In the living room of the Su family, Uncle Su sighed: "After living a lifetime, at my age, all that is left is some thoughts."
"Yes, my dad always says that." Gui Mengjun nodded in agreement.
Uncle Su turned his head and glanced at Gui Mengjun: "How are they doing?"
"Well... basic living is guaranteed." Gui Mengjun is a man with high emotional intelligence. He didn't want to lie in front of the old man, so he chose a more subtle way to answer.
"Alas, from the perspective of the other side, we are all failed rebels, especially the officers. If we don't fight anymore, we won't have a good life." Uncle Su said with some emotion: "It's been 20 to 30 years. Politicians have been successful and generals have been glorious. Who can remember the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died and were injured in the battlefields of the north and south?"
Gui Mengjun: “But that was an era.”
"Yes, the times." Second Uncle agreed and replied, "We are people of that era. No one can change anything."
"Uncle, I have contacted the company in District 9. If conditions permit, I will arrange some work for your comrades." Gui Mengjun said softly, "A stable life and a peaceful and peaceful old age will be enough."
The second uncle was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand immediately: "No, no, I don't owe you such a big favor. When you leave, just let Tianyu make arrangements. I'm not a wealthy family, but I can still help my old comrades."
"Uncle, you are too polite, haha." Gui Mengjun replied softly: "We are a commercial organization, not a charity. Didn't I just say that if conditions permit, I will arrange some jobs for them, such as factory guards and warehouse managers. These jobs are all things they can do, so I am not giving them money for nothing. Even if I don't find them, I will have to hire others. What's more, you are so far away, it is impossible for you to help them all the time, right?"
"I mean ..."
"Uncle, there are only a few elderly people left. This is not a burden. If we want to help, we should help in the right way. What do you think?" Gui Mengjun asked with a smile.
Uncle Su nodded slowly: "You are thoughtful."
While they were talking, the second aunt and the third sister came over with tea: "Have some tea."
"I won't drink anymore. These two letters make me depressed." Uncle Su waved his hand: "Miao Miao, go to the kitchen and see if there is anything to eat."
The third sister was stunned for a moment: "What time is it? You still want to raise a glass to Mingyue?"
"You are the only one who can speak eloquently. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up." After scolding, Second Uncle Su turned his head and looked at Gui Mengjun: "You are a busy man. There is nothing to treat you when you come to our house. Are you in a hurry? If not, just have a drink."
"Great!" Gui Mengjun said happily, "To be honest, I didn't eat well in the hotel just now. Those people were too pretentious."
"Two bites!" Second uncle was still acting like an elder, with almost no smile on his face.
Next to him, Su Tianyu was smoking a cigarette and asked his second brother, "What do you think of Mr. Gui's move?"
Su Tianbei pondered for a while and replied with two words: "Silky."
“How silky?”
“… As smooth as oil!”
"Accurate." Su Tianyu agreed.
An hour later.
Uncle Su sat at the dining table, tears welling up in his eyes as he grabbed Gui Mengjun's arm. He said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Gui, you don't know. In the last battle of the evacuation, our regiment received a death order to cover the families on board the ship... All the soldiers and junior officers even wrote suicide notes. After so many years of fighting, I was really scared that time, because Nanhu had been surrounded by Qin Laohei's troops. At that time, Li Zhan, Qi Lin, Chen Jun, and the main force of the Gu faction in District 8 were almost all in the south... So to be honest, that order was really a suicide order."
"I've heard about that battle. I think the decision of the Zhou clique's top brass was wrong." Gui Mengjun frowned and said, "The military families boarded the ship first, and the soldiers boarded later. You said that if the family members left, how could the soldiers feel at ease?"
"That's exactly what I'm talking about! Li Bokang wasn't there at the time, and the Zhou family generals were in charge. Those bastards were more incompetent than each other." Second Uncle shouted excitedly, "Originally, we really wanted to have a decisive battle with the enemy. Soldiers, regardless of their positions, must unconditionally follow orders. But later I found out that the officers above the regiment level had fucking fled in a helicopter before the battle started, leaving us peasants to fight for our lives?! Plus, your aunt was pregnant with our second child at the time, and she was so pregnant... I couldn't help but worry about her."
"Haha, you're not going to run away, are you?"
"It's impossible to escape. After all, our wives and children are in their hands. If we leave the war zone without permission, as long as someone reports it, we will definitely be court-martialed when we return." Uncle Su said this, very proudly: "So I thought of a trick. I specifically asked the brothers in my battalion to garrison around the headquarters in the back. When the cannon sounds, there are no desperate people in front to resist, and the officers who stay behind will also be scared! Then I gave him an idea. I said that if we continue to fight, we will die in vain. It is better to strategically ensure our strength and retreat to the coast of the harbor. The chief of staff of the regiment who was temporarily promoted slapped his thigh when he heard what I said, and took us to the air-raid shelter along the harbor."
"Why go to Yangang?" Su Tianbei asked.
"Stupid, there are warships on the coastline. Infantry generally won't rush here." Su Tianyu interjected from a professional's perspective.
"That's right!" Uncle Su said happily, "We stayed there for two days, and the chief of staff finally hijacked a full ship and took us away."
"Uncle, your era was so wonderful!" Gui Mengjun sighed sincerely.
"Haha, it's quite exciting if no one dies." Second Uncle Su took the initiative to greet him, "Come on, have a drink!"
That night, Uncle Su, Gui Mengjun and others drank until after three in the morning, and each of them drank at least eight taels of white wine before they finished.
This night was the most emotional night for Uncle Su in recent years, and also the happiest night.
Su Tianbei secretly commented that Gui Mengjun was a master of flattery, but Su Tianyu did not think so. He felt that Gui Mengjun was actually a good listener.
Before this, although the younger generations of the Su family would come back for dinner every Friday night, none of them could make the old man so happy.
Mr. Gui has lived more than ten years longer than everyone else, and it was not lived in vain!
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Before leaving, the third sister looked at Gui Mengjun blankly and said, "Thank you!"
"Silly!" Gui Mengjun took out a gift box from his arms, handed it to the third sister and said, "Take it. I'll marry you when I get the chance!"
Domineering and straightforward!