu Ge didn't bother to hide it anymore: "Xu Can, just tell me, otherwise my class monitor won't let me eat!"

"tell you what?"

"Is the brigade going to conduct some kind of surprise drill? I heard from the squad leader that our brigade commander seems to like doing this during the Chinese New Year."

Xu Can thought for a moment and whispered, "I can't say exactly what I'm going to do, but I can tell you it's not a training exercise, it's a real mission!"

"That's fine then, thank you!"

Xu Ge turned to leave, but then stopped and said, "Xu Can, you were just discharged from the hospital not long ago, be careful!"

"Yes, I know, thanks for reminding me!" Xu Can waved his hand.

Xu Ge's ears twitched. He was going to go straight through the gate, but instead he turned into the sentry's post.

He could already hear the roar of a car engine coming from not far away; judging from the sound, it was the Prado.

"Squad leader, I need to go into the family compound to register." After saying that, he picked up a pen to write in the visitor registration book.

The sentry paused for a moment: "Dude, didn't you guys register before? Besides, I just saw you come out. Why don't you just go in?"

"It's nothing, class monitor, it's just a matter of writing a few more words!" Xu Ge pretended to write, but his ears were fully focused on listening to what was happening outside.

Thor, who had parked his car by the roadside, got out to help Xu Can with his things. He immediately caught sight of Xu Ge's back in the guard post and asked curiously, "What's Xu Ge doing here?"

"Guo, the deputy squad leader's wife, has arrived, and the whole squad has come over for dinner."

"Then why is he here all alone?"

Xu Can chuckled and said, "This guy is so shrewd. As soon as he saw me carrying a bag, he insisted on following me and asking what mission I was on, as if he was afraid that the brigade commander was going to organize a field training exercise."

"Then why don't you just tell him directly? We might actually need the whole team's help tonight," Thor said nonchalantly.

Xu Can frowned: "Isn't this a reconnaissance mission? Why do we need to send out a whole regiment? Besides, aren't the people from the Eighth Company with us?"

"I only said it's possible, it's not certain yet."

Thor got into the car, his voice gradually softening, "The armed police special forces have other missions and can't spare the time. The situation is quite complicated. If we really have to take action, we'll need a large number of troops to block off the surrounding roads..."

. . .

. . .

Boom boom boom!
Xu Ge knocked on the door, and soon there was a sound from inside.

"Come on, come on!"

The door opened, and a capable-looking woman in her thirties appeared in the doorway.

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Xu Ge quickly greeted her.

"Xu Ge, right? Come in, come in, we've been waiting for you!" Shi Xing pulled Xu Ge inside. "You must have caught a chill outside, right?"

When Xu Ge entered, he felt a warm sensation all over his body.

This is a two-bedroom apartment with heating, and the others are already seated at the dining table.

"Well? Have you found out anything?" Guo Yuanshuai asked immediately.

Xu Ge blinked, a smug look on his face: "I've found out!"

Everyone looked over, and Guo Yuanshuai immediately asked, "Are we going on a field training exercise...?"

"You're already asking questions as soon as the child walks in the door? What are you asking me for?!" Shi Xing scolded directly. "Can't you let Xiao Ge sit down and eat first? The food is almost cold!"

Guo Yuanshuai shrank his neck: "Okay, okay, let's eat first, we can talk while we eat."

"Xiao Ge, here, this is a gift from your sister-in-law. Don't think it's too little!" Shi Xing pulled out a red envelope from somewhere and stuffed it into Xu Ge's pocket.

Xu Ge quickly declined, "Sister-in-law, I really can't accept this..."

"Take it, or I'll get angry!" Shi Xing pushed Xu Ge toward the dining table. "Xiao Shui and Xiao Mu have some, so hurry up and sit down to eat."

Guo Yuanshuai nodded and said, "Take it. Come over on the first day of the Lunar New Year to wish your sister-in-law a Happy New Year and you'll get lucky money. Hehe, the fishpond back home had a bumper harvest this year, so she prepared a lot of red envelopes!"

"Yes, yes! Come, come, try the lotus root and fish jelly I brought. They're all from our own fishpond!"

Shi Xing smiled and urged everyone to start eating, "Eat as much as you like! I'll make more hot dry noodles if you want!"

Everyone stood up and invited Shi Xing to sit at the table, thanking her in unison before starting to eat.

Guo Yuanshuai poured himself a drink, a satisfied look on his face.

Shi Xing was busy serving everyone food when she saw Niu Sanxian and Su Liujun fighting over the half-bottle of pickled cowpeas. She immediately called out, "San'er, there are two more bottles in the bag on the coffee table behind you. Take them out if you like. I pickled them myself at home."

"Damn it, let's see who dares to touch my pickled green beans?!"

Guo Yuanshuai glared, "I've already given you all a bottle, you bastards... don't be so ungrateful!"

This time, Shi Xing didn't side with the soldiers; instead, she cheerfully poured her husband another full glass.

Hululu!
Xu Ge buried his head in his hot dry noodles, and while Li Dongshui wasn't paying attention, he stole a spoonful of pickled cowpeas from her bowl and immediately started stirring it in his own bowl, making Li Dongshui so angry that she wanted to spit in Xu Ge's bowl.

"Hey, you guys, stop fighting over it! It's actually quite delicious mixed with that fish jelly!" Shi Xing said, amused by what she saw.

As a result, the two bowls of fish jelly became a delicious treat that everyone fought over.

Slurp!

Guo Yuanshuai drank a cup of wine with satisfaction, picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth, savored it carefully, and then asked, "Xu Ge, what's going on?"

"Xu Can really has a mission; he's going with Thor and the others to conduct reconnaissance..."

Xu Ge recounted the news he had heard, and everyone immediately became serious.

"So, it seems we might have to launch a large-scale operation tonight!"

Guo Yuanshuai looked at Shi Xing and said, "Xingzi, I'm going back to the company to sleep tonight. Don't be angry, okay? Anyway, I'm already here, so there's no reason why I can't..."

"Pah! What nonsense are you spouting! You've had a couple of drinks and you don't know your place anymore?" Shi Xing immediately spat, her face flushed as she cursed.

Everyone else was trying not to laugh, but Niu San, with his mouth shut, squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "Hehe, absence makes the heart grow fonder..."

Snapped!
Guo Yuanshuai picked up his chopsticks and tapped Niu Sanxian on the head.

It was around 7:30 after dinner, and everyone was about to help clear the table, but Shi Xing stopped them.

Xu Ge rolled up his sleeves and headed straight for the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, the deputy squad leader and I already agreed that I'd be your communications officer for a week once you arrive!"

"What communications officer? That's just your squad leader talking nonsense. Don't lay a hand on me, I'll deal with it all myself!"

Shi Xing pulled Xu Ge back, "To be honest, I was even annoyed that you guys didn't wash properly! Lao Guo, didn't you say you had something else to do? Hurry up and go back to the company!"

Guo Yuanshuai stood up immediately: "Okay, then we'll go first, and pick you up for New Year's Eve dinner at the company tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Everyone followed Guo Yuanshuai out of the family compound and headed towards the Sixth Company's barracks.

On the way, Guo Yuanshuai asked Xu Ge about the specific details he had heard, and said that it would be necessary to inform the company commander when they got back.

When they arrived at the barracks, Liu Guoping was directing the soldiers to put up couplets outside. Seeing the people from the Ninth Platoon coming over, he asked before Guo Yuanshuai could speak, "The other platoons have all been counted, old platoon leader, besides your wife, does anyone else from the Ninth Platoon have family members coming tomorrow?"

Guo Yuanshuai shook his head: "No..."

"Yes!" Niu Sanxian suddenly spoke up, "Company Commander, my aunt is coming."

Everyone was stunned, even Xu Ge was taken aback.

Lin Wan is coming? Why didn't she tell me about this?

Then he remembered that he had been being drilled by the squad leader every day for the past few days and hadn't had much of a bedtime chat with Lin Wan.

Liu Guoping hesitated, "According to regulations, we only receive the immediate family members of soldiers..."

“Company Commander, my aunt is Dr. Lin!” Niu Sanxian added.

Liu Guoping immediately changed his tune: "On behalf of the Sixth Company, I warmly welcome Dr. Lin to spend the New Year with the company!"

(End of this chapter)