Chapter 429 - Chapter 430: The King of Soldiers (Part 2)
Chapter 429-Chapter 430 The King of Soldiers (Part 2)
After Zhuang Rui sat down, he immediately looked at Peng Fei. However, Peng Fei had been standing in the backlight since he entered the room. In addition, the light in the room was relatively dark. Zhuang Rui looked down on his appearance. He just saw
, this man is not tall and has a somewhat thin build.
Unable to see Peng Fei clearly, Zhuang Rui looked around the room with his eyes. The walls of the room were covered with newspapers. There was a double bed with two floors in the middle, occupying the room.
About one-fifth of the space, the bed below was covered with a military quilt and a military coat, and there was only a very thin quilt on top, which must have been where Peng Fei slept.
In the middle of the room, where Zhuang Rui and Hao Long are sitting now, there is a table with only two chairs. After giving it to the guests, Peng Fei is now standing.
There was a stove near the door, with what looked like a homemade chimney on top, crookedly extending from the stove to the outside of the door, making the room a little warmer, but after Zhuang Rui sat down, he still felt
There was a hint of coolness.
Apart from a simple wardrobe and the pots and pans stacked on a panel by the door, there was nothing else in the house.
This is a room that combines the bedroom, kitchen, and living room. To put it simply, this space of more than ten square meters is where Peng Fei and his sister live.
There were elementary school textbooks on the table. The little girl was probably doing her homework just now. The arrival of Zhuang Rui and Hao Long seemed to have disturbed the lives of the two siblings.
"Dalong, it's rare for you to come over. I have some wine here, so I can drink it to warm myself up..."
Peng Fei walked to the door and took out a bottle of unopened Erguotou. It was actually the same as what Bai Feng took out. Red Star Erguotou costs three yuan and two cents a bottle. It seems that this wine is deeply loved by the people of Beijing.
, no matter rich or poor, everyone has such a good taste.
Peng Fei still held three small bowls in his left hand. After placing them on the table, he put the thumb of his right hand holding the wine under the bottle cap. With a soft "pop" sound, the bottle cap was opened.
, Peng Fei tilted his right hand and poured the wine into the bowl with a "gudong...gudong..." sound.
After filling the wine, Peng Fei raised his head and looked at Zhuang Rui and said: "Boss Zhuang, I only have this wine. If you are not used to it, just drink tea..."
Peng Fei spoke in a low voice. After he finished speaking, he pursed his lips tightly. He had an oval face with fair skin. When he spoke, he seemed a little shy and looked like a newcomer.
College students in society are generally.
But Peng Fei's eyes were very strange. They were clearly looking at Zhuang Rui, but they had no expression at all, and were as empty as if there was nothing in front of him.
This was also the first time Zhuang Rui saw Peng Fei's appearance clearly after entering the house. It was completely different from what he imagined. When listening to Hao Long telling Peng Fei's story, Zhuang Rui thought Peng Fei was a tough-looking man.
, but I didn’t expect Peng Fei to be so handsome.
Zhuang Rui really couldn't imagine how the young man in front of him killed several drug dealers in a row. In fact, there were many things that Zhuang Rui didn't know. Peng Fei had not only dealt with drug dealers, but also with many forces in Thailand and Myanmar, as well as the regular army.
There have been conflicts, and there are far more than six lives on hand, and even Hao Long doesn't know much about these things.
“It’s cold, so just drink!”
Zhuang Rui didn't talk nonsense. He picked up the small bowl, raised his neck and drank it. After the bowl of 56-degree Erguotou, which was about three ounces, entered his stomach, Zhuang Rui only felt a burning sensation from his throat to his stomach.
, and my body also warmed up.
After finishing the wine in the bowl, Zhuang Rui put down the bowl and stood up and said: "There is wine but no food, Hao Long, you drink first, there is still some food in the car, I will get it..."
"Boss, I'll go get it..." Hao Long quickly stood up.
"No, you comrades, let's chat first..." Zhuang Rui waved his hand, opened the door and walked out. Some words, Hao Long said, were more appropriate than saying them himself.
Although Zhuang Rui has only met Peng Fei once and still doesn't understand him as a person, Zhuang Rui believes that young people who can live such a poor life with their sister must have experienced many unknown things. People like them,
If you make a choice, you will never betray, just like Peng Fei left the army and never did evil.
In Zhuang Rui's car, there were some local products given to his grandfather by others, such as Texas braised chicken and other vacuum-packed cooked food. These were not the ones sold on the street, but marinated with authentic secret recipes, but the old man had a bad tooth.
Okay, Ouyang Wan asked Zhuang Rui to take it back and prepare food for Zhang Ma and Hao Long.
After grabbing a few bags of Texas Braised Chicken, Zhuang Rui saw a bag of apples and took them. However, he did not rush back. Instead, he started the car, sat inside and lit a cigarette. He wanted to
Leave those two people more time to talk.
After finishing his cigarette, Zhuang Rui sat for a while, which seemed like about twenty minutes. Then he opened the door and got out of the car, stamped his feet, and walked towards the village.
After entering Peng Fei's house, Zhuang Rui saw that the little Yaya who was sitting on the bed had red eyes and seemed to have cried just now. He didn't know what Peng Fei and Hao Long talked about, which aroused the little girl's emotions.
sad things.
"These are just a few bags of cooked food. Open them and eat them. Yaya, I'll give you a chicken thigh..."
Zhuang Rui put the bag on the table, opened a bag of Texas Braised Chicken, then tore off a chicken thigh from the packaging bag and handed it to the little girl lying on the bedside, looking at him with big eyes.
"Brother...brother said you can't just take other people's things..."
Yaya looked at the chicken thighs and subconsciously stretched out her hand. After glancing at Peng Fei, she hesitated and retracted her stretched out hand. But when she spoke, Zhuang Rui saw the up and down of her throat.
He moved a little and seemed to swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Peng Fei, who had stopped talking after Zhuang Rui entered the house, suddenly said, "Yaya, eat, Brother Zhuang is not an outsider..."
"Hey, thank you, big brother..."
After hearing her brother's words, little Yaya narrowed her eyes into a crescent shape with a smile. She stretched out her little hand and took the chicken thigh handed over by Zhuang Rui. However, she did not bite it, but licked it on the side of her mouth.
Then he jumped off the bed, walked to Peng Fei, and said, "Brother, you eat first. After eating, you will have the strength to work tomorrow..."
"Brother still has it. Yaya can eat it by herself. Brother wants to have something to say with Brother Zhuang..."
Peng Fei did not accept the chicken leg that Yaya handed over, but rubbed her little head lovingly, carried her back to the bed, then turned around and looked at Zhuang Rui.
"Brother Zhuang, I have told Dalong about my family affairs. He will tell you later. If you want me to work with you, no problem. I only have one request, which is to give Yaya a stable learning environment.
It's enough to have enough food and clothing. As for the salary, it doesn't matter how much you give it. As long as you promise to take good care of Yaya, I, Peng Fei, will sell my life to you!"
Peng Fei spoke slowly and almost said the words above word for word. His eyes, which were originally dull and empty, were like sharp swords unsheathed, staring at Zhuang Rui closely, as if he wanted to take advantage of Zhuang Rui.
You can see in his eyes whether his answer is sincere.
Peng Fei asked himself that he was not a bad person, but he was also not a saint. He stuck to the bottom line in his heart, that is, not to do evil. But now that he had the opportunity to make his and his sister's life better, he would not refuse it either.
"Brother, are you leaving again? I don't want you to leave, I want to be with you. Big brother, I don't want your chicken legs anymore..."
Little Yaya was happily eating chicken legs. After hearing Peng Fei's words, she immediately jumped out of bed and thrust the half-eaten chicken legs into Zhuang Rui's hands.
Zhuang Rui gave the chicken legs to the little girl again and said with a smile: "Yaya, don't worry, your brother will live with you, and he will also live in a very big house..."
"Really?" Yaya tilted her head and looked at Zhuang Rui seriously.
"Of course it's true. You can move into the new house today. You and your brother will still live together..."
At the age of seven or eight, she could already tell whether what adults said was true or false. After staring at Zhuang Rui for a while, the little girl nodded and said nothing more.
After settling the little guy, Zhuang Rui turned around, looked at Peng Fei, and said: "Hao Long may have told you the nature of my work. This is Beijing, not a battlefield. The security work is also very simple. No
If you are so nervous, you don't have to say anything about risking your life. I'm hiring security guards, not killers.
If you don’t have many things, you can move there today. By the way, what grade is Yaya in now? I’ll have someone help him go through the transfer procedures tomorrow..."
Before Peng Fei could reply, the little girl rushed to ask: "Brother, can I go to school?"
"What, Yaya didn't go to school?" Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Peng Fei.
"Boss, come out and let me tell you..."
Hao Long stood up at this time, winked at Zhuang Rui, opened the door and walked out. The room was really too small, and Hao Long didn't want to expose someone else's scars again in front of Peng Fei.
"Boss, I just found out what happened..." After walking out of the door, Hao Long told Zhuang Rui what he had just learned.
It turned out that at this time last year, Hao Long's parents in the countryside did not use the chimney when burning the stove in winter. On a particularly cold afternoon, Hao Long's parents sealed the house tightly, but they did not expect to be poisoned by carbon monoxide.
By the time Yaya came home from school, her parents had stopped breathing.
When Peng Fei got the news, he was in the process of hunting down drug dealers. He saw his comrades being tortured and killed, and then thinking about his parents who had just passed away, Peng Fei lost control of his emotions and shot the drug dealers.
Peng Fei is a person with a strong personality. After he was forced to retire from the army and returned home, he used the more than 10,000 yuan of retirement pay to arrange for his parents' death, and then took him back from a relative's home. He was frightened and never went to school again.
younger sister.
Chapter 430 Birthday Banquet
As soon as Yaya got home, she would remember the scene when she saw her parents lying on the bed after school that day, and she was very mentally unstable. In desperation, Peng Fei left home with his sister, and first found a job as a security guard in a dance hall.
Work.
But Peng Fei couldn't stand the messy things in the dance hall. When he saw those people selling drugs and taking drugs, Peng Fei almost couldn't hold it back several times and wanted to break the other person's neck. Later, he simply resigned.
I came here, rented a house, and worked as a porter.
Peng Fei's income as a porter is not high. He can only earn fifty or sixty yuan a day. To rent this shabby house, it costs four to five hundred yuan a month. In addition, Peng Fei wants to save some money and wait for next year.
Ya was in school, so the brother and sister had been living a very poor life. Whenever he bought some delicious food, Peng Fei would give it to his sister. He was also worried that Yaya would not be able to keep up with his studies in the future, so Hao Long took time in the evening to help his sister.
Make up for your elementary school homework.
After Zhuang Rui heard Hao Long tell this story, he felt sad in his heart. This man is really fragile. Life is too short for the earth that has existed for hundreds of millions of years. This also made Zhuang Rui secretly think in his heart.
Decide to cherish your current life and every loved one around you.
After Zhuang Rui and Hao Long returned to the house, Peng Fei put down the apple he was peeling for his sister, stood up from the table, and said: "Boss Zhuang, I'd better go over tomorrow. I have to quit my job in the goods yard."
, this house also needs to be returned, and it’s too late today. Dalong will give me the address later, and I will find it myself tomorrow..."
"Huh? Wolf fangs?!"
Zhuang Rui didn't pay attention to Peng Fei's words. As soon as he entered the room, he was attracted by the apple-peeling knife in Peng Fei's hand. He was too familiar with that knife. He had often seen Zhou Rui playing with it in his hand before.
I don’t know where Zhou Rui hid the knife on his body?
After Peng Fei heard Zhuang Rui's words, his face moved slightly, he flipped his wrist, and the knife he was playing with between his fingers just now disappeared like magic. He looked at Zhuang Rui with his eyes and said: "Boss Zhuang is
How do you know that I am from the Wolf Fang Force?"
The confidentiality level of Peng Fei's troops was very high. Even Hao Long only knew a little bit about it. However, Zhuang Rui could guess his origin just by seeing his knife. Peng Fei couldn't help being surprised and looked at Zhuang Rui.
Rui's eyes also became serious.
"I have a friend who has a knife in his hand, exactly like yours. You guys should be from the same place, right?" Zhuang Rui paused and then said: "My friend's name is Zhou Rui..."
"Old monitor? Boss Zhuang, do you have monitor Zhou's phone number? Can you give it to me?"
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Peng Fei's face, which had always looked a bit calm, finally showed a look of surprise. Zhuang Rui was also stunned when he heard that China's population of more than one billion could be so coincidental. Peng Fei and Zhou
Rui actually knows him? He is really from the same army.
"Yes, yes, I will write it down for you..."
Zhuang Rui left Zhou Rui's mobile phone number on Yaya's homework book for Peng Fei, and then said to Hao Long: "Brother Hao, please give your phone to Peng Fei first, and you can pick me up in my car tomorrow."
After they finish their busy work, I will give Peng Fei a mobile phone..."
As early as last month, Zhuang Rui bought Hao Long a mobile phone. For Zhuang Rui now, this thing is not worth a lot of money, and it is convenient to contact him, because his house is really too big.
Once you get to the middle court and call for someone, you will probably have to wait for several minutes.
"Boss, I'll rent a car and come over tomorrow. Don't you have anything else to do..." Hao Long took out his mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Peng Fei.
"It's okay, there's a bus there tomorrow."
Ouyang Long and the others don't have a car, so they can just take a ride. Zhuang Rui saw that everything was almost done, so he said to Peng Fei: "Let's do this for now. We are going back. You can just take Yaya there tomorrow."
."
"Thank you, thank you Boss Zhuang..."
What Peng Fei said was sincere. When Zhuang Rui first came here, he only regarded Zhuang Rui as a rich boss. As long as his sister could settle down, it would be okay even if Peng Fei felt a little wronged.
Zhuang Rui didn't have much respect.
But after Zhuang Rui came to this room, his attitude towards his sister and his bold behavior of drinking down the bowl of Erguotou wine in one gulp made Peng Fei look at him with admiration. According to Hao Long, this is a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of millions.
Peng Fei's feeling is that there is no airs at all, which makes people feel good about him unconsciously.
And when Zhuang Rui said that he was friends with Zhou Rui, Peng Fei felt even more respect in his heart. He knew that his old squad leader was a person who could not tolerate contempt in his eyes. If Zhuang Rui was a sneaky person,
You will never make friends with the old squad leader.
Peng Fei asked Zhuang Rui to write down Zhou Rui's mobile phone number, and was going to pick up the phone line and make a secret call later. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Rui asked Hao Long to leave the phone directly. This shows that Zhuang Rui is open-minded in his heart and is not afraid of him and him.
Contact Zhou Rui.
When Zhuang Rui and Hao Long drove back to the courtyard, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. Zhuang Rui went to Mrs. Li's place and told her to clean up a room and come out tomorrow. The main room in the front yard was still empty.
There are two bedrooms inside, as well as separate toilets and bathrooms, which is perfect for Peng Fei and his sister.
After finishing all these things, Zhuang Rui took a shower and went to bed. The old man celebrated his birthday tomorrow, but he had to go there in good spirits. But just as he went to sleep, the phone rang again.
"Brother Zhou? Haha, it was Peng Fei who called you, right?"
As soon as Zhuang Rui looked at the caller ID, he understood. He originally wanted to call Zhou Rui, but it was a bit late, so he didn't call. Unexpectedly, Zhou Rui called instead.
"Yes, Zhuang Rui, thank you so much. That guy is a good soldier. He was promoted to the army in the third year after joining the army. His military quality is much better than mine. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Alas, it's a pity...
"
Zhou Rui's voice on the phone was a little low. He felt very uncomfortable when something like this happened to his former comrade-in-arms who had known each other in life and death. He was silent for a while and then said: "Zhuang Rui, although I'm not very good at talking, but
I know in my heart that I am able to live like this today thanks to you and Dachuan. I have no right to make demands on you, so it is Brother Zhou who is begging you. Help my comrade. If you can’t place him there, let him come.
Just look for me."
"Brother Zhou, that's not the case. I finally found someone I can trust. Don't make any decisions. Don't worry. You know who I am, Zhuang Rui. I can't treat Peng Fei badly. At least he won't mess around in the future.
worse than you..."
When Zhuang Rui heard what Zhou Rui said, he was unhappy. If I sent it to you, why would I spend so much effort?
Zhou Rui knew what Zhuang Rui was like. He just said the above words in a hurry. Now he knew that he had made a mistake. He didn't mention it again. He chatted with Zhuang Rui for a few words about Luo Jiang Zhuoyu and then hung up.
Got the phone call.
"You kids, why are you here now? Xiaolu, Xiaojun, follow your elder brother and go outside to greet the guests. Xiaorui, come in and look at your grandparents. Xu Qing, you are pregnant.
Stop busying with the work, go and take a few children to the next room..."
As soon as Zhuang Rui and others arrived at Yuquan Mountain the next day, they were assigned by Ouyang Wan to get busy. Ouyang Lei and several grandchildren stood at the gate to greet the guests, while Ouyang Zhenhua, the third brother, was at the gate.
Sitting in a side room, I would go out to greet people of similar status when I saw them coming. They were quite old and their bodies couldn't stand being outside.
Visitors have been coming since around ten o'clock in the morning. The people who can come today are at least senior officials at the provincial and ministerial levels, such as department-level cadres. They have visited a few days ago and have a closer relationship.
Those who are within the Ouyang family's sphere of influence may be able to meet the old man. Those with a slightly distant relationship can only receive posts and gifts, but are not even qualified to enter the house to see the old man.
When receiving these people, most of them are Ouyang Zhenwu who comes to accompany them and stays in the room for a little longer. Most of these people are the old man's former subordinates or people who have supported him, to some extent.
, which is also the foundation of the Ouyang family.
Ouyang Gang was in very good spirits today. He was wearing an old-fashioned military uniform without epaulets. He was sitting in the main room with his back straight. He had met several old subordinates before, which made him feel like he had returned to decades ago.
The feeling of commanding thousands of troops.
After the guests came in, most of them said hello to the old man, and then said some blessings, and were led out by the staff. There used to be a small auditorium in Yuquan Mountain, but it was used for the banquet today, and it had already been placed there.
Fruit platter.
Everyone who left the old man's place sat down in the small auditorium. These people were all familiar with each other, and they were chatting calmly, waiting for the birthday banquet to start when the old man came over at noon.
Ouyang Jun just wandered around there and came back and said that if a bomb dropped, more than half of the provinces in the country would be paralyzed immediately. His father heard this, and Ouyang Zhenwu was so angry that he pinched Ouyang Jun's ears.
There was a lesson in the room.
Zhuang Rui has the most leisure time today. His task is to chat with the old man and old lady inside. Watching the cousins bringing guests in and out, he feels very superior.
It's not good at all just being in the house, but whenever someone comes in, after wishing the old man and the old lady a birthday, their eyes will always look at Zhuang Rui for a long time, as if Zhuang Rui has a flower on his face, which makes him very nervous.
uneasy.
However, Zhuang Rui has become more experienced today. The people who can come in today are all local officials or powerful military generals. The number of people coming this time will be more than August 15th.
, all of them, in Zhuang Rui's eyes, are all dignified people who have been in high positions for a long time.
Zhuang Rui just checked and found that there were more than ten generals alone, and countless lieutenant generals and major generals. However, their treatment was slightly worse. Most of them were three or five people who came together to wish the old man a birthday.
The commander of the Hong Kong Garrison was among them, but Zhuang Rui saw that his military rank had been promoted to lieutenant general. When he entered the room, he nodded to Zhuang Rui, but there was no time to talk. There were too many people queuing behind him.
click it.
At 11:30 noon, Zhuang Rui supported his grandfather and Ouyang Wan supported his grandmother and came to the birthday banquet hall. There were more than a dozen tables in the auditorium. In the middle, there was a big Chinese character "longevity".
As soon as Ouyang Gang entered the auditorium, applause broke out.
After CCTV's famous black-faced and sensational male host introduced the old man's life story with great emotion, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo who was at the same level as Ouyang Zhenhua wished the old man good health on behalf of the party and the people and said some words.
With auspicious words, the younger generations of the Ouyang family congratulated the old man on his birthday and presented gifts.
The order naturally starts with the eldest brother Ouyang Zhenhua. In fact, the gift is nothing special. It is nothing more than some evergreens, birthday plaques and other objects. The old man and the old lady are mainly satisfied when they see their children and grandchildren in the house.
"Mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, I wish you and your wife good health and everything goes well..."
After Ouyang Zhenhua and his brothers had finished their birthday wishes, Ouyang Wan came forward with his son, daughter, son-in-law and grandson, and bowed politely to the two elders sitting on the chair.
"Hey? That young man is the old man's grandson, right? Why did he just bring a fruit basket? Isn't this too shabby?"
"Yes, today's young people do everything half-heartedly. It's really inappropriate for juniors to be so careless about something as important as the longevity of the first birthday..."
Although the birthday gifts brought by the previous few were not particularly valuable, they all had their own meanings. Compared with the fruit basket that Zhuang Rui was carrying, which could be bought at the entrance of the hospital for thirty or fifty yuan, it was just.
It seems a little less solemn.
Although these people in the venue did not think much about external things such as gifts, they were still a little bit disgusted by what Zhuang Rui took. In fact, they guessed right. Zhuang Rui placed the jade sculpture.
The bamboo basket actually cost a hundred yuan to buy from the roadside. I just took out the original flowers.
What made everyone even more angry was that Zhuang Rui actually took out the fruit plate and placed it on an octagonal wood coffee table between the seats of the old man and the old lady. Looking at it like that, he seemed to want to persuade the two elders to take a bite.
"I said, Lao Wu, what are you doing? Among us brothers, you are the richest, how come the things you bring out are so shabby?" After Zhuang Rui retreated to the main table, Ouyang Jun sarcastically mocked Zhuang in a low voice.
A wise word.
When Zhuang Rui was about to reply, Ouyang Lei, who had just gone to see the big boss off, suddenly walked in quickly from outside the auditorium and said something in the old man's ear. Ouyang Gang, who had been sitting firmly on his chair, actually stood up.
