At five o'clock in the evening, Xu Jianguo drove his family to the home of the two old men.
In fact, he didn't want to drive at all, but there were too many things, and he couldn't take things out of the space in front of other people, so he had to do this.
Wen Sitian sat in the passenger seat, and three girls sat in the back seat. Erya held Lele, and Funiu held Wenwen.
In the trunk was a box of five jars containing a total of 25 kilograms of white wine, 30 kilograms of fresh mutton and some vegetables, as well as two large copper pots and a bag of lightning-struck charcoal. The family rushed to their destination in a mighty manner.
The two old men's homes were less than a hundred meters away from Xu Jianguo's home in a straight line, and the car stopped just after turning a corner, which made Lele very unhappy. She kept shouting that she wanted to take the car again.
As soon as the car was parked, people in the house who heard the noise rushed out, and the first to come out was old man Su Dingshan.
Wu Tianlong followed Su Dingshan, and behind them were Ma Guoliang, Dong Jixiang and their wives.
"You kid, why are you here so late?" Su Dingshan said unhappily. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Wen Sitian and others standing beside him with a smile on his face.
Xu Jianguo looked at the old man's face-changing skills that had been practiced to perfection, and couldn't help but curl his lips, thinking that love would indeed disappear.
When he was at the Binhai Base before, Su Dingshan had been there twice. Once was when the Type 81 rifle and grenade launcher were being tested, and the other time was when he accompanied Mr. Da and Mr. Xiao to present a medal to Xu Jianguo. However, he did not meet Xu Jianguo's family on both occasions.
Not to mention old man Wu Tianlong. Since he retired due to injury, he has been staying in a sanatorium and has never even left Jingzhou.
But despite this, Wen Sitian, Wenwen and the three girls did not feel unfamiliar with the two old people in front of them. Only Lele was a little uncomfortable because he was too young.
It was simply that Xu Jianguo mentioned their names too many times at home, and everyone knew that they had two grandfathers and a great-grandfather in Jingzhou.
"Hello, Grandpa Su! Hello, Grandpa Wu!" Wen Sitian was the first to shout.
"Oh, okay, okay, you must be Wen girl. I always hear Jianguo mention you, and today I finally see you!" Su Dingshan said.
"That's right, I've got calluses on my ears from listening to it!" Wu Tianlong also chimed in.
As Wen Sitian opened her mouth, the three girls also started shouting, which immediately made the two old men burst into laughter and praised them for being polite.
Finally, it was the turn of Wenwen and Lele. Wen Sitian put Lele on the ground. The little girl looked up at her parents timidly, then stretched out her little hand and held her brother's hand.
"Hello, great-grandfather!" Wenwen spoke first, and then looked at Lele beside him.
Finally, with the encouragement of his brother, he finally called out in a baby voice, "Hello, great grandfather!"
This made the two old bachelors Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong so happy that they were at a loss as to what to do. They had fought in battles for so many years, had married and lost their wives, but decades later they were still single and had no children.
But they would never have thought that even at such an old age, they could still hear someone calling them great-grandfather. This was such a great happiness for the two old people.
Xu Jianguo looked at Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong with a smile, and found that both of them had moist eyes and were filled with emotion.
"Come, let grandpa hug you!" Su Dingshan smiled kindly and stretched out his hands towards Lele.
Wu Tianlong came to Wenwen and picked up the little guy.
Wenwen did not resist at all, but was rather excited, with a smile on his little face. He had heard his father say more than once that these two great-grandfathers were heroes who had fought against the Japanese on the battlefield, so he had long felt a desire to get close to them.
As Lele was still young, she was a little shy even though she always heard her father talk about it. But after looking back at her parents' encouraging eyes, the little girl felt more determined.
She showed a lovely smile on her little mouth, then stretched out her little arms and walked with her short legs into Su Dingshan's arms.
In an instant, the yard was filled with laughter.
At this time, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang also came over with their wives. The three families were familiar with each other, and they immediately started chatting and laughing as soon as they met.
"Boy, did you bring any wine?" Ma Guoliang came to Xu Jianguo and asked in a low voice.
"I didn't bring it, what's wrong?" Xu Jianguo asked in surprise.
"What? You didn't bring any? Why didn't you bring any wine?"
"You didn't ask me to bring it! Besides, wasn't it you who arranged this tonight?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Guoliang said angrily, "It's true that I arranged it, but didn't we agree before that you were responsible for preparing everything?"
"Did you say that? Why don't I remember?"
"I said it, Lao Ma definitely said it!" Dong Jixiang said with a smirk on his face.
"Look, Mr. Dong testified for me, what should I do? You go back and get it now?" Ma Guoliang asked with a righteous look on his face.
Xu Jianguo looked at the two base commanders colluding with each other and couldn't help but curl his lips. He turned and walked to the jeep outside the yard and said, "Oh, what a hard life! You two treated me to a meal, and I was the one who brought both the food and the wine... What a miserable life!"
The two old foxes looked at each other with wicked smiles on their faces, then turned around and followed the crowd into the house, as if they hadn't heard anything.
After Xu Jianguo finished speaking, he saw that the two people had not caught up for a long time, so he stretched his head to look into the yard, and found that everyone had already walked to the door of the main hall. He immediately scolded the two old foxes in his heart. After scolding, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, and he thought to himself, since you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unintentional.
Then, he took out the medicinal wine prepared for the two of them from the wooden box.
At this time, Tai Wei and Guo Bin ran out of the house. Seeing Xu Jianguo searching for something in the trunk, they asked, "Jianguo, what are you looking for? We'll help you get it!"
"Hey, Brother Tai, Brother Guo, you are here? That's great, otherwise I really can't get it by myself!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the three of them moved the things in the trunk into the house.
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