The middle-aged man turned around and was suddenly shocked to find that Chen Erhu was no longer in the ancestral hall at some point.
The chair placed in the middle was also empty at the moment.
"Where are the people? Where have they gone?" He glanced around and shouted anxiously.
The next second, he was stunned again.
The two young men standing by the wall of the ancestral hall collapsed on the ground, as if they had been knocked unconscious.
"What's going on?" The middle-aged man rushed over and helped the person up: "What on earth is going on? Hurry, get Erhu back!"
A group of people poured out of the ancestral hall and rushed outside after him.
At this time, Chen Erhu climbed out from the wall behind the ancestral hall.
He looked back and clapped his hands with a smile: "No one can force me to do anything I don't want to do!"
Then, with his hands behind his back, he walked proudly towards the village.
Pass through the grove behind the ancestral hall, turn around a road, and the village is in front.
But before he took two steps, Chen Erhu was suddenly stunned.
At the intersection ahead, Lin Hui and Wang Yong were staring at him with smiles.
"Brother Hui, Brother Yong!" Chen Erhu was overjoyed and rushed over excitedly, hugging the two of them and laughing happily: "Why did you come all of a sudden without saying hello?"
Lin Hui glared at him: "Why, didn't you invite us here, and now you dislike us?"
Chen Erhu waved his hands quickly: "No, no, that's not what I meant. Just say hello and I can prepare some stupid chickens and ducks for you to eat in advance."
Lin Hui smiled and said: "No need to work too hard, we just want to come and see you, no need to go to such trouble."
Wang Yong snorted angrily: "We will come at any time, do we still need to inform you? You are already a local emperor here, and you just chose a concubine?"
"Then if you just say a word, there will be many people working for you?"
"The one who stood at the door just now to choose your concubine is your chief chamberlain, right?"
Chen Erhu was confused: "What does it mean to be a general manager?"
"That's the boss."
Erhu immediately became anxious and punched him: "That's my dad!"
Wang Yong was punched in the center, grinning in pain and unable to fight back.
Who told him to say the wrong thing? Who knows it was his father?
Lin Hui quickly stopped the two of them: "Okay, okay, we are all our own people."
Then, he looked at Chen Erhu and asked, "What's going on? Is your family a local emperor?"
Chen Erhu touched his head and chuckled: "It's not like the Tu Emperor, but my great-grandfather has been the village chief here since his generation. Basically everyone in this area has the surname Chen. Although there are many outsiders, there are still many surnamed Chen."
"My family has a tradition that we must lead the whole clan to get rich and live a good life. Now it has become a tradition to lead the whole village to get rich."
"For this, my family has devoted a lot of effort, so it has always been recognized by the whole clan and the whole village, so my family has always been the village chief."
Lin Hui nodded: "That's it."
Wang Yong rolled his eyes: "Bringing the whole village to wealth? I heard that your father lost a lot of money when he went out to do business. He is quite good at getting rich, right?"
"That was an accident!" Chen Erhu glared at him.
Lin Hui quickly waved his hand: "Okay, what happened to the concubine selection just now?"
The two of them stared at him eagerly, which made Chen Erhu feel a little embarrassed: "That's it, they..."
"Here it is, here it is!"
"I saw him, come quickly, don't let him run away!"
Suddenly, someone shouted in the distance, and the three of them turned their heads.
I saw a few big men jumping up and down excitedly watching them, just like hunters when they see their prey.
"Oops, they're coming!" Chen Erhu was anxious, grabbing the two of them and trying to run away: "Hurry up, don't get caught by them."
But Lin Hui remained motionless and smiled at him: "This is your home, what are you afraid of?"
Wang Yong said angrily: "Yes, you are the young master here. No, prince, what are you afraid of in your own territory?"
Chen Erhu was extremely anxious: "Let's leave first, and I will explain to you somewhere else!"
But it was too late, the village was not big to begin with.
The big man just shouted a few times, and people from all directions quickly gathered around him, instantly surrounding the three of them.
The middle-aged man walked out of the crowd angrily and pointed at Chen Erhu: "You bastard, why are you running away? You even knocked out Gou Wa and Sheng Zi. What are you going to do?"
Chen Erhu grimaced and looked at him awkwardly, then at Lin Hui and Wang Yong.
The middle-aged man suddenly saw Lin Hui, glanced at the stars on his shoulders, and immediately smiled on his face: "Is this the chief?"
He hurried over to shake hands: "Hello, hello, my name is Chen Tiejun, I am the village chief here, and I am also the father of Erhuzi. We are all our own people, hahaha!"
Lin Hui also introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, uncle, my name is Lin Hui, and I am the leader of his regiment. I happened to come over for a visit during my vacation. I didn't expect to meet..."
Chen Tiejun interrupted him excitedly: "Did you hear that this is the leader of our second tiger son? Did you see the stars on his shoulders? This is a great leader!"
"The fact that a big leader can come to visit in person shows that our official Chen Erhu has done a great job. Now everyone has no doubts, right?"
The people around him nodded immediately and started talking about it.
Lin Hui was speechless. How could he use this to advertise himself?
Chen Tiejun turned his head and said with a smile: "Big leader, it's a good time for you to come and help me persuade this kid. This kid is as stubborn as a donkey and disobedient."
Looking at Erhu, who looked aggrieved, and then at his father, Lin Hui asked curiously: "What is going on?"
Chen Tiejun sighed: "This kid is ignorant. He finally worked hard to become an officer in the army. When he comes home, he will be given top priority in the ancestral hall, together with his ancestors."
"Moreover, we were planning to choose a wife for him, but this guy not only didn't appreciate it, but actually ran away. Tell me, is this ridiculous?"
Lin Hui smiled awkwardly and looked at Erhu.
Chen Erhu clenched his fists with anger on his face, but he was still speechless looking at his father.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Tiejun glared at him: "This is the best arrangement for you. No one else will have this chance even if they think of it. Listen to dad and let's go!"
He went up and grabbed Chen Erhu's arm and pulled him only two steps, when suddenly he couldn't pull him anymore.
He pulled hard: "What are you doing, let's go?"
Chen Erhu suddenly shook off his hand: "I won't go, I don't want to choose a wife!"
Lin Hui and Wang Yong were both stunned.
They are already a little confused, what is going on?
Chen Tiejun's eyes were as wide as a bell: "How dare you disobey dad?"
Lin Hui looked at Erhu and found that there was obviously strong fear on his face, but he only struggled for a few seconds.
As if he had strengthened his confidence, he stared at his father.
"Dad, I have listened to you since I was a child. I will do whatever you ask me to do. I have never disobeyed you."
"If you asked me not to go to school, I would not go to school. If you asked me to be a soldier, I would be a soldier. I have never violated your wishes, but today, I have to be myself!"
Chen Tiejun was stunned, and the surrounding villagers were also stunned, looking at him stupidly.
Lin Hui also looked at him.
At this moment, he discovered that Erhu was exuding an aura from the inside out.
The cowardly expression on his face faded away like a tide, replaced by firmness and perseverance.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lin Hui's mouth.
The Chen Erhu just now was exactly the same as the one he saw when he first joined the army.
At that time, he was timid, cowardly, afraid of everything, and dependent on everything. It felt like he almost didn't recognize him.
But at this moment, Chen Erhu seemed to have returned to the Chen Erhu he knew now.
In the hail of bullets, he could risk his life, pick up his comrades and run wildly.
In the face of enemy fire, he could raise his gun and charge without hesitation.
This was the Chen Erhu he knew, the real man.
Chen Tiejun looked him up and down in disbelief: "You, tell me again, what are you going to do?"
Chen Erhu took a deep breath and stared at him closely: "Dad, I know you want me to marry a wife, and then transfer from the army to a local government, be a township head, and be an official in the county. I am from our village. The most awesome person."
"I know that's what you think, you want to use women to trap me!"
Chen Tiejun's face was not red, and his heart was not beating. He said plausibly: "What happened? The army is hard and tiring. Can you bear the hardship? Since you were a child, have you ever been asked to do any work at home?"
"Why do you continue to stay in the army? You will suffer and suffer every day. Also, don't talk to me about protecting your home and country."
"Without you, the earth won't spin, and others won't protect their homes and countries?"
"You are missing from the army. It's time for you to come back and do your own thing."
The village party secretary next to him nodded: "Yes, Erhuzi, your father has traveled a lot and found many connections to arrange it for you. As long as you change your job and come back, you can become the deputy mayor of the township, or even the mayor." .”
"That's a senior officer. It's much easier than in the army and it's not tiring."
"Stop talking!" Chen Erhu yelled.
The sound was so loud that everyone fell silent and stared at him blankly.
Lin Hui and Wang Yong looked at each other.
At this moment, Lin Hui completely understood what happened.
It turns out that the whole village wanted him to change his job and come back.
The two looked at Chen Erhu with expectations in their eyes.
Erhu stared at his father seriously: "Dad, I know you are doing it for my own good. You are right. I have been spoiled and raised by you since I was a child."
"When I was in the army, I couldn't even wash a pair of socks. I washed a lot of holes in the squad leader's underwear, which made him beat me for a long time, but that's in the past."
"Over the years, I have worked hard, shed countless sweats, and shed countless blood to become who I am now."
"I am no longer the person I used to be. Now I can not only wash my underwear, but also my socks. I can run five kilometers as fast as an athlete. My gun can also be shot very accurately."
With red eyes, he said loudly: "Did you see the military medal I brought back? Did you see the plaque sent by the Civil Affairs Bureau? These are all earned by your son's hard work over the years!"
"I have grown up and have my own ideas and the path I want to take, so please stop forcing me!"
Chen Tiejun looked at him blankly, as if he didn't recognize his son at this moment.
Standing in front of him, he looked extremely strange.
Everyone around them also felt a sense of strangeness. Is this still the same Chen Erhu who had a thick nose and couldn't do anything?
Chen Erhu shouted at the top of his lungs: "You are right, the world will not stop changing without me. If I don't change my job, someone will naturally become the deputy township head. It's not a big deal if I am missing, but my comrades cannot be missing." I!"
"I haven't had many friends since I was a child, so you just raised me like a trash. But they treat me as a friend, not trash, they treat me like a human being!"
"I just want to be with them, I just want to be a soldier!"
He fell to his knees with a plop and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Stop choosing a path for me, okay?"
Chen Tiejun looked at him blankly, as if his whole body was swaying in the wind, and he was too stunned to say a word...
