For a whole afternoon, Wang Qingshan locked himself in the office, smoking cigarettes one after another, and his mind was full of what Liu Qishan had just told him.

He and Liu Qishan are comrades-in-arms, this complex is not understood if he has never been a soldier, when he was in the recruit company of the army, because they were all soldiers from the same place, the two of them were very close to each other, and later they were assigned to the most difficult border company, and the feelings between them were even deeper.

Once, he and Liu Qishan drove down the mountain to pull supplies for the company, and the car broke down on the way back, and when he was repairing the car, an avalanche suddenly occurred, and he hid behind the car to escape the catastrophe, but Liu Qishan was swept away and buried under the snow.

He desperately dug out Liu Qishan from the snow, and then braved the heavy snow, carried the injured Liu Qishan on his back for a day and a night to rush back to the company, and one of his legs was also disabled.

After recovery, he could have had a good future, but because of this disability, he could only be a driver, although he is now the squad leader of the municipal party committee's car class, but he understands that he can't have any further development.

Liu Qishan also takes care of himself for this, although he has now reached the level of deputy department, but he has always responded to his comrade-in-arms and life-saving benefactor, and it was through Liu Qishan that he got his cousin Wang Youmu into the Mining Bureau.

Thinking of his cousin, Wang Qingshan is full of guilt and gratitude, his uncle and his wife died in a car accident very early, leaving only such a child, who was adopted by his father since he was a child, in his heart Wang Qingshan has never regarded Wang Youmu as a cousin, has always been his own brother.

At that time, the family conditions were very difficult, and his mother died early due to illness, he was the eldest who was supposed to take care of the family and younger siblings, but Wang Youmu dropped out of school early, and then he was herding sheep for others, and he was working as a helper, and he had been supporting the family.

In the years when he went to school and served as a soldier, the family except for his father is this younger brother has been supporting the family, and his father also died of illness a few years ago, he remembers very well that before his father died, he took his hand and said that the family owes Wang Youmu too much, so he must take good care of this younger brother.

He took Wang Youmu to the house divided by the unit, thinking about making up for his and his father's regrets, but his wife Zhu Ling couldn't get along with his younger brother.

He understood that Zhu Ling looked down on his younger brother, and Wang Youmu was a tough temper, so the two kept having conflicts, and finally Wang Youmu left home and lived alone.

Wang Youmu found a partner and got married after more than a year after entering the Mining Bureau, and he has always been very happy about it, but when he thinks that his younger brother is still a temporary worker, he feels that everything still seems to be not perfect, and he has been haunted by this matter.

A while ago, Liu Qishan came to him and told him that he had a good chance to become a regular, which made him very happy, although he knew that there was danger this time, but there were many people who listened to Liu Qishan, and the equipment of the survey team was complete, and Wang Youmu had lived in the Gobi Desert, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But it didn't take long for Liu Qishan to come, and when he blamed himself vigorously in front of him, he knew that something had happened to the survey team, and his younger brother had been missing in the desert for several days, he couldn't and wouldn't blame Liu Qishan, he understood that Liu Qishan was also kind at the beginning, and he also wanted to help him fulfill his brother's wish to become a regular.

In those days, he was in a very bad mood, often smoking alone at home in a daze, and after his wife Zhu Ling found out, he also said in a weird way that this was Wang Youmu's life, for which he also scolded his wife fiercely, and the husband and wife did not speak for several days.

Ten days ago, Liu Qishan called him again and told him that his younger brother had found it, and except for a small injury, there was nothing serious, which made his heart hang for a long time, and finally fell.

Originally, I wanted to let Wang Youmu and his wife come to the house for a meal, and I had a good chat with my brother, after all, I was almost separated by heaven and earth, but I have been on a business trip recently, and after I came back, my colleague said that Xu Qiuli had come to look for him, but my brother had not looked for him.

Liu Qishan called himself this morning, and said a lot on the phone, only to know that his younger brother had an accident and was being investigated, and Liu Qishan didn't say much on the phone, he felt that no matter what, he wanted to see Wang Youmu, otherwise even if he wanted to help, he didn't know how to help.

So he picked up the phone on the table, contacted Liu Qishan, and asked him to tell his younger brother that he would come to the house for dinner tonight.

As soon as he got home in the afternoon, he saw that his wife was already washing vegetables and cooking, he said

"Cook a few more dishes tonight. ”

Zhu Ling looked at Wang Qingshan and asked

"Who's coming?"

"I asked the two of them to come over for dinner. Wang Qingshan replied.

Zhu Ling was unhappy when she heard this, and said lightly

"He's been back for a few days, even if you're not on a business trip, why should he come to report the safety of my sister-in-law, there is no tutor at all, is he your brother or your uncle." ”

Wang Qingshan has always been unable to understand that his wife is usually very good and enthusiastic about others, but why is there such a big resistance to Wang Youmu, in his memory, his wife and younger brother have always been so incompatible.

"Don't think about it like that, he may have encountered something recently, and he is probably upset, so you can be considerate. ”

Wang Qingshan said in a circle

"You say this as if my sister-in-law has nothing to do all day long. Zhu Ling continued to say unrelentingly

"Alright, alright, he'll be here in a moment, and I'll ask him to apologize to you. ”

"I can't afford it. Zhu Ling said as she walked out.

"Why are you going?" asked Wang Qingshan.

"You didn't say in advance, I'll go buy some food, otherwise how can I get enough to eat, I don't want to be called stingy and uneducated. With that, he was already out the door.

It didn't take long for Wang Youmu and his wife to come, and seeing that Zhu Ling was busy, Xu Qiuli went over to help, and soon the family sat down together for a reunion dinner.

After the meal, Wang Qingshan called his younger brother to the living room, handed Wang Youmu who was sitting on the sofa a cigarette and lit it, and then asked

"I heard you're hurt, isn't it?"

Wang Youmu took a puff of his cigarette and said

"After I came back, the bureau arranged for me to go to the hospital for a check-up, and a few days ago I went to get the report, and the doctor said it was fine, but it was a slight concussion, and the problem was not big. ”

"That's good, I've been on a business trip all this time, and I only came back a few days ago, and you have such a big thing, and I'm not here, you should also come back after you report your sister-in-law's safety. In the days when you had an accident, although she didn't say it, she was worried in her heart, you know, she is a knife mouth tofu heart. ”

Wang Youmu knows this sister-in-law very well, all along, Zhu Ling just looks down on herself, and always looks for trouble when she meets, so he refused his brother's request and moved out to live alone, Zhu Ling will never worry about himself if something happens to him, but he still said it

"Well, I'll apologize to my sister-in-law later. I didn't do it right. ”

"That's right, you're also married, your temper should also change, she is your sister-in-law after all, and I don't want you to meet like enemies. ”

"Well, I see, I'll change it later. ”

Wang Qingshan felt that such a thing, it was good to click on it, his younger brother was not a child, he should know how to do it, thinking of the purpose of looking for Wang Youmu today, he said

"By the way, I heard Liu Qishan say, you were questioned by the investigation team, what's the matter?"

Wang Youmu actually knew that his brother came to him today, firstly, for a reunion dinner as a family, and for this matter, he snuffed out the cigarette butts in his hands in the ashtray and said

"It's talking to me, and it's nothing that a few comrades from our pathfinder team sacrificed and asked me about the situation. ”

Wang Qingshan heard that his younger brother didn't want to tell himself, he felt that things would never be so simple, he knew his younger brother too well, if things were not very troublesome, Wang Youmu would never answer himself so vaguely, his younger brother didn't want to trouble himself, the more he wanted to ask clearly, he took a sip of the water on the table, and then said

"Do you have something to hide from me, am I your brother, or do you treat me as your relative? ”

"Brother, where did you say this, of course you are my brother, in my world, except for you, Qiuli is my relative. Wang Youmu said softly

"Then you haven't made it clear what is going on until now," Wang Qingshan said a little excitedly

"Brother, you don't care about this matter, I'll solve it myself. I replied