"Chief?" Lin Hai's grandfather was stunned, then waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't call him that."
He had only recently been an instructor and was a consecutive cadre. Although he was an old revolutionary, he did not dare to ask the commander of the military division to call him "chief."
Lin Hai had already guessed as soon as Leng Feng appeared that it must be Mr. Xiao who asked him to come over. It happened that Leng Feng also spoke at this time.
"Chief, Mr. Xiao is here too. He walks slowly. He saw a group of people here from afar. He was afraid that something might happen to you, so he asked me to come here first."
"Old Xiao?"
Before Lin Hai's grandfather could react, Xiao Qingshan had already stumbled all the way. With the support of Xiao Qing and guard Xiao Wu, he quickly walked closer.
Lin Hai's grandfather raised his head and happened to meet Xiao Qingshan's eyes. The two of them suddenly felt like they were struck by lightning and stayed there on the spot.
Time seemed to have stood still. The two old men, who were over seventy years old, looked at each other. Neither of them spoke, but both had tears streaming down their faces.
I don't know how long it took, but Xiao Qingshan pushed Xiao Qing and Xiao Wu away with a strong force, then stepped forward with his left leg powerfully, followed with his right foot at the same time, knocked his left heel, and stood at attention in salute.
"Comrade instructor, Xiao Qingshan, deputy commander of the second company of the third battalion of the Tigers Independent Regiment, is reporting to you!"
Xiao Qingshan's tears fell silently, and he saluted and reported to the old man with choked sobs. Before he finished speaking, he had already burst into tears.
"Are you Qingshan?" The old man's body swayed, and his turbid tears kept rolling down. He stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Qingshan's shoulder.
"Are you really Qingshan?" The old man's tears flowed down uncontrollably, and his hands were so excited that they squeezed the muscles on Xiao Qingshan's arms to dent them.
"Instructor, it's me, it's me!" Xiao Qingshan grinned and cried loudly, also holding the old man's shoulders tightly, unwilling to separate.
"Instructor, you have made me look so hard these years. If I hadn't read in the newspaper about you scavenging and buying famous cigarettes and wine to pay homage to the heroes, maybe in this life..." Xiao Qingshan didn't finish his words, and hugged him suddenly.
He grabbed the old man's neck and cried bitterly.
At this moment, the old man couldn't control his emotions anymore. He also hugged Xiao Qingshan tightly and burst into tears.
Lin Hai watched from the side and sighed for a while. He really didn't expect that his grandfather was actually a comrade in arms with Mr. Xiao.
The two held their heads and cried for a while before reluctantly separating. Then Xiao Qingshan pointed at Xiao Qing.
"Girl, come here." Xiao Qing hurriedly walked closer.
"This is what I often tell you, my good leader and good brother, instructor Lin Maocheng, please call me grandpa quickly."
Xiao Qing heard this and quickly bowed to the old man with a sweet smile on her face.
"Hello, Grandpa Lin. I often hear my grandpa talk about you. Grandpa said that you are a fighting hero and his closest comrade."
"Good boy, good boy." The old man looked at Xiao Qing, feeling very fond of it, and then called Lin Hai over with a wave of his hand.
"Xiao Hai, this is your Grandpa Xiao, my brother of life and death." The old man also introduced Lin Hai to Xiao Qingshan.
"Grandpa, Mr. Xiao and I have known each other for a long time." Lin Hai nodded towards Xiao Qingshan, and then explained to the old man.
"You?" The old man was stunned and couldn't figure out how his grandson could know Xiao Qingshan.
"Haha, instructor, I once went to Lin Hai's village to find you, so I know Lin Hai..." Xiao Qingshan stopped mid-sentence, and then stared at Lin Hai with an annoyed look on his face.
"You bastard, I asked you if you know Lin Maocheng, why didn't you tell me!" Xiao Qingshan then remembered that when he asked Lin Hai, Lin Hai actually said that he had never heard of this name.
But now when I look at it, Lin Maocheng is obviously his grandfather. Isn't this obviously deceiving him?
"I, I didn't lie to you." Lin Hai felt helpless for a while, "My grandfather's name is not Lin Maocheng."
"Nonsense!" Xiao Qingshan looked furious, "I can dream about your grandfather's name seven or eight times every day, and I can still remember it correctly."
Lin Hai smiled bitterly. Just as he didn't know how to explain it, the old man stepped forward and stopped Xiao Qingshan.
"Qingshan, I don't blame Xiaohai, my current name is Lin Hui." After the old man finished speaking, he seemed to have remembered something sad, and his mood instantly dropped.
"Lin Hui?" Xiao Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and held Lin Maocheng's hand.
"Instructor, do you still remember that incident?"
"How could I forget? It was because of my wrong judgment that Lao Zhang lost his life, and more than half of the brothers suffered casualties. When I think of it, I just, I just..." Lin Maocheng grabbed his hair and regretted
He squatted down, and there was a low, choking sound in his throat, which was heartbreaking.
"No, instructor, you are not wrong. There was another hidden story in that battle." Xiao Qingshan said hurriedly.
"What did you say?" Lin Maocheng suddenly raised his head and stared at Xiao Qingshan.
"Instructor, your judgment that time was not wrong at all!" Xiao Qingshan said seriously.
"That's right?" Lin Maocheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled sadly and shook his head, "Qingshan, you don't need to comfort me. Lao Zhang is the company commander. If you had listened to Lao Zhang and retreated to the east, what happened later would not have happened.
It’s over, but I insisted on going west, but Lao Zhang couldn’t resist me, and ended up being ambushed, which cost Lao Zhang and dozens of brothers their lives. It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault.”
Recalling the past events, Lin Maocheng felt extremely sad and blamed himself.
"It's true." Xiao Qingshan said anxiously, "The reason why we planted an ambush that time was not because you made a mistake in your decision-making. The team of Japs we encountered got lost and happened to bump into us."
"What?" Xiao Qingshan's eyes suddenly widened, as if he didn't believe what Xiao Qingshan said.
"I won't lie to you. The superiors have already concluded this matter after the war. The sacrifices of the company commander and most of his comrades have nothing to do with you. It's just that you were seriously injured and stayed behind, so you didn't get the news."
"You're saying that that team of little Japs didn't ambush them, but got lost and got there by accident?"
"Yes, that's it. Moreover, the Japs have ambushed a lot of troops in the east. If you hadn't insisted on going west, our company would have been wiped out. You are the great hero of our company, instructor!" Xiao Qingshan replied affirmatively.
"Haha, so it is like this, so it is like this, hahaha..." Lin Maocheng suddenly laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder, and finally his face was filled with tears.
Then, Lin Maocheng turned around, walked unsteadily to the front of the tombstone, and touched the tombstone with trembling hands.
"Old Zhang, it turns out it wasn't me who killed you, it wasn't me who killed the brothers."
Xiao Qingshan's body shook violently, and he quickly walked a few steps and came to the tombstone. He asked in a trembling voice: "Instructor, this, this tomb belongs to the company commander?"
"Who else but him? After that battle, you went north without stopping, but I stayed behind because of my injury. After I recovered from my injury, I buried Lao Zhang here."
"Company Commander, Company Commander..." Xiao Qingshan stroked the tombstone and cried bitterly again.
While the two old men were reminiscing about the past, Wei Weiming had already gotten into the police car.
"Damn it, this bastard Leng Feng actually dares to kick me, don't let him fall into my hands, otherwise I will make you look good!" The scolding continued, but he also knew that this kick was in vain.
"But the demolition cannot be delayed. The superiors have been urging us." Wei Weiming thought for a while and took out the phone.
"Now that Leng Feng has appeared, it's normal that I can't solve it, but naturally someone will come forward to deal with him!"
Wei Weiming thought to himself while dialing the phone.