Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1269 Old Friends (Edited)
At this point, Grandpa Xie knew that the matter was done and no amount of struggling would be in vain. He could only accept it with frustration.

Along the way, his steps were heavy, and his brows were filled with an unremovable cloud of worry, as if even the air around him had become heavy.

Zhang Yu pretended not to see it.

Seeing that his eldest grandson ignored his performance, Grandpa Xie put more strength into his footsteps.

Listen to the sound that grandpa deliberately made to show his dissatisfaction.

Zhang Yu turned his head and leisurely admired the scenery around him.

It's impossible to coax people.

It is even more impossible to let him go to work.

Grandpa Xie was not very happy along the way, which made Zhang Yu, even though he had a heart of stone, still doubt whether he had done something wrong?
However, almost at the moment he stepped into the house, Grandpa Xie's face turned from sadness to joy.

If Zhang Yu hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that this was a person.

Before he could react, Grandpa Xie couldn't wait to announce a decision: "I've decided not to go to work this afternoon."

Upon hearing this sudden good news, the gloom on Grandma Xie's face instantly disappeared, replaced by incredible joy.

"You really aren't going to work?"

There was a hint of surprise and confirmation in her tone.

Grandpa Xie nodded firmly and repeated, "No, I really won't go."

"Keep your word? Don't change your mind at the last minute like you did last time." She reminded him half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Although Grandma Xie was happy, her understanding of her husband made her involuntarily feel a little wary, fearing that the other party was fooling her.

Grandpa Xie glared at her: "What are you talking about, old woman? How can I go back on my word? A real man should stick to his words. If I say I won't go to work, then I won't go. If I go again in the future..."

The words ended abruptly here.

Grandma Xie looked at him jokingly: "Come on, why don't you continue talking? If you want to go back to work, what will happen?"

Grandpa Xie was forced into a desperate situation. He wanted to leave himself a way out, but he was afraid of losing face in front of his wife. He could only grit his teeth and swear: "In the future... in the future, if I go to work again, I will not drink."

When talking about wine, Grandpa Xie swallowed unconsciously.

The wine he is drinking now is the medicinal wine brought by his eldest grandson.

The medicinal effect is of course excellent, the key is that the wine tastes good.

Because the medicine was so effective, the old woman allowed him to drink a cup every day for a week.

This is his spiritual support every day.

Seeing that Grandpa Xie was betting so big, Grandma Xie nodded, temporarily believing his words.
"Then you better remember this, you said it yourself. If I catch you and force you to work again, your medicinal wine will belong to me."

"Okay!" Grandpa Xie answered straightforwardly, but his heart trembled with pain.

The original plan also disappeared.

never mind!

Wine is more important.

After getting the promise, Grandma Xie was also extremely happy.

The attitude towards Grandpa Xie has improved a lot.

"Are you hungry? If you are, I will fry you an egg with an iron spoon."

Grandpa Xie wanted to say that he was not hungry, but then he thought of something and stroked his stomach, nodding repeatedly: "I am hungry, I have been hungry for a long time."

"You're hungry, so why don't you come back earlier? All right, wait here, I'll go fry some goose eggs for you."

As soon as Grandma Xie left, Grandpa Xie sat down opposite Zhang Yu and blinked at him.

Zhang Yu was stunned.

what does this mean?
Seeing that his eldest grandson was unmoved, Grandpa Xie became anxious.

He turned to look at the door, and after making sure that Grandma Xie hadn't come back yet, he lowered his voice and said, "Can I smoke?"

"What cigarettes?" Zhang Yu said this purely as a subconscious reaction.

Then, just as he reacted and before he could say anything, Grandpa Xie became anxious.

"Cigarettes, what cigarettes do you have left? They are the cigarette coupons you promised. Grandpa is old and can't stand this..."

Seeing that Grandpa Xie sounded more and more pitiful, Zhang Yu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"It's in my room. I'll give it to you in a minute."

"Hehe, my eldest grandson is still filial."

Just when the two of them were being affectionate, someone suddenly asked, "What are you two talking about?"

Zhang Yu clearly saw that as soon as these words were spoken, Grandpa Xie's whole body stiffened and his expression froze.

After a moment, he turned around as if nothing had happened: "I didn't say anything, just why hasn't the boss come back yet?"

After these words were spoken, Grandma Xie also became worried.

She handed the fried goose eggs to Grandpa Xie, and then threw the towel she used to wipe her hands away.

"No, I have to go and see."

Xie Zhiyuan, who was being talked about by the family, was in the county at this time.

As for why I came to the county, it’s very simple.

There were only a few telephones in the entire commune, so the target was too big.

He has elderly parents and young children to take care of, and he really can't afford such a risk.

It just so happened that the second brother's good friend sent him a message saying that the water pipes he wanted might be found somewhere in the county town, so he simply took a bus to the county town under the pretext of buying water pipes.

In order to conceal his tracks, he did not make a phone call directly upon entering the county town. Instead, he went to places where he could get information about the water pipes and asked around before going to look for someone.

After turning many corners, he finally stopped in front of a mud brick house.

Looking at the house in front of him, a strange look flashed in Xie Zhiyuan's eyes.

If he didn't know clearly that Director Li lived here, he would never have imagined that a factory director would actually live in a mud house.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Who is it?" Director Li, who was half asleep, woke up instantly after hearing the knock on the door.

"My name is Xie Zhiyuan. I wonder if Director Li still remembers me?"

Upon hearing the name, Director Li was stunned for a moment, then he opened the door and greeted him with a smile: "I remember, of course, how could I not remember, Master Zhang, how are you doing recently?"

"pretty good!"

Neither of them was talkative, so after a few polite remarks, they got straight to the point.

"Excuse me, Comrade Xie, why are you here today?"

Xie Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then he said, "I want to borrow the phone number of the machinery factory today. I wonder if it's troublesome."

When he heard that the person wanted to borrow a phone, Director Li breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought it was some big deal, but it turned out he just wanted to borrow a phone.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay! Comrade Xie, wait for me, I'll lock the door and take you there."

The two of them were silent all the way. After arriving at the office, Director Li pointed to the phone in the office and said, "The phone is right there, feel free to use it."

After saying that, after confirming that Xie Zhiyuan would dial the number, he tactfully left the room and stood guard at the door.

Looking at the phone in front of him, Xie Zhiyuan had a complicated expression.

After struggling for a long time, I finally dialed the number that I had memorized.

After several transfers, the call was finally connected.

After a moment of silence, a voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello! Hello, I'm Li Chuanxiong, who are you?"

The voice sounded much older than he remembered, but Xie Zhiyuan recognized it the moment it sounded.

For some reason, his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak for a while. Seeing that no one answered the phone, he became anxious.

"Hey!"

"Hello, can you hear me? If you can, please reply."

After calling for a long time, no one answered. Li Chuanxiong frowned and said, "Hey, who are you? If you don't speak, I'll hang up."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but mutter, "Which little bastard is playing tricks on me? I have to take him down..."

Hearing the familiar curse, Xie Zhiyuan suddenly calmed down.

After so many years, Brother Li still has this impatient temper.

These words instantly brought him back to the past.

Although he knew it was a phone call and the person on the other end couldn't see him, Xie Zhiyuan still couldn't help but straighten his collar and clear his throat, wanting to face his old acquaintance in the best possible state.

"Brother Li, it's me."

After these words were spoken, there was silence for a long time.

Noticing the heavy breathing from the other end, Xie Zhiyuan couldn't help but tighten his grip on the phone.

After a long time, an unbelievable voice came from the phone.

"Is it Xie Zhiyuan? Is it Zhiyuan?"

"Brother Li, it's me."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time again, and then as if there was an explosion, crackling sounds continued to come through the phone. It was obvious that the person on the other end was also extremely excited.

After the excitement, he kept cursing: "WC! Xie Zhiyuan is really you, where the hell have you been for so many years? I've been looking for you for so many years, but I haven't seen you. I thought you were really gone..."

Xie Zhiyuan felt guilty and listened obediently to the scolding from the other side.

"Brother Li, I was wrong!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the cursing on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly.

After a long time, it was still that slightly old voice, but there was a little bit of sob in it.

"It's good to be okay, it's good to be alive!"

These words seemed to have hit a sore spot, and the two of them fell silent instantly.

Xie Zhiyuan opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but he didn't know what to say. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Brother Li, I...I..."

"Don't say any more. I know everything. It's good enough to be alive! All of them are gone. Only Lao Ma and Lao Miao are left..."

After sighing twice, Li Chuanxiong suddenly asked, "Where are you now?"

Overwhelmed by emotion, Xie Zhiyuan subconsciously revealed his residence.

The next second, he was stunned for a moment, and then he said angrily: "Brother Li, you are trying to trick me."

Li Chuanxiong's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Haha, haha! It doesn't matter how many ideas there are, as long as they are useful. Just wait, I'll take some time off and come find you."

"Don't……"

"Don't worry about that. Just wait at home. I'll be there in a few days."

After that, without waiting for Xie Zhiyuan to continue speaking, Li Chuanxiong shouted to the guard: "Xiao Wei, help me book a train ticket."

Xiao Wei, who was listening on the side, hesitated a little and said disapprovingly: "Commander, this is too dangerous!"

However, Li Chuanxiong turned a deaf ear to this and simply waved his hand: "Go if I ask you to. It just so happens that I haven't had a day off in several years, so I might as well take a few more days off this time."

Xiao Wei almost cried after being treated like this by Li Chuanxiong.

"Commander, you can't do this..."

"Don't say any more. It's decided. Lao Miao urged me to rest yesterday, so I just followed his wishes."

Guard Xiao Wei looked at the stubborn leader with a bitter face.

Is this what you mean?

In the end, it was Xie Zhiyuan's voice that saved Xiao Wei, who was in a state of embarrassment.

"Brother Li, I have something important to discuss with you."

Li Chuanxiong: "You're still hiding things from me. If you have something to say, just say it."

Xie Zhiyuan was not polite and directly told him about the Feng family.

Hearing this, Li Chuanxiong's face instantly became serious: "Really?"

"real!"

Li Chuanxiong frowned, his expression somewhat complicated: "Leave this matter to me, don't worry about it."

After hanging up the phone, in a certain military region, Li Chuanxiong sat on a chair, cursing: "Damn you little bastard, I'm CN for eighteen generations..."

After venting his anger, Li Chuanxiong stretched out his hand and waved.

"Xiao Wei, please ask the second battalion commander to come over."

"Yes." Guard Xiao Wei obeyed the order and turned to leave.

I breathed a sigh of relief and secretly prayed that Commander Li would forget his previous willfulness.

Twenty minutes later, a loud "report" brought Li Chuanxiong back to his senses.

"Come in!"

"Commander, what do you want to talk to me about?" the second battalion commander asked seriously.

Li Chuanxiong threw the paper with Xie Zhiyuan's address to the second battalion commander and replied unhappily, "What's the matter? I can't find you if there's nothing wrong. Also, is it so difficult to hear you call me dad?"

The second battalion commander took off the paper stuck on his face and replied with a smile: "Didn't you say that we should call each other by titles in the army?"

Li Chuanxiong's face froze. What he said was true.

But it was not because the brat in front of him was young and frivolous. He was worried that the other party would use his name to bully others and receive preferential treatment in the army.

Who knew that this brat would become a different person after joining the army.

He once suspected that this brat was setting a trap for him.

Because of this, his wife has complained to him more than once.

Thinking of his wife's threats when he left home today, Li Chuanxiong said aggrievedly: "It's true what I said, but I didn't ask you to stay away from home.

Good fellow, in order to control the flood, Dayu passed by his home three times without entering. You are even more capable than Dayu. Calculate how long you have been away from home. Do you still remember which way your door opens?"

The second battalion commander turned a deaf ear to his father's slander and lowered his head to read the contents on the paper.

"I don't ask you to go home, but at least bring me a daughter-in-law..."

Seeing that the other party didn't say a word, Li Chuanxiong couldn't help but slammed the table hard: "Did you hear me?"

The second battalion commander said perfunctorily: "I heard it, I heard it."

"What did you say I just said?"

The second battalion commander looked up, saw his father's unfriendly expression, and swallowed hard.

"Oh no! I really offended someone so badly."

He forced a smile and called out "Dad" for the first time: "Dad, I didn't hear you clearly just now, can you say it again?"

Li Chuanxiong suppressed his anger and repeated his speech.

"I don't care what you think, you must bring your wife back before the end of the year, otherwise, go find me a blind date."

When the second battalion commander heard about the blind date, he became unhappy.

He said with a playful smile: "Dad, I didn't hear you clearly."

Li Chuanxiong was so angry at his son's behavior that he almost fell on his head. He pointed at the door and said, "Get out! Get out of here!"

"Okay, I'll get out of here right now!" said the second battalion commander, making a gesture to leave.