Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

In the eyes of parents, children are always the most important.

Zeng Youqian and his wife felt that since their son was in such danger this time and facing the spies' guns alone, it was absolutely worthy of first-class merit.

Zeng Wangcai said with a smile: "Mom and Dad, what first-class merit? Let's not think too much. Those who can get first-class merit are almost all martyrs..."

"Ah? Martyr?" Chen Yumei was confused and shocked. "Then we don't want any merits. If you want merits, you will have to risk your life next time."

Although she didn't understand, Chen Yumei could be said to see it clearly. In her eyes, no matter how great the achievements or how many rewards she received, they were not as important as a strand of her son's hair.

"Don't talk nonsense." Zeng Youqian was much calmer than his wife. "As human beings, we can't just think about ourselves. Besides, Wangcai is in the army and has no choice in many situations."

The second half of the sentence is the key point that Zeng Youqian said.

Zeng Wangcai knows better than anyone that people in the world have no choice but to act accordingly. What he is doing now is to try his best to get out of this situation.

"Dad is right. We are soldiers now and we have to obey orders." Zeng Wangcai said with a smile, "Besides, Xiaobao and I have paid so much this time, we deserve credit and rewards. Why shouldn't we accept them?"

This statement was supported by my family. They thought that since they had made efforts, why shouldn’t they ask for anything in return?

The topic returned to the topic of merit. Zeng Youqian couldn't say for sure what kind of merit he would get this time, so he asked Zeng Wangcai to talk about it.

Zeng Wangcai has already made plans for what to do next. In order to prevent his parents from having any worries, he decided to hold a family meeting today and gather all the family members, including Xiaobao.

"Mom and Dad, if nothing unexpected happens this time, Xiaobao and I will both have some credit. I don't know what the credit is, but we won't trade it for anything.

"Xiuzhi has her own ideas about the house, and she will consider it. I won't interfere, and you two elders should not interfere. To put it simply, Xiaobao and I will focus on the army, and the house will be left to Xiuzhi in the future..."

Simply put, the family was handed over to Zhang Xiuzhi, but he had other plans on his own.

"Auntie, don't worry about the house." Zhang Xiuzhi agreed calmly, "I'll talk to the director in charge of the factory about this."

Last time she went there, the director of the factory office spoke in an official tone, but this time she was confident that she could take him down.

In terms of merit, Zeng Wangcai thought that he, Xiaobao, and the other ten soldiers all had merits, but it was hard to say what level they would be.

He would not make any requests to the military region based on these, because Old Man Liu asked Zheng Yishan and Fatty Zheng to come to him and ask him to go to the compound today to discuss future work issues.

Based on this, he judged that the old men were going to cause trouble again.

"Okay, you two are grown up and capable now, your mother and I won't care anymore." Zeng Youqian said happily, "We only have one request, that is, you two must get married this year, the rest is up to you."

When the topic of marriage came up, Zhang Xiuzhi couldn't hold it anymore and stood up and walked out to avoid embarrassment.

Lai Fu said to Xiao Qiang naively: "Brother, it would be great if our parents didn't care about us. We could sleep as long as we want and eat whatever we want..."

"What the hell do you want?" Zeng Wangcai scolded in a bad mood, "I don't care about the two of you. I warn you two, if you get less than 80 points in the final exam this semester, don't even think about eating the popsicles I give you in the summer."

"Ah? Brother, I can only get 60 points." Xiaoqiang's face fell.

Lai Fu wasn't much better, his face was full of pain and confusion.

For them, the popsicles they ate last summer were the most delicious thing in the world. If they couldn't eat them this year, it would be a huge loss.

"Brother, let's discuss it. Is 70 points okay?"

"No room for negotiation, 80. No popsicles for less than 80. If you ask for more, the toffee will be cancelled as well."

Lai Fu stood up with a start and pulled his second brother: "Brother, let's go read a book. We haven't been to school for a few days..."

The two brothers obediently left the main house and went to study. The destructive power of toffee and popsicles was too great.

In the afternoon, the family finished cleaning the house together. It was not yet time for dinner, so Sha Zhu came over and invited Zeng Wangcai to have a drink. Not long after Sha Zhu left, the second wave of guests came to Zeng's house.

Liu Haizhong came over with two bottles of wine in his hands.

He came here to admit his mistake, but honestly speaking, Liu Haizhong's personality is not suitable for doing this. Whenever he lowers his head, he always gives people a very rude feeling.

Standing at the door of Zeng's house at this moment, Liu Haizhong's expression was stiff and embarrassed. Thinking about how he had quarreled with Zeng's family in the past, it was really embarrassing for him to bow his head now.

But he had to bow his head. Jia Dongxu was a living person, but he didn't even have a complete body, and there was no way to bury him.

"Is Lao Zeng at home? Lao Zeng, it's me, Liu Haizhong..." Liu Haizhong practiced a fake smile that was uglier than crying and knocked on Zeng's door.

After entering the house, Liu Haizhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Wangcai is here too. I came here specifically to apologize. Before..."

Just as he got here, unfortunately, Zheng Yishan came and asked Zeng Wangcai to go to the compound.

"Well, Dad, you guys chat. I won't be home for dinner tonight, and I won't go to Shazhu's place either." Zeng Wangcai waved his hand, "I'm going back to the army soon. I have some things to do. That's it. I'm leaving!"

"This kid, knowing that he has to go back to the army, doesn't eat at home, but insists on eating at the leader's house..." Chen Yumei passed by Liu Haizhong like a gust of wind, but what she said made Liu Haizhong extremely envious.

Chief, I don’t even have the chance to visit them, and their family doesn’t want to go.

This is the most deadly kind of invisible pretense. Chen Yumei was actually just complaining and just wanted to spend more time with her son. She had no other intentions. But in Liu Haizhong's opinion, the people the Zeng family has made friends with now are no longer people that ordinary people can afford to marry.

Zheng Yishan came by car because the old men had no other close relatives around them and could only give orders to him. He also had something to discuss with Zeng Wangcai about his younger brother Zheng Yilin.

On the road, Old Man Liu's GAZ-69 was running smoothly, with Zeng Wangcai and Zheng Yishan sitting in the back seat.

"Wangcai, my brother is causing you trouble in the army." Zheng Yishan spoke first.

"It's a bit troublesome indeed!" Zeng Wangcai said bluntly, "My dear brother, you have too high a temper and are a little unrealistic. Brother Zheng, you'd better talk to him. He might not be able to accept the work I do next."

Zheng Yilin is a second-generation man, born in a wealthy compound, so it is inevitable that he is arrogant.

Zeng Wangcai and others performed outstandingly in the recruit company, and Old Man Yang wanted to train him, so he made him a platoon leader, and Zheng Yilin benefited from it.

After developing the base, Zheng Yilin was eager to make achievements and fell behind in training. In the end, he ranked 13th in the competition and didn't get a chance to come back.

After that, Zeng Wangcai never talked to Zheng Yilin again, but the fact that everyone who came to Sijiu City this time had made contributions would definitely stimulate him.

Zeng Wangcai no longer wanted to do ideological work on Zheng Yilin, so he asked Zheng Yishan to persuade him.

"Okay, I'll write him a letter." Zheng Yishan changed the subject, "He didn't catch up with you in this great achievement, so he must have some thoughts. You just said that he couldn't accept what you did later. What are you going to do?"

"Brother Zheng, I'll keep this a secret for now. Can you tell me first, what level of merit will we get this time?"

"Second-class individual merit..."