The military brand Audi car was galloping on the streets of the provincial capital, and it was the first time for Lao Chengtou to sit in such a luxurious car, rubbing the soft leather seats with both hands, and said with emotion: "Such a high-end small sleeper car, I still sat once in five or six years, and I still sat when I went to see **, and half of my life has passed in a blink of an eye." ”

Pi Tiantian, who was in the driver's seat, looked back and smiled: "Old man, if you like to sit, I will take you to the street every day, okay?" ”

Lao Chengtou said: "That's unacceptable, I can't get used to this car, it's too aggrieved, it's still the car that Xiaoguang drove that day, big, bright, cheap and leather." ”

Liu Ziguang couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart that my Land Cruiser is not cheaper than the Audi 2.8 of Pi Heaven, but it is not easy to say anything, so he changed the topic and asked: "What do the people from the Letters and Visits Office say?" ”

Lao Chengtou said: "The comrades of the Letters and Visits Office saw that I was old, so they gave priority to taking the case, and said that they would just wait for the notice when they went back. ”

Pi Tiantian over there sneered and said, "Look, in less than three days, the situation will have to be transferred to your county." ”

Lao Chengtou wondered: "Doesn't the yamen of the provincial government also care?" ”

Pi Tiantian said: "Old man, don't be confused, the Provincial Government's Letters and Visits Office is a Qingshui Yamen, and it has no right to take people to handle the case, and the specific handling is still sent back to the local relevant departments to deal with it, besides, your case is not a life lawsuit, and the amount involved is not large, and people are willing to accept your materials It has been taken care of, and the people who are squatting at the door of the Letters and Visits Office are not unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, there is no way to complain, the dead are demolished at home, and the case is wrongly judged and shot, which is not a sea of blood and deep injustice." ”

Lao Chengtou was silent for a long time, then he let out a long sigh, pulled out his cigarette pouch and wanted to smoke two puffs, and felt that it was inconvenient to smoke in other people's cars, and just wanted to take it back, Pi Tiantian had already opened the skylight, took out a pack of Su cigarettes and said, "Old man try this." ”

Lao Chengtou said that you are boring, I still smoke a cigarette bag, and then the three people in the car began to swallow the clouds and spit, and after some discussion, they decided to find a lawyer to consult how to fight a lawsuit, and on the other hand, they stabbed this matter on the Internet and let public opinion exert pressure.

Huatai Hotel is not able to live, Pi Tiantian drove Lao Chengtou to the first cadre rest house of the military region, the soldiers standing guard at the door saw the license plate and raised their hands to salute, the car stopped in front of a small red brick building, the three got out of the car, Lao Chengtou looked at this small villa with a strong local atmosphere, and couldn't help grinning: "This is similar to our countryside." ”

But no, there are greens in the garden, water hyacinths for pigs in the pond, a group of chickens under the leadership of the old hen, looking for something to eat all over the lawn, a big fat pig is humming and chirping in the grass shed under the porch, and there is a tall and mighty German black back, wagging his tail and glaring at the guests.

With a loud "bang", the door of the small villa was knocked open, and a young man in a vest rushed out with his head in his arms, and when he saw the Audi parked at the door, he hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Xiaopi, you are here, are the guests coming?" ”

Pi Tiantian smiled and said, "What's wrong Taozi, I was beaten by your grandfather again, I picked you up, you have to say hello." ”

The young man looked at Lao Chengtou, blinked his eyes, and suddenly smiled: "That's right, it's a tune with my old man, okay, Xiaopi, you have helped me a lot this time." ”

As he was talking, the door was kicked open from the inside again, and an old man with a horse whip chased him out from inside, shouting: "Little rabbit, and use Lao Tzu's special car privately, see if I can't kill you!" ”

The old man has silver hair, wears an old-fashioned 87 Army shirt in khaki, green military pants and black cloth shoes underneath, and his face is full of red light.

The young man shouted aggrievedly: "Grandpa, you really wronged me this time, I borrowed your car to pick up the old anti-Japanese heroes." ”

The old man had already seen the guests, Pi Heaven was a friend of his grandson, he had seen it, another young man had a straight waist, sharp eyes, and the whole person was like a sharp sword out of the sheath, and at a glance he knew that he was a soldier, and the old man in the countryside who was standing next to the vegetable garden had a breath that was so familiar, and people who had not experienced the tempering of war would not have this kind of aura.

"Xiao Tao, don't invite guests into the house yet." The expression on the old man's face changed as soon as he said it, and he suddenly became a kind old man, and the horsewhip was thrown aside casually, and he personally opened the door to invite the guests into the house.

Pi Tiantian shouted Grandpa Guan very respectfully, Liu Ziguang originally faintly felt that this Taozi was very much like a person, and when he heard Pi Tiantian shouting Grandpa Guan, he basically confirmed his guess, and he also shouted: "It's good." ”

"Come in, come in, you're welcome." The old man said.

The villa is very simplely furnished, the old-fashioned spring sand is covered with a white cloth cover, the wooden floor has been some years, the wall is full of photos of various eras, Liu Ziguang unexpectedly appeared Guan Ye's photos, from the youth to the youth, from the photos, Guan Ye is the younger brother, Guan Tao is the elder brother, he also served as a soldier in his early years, but he is far from being a younger brother.

The guests entered the house and sat down, the old man instructed the orderly to pour tea and let the official class prepare the meal, Guan Tao saw that his grandfather was in a good mood, so he sat beside his grandfather with a smile and introduced: "Grandpa, this old man is specially invited by me to accompany you to chat, he also beat the devil back then, you two old people talk more, it is good for writing memoirs." ”

Old man Guan scolded: "How can you speak, get out." But he just scolded and didn't move, and Guan Tao also laughed and didn't move.

"Brother, what do you call it? Where are the people? How long will you be this year? Old man Guan asked kindly.

"They all call me Lao Chengtou, a native of Nantai Mountain, who is eighty-eight years old this year." Lao Chengtou said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Oh? Then I have to call you an old brother, listen to the child, you beat the devil in your early years? Old man Guan seemed to be interested.

"Yes, in 37 years, I followed Commander Zhao's loyalty to save the devil, and then Commander Zhao died, and I followed the eight roads, first the district team, then the county brigade, and then the devil ran away, and then scraped the People's Party, when Huaye Sixth Column passed by the county, the head of the independent regiment took a fancy to me, and let me be his guard, I was worried about Commander Zhao's grave, so I didn't follow, and since then I have been hunting and farming at home as a basic militia."

Old Cheng Tou recounted his experience plainly, without adding any exaggeration, but this seemingly insipid sentence caused an uproar in the heart of Old Man Guan, he stood up suddenly, walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and suddenly stopped and asked: "The regiment leader who fell in love with you is surnamed Ma, with a beard and a beard, and a pen in his pocket." ”

Lao Chengtou shook his head: "How many years, I have long forgotten what it is, I remember that the head of the regiment spoke loudly, louder than a gong." ”

Old man Guan waved his hand violently: "That's right, Captain Ma speaks loudly, brother, do you know who I am?" ”

Old Cheng Tou said: "I don't know it." ”

Old man Guan said with a smile: "I am also from Nantai County, when the Sixth Column Independent Regiment passed from the county that year, I was the correspondent of the county party committee, and the large army replenished the troops, so I was picked away, and followed the commander of the regiment as a guard, and then the independent regiment became an independent division, and the troops fought until the south, and then the unit was renumbered, entered North Korea, and the commander of the regiment died in Ma, I also became a company commander, and returned to China and was promoted to battalion commander, and was awarded the title of captain in five or five years, and I have been working in the army until the deputy chief of staff of the military region before retiring. ”

Lao Chengtou suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a fellow countryman." ”

Old man Guan had mixed feelings: "Brother, we are not just fellow villagers, I know about the fact that the head of the horse group picks the guards, I heard that the county brigade has a platoon commander with good marksmanship and courage, and the head of the horse is quite appreciative, but he is unwilling to leave his hometown, this is my turn, people like to recall the past when they are old, I often think, if the soldier was willing to be a guard for the head of the horse, then what kind of way to live in my life." ”

Lao Cheng smiled honestly: "Big brother, you have come here with real knives and guns in your life, even if you don't serve as a guard for Commander Ma, you are also a well-known man." ”

Lao Chengtou didn't mention any official titles, only said that he was a well-known man, which showed his open-mindedness and lofty outlook on life, Guan Old Man laughed, laughing old tears: "Brother, I'm not as good as you, I'm not as good as you." ”

Everyone was stunned by this dramatic scene, and even Liu Ziguang couldn't help but sigh secretly, if Lao Chengtou had made another choice, then today's hairy boy is not a dropout from a mountain village who works at a barbecue stall, but a ** child with a prominent family.

After laughing, the old man stood up and shouted at his grandson: "Xiao Tao, go and take out the Moutai in the cellar, grandpa will open the ring today!" ”

Guan Tao hesitated: "Grandpa, your liver ...... The doctor said he couldn't drink anymore. ”

"Little bunny, it's nonsense!" Old man Guan glared, Guan Tao hurriedly ran out, turned his head and asked, "How many bottles?" ”

"Take it all out!"

When he met the old man of the year, the old man Guan was very excited, invited the old Cheng Tou into his study, opened the box and took out all kinds of certificates, medals, photos, military ranks and uniforms that he had treasured over the years, as well as a few pistols for his old comrades-in-arms to appreciate, and even changed the title, not calling the old brother, calling the old platoon commander.

At that time, one was the platoon commander of the county brigade, and the other was the correspondent of the county party committee, although they had never met, but the trajectory of their lives had a touching crossover.

The old man Guan took out all the collections of true love, and Lao Chengtou was not polite, and took out a 2o German large mirror box gun from it, and dismantled it with three times and five divided by two, and the movements were smooth and free, and after the dismantling, he sighed: "This thing, I haven't touched it for many years, and I also carried two box guns on my waist back then." ”

Old man Guan said boldly: "If you like it, pick it up as a thought." ”

Lao Chengtou hurriedly excused himself: "Your gun, how can I take it." ”

Old man Guan said: "What are you polite to me, so let's pick it up and play, and when you've played enough, you'll pay it back, what's the matter." Besides, I still have these things. As he spoke, he proudly pointed to the horse cards, flowers, and Wang Ba boxes in the box.

"Medium." Old Cheng Tou is also a straight gut, and when he saw that Old Man Guan was so sincere, he agreed.

In the living room, Liu Ziguang and Pi Tiantian looked at each other, this old military leader is too terrible, there are a large number of firearms hidden at home, but after thinking about it, he is relieved, he is the deputy chief of staff of the military region, at least a senior official at the level of a major general, and he lives in a cadre rest house, hiding a few handfuls of trophies is considered hairy, can you police rush in and search it?

The orderly soldiers of the official class brought in the wine and food, and the old man Guan came out with great interest and Lao Chengtou, and said to a few young people: "Today, a few of you little ghosts have been stained with it, and you can taste the Moutai wine that I have treasured for 20 years." When his eyes swept over Liu Ziguang, he paused and asked him, "Little ghost, have you ever been a soldier?" ”

"Chief, I'm a major in the reserves." Liu Ziguang replied.