Chapter 170 Come home tomorrow and sit down

Xiao Wu's face makeup is not heavy, just some oil paint is applied to increase the stage effect, so it is good to simply wash it. While washing Xiao Wubian, he pondered the intentions of several old generals.

In Xiao Wu's opinion, if the factor of Grandpa Yuqing is removed, several old people want to see him because the songs he sings resonate with them, so they want to see themselves and encourage them. However, it is also possible that the old guys want to promote the latter and give themselves a chance to be grateful. But no matter what, he couldn't refuse, because he was also a member of the military now, because there was a flower-like Yiren next to that group of old people.

Guo Yuqing sat quietly beside her grandfather, she didn't know why her grandfather proposed to see Xiao Wu, was it because of what Grandpa Cai said? Or was it simply because Xiao Wu's songs brought them memories of the battlefield? A group of old people with an average age of seventy or eighty years old sat around the small conference room, and at the door were two guards brought by Grandpa Cai, she sat with low eyebrows, and when Xiao Wu came in, she deliberately pretended not to see it, so she didn't lift it up. She heard several old generals asking Xiao Wu some questions in a concerned tone, and Xiao Wu replied very respectfully, only Grandpa and Grandpa Cai didn't speak, and she didn't know what Grandpa's expression was now without looking up, she stared intently at the clean desktop in front of her, as if there was a very attractive picture on it.

Several old generals and their health are not very good, and it is good to be able to hold on to watching the performance for more than an hour, so after saying a few words to Xiao Wu, they said goodbye to each other and left one after another, at this time Guo Yuqing had to stand up, and there was no way to pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore.

"Xiao Xiao, sit down, let's talk for a while. ”

When only Guo Yuqing and her grandfather and Grandpa Cai, who had never left, were left in the small conference room, Guo Yuqing heard her grandfather say to Xiao Wu. She raised her head and glanced at Xiao Wu, wanting to give Ai Lang a look but worried that her grandfather would see it, so she could only pray in her heart, hoping that Xiao Wu would be able to pass this hurdle smoothly.

"Xiao Xiao, how old is this year?"

Xiao Wu thought that this old general Guo would also say a few words of encouragement like others, who knew that this person would actually start a family affair with him. I sneaked a look at Yuqing, but I didn't find any hints, okay, let's improvise!

"Report to the old general, I'm twenty-three years old this year!"

To do a play, you have to do enough, Xiao Wu heard the question, stood up suddenly, and answered the question straight.

"Sit down, sit down, feel free, you just treat me as one of your elders, a grandfather in the family, let's talk casually. ”

"Yes!"

I have watched a lot of TV movies in this area, and Xiao Wu still looks good at acting.

"Twenty-three years old, one year older than this girl!By the way, where is Xiao Xiao's hometown?"

"Pengcheng, Sioux Province. ”

"Ahh

Seeing General Guo's surprised look, Xiao Wuxin said I already knew.

"Then where are you from Pengcheng?"

Hearing that Xiao Wu is from Pengcheng, General Guo was really a little surprised, he didn't expect this versatile young man to be his own fellow countryman, thinking about Pengcheng, he hadn't been there for many years.

"My family is Zhongwu City, a small county town under Pengcheng. ”

Xiao Wu replied cautiously, not daring to look directly at the old general's gaze, but he couldn't help but look at him, he chose the position of the tip of the old general's nose. But he, who had always been keen, felt that the other old man sitting next to the old general had been looking at him with curious eyes, and there was no malice in that gaze, but it made Xiao Wu feel kind. However, the old man did not ask questions, and he could not look at people casually.

"Zhongwu City? The one that was originally called Zhongwu County? I really know. One of us is in the west of Pengcheng and the other is in the east of Pengcheng! I haven't been there for many years, and I don't know what has become of us now. ”

General Guo sighed twice, and asked Xiao Wu as if he had just remembered:

"Which institute does Xiao Wu work in in the General Staff?"

As soon as he asked this sentence, Xiao Wu sighed in his heart, it was going to be bad! But he couldn't help but answer, so he could only answer stubbornly:

"General Staff *** Research Institute. ”

After answering, his eyes didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly swept over General Guo's face, but suddenly caught the person next to him who seemed to be smiling teasingly.

"Oh, isn't that the same unit as Qing'er?"

Old General Guo still said slowly, as if he didn't realize anything, but Xiao Wu knew that these old guys were all ghosts, and you couldn't imagine that there was a pit waiting for you somewhere.

“… Yes... We both know each other. ”

The more he answered, the more he didn't have the confidence, Xiao Wu felt that his body began to sweat.

"Qing'er, you girl, you still pretend not to know Xiao Wu in front of your grandfather!"

Old General Guo turned his head again and reprimanded Yuqing with a smile on his face, Xiao Wu felt that Yuqing's grandfather might have known about him and Yuqing, and now he was just testing the two of them. He quickly analyzed the pros and cons of what he said in his heart, and decided to confess now, otherwise he would not be driven out by General Guo with a big stick next time he went to Guo's house.

"Actually, the two of us have known each other for a long time, but we have been busy performing here for the past few days, and I don't have time to see your old man's house. Don't be surprised, old man!"

"Oh???"

Hearing Xiao Wu's answer, the old man looked at Xiao Wu in some surprise, his eyes were full of meaning. This time, Xiao Wu's gaze did not evade, his gaze calmly met the gaze of the old general, the old general looked at him for a few seconds and nodded, stood up, and said to the old man beside him:

"Lao Cai, I'm tired and I'll go back first, can you talk to the little guy again?" After speaking, he didn't wait for an answer, raised his legs and walked out. Guo Yuqing hurriedly got up to follow, and when she passed by Xiao Wu, she didn't dare to talk to Xiao Wu, she now knew that her grandfather had seen something, so her heart was also up and down.

When he was about to walk to the door, Xiao Wu saw that General Guo stood again, looked back at Xiao Wu, and said softly:

"Come home tomorrow and sit down. ”

After saying that, he went out and left. Leaving Xiao Wu confused. What does this mean?" "Come and sit at home tomorrow!" "Is this a matter of agreeing with him and Qing'er? This is an invitation to Guo's house? Xiao Wu stood there, and for a while his mind was full of thoughts, and he actually forgot that there was an old man in this house.

"Don't think about it so much, won't you know what's going on tomorrow?"

Just thinking about it, Xiao Wu heard someone talking to him, and then he came back to his senses, ah! There is also an old general here, who actually treated this old man slowly.

"I'm sorry old general, I'm thinking about things here. ”

Xiao Wu hurriedly apologized, not to mention the identity of the old general, it was not right for an ordinary old man to treat others slowly because of his emotions, so Xiao Wu's tone was very sincere.

"It's okay kid, don't think so much, that Guo Laohu is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, and if he can open his mouth to let you go to the house to sit, it means that he has accepted you as his grandson-in-law. Hehe, you kid is lucky, Yuqing's girl is good, worthy of you!"

There was no one else in the room, and the old general looked at Xiao Wu with a very kind look, compared to the few who left first just now, Xiao Wu felt that this Hehao was very real, very natural, and there was a trace of kindness in the mist, which made Xiao Wu feel kind from the bottom of his heart.

The old man didn't ask Xiao Wu too much about work, the two of them each talked about their own life things, and the old man even told Xiao Wu that he had two cats and a dog, and they fought together every day. Xiao Wu also talked with great interest about going to the river to catch fish with a few friends when he was a child, and almost sank into the river and drowned, but fortunately he drank a few sips of water at the last moment and struggled to float up. He didn't notice that when he mentioned this, the old man's face changed, and at that moment, the old man's face was full of worry.

In fact, this situation is inevitable in the countryside, when Xiao Wuxiao was young, the adults in the family had their own things to do, who had time to take care of the children. So every year during the summer vacation, the children in the village play with themselves in groups. If you have younger siblings at home, you should take your younger siblings to play, and if you don't have younger siblings, you should play with your friends. But what are you playing on such a hot day? Going up to the tree, digging birds, going down to the river to fish, this is what boys play the most. A river to the east of Xiao Wu's house became a place where Xiao Wu and the others frequented. Although the parents of the family repeatedly told them not to go to the river to bathe, the children would always sneak there and remind each other not to tell the family. At that time, there would be a cruel sentence when there was an awkward quarrel between friends:

"I'll tell your mom and dad when I go back, you went to bathe in the river today. ”

And then most of the time the other side will come and say,

"You go, you go wash anyway, and I'll tell your family to go. ”

When I was a child, the water in the river in my hometown was still clear, and there were many fish in the river, and adults would use detonators to blow up the fish, and there were deep pits in the middle of the river because of the sand. However, when the upstream gate fell, and the downstream gate was lifted, the middle sand was exposed, and Xiao Wu and the others swam through the two or three hundred meters of water to the middle sand, and the middle sand pit was stored in the sand pit because the water level dropped, and of course there were many fish in it. Xiao Wu and a dozen of their children ran around in the sand pit, muddying the water in the sand pit, and then the fish in the water would float up from the water to breathe, and they could be caught at that time.

Every year people drown in that river, there are adults and children, but every year children go to play in it. Later, a paper mill was built in the city upstream, and the river became the Heishui River, and I never bathed again.

Xiao Wu told the old man about secretly bathing in the river when he was a child, and the old man listened to it with relish, and interjected to comment from time to time, and before he knew it, an hour had passed, and the guard who stayed outside the door of the old man reminded that the two of them realized that so much time had passed. Before leaving, the old man patted Xiao Wu's shoulder and said:

"Go to Guo's house tomorrow with confidence, don't be afraid, if you have any requirements, don't worry to say it boldly, you will definitely succeed." ”