Chapter 189: Back to Basics
The beekeeping mewch club is a club for veteran cadres founded by the head of the Southern Tour, and the chief of the Southern Tour loves bridge, and he and several veteran leaders of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee at that time took the lead in establishing a recreation and rest place for veteran cadres. The main target of service is the veteran cadres above the deputy ministerial level and above in the army, and people are accustomed to calling it "beekeeping sandwich." ”
Zhang Qingyun did not expect to see this signboard in the 21st century today, and his excitement was indescribable, and his heart began to pound non-stop.
The management of the club is not as strict as that of the Bayi villa area, and the guards at the gate know Zhao Chuan, so they salute Zhao Chuan and open the door to let him go.
Entering the inside, Zhang Qingyun felt a sense of history coming to his face, the houses are old-fashioned Soviet-style buildings, the courtyard is lush with trees, it should be about nine o'clock in the morning, many old people came out for a walk with the support of nurses, some were already faltering, but Zhang Qingyun still saw from them that they could vaguely see the scenery of their past.
The superior will always have a different temperament, even if they are just ordinary old people now, Zhao Chuan is obviously very familiar with this place, and he greets the past all the way, respectfully! In front of these old people, he was just a child.
Zhang Qingyun observed carefully and found that the club and the veteran cadres recuperation center were separated, and the veteran cadres sanatorium was behind the club. Coming to the back, this side is full of houses that read power, like villas but more quaint, the pattern is also much older, sometimes several houses are connected together to form a courtyard, just like the adaptation of the courtyard in Beijing.
"That's it!" Zhao Chuan pointed to a very inconspicuous small corridor in front of him. A car stopped at the door of the building, Jun 00002, Zhang Qingyun was startled, and immediately thought of the woman yesterday, and his heart was a little complicated for a while.
There were no guards here, only orderlies, and several people greeted Zhao Chuan respectfully when they saw him, and Zhao Chuan also smiled and gave them a salute in return.
followed Zhao Chuan into the courtyard, and Zhang Qingyun found that several of his entourages did not follow, so he and Zhao Chuan.
"Are you nervous or nervous?" Zhang Qingyun suddenly turned his head and grinned at Zhang Qingyun.
"Excited!" Zhang Qingyun's face was right.
"Haha! It's good to be excited, today is just to play chess with the old man, don't say anything! ”
Zhang Qingyun nodded, the two walked very slowly, the yard was not big, Zhang Qingyun saw at a glance that there was a grape trellis on the left side of the yard, the grape branches and leaves were dense, the top and sides were all covered by green shade, and there would occasionally be hearty laughter over there, a man and a woman, an old and a young!
Zhao Chuan quickened his pace, and soon detoured to the left side of the courtyard, and shouted from afar: "Hello grandpa!" ”
"General Zhao?" Zhang Qingyun's heart jumped violently, although he had already prepared in his heart, he still felt nervous and excited for no reason when he heard Zhao Chuan call his grandfather. After being in the Zhao family for a while, Zhang Qingyun certainly knew that Zhao Chuan's grandfather was General Zhao, one of the founding fathers.
In 55, he was awarded the rank of general, whether in the War of Resistance or in the War of Liberation, he made great achievements in the country, and after the liberation, he also served as the commander and political commissar of the large military region, and the highest to the deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army.
Looking up, Zhang Qingyun had already seen Zhao Chuan walking up quickly, and he hurriedly quickened his pace. Zhao Jiayao? The first person who caught Zhang Qingyun's eyes turned out to be Zhao Jiayao, when did she return to the capital? Zhao Jiayao was laughing, completely different from her usual expression, smiling really and sweetly, Zhang Qingyun only then found out that this woman's smile was so extraordinary, washing people's hearts, making people unnaturally rise from the depths of their hearts A kind of admiration, Zhang Qingyun didn't dare to look at it.
Next to her was an old man with gray hair, Zhang Qingyun knew that this was General Zhao, pinching his fingers to calculate his age, he should be nearly 100 years old, his expression was very peaceful, his face was rippling with a childlike smile, although his hands trembled slightly, but he did not ask for help.
He sat on a rattan chair with cotton cushions, Zhang Qingyun couldn't see his height clearly, but he felt that his back was already slightly rickety, and his face was full of age spots, Zhang Qingyun strangely found that he didn't seem to feel any pressure in front of him, his whole person was like the uncle next door, and he looked very ordinary.
"Grandpa! I've got a new chess buddy for you, why don't you play two more games? Zhao Chuan stepped forward and smiled respectfully.
"Good! Good! Good! General Zhao said three times in a row, the voice was not loud, but the words were clear, like a child, with a thick Sichuan accent in his voice.
"General Zhao, hello!" Zhang Qingyun hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully, looking at Zhao Jiayao with his eyes, but found that she didn't smile, and her face returned to its previous coldness.
"A guy? Good! The old man nodded with difficulty, and pointed to the chair in front of him with trembling fingers, "You also went to college, right?" ”
Zhang Qingyun was about to sit down, when he heard the old man say this, his face froze, and he nodded again and again and said yes!
"Sit!" The old man smacked his lips, Zhao Chuan hurriedly wiped the white foam from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and his head twisted, which made Zhang Qingyun think of the child's dodging look when washing the child's face, which was extremely innocent.
"You're better than me, I don't know much!" The old man said, Zhang Qingyun was stunned and didn't know how to answer, he didn't expect that a generation of famous generals and founding fathers, General Zhao, would use such a sentence as his opening remarks.
"Xiaochuan, don't mess with my car in the future, tell them all, a few days ago, Xuefang's girl came to see me, her car couldn't drive into the yard, and when she left, she pestered the driver to borrow the car, I don't know, I only returned it yesterday! You're going to criticize her, huh? The old man turned his head to Zhao and said, his speech was flat and intermittent, without the momentum of a general at all, Zhang Qingyun firmly believed that in front of him was an extraordinary ordinary old man.
Zhao Chuan stood up and said yes again and again!
"Also, Xuefang's girl's object problem, don't worry about her at home! People have to grow up by themselves, and they don't know the pain until they fall, so she also brought a guy over that day. The old man looked up at Zhang Qingyun and continued: "He is about the same age, and she said that she was looking for the object herself, and Wei Wei and Yuan Chao disagreed. Don't look for me for these things in the future......"
Zhao Chuan nodded again and again, and Zhang Qingyun heard the door, that Xuefang is probably the woman from yesterday, right? It turned out that she had a boyfriend, and her parents disagreed, no wonder Brother Zhao said that he wanted to take advantage of the situation, and he could figure it out, "I'd rather demolish ten temples than destroy a single relative", isn't he clear?
After the old man finished speaking, he ignored Zhao Chuan, and began to set up a military chess formation on the wooden chessboard, Zhao Chuan repeatedly signaled with his eyes over Zhang Qingyun, and Zhang Qingyun also began to set up his own chess pieces.
Military chess is very simple in Zhang Qingyun's view, in his previous life on the Internet, Zhang Qingyun was a university scholar, commander, army, division, brigade, battalion, company, platoon, engineer is all arms, and then adding bombs, mines and military flags constitute all military chess.
The core of playing military chess lies in the use of bombs and senior officers, there are only two bombs, and if they don't blow up the opponent's heavyweights, they will basically be wasted, so there are skills to talk about in arranging troops, but Zhang Qingyun is very proficient in this skill.
The two played chess, and Zhao Chuan naturally became a referee, and Zhang Qingyun lost three games in a row. The heart of the victory suddenly rose, played harder, and finally pulled back a few sets. The old man's interest is very high, his chess style is also very good, he will always point his fingers and make a little summary when he loses, and occasionally praise Zhang Qingyun.
Gradually, Zhang Qingyun's whole person was completely relaxed, and sometimes he would put forward a little of his own opinions, the old man nodded when he felt that it was reasonable, and said his opinion disapprovingly if he felt that it was unreasonable, and he didn't want to talk about the dialogue between the big chief and the small at all, as if the two were pure chess friends.
At about 12 o'clock at noon, the old man couldn't stop saying goodbye, and said with a smile: "I win 6 sets, you win 5 sets, the odd number just decides the winner, the time is up!" ”
Zhang Qingyun hurriedly smiled and admitted defeat, but he was really happy in his heart, feeling that playing chess with General Zhao was really a kind of fun, as if he was playing mahjong with his grandfather.
"Yaoyao, you go to my study and bring the book of "Zeng Wenzheng's Official Letter"!" The old man waved his trembling hand and said to Zhao Jiayao, and then said to Zhang Qingyun: "You played chess well!" It is a lack of persistence when the bureau is weak, and overestimating one's own strength when the bureau is strong. It is very similar to my surname when I was young, I remember that the chairman often scolded me and asked me to read more "Zeng Wenzheng's Official Letter", you should also read it! ”
Zhang Qingyun's face changed, and he hurriedly got up to thank him, his heart was extremely excited, he didn't expect General Zhao to give him a gift, this is a gift worth cherishing for a lifetime!
"I don't know much about reading, I had to read this book to be literate in the first place, you are better than me! You should be able to understand more than I do, hehe! The old man said again, and at last he smiled like a child.
Who knew that he suddenly turned his head to Zhao Chuan: "Xiao Chuan, don't be careful for me in the future!" It's better for this young man to come less in the future, such a big country needs you to build, come and play chess with me, what kind of system! If I want to play chess, I'll look for Yaoyao, En...... He's a little bit worse, I can go to the club......"
Zhao Chuan hurriedly got up and stood up with a red face and did not speak, like a child who had done something wrong, at this time Zhao Jiayao had already turned around, holding a thread-like book in his hand and handing it to the old man. The old man touched it with his hand, and after a long time, he handed it to Zhang Qingyun and said, "I've sent it to you!" I don't have many belongings, I don't have even more books, I can't keep these things for too long, I'm dead, it's all the waste of the country, give it away while I'm alive! ”
"Grandpa......" Zhao Jiayao frowned, and Zhang Qingyun hurriedly got up and respectfully took the gift from him, "Zeng Wenzheng's Official Letter", the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, Yan'an.
"Codex?" Zhang Qingyun's hand trembled, these words were crooked, but through the back of the paper, it must have been a hand-copied book by General Zhao himself. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Qingyun was even more excited, standing in a daze and not knowing how to speak, feeling inappropriate and unable to say a word of refusal.
"When I was a child, I was a cattle herder, and Zeng Wenzhenggong was also from an ordinary background. Now that the atmosphere has changed, everywhere talks about origin, and children are also involved in finding a partner, which is unavoidable. When people are old, I will tell my grandchildren when they come over, and I usually don't talk about my daughter-in-law! When the old man said this, he suddenly paused and laughed, "Of course, they rarely come, first, for fear of being scolded, and secondly, I don't want them to come......"
Zhang Qingyun listened to the old general's words quietly, and gradually his heart was full of passion, the old man's words were simple and simple, but he gave Zhang Qingyun endless encouragement, didn't he also come from a plain background? Why can't you make a career yourself? Absolutely! Zhang Qingyun said secretly in his heart.
When he looked up at the old general, he got up tremblingly, smiled kindly at Zhang Qingyun, and said, "I am an unfree person now, and I must take injections and medicines on time!" Otherwise, others will go to the central government to complain, saying that I don't listen to the organization's command, and I have been forced several times before, and everyone is very nervous, and they all come to say good things, but now they don't dare to ......"
He turned around as he spoke, and Zhao Jiayao helped him slowly walk on the path in the courtyard and walked towards the house. Looking at the back of the old man gradually disappearing, Zhang Qingyun's agitated mood couldn't be dispersed for a long time, the old man was so plain and simple, really!
But every sentence can be a great inspiration for Zhang Qingyun, Zhang Qingyun knows that today's opportunity is enough for himself to digest for a lifetime, an ordinary old man, a famous general at home and abroad, a general who has been a horse all his life, the two images are so far apart, but the miraculous fusion of General Zhao is a very wonderful thing worth pondering, this is the real return to basics!
An ordinary cattle herding baby, after countless wind, frost and blood rain, step by step, so far the old general Zhao still remembers that he is a cattle herding baby, he did not mention his glorious body at all, maybe he really forgot it, for the old general at this time, what is the meaning of these things?
Zhang Qingyun felt a lot in an instant, and when he looked down at the yellowed handwritten book in his hand, he felt that his hands were heavy. After a long time, he carefully put the book in his arms and walked forward slowly...... On the way back, Zhao Chuan and Zhang Qingyun took the same car, neither of them spoke along the way, obviously seeing General Zhao today, both of them have gained a lot, and they are savoring today's harvest at this time.
"Xiao Zhang, you have a lot of ideas, help my uncle find a way, Xuefang's girl, the girl you saw yesterday, found a very undesirable boyfriend. This girl's surname is shallow, and the man is slippery, ......unreliable," Zhao Chuan said suddenly.
Zhang Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then the look on his face became a little strange, and he was still a little unhappy in his heart, how could Zhao Chuan be like this, he actually pulled himself to be the wrongdoer, could it be that he couldn't find a girlfriend?
"Brother Zhao, didn't you listen to the old man just now?" Zhang Qingyun said for a long time.
Zhao Chuan's expression was stunned, speechless, and his face was gloomy, obviously he didn't expect Zhang Qingyun to use chicken feathers as an arrow to learn to use General Zhao to suppress himself.
"Don't blame me too much, you kid, although I did it a little too much, but I also want to help you, don't be kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs!" Zhao snorted.
Zhang Qingyun's expression moved slightly, glanced at Zhao Chuan, and secretly screamed ashamed, he was too emotional just now, Zhao Legend's truth is true, his heart is good, but the way is wrong!
As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly said, "Tell me about the situation!" ”
Zhao Chuan grinned and said the situation, it turned out that Guo Xuefang was his cousin. found a boyfriend, who was her classmate, and the boy probably really went to his family's power, and her parents wanted the two to break up. Guo Xuefang wanted to die or live, and later moved out to live with that kid.
The rest of the matter, Zhang Qingyun is also clear, of course Guo's family has to find a way to break up the pair of life and death mandarin ducks, so there was yesterday's play, Zhao Chuan actually sent Geng Zhan over to pimp, poor Geng Zhan, where can that kid deal with this eldest lady.
said that he was going to the airport to pick up people, but he first confiscated his communication tools, and then drove around and then prepared to come back to hand over the business.
After listening to Zhao Chuan's introduction, Zhang Qingyun smiled, since Zhao Chuan had found him, they must be helpless, otherwise they wouldn't even come up with the dirty way to treat themselves as the wronged boss, and they had to think of a compromise solution.
"So be it! Since that brother is here for her family's power, he can give him enough sweetness! Give him a sum of money, or give him a way to make money, of course, the condition is that he wants to go abroad, if he can do it, if he can't do it, then there is no way! Zhang Qingyun thought for a long time before he said.
Zhao Chuan suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Qingyun, and said for a long time: "It's that simple? ”
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said, "Try it!" I don't know, but there are some things that are so simple that no one does them. I'm sure the girl's parents have tried this trick of mine, but it didn't work! ”
"And what do you say?" Zhao Chuan said with a glare.
Zhang Qingyun smiled strangely and said: "The same method, the usage is different, and the most important thing about this method is to make people have a sense of contrast." The trick commonly used by American devils is very good! Carrots and sticks work! ”
"Huh? What if it doesn't work? Zhao Chuan frowned and said.
Zhang Qingyun laughed and said, "Then what else can I do?" It shows that this guy is a person worthy of entrusting for life, you have made a mistake, immediately correct your thinking, prepare for a banquet, and relatives and friends will come to drink the wine! ”
Zhao Chuan was stunned for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Okay!" Just ......" he suddenly turned his head as soon as he spoke, "You guy, yin! No wonder you dare to wrestle with the boss of the He family, it's okay, you're in Jiangnan! The He family is now free of tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are ready to be the overlords!
Do you know what He Kun said to me last time? He actually wanted his straw bale son to marry Jia Yao, I almost fainted at that time, is my sister so easy to marry? Hey~"
Zhang Qingyun hurriedly closed his mouth, but secretly pouted, Zhao Jiayao is not easy to marry, she is cold all day long, and she will freeze to death when she marries home. Besides, it is indeed difficult for this high-status woman to marry, all of which involve conflicts of interest, and it is very big to think about it. In an instant, he thought of General Zhao's words just now, and his heart moved, as if he had realized again......
(To be continued)