Hearing the sound of footsteps, the middle-aged man immediately raised his head and opened his eyes.
I saw a rickshaw stopped at the door, and a young man got out of the car.
The middle-aged man stood up quickly, rubbed his eyes, hurriedly took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on. He stared at the young man coming out of the car for three or four seconds. He didn't care to talk to the young man, but turned around and opened the door. He ran to the waiting center in the courtyard and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Master, madam, the young master is back."
As soon as he finished speaking, several rooms in the courtyard immediately turned on the lights, followed immediately by the sound of doors being pushed open, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of surprise. In a moment, the whole courtyard was filled.
After the middle-aged man shouted in the yard, he turned around and ran towards the door. His chubby figure was panting heavily after running a few steps. He touched his chest with his right hand and a relieved smile appeared on his face: "Master, you are finally back. Now, these days, we have been worried so much!"
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard.
"Yes, Zhihan, are you back?"
A voice, a little trembling and surprised, shouted from the yard.
"Dad!" Before Zhou Zhihan saw his father, he was infected by the deep love between father and son in his bones, "I'm back!"
"It's my son who's back!"
Zhou's mother heard her son's voice. As soon as she finished speaking, she cried with joy. She ran out and hugged Zhou Zhihan, never letting go.
On the way here, Zhou Zhihan was worried that he would be alienated from his parents whom he had never met. From the moment he heard his father's cry, he was immediately infected by deep affection and couldn't help but hug his parents.
Returning to the living room, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother grabbed their son's hand and looked at his face, smiling and wiping away tears. Their son was back, and they were finally relieved after hanging on for more than ten days.
Zhou Zhihan saw that his father's temples were turning white, his face had many wrinkles, and his back was bent a lot. His mother looked very haggard, and he knew that they were worried about him returning late in the past ten days.
Before Zhou Zhihan returned from the United States, the embassy in the United States notified Nanjing.
After the Air Force Headquarters in Nanjing learned of the news, they sent someone to tell the Zhou family the good news, saying that Zhou Zhihan had completed his studies ahead of schedule with excellent results and was about to return to China.
When they heard that their son was about to return to China, the Zhou family was very happy. The house was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, waiting to welcome the top student of the Air Force who returned from the United States.
Ever since Zhou Zhihan became the protégé of General Pat Plouffe, president of the Randolph Air Force Academy at West Point, the Air Force Headquarters has often sent people to visit Zhou's home.
Zhou's father naturally knew that the reason why the Air Force headquarters was so enthusiastic and attentive was because his son could become a student of the president of the Randolph Air Force Academy.
But after seven or eight days, before Zhou Zhihan came back, the whole family became anxious.
Logically speaking, it would only take four or five days to fly from San Francisco, USA, to Shanghai, China, no matter how slow it was. But as the days passed, and before they returned, the Zhou family began to feel uneasy.
Ten days later, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother had trouble sleeping and eating, thinking that something had happened to Zhou Zhihan on the road. Every night, people took turns guarding the door of Zhou Zhihan's house, waiting for Zhou Zhihan's safe return.
Now that Zhou Zhihan has returned safely, the whole family is smiling.
After a while, Zhou's father remembered something and hurriedly walked to the phone, picked up the phone and called the air force department in Nanjing to inform him that Zhou Zhihan had returned safely.
These days, the Zhou family and the Nanjing Air Force Department were in contact every day, and they agreed that whether Zhou Zhihan would go to the Air Force headquarters first or go home first, they would exchange phone calls to report that they were safe.
The next day, Zhou Zhihan slept until noon, then got up and washed up. The little girl Shui Rou at home had been waiting outside the door for a long time. When Zhou Zhihan opened the door and came out, Shui Rou smiled.
"Hey!" Zhou Zhihan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, then stretched out his hand to pinch Shuirou's cheek, "It has only been less than two years, and the little girl's films have become more and more beautiful."
"Master!"
Shuirou obviously didn't expect that the young master would still pinch her cheeks as often as before. She blushed and squirmed but didn't move away, looking at her toes.
Zhou Zhihan squeezed his hand a few times and retracted his hand, and gently rubbed his thumb and index finger a few times. The little girl's face became much smoother. She was no longer the fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old yellow-haired girl two years ago. She must pay more attention in the future. .
Zhou Zhihan brushed his teeth, and Shui Rou said at the side: "Master, the Air Force Headquarters sent a car in the morning. I heard that you were sleeping, so I kept waiting!"
Zhou Zhihan stopped brushing his teeth, his mouth full of foam, looked at Shui Rou, and said in a non-blaming tone: "Why didn't you call me earlier?"
"It's the people from the Air Force who won't wake you up and tell you to sleep until you wake up naturally!" Shuirou said with a smile. Her eyes looked like a bright moon when she smiled, her eyelashes were very long, and her small nose was very cute. " Master, since you were accepted as a student by the principal of the Randolph Air Force Academy, the Air Force Headquarters has sent people to our home every three days to visit the master and his wife, and they always bring some gifts."
"I expected it a long time ago!" Zhou Zhihan's mouth was full of white foam, and his speech was a little unclear. He took a cup, drank water and rinsed his mouth with a "gululu" sound. He spit it out and put the toothbrush in the cup. " Stirring, "Because I am the principal's student, that's why I am valuable. Otherwise, it would be great if those big guys in the Kubu department don't ask my dad for money."
After a simple breakfast, Zhou Zhihan got into the Air Force jeep. Colonel Mao Bangchu sent his adjutant Mao Jingling to greet him.
The jeep drove into the Air Force Ministry. Colonel Mao Bangchu received the call and had been waiting at the gate with the officers for a long time.
"Zhihan!" Mao Bangchu saw Zhou Zhihan and greeted him cordially.
Before Zhou Zhihan went to the United States, he had been a soldier for a few days, but he seemed immature at the time. After nearly two years of studying at West Point Military Academy, he became more and more majestic, and the greenness of the young boy when he first went there was gone.
Seeing Zhou Zhihan's talent and majesty, Mao Bangchu nodded secretly. No wonder the principal of Randolph Air Force Academy valued Zhou Zhihan and accepted him as his apprentice.
Zhou Zhihan saluted with a military salute: "Sir!"
"You are on your own, don't be polite! Call me teacher from now on!" Mao Bangchu stepped forward and took Zhou Zhihan's hand affectionately, "Zhihan, let's go, I will take you somewhere."
In the beginning, it was the Mao Gang who "overcame all opinions" and sent Zhou Zhihan to the Deputy Air Force Academy.
Of course, the Zhou family almost lost all their wealth as a result.
Then, Zhou Zhihan and Mao Bangchu got into a very ordinary car, and several officers also got into another ordinary car to follow.
"Zhihan!" In the car, Mao Bangchu asked about Zhou Zhihan's current situation for a while, and let him know if he needed anything, and then said, "You became the favorite student of the president of Randolph Air Force Academy at West Point Military Academy. This is our Air Force community. It’s a great honor. Chairman Chiang also praised you very much after learning about this. He may have to meet you in person in the future. In the future, when you become successful, don’t forget your first teacher!”
"Teacher!" Zhou Zhihan is also an understanding person. "Without your cultivation, I would not be where I am today. Zhihan wants to stay and work by your side to repay my mentor for his kindness."
Zhou Zhihan was able to go to the Randolph Air Force Academy thanks to Colonel Mao. Before going abroad, this powerful Colonel Mao gave him the rank of sergeant, transforming him from an ordinary student into a Chinese Air force sergeant in the National Revolutionary Army.
Mao Bangchu said: "When you return to China, you will be entrusted with important responsibilities. It is a bit humiliating to stay by my side. As long as you remember that we are a master and apprentice, I will be satisfied. Having a student like you makes me, Mao, proud."
Zhou Zhihan knew that Colonel Mao was a powerful figure in the Air Force and the nephew of Principal Jiang's wife. He had won the principal's trust and it was his destiny to be regarded as his student.
Zhou Zhihan had seen too many people in history who had sincere patriotism but were unable to display their patriotic talents. He knew that if he wanted to serve the motherland with great enthusiasm, he must first find a suitable platform to display his talents. Specialties, otherwise, patriotism can only become empty talk.
With Zhou Zhihan's current strength, if he can only be an ordinary air force pilot, the most he can do is shoot down a few more enemy planes in the air. If he can take control of the power, he can change the mental outlook of the entire air force and quickly grow stronger, so The contribution he made was incomparable to shooting down a few enemy planes.
"Oh, by the way, Zhihan, we are now going to the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum Temporary Airport. Several new bombers from the United States have arrived there. No one can fly for the time being, so I picked you up before you had a good rest." Mao Bangchu As he said that, he took out a piece of aircraft information from his briefcase and handed it to Zhou Zhihan, "These bombers have just arrived, and the American flight instructors haven't arrived yet, so we ask you to come over and take a look first!"
"is teacher!"
Zhou Zhihan took the information.
After a while, the car drove into a section of the road leading to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in the city.
After driving another two kilometers, a sentry on duty appeared on the road. Seeing that the car was driven by Mao Bangchu's adjutant Mao Jingling, the sentry quickly let him go.
This airport was built near the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and is surrounded by tall trees as natural camouflage. It is currently under construction and is almost completed.
The road gradually widened, and then a 12-meter-wide runway appeared in front of us. There were 6-meter-wide slow lanes on both sides. It was still a gravel asphalt road for the time being to facilitate future reconstruction and widening of the airport runway.
If you look from the outside, no one can tell that this is a military airport.
The car made several turns in the simple airport and came to a large open space that was well camouflaged. Not far away, there were several huge hangars that were well camouflaged.
After receiving a call from the guard at the airport gate, knowing that Zhou Zhihan was about to arrive, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Zhou Zhirou led a large number of officers and more than a dozen pilots to wait at the gate of the simple control tower.
The car stopped at the gate of the control tower.
As soon as Zhou Zhihan got out of the car, applause started.
If it had been two years ago, Zhou Zhihan might have been stunned where he was at a loss.
Zhou Zhihan stood tall and straight and saluted everyone with a military salute.
