Xia Yun's mood regained his calmness, and Xia Yongfang touched his head as if he was the same as before, and smiled, "I know that Lu Dao is wrong, Second Master!" ”

Afraid that the second master would scold him, he hurriedly changed the topic and introduced the two people next to him to the second master.

"This is my comrade-in-arms Lao Sun, Sun Xingqiang, this time he has to come back with me, thank you in person, and this one, is my friend I just met, and Xia Yun's brother, the owner of our largest real estate development company in Licheng, Zhao Hongwu Brother Zhao, speaking of Brother Zhao, you ...... with the second grandfather"

Zhao Hongwu stretched out his hand and pulled Xia Yongfang, didn't let him continue, took a few steps forward and stood in front of the second master, put his feet together, raised his right hand, and performed an incomparably standard military salute, looking at the second master who was slightly stunned, and said loudly, "Shadow troops, number 52077, soldier Zhao Hongwu, I have seen the commander!" ”

After a pause, he shouted in a strange and firm voice, "For my China!" ”

At this moment, time seems to stand still.

The second master looked at the resolute expression of the big man in front of him, and listened to him shouting the slogan that was extremely familiar in the army, and his heart was a little trance, as if he had returned to the war-torn and blood-boiling era a few decades ago.

The sound of machine guns, cannons, bombs, charges, and the roar of planes in the sky resounded through the sky, and he and countless comrades-in-arms either defended their own camps, or forced their opponent's positions, and went forward one after another, without regrets, just for the simple and incomparably simple thought in their hearts......

The second master's eyes were slightly moist, he straightened his chest and raised his feet, raised his right hand, and performed a military salute that he hadn't done for many years, but it was still extremely upright, "Shadow Army, No. 13, Xia Erzhu." Hello Comrade Zhao Hongwu! ”

After a pause, he replied in a somewhat hoarse voice, "For me China!" ”

Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang stepped forward at the same time, stood up and saluted, and shouted, "For my China!" ”

Under the sun, the old, middle and young generations of soldiers raised their right hands at the same time and saluted, and their whole bodies were bathed in golden light, like four golden statues, solemn and solemn. It's hard to look at!

After a while, the second master took the lead in putting down his right hand, looked at Zhao Hongwu, and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't expect that in my lifetime, I would be able to see a comrade from the shadow army again, and now they have all been numbered to No. 52077?" How are the troops doing now? ”

Zhao Hongwu stood straight, his eyes did not squint. It seems to be back in the army," reported the chief, soldier Zhao Hongwu retired in September 2003, when the number had reached 52108. The number of active personnel is 206 people, and the situation of the troops after retirement is unknown! ”

The second master was slightly stunned, and his figure slowly fell. "I retired in 2003, and it turns out that you have been retired for almost ten years!"

He turned his head and glanced at Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang. He said in a somewhat gloomy tone, "Yongfang, you have also retired, all of us have retired, and now we are not soldiers!" ”

Zhao Hongwu and the three of them glanced at each other, and for a moment they didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere was a little silent and low.

Xia Yun, who was standing behind the four people, was infected by the atmosphere of several people since he entered the courtyard of the second master, and he didn't speak, and when he saw that everyone was a little depressed, he coughed, stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Second master, think about it from another angle, isn't it great that you can retire safely and live the life of an ordinary person, and you don't have to worry about when you will die suddenly every day? Moreover, this also shows that our country is now relatively strong, and there is no need for every soldier to go to the battlefield......"

After Xia Yun said this, the four of them felt better, the second grandfather was the oldest, and he also saw the most, but just now he suddenly met a person from the shadow army, which evoked memories, and the mood was too agitated for a while, so he was a little out of shape......

With a smile, the second master regained his previous stellarity, turned around and walked into the house, "You all come in!" ”

Xia Yun and Xia Yongfang followed behind the second master, entered the lobby, and saw that the second master had already sat down on a rattan chair in the middle of the hall, so they each found a stool to sit down.

The second master picked up the dry smoking gun in his hand, lit the fire and took a puff, and asked Zhao Hongwu sideways, "How do you know that I came out of the shadow?" ”

Zhao Hongwu replied respectfully, "I met Xia Yun and Yongfang at noon just now, so we had a meal together, and when we were chatting, I saw the bullet casing that you gave to Xia Yun from the second master!" Only then did I know that the second master was also from the shadow army. ”

The second master spit out smoke, let out a long sigh, and said to Zhao Hongwu, "I'll take a look at that bullet case of yours!" ”

Zhao Hongwu nodded, reached out and ripped off the red rope around his neck, stood up and walked to the second master, and handed him the bullet casing.

The second master squinted his eyes, held a cigarette stick in his left hand, and rubbed the bullet casing with the rough fingers of his right hand, and sighed for a long time, "It's all numbered to more than 50,000, so many good sons and daughters of China have sacrificed ......"

Xia Yun looked at the second master and couldn't help but say, "Second master, isn't it normal for an army to have tens of thousands of people in the past few decades!" And maybe some people are like you and Brother Zhao, who retired normally! ”

The second master glared at Xia Yun, and before he could speak, Zhao Hongwu had already explained to Xia Yun over there, "Our shadow army, since it was established, has always only had about two hundred people, and only when someone sacrifices or retires, will we continue to draw elite soldiers to supplement it......" "As far as I know, in the decades before I retired, there were less than 100 soldiers who could retire alive, and most of these 100 people were forced ......to retire after being seriously injured beyond recovery."

Xia Yun stopped talking.

However, the second master did not continue to dwell on this topic, and changed the topic and said, "Xiao Zhao, Yongfang said that you are the owner of the largest real estate development company in Licheng County, what's the matter, are you also from Licheng?" ”

Zhao Hongwu smiled, "Yes, I am from Zhaojia Village, Xiaoshan Town, Licheng County, and it is only a dozen miles away from your Xiajia Village, and you should have heard of it." ”

"Speaking of which, you may not remember the second master, during the Great Famine, many people in our village survived by relying on your assistance with Xiajia Village, and my father was too, he told me since he was a child, if there is a future in the future, he must repay the kindness of Xiajia Village, this sentence I have always kept in my heart, and I dare not forget it......"

The second master was suddenly a little stunned, looked at Zhao Hongwu and muttered for a while, before suddenly saying, "The house is open, the one who built the house...... Xiao Zhao, let me ask you something, since you are in this business, do you know who paid for the cement road in our village? Did you fix it? ”

The cement road in Xiajia Village was originally planned to be repaired all the way to the gate of the courtyard of the second grandfather's house, although later under his stopping, it was only repaired to the center of the village, but the people who paid for the road repair obviously came to the second grandfather, which became a piece of the second grandfather's heart.

With the character of the second master, he is unwilling to receive such a great favor from others for no reason, no matter what, he wants to find out that person, repay this favor, and break a heart, even if he can't pay it back, he will let Xia Yun and Xia Yongfang pay it back on his behalf.

Over the years, he has not given up asking people, but unfortunately it is still impossible to get to the end, and no one knows who paid for the construction of this road.

Xia Yun's expression moved on the side, of course he had heard about the cement road in the village, but he had never thought about Zhao Hongwu, after all, on the surface, Zhao Hongwu had nothing to do with their Xiajia Village.

Seeing that the second master was staring at him, Zhao Hongwu hesitated, but nodded simply, "I built that road, I did real estate a few years ago, and I had my own engineering team, so I helped my village and Xiajia Village build a road together, and it didn't cost a few dollars......

The headless case that had plagued Xiajia Village for several years finally came to light, and the second master was also very pleased, paused, didn't say anything, just took another puff of dry tobacco, and smiled at Zhao Hongwu, "Xiao Zhao, you are good!" Very good! Xiajiacun wants to thank you...... By the way, how did you and Xia Yun meet? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongwu smiled.

"I've known Xia Yun for a long time, about seven or eight years, at that time Xia Yun was in a nightclub, was fighting with people, I see his tricks are quite familiar, it is clearly our shadow army commonly used to learn grappling fighting techniques, at that time I thought that this fighting technique has been implemented to the whole army, for the sake of the army, I helped him, and he became familiar with it when he came and went, and then it was thanks to him, and he really made a fortune......"

When the second master heard this, he glared at Xia Yun fiercely, and sighed again, "Speaking of which, Lao Tzu really accepted Yongfang and Xia Yun's two apprentices in his life, but unfortunately one joined the army, and his temper is still like a firecracker, and he will kill people at every turn, and the other is fighting with people since he was a child, and he has never stopped for a moment, you said you two, let me say that you are good......"

Xia Yun and Xia Yongfang glanced at each other, they both smiled a little wryly, seeing the second master glaring at him, and planning to preach, Xia Yongfang hung his head and didn't dare to speak, Xia Yun quickly stood up, hehe smiled, "I see that everyone's interest is quite high, why don't you just get some more wine to drink, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to drink, and help you make a little side dish!" ”

turned around and ran to the back kitchen, leaving the second master there blowing his beard and glaring, "Xia Yun, you stinky boy, as soon as you talk about this, you will slip away!" ”

and Xia Yongfang's unwilling muttering, "Xia Yun, you kid is so-unjust!" (To be continued......)

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