The guards at the military camp and the fishermen who were watching were indifferent to this. Their expressions were a little strange.
"Stand at attention and salute!" The guard raised his hands in salute. A soldier strode out of the barracks and walked up to the two men.
"Brother." The fat black man's figure seemed to be smaller than before.
"Sir." The thin black man also lowered his head.
"You two come here every day, why haven't you had enough fun?" the soldier frowned.
"No, I, I..." The thin black man was obedient and wanted to explain something, but under the gaze of the soldiers, he couldn't say anything.
The soldier sighed, looked at the melon-eaters gathered around to watch the show, found the oldest fisherman among them, walked towards him, and stretched out his hand.
"Hello, fellow countryman."
"Hello, sir." The fisherman quickly put down his fishing basket, wiped his hands on his clothes, and then held the soldier's hand with both hands.
"Fellow, I don't want to call you sir now. You can call me comrade, or you can call me by my name. My name is Sun Cheng, and that is my brother, Chef Cao." Sun Cheng pointed at the fat black man. "Excuse me, do you and this guy
A lesbian is..."
"Her name is Zheng Ziyun." Chef Cao, the fat black man, introduced in a low voice. Sun Cheng glared at Chef Cao. Zheng Ziyun, the thin black man, lowered his head, but his ears stood up.
"I am Yun Yatou's third uncle, and they are her cousins. We are all fishermen from the nearby Shajiao Village, and we come here to deliver fresh seafood to the soldiers."
"Old man, let's talk in private?" Sun Cheng and Uncle Zheng walked aside to talk.
Zheng Ziyun moved a few steps closer to Chef Cao.
"Hey, is he your brother? Is he fierce?" Zheng Ziyun lowered her head, looked at her feet, and asked quietly.
"Well, he is five years older than me. We live in the same courtyard and grew up together. He has taken special care of me since we were young. Before we left home, my parents told me to listen to him and he would make the final decision on my affairs." Cao
The chef carefully explained that he seemed to see spring.
After a while, Sun Cheng and the third uncle of the Zheng family finished talking and came back.
"Comrade Zheng Ziyun, thank you for your support to us. But the army is disciplined and does not take away any needle or thread from the masses. In the past few times, you took the letter of introduction from the local government and sent the fish and shrimps you brought to support us.
Jun, we accept it. Today, you want to sell us the fish and shrimps you worked so hard to catch for 10% of the market price. We will never accept this. Chef, please make arrangements and settle the bill according to the market price."
Sun Cheng waved his hand to stop what Zheng Ziyun was about to say.
"One more thing. I just heard from Comrade Lao Zheng that you are not married yet. My younger brother has participated in the revolution since he was 16 years old and has been in the army. He is 28 this year and is not married yet. These days, I think he is treating you very badly.
He seems to have a good impression. I wonder what you think of him? His parents are in the capital, and I can make decisions for his family. If you think he is okay, and the day after tomorrow is a rest day, I will take him to the village to visit your parents.
.”
The fishermen who were watching cheered loudly, and the third uncle of the Zheng family also smiled and nodded.
Zheng Ziyun became shy. She stamped her feet, turned around and ran towards the fishing boat. After running a few steps, she turned around, blushed and said loudly to Sun Cheng: "I...I asked my brother to pick you up early the day after tomorrow.
"After that, she ran away.
During free time that evening, Sun Cheng and Chef Cao found a deserted place to chat.
"Brother, how do you know I like Ziyun?"
"Nonsense. I can't tell that you've been in a restless mood these past few days? The food you cooked is either mushy or without salt. If this continues, everyone will starve to death. Besides, who will purchase and transport the food?
When the time comes, do you deliberately put on new military uniforms?"
"Then what do you think of her? Does she like me?"
"The way she looks at you is the same as when your sister-in-law looked at me. Don't worry, it's not wrong. In the afternoon, the political commissar went to the headquarters for a meeting. I asked him to buy a generous gift in the city. I will bring it back tomorrow. We will go there the day after tomorrow.
Come to propose marriage." Sun Cheng revealed the information to the chef: "Her third uncle told me in the morning that she is not a fisherman. Her family opened a printing workshop in Xiangjiang, and she entered the workshop after finishing middle school in Xiangjiang.
She is doing proofreading work. Now she and her parents are going back to the village to visit relatives. So, we don’t have to go to Xiangjiang, we can just go directly to the village the day after tomorrow. Your parents should be able to accept this daughter-in-law. The key question now is, her parents
I don't want to let her marry far away. Fortunately, she is not an only child, she has an older brother."
Sun Cheng is helping Chef Cao analyze.
"Brother, does her family like me?" Chef Cao was a little worried about gain and loss.
"What are you talking about? Show your courage and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy with a kitchen knife." Sun Cheng was angry and said: "Although you are in logistics, you are now a battalion-level cadre, and you have good kitchen skills.
.When you return to the capital, the government will definitely arrange a good job for you, so how can you not be worthy of her?"
"It's not like I have anything to do with it. I work in logistics anyway. But, brother, are you really willing to take off this military uniform?"
"If you don't want to part with it, so what?" Sun Cheng sighed. He took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, gave one to Chef Cao, and picked one up himself. Chef Cao quickly took out the matches and gave them to him first.
Sun Cheng clicked.
"I have been in the army for twelve years. Fortunately, neither of us has been seriously injured, and we have never been separated. Now, most of the country has been liberated, and there are no major battles to fight. The country can be said to be full of waste.
There is no need or the ability to support such a large army, but we need to go back to the local areas to carry out construction and promote production. Recently, the political commissar and I took turns going to the headquarters for meetings, just to learn the spirit issued by the central government. From next year, the country will issue
Some related policies. The order our regiment has received now is to maintain local order while making repairs, and at the same time mobilize the majority of commanders and soldiers to make preparations to respond to the national call and actively participate in local construction. As the regiment leader, I must set an example.
Besides, we are both only sons. In the past, we had to leave home to fight against the Japanese and liberate the whole of China. Now, it’s time to go home and honor our parents. At the beginning of this year, after the peaceful liberation of the capital, we took leave to go home.
, haven’t you seen that the hair of the four old people has turned white? Your sister-in-law is at home now, fulfilling her filial piety for us. We will go back when the military order is issued next year."
"When you went home last time, you left your sister-in-law and two nephews in the capital. I saw Aunt Sun burst into tears with joy."
"Don't blame me. If things go well the day after tomorrow, you will take Zheng Ziyun home with you next year. It will depend on whether your parents are happy then. By the way, when we were at home, your mother told me several times that she wanted me to
I can help you get married as soon as possible, and I can finally complete the task. It's getting late, go to bed, I have to go out early tomorrow morning."
As everyone wished, Chef Cao's marriage proposal was a complete success. Two months later, during the Spring Festival of 1951, he married Comrade Zheng Ziyun at the Zheng family's old house in Shajiao Village. In July of the same year, Chef Cao brought his pregnant wife
Zheng Ziyun, who was five months old, followed Sun Cheng and got on the train bound for the capital.
At the end of the year, a little life was born. In an old house with two entrances in Xihuangchenggen next to Beihai Park in the capital, a joint meeting called the "Newborn Naming Conference" was in progress. The meeting participant was Sun
, all members of the Cao family. Among them, two children, Sun Weiguo, who is only 7 years old, and his two-year-old brother Sun Weihua, attended the meeting as non-voting persons. In the spirit of focusing on participation, they only have the right to speak, not to decide.
The first resolution of the meeting was unanimously adopted to deprive veteran Comrade Cao Tianbao of his naming rights. The objections of the parties involved were invalid. The evidence is very sufficient, that is, a certain veteran comrade has a bad history of naming weird names like "Chef".
Cao's grandma gave up the right to name on the grounds that she was not very literate. In this way, Cao's father and chef took over the naming right without hesitation. Although Comrade Zheng Ziyun, who was in confinement in the next room, seemed to have a stronger will.
, wanted to participate in the competition, but was cruelly ignored by Comrade Chef Cao.
Sun Cheng looked distressedly at the "Kangxi Dictionary" that was about to be turned over by Chef Cao. It was specially bought by Lao Jintou as a gift to young Sun Cheng after he taught him how to read. Although all the property left by Lao Jintou,
Now they all belong to Sun Cheng, but this set of dictionaries entrusts the feeling between Lao Jintou and Sun Cheng that they are like grandfather and grandson, like master and disciple, and like they have been friends for many years.