Walking into the villa, the interior of the house still maintains the decoration style of the seventies and eighties. In the living room, there is only an old-fashioned mahogany sofa and a TV cabinet with a coffee table, and the only appliance is a 21-inch color TV, and there is no other decoration or furniture.

With plain red wooden floors and white walls, the whole living room looks as old as the villa's appearance. The environment inside the villa was much worse than Li Ran expected, and to be honest, it was not as good as his yard.

After changing his slippers at the door, Li Ran's father, the warlord-style "feudal patriarch" in his predecessor's memory, was sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV. Seeing Li Ran and Gu Yushu coming in with their children in their arms, a smile appeared on their faces, and they came over and wanted to take the package from Gu Yushu's hand. The old lady ignored it, turned her head and walked towards the sofa in the living room with the child in her arms.

Li Zhengfeng was embarrassed, but he obviously knew his wife's character and knew that he couldn't please him, so he happened to see Li Ran holding An An in his hand and took An An directly from him. Li Ran was afraid that the old man would not be able to hold the child well, so he didn't want to give it. But before he could speak, the old man's eyes widened, and he subconsciously let go. I wanted to say something, but looking at his eager expression, I wanted to stop talking. Sister-in-law Zeng Jing, who came out of the kitchen next to her, happened to see this scene, walked over with a smile and said, "Mom, you're back." ”

"Well, you're back, when did you come over?" The old lady said with a pleasant face while removing the back padded jacket on Pingping's body, and her attitude towards her daughter-in-law was much better than her attitude towards Father Li.

"I only came here in the morning," the sister-in-law walked up to her mother-in-law, looked at Ping Ping and asked, "This is the fourth child?" Then he held his ordinary little hand and teased him, "Little one, what is your name?"

As soon as I was a little confused in the car, I immediately woke up as soon as I got out of the car, and when I was outside, I looked curiously through the gap in the big padded jacket. And now, when he saw someone talking to him, he began to giggle and laugh "giggles, gurgles" as usual, waving his chubby little arms like lotus roots.

The mediocre and cute performance attracted everyone's attention in the living room, and even Li Ran's second sister Zhang Xiu in the kitchen listened to the voice and came out to see the child.

However, dancing with his hands and "babbling" in his mouth, he kept talking about the fun of pingping, but An An in Li Zhengfeng's arms was the opposite. The little girl was about to fall asleep in the car, and she was still in a daze after getting out of the car. An An, who was about to find a comfortable place to sleep in his father's arms, was taken away by his grandfather, and his little temper came up, and he began to cry as soon as he said "wow". It instantly alarmed everyone, and even a few children who were playing upstairs ran down to watch.

Seeing that the whole family was staring at him, and An An in his arms was still crying, Li Zhengfeng was in a hurry in an instant. He shook and patted to coax An An well, but obviously his little granddaughter didn't plan to give him face, and she didn't mean to stop at all, and her little body was still twisting and twisting and crying louder.

Li Ran felt sorry for his little padded jacket, and he couldn't bear to see his father embarrassed, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take An An and put him in his arms to sleep. An An recognized the person, returned to his father's arms, cried quietly, and slowly fell asleep. Sister-in-law Zeng Jing led Li Ran upstairs to find a room to sleep comfortably, and the two went downstairs together.

Downstairs, Li Zhengfeng sat on the sofa with a dark face, with an aura of not approaching, but he glanced at the old lady from time to time. Li Xiu, the second sister next to the old lady over there, hugged Pingping, surrounded by three children. The little guy had never seen so many people, and he felt that it was not good to be novel, so no matter who teased him, he was very cooperative and gave people a big smile.

Pingping was hugged by Li Xiu, and his mother Gu Yushu went to the kitchen to help her daughter-in-law cook. As a result, as soon as the old lady left, Li Zhengfeng walked over to hug Pingping, and Li Xiu didn't dare not give it.

Although the four Li Ran brothers and sisters have different personalities, they all have a common characteristic, that is, they are very afraid of their father. Li Ran is okay, when he was a child, it was during the Vietnam War, and Li Zhengfeng was sent to the battlefield in Vietnam. At that time, I didn't have much time to go home, and I didn't have time to care about him. But the eldest brother Li Shuo and the third brother Li Jin grew up under the education of sticks, and even Li Xiu was not less trained. So even if he is married now, Li Xiu doesn't dare to anger his father easily, not to mention that his father just wants to hug his child.

Li Zhengfeng successfully took Pingping away, and was naturally very happy. At first, I was a little cautious, after all, the "lesson" just now was still vivid, but I soon discovered the difference between Pingping and An An. Changing the law to make the little guy laugh, the grandfather and grandson had a great time.

When the old lady came out after cooking, what she saw was Li Zhengfeng hugging Pingping, and then said with a smile on her face: "Good, call grandpa, call, grandpa-ye." Ping Ping is a response of "yaa, yaa".

Gu Yushu was angry and funny, walked over and said "It's time to eat", and took the child from the reluctant Li Zhengfeng to put him to sleep. It was time for Ping Ping to go to bed, but he was hugged by his father, and Li Ran couldn't help it, but fortunately, his mother came out and took the child away, otherwise the rest time would be reversed.

After eating, the mother hugged her eldest granddaughter Yuanyuan and sat and chatted with her daughter and daughter-in-law on the sofa. Li Ran didn't want to participate in this kind of short "tea party" among parents, and the two children were still sleeping, and his father Li Zhengfeng went to the study to read after eating, so only the bored Li Ran and the equally boring second brother-in-law Cao Bo were left, and the two went to the atrium on the second floor to chat.

Cao Bo is a reporter for Xinhua News Agency and has a wide range of information. Although he is also from a military family, he speaks humorously and is not pretentious, so the two of them can talk very well. However, unlike Li Ran, he not only smoked, but also looked at the skillful technique, and the expression of enjoyment when swallowing clouds and spitting fog, he was undoubtedly an old smoking gun.

Naturally, two big men sit together to talk about some national affairs, interesting stories at home or something, and it is impossible to discuss how to knit sweaters. So while talking, he talked about the "Milky Way" incident, and as a result, his mood rose all of a sudden.

"Hey, shame! It's like the shame of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and sooner or later it will be shameful. Cao Bo said to Li Ran with a long sigh while being smoky. Li Ran felt quite interesting, but he didn't expect to be an angry young man.

Compared with people who have really experienced this, Li Ran didn't have such a big reaction. But every time I see it on the Internet, I have the urge to smash the computer, and you can imagine how angry Cao Bo is when he has experienced it himself. This incident was reported back to China in July, and by the end of the incident in September, the country was still boiling, and anti-American sentiment was unprecedentedly high. However, the national strength is weak, the army is outdated, and even if there is shame, it must be endured.

Li Ran sighed softly and said to Cao Bo: "After the Gulf War, Americans' self-confidence is not good. I think I can beat the whole world, and naturally I'm crazy."

"I don't know if my generation will be able to see the day when the country will become rich and strong in our lifetime, and I will not be bullied by such hegemonist countries. "Cao Bo is also from a military family in the end, not a simple angry youth, he did not throw the blame, and he had no brains to blame the government and the navy. He just looked depressed and sighed in a low voice, but his loss could be seen from his gloomy eyes.

Under his influence, Li Ran was also a little uncomfortable. However, thinking of the growing national strength of the motherland in the future, he still firmly said to Cao Bo: "I believe that with the efforts of our generation, there will be that day, and this day will definitely not be far away." ”

Infected by Li Ran's firm emotions, Cao Bo lifted his spirits and said the words "encouragement with you".

Although he knew that Cao Bo didn't listen to his own words, even if Li Ran said that he would be rich and strong in the future, he might not believe it. In 94 years, who would have believed that China would become the world's second largest economy in the future, and who would have believed that China's military strength would be the third in the world in the future.

However, this did not affect the deep friendship between the two men on this winter afternoon because of the phrase "encouragement with you".