At the wine table, Zhou Jinbao, who was already a colonel, kept toasting Zhou Wen enthusiastically. He knew how rare the opportunity was to be recommended by the Southern Front Command to enter the senior command class of the Central Army Officers School for one year. As long as you graduate, you will be the leader of the main force of your direct line, and you will even be given the title of deputy brigade commander. If it weren't for Zhou Wen's relationship, how could such a good thing come to a shady officer like him who surrendered.
Zhou Wen was also happy for Zhou Jinbao. In addition, he was about to return to Shanxi and he didn't know when he would be able to meet again in the future, so he let himself go and have a drink with Zhou Jinbao. Gao Xiaoshan, Miao Hua, Xu Dacheng, Zhang Xiaoping, Zhou Yongbin, Hongxiu and Zhou Jinbao were all acquaintances, and everyone stayed away, so the atmosphere at the wine table quickly became lively.
Only Zeng Erniu, who followed Zhou Jinbao, seemed to have something on his mind and looked a little reserved. Zhou Wen only thought that it was his first time to have a drink with several of him, and he was a little nervous, so he enthusiastically persuaded him to have a few drinks.
Zhou Jinbao saw this and sighed in his heart and said, "Brother, I have something else I want to entrust you with, Brother Erniu."
Xu Dacheng smiled and joked: "Second Brother Zeng is already a captain. It won't be difficult to be promoted to a major after a year or two of activity, but you can't wait any longer?" Everyone around him laughed.
Zeng Erniu's face turned red, and he said coquettishly: "I either want to be promoted, or I don't want to be in the army anymore."
Zhou Wen was surprised now. Asked: "Oh? Why?"
Zeng Erniu took a sip of wine, collected his thoughts, and said: "I have been in the army for almost ten years. I have been fighting many times over the years. I find it boring. I don't know why we are fighting? Who are we fighting for? Plus, I feel a little tired of those twists and turns in the army. In the past, there was a chief Jinbao who helped make decisions, but now he is leaving, and I don’t want to live like this in a muddle anymore. I heard that the National Army will soon We were going to suppress some red bandits, and those who were being beaten were all Chinese. I didn’t know when I would be the leader, so I decided not to be a soldier.”
Zhou Wen looked a little differently at Zeng Erniu. Most people in this era are rushing to get promoted and get rich. There are really not many people who have their own ideas and consciousness, especially low-level officers like Zeng Erniu who are not highly educated. .
Zhou Wen said: "It is not difficult to help you retire from the army, but Brother Zeng needs to think clearly about what he wants to do in the future. You are already a captain, so it may not be easy to do other jobs."
Zeng Erniu said a little embarrassedly: "I--I want to follow you, okay?" Everyone, including Zhou Wen, was stunned.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zeng, why do you want to follow me? I'm about to retire and go home. What future do you have if you follow me?"
Zeng Erniu said sincerely: "Mr. Xiao Zhou, I watched you grow from a student who was kidnapped to join the army in just over a year to today where even several powerful officers of the National Army want to give you face." Status and strength. I have never seen anyone as capable as you, and I am convinced from the bottom of my heart. Besides, you are a person who values friendship. I feel that I can achieve great results by following you, even if it means going to your house to be a servant. It’s more practical than it is now.”
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Wen eagerly. No one else said anything, knowing that only Zhou Wen could make the decision on this matter, so the wine table immediately became quiet, and even Hong Xiu obediently lowered his head and ate the food without making a sound.
Zhou Wen thought about it carefully and realized that he knew Zeng Erniu relatively well. He is also somewhat capable, and his performance in several cooperations has been quite satisfactory, and his work is relatively reliable. After working in the army for nearly ten years, he has a relatively clear understanding of the ways of society, so he will be able to put it to use when he comes here. Some of the work of dealing with society can be left to him.
Having made up his mind, he asked: "Who else is in your family? Where are they?"
Zeng Erniu was the best at eye-catching and knew that there was something right about this. He replied excitedly: "I am from Dangshan, Anhui. When I was thirteen years old, there was a flood in the Yellow River. I was the only one who ran away from the whole village. Later, I started begging for food all the way." Arrived in Henan. I carried bags and worked as a blacksmith's apprentice. Then I couldn't stand the harsh treatment of my master, so I joined the army."
Zhou Wen knew that Zeng Erniu was not lying, so he nodded and agreed: "That's it. There aren't many rules here, but it's easy to get in and hard to get out. Brother Zeng must know this. You have to think clearly."
Zeng Erniu nodded excitedly and replied: "I know, I have thought it through, and I will follow you."
Zhou Jinbao also breathed a sigh of relief, stood up quickly and said, "I'm relieved that Er Niu will find a good home. Good things happened a lot today. Come on, let me toast you all." The wine table became lively again.
After Zhou Wen finished drinking, he saw off Zhou Jinbao and the others and returned to the station. Zhou Wen was overjoyed to see someone. The cheap junior brother Feng Tianpei is back, and he has brought a charming new wife with him. It's just that the new wife is a little embarrassed and hides in the room.
Zhou Wen was so happy that he quickly arranged for a room for the couple, and asked Uncle Wu to arrange the kitchen and cook a table of food and wine. The group of people, Feng Tianpei and the two brothers Sanwa and Liu Zhong who were escorting this time were very happy again. Drink again.
At the wine table, fat junior brother Feng Tianpei recounted his experience after returning to his hometown in Xuzhou. It had been nearly six years since he ran away from home to avoid being recruited by Marshal Wu, but Marshal Wu had not made things difficult for his family. It's just that the marriage arranged by his family when he was a child with another famous doctor in Xuzhou, the Li family, can no longer be postponed. The daughter of the Li family is almost 20 years old. At that time, a 20-year-old girl could already be called an old girl before she got married.
The daughter of the Li family is called Li Qiaoer. She has not liked female celebrities, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, but she loves medicine. She was especially favored by her parents at home, so she naturally learned from her father. Unexpectedly, she was also a medical prodigy. Within a few years, she had mastered the ancestral medical skills of the old Li family, and she also had a place in the Li family medical clinic.
As Li Qiaoer's reputation for medical skills gradually increased, he naturally began to have secret concerns about his future husband, Feng Tianpei, the brother of the Feng family who was known as a minor miracle doctor in Xuzhou. After several contacts and exchanges, he discovered that Feng Tianpei's medical achievements were beyond his own, so he turned his desire to win into a trace of emotion and firmly attached himself to Feng's brother.
Later, after Feng Tianpei left, he thought about and worried about Feng Tianpei day and night. The elders of the Li family saw that their daughter was getting older and older, but there was no news about Feng Tianpei. They had no choice but to shamelessly ask the Feng family, who had been friends with them for many years, to break off the engagement. The Feng family felt guilty, so naturally it was difficult to refuse. So the two parties asked for justice and prepared to return the marriage certificate to each other.
But at the scene of the breakup, Li Qiaoer jumped out and firmly refused to break off the engagement. She also claimed that she was born as a member of the Feng family and died as a ghost of the Feng family. He even threatened that if the two parties broke off the engagement, he would move into Feng's house that day. In the end, the matter of breaking off the engagement had to be settled.
