"Different people have different tastes, don't worry about it. Believe in your soldiers, most of them are good people," Gu Xiaobei said, leaning into Lu Zhanguo's face for comfort.
Lu Zhanguo squeezed Gu Xiaobei's hand and said, "No problem, but be careful when anyone wants to send things home."
Gu Xiaobei nodded, acknowledging that the holiday season was a peak time for gift-giving.
Spring Festival in 1984 fell on the 2nd of February, meaning it was only a few days away.
The advantage of celebrating the New Year in the military was that there was no need to visit relatives and friends and drink all day.
By the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, the regiment began to slaughter pigs. Because many family members were coming for New Year, Lu Zhanguo and others decided to kill an extra pig and distribute a few pounds of pork to each family.
Early in the morning, Li Fengmei called for Gu Xiaobei to collect their share of pig meat with a basin.
