Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

As the car drove out of the parking space and onto the main road, Zhang Anbang felt that the roadside greenery looked more vibrant than yesterday. The holly bushes by the roadside had sprouted new green leaves, and the tender buds swayed gently in the wind.

Whether it was the higher temperature and greater vitality in the city, or his better mood, he seemed to be riding high on the spring breeze.

The journey, which normally takes thirty-five minutes, was completed in just twenty-three minutes by driving at the speed limit. The car came to a smooth stop at the gate of the compound.

Two privates and a senior private standing guard stood up and saluted in unison. The first-term sergeant in charge was sitting in the guard post. Before the sergeant could even stick his head out of the window...

Zhang Anbang waved the marriage certificate in his hand through the car window. "Squad leader, we just got the certificate today. We haven't had time to register it with the barracks department yet. Let's go back to the house to put our things away first, and then we'll go to fill in the family member list right away."

The first-term sergeant took the marriage certificate, checked it for a couple of seconds, nodded, and continued to unfold the visitor registration book with the leather cover. "Congratulations, sir, happy marriage. The certificate is genuine, but there's no information registered on the register yet."

According to the rules, you still need to register. Just a simple name is enough; no ID is required.

Gu Xiaonan handed over her officer's ID card, and the sergeant quickly completed the registration and returned the ID card. "Sir, go in. Fill in the information as soon as possible, so it will be more convenient for your wife to come and go in the future."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

The car slowly drove into the courtyard. Zhang Anbang turned to look at the person beside him and said, "Wife, let's go directly to register. After we're done, we can go home and rest. Once your name is on the register, we won't need to register anymore when we come in and out."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Anyway, it's not tiring. You know my physical fitness. Although it's not as good as yours, it's much better than the average person. We've been sitting most of the time since we got up this morning, which is much easier than at work."

"Okay, let's go straight there then," Zhang Anbang said, driving directly from the west gate of the family compound towards the east gate. The reason for doing this was that the political department and the barracks section were located in the main office building of the compound.

To complete all the procedures, you have to go to the main hospital. There are too many people from all over the country coming to see the doctor, and there are often traffic jams in front of the hospital, especially during the outpatient hours from 8:00 to 14:00, Monday to Friday.

Vehicles, taxis, and long-distance buses from all over the country seeking medical treatment all crowd onto the auxiliary road of Fuxing Road, queuing to enter the hospital parking lot, resulting in long, slow-moving lines on the auxiliary road.

Traffic congestion frequently starts from the traffic lights at the east end of Wukesong Bridge, ranging from slow traffic to short-term gridlock, adding at least 10 minutes to the journey in and out.

Xicui Road is mainly used by residents and military personnel for commuting, and there are no vehicles from other places seeking medical treatment. There are very few private cars on this road, and it is basically unobstructed all day. It is faster to walk from here to the hospital.

As they approached the East Gate, Zhang Anbang found a parking space, parked his car, picked up the brand-new marriage certificate from the handrail, took his briefcase, and turned to look at Gu Xiaonan beside him, his eyes filled with undisguised steadfastness and tenderness.

Ten minutes later, the two appeared at the entrance of the Political Department of the agency. The office was unusually quiet at the moment, with only two duty officers tidying up the records.

Zhang Anbang knocked on the door, and after the soldier who was working at his desk looked up, he went into the office and handed over the original marriage certificate and a photocopy that had been placed at the door.

And there was a long-term residence certificate for a different work unit that he had specially obtained when he was in Old A, which clearly stated his purpose: "Hello, comrade, please update my marriage record. This is the marriage certificate."

The captain-ranking officer looked at the two of them with a smile. "Congratulations, comrade, happy marriage. Let me check the documents."

After saying that, the captain opened the documents with practiced ease and began to check them. "Hmm, there's nothing wrong with the marriage certificate."

As the captain spoke, he picked up another document. "Oh, a long-term residence certificate across units. Are you in building 3 or 4?"

Zhang Anbang smiled and said, "Building 3, Unit 3, Room 902."

"Yes, sir," the captain replied, taking out a thinner file book that read "General Staff Exclusive Permanent Resident Family Member Ledger," and carefully correcting the marital status stroke by stroke.

The entire process of registering Gu Xiaonan's name, work unit, and identity information on her military officer's certificate, and then neatly filing the copies, took only a little over ten minutes.

Then he took out a pre-printed certificate, filled in the information quickly, stamped it with the official seal, and handed it to Zhang Anbang.

"Alright, sir, the information has been updated. Just take this cadre marriage change filing notice to the barracks section to complete the follow-up procedures."

"Okay, comrade, thank you for your help. Here, have some candy."

Zhang Anbang took out a handful of candy and placed it on his desk. Then, he put away the cadre marriage change filing notice stamped with the official seal of the Political Department and turned to leave the Political Department's office with Gu Xiaonan.

As the sound of leather shoes faded into the distance, the officer with the rank of lieutenant asked in a low voice, "Brother Liu, what's going on? How come you suddenly became a comrade and a leader just because you saw a long-term residence certificate from another unit? You even know the building number."

"Haha, this matter is very simple. Xiao Wang, you just haven't been here long enough to understand the situation. Otherwise, normally there would only be one person on duty at our service window."

The reason it's just the two of us now is so I can mentor you and get you up to speed with all the tasks as quickly as possible. As for why my form of address changed when I saw the long-term residence certificate from another unit, that's another story.

That means you don't understand what that long-term residence certificate across different work units means.

"What does it mean?" Brother Liu asked. "I don't quite understand. What could a document for long-term residence across different work units mean? I've heard that many family housing buildings used to be like this."

The captain, known as Brother Liu, nodded. "That's why you don't understand. The ones you're talking about are the old compound. The one you just saw is the new compound. Buildings 3 and 4 in there belong to the General Staff."

In typical mixed-use residential compounds, only one party is responsible for public matters such as daily entry and exit, walking, parking, and the environment within the compound.

But it's different here. Here, it's not just public matters that are handled by our 301 team.

Even core business such as building land, property rights, purchase records, maintenance funds, heating, water and electricity, waterproofing, internal maintenance, renovation, and additions are managed by our 301 team.

Furthermore, our institute offers meal vouchers for staff and their families to dine in the staff canteen, and provides holiday benefits such as rice, noodles, oil, and fruit for the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

In addition, family committee activities, on-site childcare for children, preferential medical treatment, on-site parking, etc. are all enjoyed normally. All funding and policies are guaranteed by the General Staff Department and directly support our 301 Hospital.

Simply put, the people in those two buildings are no different from us, the officially employed staff of 301, and are even better off than us, because the headquarters has higher holiday benefits and more year-end bonuses and recuperation opportunities.

Of course, these things can't be generalized. Generally speaking, each has its own advantages, but buildings 3 and 4 combine the advantages of both the General Staff Department and the 301st Division. Do you understand?