A Home for Veterans Chapter 18: Comrades-in-Arms (II)

Years of living in the big city and many social occasions have greatly improved Xiao Tong's speed and level of speech. When Xiao Tong spoke, www.biquge.info pen "Fun", Wang Yueying couldn't insert a punctuation mark at all, only patience, and let her soprano hit her eardrums mercilessly.

After Nian Jun toasted Hao Jinshan and Xiao Tong, he lowered his head to eat his own food, and occasionally glanced at Hao Xiaomi. I just heard Aunt Xiao's introduction that Hao Xiaomi is a few years younger than herself, her appearance is average, her attitude is indifferent, and she gives people an initial impression of cynicism. She lacked due politeness when talking to her parents, and was polite when greeting Wang Quan's family.

Nian Jun felt that his stomach was full, he looked up at Hao Xiaomi again, and found that she seemed to have eaten enough, and she kept pressing the keys on her mobile phone as if no one was around. She is very picky when she eats, she only eats crab roe and not crab legs, only drinks scallop soup and does not eat scallop meat, and the things she throws away are all things that Nian Jun usually wants to eat but rarely can eat. Nian Jun thought to himself, if I am a tyrannical thing like you, let my father see it, and he will not be flattened and pasted on the wall, as a negative example for others to visit, it will be strange!

A bottle of liquor bottomed out, Wang Quan didn't stop it, and Hao Jinshan asked the waiter to open a second bottle.

"Old instructor, no, you call me brother, I should call you eldest brother, if there is anything in the family in the future, the younger brother will definitely serve. Not only you, but other old comrades-in-arms who find me for something, I will try my best to help in life, I still say that people who have shared hardships together should also share happiness together. Hao Jinshan filled Wang Quan's wine glass with wine, and said boldly, "I also want to tell you that the boss of this restaurant is also an 'old turn', a buddy of mine, I have money saved here, and I can sign a bill for dinner." I'll tell the manager on duty in a moment that if you have guests or family members who want to eat here in the future, just sign your name on the menu. ”

Wang Quan waved his hand again and again and said: "No need, no need, sometimes our family has guests, and they eat at the restaurant at the entrance of the camp, which is cheap and convenient." ”

Wang Quan had another glass of wine with Hao Jinshan, although his eyes were hazy, his head was still clear, he took Hao Jinshan's hand and said: "Brother Hao, although I don't have much money in my hands, I am still a national cadre, the state has covered my life, I am paid a salary every month, and the army sometimes pays some subsidies, and your sister-in-law and I are now not worried about food and clothing, and we have nothing to do to go to the department store, and there is no problem in life." ”

Hao Jinshan said with a smile: "I know that the salary of soldiers is still relatively low, and the salary of division-level cadres in this area is only equivalent to that of a local section chief. ”

"It can't be compared like that." Wang Quan said, waving his hand again and again, "Salary is only one aspect of treatment, and the salaries and allowances of military personnel are also constantly increasing, and the range of each adjustment is not small." Tell you little Haozi - no, Brother Hao, a person's real wealth is a strong body, a good attitude, a correct way of thinking and good living habits, not the number on the deposit. My current view is that as long as the money is enough to spend, too much is useless and cumbersome! ”

Hao Jinshan smiled again, the waiter brought the fruit plate, he forked a grape and put it in his mouth, and said to Wang Quan with a pun: "Well, it's very sweet, it's not sour at all, you can eat a few too!" ”

At the end of the song, the people will disperse, and the guests will be farewell to the banquet. Out of the revolving door of the seafood city, Wang Quan was already staggering, his thin body twisted tendons, and he had lost his original shape by being soaked in alcohol.

Hao Jinshan's face was flushed, his steps were a little messy, he felt lightheaded, his head was made of cotton, and his legs were cast of pig iron.

Alcohol begins to work in their bodies.

Hao Jinshan put Wang Quan's arm around and said as he walked: "My car is waiting at the bottom of the steps, let the driver send you and your sister-in-law and eldest nephew home first, I will ask the company to pick me up in another car, we have all drunk a little too much tonight, be careful on the way back." ”

"Who says we drank too much?" Wang Quan stared at the blood-red eyes, pointed to the zebra crossings on the road in front of him and said to Hao Jinshan, "I didn't drink too much, you see, the stairs are over there, let's go up and drink again!" ”

Hao Jinshan burped again, and the unpleasant smell of wine and meat fermented in his stomach contributed to the abuse of the already heavily polluted urban air. He took Wang Quan's hand and said, "Brother, forget it today, next time we continue to drink, I will invite you." ”

"No, I'll invite you next time!" Wang Quan waved his hand as he spoke, and staggered.

Hao Xiaomi also drank a little wine today, her waist was twisted like a willow branch in spring, and her face was as red as a canna in autumn. She said a few words to Wang Nianjun at the dinner table, and the two of them no longer had the restraint they had when they first met, and when they said goodbye to Nianjun, Xiao Mi's eyes were already full of affection.

Wang Yueying insisted on not taking Hao Jinshan's car, and must take a taxi back, Hao Jinshan had to beckon to call a taxi, and arranged Wang Quan in the back seat with Wang Nianjun.

As soon as the taxi drove out of the hotel gate, Wang Nianjun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and shouted gloating at Wang Quan, who was asleep: "Dad, where are we going to take the bus?" ”

Wang Yueying held Wang Quan's body and said to her son angrily: "You kid is talking stupidly, how can your father dump the bus like this and go home directly!" ”

Wang Quan no longer knows how he got home last night, but vaguely remembers having a dream all night, he returned to the noisy construction site, returned to the shack like a steamer in summer and an ice cellar in winter, and saw his comrades-in-arms who had not seen him for many years and had come back from the dead.

Wang Quan was sitting on the sofa still reminiscing about yesterday's dream, Wang Yueying greeted him at the dining table: "Hurry up and wash your face and eat!" ”

"I'm not going to eat, you bring a lighter, I'll smoke a cigarette and leave work, and the Preparatory Office will have a meeting this morning."

"You were stupid yesterday." Wang Yueying handed the lighter to Wang Quan and complained to him, "There is not such a large amount of alcohol to succeed, Xiao Haozi is a few years younger than you, and he usually socializes a lot, and he drinks liquor as cold water every day, can you compare with him!" ”

"I just don't want to give in in front of him."

"When I spoke to Xiao Xiao, I heard you talking in the middle of the day over there, talking without fever, saying that our family is not short of money, and it is a burden to have more money."

"I say this because I think he looks down on the military a little bit now, in front of his own people I say that there is little money is to reflect the objective situation, in front of him I say a lot of money is to maintain the dignity of the military, sometimes economic income reflects a certain social status of a person, I admit in front of him that the salary is low, that is to belittle myself."

Wang Quan lit a cigarette, squinted and took a greedy puff, and said to Wang Yueying eloquently.