Chapter 6: The Veteran's Return Home (6) Doubly ridiculed
At the exit of the 'Leader's Memorial Hall' in the capital, the 'cultural differences' between the two sides of the strait collided again, facing a few old men and old ladies wearing red armbands, Guo's mother and brother, the doctor of the platform, could not do anything, even if he said it reasonably, but he could not get the other party's understanding, and finally he was taken to the 'duty room'. ’
The Guo brothers walked in a large group to enter the 'Leader's Memorial Hall', and the brothers were all born after the founding of the People's Republic of China and grew up under the red flag, and they had deep feelings for the old leader.
Since the exit is not allowed to enter the 'Leader's Memorial Hall' again, Guo's mother was very anxious to turn to the entrance again, and finally squeezed in again, but when she saw that the Guo brothers were still stagnating in front of the souvenir counter, Guo's mother scolded loudly.
"You bastards, I said, I can't find you anywhere, I use you, and you're gone, get out of here, your uncle will let you beat me!" ’
When the Guo brothers heard this, they hurriedly asked their mother, 'Who beat him?' Where is it? ’
Just over the exit stool, your uncle let a few people with red armbands take them away, all wearing arm bands! ’
If it were a mainlander, maybe these old men would do it, but it can be seen that Guo's mother and brother took out the 'return permit', and they treated him very 'politely' in the 'duty room'.
"I said you old man, why don't you know how to tell you, don't I make it clear to you, you can smoke, you can't throw cigarette butts anywhere, it's not right, five yuan a piece, hurry up and pay for it!" "Outside, the old men are powerful, and when they entered the house, they were replaced by old ladies who interrogated Guo's mother and brother, but they never saw Commander Liu who took away Guo's mother's and brother's documents." ’
I can't give out this money, you see, I have money in my wallet. I have RMB, Hong Kong dollars, and US dollars, but I can't give them to you,' Brother Guo's mother sat on a small pony stool, crossed his hands, raised his head, and let the old ladies say something, but he was still indifferent.
'I can tell you old man on the terrace, don't toast and don't eat and drink. I heard that you are still a veteran of the national army, okay, now that the party has a policy, it is necessary for you to come back to visit your relatives, but you can't still be arrogant, I think we can drive you to the platform back then. It's okay today, anyway, what we have is work, if you don't pay for it, we won't let you go. You can do it yourself! Another old man with a red armband walked in, he had come to see the excitement, and he had caught an old man from the terrace, which was a novelty.
'Please let me in, okay?' It's my husband in there! From outside the house, the voice of Guo's mother and sister-in-law came.
'No, go in. This place is originally small, you think it's your vegetable market, you can enter it if you want! The old man guarding the door of the 'duty room'. stopped Guo's mother and sister-in-law.
I just want to see my husband, this is not okay, may I ask which law of your country I have violated, and which law my husband has violated to prevent me from entering, do you want me to talk to a lawyer!" Guo's mother and sister-in-law were not afraid of the many big men in front of them.
"Don't make any noise, let her in, what's the matter, you don't like jokes, we still don't like it, please lawyer, then you please go, we are enforcing the law according to the regulations, you come in!" The old lady who interrogated Guo's mother's brother seemed to be the little leader here, and she opened the door and let Guo's mother and sister-in-law in.
"The room is small, there is a horse stool by the wall, if you are tired, find a stool to sit down, don't say that we mainlanders bully you," the old lady finished speaking and sat back in her chair, the condescending feeling was quite good, the old lady seemed to like this feeling.
'Are you alright?' Guo's mother and sister-in-law comforted her husband.
'I'm fine, these people are barbarians, they don't be reasonable at all, by the way, what about the little sister, where is she? ’
She went to your nephews for help, and they should be together now." ’
'Help?' Looking for helpers, I can sue the two of you, it's useless to find anyone here, only honestly accepting the punishment of the people is the last word, you look at what you are wearing, old and not old, less and less, you are still young, live like an old goblin! The old lady herself was dressed in a gray cloth cadre uniform, as if she had returned to her own era, and had forgotten that it was the nineties of the last century.
Two policemen in police uniforms and a PLA officer ran together, which really shocked the old men who were in charge of guarding the door.
'Where's the old man from the mesa you captured?' Guo Kaiwei stepped forward and asked.
"Comrade policeman, you came just in time, right inside, this old man is not obedient, he is stubborn, you really can't take him away!" ’
'Okay, I'll go in and have a look!' Guo Kaiwei didn't talk much nonsense, pulled the door straight in, and when he saw that his uncle and aunt were fine, he was relieved, and then Guo Kaishan and Guo Kaiying went in, and Guo Kaixin stood outside the house with his mother.
'Bring the papers!' Guo Kaiwei learned from his mother that a man named 'Commander Liu' took his uncle's certificate, and when he entered the door, he saw an old lady sitting on a chair, thinking it was her.
'What documents?' The old lady was a little surprised, but her years of work experience made her feel that this was her territory, and she should be in charge.
'The old gentleman of the terrace! Guo Kaiwei added.
'The papers are not with me!' ’
Guo Kaiwei stepped forward to help Guo's mother and brother turn around and leave.
'Well, where are you going, where are you going!' The old lady chased them out of the house, but the old men did not dare to stop the two policemen, so they had to 'rescue' the people.
As soon as Guo's mother saw her eldest brother, she hurriedly said, 'Big brother, did you beat you?' ’
Brother Guo's mother shook his head helplessly and did not speak.
"Uncle, it's too chaotic here, why don't we leave quickly!" Guo Kaixin feels that this is the capital, not as good as City A, in this unfamiliar territory, what happens can only be swallowed bitterly, it is better to leave this place.
"You take your uncle to sit there for a while, but your uncle hasn't come back yet, so he can't go!" Guo Kaiying said a few words to Guo's mother.
'What can we do, who took it, where are we going to find someone!' Guo's mother and sister-in-law didn't see 'Commander Liu' take away the documents.
I remembered that he was also an old man with an arm band, and they all called him Commander Liu. Let me show you around, and I'll recognize him at a glance!" Guo's mother volunteered and lived like 'Liu Hulan'. ’
Guo Kaiwei and Guo Kaiying accompanied their mother to find 'Commander Liu', Guo Kaishan was entrusted to stay where he was, guarding the safety of his uncle and his wife, there was a man wearing a big-brimmed hat, these old men and old ladies couldn't bully the old man on the platform.
'Commander Liu', like the old men and ladies nearby, is a volunteer of the 'Leaders Memorial Hall'. When he came back from a round of inspection, he heard from his colleagues that the old man on the terrace had been 'rescued', and there was also a PLA officer among them, which made him very angry, so he was hugged by the front guard and came to Guo's mother and brother and questioned them.
'It's him, he's Commander Liu, they all call him that! Brother Guo's mother pointed to the old man walking in front.
'Just him, look at my uncle! Guo Kaixin wanted to take the lead. In front of the uncle, he took a few steps forward and stretched out his big hand.
'Give me back my uncle's papers!' ’
'Commander Liu' looked at Guo Kaixin, 'Little brother.' I'm not looking for you, the soldier over there, you call him over, I want to ask him a few words! ’
Far from it. Guo Kaishan's eyesight is very good, he thinks that the old man who takes the lead is very familiar, so he forgot where he has seen it. As soon as he saw his fourth brother Guo Kaixin beckoning to him, he also ran over.
'What's the matter?' Guo Kaishan asked Guo Kaixin.
'This old man called you!' ’
'Commander Liu' looked Guo Kaishan up and down, and finally turned his worries into joy and smiled, "Little monkey cub, I'm looking for you, you still dare to run to me, you stand up to me, which squad leader are you calling you, you don't salute when you see the chief!" ’
As soon as he heard these shocks of 'Commander Liu', Guo Kaishan immediately remembered, he quickly stood upright, and saluted the old man with a standard military salute, "Good chief!" ”
The old men and ladies who followed behind 'Commander Liu' all laughed when they saw Guo Kaishan so obedient.
An old man wearing a red armband walked to Guo Kaishan's side and walked back and forth a few steps, "Young man, I thought you were very powerful, if I guessed correctly, you are a 'colonel', don't think that you are easy to use wherever you go, finally met the chief, do you still need documents?" Pay the fine obediently, maybe as soon as our 'Commander Liu' is happy, he will let you go!" ’
Guo Kaixin couldn't understand why the third brother respected the old man on the other side so much, although this old man was a little majestic, but he was also dressed in a gray cloth cadre uniform, and he couldn't see where he looked like a 'chief', so he boldly asked, 'Third brother, who is this old man?' Where did it come from? ’
'Okay, okay, what do you ask, you go back first, I'll go over later!' In order to prevent Guo Kaixin from causing trouble, Guo Kaishan pushed him away.
Regarding his nephew's actions from afar, Guo's mother and brother saw it in his eyes, and when he saw Guo Kaixin running over, he also asked, 'Kaishan knows him?' ’
It seems that he knows him, it seems that my third brother is quite afraid of him, no matter what he is called the chief! ’
'Oh, it's good to know, it's good to know, and the documents will definitely come back.' ’
For Guo Kaishan, who was standing upright, a group of old men and their wives were judgmental, and the 'Commander Liu' just smiled and didn't say anything, admitting that his old partners ridiculed Guo Kaishan.
"Now the soldiers are really different, look at the clothes, look at the leather shoes, we used to be the same officers and soldiers, the old leader is alive, the officials and the soldiers, the clothes are the same, the difference is only the relationship between two pockets and four pockets, now it's good, I don't feel where this dress is better than the 'three points of red', I said young man, your level is not low, who is the old man on the terrace? It won't be your father-in-law! ’
"You old man don't know don't talk nonsense, how can there be a mainland soldier, recognize the old man of the Taiwanese, I said young man, you will admit it today, this is a lot older every year at the door of this 'Leader Memorial Hall' The officers who are soldiers are much older, and our 'Commander Liu' is specialized in treating you people, so serve it!" ’
Gossiping, Guo Kaishan said that his face was red and his ears were red, but he always maintained a posture of 'standing upright', and his eyes were looking straight ahead.
'Third brother, what are you doing standing here?' Guo Kaiying and Guo Kaiwei accompanied their mother to look around, and then returned to the same place, and when they passed by Guo Kaishan, they found that there was something wrong with the third brother.
'Leave me alone, go over there and wait for me!' Guo Kaishan was still maintaining his 'uprightness', and his chin only moved slightly a few times when he spoke.
After Guo Kaiying heard this, he had no choice but to accompany his mother to his uncle, and the whole family of the old Guo family watched Guo Kaishan suffer from a distance. ’
"Young man, don't ask for documents or documents, you can go with your mother, it was your mother who came over just now, right?" An old lady who also wore a red armband was the last to walk in front of Guo Kaishan, and in her words, you couldn't tell whether she was kind or malicious.
Guo Kaishan did not answer, still standing still.
After a long pause, 'Commander Liu' suddenly issued a password, 'Rest! ’
After hearing the order, Guo Kaishan changed from 'standing upright' to 'taking a break', but his upper body still remained tense. (To be continued......)