Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

That afternoon, Sha Zhu picked up Yu Li from get off work. Yu Li hadn't come out yet, so Sha Zhu was about to talk to Grandpa Guan, but he saw the old man reading a newspaper in the house.

"Uncle, what kind of exercise are you doing?"

"Get out of the way." This was the first time Uncle Guan spoke to Sha Zhu like this.

"What's wrong? Who are you angry with? You are too old. It's not worth it."

"What do you mean you don't know? You know shit!" Uncle Guan slammed the newspaper on the table. "If I were ten years younger, I would immediately write a petition and go to the front line."

"What front line? Where are we going to fight? With whom, the ugly Chinese?" Sha Zhu asked Uncle Guan three times in a row.

"With Ah San, the ugly Chinese have been beaten and scared, and they dare not come. I don't know where Ah San got the confidence from, and he wants to have a showdown with us." Uncle Guan clenched his fists, "Look, he has been bullied to the point of killing and injuring our border guards. Damn it!"

Sha Zhu picked up the newspaper and read it. He didn't read newspapers before. He started to read books and study after being taught by Grandpa Ren. This was not the newspaper of the day, but the vertical strip on the left side of the newspaper said "my country lodged the most serious and strongest protest to India" with the subtitle "Invading Indian troops launched a crazy attack, killing and injuring our border guards." It turned out that from 9:20 on September 21 to : on September , our border guards guarding the eastern section of the Sino-Indian border, west of Zerao Bridge in the Chedong area of ​​Tibet, were attacked continuously by the Indian army. One of our officers was shot and killed, and one of our soldiers was seriously injured. "This is too much, why don't you beat him up, this bunch of black guys, the dog of the big fly, the dog owner and the big fly have been beaten away, and he still dares to be arrogant."

"Look at the bottom left corner of the newspaper!"

It said "This is intolerable, what is unacceptable!" Sha Zhu was also getting angrier and angrier as he read the content. "This bunch of greedy bastards, they come to blackmail us with their fabricated stories, and they are also biting at our territory. If we ignore them, they still think they are so awesome. This time they kill one of us and injure another. We must not let them off easily. Why am I a cook? I should have joined the army and beat those stinky bastards until they cry for their parents."

Uncle Guan looked at the blue veins on Sha Zhu's forehead and felt deeply gratified. The future of New China was promising. Young people were so passionate and willing to shed blood and contribute their efforts to the country, so people outside would not dare to take it lightly.

Uncle Guan patted Sha Zhu's shoulder and said, "Okay, silly boy, it's too late for you. It would be okay if you had a son."

"Hey, Uncle Guan, you're right. My wife is pregnant. If it's a son, I will teach him to cook first so he won't go hungry. When he grows up, I will send him to the army to serve the country." Sha Zhu looked so proud as if he had already seen his son wearing a military uniform.

"You gasp when I say you're fat. Give birth to a son first. What if it's a daughter?"

"Then marry a soldier." Sha Zhu started to speak incoherently, and it sounded like he was speaking in anger.

"Okay, I'll be her matchmaker then."

Yu Li came out just in time and said, "Who are you going to matchmake for? Yu Shui? Yu Shui is still in school, there's no rush." ​​Yu Li interrupted.

Sha Zhu explained: "If the baby you are carrying is a girl, Uncle Guan said he would find her a husband. If it is a boy, he would be sent to the army."

"Oh, thank you, Master Guan. I will definitely find a good family for my daughter. But why are you talking about this?"

"Here." Uncle Guan handed the newspaper to Yu Li. Yu Li looked at the date and said, "This is an old newspaper. The latest news is that our border defense troops have entered Tawang. We have already started to deal with them. The final victory will definitely belong to our great motherland."

"Okay, okay, I was just angry and didn't pay attention to the date. Although we shouldn't be happy about injured or sacrificed comrades, I still can't help but feel happy that we dealt with those GZS. Zhuzi, if you have time tomorrow afternoon, cook me two dishes and we can have a few drinks."

This was the first time that Uncle Guan asked Sha Zhu to drink with him, so he had to accept it. "No problem. I'll make you two bottles of Daqu tomorrow in the cafeteria, and we'll have a good drink tonight."

In the cafeteria, Sha Zhu told several of his men about the Indian invasion of the border. Some were indignant, some were indifferent, and some were worried. Only seven or eight people did not react in the same way. Sha Zhu was a little disappointed.

It just so happened that Zheng Xi came. He had mentioned Sha Zhu to the head of the Propaganda Section before and asked if he could introduce them to each other. Today he came to see Sha Zhu just for this matter.

Zheng Xi saw Sha Zhu sitting there blankly, so he went over and waved his hand in front of his eyes, "What are you thinking about so intently?"

"Look at the newspaper. We've had a fight with Ah San."

"What are you afraid of? They can't beat us. Just wait and see, in less than three months, they will be on their knees." Zheng Xi had been a soldier and knew more than Sha Zhu.

"Who is afraid? I am wondering why foreigners always want to bully us. The ugly country wants to bully us because they have powerful weapons. Why do the Indians do that? Didn't they just establish their country not long ago? Aren't they also quite poor?"

"Who knows? Maybe we are too honest and always suffer in silence?" Zheng Xi shook his head. "Don't think about it. You can't understand what a fool is thinking. By the way, are you free tonight? If you are free, I will take you to meet some people in the factory who have good relationships with you. It won't hurt to meet more people."

"Not today. I promised Yu Li that I would go to the office of the old man outside and drink with him."

"Gatekeeper, Uncle Guan, please take me with you. None of these old guys are cowards. They were all ruthless people back then. Just like our security guard, Old Hong, he survived nine deaths on the battlefield. We in the security department usually respect him to death. But he is really low-key and never tells anyone about what happened in the past. I guessed his situation from his appearance." Zheng Xi became interested.

"I really can't take you with me tonight. This is the first time I've accompanied him for a drink, and he finally asked me to. If I take you with me and he gets upset, I don't know when the next time will be. This time I'll accompany him by myself, and when we're more familiar with each other, I'll see if I can take you with me. You know more about the army, and you'll have more topics to talk to him about."

"Okay, then I'll wait." Zheng Xi walked away happily with hope.

In the afternoon, Sha Zhu started to prepare dishes for Grandpa Guan. After selecting the ingredients, he wrote a list and gave it to Ma Hua with 50 cents, asking Ma Hua to go to the Finance Department to pay for the ingredients. This would save him from being accused of stealing state property because of such a small amount of money. It was not worth it. The main thing was to set an example for other colleagues.

The people in the finance office saw the note handed over by Ma Hua and thought it was for collecting something, but they didn't expect it to be for paying money, and it was the canteen monitor who paid the money. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss about such a small amount of money? It seems that it is necessary. Forget it, if they want to pay, they have to do the right thing, and we can't stop them, right?

Collecting money, stamping, and issuing receipts were all done in one go. Ma Hua handed the things over, and he actually didn't understand. However, a few years later, he was full of admiration for Sha Zhu's foresight in doing this.