At this point, Grandpa Xie knew that the end was done and no matter how much he struggled, it would be in vain, so he could only accept it with such frustration.
Along the way, his steps were heavy, his brows were tightly knitted with a cloud of sorrow, and it seemed as if the air around him had become heavier.
Zhang Yu pretended not to see this.
Seeing that his eldest grandson turned a blind eye to his performance, Grandpa Xie felt a little more energetic when he settled down.
Listening to the voice that grandpa deliberately made to show his dissatisfaction.
Zhang Yu turned his head and leisurely admired the scenery for four weeks.
It is impossible to coax people.
It is even less possible for him to go to work.
Grandpa Xie was not very happy along the way. Even though Zhang Yu was hard-hearted, he still had some doubts about whether he had done something.
However, almost the moment he stepped into the house, Grandpa Xie's face turned from sadness to joy.
If Zhang Yu hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that this was a person.
Before he could react, Grandpa Xie couldn't wait to announce a decision: "I have decided not to go to work in the afternoon."
Upon hearing this sudden good news, the gloom on Grandma Xie's face instantly dissipated, replaced by incredible joy.
"You really don't want to go to work?"
There was a bit of surprise and a bit of confirmation in her tone.
Grandpa Xie nodded firmly and repeated: "I won't go, I really won't go."
"Keep your word? Don't change your mind at the last minute like last time." She reminded half-jokingly and half-seriously.
Although Grandma Xie was happy, her understanding of her husband made her involuntarily wary, fearing that the other party was deceiving her.
Grandpa Xie's big eyes widened: "What are you talking about, you old woman? I can still keep my words. I'm a manly man. I spit out my words and make a nail. If I can't go to work, I won't go to work. If I don't go to work again in the future,
go……"
The words stopped abruptly here.
Grandma Xie looked at him jokingly: "Tell me, why don't you continue talking? What if you go to work again?"
Grandpa Xie was forced to a dead end. He wanted to leave a way out for himself, but he was afraid of losing face in front of the old lady, so he could only grit his teeth and swear: "From now on...if I ever go to work again,
I won’t drink anymore.”
Speaking of wine, Grandpa Xie swallowed unconsciously.
The wine he is drinking now is medicinal wine brought by his eldest grandson.
Of course, there is no need to mention the efficacy of the medicine. The key is that the wine tastes good.
Because the medicine was so effective, the old lady allowed him to drink a cup every day for a week.
This is his daily spiritual support.
Seeing that Grandpa Xie was betting so big, Grandma Xie nodded and believed his words for the time being.
"Then remember, you said this yourself. If you let me catch you to work again, your medicinal wine will belong to me."
"Okay!" Grandpa Xie answered simply, but his heart trembled with distress.
The original plan also disappeared.
never mind!
Wine is more important.
After getting the promise, Grandma Xie was also extremely happy.
My attitude towards Grandpa Xie has improved a lot.
"Are you hungry? If you are, I will fry a goose egg for you with an iron spoon."
Grandpa Xie wanted to say that he was not hungry, but the next second he thought of something. He stroked his belly and nodded repeatedly: "I'm hungry, I'm hungry. I've been hungry for a long time."
"If you don't come back early if you're hungry, fine, just wait here and I'll fry the goose eggs for you."
Grandma Xie had just left, and Grandpa Xie sat down opposite Zhang Yu and blinked at him fiercely.
Zhang Yu was stunned.
What does this mean?
Seeing that his eldest grandson was unmoved, Grandpa Xie became anxious.
He turned to look at the door, and after confirming that Grandma Xie hadn't come back yet, he lowered his voice and said, "I want to smoke?"
"What cigarette?" Zhang Yu's words were purely a subconscious reaction.
Then he just reacted and before he could say anything, Grandpa Xie was already anxious.
"Cigarettes, what other cigarettes did you say? They are the cigarette tickets you promised. My grandson is old and can't stand such trouble..."
Seeing that Grandpa Xie became more pitiful as he talked, Zhang Yu couldn't laugh or cry either.
"It's in my room. I'll bring it to you in a minute."
"Hey, my eldest grandson is still filial."
Just when the two men were making out, a sudden sentence came: "What are you two talking about there?"
Zhang Yu clearly saw that as soon as these words came out, Grandpa Xie froze and his expression froze.
After a moment, he turned around as if nothing had happened and said, "I didn't say anything. I just said why the boss hasn't come back yet?"
As soon as these words came out, Grandma Xie also became worried.
She brought the fried goose eggs to Grandpa Xie, and then threw away the towel she used to wipe her hands.
"No, I have to go take a look."
Xie Zhiyuan, who was talked about by the whole family, was in the county at this time.
As for why I came to the county, it is very simple to say.
There are only a few phones in the entire commune, so the target is really too big.
He is old and young, so he really can't bear this kind of risk.
It happened that the second brother's friend sent word that there might be a water pipe he wanted somewhere in the county, so he simply took a car to the county in the name of buying water pipes.
In order to deceive others, he did not make a call directly when he entered the county. He went to places where he could get information about water pipes and asked around before looking for someone.
After a lot of twists and turns, he finally stopped in front of an adobe house.
Looking at the house in front of him, Xie Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with something strange.
If he hadn't known clearly that Director Li lived here, he would never have imagined that a dignified factory director would actually live in an earthen house.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Who is it?" Hearing the knock on the door, Director Li, who was dazed in his sleep, suddenly woke up.
"My name is Xie Zhiyuan. I wonder if Factory Director Li still remembers me?"
Upon hearing the name, Director Li was stunned for a moment, then opened the door and greeted him with a smile: "Remember, remember, why don't you remember, how are you doing, Master Zhang recently?"
"fine!"
Neither of them were talkative people, so they exchanged a few polite words and then got straight to the point.
"Comrade Xie, are you coming today?"
Xie Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I want to borrow the machine factory's phone number today. I don't know if it's troublesome."
Director Li breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he wanted to borrow a phone.
He thought it was something big, but it turned out he was just borrowing a phone.
He waved his hand: "It's easy to talk! Thank you, Comrade, for waiting for me. I will lock the door and take you there."
The two of them were silent all the way. When they arrived at the office, Director Li pointed to the phone in the office and said, "The phone is right there, you can use it as you like."
After that, after confirming that Xie Zhiyuan could dial the number, he wisely exited the room and stood guard at the door.
Looking at the phone in front of him, Xie Zhiyuan looked complicated.
After struggling for a long time, I finally dialed the number I knew by heart.
After several transfers, the call was finally connected.
After a moment of silence, a voice came from the other side of the phone: "Hello! Hello, I am Li Chuanxiong. Who are you?"
This voice was much older than he remembered, but Xie Zhiyuan recognized the other person the moment the voice sounded.
For some reason, his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak for a while.
There was no answer on the phone, so I got a little worried.
"Hey!"
"Hey, can you hear me? Please reply if you hear me."
After feeding for a long time, no one responded. Li Chuanxiong frowned: "Hey, who are you? If you don't speak, I will die."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but mutter: "Which little brat is playing tricks on me? I have to get rid of him..."
Hearing the all-too-familiar curse, Xie Zhiyuan suddenly calmed down.
After so many years, Brother Li is still as hasty as ever.
These words brought him back to the past in an instant.
Although he knew that this was a phone call and that he could not be seen on the other side, Xie Zhiyuan still involuntarily adjusted his collar and cleared his throat, wanting to face his old acquaintance in the best possible condition.
"Brother Li, it's me."
As soon as these words came out, the other person was silent for a long time.
Aware of the heavy breathing on the other side, Xie Zhiyuan's hand on the phone couldn't help but tighten.
After a long time, an incredible voice came from the mobile phone.
"Is it Xie Zhiyuan? Is it Zhiyuan?"
"Brother Li, it's me."
There was silence on the other side of the phone for a long time again, and then it was like an explosion. The crackling sounds continued along the phone. It was obvious that the person on the other side was also extremely excited.
After the excitement, what followed was constant cursing: "WC! It's really you Xie Zhiyuan, where did you die all these years? I've been looking for you for so many years, but I haven't seen you. I thought you were really gone...
…”
Xie Zhiyuan felt guilty and listened to the curses from the other side.
"Brother Li, I was wrong!"
As soon as these words came out, the curses on the other side of the phone stopped abruptly.
After a long time, it was still the same slightly old voice, but there was a slight hint of choking in the voice.
"As long as it's okay, just be alive!"
These words were like hitting a fatal point, and the two fell silent for an instant.
Xie Zhiyuan opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to say. It took him a while to squeeze out one sentence: "Brother Li, I...I..."
"Stop talking, I know it, just stay alive! They are all gone, only Lao Ma and Lao Miao are left..."
After sighing for a few words, Li Chuanxiong suddenly asked abruptly: "Where are you now?"
Xie Zhiyuan, overwhelmed by emotion, subconsciously revealed his address.
The next second, he was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Brother Li, you are trying to trick me."
Li Chuanxiong's hearty laughter came from the other side of the phone: "Haha, hahaha! It's not too much, just useful. Just wait, I'll take leave to find you."
"Don't……"
"Nothing else, just wait at home. I'll be there in a few days."
After saying that, before Xie Zhiyuan could continue to speak, Li Chuanxiong shouted loudly to the guard: "Xiaowei, help me book a train ticket."
Xiao Wei, who was listening on the sidelines, hesitated slightly and said disapprovingly: "Chief, this is too dangerous!"
However, Li Chuanxiong turned a deaf ear to this and waved his hand directly: "Go if you are told. It just so happens that I haven't been off work for several years, so I might as well take a few more days off this time."
Being teased like this by Li Chuanxiong, Xiao Wei almost cried.
"Chief, you can't do this..."
"Stop talking, it's just decided. Lao Miao urged me to take a rest yesterday, so I just followed his wishes."
Guard Xiao Wei looked at the stubborn leader with a bitter look on his face.
Does this mean something?
In the end, it was Xie Zhiyuan's voice that saved Xiao Wei, who was in a dilemma.
"Brother Li, I have business with you."
Li Chuanxiong: "I'm just trying to hide it and just talk about it when there's something going on."
Xie Zhiyuan was not polite and directly told what happened with the Feng family.
Hearing this, Li Chuanxiong's face instantly became serious: "Really?"
"real!"
Li Chuanxiong frowned, with a complicated expression on his face: "Leave this matter to me, and you can leave it alone."
After hanging up the phone, Li Chuanxiong sat on a chair in a certain military area, cursing: "Damn you kid, I am the 18th generation of CN..."
After venting his anger, Li Chuanxiong stretched out his hand to say hello.
"Xiaowei, please ask the second battalion commander to come over."
"Yes." Guard Xiao Wei obeyed the order and turned around to leave.
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart and secretly prayed that Chief Li could forget his willfulness just now.
Twenty minutes later, a loud "report" recalled Li Chuanxiong's thoughts.
"Come in!"
"Chief, what do you want from me?" the second battalion commander asked seriously.
Li Chuanxiong threw the paper with Xie Zhiyuan's address written on it to the second battalion commander, and replied angrily: "What's the matter? I can't come to you if I have nothing to do. Also, is it so difficult to hear you call daddy?"
The second battalion commander took off the paper that was stuck on his face and replied with a smile on his face: "Didn't you say so? You need to be called by a title in the army."
Li Chuanxiong's face froze, what he said was true.
But that's not because the brat in front of him is young and frivolous. He is worried that the other party will use his name to dominate the army and receive preferential treatment.
Who would have thought that this brat would look like a different person after joining the army?
He once suspected that this brat had set a trap for him.
Because of this, my old wife has complained about him more than once.
Thinking of his old wife's threat when he went out today, Li Chuanxiong said angrily: "That's what I said is true, so I didn't leave you homeless.
Good guy, in order to control the flood, Dayu passed through the house three times without entering. You are more powerful than Dayu. Do you think you have been homeless for a long time? Do you still remember where the door opens?"
The second battalion commander turned a deaf ear to his father's confession and lowered his head to read the contents on the paper.
"I don't ask you to go home either. At least you can bring me a daughter-in-law..."
Seeing that the other party was silent, Li Chuanxiong couldn't help but slap the table hard: "Did you hear what I said?"
The second battalion commander said perfunctorily: "I heard it, I heard it."
"What did you say I just said?"
The second battalion commander looked up, looked at his father's unkind look, and swallowed hard.
"It's bad! It offends people so much."
He forced a smile and called out to Dad: "Dad, I didn't hear you clearly just now. Can you say it again?"
Li Chuanxiong suppressed his anger and repeated his speech.
"I don't care what you think, you must bring your wife back before the end of the year, otherwise, go on a blind date with me."
Upon hearing about the blind date, the second battalion commander was not happy.
He said with a playful smile: "Dad, what did you say, I didn't hear clearly."
Li Chuanxiong was so angry at his son's appearance that he almost lost his head. He pointed at the door: "Go, go, go! Get out of here!"
"Okay, I'll get out of here!" said the second battalion commander, making a move to leave.
