The eighty-sixth donkey-like pre-war preparations (11) Parents, wives, and sons
As the provincial capital city in the north, City A developed by leaps and bounds in the eighties of the last century. Although Lao Guo's family is in the countryside, but in the suburbs, it has been pasted into the "A City Economic and Technological Development Zone", and the villagers are no longer farming for a living, and most of them have been recruited into enterprises, becoming farmers with "Chinese characteristics" of "half-industry and half-farming".
Guo Kaishan's second brother Guo Kaiming's new tile house for the old Guo family, now has fallen behind in the village, as soon as he enters the village, rows of "building seats" meet Guo Kaishan's eyes, and finally come to the door of his own house, I saw a little boy not far away, squatting "to relieve the big hand".
"Is it a hill?"
"Who are you? Are you looking for Guo Xiaosan or Guo Xiaoshan? When the child squatted back to Guo Kaishan, there seemed to be a worm crawling in his "yellow goods", and it seemed that the child had worms in his stomach.
"I'll look for you, I'm Dad."
"Hey, third brother, someone is looking for you, saying it's your father." The little boy didn't answer Guo Kaishan's words, but turned his head to look at the little boy not far from him, and there was also a little boy who was "unraveling his big hand." "Guo Xiaoshan ranks fourth among his cousins in this generation, and the third brother is naturally Guo Xiaosong, Guo Kaiming's son.
"My dad died a long time ago." The boy in the distance was older, and he was very disgusted by Guo Xiaoshan's shouting, shouting as he untied his hand.
"Silly boy, I'm really your father, I'm Guo Kaishan."
"You are talking nonsense, my father's clothes are different from yours, he has a red five-pointed star on his hat, and a red collar badge on his clothes." Guo Xiaoshan wiped his buttocks with paper while answering Guo Kaishan's question.
Seeing that his son finished wiping his buttocks, Guo Kaishan ran over, hugged his son and ran, saying with a smile as he ran, "Rob Luo, snatch Luo, snatch your son Luo." ”
Since it was dusk. At this time, Guo Xiaoshan fell into Guo Kaishan's arms, only to find out that it was really his father, and happily snatched the big-brimmed hat from Guo Kaishan's head, "This hat is so good-looking, is it a new one?" How many cents did you pay for it? ”
"Silly boy, this is issued by the army, and it is not sold for much money." Guo Kaishan felt that his son would withdraw money when he came up, it must be what his wife usually taught him like this, and he had to give his love for money back.
Guo's father's illness is getting worse day by day. Every time he went home, Guo Kaishan had to use a stethoscope to listen to his father and measure his blood pressure.
"Dad, why don't you go to the Army General Hospital to have a look, I heard that there are a lot of imported equipment recently, and there are a lot of good foreign medicines, maybe they can cure your disease." My comrades-in-arms know a lot of people, and it is not a problem to find a good expert. ”
"Silly boy, your father's illness hasn't been a day or two, what's wrong. I didn't write a letter beforehand when I came back, is there something wrong? "When my mother saw that there was no New Year's Day, Guo Kaishan suddenly went home to visit relatives.
"Oh, it's fine. I've been idle lately, so I want to come back and see, Mom. I want to take Xiaoshan to live in the army for a while, do you think it's okay? ”
"What's wrong with that, great, now your father has a lot of things, Guan Yue doesn't come back often, two grandsons, looking tired, now the kid is the time to Tao, if you don't pay attention to it, you will get into trouble, I heard that there are flowers recently."
"Oh, I saw Xiao Song at the door, and my second sister-in-law is willing to leave her son with you."
"Don't leave anything, your second brother is dead, she has to take over, how can you have time to watch the child, it's not tidy, and their mother is also a hard-working child." said that her mother was sad and seemed to shed tears, after the death of the second brother Guo Kaiming, it was not easy for the second sister-in-law to take her nephew, she still did not accept everyone's funding, and she could be called "the husband of the middle woman." ”
"Does the second sister-in-law often come back? If she agrees, she will take Komatsu with me this time. ”
"She can't bear it, now she runs home twice in three days, and rides for two or three hours, this son is the sustenance in her heart, her life, you still haven't said it, save a big red face."
"Okay, I won't say it."
At this time, his nephew Guo Xiaosong ran in, and Guo's mother hurriedly shouted, "This is your third uncle, call quickly." ”
"Hello third uncle."
Guo Kaishan hugged his nephew, tears also came out of his eyes, looking at the young child, he thought of the dead second brother, at home, except for the eldest sister, the best person for him was the second brother, but he didn't expect him to die young and leave everyone.
"How old are you?"
"Third uncle, I'm seven years old and in the second grade of primary school."
"Okay, good, remember to study hard, your father is the best learner, do you want to follow him to know the way?"
Guo Xiaosong seemed to understand the third uncle's words, and nodded in Guo Kaishan's arms.
"This is what I brought for you, one for each person." Guo Kaishan took out two whistles made of bullet casings from his pocket and handed them to his nephew and son.
When the two children went out to play again, Guo Kaishan told his parents that he was going to the front line.
"Can't you not go? What age is this, it's dangerous to go, although you are a military doctor, but bullets don't have eyes, if you leave, what will happen to your wife and children? The mother naturally felt sorry for her son, and she didn't want Guo Kaishan to go to the front line.
"Dad, what do you see?"
Guo's father was leaning next to the kang cabinet at this time, he had been looking at his son since Guo Kaishan entered the house, he seemed to see Guo Kaishan grow up, no longer the hairy boy at home, he didn't speak, but looked at his son directly.
"The child is talking to you." Guo's mother pushed Guo's father.
"I don't care, your business, you are in charge." Guo's father's words were very unexpected, originally Guo Kaishan thought that his father would say some encouraging words, but he didn't expect these two sentences to come out.
"Dad, Mom, I naturally want to go, I think this is an opportunity, it's good to experience myself."
"I don't understand the things in the army now, just pay attention anyway, okay, I'm tired, nothing else, I'm going to lie down, if you two want to chat, go to that house."
"The more this old man lives, the more he is not a thing, ignore him, let's go to the yard and say, the chickens should be fed."
Guo's mother "chopped vegetables" for the chicken, and at the same time told her son some homely things, what happened to which brother's family, how happened to which brother recently, and also told Guo Kaishan that the fifth brother Guo Kaiqing had gone to the front line one step ahead of him, and I heard that he had made war exploits again.
Guo's father didn't sleep, he lay on the windowsill, through the window, listening to the chat between his wife and son, his heart was very bitter. There were six sons and two daughters. The second son and the second daughter died early, and after the fifth son went to the front line, he went up again, and now even the third son is going to the front line, of course he doesn't want him to go, but he didn't say it, looking at his son's mature face, he thought back to the situation when he was a soldier, he was really old. Recently, he was examined in the hospital and said that his time was running out, and that he might be dying before his two sons returned from the front.
stayed at home for a few days, and caught up with Guan Yue to come back and quarrel with Guo Kaishan. In order not to let the old man watch, Guo Kaishan took his son and wife back to his home in City A. Along the way, Guo Kaishan explained his thoughts to his wife, and Guan Yue saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had to buy good vegetables together with a happy family of three. Eat and drink in the evening.
During the banquet, Guo Kaishan asked where Guan Yue had been in the past few days, and Guan Yue preached angrily, "I met a scoundrel and a hooligan." Originally, there was an old Tan in HB Province, who had been cooperating with me in the sale of the bed, and this batch of goods was ordered by him, and I have been cooperating for a long time. That is, he paid the deposit for him, who would have thought that the price of the bed had dropped. This guy shrunk, I finally went to his hometown to find him, what do you say, this guy not only didn't admit it, but also said that if he wanted to sell him the bed, he would sleep with him for two days first, damn it, he regarded me as a young lady. ”
"Then did you sleep with him?" Guo Kaishan saw that his wife became more and more angry the more he talked, and hurriedly quipped.
"Do you want me to sleep with him, what's in it for you?" Guan Yue was also happy when she saw her husband say this.
"It's better to kidnap you, that way."
"Are you still thinking about Miss Liu, do you regret marrying me, if you regret it, just say it, I'll move her nest and let you eat tender grass again?"
"Look at what you said, where is the, we are good friends, we have been in the army for so many years, if it wasn't for her help, I would have changed jobs a long time ago."
"It's good to change jobs early, do you see, now the people of the whole country are looking at money, look at you, just your dead salary, when will you make a fortune, it seems that we can't count on your father." Guan Yue sandwiched a piece of braised pork into the bowl for her son, and patted her son's head again, this kind of family reunion day, Guan Yue is obviously very satisfied, she wishes that Guo Kaishan would change jobs earlier, return to her side, and live the life of a normal husband and wife.
"Hey, I forgot to ask, all the money you paid for the transaction is yours, do you owe anyone else?"
"Of course it's mine, all my savings over the years, this is good, all of them have been put on me, fortunately, I still have a public office, this time I came back, the leader talked to me, I am about to be promoted, and our director is going to be promoted."
"That's a good thing, a thirty-year-old female director, it's rare to see it in your hall, right?"
"Of course it's not much, count me two, that is the daughter of the old director, I'm rootless and unsent, it's time to catch up, if it was in the past, you have to take turns to rank everything, now it's okay, the old guys have retired from the second line, and the position will come out."
The places of interest in City A, Guo Kaishan and Liu Xuehua played together once, and that time they played very comprehensively. Guan Yue has always been worried about this matter, this time she specially asked for leave, took her son, and the family of three went shopping for several days, and finally returned home proudly, looking at the photos of the play, at this time Guo Kaishan and Guan Yue were two people, not to mention how comfortable.
Guo Kaishan has never talked to Guan Yue about going to the front line, Guan Yue also knows Guo Kaishan's thoughts, no one can say anything about him, so they lived together for half a month, Guo Kaishan's vacation has also arrived, and he talked to Guan Yue about going to the front line.
"You have said it, you don't care about my business, I don't care about your business, you want to send it to death, don't worry, if you die, I will bring your son up, is this okay? Satisfied? ”
"Satisfied, can you not be satisfied, Xie Lu thank you for supporting me, I will take my son to the army to play for a few days, and when I am free for a while, you will pick him up."
"What? Do you want to take your son away? ”
"yes, you don't agree?"
"Are you still in the hospital? That place is full of bacteria, don't infect the child? As soon as her son was involved, Guan Yue immediately stopped smiling.
"It's okay, don't you feel at ease when I look at you? I'm a doctor. ”
"Doctor's, you're a dispenser, not a son."
"My dad is a dispenser, oh, oh, my dad's dispensing Luo." As soon as Guo Xiaoshan heard that his father was dispensing medicine, he jumped up ignorantly while shouting, and after many years, when others asked Guo Xiaoshan again, what his father did in the army, Guo Xiaoshan's answer was still the same, "My dad is a dispenser." When his girlfriend asked what level the "dispenser" was, Guo Xiaoshan replied, "I don't know what to do, anyway, a few years ago, he had a star on his shoulder." The girlfriend teased, "What, your dad only has one star, why are there so few, I often see some soldiers on the street, how many stars on their shoulders?" Guo Xiaoshan sneered, "My dad is different from their star, he has a gold star on his shoulder. ”
Guo Kaishan's train ticket was bought by his eldest brother Guo Kaiwei, and he is now the director of the A-City Railway Police Station, although he is still a director, but the corresponding level is very high, because there are three or four hundred police officers in this police station, and there are six deputy directors alone.
His son Guo Xiaoshan has never been on a train before, and when he walked into the carriage for the first time, he was very excited, "Dad, which bed shall we sleep in?" ”
"The lower bunk on the left, your uncle specially picked it up."
"Oh, that's great." Guo Xiaoshan fell on the bunk, didn't take off his shoes, and fiddled with his toys.
Guo Kaishan let his son play by himself, walked to the aisle by himself, looked at the scenery outside the window, he felt that time was running out, maybe in a few months, he would set foot on the battlefield, he wanted to use this short time to make up for his responsibilities as a father. (To be continued......)
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