Anyway, the arrival of the two girls almost made Wang Ke's character fall, and he couldn't explain it clearly in front of the company officers and soldiers.
But at this time, he still had to treat the two of them equally.
Early the next morning, Wang Ke first ran to the company headquarters to pay New Year's greetings, and then went to the second platoon leader and wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe to pay New Year's greetings. Finally, I went to have breakfast with Wu Xiangyu and Ye Xianqian in the agency cafeteria. To put it quietly, Wang Ke is not allowed to eat in the government canteen, but Luo Shaohuan has a fellow villager who works as a cook in the government canteen, so the small back door can still be opened.
After breakfast, the three of them went directly to the house borrowed by a platoon of long left guards in the regimental courtyard.
Why take them both there? It has two meanings. First, Wu Xiangyu and the platoon leader Zuo Wei were from the same hometown. Although they did not know each other, they might meet in the future. Second, after going to the family home, the three of them went directly to Xishan. Luo Shaohuan had already driven the donkey cart to the entrance of the family courtyard and was waiting there.
The platoon leader Zuo Wei was quite surprised when he saw Wang Ke bringing two very beautiful girls to pay him New Year greetings. This is what Wang Ke said when he met Wang Ke again decades later.
Wang Ke finally saw the child, with a chubby face and tender pink hands. He left ten yuan of lucky money, and each of the two girls also paid ten yuan. This made the platoon leader Zuo Wei very embarrassed. In addition, he was embarrassed to ask the two girls about their relationship with Wang Ke, and Wang Ke was embarrassed to tell them. Everyone was embarrassed anyway.
A platoon of left guards, including his wife, spoke highly of the two girls.
After leaving the home of a row of long left guards, the three of them walked out of the gate of the family courtyard and saw Luo Shaohuan waiting at the door with a donkey cart. As soon as he saw the three people coming, he came up to greet them. "Squad leader, here are three fur coats, three pots of boiling water, three cotton hats, five kilograms of peanut oil that I secretly obtained from a fellow villager from the agency canteen, and this newspaper bag."
There is also fodder in dough bags on the donkey cart.
Wu Xiangyu and Ye Xianzhan put on their fur coats and cotton hats, and the three of them got into the car. The little donkey spread its hooves, turned to the right, and started running along the road to Xishan.
When the car was 200 meters away, Wu Xiangyu asked, "Wang Ke, you veteran is very kind to you and considerate. He also gave you the oil you stole from the agency canteen."
"That's right, we are close friends of life and death." This is true, as was the snow trap and the earthquake on the farm. Both girls had heard Wang Ke say that it is enough for a person to have a few life-and-death friends in this life, and even their lives are intertwined with each other, so how can they be fake?
"What is that paper bag?"
Wang Ke stuttered a little. "I...borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and brought the shoes and socks to Uncle Geng. You see, it's too early, and the service center isn't open yet."
Wu Xiangyu didn't say anything. She knew that Wang Ke was never stingy. If you have something on your body, as long as it is needed or liked by others, give it to you immediately. The local fellow particularly likes the army's shoes and socks, so it would be appropriate to use them as gifts. I can only send them to him again when I go back.
At this time, the sun was rising behind them, and the three of them, covered in rays of light, ran forward along the straight gravel road. Looking far ahead, you can vaguely see the green Western Mountains. On both sides of the road, there is endless wilderness as far as the eye can see. Spring is coming soon.
"Drive", the little donkey ran happily. Hearing Wang Ke's voice, he simply started running. The donkey cart bumped up and down as the little donkey ran, like a boat in the sea. When it met a The small pit was also jumped over, and the screams of two girls could be heard from time to time in the car, holding on to the sides of the car with both hands.
The three of them were relaxed and happy, and they were in a particularly comfortable mood.
This is Wang Ke’s second drive to Xishan since buying medicine in the snow. At this time, there were not many people on the road because it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it was very easy to walk. If you go back to your parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the road may be bustling immediately.
The car bumped so hard that Wu Xiangyu and Ye Qianqian screamed and burst into laughter. They had not been so crazy for a long time.
This is youth, this is vibrant youth. The combined age of the three people is exactly sixty years old, like the red sun behind them, gushing out; like the vast and boundless heaven and earth, beautiful and picturesque.
The little donkey seemed to be infected and ran for ten kilometers in one breath. Then he sneezed out a series of sneezes from his nose and slowed down. He had covered more than half of the forty kilometers in the blink of an eye. Xishan could already be seen clearly. .
Wang Ke touched the little braying donkey's back, which was covered with sweat.
The three people chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the sand quarry and walked to the deep pit. Wang Ke couldn't help but search in several big holes on the roadside one by one.
"What are you looking for?" Wu Xiangyu didn't know that Wang Ke had saved a person here before and performed another third-class meritorious service.
"The last time I went into the mountains to buy medicine during heavy snowfall, I fell into this pit and was almost buried alive!"
"Ah!" both girls screamed at the same time.
Wang Ke turned around and said, "What's the point? Snow can't bury the dead, not to mention I'm still alive, do you know? The longest survival time for a person buried alive by snow is twelve hours!"
"Bah! Nothing nice to say. Brother Bing, tell me, how did you climb up? Were you buried with a young woman?" Ye Xianqian was originally a joke, but it surprised Wang Ke.
"How did you know?"
"Ah! Are you really buried with a woman?" Ye Xianqian shouted, and Wu Xiangyu also looked suspicious.
"That's right, that woman fell first, and I pulled her out by her hair." Wang Ke finally saw the tree, "Hey, it's right here, uh-" Wang Ke jumped out of the car. , walked to the edge of this big pit and said to the two girls.
I saw that the pit was six or seven meters deep, and the bottom was now filled with rocks of different sizes. "Yes, Luo, that woman at that time slipped all the way to the bottom of the pit. Oh, I forgot. But, Uncle Dong may have something to do with you. His mother's surname is also Pian."
"Really?!" Ye Xianqian shouted again.
"His original name was Dong Pian. Because he was good at treating patients, people called him Dong Pian Fang."
"Hahaha!" The two girls laughed, this name is so strange.
After that, continue on your way. Today I walked 40 kilometers very fast, and in the blink of an eye I entered Nanshao Village. Following the memory, I made three turns and two turns to Uncle Dong Pianfang's house.
I saw two lanterns on the gate, and a pair of bright red Spring Festival couplets pasted on the two doors: the left couplet said "A little spiritual knowledge," and the right couplet said "full of medical skills for the people." Hengpi is "to discover good ways to help the world".
It is indeed Dong’s folk prescription, even the Spring Festival couplets are unique.
Wang Ke walked forward and patted the door knocker, "Is Uncle Dong at home?"
"Here we come!" A slightly hoarse voice came from inside the gate, it was Uncle Dong Pianfang.
The door creaked open, and Dong Pianfang walked out wearing new clothes. He saw two soldiers standing at the door, and a little girl wearing a military cap.
"Uncle Dong, I am Wang Ke, wishing you happy new year!" With that, Wang Ke saluted Dong Pianfang with a military salute.
"Oh my, the distinguished guest is here! Boy, I didn't expect you drove 40 kilometers just to pay me New Year's greetings?" Dong Pianfang hugged Wang Ke, and then he discovered that the other soldier turned out to be a girl.
"Yes, Uncle Dong. I made a special trip to pay you New Year greetings this time, and I want to thank you!"
"Hey! To say thank you, our whole family should thank you! These two girls are..."
"Uncle Dong, these two are my friends."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xiangyu stood up and saluted Dong Pianfang. "Hello Uncle Dong!"
"Let's go, let's get in the house! Mother, and Cuilan, look who's coming?"
Dong Pianfang ushered the three people into the main room. Before they could sit down here, Uncle Dong's family all came out. Everyone gathered around Wang Ke, greeting him like relatives he hadn't seen for a long time. Cuilan was busy making tea for the three of them, while Dong Pianfang's wife went into the house to cook sweetened eggs for the three of them.
Looking at Wu Xiangyu and Ye Qianqian, they were a little surprised.
Dong Pianfang said: "The two girls will be very surprised. How come this boy Wang Ke is so close to our family? He is a great benefactor of our family!" As he said, he told how Wang Ke saved Cui in the snow cave. Lan’s story was told again. After it was over, Dong Pianfang asked Wang Ke: "Boy, the army sent me a letter saying that they gave you a third-class merit certificate, right?"
Wang Ke smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle Dong! Thank you, Uncle Dong."
When the two girls heard this, they immediately opened their eyes in surprise, Wang Ke, Wang Ke, you are so powerful!
While talking, Uncle Dong Pianfang took Wang Ke and they came to the yard.
At this time, both Wu Xiangyu and Ye Xianqian took off their hats. "Oh, these two girls are so handsome!" Dong Pianfang's wife came out, holding a tray with three bowls of boiled soft-boiled eggs. Putting down the bowl, he walked up to the two girls, took their hands and looked at them.
The two girls were embarrassed for a while.
"Okay, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that Xiao Wang Ke can't marry him back home!" As soon as these words came out, the two girls were embarrassed.
"Auntie, you don't say that to others!" Ye Pianxi blushed and couldn't raise his head.
Wu Xiangyu immediately ran outside the courtyard, grabbed Wang Ke and pulled him aside: "Tell me, how did you tell Uncle Dong's family?"
Wang Ke was confused, "What do you mean?"
Wu Xiangyu's face turned red, "You really didn't say that?"
Wang Ke reacted and his face turned red. "You can't talk nonsense about this matter unless you talk nonsense yourself!"
"Death Wang Ke!" She said as she tried to twist Wang Ke's ears.
Uncle Dong Pianfang smiled when he saw the two girls. As soon as the two girls came in, Uncle Dong could tell that the ones who came were not good and the good ones would not come. I'm afraid this boy would not be safe.
Seeing that Dong Pianfang was smiling, Wang Ke suddenly pointed at Ye Pianfang in the room and said, "Uncle Dong, I found a family member for you. Her mother's surname is also Pianfang."
"Oh, is her mother Xianbei or Mongolian?" Uncle Dong Pianfang asked.
Ye Pianqian ran out quickly and listened to Uncle Dong explain the origin of his surname Pian.
"Some people say that the origin of the surname Pian comes from the official surname of the general, but I think the following two theories are more reliable. One is that there was a country called Beiyan in the Sixteenth Kingdom of Wuhu. Most of the people were Xianbei, but the king was Han. His name was Feng Ba. He served as a partial general of the imperial guard of the Yan Kingdom after Xianbei. He made many military exploits and later established his capital in Chaoyang. Then he gave the surname of partial to those who had made outstanding contributions in the army, which means the partial clan of the Xianbei tribe. He also There is a saying that it originated from the Mongolian people. It came from the Mongolian Haijiute tribe in the Yuan Dynasty. The Haijiute surname in the Chinese meaning is Pianpo or Pianbian. In the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese surname was simply named Pian or Chai. .”
"Uncle Dong, then our family may be from the Xianbei ethnic group. We have many relatives still in the Chaoyang area."
Hearing what Ye said, Dong Pianfang was even more happy, "Maybe we are really of the same lineage. Our ancestors also moved here with the Manchus."
"Manchu?" Wang Ke was puzzled.
"Have you ever been to Xiling? The tomb-keepers there are all Manchus!" Uncle Dong said.
