Winter goes and spring comes, time flies.
Chen Zhong stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking very interested. "Ding, look! Spring has come really early this year. We'll drive to Langshan Mountain for a walk. Qingming Festival is coming in a few days, so we should arrange an event to commemorate the martyrs!"
"Yes, Deputy Commander Chen!" Guard Xiao Dai saluted and turned to go out to arrange a car.
Chen Zhong was promoted to deputy commander of the military region at the beginning of the year. Everyone is accustomed to calling the commander and deputy commander the commander and deputy commander.
Guard Xiao Ding came in to report: "Deputy Commander Chen, Jiang Jun is back!"
Chen Zhong turned around and said, "Oh? Commander Gao is back? Let's go and greet him."
Xiao Ding quickly explained, "It's not Commander Gao, it's the daughter of Jiang Yonghua, who used to work in the division's confidential department. You call her Xiaojun."
Chen Zhong suddenly realized and asked repeatedly: "Where is she? Bring her in quickly!"
Xiao Ding: "Outside the Commander's post."
"Go and pick her up quickly."
After guard Xiao Ding left, Chen Zhong walked to the window on the other side, pushed it open, and looked downstairs.
Not long after, Xiao Ding came over with two girls, one tall and one short.
The tall girl was obviously Jiang Jun, and her expression was as calm as ever. The shorter girl next to her looked excited and couldn't help looking left and right.
When they were almost at the office building, Jiang Jun reached out and took the girl's arm, tilting his head slightly. The girl, who was walking excitedly, stuck out her tongue and immediately became well-behaved.
Chen Zhong couldn't help but smile. This girl's tricks were really good. She could make people behave well with just a glance!
There were soft footsteps outside the door, and guard Xiao Ding was shouting a report at the door.
Chen Zhong turned around with a smile on his face.
"Hello, Uncle Chen! This is my sister Xiaolan."
"Hello, Uncle Chen!"
"Xiaojun, come in and sit down!" Chen Zhong greeted her in a relaxed tone, "Hey, you've grown a lot taller!"
The orderly brought three cups of tea, placed them on the table, and left quietly. Xiao Ding closed the door casually.
Jiang Jun looked up at Chen Zhong and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen, your tea is still so fragrant!"
Chen Zhong laughed out loud: "Ah! Xiaojun is still so talkative! If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed how fragrant this tea is!"
Jiang Lan stared at Chen Zhong blankly, and before his gaze turned to her, she quickly lowered her head and nervously picked up the teacup.
Chen Zhong: "Xiaojun, I haven't seen you for a few years, two years? Three years?"
Jiang Jun smiled: "Two and a half years."
Chen Zhong sighed: "Xiaojun is a grown-up girl now, eighteen years old?"
Jiang Jun nodded: "Yes."
Jiang Lan added quietly, "My sister's birthday is next month, she'll be 18."
Chen Zhong laughed again: "Xiaojun, are you stopping by to see me this time, or do you have something to do? How long can you stay? Or how about celebrating your birthday here?"
Jiang Yun's smile dimmed for a moment, then vanished. "Uncle Chen, I came all the way to see you. I brought my father's appeal materials, hoping to apply for his redress."
Chen Zhong's expression suddenly became serious: "Oh? Then where's your father? Why didn't he come himself?"
Jiang Jun's smile was a little unnatural, and his eyes were red. "My father is seriously ill and can't move around, so I have no choice but to come to you on his behalf."
"What serious illness?"
"Asthma. After we went to Spring City, we discovered my dad was allergic to pollen. He couldn't breathe in the spring, but we had nowhere else to go, so he just endured it..." Jiang Jun took out a handkerchief and covered his eyes. "It won't get better until summer, so they sent me here."
Chen Zhong asked with concern, "Now that you two sisters are out, what will happen to your father? If he gets sick, will he be able to handle it?"
Jiang Jun nodded. "There's a teacher at our unit helping take care of him. If I don't go back by summer, my dad will come over himself."
The guard knocked on the door and came in: "Report to Deputy Commander Chen, the car is ready."
Jiang Jun wiped away her tears embarrassedly. "Uncle Chen, I'm sorry to bother you. Please go ahead and get busy. I can't finish telling you everything that happened in the past few years in one sentence. How about I tell you slowly when you're not busy?"
Chen Zhong waved his hand. "You're on to serious business. Go ahead. By the way, you said you can wait until summer. Does that mean you'll have to wait here until the results are out before leaving? So, if you have anything else to say, there's no need to rush. Come on, let's go to Wolf Mountain together!"
Jiang Lan exclaimed, "Wolf Mountain, is that the same Wolf Mountain that produced the anti-Japanese heroes?"
Chen Zhong hummed: "How about it? Do you want to go?"
Jiang Lan glanced at her sister, quickly covered her mouth with her hands, and nodded repeatedly.
Chen Zhong stood up and said, "Let's go. Once we get to Wolf Mountain, we can talk slowly as we go up."
Jiang Jun pulled Jiang Lan to her feet and said, "Thank you, Uncle Chen. We will respectfully obey your orders!"
When guard Xiao Ding heard that Chen Zhong invited Jiang Yun and her sister to go mountain climbing together, he was very considerate and asked the orderly to run and call for another jeep.
According to the normal arrangement, Chen Zhong and his guards rode in one car alone, while the Jiang Yun sisters rode in another car accompanied by their guards.
But when our deputy commander Uncle Chen saw Jiang Jun, his gossipy heart couldn't help but jump. He especially wanted to know how this girl could have not shown up for several years and still be able to completely charm his wise and brave Comrade Xiao Wu?
"Xiaojun, take the same car with me. I have something to ask you. Xiaoding, take the other car with Xiaolan. Just answer whatever they ask you. Don't always have a stern face. Be friendly when you see a girl, like me!"
Xiao Ding answered loudly: "Yes!"
Jiang Lan was very afraid of Chen Zhong. When she heard that she didn't have to ride in the same car with Chen Zhong, but would ride in the same car with the guard who was picking them up at the door, she immediately felt a sense of familiarity: "Sister, I'll get in the car then!"
Chen Zhong looked back at the car door opened by the guard and nodded at Jiang Jun: "Xiao Jun, you go in, I'll get in from that side."
Upon hearing what the deputy commander said, the driver sitting in the cab immediately jumped out of the driver's seat, opened the door for Chen Zhong, and waited for Chen Zhong to get in and sit down before respectfully closing the door.
The car drove for a while, and before Chen Zhong could ask any questions, Jiang Jun took the initiative to speak: "Uncle Chen, my father and I settled in a small county town near Chuncheng. We used our real names and modified identities and worked in a factory."
Chen Zhong folded his hands on his knees and looked out the window without saying a word.
Jiang Jun glanced at Chen Zhong's thumbs, gently shaking, and continued, "My dad worked as a clerk in a factory, and I worked in the workshop. Jiang Lan was too young to work, so she went to school there. Because the county town was too small and there was no middle school, Xiaolan went to a neighboring county for half a year before dropping out."
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