Chapter 11 Section Eleven

Li Ping has always felt that she is favored by her parents and should do her best to make the family more harmonious. "Getting married" seems to be a good opportunity.In addition to being able to make room for my brother, I can also make room for my sister.Although she didn't know what "he" looked like, her desire to get married became more and more urgent. Time flies so slowly.Ever since Li Ping sent the note, her heart grew anxious and uneasy every day.She went to the reception room every day to check the letters.A month has passed, like a year. One day, she was driving a battery car to transport cigarette packs, and Yu Dalu yelled this way: "Li Ping, Secretary Qu called and asked you to go to the meeting room of the factory department. I need you if I need anything!" Could it be him?" Li Ping's heart also rose.She stood there in a daze, biting her lip, speechless.I don't know whether to be excited or nervous.

"Go, go! Didn't you look forward to it?" Jin Ying pushed her out of the workshop, smiled and made a V sign to her. Yu Dalu looked at Li Ping with a puzzled expression. Li Ping walked slowly and heavily, her mind went blank, and she kept biting her lip.She went up to the second floor of the factory step by step and walked towards the meeting room.The windows on the south side of the corridor let in the golden sunlight, which looks warm.Li Ping stopped, took a breath, leaned against the window, closed her eyes, as if she had merged into the sunlight... Li Ping knocked on the door anxiously, and entered the reception room. She guessed right: besides the secretary of the factory director, there was another man inside, a soldier!

When the two factory leaders saw her coming in, they smiled, then turned around and shook hands with the PLA.Secretary Qu said: "Comrade Wu, someone is calling, let's go first, you talk, call us if you have something to do." After they bid farewell, only the officer and Li Ping were left in the empty conference room. Li Ping was very nervous and her face was hot.Although she has been thinking about this matter, and has imagined this meeting more than once, but the meeting is really in front of her eyes, she still feels it is too sudden.Moreover, now she herself doubts whether she has been looking forward to this meeting.

Li Ping stared at Comrade Wu, he was of medium height, he seemed to be approaching middle age, and his body looked a little fat.He was smiling at her with excitement on his face.He was dressed in military uniform and had medals on him.Judging from the epaulets, he is an officer!He looked so majestic, which made Li Ping feel a little unsettled. After a while, Comrade Wu smiled and said, "My name is Wu Tianliang. I am an engineer. Are you Comrade Li Ping from the packaging workshop?"She wanted to open her mouth to speak, but she couldn't speak, so she just nodded. Wu Tianliang picked up a "Lily" cigarette from the table, lit it calmly, squinted his eyes and looked at her carefully, then nodded intoxicated in the smoke, and said in his mouth: "Okay, not bad, really Not bad." Li Ping found that Wu Tianliang had been looking at her in a good way, and she lowered her head unnaturally.

After a while, Wu Tianliang solemnly took out a pack of "Lily" cigarettes from his chest pocket, and pulled out a note from the pack, pushed the pack of cigarettes and the note in front of her and said: : "You wrote this, right?" Li Ping nodded again. Wu Tianliang said: "I was very lucky. I got this pack of cigarettes. I read the meaning on the note and couldn't believe it at first. However, I happened to have the opportunity to go back and forth to Baoding for a business trip, so I came to try my luck. I didn't expect it to be true. Yes! Really good! I don’t have a wife now. My wife died in a car accident two years ago. Now I am the director of the political department of a certain branch of the Engineering Corps, a deputy regimental cadre, with a monthly salary of 80 yuan A little more, our troops are repairing the railway on the Sichuan-Guizhou line.”

Li Ping nodded nervously. "Oh, let's talk about the two of us. I'm just 40 years old this year. Well, I'm a little older than you. What do you think about the two of us?" Li Ping was a little dazed and at a loss for a moment, she bit her lip and said nothing. Wu Tianliang took another two steps, glanced at her and said, "Is there a gap between me and the person you imagined? You can tell me if there is, it's okay. This time I'm going back to Baoding for business, and I'll also go back to my hometown to have a look. Oh, my hometown is in Dazu, and there are quite a few comrades in arms in the city, well, tell me, it’s fine.”

Li Ping still didn't know what to say and felt very embarrassed. This is a bit embarrassing.Fortunately, Wu Tianliang also saw this embarrassment.Wu Tianliang smiled and said: "Xiao Li, I came to see you today for no other purpose than to get to know you. I saw you for the first time and I am satisfied with you. I didn't expect you to be so beautiful. That's good. As for me, you may not be able to make up your mind for a while. It’s okay. You can discuss it with your leaders and parents. I can stay in Baoding for three days. I live in the army guest house next to the pier, in room 201 What can you find me there, ah—"

After Wu Tianliang finished speaking, he was ready to leave. He put away the box of "Lily" brand cigarettes, together with her note, and said, "I will keep this as a souvenir. Your factory produces so many cigarettes a day, and there are so many cigarettes." So many people smoke, but this pack of cigarettes was actually smoked by me, do you think this is fate, haha—” After Wu Tianliang finished speaking, he stretched out his hand, which meant he wanted to say goodbye to her, and Li Ping also subconsciously stretched out his hand. Wu Tianliang took her hand and said again: "I live in the military guest house next to the pier, room 201. Ah, no matter whether you are satisfied with me or not, I hope you can go and have a chat. I'm leaving. "

Wu Tianliang left after speaking, very bossy and manly. When the door closed, Li Ping suddenly sat down on the sofa. After a while, the secretary came in. He probably thought that Wu Tianliang was here to recruit female soldiers, so he asked Li Ping with a smile on his face, and told the chief that it was the cigarette factory's honor to bring a few more people. Li Ping staggered a little when she left the conference room.She leaned against that window and looked down, and saw Jin Yingzheng meeting Wu Tianliang in front of the office building. Seeing Wu Tianliang in military uniform, Jin Ying said pleasantly and excitedly, "Hello!" "Hello!" Wu Tianliang responded in a friendly and polite manner.