Chapter 6 Section 6

Small restaurant on the street.A table of dishes, the waiter is still busy serving dishes. Lao Pao, who was wearing a shabby camouflage uniform, sat there awkwardly: "Enough, enough..." "Squad leader, you have to listen to me today!" With red eyes, Xiao Zhuang opened the wine bottle and gurgled the wine.The recording girl sat beside him and carefully pulled him: "Xiao Zhuang, it's almost time... work will start soon..." Xiao Zhuang threw her away: "It's none of your business! Get out!" The recording girl was very embarrassed and turned around and ran away.

Lao Pao said anxiously: "Xiao Zhuang! You, you shouldn't treat your partner like this." Xiao Zhuang picked up a glass and sank it: "She is not my partner. This glass is for the years we have been together!" He raised his neck and drained the wine in one breath. Lao Pao looked at him with concern, slightly sad: "You have changed..." Xiao Zhuanghong was stunned for a moment, then put down her glass, "It's not me, it's life—life has changed." Lao Pao looked at Xiao Zhuang, picked up his glass and said, "For the years we were together!" He drank it down in one gulp.

Xiao Zhuang looked at Lao Pao and suddenly showed a strange smile.He picked up the bottle and poured again.The phone was ringing, but he didn't realize it. "your phone." The glass overflowed with wine.Xiao Zhuang took out the phone and turned it off: "Today, don't let anyone fucking disturb me! Squad leader, Lao Pao... I didn't expect to see you again, let alone you now...I thought...you wouldn't leave Special forces, you will definitely be a sixth-rank non-commissioned officer." "Something happened at home. I was demobilized at the end of last year. After so many years, you don't know how to go back and see us. Brothers miss you very much."

"You know I don't dare to go back... I dare not think of you, I dare not think of these things in the past. I force myself not to think..." Xiao Zhuang's voice was crying. Old Pao looked at him sadly. "But I can't forget, I can't forget every cliff we climbed together, every village we walked through, even every goose step we kicked, every bullet we fired... I can't forget that we were together We will never forget her in the days of sharing weal and woe..." Old Pao interrupted him decisively: "Stop talking! The past is all in the past!"

Xiao Zhuang picked up the wine glass again, and Lao Pao grabbed his hand: "Don't drink—" Lao Pao looked at Xiao Zhuang, and slowly picked up the wine glass. Xiao Zhuang drank it all in one gulp. The old gun also drank it down. Boom!The door of the small restaurant was pushed open, and Fatty Shao came in with a pale face: "Grandson! You are crazy——" Xiao Zhuang looked at Fatty Shao and smiled with tears in his eyes: "Come, have a drink!" Fatty Shao snatched the wine glass: "What the hell are you drinking? Director Hu is so angry! It's time to start work, I can't remember the scene! Did you mean it?"

Lao Pao hurriedly stood up: "Xiao Zhuang, go to work quickly, I..." Xiao Zhuang pressed him down: "You are not allowed to leave!" Fatty Shao glanced at the old Pao in the migrant worker's attire, frowned and pulled Xiaozhuang: "Hurry up and come back with me! Don't piss on the cat here, how much effort did I make to let you follow the group? Don't be so fucking here Drinking madness! Hurry up! You want me to sit on wax on purpose, don't you?" Lao Pao said carefully: "Xiao Zhuang, you should go back to work first, we will have a long life!"

Xiaozhuang looked at Fatty Shao, then at Old Pao: "Wait for me!" He turned around and left with Fatty Shao. Lao Pao looked at Xiao Zhuang's back sadly, picked up the wine glass and drank it down. Alley set.Everyone is busy on their own.Fatty Shao pulled Xiaozhuang over.The recording girl wearing earphones raised her head and watched with concern. Director Hu was talking to the cameraman in front of the monitor, and Fatty Shao ran over a few steps, smiling all over his face: "Director Hu, Xiao Zhuang is back." Director Hu glanced at Xiaozhuang, but said nothing. Fatty Shao pulled Xiao Zhuang: "He has diarrhea...Apologize to Director Hu."

Xiao Zhuang said in embarrassment: "Director Hu, I..." Director Hu didn't even look at him, he pointed over there and walked past: "Who is that? To fool the Japanese?" Xiaozhuang was very embarrassed, Fatty Shao scolded him: "What are you talking about? Who are the migrant workers?" "What migrant worker? That's my comrade in arms!" Fatty Shao handed him the slate: "All right, your comrade-in-arms is my uncle! Is it done? Hurry up and say something nice to Director Hu, and this matter will be over!" Xiaozhuang gritted his teeth and walked behind Director Hu: "Director Hu, I'm sorry..."

Director Hu still didn't look at him. Fatty Shao hurried over: "Director Hu, my classmate is not sensible..." Director Hu looked at Xiao Zhuang: "Aren't you awesome? A great director who graduated from the Directing Department of the Drama Academy, what are you sorry for?" Fatty Shao smiled all over his face: "Didn't he just enter the society? There is still a lot to learn!" Just as Director Hu was about to say something, he suddenly froze.Xiao Zhuang slapped the slate casually, turned around and left. The recording girl was dumbfounded. Everyone was dumbfounded.

Xiao Zhuang walked straight through the stunned film crew and walked towards his colorful Cherokee.Fatty Shao hurriedly chased after him and grabbed him: "What are you doing?" "let go!" "What's wrong with you again?" Xiao Zhuang threw him away: "I quit!" He got into the car, hit the accelerator and left. Fatty Shao said anxiously: "I said you are crazy? Hey--" The colorful rear end of the Cherokee is smoking, and the national flag and "Bear Infestation" stickers are fading away. Xiao Zhuang drove the car.The street scene flashed by.

When the car reached the entrance of the small restaurant, Xiaozhuang braked and got off.He opened the door and went in, stunned—the old gun was gone, and the proprietress was clearing the table. "Where are people?" "Going away?" Xiao Zhuang turned around and opened the door to look around, then turned around, "When did you leave?" "As soon as you left, he left!" Xiao Zhuang was anxious: "I haven't paid the bill yet, why did you let him go?" The proprietress raised her head: "He's married? Why don't I let him go?" "Did he say anything?" "I didn't say anything, I just said checkout... Oh, that's right! He asked me to give this to you." The proprietress turned around and went to the counter to get something, and handed it to Xiao Zhuang. ——A Spike Special Forces armband that has become dilapidated. Xiao Zhuang took it with trembling hands, and there was a note under the armband.He hastily opened the note: Xiao Zhuang, I am ashamed to let you see me like this.You remember the old squad leader, that's enough.I'm leaving, don't look for me.Although we are comrades-in-arms who share life and death, we are not people of the same world now.Your former squad leader—Old Pao. Xiaozhuang closed the note and asked the proprietress, "Where did he go?" "How do I know?" Xiao Zhuang rushed out of the door with his things.There are people coming and going on the street, but there are no old guns. Xiao Zhuang hurriedly opened the door and got in the car.He took out his mobile phone and looked through the phone book while driving.