Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven

1. Have a drink to reminisce about the past As soon as Wang Tieshan left, the new secretary came.Early in the morning, as soon as Gao Dashan entered the door, he saw a young man standing at attention and saluting him: "Commander, good morning!" Gao Dashan looked at him and asked, "Are you the new Secretary Hu?" The secretary replied: "Commander, I am Hu Dawei!" Gao Dashan walked in, and Hu Dawei followed closely behind. "Where are you from?" "Report to the commander, Gaojiazhuang, Hebei...the village of Gaojiazhuang." "Are you a rural soldier?"

"Yes, from the countryside, my family has three generations of poor peasants." "Rural soldiers are good, they can endure hardships, and they don't forget their roots. I like rural soldiers." Hu Dawei was happy from the bottom of his heart. Gao Dashan said, "Do you know why Secretary Wang left me?" Hu Dawei said, "No, I'm not sure." Gao Dashan said: "As my secretary, there is nothing important to do. As long as I am in the office, I will answer all the calls. In addition, people who are looking for me are not allowed to block them from the door. They must be warmly greeted." Come in."

"Yes, Commander, I remember." "Also, your usual job is to read newspapers, write down all the major events at home and abroad, and report to me when the time comes. If you have nothing to do, read more books and newspapers. You young people are educated, so you can learn more. What's the disadvantage, unlike us, when we were young, we only cared about fighting wars, and we had to listen to the radio if we wanted to know about state affairs, and we couldn't even read newspapers." "Commander, I understand." Gao Dashan left Secretary Hu in the office without giving many orders, and went to the army by himself.

Hu Dawei, who was working as a secretary with Gao Dashan, was feeling idle when he suddenly saw Qiuying walking by with a bag of grain on the road outside the window.With an idea, he ran out, snatched something from Qiuying, and said, "Director Qiu, I'll get it." Qiuying said, "Isn't this Secretary Hu? You didn't go to the army with Lao Gao? Hu Dawei said: "No, no. The commander asked me to stay. I will help you take the things back!" Qiuying said: "This is not good!" Hu Dawei said: "Director Qiu, I was sent by the organization to serve the commander-in-chief Yes, doing something for you is also serving the commander. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me, you are welcome!"

He picked up his things and ran away.Looking at it, Qiuying was secretly happy, satisfied with having such a diligent and talkative new secretary. After putting down the food bag, Secretary Hu wiped off his sweat and started to leave, saying, "Is Director Qiu all right? I'll leave now!" Qiuying said: "Sit down for a while, what are you busy with?" Hu Dawei said: "There is no one in the commander's office. If you need something, you must call me, ah!" After speaking, he turned around and left, going back to his office.But the next day, he checked that there was nothing wrong in the office, so he closed the door and came to Gao Dashan's house.

He told Qiuying: "The commander is not at home. I want to come and see. Does Director Qiu have anything for me to do?" Qiuying thought for a long time, and she really remembered something.She said: "Secretary Hu, if you want to say...it's nothing serious...by the way, there is really a little thing...there is a cadre in the second regiment. His lover Liu Ping works in the garrison area hospital. He just got married last year. The sky came to me crying and wanted me to help transfer his lover to the city... You know I can't do this kind of thing, we have established rules... But I'm soft-hearted, I went to the hospital to cut corns that day , Liu Ping, let her cry in front of my face, my heart will be sore..."

"Director Qiu, stop talking, I understand, leave this matter to me!" Hu Dawei said. "I'm not asking you to do something that violates discipline. If that's the case, our boss won't agree when he comes back. By the way, can you ask someone to help me first..." Qiuying said, trying to hide it. Hu Dawei said: "Okay, okay, I understand. Director Qiu, why does the superior assign a secretary to the chief, that is to say, whether the chief or the family of the chief, if there is something difficult to come forward, it will be handed over to the secretary. In the future You can leave it to me to handle such things! Director Qiu, this is my business!"

"Then thank you, Secretary Hu!" "Xiao Hu! Xiao Hu! Call me Xiao Hu from now on!" Hu Dawei said as he exited the door. Back in the office, Hu Dawei put his legs on the desk and called Political Commissar Liu of the hospital. "Is it Commissar Liu of the hospital? I'm Secretary Hu of the High Commander's Office. There is such a thing. Is there a doctor named Liu Ping in your place? The couple has been separated all the time, and there are some practical difficulties. I think your hospital simply treats her as a lover." Let’s call it over, too.” Commissar Liu asked, "Is this what Commander Gao meant?"

Secretary Hu said: "Don't ask, isn't it just a transfer? I'll just wait for your reply!" The fact that Secretary Hu was able to do things for others was quickly spread both openly and secretly.Someone didn't even call Gao Dashan's office anymore, but went directly to Hu Dawei's single dormitory.On this day, Hu Dawei was lying in bed listening to the radio.There is a knock on the door. Hu Dawei said, "Who, come in!" An officer came in with a gift. Hu Dawei said: "Hey, it's you. What are you doing, and you came here with something, whoever we are with, you are too outrageous!"

The officer said: "Old Hu, you have done so many things for others, and you should also do something for me!" Hu Dawei said: "What's the matter?" The officer said: "You are a local, you can work here as long as you want, I am from the south, I am not used to the sorghum rice here, I am not used to the winter here, I would like to ask you to help I will be transferred to the army of my hometown in the south!" Hu Dawei said: "This is a transfer across military regions, it is difficult." The officer said: "Who are you kidding, you have done this kind of thing before!" Hu Dawei said: "Try You can give it a try, but I’m just a secretary after all, and I’m a soft-spoken person, so you’d better find Old Qiu from Commander Gao’s family first!” The officer sneered and said, “Forget it, I’ll look for you! How many things did the banner do for others, as if I didn’t know? How did you do it with others, and you can do it with me this time, okay?”

Hu Dawei said helplessly: "Okay, okay, who told us to be old comrades in arms!" The officer smiled and said, "Then I'm leaving!" Hu Dawei looked at the gifts that were sent, and felt very happy. ... Gao Dashan went to Wu Liang and the others.Wu Liang had already been waiting there on a horse. Wu Liang had a horse in his hand, and Gao Dashan knew it at a glance.Gao Dashan said: "Xiao Wuzi, you still know what I'm thinking. When you become a commander, you sit in that broken car all day, which makes me confused!" He got on his horse and ran to the forest ahead. It's been a long time since he's had such a good time. The office and the car have long made him feel uncomfortable. Gao Dashan said: "Wu Zi, since I became a commander, I haven't been so happy!" Wu Liang said, "That's right!" Gao Dashan said: "I want to come back! Only when I come back here, to the frontier defense position, can I feel that I am back on the battlefield again, smell the smoke, hear the gunfire and the charge!" Wu Liang said: "Commander, so am I. After leaving you, I feel that life is boring for some reason! As soon as you come back, I also seem to follow you on horseback and go to the battlefield with a gun. Even the joints of the bones are comfortable!" Gao Dashan said with some amusement: "How about we run for a while? It's like on the battlefield. Let's race a horse." Wu Liang said: "The game is the game, who is afraid of whom!" Gao Dashan let out a loud roar, and the two rode their horses forward until they stopped in the forest ahead. The sun was setting in the west, looking at the green hills everywhere, Gao Dashan was filled with emotion for a moment. "What a battlefield! Wu Zi, I really want to fight here!" "right here?" "That's right... Ah, it's not a real war, but I want to hold a large-scale military exercise here, just like a real war!" Wu Liang smiled and said, "Commander, you don't want to organize a big exercise. You are suffocating the days when there is no war. You want to live the addiction of fighting again! You just want to fight!" Gao Dashan didn't want to admit that others had seen through his thoughts, so he turned around and said reproachfully: "What do you know, and you are guessing about the chief's intentions again!" Wu Liang laughed again. The two found a place to sit down.Wu Liang took out something and said, "Commander, what do you think I brought?" It's two bottles of wine and a roast chicken.Gao Dashan said with a smile: "It's still you little Wuzi, you know my old Gao likes this." Wu Liang said: "Commander, since you left, I haven't had a good drink for a long time." Gao Dashan said: "What's wrong, I can't find an opponent?" Wu Liang said: "There are opponents, but I'm not in the mood." Gao Dashan said: "It's not so bad, I am like you, as soon as I get home after work, I miss the army. "Wu Liang said: "Are you still arguing with your sister-in-law?" Gao Dashan said: "Arguing, every day." Wu Liang said: "I know, quarreling is also a fake quarrel, and you never let your sister-in-law go." Gao Dashan said: "Oh, when it's really noisy, I always think that it's not easy for her. She is the same age as my sister who died of freezing. If my sister is alive, she will be as old as her, sister. Didn’t come back, but saved her, what do you think it’s not fate? Back then I just married her and left Dr. Lin. If I married Dr. Lin, what do you think would happen?” Feelings come. Wu Liang interrupted Gao Dashan and said, "Commander, let's not talk about the past, come on, let's drink." "Drink, drink." "Commander, do you still remember the bet we made on eating big meat slices in Siping?" "Then why don't you remember, that time I ate three and a half bowls of pork slices, and you ate three bowls, which made us both dizzy for a whole day." "Commander, it's strange for you to say that it's just jumping up. The battle started, and we both acted like nothing happened. When the battle is over, you ran to the latrine faster than me." "Haha, that's so bad, I lost a full five catties of meat." "Commander, what are you saying, I can't even pull up my trousers." The two just talked and laughed while drinking. Wu Liang said, "Commander, can you stay for two more days this time?" Gao Dashan said: "This time is to check the implementation of the defense, and I will go back when I am done." 2. Gao Dashan is furious On the day Gao Dashan came home, Hu Dawei ran back and forth to help carry things. Qiuying stood at the door and said: "Oh, look at your body, you look like a land lord, take it off for me when you enter the house!" Gao Dashan took out a bag of things from the trunk of the car, and said happily: "Look, the sour cabbage pickled by Xiao Wuzi's wife, The couple knew that I liked this one, so they insisted that I bring some back!Gao Quan, hurry up and take it to the kitchen, let your mother make a pot of sauerkraut and white meat later! " Gao Quan covered his nose and lifted a bag of sour cabbage in. Gao Dashan had already taken a shower, changed into a military uniform that he usually wears at home, turned on the radio, sat down with a cup of tea in his hand, suddenly sniffled and said, "Well, it smells so good!" He stood up, and shouted into the kitchen, "There is still Is there any wine?" Qiuying was busy in the kitchen, and said casually, "It's in the closet!" Just after she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something and rushed out of the kitchen in a hurry.But Gao Dashan had already opened the closet, looked at Dong Liao Daqu in a closet, and stared wide-eyed. When he turned around, his face had changed. Qiuying was about to turn around and go back when Gao Dashan yelled, "Stop!" Qiuying stopped with her back to him.Gao Dashan said, "Where did all these things in the closet come from?" "what's that?" Gao Dashan took out all the wine in two bottles, and put them down heavily as if he had caught a thief. "I'm asking you, where did these things come from!" Qiuying shivered and dared not speak. Gao Dashan roared like thunder and said, "Speak up! Why are you suddenly dumb!" Qiuying shivered again, and said honestly: "There are two bottles from Xiao Zhang of the service agency, the other two bottles are from the lover of Staff Officer Li in the logistics department, and there are two more..." As she spoke, she suddenly He stopped in fear. Gao Dashan hummed and looked Qiuying up and down: "How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to accept gifts, you are not allowed to accept gifts, but you still accept it! I just found out today that you are a bad person! You are inconsistent with your words and deeds." !... Today you, you, you must tell me clearly why they gave you gifts, did you do something for them? Tell me!" Qiuying started to cry, but she said: "Who is not doing what he says? Who is the bad guy? They sent the things, and I asked them to take them away, but they didn't listen! What's wrong with me doing things for them? I'm not doing things for them With this little courtesy, the director of a service agency like me is not so cheap! I think their family is really in trouble, and if I don’t help them, no one will help them! I am helping others! I am learning from Lei Feng!” Gao Dashan was furious, and said: "Just you? Learn from Lei Feng? Do you know that you are called bribery, and you could have been shot a few years ago for this! People in the old army called it scraping the ground and drinking soldiers' blood!  … Well, who brought the things, you first return them to me one by one, and apologize in person! This matter is over, and I will settle the score with you again!" Gao Dashan sat on the sofa and felt his whole body go limp.He said: "The whole army knows that I, Gao Dashan, likes to drink a few sips, so they do what they like, trying to knock me out, so that they can close their eyes. This is my weakness." He stood up suddenly while talking , walked to the cabinet and took out a few bottles of wine from it. "I bought this all myself. From now on, I won't drink alcohol, and if I drink again, my surname will not be Gao." After speaking, he walked out of the house with the wine, came to the yard, and shouted loudly: "From today, I Gao Dashan quit drinking!" After finishing speaking, he dropped a bottle with a wave of his hand, and dropped another bottle with a wave of his hand. The whole courtyard was full of the sound of wine bottles being thrown.Many officers and family members stopped and watched from afar. "I quit drinking, and my surname will not be Gao if I drink a drop in the future!" After speaking, I ran to the office. In the evening, when the dinner was ready, Qiuying didn't see Gao Dashan coming back, so she called Gao Min to her and told her to sneak a look at her father's office to see what he was doing there. Gao Min went outside his father's office and looked inside. The guard inside was helping his father spread a bedding on a bed. The guard said, "Commander, are you going to sleep here?" Gao Dashan said, "Well, sleep here!" The guard said, "Aren't you going back to eat?" Gao Dashan said, "I won't go back!" The guard smiled secretly. Gao Min didn't show up, so she ran back and told her mother. Gao Min said: "Mom, my dad is making a bed in the office. He said he will live there from now on and won't go home to eat your cooking!" Qiuying was startled, and then cried out loudly. Gao Min said, "Mom, Mom, what's wrong with you?" Qiuying hugged Gao Min and cried, "Gao Min, your father is determined not to have a mother this time, our family is about to break up!" Gao Min felt that the problem was not so serious. She looked at her mother and didn't speak. At night, Qiuying looked at the gifts brought by others, called the children to her face, and said, "Gao Min, good girl, you go with Mom, let's send these things to others." Gao Min said: "Mom, this is embarrassing enough, I won't go!" He turned around and went upstairs. Qiuying had no choice but to beg Gao Quan, saying: "Gao Quan, good son, you go with mom!" Gao Quan said in a strange way, "I won't do what other people don't do!" He also went upstairs.Qiuying could only look at Gao Ling and said, "Gao Ling, Mom made a big mistake." Gao Ling said: "Mom, we children make mistakes, you are so old, why do you make mistakes too!" Qiuying said: "It's all because my mother is not very conscious, she doesn't study enough, and she makes mistakes when she is not careful." Gao Ling said: "Mom, the teacher said, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake, you are a good boy if you correct it. You correct it!" Qiuying said: "I want to change it too. But no one will help me. Gao Ling, good son, can you help me?" Gao Ling said, "Mom, I can." Qiuying suddenly cheered up, and she said: "My good son, listen to my mother, these things don't belong to our family. If your mother doesn't send them back to others, your father will never end with your mother." No! Your dad won’t come back to our house right now, maybe he will divorce mom. Good boy, if you don’t help mom, no one will help mom. Listen to mom, grab your things, and go with mom !” After finishing speaking, the two walked out carrying a bag of things.Along the way, Qiuying instructed Gao Ling to knock on the door of a house first, and then call her auntie. When someone came out, she put down the things in her arms, and then turned around and ran away. If she was caught, if she asked who I asked you to give it to me, let Gao Ling say that it was my mother who asked me to give it to me. Gao Ling was a little timid and said, "Mom, what about you? Why don't you go by yourself?" Qiuying said: "Isn't your mother afraid of being ashamed? Your mother is a leading cadre, and it's not good to talk about it. You are a child, so it's okay for you to send it off." Gao Ling hesitated, and said, "Mom, I'm afraid, why are we acting like thieves?" Qiuying had no choice but to play both soft and hard ways, saying: "You're so timid! You're still a boy! Go quickly, Mom will bake you a big pancake later, no one with high sensitivity and high authority will let you eat it!" Gao Ling said, "I don't want to eat pancakes today!" Qiuying snatched the things from his arms and said, "Okay, Mom will go by herself, Mom's face will be torn off by your dad anyway!" Gao Ling was immediately moved. He grabbed Mom's hand and said, "Mom, I'll go." "You really want to go?" "Mom, I do. Give me something!" Qiuying burst into tears, and hugged Gao Ling tightly in her arms. Early the next morning, as soon as Hu Dawei walked into the office humming Errenzhuan, Gao Dashan called him into his office, and then slapped him on the table, startling Hu Dawei. Gao Dashan said: "Tell me honestly, in my name, you have helped our old Qiu do many violations of discipline during this period of time!" Hu Dawei turned pale immediately, and said, "Commander, I...I..." Gao Dashan slapped the table again and said, "Quickly say it!" Hu Dawei said: "Commander, I didn't do it a few times. Don't get angry, I said it's okay?" Gao Dashan said, "Say it! Old Shang, remember it!" After Hu Dawei finished speaking, Gao Dashan ordered Shang Shouzhi, saying: "The transfer of these people that Secretary Hu just mentioned, as long as the people are still in the Baishan garrison area, all of them will be invalidated, and I will return them to where they were before!" Then angrily Staring at Hu Dawei, he said, "And you, too, serve as a soldier in the first-line frontier defense company!" "Commander, I..." Hu Dawei suddenly panicked. "What about me? I think you owe the company a soldier! Being a soldier for three months is not bad for you! You go back and prepare! Leave tomorrow!" Hu Dawei retreated obediently. As soon as Hu Dawei left, Shang Shouzhi asked, "Commander, what about Secretary Hu?" Gao Dashan said, "What should I do?" I’m working by your side, let’s change to another secretary!” Gao Dashan said, “That’s not good! He’s someone close to me, and I’m also responsible for any problems. Even if I change him, I can’t let him go like this. Forget it, anyway. Being a secretary doesn't do much, and besides, none of the people who are as tall as me leave in despair, even if they leave, they have to walk in a decent way!" Shang Shouzhi said: "That's fine. But during this time, let's find someone to replace him." Gao Dashan said: "Okay. But you have to make it clear to Secretary Hu that after three months, I want him back!" Shang Shouzhi said: "Got it!" 3. Hometown people come to ask for help Gao Dashan didn't go home all the time, which hit Qiuying extremely hard. She hadn't eaten for three whole days. Gao Min said: "Mom, you and Dad have a good talk." Qiuying said: "Your dad, I'm really angry this time, he won't forgive me, and it's useless for me to talk to him." Gao Ling said: "After that, Dad will never come back?" There is only one way to get your father back." Gao Quan Said: "What way?" Qiuying said, "Go and beg your father." Gao Quan said, "Can he listen to us?" Qiuying said, "Even though your father is usually strict with you, he still loves you. I know this, and you are all his darlings. I understand this better than you. Gao Min said, "Why are we begging?" Qiuying said, "Don't say anything, just kneel down to him when you enter the door." Gao Quan said, "I can't go, let the two of them go. Don't worry, he kicked me first, so he can't kick me out." Qiuying said: "If you don't want to go, then wait for your mother to die, and then let your father find you a stepmother, look at this How's your day going?" Qiuying began to cry as she spoke. Gao Quan said, "Mom, don't cry, let's go." The three children just appeared in Gao Dashan's office, kneeling in front of him. Gao Dashan said, "Did your mother ask you to come here?" Gao Min said: "We came here by ourselves. Dad, we miss you and ask you to go back with us." Gao Ling said, "Mom said, I will kneel down for you when I enter the door." Gao Dashan said: "What mistake did your mother make, do you know? What she made was a principled mistake, a big mistake, and an unforgivable mistake." Gao Quan said, "My mother hasn't eaten for three days." Gao Dashan fell silent when he heard that, he sighed a long time, and said: "You all get up." Then he paced back and forth in the room for a while, and said: "It's not difficult for me to forgive her, you go back and let her Write a letter of guarantee to ensure that similar mistakes will not be made in the future.” The three children turned around and ran back into the house.Gao Min took out a pen and paper from her schoolbag, and said to her mother, "Mom, you can write now. Dad is still waiting." Qiuying looked at the pen and paper that Gao Min handed over, and said, "Mom is so blind that she can't even write her own name. Don't you know? Gao Quan, you write for Mom. You've already gone to middle school." Gao Quan said: "I can't write well, and I didn't make the mistake. Don't you read the newspaper every day, and you can't even write a letter of guarantee?" Qiuying said, "Didn't Mom make it for others to read? At this time, you still don't know how to write." Do you want to get Mom to fix it?" Gao Quan reluctantly took the pen and paper, and said, "How do you write?" Qiuying said: "Mom said, you write." Gao Quan said, "Then tell me." Qiuying slowly spoke up: "I made a principled mistake and shouldn't accept the gift. It's my fault that I didn't study enough and my ideological awareness is low. I will change my past from now on and never make similar mistakes. Please, Gao Dashan Forgive me, comrade. Sincerely, salute.” That night, Gao Dashan left the office and returned home.However, early the next morning, the two quarreled again, but this time it was not because of receiving gifts, but because of the continuous torrential rain, and the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River suffered severe flooding.Gao Dashan first heard this news on the broken radio in his hand, and his heart immediately felt uncomfortable.He sat at the dinner table, didn't want to eat any more, just kept tapping his radio, trying to listen to the news of the flood.Then he turned off the radio and sighed.Seeing his appearance, Qiuying felt uncomfortable, and said: "The whole family is doing well, what kind of anger are you sighing about!" Gao Dashan said: "What is good? Who is good? Do you know that the Liaohe River flooded! How many people will not survive the winter! You only have your own family in your heart!" Qiuying said: "Flooding in the Liaohe River has its own government relief. What kind of anxiety are you in? Is it your turn to be anxious? If you are anxious to get angry and help the victims survive the winter, then go ahead!" Gao Dashan jumped up suddenly. He stared at Qiuying and said, "What's the matter with you? I now suspect that you have a problem with your birth!" Qiuying's eyes widened suddenly. "Is there a problem with my background? I have three generations of poor peasants, my grandfather was forced to hang himself by the landlord Lao Cai, and my grandmother was forced to jump into the river by the dog's legs! My parents were killed by the Kuomintang soldiers! I am a red seedling! You say this Be responsible!" Gao Dashan didn't eat anymore, he walked out with his hands behind his back, turned around and said: "I don't think you are from a working people's family! You have emotional problems!" He walked out angrily. Seeing the three children staring blankly at them, Qiuying yelled, "Eat, eat! Go to school after eating! Your father is crazy!" All three children secretly laughed. That night, Gao Dashan suddenly thought of Lin Wan, so he packed a box of dumplings for Lin Wan and asked Gao Min to deliver it.But Qiuying heard it.While lying on the bed at night, Qiuying spoke.She said: "Old Gao, I have something to say, don't be angry. I know, you have never forgotten Dr. Lin for so many years." Gao Dashan sat up suddenly, wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it. Qiuying said: "Look, you are in a hurry before I say anything." Gao Dashan said: "No hurry, no hurry, why am I in a hurry. You say it, and you continue to talk." Qiuying said: "You are a man with affection and intentions. I can see this. If I hadn't come to the army to look for you, maybe you would have become a family with her long ago." Gao Dashan said: "It's been so many years, so why bother?" Qiuying said: "I'm not worried that she can take you away from me. I have been your wife for so many years, and I don't know about it. Now, sometimes I always think, if I didn't come to you, Just looking for you, I'm gone, you should live with her. I don't know if she will give you three children, and if you are as happy as you are now. " Gao Dashan said: "The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes. According to what you say, I am old Gao." Qiuying said: "That's the way it is said, but the reasoning is not the same. Now it seems that I owe her and you too." Gao Dashan said: "You are too small-minded. Why did you give Dr. Lin a bowl of dumplings? She is alone, and I am too tired of seeing her always eating in the cafeteria." Qiuying said: "I'm not so narrow-minded, I will invite her to my house for dinner in the future." Gao Dashan looked at Qiuying in amazement, and after a while, he picked up Qiuying. "Is what you said true?" "Who dares to lie to you." Gao Dashan's secretary Hu Dawei is back.He still returned to Gao Dashan's office. He was sitting down to read the newspaper when Liu Erdan from Gao Dashan's hometown appeared at the door of the office.The accountant came with Liu Erdan.Liu Erdan said: "We came from the mountain village where Commander Gao was born. Our gang was hit by a disaster this year, and the crops were washed away by the water, and there were dozens of families whose houses were also called Chong. It’s collapsed, and there’s nothing left of clothes and quilts…” Hu Dawei seemed a little disbelieving, and said, "You said that you are a fellow of Commander Gao, do you have a letter of proof?" Liu Erdan and the accountant's eyes widened, and they said, "I mean comrades, we are really the bastards of Commander Gao's hometown, why don't you believe me!" Hu Dawei said: "Even if I believe you, you won't see Commander Gao today. He is out of the army. He won't come back today, he won't come back tomorrow, and he won't come back the day after tomorrow. Forget it, I'll call Commander Gao's family and ask Ask her if she recognizes you!" Liu Erdan said, "You mean his family, right? That's fine, that's fine." Hu Dawei told Liu Erdan and the accountant to go out first, and then called Qiuying.Qiuying was scared when she heard it. "I don't know." Qiuying said. Hu Dawei said: "Then let them go?" Qiuying said, "Okay, tell them to go!" Hu Dawei put down the phone and walked out of the reception room, telling Liu Erdan and the accountant: "The commander's family said that she doesn't know you either. You should leave quickly. Otherwise, the pickets will arrest you later!" Liu Erdan and the accountant were helpless for a while, they sniffed and had to leave disappointed.But they didn't go far. They squatted under the bicycle shed outside the camp, huddled in a corner, and waited for the appearance of tall mountains. The accountant said, "What if Commander Gao doesn't come back?" Liu Erdan said: "If you don't come back, you will have to wait! If we go back like this, how will the more than two hundred people in the village spend the winter! Wait!" On the third day, Gao Dashan came back in a GAZ car.He saw them at a glance, he was startled, and hurriedly called the car to stop. When Liu Erdan saw it, he jumped on it. Gao Dashan said anxiously: "When did you come here? Why are you squatting here? Why don't you come in?" Liu Erdan said: "We came three days ago and said you were not at home and would not let you in. I just squatted here and waited for you. It's nothing, it's nothing, it's only been three days!" Gao Dashan said: "Have you ever looked for my family? Her name is Qiuying. You have been here before, you should know her!" Liu Erdan said: "That thing was a secretary two days ago. I called your family and didn't ask me to come in. I can't blame her for this. It's all because we came too hastily and didn't get an introduction. Believe it or not!" Gao Dashan said: "You are from my Gao Dashan's hometown, do you need a letter of introduction? Go. Go home and drink." Then he brought them back home, but Erdan didn't drink. He told Gao Dashan: " Brother Dashan, we didn't come here to drink, but to beg you." As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.Erdan said: "Brother Dashan, it's terrible. This year, our hometown suffered another disaster. The villagers have nothing to eat and wear. It is winter. Although the government has given relief food, there is no cotton. How will this winter go?" !Brother Dashan, when I think of this, I can't even eat such a good meal!" "Is that why you two came to me?" The two said, "Well." Gao Dashan immediately stood up from the table, circling back and forth in the room. "How many households in our backing village do not have winter coats?" he asked. Liu Erdan said: "At least there are seventy or eighty households, right?" "I know about the winter there." Thinking of his hometown, Gao Dashan couldn't help feeling sad, "Back then, my sister Xiaoying died of freezing in the ice nest because she didn't have cotton pants. How about this, I will find a way for you Get 500 sets of old cotton-padded clothes and trousers that were replaced by the troops, and 100 old quilts. Do you think everyone can survive this winter? You can’t freeze any of them.” Liu Erdan and the accountant kowtowed to Gao Dashan on the ground. Liu Erdan said: "Brother Dashan, hundreds of people in the backing village have kowtowed to you! You can get these cotton-padded quilts and let the villagers survive this winter safely. You have accumulated great virtue. When the days are better, We will definitely erect a monument for you in our hometown, so that future generations will remember your great kindness!" 4. Tall mountain military coat Gao Dashan was also moved. With tears in his eyes, he helped them up one by one. At night, Gao Dashan suddenly thought of his Dakui, and asked Erdan: "I said Brother Erdan, how is Dakui's house?" Liu Erdan glanced at the room, saw that Qiuying was not there, and said, "Dakui's house is doing well." But he felt something was wrong. , slowly approached Gao Dashan, and whispered: "Hey, I'm not the same as everyone." "Then why didn't he come to see me?" Gao Dashan said. Liu Erdan said: "This...I don't know why he didn't come to you. Dakui is a filial child, he is afraid of dragging you down. But I don't know what he is thinking." Thinking of Dakui, Gao Dashan felt uncomfortable, so he changed the topic and said: "Brother Er Dan, if other places suffer disasters, our hometown also suffers disasters. Other places do not suffer disasters, but our hometown suffers disasters. This is all because What?" Liu Erdan suddenly sighed, and said, "Brother Dashan, why did you forget about it? Relying on the mountain and relying on the mountain, isn't it just relying on a big mountain ditch. The land is in the ditch, and every summer there is a mountain torrent." When the water comes down, the land will be flooded. Whenever the water comes down, we can get a little harvest. If the water comes down big, the harvest will be poor. For example, the mountains and rivers coming down this year are rare in decades, so how can there be a little harvest! " Gao Dashan said, "Can't we think of a way to treat it from the root cause?" Liu Erdan said: "Why didn't I think about it? I thought about it! Last year, I invited a technician from the county to design a reservoir on the top of the Dashangouzi, thinking that every year the mountains and rivers would be kept in the reservoir, and I would take it out when it was dry." It waters the ground..." Gao Dashan said: "This is a good thing, get on your horse quickly!" Liu Erdan said: "Who doesn't want to? We are not afraid of contributing, we are the ones who contribute. But there is no explosives, and Kaishanxiu Reservoir can't do without such a thing. I have no money at first, even if I have money, there is no place to buy it." go!" Gao Dashan said: "Back when the little Japanese came to China, they planted rice in our lump. Brother Erdan, I support you to build this reservoir! With the reservoir, we can also grow rice, so that the people in the mountains can grow rice. People can eat rice from the south!" Liu Erdan said: "That's a good thing! But the matter of explosives..." Gao Dashan said: "I'll help you solve the explosives problem. But I've solved it for you. You must repair the reservoir when you go back!" Liu Erdan jumped up and said, "Brother Dashan, I want to kowtow to you again! I, Liu Erdan, are here to express my opinion to you. With explosives, the people in Shantun can't afford to build a reservoir. , I won’t live the first time! What are you doing alive? Shame on you Brother Dashan! Shame on our ancestors!” The next day, Gao Dashan called Li Mantun to his office. Li Mantun said: "Commander, you called me so urgently, and you still asked me to run!" Gao Dashan went over to close the door and said, "Old Li, get me two tons of explosives!" Li Mantun said: "Dynamite? Where is it used?" Gao Dashan said: "You don't need to ask. You get it for me, and then send a car to take it to my hometown, Kaoshantun. Don't say anything!" Li Mantun said: "Oh, Commander, I don't have explosives myself. There are plenty of explosives in the combat readiness warehouse, so I can't move them!" Gao Dashan said: "Don't fool me. I don't know you yet? If a goose is plucked, a catty of chaff can squeeze out four taels of oil. Don't use the ones in the war preparation warehouse, use your own private goods!" Li Mantun said with a smile: "Commander, there is a little bit. When I was engaged in construction and road construction in the early years, I picked a little bit, but there is a little bit. What do you want to go back to your hometown?" 高大山望着窗外，心情沉重起来，说：“想让他们修个水库，年年不再遭灾也能吃到大米。你到底给不给！” 李满屯说：“司令要，我不给行吗？” 高大山说：“好，那就快点！今天夜里就装车，出发。一定注意安全！” 李满屯转身就给高大山办事去了。 回到家里，高大山又把自己的衣柜打开，望着各种年代自己穿过的军服，最后拿出了一件校官的呢大衣交给刘二蛋。吩咐他说：“二蛋兄弟，这件是我当年授衔时穿过的校官大衣，替我给大奎捎回去吧。” 刘二蛋说：“好的，好的。这么威风，大奎怕都穿不出来咧！” “穿不出来就当被子盖。”高大山说，“棉衣棉被我也没有多的送给他。” “司令看你说的。大奎也是咱屯子里有名有姓的一户人家，你帮俺们弄到的那些旧棉衣棉被，别人家能分到，大奎也能分到！” “那就好。二蛋兄弟，旧棉衣棉被和炸药我都让人装车上了，夜里你们俩就坐车走。回到家替我问乡亲们好！开春了好好修水库，争取明年不再让我听到靠山屯又遭灾的消息。过几年我还真想回去尝尝乡亲们种的大米呢！” 刘二蛋和会计叭的一声又给高大山跪了下来。 二蛋他们一走，秋英就发现高大山的那件军大衣不见了。 她说：“高大山，那件校官大衣哪去啦？”高大山说：“我送人啦！”秋英说：“你送人啦？你怎么没跟我说一声就送人啦？你送给谁啦？你怎么敢乱把家里的东西送人？”高大山说：“我自己的东西，我又不能穿了，不送人留着干啥！”秋英却不依不饶地缠住他，说：“你到底送给谁了？你今儿要不说明白，我跟你没完！你穿不着了，孩子可穿得着，那件呢大衣我还打算改改给高权穿呢，你竟一声不吭就送了人！” 这时，高权在门口插话说：“妈，我爸把它送给靠山屯来的那两个人，捎给大奎穿了！” 秋英的怒火呼地就上来了。她说：“好啊高大山，你人在这个家，心还想着那个家啊！高权不是你亲生的?你心里就只有一个大奎！俺们娘几个不能再跟你过了，反正你也没把俺看成一家子人！” 高大山不由勃然大怒，说：“我就是把它送给大奎了，你能咋地了吧你？大奎不是你生的，可他也是我的儿！你知道不知道，靠山屯今年遭了灾，这个冬天都过不去，急得刘二蛋都来找我，可大奎没来！我是他爹，家里遭了难最该来找我的是他，可他没有来！他连一句遭灾的话也没让刘二蛋捎给我！一想到这个我这个当爹的心里就不好受！这孩子从小到大我都没有养过他，这会儿遭了这么大灾，我再装着啥也不知道，还是个人吗?” 秋英顿时理屈词亏，只好说道：“那你吼啥哩？这些事你跟我说过吗？你要是说了，我就不是他的亲娘，还舍不得一件军大衣吗？说到底还是你不把这儿当成自己的家，不把我当成你老婆，你的家在靠山屯，不在这儿!”说着呜呜呜地就哭了。 老家遭了灾，靠山屯遭了灾，那一阵子，高大山的心情很不好，他看啥都不顺眼。这天，他到营地的基建工地走了一圈，看看怎么停工了。李满屯说：“原来买的一批水泥标号不够，新水泥还没运到，现在是停工待料，建筑工人都放假回家了。”高大山一下就生气了，他说：“这得损失多少？” “我有责任，第一批水泥我没把好关。”李满屯说。 “说句有责任就够了?你这后勤部长是咋当的，嗯?现在有多少受灾农民都吃不上，喝不上，还不知咋过冬呢，你你……你竟给部队造成这么大损失。”不等李满屯回过神来，他盯着李满屯的脸忽地就给了一个耳光。 然后，他转身走了。可一回到办公室，他马上让胡秘书替自己写检查。说自己是军阀作风，以后在工作中一定改正，希望同志们监督。想想还不够，第二天，又跑了一趟李满屯的办公室。 李满屯一看见高司令进来，吓了一跳，说：“高司令，有啥事打个电话我就过去了，你还亲自来了。” 高大山说：“这事打电话解决不了，我老高登门向你检查来了。”说着把检查放在李满屯的面前。“你看一下，看我检查过没过关，要是不行，我重新检查。” 李满屯顿时感动得流下了泪来，说：“司令员，你这样我如何是好，我给部队造成了损失，别说你打我一巴掌，要是在战争年代，你枪毙我都不为过。” 高大山说：“这不是和平年代了嘛，我这人是大老粗，军阀作风，以后我一定改，给你检查是第一步，我还要在党委会上检查，接受组织的处理。” 李满屯一时不知如何言语。 时间一晃，三年过去了。 高大山一直精心准备的大演习后来没有搞成，却成了守备区“单纯军事观点”的代表，开始在人生路上走背字儿。而这时候的高敏已经长大了，原先曾有几个文工团看上了她，还有个电影厂要挑她去当演员，高敏还动过心，可是她爸爸坚定不移地叫她去当了兵。高大山认为这世界上最好的职业就是当兵。在他手里安排到部队的战友子女，成排上连。他高兴这样，他觉得只有这样部队才后继有人，英雄辈出，高敏参军到了守备区医院，她人长得漂亮，热情大方，作风泼辣，很快成了众人瞩目的人物。这时，陈刚的儿子建国，也当兵到了守备区警卫连。暗暗地，秋英和桔梗，便商量起了他们俩的终身大事起来。 秋英在电话里问桔梗：“你看这事咋办呢？” 桔梗说：“还是先让他们多接触接触吧。” 秋英说：“好，那就先让他们多接触接触。” 桔梗说：“就怕你高敏瞧不上我们建国呗。” 秋英说：“你说啥呀，高敏还会瞧不上建国，我还怕俺高敏攀不上你家这个高枝儿呢！” 然而，这时候的高敏，已经暗暗的有了自己的心上人了，那就是爱上了住院的王铁山。