No sooner had Li Jianguo finished speaking than a loud shout rang out from behind: "You brat, why are you running around the streets like a madman again? Are you looking for a beating?"
Li Jianguo's body stiffened instantly.
Li Dacheng walked over and slapped Li Jianguo on the back: "You brat, why are you running so fast?"
“I…” Li Jianguo had a sudden inspiration: “Dad, didn’t you say that one of your comrades has three sets of twins? They look a bit alike. So… so I came up here to ask him.”
Li Dacheng slapped Li Jianguo on the back again: "What a coincidence!"
"Really. Dad, see for yourself if you don't believe me."
Li Dacheng glared at Li Jianguo. "I'll deal with you when we get home." After saying that, Li Dacheng looked at Naonao, Tengteng, Zuozuo, Youyou, his older sister, and younger brother.
Upon seeing this, Li Dacheng laughed. Naonao, Tengteng, and Han Bin looked somewhat alike. Zuozuo and Youyou looked exactly the same. "Is your father named Han Bin?"
Nao Nao smiled. "Yes."
Tengteng: "Hello, Uncle Li."
"Okay, okay." Li Dacheng glanced at the luggage on Zuo Zuo and You You's car. "Where are you going?"
Nao Nao: "My dad has been transferred to the Beijing Military Region."
Tengteng: "Let's go find my dad."
Li Dacheng: "Go by bicycle?"
Nao Nao: "Mmm."
Li Jianguo: "Dad, I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Li Dacheng glanced at the group of young men behind Li Jianguo. If only Li Jianguo had caught up, Li Dacheng would have believed that Li Jianguo had genuinely come to identify someone. Now, with a whole bunch of people chasing after him… Li Dacheng gave Li Jianguo a look that conveyed: I'm not senile yet; I'll deal with you when we get home.
Li Jianguo shrank his neck.
Li Dacheng walked over to Naonao and Tengteng. "Come on, let's go to your uncle's house for a visit."
Nao Nao: "Okay."
Liu Hong was wiping the table at home when Li Dacheng led Nao Nao and Tengteng in through the door. "Liu Hong, guess whose children they are?"
Liu Hong also knew that Han Bin's family had three sets of twins. Nao Nao and Tengteng were both wearing military uniforms. Liu Hong immediately recognized them: "They're from Deputy Division Commander Han's family."
Li Dacheng laughed and said, "We can drop the 'deputy' part. Binzi has already been promoted to division commander." On the way back, Li Dacheng chatted with Naonao, Tengteng, and the others all the way.
Liu Hong's face stiffened for a moment. "Really? When did you get promoted? I've never heard you mention it before?"
"He was promoted not long ago." Li Dacheng looked at Naonao and Tengteng and said, "Sit down. Liu Hong, get some food for the children."
"Okay." Liu Hong was about to go inside to get some food when Tengteng put the things he was carrying on the table. Just as he came in, Tengteng had taken a package from their luggage. "Uncle Li, Aunt Liu, these are some mountain produce we picked ourselves. Please try some."
Li Dacheng: "How can an uncle accept things from you children?"
Liu Hong: "Yes. Take it back quickly."
Tengteng: "I picked these up from the mountain, they didn't cost me any money."
When Han Bin left, he left a piece of paper for Nao Nao and Tengteng. The paper listed who they could contact if they encountered any problems they couldn't solve. Li Dacheng's name was also on the paper. So when Li Jianguo mentioned that his surname was Li and that his father had been a soldier, Nao Nao and Tengteng knew that his father was Li Dacheng.
In Li Dacheng's eyes, they were still children. If they had brought things with them, Li Dacheng certainly wouldn't have accepted them. What they were bringing out were mountain produce they had gathered themselves. They hadn't spent any money, and they had gathered it themselves.
The older sister looked at Li Dacheng with a smile and said, "Uncle Li, there are still many more in the mountains. We can go and pick more after we finish eating them."
Li Dacheng: "Then Uncle will accept it."
Liu Hong had originally intended to just bring out some food. But now that she had received gifts from Nao Nao and Tengteng, she couldn't just offer any random food to appease them.
Seeing how cute his older sister looked in her little military uniform, Li Jianguo asked her, "You dare to go up the mountain to collect wild produce?"
"Um."
"Are you afraid of tigers in the mountains?"
"I'm not afraid."
"Tigers are very fierce."
"oh."
Seeing that his sister wasn't afraid at all, Li Jianguo continued, "A tiger's teeth are this long. Its mouth is this big. If a tiger saw you, it would eat you in one bite."
Li Dacheng glared at his son: "You brat, don't scare your sister."
The older sister smiled. "It's alright. I've seen tigers before. Brother Jianguo, tigers don't have such long teeth, and their mouths aren't that big."
"Huh?!" Li Jianguo looked at his sister, then at Naonao and Tengteng. "She...she really saw a tiger?"
Nao Nao: "Mmm."
Li Dacheng laughed happily when he saw his son get beaten up: "Haha..."
Liu Hong came out of the house carrying some things and saw Li Dacheng smiling so happily, so she asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Li Dacheng recounted what had just happened. "Your son was trying to scare them, but it turned out they'd seen a real tiger before."
"Really?" Liu Hong handed each of Nao Nao and Tengteng a large apple. "Where did you see them?"
Sister: "In the mountains."
Liu Hong sat down next to her sister. "You're so little, how dare you go into the mountains?"
"Um."
"You're really brave."
The older sister smiled.
Nao Nao and Tengteng stayed at Li Dacheng's house for over an hour before saying goodbye. Li Dacheng wanted them to stay for a few days, but Nao Nao politely declined.
After seeing Naonao and Tengteng off, Li Jianguo tried to sneak back to his room. He had only taken two steps when Li Dacheng stopped him: "Tell me, why were you chasing Naonao and Tengteng?"
Didn't I just say that?
Li Dacheng glanced at Li Jianguo: "You're not going to talk, huh? Fine. I'll go out and find out. I'll come back and deal with you when I've found out."
Liu Hong: "What's wrong? Son, you've gotten into trouble again."
"No. I..." Li Jianguo recounted what had just happened. His father always believed in leniency for those who confess and severity for those who resist. If his father were to find out on his own, well... Li Jianguo felt a headache just thinking about it.
Li Dacheng glared at Li Jianguo: "If the old wolf hadn't pounced on you, were you planning to force a sale?"
"No. No. Absolutely not."
Li Dacheng stared at Li Jianguo and said, "If you dare to do anything wrong outside, I'll break your legs."
"With you here, how could I dare? Dad, I'm going back to my room."
"Um."
After Li Jianguo left, Li Dacheng asked Liu Hong, "Have you thought it through?"
"I...I'll think about it some more."
Li Jianguo sighed inwardly. "If you really don't want your son to join the army, then I'll find him a job."
What kind of job are you looking for for your son?
"Old Feng's factory is hiring these days."
"Worker?"
"Hmm. I'll start as a worker and then try to move up if the opportunity arises."
Liu Hong looked at Li Dacheng and said, "If you hadn't changed careers back then, wouldn't you be a division commander now?"
Why are you bringing this up again?
"I...I'm sad."
Don't be sad. We're doing pretty well now.
“If you were a division commander, our son… our son would definitely be able to sit in an office.”
Li Dacheng smiled and said, "Even if I stayed in the army, I might not be able to become a division commander."
"Even if you can't become a division commander, you can still become a brigade commander. When you were demobilized, Han Bin's position wasn't even as high as yours."
"Let's not talk about that. Do you want your son to join the army or become a factory worker?"
"Well... Han Bin is a division commander now. If our son joins the army, could he get our son to be by his side?"
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