After Xu Jianguo and his family left Sandaliang Village, they drove back to the office.
However, when passing through Fu'an County, they went to visit the old house of Wen Sitian's uncle together.
The house is still there, but with the passage of time, the whole alley looks a bit dilapidated.
After entering the yard, Funiu looked at the children's slide that Xu Jianguo had made for her, which he had not taken away when he left, and felt a lot of emotion in her heart.
After taking a quick look around the house, Xu Jianguo instructed Liu Yang and Zhao Changshan to go to the current neighborhood committee and ask them to make a note of their current contact information so that they could be notified in a timely manner if there were any changes to the property in the future.
After waiting for about half an hour, the two men completed the tasks assigned to them by Xu Jianguo and rushed back, but behind them were two young people, a man and a woman.
After the introduction, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian knew that these were the current director and deputy director of this street.
Because Xu Jianguo's status was so high that it was a bit scary, the two of them had been reminded of this matter before taking office, and they both paid special attention to Wen Sitian's old house.
This time, when they heard that the real boss had returned, they immediately put down their work and rushed over with Zhao Changshan and Liu Yang.
It’s not that they want to get something from Xu Jianguo, but they just want to avoid mistakes without seeking any credit.
After a brief greeting, the two left with smiles on their faces. After locking the gate, Xu Jianguo got into the car with his whole family again.
With the opening of the expressway, it only took them more than 20 minutes to get from Fu'an County to the administrative office.
Because there was still quite a while before the train departed, Xu Jianguo thought about it and took Wen Sitian directly to the family compound of the Machinery Management Bureau of the Administrative Office, ready to visit Gao Wangshan, the former director of the Red Star Machinery Factory.
This time, only the couple went to visit. It’s not that they didn’t know etiquette, but there were too many people in the family, and it was really impolite to rush over without notifying others.
Gao Wangshan has been retired for many years now and is living a leisurely life at home.
Although Xu Jianguo hadn't seen him for many years, he had not lost contact with him. From time to time, he would ask Fu Bo to send some medicinal wine to the couple.
When Gao Wangshan heard the knock on the door and got up to open it, he was stunned when he saw the person standing outside.
It was not until Gao Wangshan's wife Zou Hongmei, who was busy in the kitchen, asked him who had come that he reacted.
"Jianguo, Xiaowen!" Gao Wangshan's voice was a little trembling, but the smile at the corners of his mouth and the smile in the corners of his eyes showed his happy mood at the moment.
"Uncle Gao! Long time no see!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"When did you two come back? Why didn't you call in advance? Come in quickly!" Gao Wangshan said.
At this time, Zou Hongmei, who heard the sound, also came out of the kitchen wearing an apron. When she saw who was coming, a look of joy immediately appeared on her face and she walked over quickly.
"Auntie!" Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian greeted with a smile.
"Hey, hey! Come in quickly!"
Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian walked in carrying gifts and placed them directly on the coffee table in the living room.
Gao Wangshan took a look and didn't say anything to complain.
After all, what should have been said had been said back then, but when Xu Jianguo didn't come back to see him, he never came back empty-handed. Even after he went to join the army, he would often mail them some things, so Gao Wangshan has gotten used to it now, and there is no point in saying it anyway.
Zou Hongmei took Wen Sitian's hand and sat down on the sofa, and then the two women started chatting, while Gao Wangshan took Xu Jianguo to the balcony, and the two old men lay on the balcony and smoked.
"When did you come back?" Gao Wangshan asked.
"I came back a little suddenly this time, so I didn't call you. How are you and Auntie doing?"
"Needless to say? This is all thanks to the medicinal wine you sent us. It's working wonders!" Gao Wangshan said with a smile, then continued, "By the way, the children didn't come back with you two?"
"Why didn't you come back? I came back this time just for that girl Funiu!"
"For Fu Niu, what happened to the girl?"
Afterwards, Xu Jianguo told Gao Wangshan that Funniu and Shitou were dating and were about to get married.
After hearing this, Gao Wangshan burst into laughter. After he finished laughing, he kept shouting that when the two of them returned to Sandaliang Village for the wedding banquet, he must go to attend their wedding banquet.
Xu Jianguo naturally wanted this very much and agreed with a smile.
Then he explained to Gao Wangshan that because there were too many people this time, he did not let the children come. He said that he would wait until Fu Niu's wedding and let the children come in person to apologize to him and his aunt.
When Gao Wangshan heard this, he waved his hand nonchalantly.
Originally, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian had no plans to stay at Gao Wangshan's house for lunch, but they could not resist the old couple's enthusiastic invitation, and even made an expression as if they would never let them go if they dared to leave without having lunch.
There was no other choice, so Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian had to stay at Gao Wangshan's house and have lunch before leaving.
At the dinner table, the four of them drank some white wine, but because Xu Jianguo and the others had to take a train in the afternoon, they didn't drink too much, just two taels each, and stopped when they were full.
When they left Gao Wangshan's house, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. The old couple personally sent them downstairs and watched them leave.
When Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian left the family compound of the Machinery Administration Bureau, they were filled with emotion.
Although the two families had not seen each other for many years, there was no sense of strangeness when they met again, as if they had separated just yesterday.
Daya, Funniu and others had their lunch in the cafeteria of the garrison base of the administrative office. Taking into account the young age of the two little guys, Xu Nuo and Xu Yan, the commander of the base specially asked the logistics staff to prepare a few empty barracks for everyone to rest.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the base arranged a car to take Xu Jianguo and his family to the administrative railway station, and they boarded the soft sleeper car in advance through the internal passage.
At this point, the group’s journey to Sandaliang Village came to an end.
When they come back next time, it will be time for Funiu and Shitou to start a new life.
Because the itinerary had been planned in advance, Xu Jianguo, Xu Zhengyang and others parked their cars in the parking lot of the train station.
After everyone returned to Jingzhou, they took a car directly back home.
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