Chapter 3 The General Arrives
There are still a month and a few days before the beginning of autumn, and my second uncle and I are having breakfast, and we are speechless. In fact, everyone now knows in their hearts that our common goal is not to let anyone take advantage of the Tai Chi halo of Nanling.
The peaceful and prosperous world cannot be destroyed in one fell swoop. Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang were a dispute in troubled times, but now they are different.
The most important thing for Xu Zeming now is no longer us. A few days ago, when he had just gathered the Han Jia, Xu Zeming wanted to put us under house arrest so that we would not be in the way of his living burial. But later, he was anxious to grasp the power, and he agreed to the conditions of the seventh master and the Budai monk, and postponed the day of the burial to the day of the beginning of autumn.
Provided, of course, that I can drag the life of the old general by two months. Xu Zeming's expression when he saw his father jumping around at that time, I will never forget it - it was a face full of resentment and regret but trying his best to pretend to be happy and happy, that kind of distortion is really ridiculous, and I will sigh: for his own greed, even his father will not let go, thousands of years of traditional virtues at this moment, more like a joke......
The closer we get to the beginning of autumn, the more tense the air becomes. I believe that Xu Zeming, who has passed so many days, must regret it even more at this time, if he had buried the old man that day, there would have been nothing now.
The appearance of Taiwanese made Xu Zeming have trouble sleeping. Now he will definitely try to find a way to get this matter done as soon as possible, so as to save him a lot of dreams at night. However, the old general, who has recovered his health, will still be dragged into the water by his son......
Today happened to be Saturday, and after breakfast, I said hello to my second uncle and went out to Xiaoxiao's residence.
I knocked on the door, and Xiaoxiao appeared in front of me in her pajamas.
"You don't even ask who it is, how dangerous it is to open the door like this." I saw the pink flower pajamas on Xiaoxiao's body, and reprimanded softly with some pity.
"Why are you here?" Xiaoxiao rubbed her worried eyes, looked up and saw that it was me, and wrinkled her nose slightly: "In broad daylight, if there is anything going on, you just worry about it all day long." Come on in. ”
I grinned, followed her into the house, turned to close the door, and then I heard a dog barking, and the strong man who had grown into a big dog wagged his tail and sprang out of the bedroom, and threw himself into my arms, licking my hand with a big tongue, very excited.
"Hey, the strong man has grown into a handsome guy!" I squatted down with a smile, reached out to stroke the black and white dog hair of the strong man, and asked Xiaoxiao, "How much does it weigh?" ”
Xiaoxiao stood in front of the mirror in the bedroom and combed her messy long hair: "I don't know, I haven't weighed it." You just came back? ”
I stood up and walked into the bedroom, "Well, just got back." You—Why did you blacklist my mobile phone number? ”
"Who bothered you all day!" Xiaoxiao glanced at me: "What about you, call me whenever you think of me, every time you call me, I'm either sleeping or working, I'm annoyed!" You're fine anyway, stay on the blacklist! ”
I smiled and scratched my head, not to mention, when I had a conflict and called before, Xiaoxiao's tone was always cold, but when I met, she was still the same as before, no different.
"Have you been busy at work lately?" I sat at my desk and watched Xiaoxiao tidy up her things for a while before going back to the bed—she slept like a kitten.
"Busy." Xiaoxiao fiddled with her phone and said.
"Don't always sleep and look at your phone, your eyes are hundreds of degrees, what should I do if I pass it on to my children!" I smiled with a frown.
Xiaoxiao didn't speak, snorted coldly and fiddled with her phone, and the puppy strong man came over, lay on the ground, and put his head on my feet.
Seeing that Xiaoxiao was not willing to talk to me, and kept yawning, I got up and took her house key, let her sleep for a while, I took the strong man out for a walk, bought some things that Xiaoxiao likes to eat, and when I went out, I saw some things in the kitchen that were used up, and bought some meat and vegetables, put them in a bag for the strong man to bite, and returned to Xiaoxiao's residence.
Xiaoxiao likes to cook very much, she used to cook it when we were together, and later after graduation, I also learned it from my second uncle, although the taste is not so good, but it is reasonable.
Barely making up four dishes and one soup, Xiaoxiao watched me busy in the kitchen wearing an apron, washed up with a smile, and sat down to have lunch with me.
It's just that I can't say anything about the relationship between the two of us, and Xiaoxiao didn't say anything.
Xiaoxiao was on duty in the afternoon, so I sent her to the TV station and walked back by myself.
When passing by Qianweilu Restaurant, I subconsciously glanced into the restaurant, and coincidentally, I happened to see Zhao Jing who got off the day shift, and I saw that she didn't see me, so I hurriedly turned around, crossed the street, and returned to the antique shop along the other side.
The second uncle was talking to a few guests, I stepped forward to take a look, and saw that these guests fell in love with a glazed porcelain vase, which seemed to be from the middle of the Ming Dynasty.
"Second uncle!" I hurriedly walked to the counter and looked at the second uncle who was fiddling with the bank card statement: "You have made several daughters-in-law, why don't you find a daughter-in-law quickly!" After so many years, I saw you and your alcoholics, and your old second brother was drunk by you! If you don't look for it, the second brother won't work! ”
"Little bunny!" The second uncle grinned and picked up the feather duster on the side and was about to whip me: "You are really not big or small!" You can say this to your second uncle! ”
I smiled and ran to the side, and as soon as I reached the staircase, I saw two military vehicles outside the door, parked on the side of the road. I was stunned, and hurriedly pointed out the door and nodded to the second uncle, who turned his head to look, not knowing who drove a military vehicle to this cultural market.
As soon as the car door opened, I immediately recognized Xu Zeming's father, the founding general, and the second uncle dragged me and pulled me out at a trot.
"Gu Ji antique shop! Not bad! The old general's face was flushed, and his body looked a little stronger than a few days ago, and he stood outside the car on crutches and looked at the sign of our antique shop.
"Why are you here?" The second uncle pushed the door and trotted out, smiling all over his face.
I couldn't help but laugh when I looked at the expression of the second uncle: after all, the second uncle is still a businessman, no matter what kind of businessman he is, he has been doing it for so many years, and the smile on his face is a little flattering and hypocritical.
"Can't I come?" The old general smiled, not angry.
"Where, I mean, if you come, tell me in advance, I'm ready to prepare!" The second uncle smiled.
"Forget it!" The old general came over and patted me on the shoulder with a smile: "I'm here to see you, what are you going to prepare!" Go, get in! ”
I wanted to carry the old general in, but the old man shook his head and signaled that he was okay, so I ran to the front and opened the door with a smile.
After the old man came in, I was still waiting for the others with the door open, who knew that several other plainclothes soldiers stood at the door, two in front of the car, and two on the left and one on the right, each standing straight, expressionless, not squinting, it seemed that this would not come in.
I shrugged my shoulders, and understood that they had a heavy task and a heavy responsibility, so I wanted to close the door and enter the house, and just halfway through the door, I caught a glimpse of a person walking slowly this way, as if he had just gotten out of the car with the old general, and only cared about greeting the old general, and did not see who it was.
"You please......" I knew that this one was going to come in too, and hurriedly opened the door and made a gesture, and when I looked at it, I was stunned for a moment—this old man was not very tall, wearing an ordinary white shirt, with a ruddy complexion, with almost no wrinkles on his fine skin and tender flesh, and his legs and feet were nimble, and he walked without even making a sound, and he was my old acquaintance!