"Yes, I need to borrow the phone at your commune to call the commander of our base."
“That’s no problem!”
By the time they reached this point, they had basically dispelled their suspicions about Xu Jianguo. At this time, the words of a soldier in the crowd completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in everyone's mind.
"You, you said your name is Xu Jianguo?" the soldier asked in a trembling voice.
"Yes, my name is Xu Jianguo!"
"Xu Jianguo from the 523 Research Institute?"
When Xu Jianguo heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "That's right!"
"Company commander, the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple!" said the soldier.
"What do you mean?" asked the cadre who had checked Xu Jianguo's ID.
"My brother-in-law used to work in Wanzhou, and was later transferred to the 523 Institute in Binhai City. Later, I heard from my sister that the base in Binhai was transferred to Dawali in Daxinganling. My brother-in-law once told my sister that Xu Jianguo was the chief engineer of the 523 Institute and the youngest colonel officer in our Longxia country." The soldier said excitedly.
Upon hearing this, the captain from the Armed Forces Department stared at Xu Jianguo with wide eyes and asked, "Colonel Xu, is what he said true? Are you really Xu Jianguo from the 523 Research Institute?"
"Yes, it's really me!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Oh, my apologies! We were worried you might be an enemy spy, so please forgive me for my poor attitude just now!"
Xu Jianguo waved his hand and said, "I understand. You are just doing your job. It's not a big deal, so don't take it to heart!"
Ma Sanchun, who was standing by, also showed an embarrassed expression when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, Xu Jianguo interrupted him: "Uncle Ma, it's getting late. Please prepare something to eat for us. Time is short and the task is heavy. After dinner, we still have to go to the commune to borrow a phone!"
"Okay, okay, I'll prepare it now!" Ma Sanchun said immediately after hearing it, and then turned around and left quickly.
After seeing Ma Sanchun leave, Xu Jianguo said something to a few people and returned to the house.
The four cadres from the commune and the armed forces department originally wanted to follow him into the house, but were blocked outside by Xu Jianguo.
Several people also knew that Xu Jianguo's mission involved confidentiality regulations, so they did not force it and waited quietly outside the door.
In fact, when Ma Sanchun brought his men here, the two old men in the room had already woken up.
But they did not go out and left the decision-making power of all matters to Xu Jianguo.
At this time, seeing Xu Jianguo pushing the door and walking in, Su Dingshan asked, "Jianguo, are you okay?"
"It's okay. The alert is indeed high. People from the commune and the armed forces are all here. But I've already explained everything. After breakfast, let's go to the commune. I'll borrow their phone to contact the commander."
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Because they slept soundly last night, the two old men were in good spirits this morning. After they got up quickly and folded their quilts, Ma Sanchun also had someone prepare breakfast.
Three large bowls of cornmeal porridge, three wild vegetable pancakes, a plate of pickles and three boiled eggs.
Although the meal was simple, in the opinion of Xu Jianguo and the other two, it should be the best food that Ma Sanchun could serve to his guests.
After looking at each other, the three of them sat down at the table and started eating with big mouthfuls. For some reason, today's breakfast tasted particularly sweet.
After breakfast, Xu Jianguo led the two old men out. At this time, there were many people waiting in the yard outside the brigade headquarters.
At this time, when everyone saw Xu Jianguo coming out, and looked at the two old men following behind him, they unconsciously felt that they were being scrutinized by their superiors, and for a moment the whole yard was silent.
Fortunately, Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong were both very kind people. When they smiled, everyone felt relieved.
After Ma Sanchun exchanged a few words of greeting, the group got on a jeep and followed the people from the commune out of Qiankan Village.
But before leaving, Xu Jianguo rolled down the car window and said to Ma Sanchun, "Uncle Ma, thank you for taking care of me. The bedding on the kang is folded. I left something for you under the mattress. Please be careful when you take it. If I have the chance in the future, I will come to see you again!"
When Ma Sanchun heard this, he was about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Xu Jianguo didn't even give him a chance to speak and just drove away.
Ma Sanchun stopped where he was, staring at the back of the car going away for a long time.
Only after the car disappeared did he lead his men back to the brigade headquarters. Under the bedding on the kang in the inner room, he found a large black banknote and 20 kilograms of national food coupons that Xu Jianguo had placed there, as well as two boxes of Peony cigarettes.
For a farmer who has been farming for a long time, these things are equivalent to a considerable fortune, so when Ma Sanchun saw these things, he was stunned and didn't know what to do with them.
After a long while, until someone called him from the outer room, he came to his senses and quickly picked up the things on the kang and put them in his pocket.
Just now he had figured out how to deal with these things. There were many elderly and lonely people in Qiankan Village who were unable to work and had been supported by the village for many years.
So he wanted to use the money and food left by Xu Jianguo to support these elderly people, which would be enough for them to have full meals for a while.
But it certainly couldn't be calculated based on fine grains. He planned to find an opportunity to go to the commune, use up the 20 kilograms of food coupons, and then exchange the fine grains he bought for coarse grains.
Let’s put Ma Sanchun aside for now.
After leaving Qiankan Village, Xu Jianguo drove behind the cars of the commune and the armed forces, and it took more than an hour to reach the location of Chunliuhe Commune.
After sending Xu Jianguo and his group to the commune, the people from the armed forces drove away first.
After parking the car, two commune cadres led Xu Jianguo and the other two to the secretary's office. After explaining the situation, the secretary of Chunliuhe Commune naturally gave them another warm reception.
After everyone exchanged greetings, the secretary took his people out of the office, leaving the space to Xu Jianguo and the other two.
Picking up the phone on the table, Xu Jianguo turned the handle and connected to the Bingcheng Military Region Base through the operator. Then, through Bingcheng, he connected the call to Ma Guoliang's office at the Dawali Base.
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