kvmb Chapter 303 The Old Chief!
Chapter 303 The Old Chief!
Yang Min waved his hand.
"Director Ma, please don't praise me. I'm ashamed to admit that I'm still a stubborn old man. Back then, when Xiao Qing was studying with the other educated youth, I scoffed at it. What's the point of a girl learning that stuff? She should use that time to take care of things at home. Besides, the college entrance exam has been suspended, so it's not very useful."
Looking back now, I realize how foolish I was. If I had persuaded my child to stay calm back then, we wouldn't have achieved this success. Jianguo is a sensible child, much better than me, and has always supported Xiaoqing's studies. It's like a golden phoenix flying out of our remote mountain village, isn't it?
Ma Guiping nodded with a smile.
“Of course it counts. Your Wangjiagou is now famous as the village of top scholars. Your daughters and sons-in-law are all in the capital. You can go to the capital for a visit whenever you have time.”
Early on the third day, around 6 a.m., the train finally arrived at Yongdingmen Railway Station. Outside the station, Zhong Shanyue, Zhong Yuemin, Zhou Xiaobai, and Luo Jianguo's parents were already waiting, craning their necks to look into the crowd.
"Leap People!"
"Dad, Mom..."
Zheng Tong and Luo Jianguo, carrying luggage on their shoulders, mingled with the crowd exiting the station, waving and shouting enthusiastically, "We're out of the station!"
Upon seeing Zhong Shanyue, Ma Guiping's eyes immediately reddened, and he tightly grasped the old commander's hands, his voice choked with emotion.
"Old Commander!"
Decades have passed since we last met. Back then, he was a young man in his early twenties, serving as a bodyguard for his old commander. Now, he's in his fifties, half-buried in the earth.
Zhong Shanyue was also deeply moved, his hands trembling.
"Little Ma, no, I should call you Old Ma now. It's amazing that we can meet again in this lifetime. God has been kind to me. Actually, I should have come to northern Shaanxi to see you a long time ago, but I've been too busy with things and haven't had the time. Don't blame me, right?"
"Old commander, what are you saying? I should be the one visiting you!"
Ma Guiping said:
"It's been inconvenient these past few years, and the situation hasn't been very stable. Beijing is a place where dragons and tigers roam, so I haven't come to bother you, old leader. Old leader, are you in good health?"
"Okay, not bad!"
Zhong Shanyue said:
"It's just not as good as when we were young. You know, when we were young, the army would march at night without sleeping or resting, even in heavy rain, and we would still be full of energy the next day. Now, when we rest at night, we have to wake up three or four times. When we get up in the morning, our heads are dizzy. You can't deny that you're getting old. My body aches and hurts all over. Sigh... there's no going back."
"Old commander, everyone gets old eventually, me included. Now, even climbing a flight of stairs makes me breathless..."
Seeing the two elders chatting away, Zhong Yuemin couldn't help but interrupt.
"Dad, Uncle Ma, let's go home and talk. It's awful outside. You must be tired after such a long train ride. Let's go home first."
Ma Guiping patted Yuemin on the shoulder.
"Alright, you've grown quite a bit stronger. Yuemin, I heard you've been promoted to company commander? No wonder you're the old commander's son, like father, like son."
Zhong Shanyue refused to give them face.
“Old Ma, don’t praise this kid. Praising him will only cause trouble. I was a regimental commander at his age. How dare a mere company commander say that?”
Zhong Yuemin was helpless; his father's competitive spirit was extraordinary.
“Dad, that was during wartime. Now it’s peacetime, it’s different. I have a lot of ambitions, but nowhere to realize them. I was born in the wrong era.”
"What's so good about war? People die. Don't talk nonsense!"
Zhou Xiaobai picked up the luggage from the ground.
"Dad, Uncle Ma, let's go back and talk when we get back."
On the other side, Luo Jianguo was introducing them to each other's parents. Yang Wanqing blushed and greeted them.
"Dad, Mom!"