After a quarter of an hour or so, Chen Qiang finally arrived at the mouth of a small alley not far from Zuo Xinlan's house.

After paying the car fee, he walked into the long and quiet alley with high walls and blue bricks in three steps and two steps, and walked quickly to Zuo Xinlan's door. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The houses around here are all the deep mansions built by the ancestors of the Zuo family in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and the inside is really winding and deep, and there are dozens of houses large and small. After the liberation, for various reasons, the Zuo family either rented or sold or handed over part of the property, and finally only five main houses were left for the living of their old and young people.

At this time, the door was closed, and after Chen Qiang stabilized his emotions for a while, he finally slammed the big iron ring in the shape of a beast's head on the big wooden door.

After a long time, the antique wooden door finally opened, and I saw a middle-aged woman holding a small child and walking out with an uneasy expression.

"Who are you looking for? As for knocking for so long? ”

"Yes, I'm sorry! I'm here to find Zuo Xinlan, she's my classmate! ”

"There is no Zuo Xinlan here, this house was bought by our man two years ago!"

"And who did your husband buy the house from? And do you know where the family ended up? ”

"I don't know, I don't know, I'm a woman's family, I don't go out of the door all day, and I don't cross the second door, what can I know? Young man, you better ask a few families at the door! ”

Then the woman flashed into the door with the child in her arms, and then "closed" the door tightly outside, leaving only Chen Qiang, who was full of doubts, standing helplessly under the bluestone steps of the gate.

"Young man, are you looking for the Zuo family?" At this time, an old man who passed by the door of the left house spoke.

"Yes, yes, I'm looking for Zuo Xinlan, she is my high school classmate, I've been a soldier for four years, and I haven't come back, so I just went home to visit my relatives today."

"Then it's not surprising, I'm an old neighbor next door to his house, and I know a thing or two about his family's situation, just two years ago, their whole family went to the United States to settle down, as if there were some relatives over there! This house is also in a hurry!"

"Thank you, uncle, do you know the contact address or phone number of their left family in the United States?"

"This is really not true, and their family is in a hurry, otherwise I really want to buy this old house of their family! Don't say it, don't say it, young man, you're going to go back and forth from where you came! See you later! See you later!"

As this kind neighbor solved the mystery in Chen Qiang's heart, he couldn't help but be stupidly stunned at the gate of Zuo's house.

It's in the United States! I also settled abroad! Why haven't I heard Zuo Xinlan talk about this before, what kind of situation is this? When he was about to ask the old man, he found that the man was gone, which couldn't help but make him feel extremely frustrated.

Next, Chen Qiang slowly walked back to his house from one alley after another outside the east gate like a "walking corpse" like a lost soul. Fortunately, after he returned home, his grandmother bought him a lot of delicious meat dishes from his hometown, including his favorite big pig ears, smoked duck, goose intestines and chicken liver.

In the end, he accompanied his father to open a bottle of Feitian Daqu, and after drinking two glasses of wine, he slightly relieved the "knot" about Zuo Xinlan in his heart.

"Mom, what is the second bald man from Aunt Wang's house next door doing now? I want to talk to him in the evening! ”

"Second bald, this kid is having a good life now! You don't have to go to work all day, and the state will support him like a big man, and there is a building to live in! ”

"Dad, listen to what my mother is saying, why can't I understand a word?"

"You can't blame your mother for this, who called the kid used to always call you to fight, as long as it was pushed on you as soon as something happened."

"In the summer of your second year as a soldier, after drinking too much one night, this kid robbed a small grocery store at the North Gate, and stabbed the thigh of an old man selling things with a knife."

"At that time, it happened to be the period of the country's crackdown, and this second bald man caught up with him by such an inch, although he only grabbed a dozen cigarettes, and the old man's injury was not serious, but he was sentenced to ten years in prison after coming and going, and it was a pity that there were still six years to come out!"

Yes! Until he heard this, Chen Qiang almost didn't choke on the pig ears in his mouth, how can I say this, I remember that this second bald man didn't have much courage when he was a child, how could it be such a stupid thing!

"What about Lin Sanfu?"

"Don't mention it, I was also sent to the prison to squat, just the year before last, I beat and crippled someone's family, not to mention that his family lost money and suffered crimes, this Lin Sanfu was also sentenced to more than ten years, and he was also raised by the government!" At this time, the smiling grandmother interjected.

What's going on? It's only been less than four years since I was a soldier, and two good friends in this hometown have had such a big thing, it's really unpredictable?

Just when he was stunned, Chen Qiang's mother Liu Xiaoying spoke.

"Qiangzi, this person was discharged directly after three years as a soldier, why are you still in the army now? I don't usually write a letter home, but how many days can you stay at home this time? Your dad and I are still discussing introducing you to a girlfriend, and you're not a big one! ”

After hearing his mother's words, Chen Qiang's trance suddenly became normal again, and after he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, he spoke energetically.

"Grandma, Mom and Dad, let me tell you a great piece of good news first! I have now been directly promoted by the chief of the army, that is, I have become a second lieutenant officer in our unit, and I am no longer an ordinary soldier."

"Just last summer in July, I was sent to the military academy by the army for further study for half a year, and at the end of January this year, I was rated as an outstanding cadet and successfully graduated, and now I am back in the old army, and the next step is to go to the grassroots infantry company as a platoon commander."

"Also, the big thing is that I'm married! You can't blame me for not asking for your advice beforehand! The situation was special at that time, and it was done in a hurry, but fortunately, this wedding banquet or something has not been organized."

"Of course, this marriage certificate was only obtained on the eighth of this month, and the object is also from the army, called Ouyang Feixue. And her father is still a general in the army, by the way, a lieutenant general, a lieutenant general! ”

After listening to his son's tirade inattention, the whole family was instantly stunned, and everyone in the room was very happy and shocked to hear that his son had become an officer.

But this Chen Qiang's next words were no less than a "thunderbolt in the clear sky", which shocked the whole family for a long time, and they didn't speak for a long time.

After a long silence, Chen Qiang's wife finally spoke.

"Qiangzi, you've drunk too much! Mother knows that you have suffered in the army in the past few years, but it is not so exaggerated! This is Tigan again, and he also got a marriage certificate with the daughter of a lieutenant general, which really scared me, your father, and your grandmother to death. I know you're bitter, but now that you've drunk too much at home, you're talking a bunch of nonsense. ”

"No matter whether you do well in the army or not, you are always our good son, your grandmother's good grandson, you must keep this in mind! You'd better eat more and drink less! I must be tired on the road when I rush back in the past few days, so I should wash up early at night and go to bed directly! ”

After hearing Liu Xiaoying's words, Chen Qiang's father Chen Longqing and grandmother couldn't help but breathe a big sigh of relief, that's it! This kid must have drunk too much, and this mouth is full of nonsense! Can't be taken seriously, certainly can't be taken seriously!

Especially grandma touched Chen Qiang's head for a while, thinking that something was wrong with the training in the army! Let's go to the hospital tomorrow for a good check-up! At that moment, she mysteriously told her son and daughter-in-law about her idea.

After hearing the family's increasingly vigilant gaze staring at him, and the whisper that he was going to check it out, Chen Qiang simply smiled bitterly, and now he is afraid that he will not be able to say it for a while, so let's talk about it later!

In order to dispel the idea that his family would take him to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow, Chen Qiang thought for a while, then took out 20,000 yuan in cash from his body and put it on the table of the Eight Immortals for dinner.

"This is the settling-in allowance given by our army, a total of 20,000 yuan, I still have less than 7,000 yuan, and another 1,000 yuan has already been given to my grandmother when I go home!" From now on, I will have a salary of more than 2 or 3,000 yuan every month, and I will send it all to my family every month, so you won't be so fuss when the time comes. ”

"Besides, I've already honestly explained what I should have said anyway, so believe it or not! But there must be nothing wrong with my brain, so don't delay your efforts tomorrow."

"After a long time, you will all slowly believe and accept love, and I just hope you don't be too surprised when the time comes!"

"There is another situation, that is, I only live at home for three days, and I still have things to deal with in other places, so I can't accompany you at home, anyway, there will be more opportunities to meet in the future!"

After taking out the money and saying these words, Chen Qiang buried his head in drinking again, and for a while there were big eyes on the table, and the whole family was stupid again.

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