Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1372: Emergency Surgery 3

Chapter 1372: Chapter 1372: Emergency Surgery 3

Luo Zhonghua and Cheng Kun, upon hearing this, didn’t know how to respond.

At this moment, they finally witnessed Feng Qingxue’s eloquence, which they had never expected. They always thought Feng Qingxue was gentle and soft-spoken, as everyone in the army said, but they hadn’t anticipated her to be so articulate and her words so well-reasoned.

Cheng Kun coughed twice, feeling that he mustn’t be led astray by Feng Qingxue, cleared his throat, and said, "Look, Comrade Qingxue, don’t change the subject. What does this talk of half the sky have to do with your returning to the unit? How did we get on this topic? You’ve led our thoughts so far off the mark, they’re miles away from the main issue."

"Exactly, exactly." The topic had been diverted.

Feng Qingxue said earnestly, "Not at all, my point is to tell you both that returning to the family to take care of the children is no easier than working. In my children’s situation, it’s very difficult for me to balance work and family. In the end, I have to choose one over the other, so you two can’t blame me for not having the revolutionary ideal of being devoted to the point of exhaustion, of death before dishonor. You two can achieve that because you don’t distribute your energy and efforts between your family and your work; you devote it all to the unit, to your work. But I’m different, you can’t expect me to both take care of my family and work diligently. I’m just one person, I can’t split myself in two! Many times, I envy you men, like my husband Lu Jiang, who can just concentrate on his work, unlike us women who have to hold up ’two halves of the sky’."

Now, Luo Zhonghua and Cheng Kun understood.

Upon further reflection, what Feng Qingxue said was not without reason.

Luo Zhonghua frowned, "So you mean to choose family over work? You won’t even listen to what the old chief said?"

"The old chief said to return to the unit at a later date, not that I had to return right now!" Feng Qingxue replied cheerfully, "When the children get a little older, and I send them to school early, I will naturally focus my energy on work. I have never stopped studying because I’ve never meant to devote my entire life to family alone. Yes, I know, I’m clear, I understand that there will be people laughing behind my back when the time comes, saying that when the old chief gave the order and you two comrades came to visit, I was too proud to return, and by the time I want to return, the unit will already be full of fresh talent, with no need for this retired vet."

But she didn’t regret it, didn’t regret choosing to leave the military for her family after the triplets were born. Whether there was a possibility to return to the army in the future could be addressed later; anything said now was premature.

Life is short, and some things must be given up.

Cheng Kun sighed, "In plain terms, you just don’t feel easy about leaving the kids behind, right?"

Feng Qingxue nodded, quite naturally, "Yes, the main reason is the children. I know nurseries exist to take care of the children of working parents or working women, like when I used to work and bring my children with me, and nobody said anything. Back then, it was one or two kids, but now I have five, how could I possibly work with all of them in tow?"

The hospital is a place for saving lives and helping the injured, facing patients and sickness every day, and she was very worried about contagious diseases being transmitted to her own children, especially since Zhuangzhuang was so frail.

Common colds, cerebrospinal meningitis, they’re all contagious, not to mention smallpox and the like.

When she used to take Fubao and Xibao to work, both children were strong and healthy, and there were not too many military families around, infectious diseases among children were rare, and she almost never dealt with such patients; now things were different.

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