Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 332 - 0332: Heading to the Border 2_1

Chapter 332: Chapter 0332: Heading to the Border 2_1

While the Wanglou Brigade was celebrating the New Year with plenty of meat to eat, Lu Jiang, freshly healed from surgery, was preparing for deployment.

Weapons, provisions, personnel—all were in place.

Upon receiving news of frequent activities by illegal armed groups from across the border, they must rush to the frontline, stepping into the smoke of gunpowder to defend their nation’s territory from any infringement.

This time, leading his brigade himself, Lu Jiang bore a grave responsibility.

When Zhao Yong came to see him, he was in the middle of writing a letter. "Writing to your sister?"

"Yes! Once I reach the battlefield, there will be no chance to send letters home. I must take this time to write as many letters as possible and entrust someone to send them home in batches." Lu Jiang didn’t look up. The only opportunity he had to write before going to the battlefield seemed to be for a last testament.

Zhao Yong was startled, looking at the finished and enveloped letters on the table.

There was a thick stack, at least eight or ten letters.

"You wrote the letters in advance?" asked Zhao Yong.

In the letter, Lu Jiang spoke of his longing for his wife, family, and child. After the ink was dry, he quickly folded it up and put it into the envelope, gluing it shut. Zhao Yong noticed that the postmark date on the envelopes was at least half a year away.

"Qingxue is pregnant, and I can’t tell her before deploying that when our child is born, I’ll be fighting on the battlefield." Lu Jiang wiped his face, guilt etched across it. "When she is pregnant and labouring, I can’t be there with her, can’t share the housework. Now, I can’t have her worrying over me on the battlefield."

He barely survived his last battlefield outing, and going back there, it was inevitable she would worry.

In war, life and death are predestined.

For his country, he was willing to sacrifice his life, only to allow his fellow countrymen and family to live in peace.

Zhao Yong patted his shoulder, "You’re doing the right thing. You’re not wrong! Pregnant women giving birth already balance between life and death. If they’re in good spirits and well taken care of, everything will go smoothly. Otherwise, it’s hard to predict."

Lu Jiang was organizing the letters, "I need to find someone who can stay in the unit for a long time and be trusted."

One letter a month, twelve letters to last a year.

"You can ask Old Geng, he’s always been stationed at the rear," said Zhao Yong. Then he curiously asked, "Didn’t you say your wife is pregnant? You wouldn’t know if it’s a boy or a girl. Won’t your advance letters slip up?"

Lu Jiang smiled, "Of course not."

Zhao Yong didn’t believe it, "Have you found out the gender already?"

"I’m no fairy, how could I know from thousands of miles away whether my wife is carrying a boy or a girl?" Lu Jiang tapped the stack of letters, "I addressed the child as my precious one in the letter. I just need to be careful with my wording. What worries me most now is that after receiving a letter from Qingxue, my reply might not correspond with the contents of her letter."

"What do you plan to do then? That is indeed a problem."

Lu Jiang frowned, then said smugly, "I’ll have Old Geng send the letter a couple of days in advance, sent out before I receive the letter, so I could fool her for a while. The letters are full of longing, without any reference to home. I easily get around this by not mentioning my life in the unit due to confidentiality rules, and I tell her to make all decisions regarding home."

Old Geng patted his chest, "Rest assured, Captain Lu, I will send the letters according to your instructions. I and the others will collect some extra stamps and send them back with the letters, so your wife can buy some nutrition for the child!"

With everything in place, Lu Jiang set off fearlessly with his troops, never looking back.

... Eat until full before departing, haha, originally planned to eat at an old man’s place then catch the bus from the door, but later thought it was too expensive, three adults, one child, spent too much, might not be full, so each ordered a portion of braised pork rice takeaway.