Opposite the entrance to the small courtyard where Squad Leader Dao left, Wei Ran, who was hiding in the car, used the binoculars provided by Xia Shushi to secretly observe the old man who was patting each other on the shoulders with Wang Beizhan.
Earlier, Wang Beizhan invited Wei Ran and others to have a good meal in the small courtyard as a thank you.
It was also at this family dinner that Suisui also learned from the chat with Aunt Sasha that Wang Beizhan had done business there after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Wei Ran had to lament that the world is too small, because when Suisui revealed that her mother had also been a prostitute and named Zhou Shujin, Wang Beizhan actually said after some recollections that he knew Suisui.
Mother!
According to Wang Beizhan, there was actually only a small group of people who could do business as a prostitute back then, and there were even fewer women among them. Like Suisui's mother, who was better at doing business, there were even fewer who ended up marrying a moron.
Of course he knows him.
It's just that they are acquaintances, but they are not familiar with each other, and they have no business dealings at all.
At most, Wang Beizhan has heard of the name Zhou Shujin. It is unknown whether Suisui's mother remembers a colleague named Wang Beizhan.
In any case, with this relationship, Wei Ran at least did not drink less. After the banquet, he took Suisui and others back to the hotel that Qin Er had booked in advance under the pretext of being drunk.
Of course, excuses are just excuses after all. He just asked the Katenka sisters to take the drunk Suisui back to the room, and then he and Xia Shushi immediately changed to a less conspicuous car in the hotel, and returned secretly.
A stalking game was played at the entrance of the courtyard where Squad Leader Knife left him.
Their hard work paid off, and after waiting for almost an hour, they finally got the first wave of visitors.
"That one should be Teacher Lu Yaolu"
Xia Shushi, who was sitting in the driver's seat, also held up the 62 red viewing telescope he bought from near Laoshan Scenic Area two days ago and looked at the two families who were greeting each other at the entrance of the small courtyard.
You are so old too...
Wei Ran stared blankly at the silhouette in the telescope. After more than thirty years of light and shadow, the once young man had gray hair, his body was out of shape, and he had a slightly bloated belly.
The long-outdated five-leaf camouflage worn on him inevitably gave him a nondescript and cheap feeling.
At just this moment, a domestically produced SUV with a local photo taken in Chuncheng also parked on the roadside at the door with a "squeak".
As the car door opened, an old man who kept his body quite well and was also wearing a set of large five-leaf camouflage also walked out. He stood at attention neatly, saluted, and shouted with great energy, "Report! Reconnaissance Squadron 1
Zhao Yuejin! Please be included!"
"Enter the queue!"
Wang Beizhan and Lu Yao also subconsciously raised their hands in return. When the former shouted "Enter the queue" with trembling, Lu Yao was already crying in tears in an instant.
Operation Dongfeng is finally over...
Wei Ran sighed secretly, put down the telescope and said, "Let's go back to the hotel."
Hearing this, Xia Shushi also placed the binoculars, silently started the car, slowly stepped on the accelerator, and drove back to the hotel where he was staying.
In the blink of an eye, the next morning, Wei Ran changed into a formal suit, drove the Iveco rented by Qin II, and rushed to Tianbao Port with only Suisui.
In the drizzle, the nearby town and the mountains of the two countries in the distance were shrouded in mist and mist, making them appear blurry, yet exuding a sense of lazy comfort.
The two of them didn't have to wait long. Cha Xifeng and his adopted son Zhaifeng each came out carrying a pole that was bent by the cargo at both ends.
"Get in the car quickly!"
Wei Ran lowered the window and greeted the father and son.
Seeing Wei Ran, Zha Xifeng immediately took off the tattered double-sided camouflage benny hat and waved at Wei Ran, and then walked over heavily with his adopted son carrying a pole.
"Why did you come here carrying a pole?" Wei Ran asked as he helped the other party open the door of the rear compartment.
"My adoptive father used to carry things on a pole like this when he went back to China to visit relatives."
While greeting Zha Xifeng and carrying the four large bamboo baskets carried by two people on poles into the car, Zha Xifeng explained, "Every time he goes back, I wait on the opposite side, for fear that he will never come back again, but he once
He has never brought me here, nor has he brought me to meet his family."
Having said this, Zha Xifeng had already opened the lid of the last bamboo basket and took out two bottles of Hongta Mountain, two bottles of Xifeng wine, and two bottles of golden honey and handed them to Wei Ran, "Wei Ran, this is for you.
Thank you very much. Those two bottles of honey were just shaken out yesterday by our father and son. The two beehives you want will be a little later, but I will definitely send them to you."
"Then I'm not welcome."
Wei Ran said, and calmly accepted the thank you gift from the other party, and handed it to Suisui, who was sitting quietly in the passenger seat.
After Zha Xifeng and Zhan Zhan closed the car door and sat down, Wei Ran slowly stepped on the accelerator and drove them to the small courtyard where Squad Leader Dao left him. By the way, he introduced what he had seen yesterday and what he might encounter later.
People who arrive.
"My father has another adopted son?" Zha Xifeng was stunned at first, and then asked in surprise.
"He is the orphan of his comrade-in-arms."
Wei Ran replied after a moment of silence, "I don't know the specific situation, and I don't know if he will come. I won't follow you in after I send you there. If he is here, someone will come to you at that time."
You introduced me."
"well..."
Zha Xifeng nodded rather uneasily. This old man, who was nearly fifty years old and had no fear when facing landmines and poisonous snakes in the jungle, became unusually nervous.
"Abba..."
At this time, Zhan Zhan was also a little nervous and asked in Vietnamese in a low voice, "Master Dongfeng..."
"Say it in Chinese"
Cha Xifeng reminded in Chinese, "From now on, at least until you go back, don't speak Vietnamese anymore."
Hearing this, Zhan Zhan swallowed and asked anxiously in proficient Chinese, "Don... No, Grandpa Dao's comrades and family will blame me? After all, Grandpa Dao was trying to save me..."
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The person who answered the question was Wei Ran, who was in charge of driving. "Don't worry, none of them will blame you. Don't worry."
"That's...that's good," Zhan Zhan replied worriedly, "it's normal to blame me..."
"Won't"
Wei Ran promised again rather stubbornly, "Don't worry, it won't happen. When the time comes, you and your son remember to tell them more about the life of Squad Leader Dao."
"Okay, I, I will."
Zha Xifeng nodded hurriedly, "We will talk about life at that time in detail. Wei Ran, they...are they planning to go there early tomorrow morning?"
"right"
Wei Ran nodded, glanced at Suisui, the co-pilot, and then replied, "We will leave early tomorrow morning, and I will follow you there. First, I will pay homage to your father, Captain Dao, and discuss where to bury him."
"
"well"
Zha Xifeng responded absently, but her face became increasingly anxious and hesitant.
In the silence that followed, Wei Ran drove the car to the door of the small courtyard, stepped on the brakes, pointed to the ajar door and said, "Go, that's your father's home, that Dongfeng truck
It was left behind before he went to find his comrades. Yesterday I asked specifically whether the bees in the car were left by your father, the squad leader."
"you..."
"We won't go," Wei Ran said again, "Go, Squad Leader Dao's family, which is also your family, is waiting for you in that yard."
"Okay, A Ming, bring your gifts, let's go."
As he spoke, Zha Xifeng carefully put on the bunny hat that he had held in his hand all the way. After Zha Xifeng opened the heavy car door, he bent down and got out, using a pole to carry two bags filled with gifts.
bamboo basket.
After Zhan Zhan moved the other two baskets of gifts and his carrying pole to the car and helped close the door, Wei Ran immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove out in a hurry.
"Aren't you going to take a look?" Until this moment, Suisui, who had been keeping quiet except for greetings, asked.
"Their families know each other, so what's going on with outsiders like us around?"
Although Wei Ran said this, he simply turned around and stopped on the opposite side of the road after driving less than a hundred meters. Then he took out the two Type 62 telescopes he had borrowed from Xia Shushi in advance from his bag yesterday, and put them
One was given to Suisui.
Almost at the same time when the two of them raised their telescopes, they saw Wang Beizhan opening the ajar wooden door of the small courtyard, seeing Cha Xifeng kneeling down with Zhan Zhan to recognize their relatives, and seeing the father and son hurriedly move them.
The two of them helped Wang Beizhan, and Lu Yao, who limped out with a cane, saw a man who, although wearing casual clothes, showed composure in his movements.
This man, who looks to be in his thirties, is tall and slender, with a slightly receding hairline. He looks like he was carved from the same mold as the former Platoon Commander Luo.
That's Qingyan...they look so similar...
Wei Ran murmured to himself, and he couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his lips.
Under the prying eyes of him and Suisui, Luo Qingyan and Zha Xifeng, who were dressed in casual clothes, hugged each other warmly. Then he picked up the bunny hat hanging on the back of his neck and put it on his head - just like Zha Xifeng.
.
"Let's go back"
Wei Ran put down the telescope, put down the handbrake with satisfaction, and started to turn around the heavy van.
"Will you go over there early tomorrow morning?" Suisui also put down the telescope and asked.
"right"
Wei Ran said apologetically, "Sorry, this time..."
"fine"
Suisui smiled, and then said abruptly, "Actually, we know this time that you secretly went to the other side and it wasn't Brother Xi who leaked the secret."
"Who is that? Anfiya?"
"Why do you always doubt her?"
Suisui rolled her eyes, and then said frankly, "It was your scumbag friend Qin Er. He called me just when you asked Brother Yang to send something back.
of."
"He?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.
"Qin Er heard that Brother Yang said that you were not in the right state. He was worried that you would get into trouble for something and that you would do something irrational, so he invited me over under the pretext of Brother Xi leaking the truth and asked me to tie him up.
With you."
Suisui was extraordinarily candid and told the truth, "In order to let Brother Xi take the blame, the second generation even used his father's favor of introducing a big-breasted girl to Brother Xi in advance."
"Why are you telling me this?" Wei Ran asked with a smile as he slowed down the car slightly.
"I don't want you to misunderstand me, and I don't want you to misunderstand your scumbag friend."
Suisui was extremely serious when she spoke, "By the way, it also makes you feel a little wary. Don't do anything dangerous without thinking in a hurry."
At this point, Suisui took the initiative to change the subject without waiting for Wei Ran to say anything, "Although most of your friends in China are scum, I think they are quite reliable."
"It will be safe to go there tomorrow," Wei Ran said seriously.
"I know"
Suisui smiled and said, "I'm actually not worried at all. I'm not stupid. None of your friends are simple. They shouldn't let you be in danger. The main thing is you."
"Then you should hold the kite string tightly."
Wei Ran also said in a joking tone, but his mind couldn't help but start to wander, remembering the last time he saw Squad Leader Dao, the other party's dissuasion to him - those who have a family and a career should not come.
.
Then do those who have no family or job deserve to go to the battlefield and fight to the death to defend those who have a family and job? Who is not the son of a father and mother? Who has no one to care about? Who is not to be cared about?
On this rainy day, Wei Ran and Suisui hid in the hotel without going anywhere. Instead, the Katenka sisters and Lola, as well as Lu Xinda and Marta, under the leadership of the beautiful tour guide Wan Qiu who came over, took advantage of this opportunity.
In the rare free time, I tasted the local delicacies, put on beautiful clothes of the local ethnic minorities, and took beautiful photos.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At five o'clock in the morning on June 14, before the sun rose, Wei Ran and others rushed from the hotel to the small courtyard left by Squad Leader Dao early.
At the door, a bus with double flashers met and drove together towards Laoshan.
After a three-hour drive, the two vehicles finally arrived at the foot of Laoshan Mountain and parked on the banks of the Panlong River, where they stopped at the location of the company headquarters where they had gathered before departure.
Decades passed by, and those houses were long gone. It was now more like a quiet park. If it weren't for the surrounding mountains and rivers, Wei Ran wouldn't even recognize it. But those veterans knew this place.
Remember it clearly.
When Wei Ran woke up Suisui, who was sleeping peacefully on his shoulder, and took her out of the car, the front and rear doors of the bus also opened one after another.
Immediately after, old men wearing camouflage uniforms and young people wearing bunny hats walked down one after another.
"Who's coming?" Lu Yao asked after everyone in the bus got off.
"Let the feast come"
Hai Dongqing was the first to say, "He is the son of the platoon leader and the son of the squad leader, and he is also the eldest brother of these children. Let him do it."
"Then let's have a feast."
As Lu Yao said this, he took out a shiny whistle from his pocket and handed it to Luo Qingyan.
Seeing this, Luo Qingyan hurriedly handed the daughter in his arms to his father-in-law beside him, then took the whistle, looked around, puffed up his cheeks and blew the whistle hard.
"Dudu! Dudu——!"
Amidst the sharp whistle, the soldiers who were no longer young lined up in a row according to the formation back then. They worked hard to stand up straight with their chests raised. In the place of the absent Zhang Hongliang, stood his daughter Zhang.
Qiangwei. In the place of the absent Xiao Xifeng, stood his niece He Xiaoxi. In the place of the absent squad leader, stood his brother Cha Yonghua and his nephew Cha Zhiqiang.
In the place of the absent squad leader, standing were Zha Xifeng, who had been accepted, and his son Zha Xifeng.
"Reconnaissance Squadron 1!"
Before Luo Qingyan finished speaking, those veterans, those who stood in the position of veterans on behalf of their families, were either skilled or imitating the behavior of the people around them, looking at the young man wearing a bunny hat standing in front of him with piercing eyes.
.
"Cha Yongfang!"
"arrive!"
Cha Yongfang's brother Cha Yonghua and Cha Yonghua's son reacted for a moment before responding.
"Reconnaissance Squadron 1 Cha Yongfang!"
"Arrived!" The person who responded this time was everyone who entered the queue.
"Haitongqing!"
"Here!" Hai Dongqing, who was over fifty years old, shouted hoarsely and gave the response that had been lingering in his dream for a long time. While he stood at attention, uncontrollable tears were already flowing down his old face.
"Zhang Hongliang!"
"arrive!"
Zhang Qiangwei, who was wearing a police uniform and a bunny hat, responded simply and stood at attention. She had been here before. When she was very young, when her father, a detective, was still alive, almost every August 1st
Every day, I would bring her here.
"Li Dazhai!"
"arrive!"
Li Dazhai, who was slightly out of shape, tried hard to put away his belly, which had been ridiculed countless times by his comrades yesterday and was already full of fat.
"Zhao Yuejin!"
"Here!" Zhao Yuejin, who was in excellent shape, stood at attention and responded.
"The king prepares for war!"
"Here!" Wang Beizhan also stood at attention and responded loudly.
"Lu Yao!"
"arrive!"
Lu Yao, who had already thrown away his cane, stood upright with difficulty and responded loudly.
"He Yong!"
"arrive!"
He Xiaoxi also responded.
"Reconnaissance Squadron He Yong!"
"Arrived!" Everyone responded in unison.
"The sharp knives protect the country!"
"Arrived!" Zha Xifeng and his adopted son Zhan Zhan roared out the response they had been waiting for.
"The sharp knives protect the country!"
"arrive!"
This time, it was still everyone in the queue who responded.
"Reconnaissance platoon troops!"
"Arrived!" Everyone still gave a powerful response.
"Report! There should be 10 people for Operation Dongfeng, but 10 people actually arrived!"
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he raised his hands to salute again. The veterans who lined up and the family members who attended on behalf of the veterans also raised their hands to return the salute, as if... it was like returning to that spring of that year.
"The ceremony is over!"
The one who shouted the password was Hai Dongqing, who was no longer young.
After the old squad leader ran out of the queue, he and Luo Qingyan saluted each other and handed over, and then called the roll call, "Luo Qingyan!"
"arrive!"
"Get out of the queue!"
"yes!"
Luo Qingyan, who had just entered the queue, ran out of the queue, saluted and stepped to the side.
"Congratulations Xiaoxi!"
"arrive!"
"Get out of the queue!"
"yes!"
He Xiaoxi, who replaced Xiao Xifeng, came out and saluted with the same standard gesture, then stood next to her husband Luo Qingyan.
"Zhang Qiangwei!"
"arrive!"
"Get out of the queue!"
"yes!"
The woman wearing a police uniform and a benny hat with a strong face also ran out of the queue. After saluting, she automatically stood next to Luo Qingyan.
Looking around, Hai Dongqing continued to name names and said, "Zhao Yuejin!"
But this time, Zhao Yuejin did not respond.
"Zhao Yuejin! Get out of the queue!" Hai Dongqing emphasized his tone.
"yes!"
Zhao Yuejin reluctantly stepped out of the queue, and after saluting, he also lined up among those whose names were called.
"Lu Yao!"
"arrive!"
"Get out of the queue!"
"yes!"
Lu Yao, who was also in tears, limped out and stood beside Zhao Yuejin after saluting.
"You can't go. I don't need to tell you why. Don't take it personally!"
Hai Dongqing ordered without any doubt, "Wait here, wait for us to come back with the knife squad leader, wait for squad leader Cha and Xiao Xifeng to come back."
"yes!"
Lu Yao was the first to respond with a cry, followed closely by the others.
"Why can't they go?" Suisui, who was watching, asked in a low voice towards Wei Ran, who was silent.
“The cost to the country in training them is too high.”
Wei Ran explained with a sigh, "They can't go. They can't cross the border and risk their own safety. In fact, the limit they can show up here is already the limit."
"But..."
“What do you think you’ll get in exchange for the domestic environment?”
Wei Ran said with a bitter look on his face, "Everything has a price. Look, that's the price. The price that two generations, three generations or even generations of young people have to pay."
"You can go for them, right?" Suisui asked abruptly.
"Yes...maybe..."
Wei Ran murmured in response, and at the same time he silently shouted in his heart, "Wei Ran from the Sharp Knife Class, here we come!"
