On the way, Gao Wangshan introduced to Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian the changes that had taken place in the Red Star Machinery Factory over the past two years.
Because of Xu Jianguo, Mr. Zhou Huainan, director of the Machinery Management Bureau, showed great care for the Red Star Machinery Factory. He used his connections to get several pieces of machinery from Sulian to the factory, which greatly improved the factory's production capacity and efficiency.
Not long after Xu Jianguo left Fu'an County for the Heishan Base, Gao Wangshan received a call from Mr. Zhou. He wanted Gao Wangshan to help contact Xu Jianguo and ask him to help out at another machinery factory in the administrative office. However, after learning that Xu Jianguo had joined the army, Zhou Huainan sighed in his heart and kept saying on the phone that he was too late. He should have recruited Xu Jianguo into the Machinery Management Bureau earlier.
After listening to Gao Wangshan's words, Xu Jianguo did not say anything, but just shook his head and smiled. He couldn't help but think of the energetic white-haired old man.
"Jianguo, when you retire from the army, you must come back to help me!" Gao Wangshan said with a smile.
"Okay, sure!" Xu Jianguo nodded.
As they were talking, they came to Gao Wangshan's office. After Xu Jianguo and his family sat down, he stood up and prepared to pour tea.
Seeing this, Xu Jianguo quickly said, "Uncle Gao, please sit down. We are not outsiders. I will do it myself!"
"Okay, okay, do it yourself!"
After Xu Jianguo poured a glass of water for Gao Wangshan and Wen Sitian, he picked up the things that had been placed aside and said, "Uncle Gao, I came here in a hurry, so I didn't bring you anything good. I'm currently at the Binhai base near the sea, so this time I brought you some local specialties. You can try them with my aunt when you go back."
Gao Wangshan immediately wanted to refuse when he heard this, but Xu Jianguo didn't give him a chance and said, "Don't even think about refusing. I don't need to explain our friendship. If you hadn't invited me to help out at the factory, how could I have found such a good wife? So these things are a thank you from the two of us. You must accept them, or I won't come next time!"
Wen Sitian blushed when she heard Xu Jianguo praising her, but she also looked at Gao Wangshan and said, "Uncle Gao, Jianguo is right. You must accept this gift. Thank you for taking care of us!"
Gao Wangshan looked at the pile of things on the table and felt emotional. He thought how great it would be if this kid was his own son. No matter how he spoke, did things, or behaved, he was impeccable, not to mention that he was so capable. As far as he knew, Xu Jianguo was only 19 years old this year. He had never seen such a young colonel, let alone heard of one.
Wen Sitian had told him before that Xu Jianguo had made great contributions in the army. In his opinion, this contribution must be very great, otherwise how could he become a colonel at such a young age.
It is said that comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away. At this time, Gao Wangshan looked at Xu Jianguo in front of him, and compared him with his uneducated son. He felt mixed emotions.
If his wife's uterus had not been damaged during childbirth, he really wanted to practice trumpet again.
He had originally thought of letting his son join the army, but the couple only had this one child, and although he scolded him, he really couldn't bear to let him go.
However, today he met Xu Jianguo, and with him as an example, Gao Wangshan made up his mind that while the boy was still of the right age, he must send him to the army for proper training.
"Okay, I'll take it!" Gao Wangshan said. After that, he took out ten yuan from his pocket, handed it to Xu Jianguo and said, "Well, this is my gift to the child. You must accept it!"
Xu Jianguo shook his head and didn't take it. Instead, he said, "You're going too far. If others see us going back and forth like this, they'll think we're here to sell something!"
"Don't give me that. It's not for you. Take it away quickly!" said Gao Wangshan.
"No!" Xu Jianguo continued to shake his head, looking unmoved.
Gao Wangshan had no choice but to put the money away.
A few of them chatted and laughed about family matters. Soon, it was around eleven o'clock in the afternoon. Gao Wangshan stood up from his chair and said, "Come on, come home with me for dinner. Let your aunt take care of these four little guys!"
Xu Jianguo originally planned to refuse, but Gao Wangshan was so enthusiastic, so he had no choice but to go.
Sure enough, when Gao Wangshan's wife saw the three little girls and Wenwen, she was immediately overjoyed. Since she came into the house, Wen Sitian had never held the children except for feeding them. Even lunch was prepared by the two old men, Gao Wangshan and Xu Jianguo.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Jianguo and his family said goodbye to Gao Wangshan and his wife. Gao Wangshan's wife looked at Wenwen with reluctance in her eyes. Finally, the two sides agreed that before Xu Jianguo returned to the army, he would come to their home for dinner.
After leaving Gao Wangshan's home, the family went straight to the Fu'an County Public Security Bureau to visit Lin Guodong. However, when they arrived at the Public Security Bureau, they found out that Lin Guodong had been transferred to the administrative office half a year ago.
"I didn't expect Uncle Lin to get a promotion!"
"It's okay. Don't you still want to go see Uncle Yan? They're both in the office anyway, so you can just meet them together then."
"That's right, let's go back to Sandaoling!"
When Funniu heard her brother say that he was going back to Sandaliangle, she jumped up with joy.
The family walked out of the county town, talking and laughing.
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