Episode 15 Tian Xingjian (11) A letter from afar

After more than ten years of meeting, the former friend is now middle-aged, and the gentlemanly 'Martin' in front of him is now a diplomat of the 'Consulate of the United States', and he is still reminiscing about the language and water communication with Guo Kaishan back then.

'Guo! Here's my business card with my phone number on it, and I hope you can call me! After greeting for a while, 'Martin' was also afraid of snubbing his friends, so he had to prepare to break up with Guo Kaishan.

'I don't have a business card, I accept yours, and I apologize to you for the rudeness of me and my wife just now!' Recovering his strength, Guo Kaishan thought that he had to apologize to his foreign friends.

'Your lady is beautiful, and a beautiful woman is innocent in this world, beautiful lady, may you let me kiss your hand?' 'A diplomat is a diplomat,' and 'Martin' wanted a Western-style greeting.

Although Guan Yue has also seen a big battle, but today when her husband was present, she still glanced at Guo Kaishan, Guo Kaishan smiled and nodded to her, and she also put the back of her hand up and handed it to 'Martin'.

On the way home, Guan Yue asked who the foreigner was.

"Well, I learned foreign languages when I was studying at the health school, and for him, I was almost punished by the school, and afterwards Liu Xuehua told me that I also had the opportunity to go to the Military Medical University, but when I encountered this incident, my name was brushed down,'

"It's good not to go to the Military Medical University, it doesn't prevent you from going to college, won't you go to the H Military Industry in the future, the child's father, you and I will be honest, if you and Liu Xuehua really went to the Military Medical University together, would we still be together?" Although Guan Yue was a little drunk, her thinking was quite clear, and she looked at Guo Kaishan with big eyes, and she stopped her steps.

I really can't talk to you about this for a while. If it were according to the past, Guo Kaishan would have decisively admitted that he would definitely choose Guan Yue, but after Liu Xuehua's study in Japan this time, he really couldn't figure out which one was more important in his life, Guan Yue or Liu Xuehua.

'Give me Martin's business card!' ’

"What do you want to do, I don't plan to associate with him anymore, now about the relationship between active duty soldiers and foreigners." I've always been sensitive, and I don't want to get myself in trouble. ’

'Just give it to me,' Guan Yue took out the business card of 'Martin' from Guo Kaishan's body, didn't even look at it, and stuffed it directly into his bag.

"This foreign devil is my nobleman, you don't want to contact him, maybe I can use it in the future, our hill is small now." But in a few years, it will be bigger, and I can't look down on the domestic education system, so if I go to study in the United States, it will be great! Guan Yue originally thought of his son's future. If I have a friend who is a foreign diplomat, it will be faster to go abroad to apply for a visa in the future.

As the 'Military Theory Research Office' of the 'Northern Xinjiang Military Region', Guo Kaishan didn't feel it when he first arrived. When he stayed for a long time, he realized that the 'researchers' here were still playing various temporary roles, like a team of 'high-level staff'.

The Prime Minister of Japan visited China. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, Sino-Japanese relations have always been good, so the arrival of this prime minister has also deepened the friendship between the two countries; because this prime minister had spent several years in the northeast in his early years, and when he came back this time, he also wanted to do something to 'seek his roots and pursue the distance,' and he was accompanied by senior military officials of the 'Self-Defense Forces,' and out of politeness, China allowed them to visit the units of the 'Northern Xinjiang Military Region.'"

"Convene a meeting today, just one thing, the Japanese prime minister will not visit China immediately, this person is a China-country-to-country expert, and he also fought in the northeast during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the head of the military region hopes that various departments will send a representative to accompany the senior officials of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to visit the troops, and everyone will see who should be sent!" Since Guo Kaishan came here, the director has rarely held group meetings, and today is the first time.

'Director, is it good to go?' An older researcher asked.

No, I didn't even have lunch, I had to eat it myself. ’

"Then no one is willing to go, I am now editing and reviewing the teaching materials with the people at the headquarters, don't assign me," when they heard that there was no benefit, everyone shook their heads, and these veterans have seen a lot of this kind of work of receiving foreign guests, and if there is an event such as exchanging gifts, they are still willing to go.

'Lao Wang, haven't you been idle lately, what do you think of you?' Seeing that everyone didn't like to go, the director turned his head to Lao Wang as the 'deputy director'.

'I'm not cold to little Japan, I won't!' Lao Wang is an expert in the military history of our army, especially the military history of the 'Northern Xinjiang Military Region', and he doesn't like little devils from the bottom of his bones.

'Director, if no one wants to go, then I'll do it, right?' Guo Kaishan stood up.

The 'director' looked at Guo Kaishan, 'Are you okay?' ’

"Aren't you going to accompany a few foreign guests, I don't think it's difficult, isn't it a lot of people!" ’

The 'director' still couldn't make up his mind, he turned his head to Lao Wang, and now Guo Kaishan is Lao Wang's apprentice. ’

Lao Wang is still very happy about Guo Kaishan's bravery, "Since he wants to go, let him go, I said Guo Kaishan, after he goes, talk less, this is more wrong, pay attention to the international influence, if you say the wrong thing, maybe they have fellow reporters who put you in the newspaper, then it's a big deal, this is a diplomatic business, understand!" ’

'I know, I must talk less,' Guo Kaishan is very grateful to Lao Wang, his mention is too important, he has no experience, and he is a rookie who has just debuted.

The '918 Incident', as the current prime minister of Japan, he experienced it, and although he was still very young at the time, he still wanted to visit the '918 Memorial Hall' in City A. ’

Looking at the Japanese Prime Minister bowing respectfully to the monument with a flower basket, standing at the end of the line Guo Kaishan, the heart is surging, in the history of the old Guo family, Guo's father is a veteran who participated in the Anti-Japanese War, as his son, it is really a comfortable thing to see the former war criminals come to the door to repent.

The Japanese prime minister and his entourage went to the 'Acheng Hotel,' and then they, the officers of the 'Northern Xinjiang Military Region,' were to accompany the officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to visit their units.

Vice Minister Hu was a later one, and he was also assigned a task by the Military Region, because as the deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Military Region, he had to lead these 'Japanese friends' to visit the artillery shell workshops of military enterprises. He knew that Guo Kaishan knew Japanese, so he called him to his side, "I don't need you to translate for me for a while, you just listen to what these little devils have to say," Vice Minister Hu kept an eye on it, and the interpreters in his companions were from the Foreign Chinese College, they were not soldiers, and they might not translate for him.

'Yes,' Guo Kaishan attaches great importance to the 'old sentry chief'. Naturally, he was happy, at least he didn't have to go to the back of the platoon, but he followed Vice Minister Hu in front.

The "artillery shell workshop" in which our army produces artillery shells has always been a military industrial enterprise, and this is the first time that Japanese officers have been allowed to do their best; because they have already done their 'homework,' Vice Minister Hu, as a representative of the logistics department of the military region, spoke eloquently in front of the officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Not even a typo.

"Very good, General Hu, today is a milestone in the exchanges between our Japanese and Chinese armies, and I would like to invite you today. I hope you will visit us in Japan in your spare time and see our achievements in the military industry! A Japanese general also chatted with Vice Minister Hu. In the eyes of everyone, the conversation between the two was very pleasant, and there were no inappropriate remarks.

Guo Kaishan is exactly as Vice Minister Hu said. He didn't get too close to them, but listened to the private chatter of the Japanese.

'Matsui, look at this arsenal in Shina, how does it compare to our country's? A Japanese officer asked a middle-aged Japanese man in a suit.

The middle-aged Japanese man put his face aside, "Their technology is too backward, and I also heard that some of their workshops are still using equipment left by our country during World War II, and these technologies are not on the same level as our company, and they are not worth mentioning." ’

Most of the Chinese personnel who are traveling with them do not understand Japanese, so they naturally don't know what these little devils are talking about, but Guo Kaishan has already passed the 'Japanese level 1', and the speed of these two little devils is not fast, they can understand very well, when Guo Kaishan heard that the little devil said that the equipment of the arsenal was left by Japan after the war, his anger could no longer be suppressed.

Seeing that Guo Kaishan wanted to open his mouth to scold, a Japanese 'Zhongzuo' grabbed him, and he spoke to him in a very fluent Chinese-Mandarin-dialect, 'Guo, don't be angry, this is not the occasion to be angry. ’

A Japanese soldier can say Guo Kaishan's name at once, Guo Kaishan was also shocked, fortunately there was no one around, so Guo Kaishan replied in Japanese, 'May I ask who you are?' ’

Nakasa smiled and said, "So you can speak Japanese, so it's just right, this is a letter that a young lady asked me to bring you."

Although there was no signature on the envelope, Guo Kaishan was too familiar with this trace, and he thanked 'Zhongzuo', 'Thank you so much,' and then stuffed the letter on his body, and his action happened to let Vice Minister Hu see what happened.

After an afternoon of wandering, the officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces also visited the factories of the two arsenals, and then went back to the hotel, Guo Kaishan said goodbye to the van of the Japanese devils, he was about to get off work, just as he was pushing his bicycle and preparing to leave the gate of the military compound, he found Vice Minister Hu's 'Audi car' waiting for him at the door.

After parking his bicycle, Guo Kaishan ran forward, "Chief, is there something wrong with me?" ’

Vice Minister Hu glanced at the driver, and the driver took the initiative to get out of the car and walk away.

'Get in the car and talk. ’

'I told you to look at these little devils today, what did they say?' ’

"You say this, I really found a secret, I found that in addition to the little Japan in military uniforms, those who wear suits are all ruthless people in Japanese heavy industry enterprises, one of them can be said at a glance, some of our equipment is backward, and it is said that the little devils left behind after the war, and their domestic military enterprises cannot be compared, at least it has to be decades worse! ’

After hearing this, Vice Minister Hu said, "It's no wonder that people are already developed countries, and our turbulent period was not long ago, and there are all kinds of wastes to be raised, and it is inevitable that there will be a gap, I look at you as if you are very familiar with a Japanese officer, what are you talking about?" ’

It's nothing, this person can speak Chinese-Chinese, just a few nonsense. ’

Vice Minister Hu stretched out his right hand to Guo Kaishan, "Letter, show it to me." ’

Guo Kaishan has never refuted the old sentry's request, and when he saw Vice Minister Hu's eyes today, Guo Kaishan was the same, obediently handing over Liu Xuehua's letter to Vice Minister Hu.

Vice Minister Hu didn't take it apart and looked, 'Who is here?' ’

'Liu Xuehua. ’

Vice Minister Hu picked up the envelope and looked at the sun, "If it's someone else's, I'll really take a look at hers, and I'll give it back to you." ’

After receiving the letter from Vice Minister Hu, Guo Kaishan felt a sense of joy that he had regained, "Thank you, old sentry." ’

'The affairs of the Liu family, I am also very sympathetic, but the matter is out, you can do it yourself, such a letter in the future, don't go through others, I heard that your relatives don't have a lot of Hong Kong and land relations, Wan turn it around, what kind of place is this, thousands of pairs of eyes are looking at you, this is not as good as Jingbei, if something big happens, I can't protect you, tomorrow I see that you have to come again, the little devil is going to see our artillery unit, you listen again, what are they talking about, do you know? ’

'Got it, there's nothing else, I'll go back,' for fear of the old sentry's rebuff, Guo Kaishan left the 'Audi car', quickly ran into the compound of the military region, and slipped away on his bicycle. (To be continued......)