Four of them came, and they were getting closer.

Zhan Xinyue's ears twitched and she whispered, "There are strangers approaching, and they are deliberately walking lightly. There is danger."

Sheng Tuannan just smiled and said, "It's okay."

As soon as the voice fell, a burst of "Pilibala" sounded, and Sheng Tunan covered Zhan Xinyue's ears. Take her to the yard to prevent the firecrackers from exploding on her.

"It's our comrades who have arrived. I knew it was them as soon as I heard the footsteps." Sheng Tunan explained with a smile.

In the 1970s, firecrackers were a planned commodity, and you couldn’t buy them at all, and they were quite expensive. This hanging firecracker takes more than five minutes to explode.

The villagers all came over to watch the fun. The brave children looked for unexploded firecrackers among the fireworks to save for later play.

"Reporting to the group leader, Li Hu, Li Erhu, Wang Xinyi, and Hu Shengli report in. Representing the Ace 1 Group to attend the group leader's wedding."

The sound of firecrackers stopped, and four soldiers in green uniforms stood upright outside the courtyard gate.

Zhan Xinyue looked over and saw that the four soldiers were about the same height, like four tall poplar trees. Among them was a female soldier with very short hair. She was as tall as the male soldiers, at least 1.75 meters tall, with a neutral temperament, and looked very aggressive.

"How did you get here?" Sheng Tunan walked over to them, holding Zhan Xinyue's hand, with surprise in his tone.

"Come in and sit down." Grandma Sheng came out of the house, handing over a pack of cigarettes.

The four refused, and Sheng Tunan said, "Take it."

"Thank you, grandma." The leader said, and the four of them thanked him and accepted it, then went into the house with Sheng Tunan.

When we sat down in the main hall, the aunt who came to help had already prepared some lei cha and brought a big bowl of it. "Try the specialties of our hometown. You'll want more after you finish it."

"Thank you." The four thanked them, and seeing that Sheng Tunan and Zhan Xinyue had already sat down, they followed the rules and sat down, and did not drink tea right away.

Li Erhu was carefree and spoke first: "Boss, you haven't introduced your sister-in-law to us yet."

"My love, Zhan Xinyue." Sheng Tunan held Zhan Xinyue's hand and smiled sweetly: "You are the childhood marriage arranged by your grandfather, and you chose it yourself. We have known each other since childhood."

Zhan Xinyue glanced at him, then turned to the four warriors and said, "Hello. Thank you for coming all the way to attend our wedding."

"Sister-in-law, you're welcome. We just finished our mission ahead of time and came here. It's not a special trip." Hu Shengli was straightforward.

"Hahaha." Sheng Tunan laughed and whispered to Zhan Xinyue, "The four of them are all top soldiers. They are now assigned to the special operations platoon of the Ace First Regiment. They mainly carry out relatively confidential missions. They usually can't go out."

Zhan Xinyue nodded, "Yeah, I think it's good for them to talk like this, without beating around the bush."

"Thank you very much. Let's have some tea first." Zhan Xinyue pointed to the lei tea on the table.

"Is this tea?" Wang Xinyi was a little surprised: "It's a bit like porridge, but it's very fragrant and smells delicious."

Leicha is made by pounding raw tea leaves, raw rice, and ginger into a paste and cooking it. You can also add peanuts, sesame seeds, and soybeans together, add a little salt, cook it, and then drink it. It has a rich and mellow taste and is also good for filling your stomach.

"It smells so good." Wang Xinyi drank two large cups of milk and raised her thumb.

After they finished drinking, they ordered two more bowls. When they were about to drink more, Zhan Xinyue stopped them and told them to save room for their main meal.

It was already past ten o'clock, and customers were arriving one after another.

Li Hu is Li Erhu's eldest brother, the most stable among the four, and has the strongest sense of security. He arranged for Li Erhu and Hu Shengli to patrol outside, while he and Wang Xinyi helped to welcome guests in the yard and prevent anyone from drinking and causing trouble.

Sheng Tunan did not stop him. Every mission of the special operations platoon was a life-or-death struggle, so they were used to being cautious.

Ten minutes later, the banquet officially began. Li Erhu and Hu Shengli came in from outside. Li Erhu ran to Li Hu and said in a low voice, "Fortunately we sent them there. Just after walking a few dozen meters, we saw two guys coming with two large baskets of food, swearing and saying they wanted to fill the baskets with meat, cigarettes and alcohol from the head of the group. They had foul mouths and were not prepared to do anything bad. We tied them up and threw them back."

"They can't untie the knot that you tied for a while, and they promise not to come and mess things up again."

Hu Shengli followed up with a report: "I walked around the brigade and checked everything. There are no problems."

Sheng Tunan came over with a glass of wine in his hand: "Okay, the Changhong Brigade is still safe, come and have a drink."

Zhan Xinyue specially arranged a table for the four warriors. They had big appetites, so the four of them could eat just enough food from the same table.

The banquet officially began. Sheng Tunan and Zhan Xinyue toasted at each table. Everyone was very happy and praised the food in unison, saying it was the best banquet they had ever had.

The villagers did not eat for free, as gifts were not popular in those days. Those who had eggs gave eggs, and those who did not have eggs gave some melons, cucumbers, apricots, etc. that they had grown themselves. Grandma Sheng took the initiative to wash all the fruits and gave them to everyone as after-meal fruits.

Everyone enjoyed the meal with great relish and the guests had a great time.

Grandma Sheng drank a lot of wine and her face was flushed with joy.

A lot of meat and vegetables were prepared, and they had another meal in the evening. The four comrades were going to return to the unit with Sheng Tunan tomorrow. Zhan Xinyue prepared two guest rooms, one for Wang Xinyi and one for the three male soldiers.

The moon was high in the sky, and all the guests and helpers had gone home. Only Wang Xiumei, the director of women's affairs, the accountant's wife, and the platoon leader's mother stayed until the last, cleaning up the mess before preparing to go home.

Zhan Xinyue has an eye disease, please give everyone 30 yuan. Two meals today, so much, everyone is really hard.

The ladies refused a few times, then happily left with the money.

"Aunt Xiumei, these are the wine and food I left for Secretary Liu." Sheng Tunan came out carrying a basket. Secretary Liu had sent Li Jian and the others to the commune to take a bus, and somehow he hasn't come back yet.

"Go back and check first. If he's not back by 9 o'clock, come back and tell him. He will drive to the commune to look for him."

Wang Xiumei took the basket and shook her head: "It's okay, Old Liu is so old, nothing will happen."

She knew her own man well. Secretary Liu was very careful in his work and nothing unexpected would happen.

Zhan Xinyue nodded and walked Wang Xiumei out of the yard.

The four comrades were drunk and had gone into their rooms long ago. They were all fast asleep at this moment, and the whole hospital returned to its former tranquility.

At this time, Grandma Sheng walked out of the house and sat on the stool under the pomelo tree, holding a piece of cloth in her hand. She drank too much today and was very excited. She couldn't sleep because she kept thinking about the past. Finally, she decided to tell Sheng Tunan's true life experience.

"Tunan, Xinyue, come here. Grandma has something important to tell you."

Sheng Tunan held Zhan Xinyue's hand and sat next to his grandmother.

"Tunan, you are not my biological grandson. It was your grandfather who picked you up from the edge of the cliff."

Grandma Sheng shook out the cloth inside the hood and handed it to Sheng Tuanan. It was a swaddling cloth with the word "Tuanan" embroidered on the lower right corner with needle and thread.

"Tunan, I don't know if your biological mother is still alive, but I still feel it is necessary to tell you that your name comes from this cradle. At that time, your grandfather and I thought that if your mother was still alive and named you Tunan, maybe when they heard your name, they would remember that they had lost a child."

"Maybe you'll get to know your mother, if they're still around."

The year Grandpa picked up Sheng Tunan, the country was not at peace, and perhaps his mother had been killed.

Grandma Sheng had been drinking, so her words were a little unclear, but she made her point clear.

Sheng Tunan is not from the Sheng family, he was picked up by grandpa.