That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Several old comrades cried at the door of the hotel, and then it was dinner time, so they got in the car and left together, preparing to go to the hotel to reminisce.

Liu Zhengqing and Gao Shuyi's cars led the way, and Li Zhongfa's Shanghai brand car followed behind.

Lu Huaishui pressed the back seat of the Shanghai car and joked: Old company commander, your rank is not high, but your car is very good!

Many people who are higher than you in the capital don’t even have cars! Is your Qingshui County so wealthy?

Li Zhongfa said carelessly: It's not that our Qingshui County is rich, it's that my unit is rich. Otherwise, do you think I am willing to live in the food system with a high position but a low salary?

Li Zhongfa said he was proud, but he knew in his heart that this car benefited from a COFCO project in Qingshui County last year. Before that, Director Li's car was a 212 that broke down three times in half a week.

Moreover, Li Zhongfa was senior and courageous, otherwise the car would have been delivered this morning.

The three cars passed Fuchengmen and continued north, approaching Xizhimen.

Old company commander, we are going to serve foreign meat today, Lu Huaishui said firmly: This must be for Lao Mo. Our instructor went to Su E's place to study in the past five years. Lao Mo first entertained them. Raising people.

What kind of meat? Isn't it steak, bread, salad, and black sea caviar? It's not like we haven't eaten it before.

Hey, old company commander, you are very generous. I will eat that Black Sea caviar with you today.

Humph, it's like I can't afford it. I'll have enough caviar today.

Li Zhongfa said loudly, and then looked at his eldest grandson Li Ye.

By the early 1980s, Moscow restaurants were no longer as high-end as they were in the 1950s and 1960s, and ordinary people could spend more than a dozen yuan to cook a meal.

But if you want to eat Black Sea caviar, it’s not as simple as a small amount of money.

Li Ye lifted up his suit, revealing the thick banknotes inside.

Yesterday, Li Ye took a look at Li Zhongfa and asked him to change clothes in a hurry. He didn't know that he was going to earn face for his grandfather today. How could he not bring money with him?

Grandpa, I also brought some US dollars, I should be able to eat enough.

Well, just watch my expression later.

Li Zhongfa was convinced that his grandson was capable and sensible, and he could easily take on the role of three people.

The three cars passed Xizhimen and, as expected, stopped in front of Lao Mo's door.

The group got out of the car and entered the restaurant talking and laughing.

Li Ye casually glanced at this place where dreams begin. From some exquisite and luxurious carvings, he could really feel the bourgeois taste that had been popular in the capital for twenty years.

It's just that it's already 1983, and most of the former chefs and waiters from Su'e have left. Otherwise, Li Ye would have been able to enjoy the service of Miss Su'e many years in advance.

After several people found a place to sit down, Liu Zhengqing said with emotion: I haven't been here for many years, and this place has changed a lot. The tableware here used to be silver. I don't know if the taste has changed.

When Moscow restaurants first started, many tableware was made of silver.

However, because in that special era, there were too many young people like Zhong Yuemin, all kinds of tableware were seriously lost. In the end, all valuables had to be removed and replaced with ordinary tableware, and the overall luxurious atmosphere was reduced by one grade.

The service staff began to serve napkins and waited for orders.

Liu Zhengqing was very open-minded. He ordered red cabbage soup first, then grilled fish with butter, braised beef, tuna salad, and steak. He ordered a large selection, and finally ordered caviar.

Li Zhongfa glanced at the menu, and then quietly winked at Li Ye.

Li Ye nodded to express his understanding, asking him to pay the bill later.

Although Li Zhongfa doesn't know Li Ye's true family background, the sesame candy business in Qingshui County has never stopped! All the money he earned was kept at home for Li Ye, so his grandson was much richer than the grandfathers and grandmothers present. It was nothing to be filial and he would not lose anything.

The dishes were quickly served on the table, and Li Zhongfa also started to reminisce and greet others with Liu Zhengqing, Gao Shuyi and others.

Li Ye couldn't get a word in, so he lowered his head and started eating his portion.

But while he was eating, he heard Grandma Gao Shuyi ask him with a smile: Xiaoye, do you often come here to eat Western food?

Li Ye was a little strange and said with a smile: No! This is my first time coming to Lao Mo.

Li Ye's cheap uncle Liu Muyang said, Really? I see you are very handy with knives and forks. It doesn't look like it's your first time eating Western food.

Only then did Li Ye realize that there were not so many Western food restaurants in 1983, and there were very few opportunities to eat Western food.

He actually doesn't like eating Western food, but he ate a lot when flirting with girls in his previous life, because Western food is the most bourgeois and pretentious.

Many girls just like the taste of Western food, but they don't know that real high-end Chinese food can beat Western food in terms of taste, price, and quality.

Li Ye nodded and said: I have indeed eaten Western food several times. I went to Hong Kong Island during the Spring Festival and tasted some so-called Western-style meals. Generally speaking, it has a unique flavor, but... our Chinese food must be broad and profound.

Li Ye is telling the truth. Although Lao Mo is famous, he is not at the same level as the small restaurant in Chaoyang District that Li Ye and Wen Leyu often go to.

What do you kid know?

Li Zhongfa glared at Li Ye, disgusted with him for scolding the food in front of the cook and showing his lack of discernment.

Then Li Zhongfa changed the subject and asked Liu Zhengqing: Instructor, I heard Lao Lu say this morning that you have always wanted to ask me something. What is it?

Liu Zhengqing glanced at Lao Lu and Gao Shuyi, and asked Li Zhongfa: Back then, after we parted at the fork in the road, where did you go?

Is this what you want to ask? Hi~

After the impromptu meeting of Team D, I headed northwest for reconnaissance alone. I held my breath and walked all night,

During this period, I wanted to go back and chase you several times. But I also wanted to prove that I was right.

Li Ye has heard Li Zhongfa talk about the situation at that time twice, but this time he said it clearly.

Apparently at the D team meeting at that time, everyone disagreed with the opinion of the company commander Li Zhongfa and was unwilling to take the fork on the right to the northwest.

The reason why Li Zhongfa chose to go to the right alone and forward to investigate and search for information was probably because both Liu Zhengqing and Gao Shuyi voted against Li Zhongfa at that time.

My guess was right. When I arrived at Qihewan the next morning, I asked the local people and found out that the whole day had passed. I quickly turned around and went back to chase you.

Li Zhongfa became excited as he spoke: When I chased Zhaojiadian the next evening, I met a group of fellow villagers who were fleeing and said that a small team was killed by Japanese soldiers. I...

Li Zhongfa paused for a few seconds and said while wiping away tears: I was crazy at the time. I was really crazy. I was the only one left in the Sixth Company. What am I still alive for? I want to kill them.

I chased all the way, even if I was alone, I would still chase.

At night, I finally caught up with the enemy in Qianmiao Village, and those beasts were setting fire to the village.

Li Zhongfa was already deeply immersed in memories, but he did not notice that Liu Zhengqing, Gao Shuyi and Lu Huaishui were all moved, their faces full of excitement, and Gao Shuyi started wiping tears.

Finally, Liu Zhengqing interrupted Li Zhongfa and asked incoherently: So you took advantage of the darkness to raid the Japanese search team in Qianmiao Village that night, were you the only one?

I'm not the only one. I took advantage of the darkness and made a sneak attack from behind.

Only then did Li Zhongfa realize something was wrong and asked: No, how do you know what happened in Qianmiao Village? How do you know it's me?

We were hiding in the village at that time!

Gao Shuyi choked up and said: The Japanese soldiers surrounded the village and we couldn't break out. We felt it would be better to be burned to death than to be beaten to death by them. We set the fire ourselves.

Later, there was a fight outside the village. We knew it was one of our own, but we couldn't put out the fire and couldn't go out to help you. Wuwuwu~

Lu Huaishui continued: At that time, the instructor said that it must be the company commander who is back, and you must be saving us. We fought hard to put out the fire, and Hou Xiangui's hands were burned.

But when we finally opened a passage and came out, we couldn't find you because you lured all the Japanese soldiers away.

Li Zhong listened to the words of several comrades in a daze, and kept murmuring: Why was it just so close? How could it be missed?

Liu Zhengqing took something out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and slowly pushed it in front of Li Zhongfa.

That's the cap of a fountain pen.

The next day, we searched the area and only found this pen cap.

Liu Zhengqing said with red eyes: I have used this pen for many years. When you blackmailed it, I was very reluctant to let it go. After all these years, I have always thought about when I can make it and the pen barrel become one piece.

Lu Huaishui echoed from the side: This is the real old company commander. When the instructor found this pen cap, he cried loudly, like a baby in the moon.

And me, and you, Gao Shuyi said, wiping her tears: All of us cried at that time. Without you, the old company commander, how could we have survived until now?

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Li Zhong was in a daze for a while, then he smashed his mouth and said, That's not going to be easy. I stuck the pen in the neck of the last Japanese soldier.

I took advantage of the night to shoot out all the bullets, and suddenly I didn't want to die. But when I was retreating, I was bitten by the Japanese combat team. Those three fools wanted to capture alive, so they killed his grandma. of blood mold.”

Bang~

Lu Huaishui slapped the table and shouted: The company commander is so powerful that you can't accept it.

Gao Shuyi also said with bright eyes: I really regret that I couldn't be there at that time and couldn't see the grace of the old company commander.

Where do you want to show off my style? You must have swarmed up and beat up those bastards! Do you think I'm willing to fight against three?

Hahahaha~

Several old men laughed, but Li Ye and Liu Muhan's eyes lit up. Just now they saw some old men and old ladies crying, which was quite interesting. Now that they heard it, they realized what a brave warrior is. .

Li Ye knew about Li Zhongfa's one-on-three fight, but Li Zhongfa had never told him in such detail, so a real warrior never bothered to show off his achievements.

Several people were excited for a while before finally calming down.

Gao Shuyi said: We later met people from the 3rd, 4th and 4th brigades. It happened that the instructor had a classmate inside, and then he left with them. Later, we didn't give up and looked for you for a long time, but there was no news.

Hi~

Li Zhongfa said: I was stabbed with a bayonet in the back by a Japanese soldier. I was so dizzy that I couldn't tell the direction from east to west. Fortunately, I encountered an armed force behind enemy lines.

I joined the guerrillas, and it wasn't until 1944 that I was reorganized into the team. Of course you couldn't find me when I got to the Seventh Column.

No wonder you, old company commander, are serious now! What a fool you are.

Lao Lu finally understood the whole story and couldn't help but feel sorry for Li Zhongfa.

He joined the army in 1939, became a company commander in 1941, and then started over again in 1944.

However, Liu Zhengqing looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: Everything in the world is unpredictable. Old company commander, when you joined the guerrillas, did you meet the girl you liked, and then...

Li Zhongfa's old face suddenly turned red.