Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 20 Promise

"Uncle San, are you up?" It was already past ten in the morning when Lu Shaohua brought the 'soldier' ​​back to the shop. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Jiahui picking up some lychee leaves left over from yesterday.

"Haha, I knew you, little brat, went out for a walk. How is it? Shenzhen is much better than our countryside, right?" Lu Jiahui knew it was Lu Shaohua who came back without even raising his head, and asked while packing.

"It's much better, but the air is not that good. Oh! By the way, Uncle San, I asked someone to come here to help." Lu Shaohua first complained about the air in Shenzhen, and then talked about asking the "soldiers" to come back to help.

"Well, we should ask someone to help, otherwise it's just the three of us..." Lu Jiahui wanted to say 'I'm so busy', but before he could finish his words, he saw someone standing behind Lu Shaohua, so he nodded and greeted the 'soldier' ​​without saying the rest of the words: "Hello!"

"Hello!" The soldier smiled and greeted.

"Okay, big brother, let me introduce you. This is my third uncle - Lu Jiahui." Lu Shaohua made a 'please' gesture with his right hand and introduced him. Then he introduced Lu Jiahui: "This is the 'big brother' I just recognized. His name is..." Lu Shaohua waited until now to remember the 'soldier's' name. A little embarrassed, he leaned close to the special forces soldier's ear and whispered: "Big brother, what's your name?"

Knowing that Lu Shaohua was speaking so close because he was embarrassed, the "soldier" also whispered in order to avoid making Lu Shaohua more embarrassed: "Chen Guobang"

After learning the name of the 'military brother', Lu Shaohua touched his hot face and introduced him somewhat unnaturally: "Uncle San, this is the 'big brother' I just recognized - Brother Chen Guobang."

"Haha, you are a few years younger than me, so don't call me the same as Xiaohua. We should just be friends with each other. Just call me 'Third Brother'." Seeing that Chen Guobang opened his mouth without knowing what to say, Lu Jiahui spoke in a loud voice.

"Okay, then I'll call you 'Third Brother'." Hearing Lu Jiahui's loud voice, which just fits the character of this former soldier, Chen Guobang also spoke in a loud voice.

"Okay, okay, okay, I just like loud voices, hahaha." Lu Jiahui said "Okay" three times in a row as if he had found a confidant before he burst into laughter.

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At noon, Lu Jiahui, Lu Shaohua and Chen Guobang came to Weng Wende's restaurant together. As soon as they entered the door, they found that all the tables in the restaurant were full. There was no seat left. This was Lu Shaohua's first time to come to the restaurant at noon. Seeing that it was full, he looked around for Weng Wende. His efforts paid off. He finally found the familiar figure in a corner. Just as he was about to walk over, Weng Wende walked towards them.

"Uncle San, Xiaohua, you're here!" Weng Wende greeted them with a satisfied smile, but his eyes were looking at Chen Guobang. "Who is this?"

"Oh! This is my newly recognized elder brother - Chen Guobang." Lu Shaohua patted Chen Guobang's strong body and introduced him. After a pause, he introduced Chen Guobang again: "This is my brother - Weng Wende, and he is also the owner of this restaurant. Haha, you don't have to pay for the meal, hahaha."

"Hmph! You little brat, if you don't give me money, I'll make it up with lychees later." When Weng Wende mentioned lychees, the word "greed" was written all over his face. But in the blink of an eye, he turned serious again and nodded to Chen Guobang and said, "Since you are Xiaohua's eldest brother, and you are older than me, I should call you - eldest brother."

Lu Shaohua finally saw Weng Wende's true face. He cursed him for being shameless and added, "He's really good at making connections. 'What do you mean Xiaohua's elder brother is my elder brother?'"

Chen Guobang seemed to be very pleased with Weng Wende's words. He immediately became closer to Weng Wende and kept repeating, "I dare not, I dare not."

Just when Weng Wende was about to say something, Lu Jiahui standing next to him couldn't stand it anymore and shouted in his usual loud voice: "I say, why are you guys talking like 'women'? Do you want to starve Uncle San to death?"

After hearing Lu Jiahui's shout, everyone in the restaurant looked towards the door, which made Lu Shaohua feel uncomfortable. However, the person involved seemed not to notice and wanted to continue talking. But before he could finish his words, Weng Wende hurriedly said, "Uncle San, let's go to the private room on the second floor to eat."

Lu Jiahui seemed to be very satisfied with Weng Wende asking him to go to the second-floor box, and muttered: “That’s better.”

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Two days passed by unknowingly. During these two days, Lu Shaohua and Chen Guobang became much more familiar with each other. He also learned some information about Chen Guobang from the conversation. Chen Guobang is an orphan who enlisted in the army when he was 18 years old and spent a full eight years in the army. It was not until this year that he was expelled from the army for making mistakes and left the big family of the army. After that, he heard that Shenzhen had a developed economy and came here to find some work, preparing to live an ordinary life in the second half of his life. However, the good times did not last long. He stayed in Konka for less than two months. Because of his straightforward personality, he was ostracized and expelled. Finally, he met Lu Shaohua.

"Oh! Big brother, don't be sad. Just stay here with peace of mind. We won't treat you unfairly." After hearing everything about Chen Bangguo, Lu Shaohua felt very sympathetic. Just imagine, a person who has been in the big family of the army for eight years is suddenly kicked out of the team and has no way out, and can come to the big city of Shenzhen to live.

"Haha, that's what you said. Big brother knows that you are smart and will achieve great things in the future. Just don't kick big brother away when the time comes, hahaha." Chen Bangguo also learned a lot about Lu Shaohua in the past two days. Not only did he know that he was called a "child prodigy" in his hometown, but he also knew that it was Lu Shaohua's idea to grow lychees and sell them in Shenzhen. Of course, all this information was learned from Lu Jiahui.

"Don't worry, as long as I have something to eat in the future, I will never forget you, brother." Lu Shaohua said very seriously. In fact, he not only sympathized with Chen Bangguo, but Chen Bangguo's experience was very similar to yours. In his previous life, when he first came to Shenzhen, he also encountered obstacles everywhere and was excluded everywhere, so he completely understood Chen Bangguo's feelings.

"Since you said that, I will follow you even if I die." Lu Shaohua's words were quite a promise, and for Chen Guobang, who had been a soldier, he also attached great importance to promises. So when Lu Shaohua made this promise, Chen Guobang also made a promise, that is, 'I will follow you even if I die'. Perhaps because of today's promise, in the future, Chen Guobang did fulfill this promise... (leaving a suspense, haha)

After getting Chen Bangguo's promise, Lu Shaohua opened his arms and hugged Chen Bangguo tightly. At this moment, silence was better than words and not a word was said. Perhaps this is the promise between men.

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"Oh! Two grown men hugging each other, how can this be possible!" Just as the two were hugging each other silently, an indecent voice suddenly came from the door of the room.

Of course, the indecent sound came from Lu Jiahui's mouth. Lu Shaohua could only sigh that the atmosphere he had created with great difficulty had disappeared like that. He moved his mouth and wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words and did not open his mouth.

"Okay, stop hugging each other. The bus is about to arrive, let's go and get it." Lu Jiahui was embarrassed when he saw that neither of them spoke, but after looking at the clock, he couldn't help but speak.

After hearing what Lu Jiahui said, Lu Shaohua looked at the clock hanging on the door of the room, and realized that it was already nine o'clock. He said to Chen Bangguo anxiously: "Brother, let's go and pick up the car. I'll introduce my fourth uncle to you later."

"it is good."

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