Chapter 56: The prospective son-in-law arrives
Is this a prospective son-in-law? Ren Laifeng suddenly wanted to laugh a little, is he, the future hairy son-in-law, going to see his father-in-law? Meeting is a must. I don't know, forget it, since people specially asked someone to send a letter over, then he definitely can't go. Gotta go. Who let him hug someone's big girl all night that day?
So far, the relationship between the two is naturally not as usual. Ren Laifeng is not a merciless person. In order to show his attention, he cleaned up before going to Li's door. After getting a haircut, changing into a new military uniform, and buying four kinds of candy and snacks, he took the guard Huang Tian to Li Ruoyun's house.
The address is written on the letter. Find it by address. The house with blue brick walls and black paint gates in the alley is Li Ruoyun's home? Look at the house number, yes, this is it. Go up and knock on the door.
"Who?" A classic greeting was asked inside. "It's me, open the door!" Ren Laifeng's answer was equally incisive. After half a minute, there was a knock in the door, and it sounded like it was under the latch. The door of the black paint opened, and the door was opened by a young man who looked a little kind, and this kid was probably a few years younger than Ren Laifeng.
Seeing Ren Laifeng and Huang Tian dressed in military uniforms and hanging gun boxes, the young man's eyes were obviously a little straight, and even his voice was a little timid, "You, who are you looking for?" β
"May I ask my little brother, is this Li Ruoyun's home?"
"Yes, yes, do you know Li Ruoyun?" Hearing the name Li Ruoyun, the young man spoke fluently.
"Oh, I'm Ren Laifeng, the commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion of the National Army, and I'm a friend of Li Ruoyun." What can he say? You can't say it's someone's fiancΓ©, right? Besides, the two are not engaged. It is not appropriate to say that it is a comrade-in-arms or a colleague, and only the relationship between friends can barely be taken. It's really hard for Ren Laifeng, he can think of such a plausible title at a critical moment.
"Dr. Lee entrusted me to visit her family. Little brother, who are you from Dr. Li? Ren Laifeng reached out and wanted to touch the head of the child, but the young man's body was very flexible, and he dodged it in a flash.
"I am the younger brother of Dr. Li Ruoyun, and my name is Li Yunlong."
Li Yunlong? Uh, then Li Yunlong, this is really a domineering name.
"My father and mother are at home, come in! Father! Mother! My sister asked Brother Ren to come and see you! Li Yunlong shouted loudly all the way to let Ren Laifeng into the house.
Soon, a dozen or so members of this family gathered in the hall. According to Li Yunlong's introduction, Ren Laifeng saluted and greeted the Li family one by one. Li Ruoyun's father seems to be a person of status, wearing a robe and a horse coat and a pair of rimless glasses; Her mother was a typical housewife, wearing a cheongsam and her hair curled. The rest are hired and servants in the family, and there are only three owners of the family, Li Ruoyun's father and younger brother.
Didn't she write to her and say that she had a sister? Ren Laifeng opened his mouth to ask the faceless sister. Mother Li sighed and said in a proud tone that her eldest daughter had married half a year ago. also said that she sent a letter to the second girl, Ruoyun, but Ruoyun did not come back and so on. Anyway, it's a lot of nagging.
The correspondence in the war-torn years is the most unassumable, and maybe it is possible to send a letter to that person and let the devil kill him. When Ren Laifeng sighed in his heart, Father Li stopped the nagging of middle-aged and elderly women with a word, "What are you talking about?" Don't look here, too. Hurry up and prepare the wine and dinner, since the battalion commander Ren came to the humble house and brought Ruoyun's news, how can we let the distinguished guests sit dry? β
A room full of hired servants coaxed them all out, and then it was time for interrogation. Ren Laifeng explained Li Ruoyun's recent situation in a few words, the backbone doctors of the group army hospital are busy treating the wounded all day long, and there is nothing else.
Li Ruoyun's mother began to interrogate. Ask Ren Laifeng about his age, family background, work situation, and who is in his family. In short, I almost didn't interrogate the eighteen generations of my ancestors. Ren Laifeng originally thought that he had no flaws, but he knew that his head was sweating after being interrogated in less than ten minutes. Where are you here? Presumably, even the agent interrogator of the Military Command Bureau just asks these questions, right?
Passive beating has never been Ren Laifeng's character, since you asked me, then I have to interrogate and interrogate you! Of course, it is impossible for him to interrogate the old lady, even if he asks, he can only ask the head of the family, Li Ruoyun's father.
"I don't know what Uncle Li did when he was young? I see that you have an elegant temperament and a good conversation, you must not be an ordinary ordinary man, right? β
"Hahaha, what kind of elegant temperament and good conversation? Ren Battalion Commander can really put gold on the old face. Of course, old decay is an ordinary man, all living beings, can I still be above all living beings? Although the words were modest, it could be seen that the old man was very happy! Since the interest came, the old man naturally committed the common disease of all the older people, recalling the past and the eventful years.
This Daddy Li was really not an ordinary person back then, he once served as a deputy commander under Jin Yunpeng, a Beiyang warlord and governor of Shandong Province, and he also carried the epaulette of a lieutenant general on his shoulders! It's just that since the fall of Jin Yunpeng, this deputy commander Li has also lost power one after another, and within two months, he resigned from all his posts and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion.
Otherwise, how could Li Ruoyun go to Qilu University to study, people are from home, and there is a backstage at home! The old man now grows flowers and raises fish all day long, and if a former subordinate or acquaintance visits, he will also set up a banquet and drink some wine to talk about the past.
Although the old man was not a famous corrupt person back then, how many clean officials did he have in the Beiyang warlords? After being a high-ranking official in Beiyang for so many years, even if he didn't deliberately spend a lot of money, the family money he saved was enough for him to have no worries about food and clothing, and to retire freely.
Speaking of the past, Daddy Li couldn't help but be full of spirit, as if the lieutenant general and deputy commander of the tens of thousands of troops under his command had returned.
At this time, someone came to inform that lunch had been arranged. The big guys humbly came to the dining room to sit down with the guests, and the chicken, duck, fish, and various delicacies were already on the table. First toast to wish health and prosperity to the country, and then move the chopsticks to eat.
During the meal, Ren Laifeng pretended to have no opinion and asked General Li if he had any plans to go out of the mountain again, "Uncle Li, now that the Japanese invaded and the national disaster is at hand, all my Chinese men should take it as their responsibility to defend the land and resist the war." Uncle Li was also a famous general back then, I don't know if he still has any plans to wear military uniforms and serve the country again? If there is, the little nephew is willing to be a small soldier under Uncle Li's account! β