Chapter 13: Reunion after a long absence
Time passed day by day, today is the time for the secretary of the county party committee Yang Guoqiang and Zhang Tianyou to come to the village to inspect, Zhang Tianyou gathered the whole village in the morning, young and old to the entrance of the village with gongs and drums to wait for the county party secretary, and some middle-aged women and men wearing festive red clothes ready to twist Yangge.
Suddenly, a layer of ash rose on the country road outside the village, and the villagers saw the dust in the air from afar, and it was not anything else that was raising the dust, but the jeep in which the county party secretary was riding, and the jeep drove slowly on the country road and raised one piece of dust after another.
When Zhang Tianyou, the village head, saw the special car of the county party secretary slowly coming, he shouted at the villagers beating gongs and drums, and as soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the middle-aged women and men in red clothes twisted Yangge, and with a smile on their faces, they were ready to welcome the arrival of the county party secretary.
The special car of the secretary of the county party committee stopped at the entrance of the village, and a middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan uniform with a swarthy beard and a swarthy beard walked out of the jeep, and he looked to be in his 50s.
Following the county party secretary Wang Weiliang down is his secretary Chen Ziang and the driver Xiao Li, Zhang Tianyou saw the county party secretary is walking towards the village, so he happily greeted him, the county party secretary Wang Weiliang saw the village chief Zhang Tianyou walking towards him and said to him: "Village chief Zhang, what are you doing!" Do you need to pick me up with such fanfare? I just came to the village to see how the people in the village were doing, there was no need to engage in all these shows, to be honest, I didn't like it very much."
After Zhang Tianyou heard what Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, said, he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead from time to time, and he immediately stopped the villagers who were beating gongs and drums and dancing Yangge.
Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, walked in front of the villagers and said to the villagers with a smile: "Folks, I, Wang Weiliang, have come to see you, I heard that our village has a bumper harvest this year, and this situation is getting better and better, I want to hear the real thoughts of the villagers, how do you give the situation a good time!" ”
The people in the village looked at the village chief Zhang Tianyou and didn't dare to speak, for fear that saying the wrong thing would bring trouble to the villagers, Zhang Tianyou walked to the secretary of the county party committee with his head bowed and said: "Our village is doing so well, but it is all the policies of the party and the state."
"No, I don't want to hear from you, I want the people in the village to tell me how it's going!" , Wang Weiliang angrily scolded Zhang Tianyou and said.
Zhang Tianyou was frightened by Wang Weiliang's angry reprimand, so he stood aside and didn't dare to say any more.
Zhang Youcai, who was standing in the crowd, heard the voice of Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, and felt a little familiar, so he rubbed his eyes and looked carefully at Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, in front of him.
Suddenly, Zhang Youcai's nose was sore, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he muttered, "It's him...... It's him...... Old platoon leader......... My old platoon leader.........
Wang Weiliang heard the crying of a person in the crowd, so he fixed his eyes and looked over, when he saw Zhang Youcai for the first time, he just felt a little inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't say that he had seen it there.
Zhang Youcai slowly came out of the crowd crying and said to Wang Weiliang: "Junsheng...... Are you Junsheng? ”
Wang Weiliang felt a little shocked, so he eagerly asked, "How do you know my nickname, are you ...... Who are you? ……
Zhang Youcai cried and said: "Old platoon leader, don't you remember me, I'm talented!" It's your soldier Zhang Youcai! ”
After Wang Weiliang heard what Zhang Youcai said, the whole person suddenly trembled excitedly, his body trembled, and he shook his lips and said: "Talented, you are talented."
As he spoke, Wang Weiliang also cried, Zhang Youcai and Wang Weiliang hugged each other in their arms at once, crying to each other, crying like a child, and the people in the village were all surprised when they saw this scene, staring directly at Zhang Youcai and Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee.
It turned out that after Zhang Youcai joined the army, he met the platoon commander Wang Weiliang, Zhang Youcai has been following his platoon commander and the enemy to fight no less than 100 battles, but the platoon commander was called Junsheng at that time, not Wang Weiliang, so at first he did not recognize that Wang Weiliang, the secretary of the county party committee in front of him, was his platoon commander Junsheng, since the end of the war, Zhang Youcai and his comrades-in-arms have also lost contact, but what he didn't expect was that more than 20 years have passed, and he can see his platoon commander Junsheng again, This made him feel a little excited.
Zhang Youcai and Wang Weiliang cried for a while and then wiped each other's tears, Zhang Youcai hadn't seen the platoon leader Junsheng for many years, so he didn't care about 3721 and pulled his sleeve directly to rush home, Wang Weiliang also hadn't seen talent for many years, so he followed Zhang Youcai's pull and walked to his house.
The people in the village watched Zhang Youcai pull Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, to his house, their eyes widened, and they said: "Youcai, this old man is really capable, even the secretary of the county party committee knows him."
Zhang Tianyou, the village chief standing on the side of the villagers, felt a little displeased, after all, no matter how good he was, he was the head of a village, but this limelight was completely taken away by Zhang Youcai's trouble, so he went home angrily with a crutch.
Zhang Youcai and Wang Weiliang, the platoon commander who they hadn't seen for many years, talked and laughed all the way about the past, how they were on the battlefield, and how they beat the enemy to the ground.
Zhang Youcai's son Fugui did not go to the village to greet the secretary of the county party committee not long after his daughter-in-law Jianmei gave birth, and took care of his daughter-in-law Jianmei and the two big fat boys at home alone.
When Zhang Youcai led Wang Weiliang to the door of the house, he shouted towards the house: "Fugui, hurry... Fast...... Come out and meet your Uncle Wang."
Fugui heard his father Zhang Youcai shouting at home outside the house, so he hurriedly walked out, looking at the middle-aged man in a tunic next to his father Zhang Youcai, he was a little unrecognizable, but Fugui knew that those who generally wore tunics were big officials, but he looked at his father standing with him, which made him a little unpredictable.
Zhang Youcai smiled at his son Fugui and said, "Fugui, this is your Uncle Wang, ...... Hurry up and call Uncle Wang......
Zhang Fugui shouted from his father Zhang Youcai, but he was always a little puzzled, so he hurriedly asked, "Dad, what is Uncle Wang doing?" I haven't seen or been to our house since I was a child."
Zhang Youcai explained: "Rich! Your Uncle Wang and I are comrades-in-arms, but he is my old platoon commander, I met him in the army when my father was not married, and I didn't even know your mother when my father met your Uncle Wang! So why did he come to our house, even my father just met him! ”
"Talented! This handsome offspring is your son? Wang Weiliang said suspiciously.
"The old platoon leader, he is my son Fugui, the old man, I have been looking for a relative since I came back from the army, and it didn't take long for Fugui to have this baby, but Fugui's mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to Fugui, so now I am a lonely old man", Zhang Youcai explained.
"Talented! It's been really hard for you all these years, why don't you find a daughter-in-law anymore! It's good to have a person who knows cold and hot! Wang Weiliang said.
"Old platoon leader, I don't look for the old man, I have never thought of marrying another daughter-in-law since I had wealth, I have been carrying wealth until now, but now that Fugui has grown up and married a daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law Li Jianmei is sensible and filial, and I gave birth to two fat grandchildren for the old man, so I am content with the old man", Zhang Youcai responded with a smile.
"What, Fugui, this kid has dolls, or two big fat boys, talented! How blessed you are! Wang Weiliang said with a smile.
"Old platoon leader, let's go, I'll take you into the house to see my two big fat grandsons," Zhang Youcai said with a smile.
Zhang Youcai happily led Wang Weiliang into his house, and his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei was sitting on the bed and holding a big fat boy and breastfeeding! Zhang Fugui hurriedly walked to the side of the bed and hugged his doll to Wang Weiliang's side and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, this is my big doll Zhang Shaoping, Jianmei is holding the one who is breastfeeding Zhang Shao'an."
After hearing this, Wang Weiliang smiled and said to Fugui: "Fugui, you gave the name of this doll?" ”
Zhang Fugui thought that his name was not good, so he hurriedly asked: "Uncle Wang, isn't this name good?" ”
"No, no, no, this name is very good, what Uncle Wang wants to say is that you really know how to make a name, you have read books for a few years!" Wang Weiliang said.
Zhang Fugui said a little embarrassedly: "Uncle Wang, when we were young, our family was poor and had no money to pay tuition, so if we never studied, we can only write our own names, and we don't know a single word in other Douda."
Wang Weiliang was a little surprised when he heard Fugui finish speaking, so he said to Zhang Youcai: "Fugui, this kid has never gone to school, and he thinks of such a good name for his doll, if you let Fugui's child study hard for a few years, he will definitely have achievements, if Fugui doesn't dislike me, you can go to school in the county with me."
"What are you talking about, old platoon commander! How could I dislike you, old man! It's just that Fugui, this kid is so old, and if he goes to study again, he's afraid that others will laugh at him! Zhang Youcai said.
"Talented! This is your mistake, your thinking has to follow the progress! Now the country advocates adult teaching and self-directed learning! Fugui, as long as this child is willing to learn, he will definitely have a future in the future! Wang Weiliang said.
Zhang Youcai turned around and asked his son Fugui and said, "Fugui! You can hear what your Uncle Wang said, what do you think, just talk to your Uncle Wang, Dad, you don't have any scruples, as long as you want to go, it's no problem for Dad's to take care of the family alone, while Dad's body is still strong."
"Dad, Uncle Wang, although learning knowledge and culture has helped us a lot, but now that we also have two dolls, we don't want to study anymore, I just want to live our situation well, so that the two dolls can have learning and reading, but I don't dare to live my cowardly situation anymore", Zhang Fugui said.
"Okay, well, since you have thought about it, then Uncle Wang will not persuade you, but Uncle Wang has something to talk to you about, you must tell Uncle Wang honestly", Wang Weiliang said.
Fugui responded with a smile: "Uncle Wang, if you ask, as long as we know something, we must tell Uncle Wang."