"I'll go get some information for you. Gu Defu has been going to the central government quite frequently lately."
"You'd better not let him get hold of anything, otherwise, I won't be able to save you..."
Li Genshen burst into tears and touched the ground with his head.
"I understand, Your Majesty. I will be careful..."
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The next day, Wang Weiguo went to Gu Defu's house carrying a pound of peach cakes.
When I entered the door, Gu Defu's two great-grandsons were sitting on the ground playing.
Gu Defu was watching on the sofa, looking happy.
Gu Tianxing invited Wang Weiguo in and called out to Gu Defu.
"Dad, Comrade Wang is here."
Wang Weiguo glanced at Gu Tianxing and laughed.
"Girl, I used to buy you candy when we were little!"
"You called me uncle back then, how come you forgot?"
"Over the years, your father and I haven't been together very often."
"But we have a life-and-death friendship on the battlefield. Comrade Wang, call me Uncle Wang."
Gu Tianxing smiled and said, "Okay, Uncle Wang, please sit down first. I'll make you some tea."
Wang Weiguo walked to the sofa and handed the peach cake to Gu Defu.
"Come, Lao Gu, your favorite peach cake."
"Remember that time, didn't we brothers say it?"
"When you have money, buy all-you-can-eat peach cakes."
Gu Defu took the peach cake and looked at Wang Weiguo intently.
"Yeah! I almost forgot."
Wang Weiguo was still wearing the patched Zhongshan suit today, even though winter was almost approaching.
He was also wearing a pair of thin thousand-layer soles with several patches on them.
There is one sock on each side, they are not the same pair at all.
No matter who sees it, they will feel that Wang Weiguo lives a poor life.
If Gu Defu had not seen the account book and compared it with the handwriting, he would have believed it without a doubt.
He knew that Wang Weiguo came here today for something.
"Sit, what are you standing for?"
Gu Weiguo opened the peach cake, took out a piece and handed it to Wang Weiguo, then took a bite himself.
"Why are you free today? Aren't you busy with work?"
Wang Weiguo took a bite of the peach cake and found it sweet, greasy and choking.
"Oh, I thought I'd come see you."
"I heard your family held a naming party for the two little kids a few days ago? I was planning to come."
"But then I thought, you don't like hanging out with these people from the central government, so I didn't come."
"Look, I brought a longevity lock for the two little guys, keep it."
"It's not something valuable, just for good luck and safety."
He put the peach cake on the table and took out a tattered handkerchief from his pocket.
After opening it, he took out the two small longevity locks inside.
It was made of silver and was not much bigger than a thumb.
Gu Defu refused to accept it: "Why are you spending this money? Is your salary too much to spend?"
Wang Weiguo smiled bitterly: "It's only 30 to 50 yuan a month, and I have to squeeze out half to send to the children in the mountains. How can I not spend it all?"
"But you also know that I have no descendants."
"I can only rely on you to be a cheap great-grandfather."
"When the two little ones grow up and can call people, let them call me."
As he said this, he walked up to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan and put the longevity locks around their necks.
At a glance, I saw a travel book placed next to it.
Wang Weiguo smiled, picked it up and looked at it curiously.
"You have books like this at home? I thought you were such a rough guy and didn't read these!"
Gu Defu's heart suddenly rose to his throat.
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