After a few brief polite words, Lin Zhenhua left the police station with He Haifeng and Lu Zhiqiang and walked towards the only restaurant on the street. Lin Zhenhua finally had the opportunity to examine the world he had come into.

There is only one street less than 200 meters long where the Hongshan Commune is located, and there are police stations, health centers, commune revolutionary committees, grain stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, restaurants and other units. The street is paved with bluestone and covered with mud. On the walls on both sides of the street, there are some slogans with the characteristics of the times. There are not many people on the streets, and most of them have patches on their clothes, showing the poverty of life.

When I walked into the hotel, I saw that there were only four tables of eight immortals inside, and there were four benches next to each table. Although it was time to eat, there was not a single customer in the restaurant, and the waiter with big pigtails was sitting next to him and making sweaters. Lin Zhenhua knew that it was not that the food in the restaurant was not fragrant, but that ordinary people at that time would not go to the restaurant to eat at all, and the restaurant would only have business at some special times. Anyway, the hotel is also state-run, and the staff are accustomed to the desertion of the hotel.

"Xiao Zhang, a guest is here." Lu Zhiqiang shouted to the waiter.

Xiao Zhang raised his head, saw Lu Zhiqiang, and shouted enthusiastically: "Brother Lu, there is another leader?" ”

Lu Zhiqiang replied: "That's right, the leader from the provincial capital let Master Bai show a few unique skills." After that, he turned back to He Haifeng and Lin Zhenhua and smiled: "In our small place, no one usually comes. But Lao Bai's craftsmanship is quite good. ”

Four people sat on the four sides of the Eight Immortals table, and one occupied a bench. He Lan is the surname of the little girl, she can't sit still, she will sit on this end for a while, and sit on that end for a while, and use the bench as a rocker to play. After Lin Zhenhua sat down, he used to look at the waiter, waiting for her to bring the menu and order, and after waiting for a while, he remembered that this would be just 79 years, there were few dishes in the restaurant, and the only recipe was written on the blackboard with chalk.

Because it was He Haifeng who invited guests, Lu Zhiqiang was not good at making decisions without permission. He whispered a few words to He Haifeng, and then shouted to the waiter: "Old rules, come with two meat and two vegetables, and a bottle of Deshan Daqu." ”

The waiter came over first to collect the money, a total of two yuan eight, and a pound of food stamps, Lu Zhiqiang made a look of wanting to pay for it, but was stopped by He Haifeng, this meal was said to be invited by him, Lu Zhiqiang and Lin Zhenhua both helped him, so naturally they shouldn't pay for it. Of course, Lu Zhiqiang also knows this, and the previous action of taking out money is like a slow motion in a movie, just to show politeness.

Lin Zhenhua seized all the time to find the common sense of life in this era from the remnants of memory, he had just looked at his pocket, which contained more than 100 yuan and more than 40 catties of national food stamps. In those days, the salary of an ordinary worker was about 40 yuan, and the allowance of a PLA soldier was more than 10 yuan a month, which was a huge amount of money.

The dishes and wine were served quickly, and He Lan was naturally not qualified to drink, so she could only sit on the side and eat obediently, finding a reason to fight with Lin Zhenhua from time to time. The three men poured wine and exchanged polite words, and the meal was over.

Among these three people, Lu Zhiqiang is a veteran, and he has some sense of identity with Lin Zhenhua. He Haifeng is a director of the Provincial Department of Light Industry, a college student before the special period, and actually has a common language with Lin Zhenhua now. However, Lin Zhenhua did not dare to reveal his identity as a traverser, so he had to still participate in the conversation as a veteran.

He Haifeng took his daughter home to visit relatives and returned, and took this long-distance bus back to the provincial capital, who knew that he encountered this incident on the way, but fortunately Lin Zhenhua rescued him, and his daughter was in danger.

"Come on, Xiaolin, I'll toast you again, yesterday's incident, if it weren't for you, it would be a big trouble." He Haifeng said with a cup.

"Lao He, this is what I should do." Lin Zhenhua replied. He picked up the cup and touched it with He Haifeng, and then drank it all. Texas Daqu is a famous local wine, and in that era, there was still fake wine from time to time, and it was very comfortable to drink it in the stomach. Lin Zhenhua was not very good at drinking when he was studying at Huaqing University, but now it seems that the amount of alcohol he inherited from this body is still good.

"I'm ashamed to say that when I saw the gangsters take out the bomb, I, the father, didn't react, so Xiao Lin took the lead to protect Lan Lan under his body." He Haifeng said.

Lin Zhenhua raised his eyes to look at He Lan and said with a smile: "I'm a scout, so I will naturally react faster in this regard." I had a thought at the time, it would be a pity for such a beautiful little girl to be cut by shrapnel. ”

He Lan couldn't help but feel a little shy when she heard Lin Zhenhua praise her for being beautiful, in that era, everyone's evaluation of appearance and the like was still relatively subtle, so it was more abrupt to say that a little girl was beautiful. However, it is precisely because of the abruptness that the little girl feels beautiful in her heart.

"Come, come, eat." He Haifeng finished toasting, and then persuaded the dishes.

Everyone chatted while drinking, and gradually talked about Lin Zhenhua's identity. He Haifeng was surprised: "Xiaolin, I heard Director Lu say that you are a veteran, you are only 18 years old, and you should be the age of a soldier in normal times, why did you retire from the army instead?" ”

Lu Zhiqiang looked at Lin Zhenhua and said with a smile: "I was about to ask this question too, Xiaolin, you are really a little young as a soldier." ”

Lin Zhenhua searched in his brain, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "This ...... I joined the army relatively early, at the age of 16. ”

Of course, there was a matter of becoming a soldier at the age of 16, but Lin Zhenhua went to the army so early because he was too unbearable back then.

The previous Lin Zhenhua was very unlucky, his parents were both killed in an accident when he was 13 years old, leaving him and his 11-year-old sister to live on the pension in the factory. The uncles and aunts in the factory took pity on the situation of the little brothers and sisters and took good care of them, but the young Lin Zhenhua did not study well, smoking, drinking, gambling, fighting, and it can be said that he was good at everything except business. Su Yongsheng, the chief of the security section in the factory, was a good friend of Lin Zhenhua's parents before his death, and saw that Lin Zhenhua was only one step away from entering the police station, so he used his authority to send him to the army, hoping that he could be reborn in the army and become a new person.

Lin Zhenhua met a good company commander and a good platoon commander in the army, and under their strict requirements, Lin Zhenhua not only trained himself to have excellent military qualities, but also made great changes in his conduct and work. If this is not the case, then this act of righteousness and courage will not appear.

In February this year, Lin Zhenhua's unit participated in a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and his reconnaissance company became the first unit of the whole army to attack Lang Son. While clearing a hidden bunker of the Vietnamese army, the company commander revered by Lin Zhenhua was unfortunately shot and died, and his platoon commander was also seriously wounded, leaving one leg on the battlefield. When the Vietnamese troops in the fort finally couldn't support it and surrendered, Lin Zhenhua couldn't hold back his anger and picked up a light machine gun to strafe the surrendered Vietnamese troops, which violated battlefield discipline. After the end of the war, Lin Zhenhua should have received a second-class merit was erased, and he was discharged from the army early.

Lin Zhenhua simply told He Haifeng and Lu Zhiqiang about these past events. He Haifeng said unevenly: "It's normal for young people to have a little blood surname, merit is merit, and passing is wrong, how can the army deal with it like this?" In fact, he didn't know what military discipline should be, but Lin Zhenhua was his daughter's life-saving benefactor, so he had to help say a few words anyway.

Lu Zhiqiang picked up the wine and said, "Xiaolin, after listening to you say these things, I have two words for you: admire!" If it were me, I would do the same. His comrades-in-arms have all been sacrificed, how can this revenge not be avenged. Come, I will borrow a long wine and toast you. ”

Lin Zhenhua took the wine and drank, and said to Lu Zhiqiang and He Haifeng: "It's okay to retire early, the company commander and platoon commander have left, and it's not interesting for me to stay in the army." I also have a younger sister at home, and it's time for me to go back and take care of her. ”

He Haifeng said: "Xiaolin is right, now is the time to engage in economic construction, Vice Chairman Deng said that in the future, we should take economic construction as the center, go back to the factory as soon as possible, and make a career." However, now is the era of paying attention to science and technology, and after Xiaolin goes back, he must strengthen some cultural learning, and he will suffer more if he has no culture in the future. ”

He Haifeng just heard Lin Zhenhua say that he was also mixed up in junior high school and didn't learn anything, so he gave him some advice from the perspective of a person who came over. Lin Zhenhua nodded again and again to express his gratitude.

He Lan sat aside, listening to the adults, Lin Zhenhua's story of self-defense and counterattack deeply moved her, and she looked at Lin Zhenhua's eyes, and there was already a faint admiration.