After An Yi finished speaking, he lowered his head and walked down the steps, not daring to look back at his beloved woman.
Ou Yaoting held her daughter's hand and felt extremely guilty when she saw the reluctance on her face: "Chu'er, Xiaoyi is a soldier now, please be more considerate of him... Come and see if the flowers mom gave you are pretty?"
Ou Chu'er withdrew her gaze from the dark steps, looked at a large bouquet of beautiful flowers, and looked at her mother's loving smile. She quickly walked over, put her arms around her mother's shoulders and thanked her again and again, and kissed her face.
Come to the happy laughter of Ou Yaoting and his wife.
But Chu'er didn't know that her parents were worried about how to explain all this to their daughter. Behind the seemingly bright smiles, there was actually a deep worry hidden behind them.
At night, there was loud laughter in the front hall of the durian garden. An Yi and his five senior brothers drank wine and talked freely, recalling the little things that had just passed but become the past, and counting which brothers were serving in which army.
No matter what achievements or embarrassing things were caused, the atmosphere was cheerful and relaxed.
Huang Jie of the Third Division was not able to attend because of Song Xilian and Chen Geng, which seemed quite regrettable. Especially this time, the Third Division and the two supplementary regiments were about to leave for the eastern Guangdong region after taking the oath of arms. They were always on standby to peek at the front lines of Fujian and could not compete with the First Division.
, the two divisions went north together, Huang Jie felt quite reluctant to give up:
"Hey, Lao Hu and the others are all in the same division, and they are doing well. I estimate that many brothers will get a lot of opportunities this time when they go north, including you, Xiaoyi. You have achieved impressive results in just one month.
Our army has won face and honor, triggered a great discussion among all armies on the role of engineers and military training reform, and became the first outstanding person in the fourth phase to be awarded the rank of captain. This time, we will definitely be regarded as the vanguard to set off.
We can look forward to it!”
The brothers all looked at the carefree An Yi and nodded frequently. Zeng Kuanqing said with a smile: "This time, several officers of the Second Division have made a fortune. They quietly won 100,000 yuan from Zhang Huizhan of the Fourth Division. It is spread that
All armies have become a topic of conversation after dinner. Many people are shocked, saying that they never expected that the Second Division, which had just established an engineering battalion less than three months ago, would have such a powerful combat power and come up with so many new methods. You guys
I don’t know. When the generals and colonels from the friendly forces saw me, they all asked who An Yi was? Did he come back from studying abroad? Otherwise, how could he have so many clever ideas? Haha... The principal was also very happy! Xiao Yi, how much did they give you, Chief Liu?
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"Hey, why are you all looking at me like hungry wolves? I'm scared!"
An Yi's joke caused a burst of laughter from the brothers. He shrugged, picked up the wine bottle and poured it for everyone, put away his smiling face and said with emotion:
"I had a great time in the Second Division. Several officers were very kind to me. Commander He also took good care of me. He designated my third company as a strengthened company of 225 people, and also allowed my third company to have its own strength.
Appointed two acting platoon leaders and seventeen squad leaders, replaced all the guns with new guns at noon today, raised the salary of the engineer battalion to the same level as the main regiment, and allocated 4,000 yuan to the younger brother at one time to improve the welfare of the officers and soldiers.
I'm so grateful! This time I was told to take the first step when heading north to build a bridge and clear the way for our army. How dare I not do the hard work?"
The brothers agreed and no longer bothered about how much An Yi got.
Gan Lichu thought for a while and said: "The mountain road at the junction of Guangdong and Hunan is rugged, and the Guangdong-Han Railway cannot be connected when it reaches Chenzhou and Shaoguan respectively. Each division of our army has newly equipped a lot of transport vehicles, but whether it can successfully pass the nearly 100 kilometers of the junction of Guangdong and Hunan
I really don’t have any confidence in the mountain road. I think Xiaoyi’s trip is still very difficult, so he must be careful when going there, and don’t be too desperate. The brothers are still waiting to gather in Nanjing to toast and celebrate.”
An Yi nodded and toasted to Gan Lichu gratefully: "I remember Brother Gan's words, and I also wish Brother Gan, Brother Huang and the brothers of the Third Division to conquer Fujian all the way and plant the battle flag on the beach in Shanghai. Lao He.
, Lao Zeng, you are all at the headquarters and following the principal. You must take care of the brothers on the front line. If any of my younger brothers make mistakes, you must give me a good word. Don't let me be caught.
After fighting it to the end, starting from a small soldier, haha! Come on, let me toast you two eldest brothers again."
When Huang Jie, Gan Lichu, and Sun Yuanliang heard An Yi's words, how could they not agree with them? But how could He Zhonghan and Zeng Kuoqing, who were drunk to the point of eighty, willing to suffer losses?
Everyone filled their cups, and most of the brothers drank enough. They joked and cursed some more. Before the second aunt could serve the tea, they all stood up with red faces and thick necks, and told each other to leave with fists in their hands.
Fortunately, Zeng Kuanqing, who had risen to the rank of colonel, bought a semi-new Citroën sedan, so that the few bosses who were holding on to the wall would not be unable to return.
After seeing off the brothers and closing the courtyard door, An Yi sighed and returned to the hall. He found that the clean table was once again placed with several exquisite side dishes and a bottle of wine. The second aunt stood aside with a smile and made tea for An Yi.
An Yi felt something. He turned around and saw that the old man was smoking a cigarette and walking over with his hands behind his back with an unhappy face. After sitting down, he pointed to the opposite side of the table:
"Come, sit down and have a drink with me. You will be happy as soon as you walk away, leaving me with countless troubles. Alas... why are you standing there? Don't you want to have a drink with me?"
"No, no! How dare I disobey orders? I rely on you to support half of my fortune, hehe... Second Aunt, I'll pour the wine... Second Aunt, when are you going to drink your and Lao Tao's wedding wine?"
An Yi was joking unabashedly. Seeing that his second aunt did not scold him this time but instead turned around and trotted into the back room, he was surprised and immediately thought of something. He put down the bottle and turned to the old man and laughed:
"Okay, old man! I really can't tell...tell me, are you going to get married this time?"
The old man rolled his eyes at An Yi, picked up the glass and gestured to drink it all, wiped his beard and said without guilt: "Of course we are getting married! But there is no need to make such a big fuss, just put it on the table with my family.
, but you can’t catch up, alas... Your kid is going north, and Dongzi is attending Whampoa Military Academy again. It’s rare to go home once a month, and the house suddenly becomes more deserted! "
An Yi felt very sad, filled the old Taoist's glass and said apologetically: "Lin Xudong, fourth brother Lin and A Biao will often come to have a drink with you. They have great respect for you, a dog-headed strategist."
The old Taoist stroked his long beard, looked up to the sky and sighed: "They are them, how can you and Dongzi be married? If it weren't for the future of you and Dongzi, I wouldn't want to wade into this muddy water. I think I started having sex as soon as I came out of my mother's womb.
After eighteen years of practice, everything was ruined when I met a devil like you... Come on, you have to drink enough with me today..."