"You're so straightforward, kid. You're so cool with my temper, old Qin. Come on, let's have another drink."

Zhang Shuguang: "Chief of Staff Qin, I'll do it as you wish!"

"Kid, why don't you just join the army? Then you can be my bodyguard and we can drink together every day."

Zhang Shuguang: "I'm used to being free and undisciplined. I'm not cut out to be a soldier. I don't dare to disappoint Brigadier General Liu's kindness."

"I heard that you cured my sister-in-law's illness. Your aunt at home coughs when it gets cold. If you have time tomorrow, go to my house and see your aunt."

Zhang Shuguang: "Political Commissar Chen, I'll go there early tomorrow morning."

"You're so young, you can't just be obsessed with romance. You should work hard for a few years. My granddaughter is twelve years old this year and will be able to get engaged in a few years."

Zhang Shuguang: "Brigade Commander Sun, you're joking. Let's drink. I'll finish it."

…

Looking at the leaders chatting and laughing with Zhang Shuguang, Zheng Yuhui felt that his worldview had collapsed.

During the training, each of them was like a living devil, shouting that they should sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war, but they were trained to death.

When patrolling the border, the supplies allocated to the soldiers became less and less, in the name of training the soldiers' ability to survive in the wild.

When Zheng Yuhui was in school, he couldn’t say that he had a life of luxury, but at least he had enough food and drink.

After joining the army, he ate everything, including insects, snakes, wild fruits, and half-roasted meat.

When did the leader in front of me, or that group of leaders, become so amiable?

By the time the hot dishes started to be served, it was conservatively estimated that Zhang Shuguang had already drunk three kilograms of white wine.

He still spoke politely and gracefully, without even a blush on his face.

"So this pretty boy can drink so much! He's going to make all the leaders drunk at once!"

Watching Zhang Shuguang pouring cup after cup, Zheng Yuhui felt a pang of fear in his heart.

A few days ago, he looked down on this pretty boy and had some ulterior motives in his mind.

Zheng Yuhui came from a wealthy family and had a good alcohol tolerance. He wanted to find an opportunity to get Zhang Shuguang drunk so that this pretty boy who was obsessed with his sister could be embarrassed.

Zheng Yuhui secretly felt lucky that he had not yet taken action, otherwise he would have been the one to make a fool of himself.

As the hot dishes were served one after another, the guests who came today finally got to see what a top-notch meal is like.

The cold dishes include cold beef, shredded rabbit with red oil, salted chicken and pickled pepper bamboo shoots.

The hot dishes are even more abundant, including persimmon beef brisket, crispy bamboo rat, braised beef ribs, spicy rabbit cubes, young pheasant stewed with mushrooms, and braised bear meat.

The only vegetarian dishes were scrambled eggs with ground spinach and stir-fried morels.

The military wives and children ate with their mouths full of oil, feeling extremely satisfied.

In the 1960s, people didn’t care about the combination of meat and vegetables. A balanced diet with lots of meat and oil was the way to go.

On the four main tables, in addition to the standard dishes on other tables, there is also a dish of braised bear paw and a dish of beef three treasures.

"Xiao Zhang, you are really tough."

"My son is getting married next month, so I'll start saving up meat coupons after the Lunar New Year. I'll borrow some when the time comes and buy some game from fellow villagers.

With a few vegetarian dishes, it would have been enough, but then you came up with this and gave us a mountain of trouble! "

Looking at the table full of delicious delicacies, the officers at the main table had never eaten like this before.

It’s not that I haven’t eaten these things before, but I’ve never eaten so many of them at once.

"The kids went into the mountains and hunted for these things themselves. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get these good things by myself."

Zhang Xiangnan was very proud, his mouth grinning from ear to ear.

"Brigade Commander Sun, the day after tomorrow I'm going on a mission with my father as a military doctor. If all goes well, I should be back next month.

When the time comes, I'll go into the mountains again, and leave the meat needed for my brother Sun's wedding to me."

Zhang Shuguang glanced at Zhang Xiangnan speechlessly.

With my dad's political awareness, he can't tell good from bad. Don't even think about transferring to a local job in this life.

Given his honest character, if he were to transfer to a local government position and encounter a major movement in a few years, big problems would definitely arise.

"That's great, Uncle Sun, thank you in advance."

After receiving Zhang Shuguang's promise, Sun Youtian cleared the haze in his heart and the smile on his face became much more intense.

We are afraid of comparison in everything. Sun Youtian is not a vain person, but he is also a person who cares about his reputation.

With the Zhang family’s example, it would be embarrassing if their wedding banquet was far inferior.

"Comrade Xiao Zhang, that's right! Young people should keep their country and the world in mind.

Go out with your dad for some training in a couple of days, and if you can adapt, you can join the army."

"A hero father begets a hero son. Your father is the pride of our entire Southern Xinjiang Military Region. You are so capable, you should inherit your father's ambition to serve the country."

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It was obvious that the military leaders were still planning to bring Zhang Shuguang into the army. They were talking to each other excitedly. Only Cao Yongzhan and Zheng Zheng looked serious and solemn.

Last time, Zhang Shuguang talked about the danger of Ailao Mountain. I didn’t expect that he would go there even though he knew there were tigers there, and actually participate in this mission.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, the two of them refrained from speaking.

After the banquet was over and the Zhang and Zheng families had sent their guests away, Cao Yongzhan couldn't wait to call Zhang Shuguang to his side.

Zheng Zheng was also very concerned about his son-in-law and followed him to the side.

"Xiaoguang, you are not a soldier, there is no need for you to follow us to Ailao Mountain.

Your father was doing his duty and there was nothing he could do. I have already told you that if the situation is not right, you must immediately take over the command of the exploration team and put the lives of the soldiers and experts first.

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