Gu Weicheng felt his scalp tingling when he received the gazes from his wife and son.

"I really don't know why Grandpa said that. Wasn't the letter I sent last time written by An An? I didn't write a single word!" Gu Weicheng's face was full of "wronged".

An An was also surprised and said, "I didn't write anything. I just wrote the words my mother taught me. I also said that I look like my father."

Li Xia understood immediately and asked Gu Weicheng, "Weicheng, when you sent money to grandpa before, did you write a letter to him? Did you tell him about me and An An?"

Gu Weicheng shook his head: "I really haven't said that."

He rarely sent letters to his grandfather. He usually remitted money directly. If he remitted money on time every month, it meant that nothing happened to him.

Although he was married to Li Xia at the beginning, they were together by accident. Li Xia didn't like him at that time and was even more unwilling to join the army. Naturally, he would not tell this to his grandfather.

"That's right." Li Xia said, "From our perspective, An An is your child, so we naturally wouldn't think too much about it. But from Grandpa's perspective, you haven't been married for all these years, and suddenly you have a son who is this old and can write letters. It's no wonder that he thinks An An is not your son."

"It was my negligence." Gu Weicheng said.

At the same time, he felt relieved, thanks to his wife's keen observation!

"It's okay. Don't we have to send a package to grandpa during the New Year? When the time comes, send him a family photo we took, and then write a letter to explain, and everything will be clear." Li Xia said.

"Okay, I'll write the letter this time." Gu Weicheng said.

He could no longer withstand his wife and son's suspicion for the second time, so this time he had to explain everything to his grandfather.

His son is his biological son!

My wife too!

…

On this day, Li Xia was helping Mrs. Tao pack her luggage. Xiao Li came running over in a hurry. He first ran to Li Xia's yard. Then An An said that Li Xia was at Aunt Tao's house next door, so Xiao Li hurried over again.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! A telegram was sent from Chief of Staff Gu's hometown, saying that something happened to his grandfather! Ask him to go home immediately!"

When Li Xia heard this, his expression turned serious.

After saying something to Mrs. Tao, he took the telegram from Xiao Li and went to find Gu Weicheng immediately.

Gu Weicheng and Hu Songlin were walking back to their family compound. Hu Songlin was planning to take Zhou Yunxing back to his hometown in Zhejiang for the New Year. Gu Weicheng asked, "Have you packed everything?"

Hu Songlin nodded: "It's almost done. How do the oysters I brought you last time taste? I'll bring you some more after the New Year."

Facing Hu Songlin's ridicule, Gu Weicheng looked at him with contempt: "My son is already in the second grade, you should worry more about yourself. If it weren't for my wife, some people don't know when they will lose their virginity."

Hu Songlin touched his nose with an awkward expression. The key point was that what Gu Weicheng said was quite right.

If it weren't for his sister-in-law, he would probably have been pushed off the bed by his wife.

At this moment, Gu Weicheng saw Li Xia running towards them from a distance, and immediately walked over there quickly and asked, "Wife, what's wrong? Why are you running so fast?"

Li Xia handed the telegram in her hand to Gu Weicheng, and said while panting: "I just received a telegram from my hometown, saying that something happened to my grandfather! Weicheng, we have to go back to my hometown."

"What!" Gu Weicheng's face turned ugly.

Hu Songlin took a look and made a prompt decision: "Old Gu, sister-in-law, don't worry, go and apply for home leave. Old Gu, you haven't applied for home leave in all these years, and this is an emergency. Although it is a temporary leave, I guess the leader won't say anything."

Gu Weicheng did not delay and immediately went to the brigade commander to ask for home leave. When the brigade commander heard about his family situation, he immediately approved Gu Weicheng's home leave.

Time was running out, so Gu Weicheng had to go to the city to buy the nearest train ticket, while Li Xia went home to pack her luggage first.

After returning home, An An waited at the door of the house. When he saw his mother, he walked up to her and asked, "Mom, is there something wrong with Grandpa?"

Just now he saw his mother went out anxiously, so he went to ask Aunt Tao, and Aunt Tao told him that something had happened to his great-grandfather.

Li Xia nodded and said to An An, "Well, my uncle sent a telegram saying that my great grandfather had an accident and asked us to go back to my father's hometown. My father has already asked his boss for leave to visit his family. Let's go buy train tickets now. Let's pack our luggage and leave as soon as my father buys the train tickets."

An An nodded: "Okay, Mom, you pack your and Dad's things, and I'll pack my own things."

So the mother and son divided the work. Li Xia packed her own and Gu Weicheng's clothes. On the way, she went to see An An. Seeing that he had matched his clothes one by one and folded them up in an orderly manner, she felt at ease to let him pack by himself.

There are also some things that I originally planned to send to Grandpa Gu and Uncle Gu’s family, but now there is no need to send them, so you can just take them along.

After packing the luggage, Li Xia thought for a while and started preparing food for the journey.

She cooked a pot of tea eggs and made a dozen scallion pancakes, all of which were put in aluminum lunch boxes. She filled a military kettle with water, as this kettle of water was enough for the whole family.

It is not advisable to drink too much water on the train. Drinking less water can also reduce the number of visits to the toilet. After all, she has seen toilets on trains. They are dirty, smelly and small.

Everything was ready, and Li Xia and An An sat at home waiting for Gu Weicheng.

It was already dark when Gu Weicheng came back. In the middle of winter, beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose, which was enough to show his anxiety.

"Wife, An An, the tickets have been bought." Gu Weicheng held two soft sleeper train tickets in his hand, "Let's pack our luggage and leave."

At that time, soft sleeper train tickets could only be purchased by people who met certain qualifications, and Gu Weicheng, as the chief of staff, was qualified.

In the past, when he went on a mission, he would not buy a soft sleeper specifically. It was okay for him to take a hard seat on the train alone, but when he was with his wife and children, a soft sleeper was more comfortable. He could get there in one sleep, and there would be less smell of stinky feet in the sleeper car.

Not only that, Gu Weicheng also bought plush hats and gloves for Li Xia and An An. His hometown is in the north, and the winter is much colder than Yuncheng. Li Xia and An An would definitely not be able to bear it without hats and gloves.

"The luggage has been packed and I've prepared food for the journey. We can go now." Li Xia said.

Gu Weicheng saw that there were indeed many large and small bags in the room. He looked at Li Xia tenderly. Li Xia always did things so properly.

There is one more thing. Li Xia looked at An An and Ji Feng, who were standing beside him and had the same expression, and asked Gu Weicheng, "Weicheng, can we take Ji Feng with us this time? Military dogs should be able to take the train, right?"

She remembered that forty years later, guide dogs and military dogs were allowed to take trains. The regulations nowadays are not as strict as they are in later generations, so it should be okay, right?

When they were packing their luggage, Ji Feng guessed that they were going on a long journey, so he stayed by Li Xia's side to help, trying to get his owner to pay more attention to him and not leave him behind.

An An also specifically asked Li Xia if she could take Ji Feng back with her.

Although I can't take Jifeng back, I can ask Hu Songlin to take care of Jifeng. Based on the friendship between Hu Songlin and Gu Weicheng, he can definitely take good care of Jifeng.

However, looking at the looks in An An and Ji Feng's eyes, Li Xia really couldn't bear to say such words.

Especially since Jifeng had gone on a hunger strike because of the death of his previous master, she felt that keeping Jifeng in the army was not a good decision.

Gu Weicheng glanced at An An and Ji Feng, nodded in their expectant eyes, and said, "It's okay, Ji Feng is a military dog, he can take the train. But there are more people on the train during the New Year, in order to prevent him from getting separated, it's best to keep him on a leash, which will also make the passengers feel more at ease."

After all, many people cannot tell whether it is a military dog, but if it is tied with a leash, everyone will feel more at ease when they see it.

Li Xia could understand that if she saw a large dog without a leash, she would be terrified.

I just don't know whether Ji Feng is willing to be led. As a result, Li Xia saw that as soon as Gu Weicheng finished speaking, Ji Feng immediately ran over and picked up the unused rope that Li Xia had left when she packed her luggage. It meant that he wanted them to lead the rope quickly.

The longer I spend with Ji Feng, the more I feel that he understands human nature.

Gu Weicheng tied the rope to the collar around Jifeng's neck, and the family was ready to set off.

Before leaving, Li Xia thought of his plan and asked, "Weicheng, do you still have the remittance slips you sent to grandpa over the years?"

Gu Weicheng met Li Xia's eyes, and without saying anything, he immediately understood what his wife meant.

He nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll keep them all."

When he transferred money to grandpa, he deliberately left the remittance slips to avoid such a situation. These remittance slips are evidence that he transferred the money to grandpa and did not take it from Gu Changzheng and Zhang Guifen.

Gu Changzheng and Zhang Guifen are not allowed to take a penny of the money he gave to his grandfather.