At noon that day, under the guidance of Li Weizhong and a middle-aged man named Zhou from across the street, the two families gathered five tables full and held a grand banquet for Wei Ran who came to visit.
During the dinner, at the insistence of Mr. Li Wangchuan, Wei Ran once again recounted the experiences of the Li brothers and the old shopkeeper Cangxuzhai during the defense war of Teng County. The photo album was also shared between them. It has been circulated among family members more than once.
The guests and hosts enjoyed a meal of local Yanbang dishes, and Wei Ran, who was drunk by the two families, had no choice but to stay.
In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, after the two families discussed it, a dozen cars of various types drove the two families and Wei Ran, who had just barely woken up from a hangover, straight to Chengdu, more than 200 kilometers away. All.
Before noon, the two families’ motorcade stopped near the sculpture of the Sichuan Army. A group of forty or fifty people, including Wei Ran, each with a black gauze tied on their arms, walked to the bottom of the sculpture.
Mr. Li Wangchuan personally filled a bowl of warm glutinous rice balls from the thermos bucket he brought and placed them in front of the monument, while his juniors, including the accompanying Wei Ran, each went to offer their offerings at the foot of the monument. A bouquet of flowers.
"Salute!"
Mr. Li Wangchuan shouted with great enthusiasm, and then solemnly raised his right hand to the peak of his eyebrows.
Following this command, several middle-aged people in their forties and fifties from the Li family and Zhou family, as well as several young people in their twenties and thirties, also performed military salutes. The other men, women and children lowered their heads silently.
Wei Ran looked at the two families with some surprise. The three generations of old, middle and young people totaled nearly fifty people, and there were actually nine of them giving a military salute! There are one or two people from each generation of the two families, including Li Weizhong, the owner of the grain and oil store!
"The ceremony is over!"
Following Mr. Li Wangchuan's command, those who had exchanged cups with Wei Ran last night lowered their arms in unison.
Seeing Mr. Li Wangchuan looking at him, Wei Ran nodded solemnly, and with passers-by watching, he led the two families into the park and found the osmanthus tree.
Mr. Li Wangchuan once again took out a bowl of glutinous rice balls from the thermos bucket he brought and placed it under the tree. He respectfully kowtowed three times with the younger members of the two families, and then slowly peeled away the soil. The white porcelain urn that Wei Ran had buried just the day before was opened, and his son Li Weizhong had already held up a black umbrella in advance.
Although the white porcelain urn contained only a handful of loess from Teng County, to these two families, it was a relative who had not returned home for a long time.
After the middle-aged man from the Zhou family filled up the shallow hole under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, the two families left the park under the leadership of Mr. Li Wangchuan and drove back to Zigong.
That afternoon, the motorcade drove straight into a cemetery and sent the jar of loess into Li Hexian's tomb. The photo of Li Hexian and Miss Zhou was also embedded in the mottled tombstone. superior.
Wei Ran, who was watching silently, glanced at the filmIn the cemetery hidden in the bamboo forest halfway up the mountain, Wei Ran found Li Sui'an's tomb and looked at the tombstone with remaining moss standing there for a long time.
After the brief ceremony was over and everyone came down the mountain, Wei Ran also submitted his resignation. However, the two hospitable families flatly refused without even thinking, determined to let Wei Ran stay for a few more days.
However, Suisui has urged him several times in the past two days to go back and take care of the transcripts that may be sent home at any time. Wei Ran can only promise again and again that he will come back for a special visit when he has the opportunity after the new year. This made Mr. Li Wangchuan nod.
Before leaving, Wei Ran found an opportunity to secretly stuff the big-bellied box into the neat quilt folded by Mr. Li Wangchuan's bedside. Perhaps this pot-bellied box really should be sent to a museum, but it should be sent there personally by the Li family. And with Mr. Li Wangchuan and three generations of retired soldiers in their family here, Wei Ran doesn't have to worry about the gun being used for other things.
While Wei Ran secretly kept the pistol, the Li family also prepared various gifts for him filled with two large suitcases. Faced with the choice of going home or accepting the gifts, he had no choice but to be disrespectful and took all kinds of tribute specialties and let Li Weizhong drive himself to the high-speed rail station.
After bidding farewell to Li Weizhong who was seeing him off, and repeatedly promising to come over for a few days after the new year, Wei Ran walked into the security checkpoint carrying two heavy suitcases.
That afternoon, Weiran took a flight from Chengdu and returned to the capital smoothly with his overweight luggage. But it was different from last time. He had just walked to the pick-up port and saw Suisui, who had been waiting for a long time.
"You won't have class today?" Wei Ran asked, letting the other party snatch away the suitcase full of gifts.
"What classes are there on Saturday?" Suisui said matter-of-factly, "And I finished the last subject yesterday. If I hadn't waited for you, I would have gone back to my grandma's house."< /p>
"You guys have a holiday?"
"You ask us two days later and school still starts?" Suisui asked as she walked, "Where have you been these days?"
"Went to Sichuan and Sichuan"
"Sichuan and Sichuan? Hot pot?! If I had known, I would have gone with you!" Suisui said, opening her little hands, "Gift What gifts did you buy for me?"
"It's all in the box you're carrying. You can pick it up first when you get back." Wei Ran changed the subject, "Since you're on holiday, you can. When do you plan to go back?"
"Well, before I go back, my classmate's father wants to see you."
"What? Your classmate's father?" Wei Ran stopped. She looked at Suisui in confusion, "Why did your classmate's father see me?"
"Because of your piano," Suisui said with an embarrassed look, "I gave that piano to you two days ago. I took a few photos and posted them on WeChat, are you still impressed?"
Wei Ran nodded, "I was impressed, and I even liked them."
Suisui was helpless. Said, "It's that circle of friendsOne of my classmates saw the trouble and showed it to his father. Then his father came directly to the school and wanted to see the piano. "
"Did you show it to him? "
Wei Ran asked with a frown. He was not too worried about any accidents. Although according to Culp, the bed piano came from a wrong origin, but when he brought it back to China, everyone There are a lot of purchase procedures, and there are no problems with customs, so there is no need to worry too much.
"Why should I show it to him?"
Suisui rolled her eyes, "Don't say that the piano is yours. Even if it's mine, I can't show it to him. But in the past two days, my classmate and his father They almost blocked me downstairs in the dormitory, and I was almost bored to death. "
"Who told you to show off that you have nothing to do? "Wei Ran continued to move forward and asked happily, "Did they say anything else? "
"He also said he wanted to buy that broken piano." Suisui followed in Wei Ran's footsteps and begged coquettishly, "How about you meet me, so as not to run away again after the new year and school starts? Come and bother me. "
"It's not impossible to meet him." Wei Ran glanced at Suisui, "But is there any benefit?" "
"What benefits do you want? "Suisui didn't accept Wei Ran's trick, "Isn't it enough that I helped you hide the matter of coming back early? "
"Don't pretend I didn't tell you," Wei Ran immediately gave in. "Let's book a ride and go meet your classmate's father. ”
“Okay! "Suisui immediately took out her mobile phone with a smile on her face, and after making an appointment for a car, she sent a WeChat message to her classmates.
When the two of them arrived at the gate of Suisui's school, they had just gotten off the bus. Then they found a father and son walking towards them quickly.
I could guess that this was a father and son, naturally because they looked so much alike, they were both tall and thin. , the same head full of scrolls, the same pair of rimless glasses, and even the strong bookishness on their bodies are the same. The only difference is that one is a more mature and steady middle-aged man, and the other is a reading man. He looks like a somewhat introverted young man.
“This uncle is the father of my classmate, and this is my classmate Chen Luoxiang.
Suisui put her hand on Wei Ran's arm calmly, "This is my boyfriend Wei Ran, the owner of that broken piano." "
Wei Ran secretly glared at Suisui. This was not the first time he had pretended to be her boyfriend. It could even be said that Suisui had studied in Volgograd. The high school is still the same university. As long as Wei Ran has the opportunity to go to their school and her classmates are around, this wicked little thing will definitely use Wei Ran as a shield.
Even for this matter, Wei Ran. When I first arrived in Volgograd, I met one of Suisui's suitors on the road and had a fight with him.
After all, mixed-race girls, especially beautiful ones. Who doesn’t like mixed-race hairy girls? If you think about it, Wei Ran, who grew up together, probably didn’t realize this.The naughty little girl takes it seriously.
"Hello, Mr. Chen." Wei Ran shook hands with the elegant middle-aged man in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and then shook hands with his son, the young man named Chen Luoxiang.
"Mr. Wei, I have taken the liberty of meeting you and causing you trouble."
The middle-aged man named Chen obviously did not regard Wei Ran as his son. The same peers held Wei Ran's hand in a very formal manner and shook it gently. After Wei Ran shook hands with his son, he took the initiative to explain, "My name is Chen Guangling. If it's convenient for you, I'd like to talk to you about that." "Mr. Chen, you're welcome." Wei Ran looked around, "Shall we find a coffee shop?"
"If it's convenient, why not go to my store?" How's it going?" Chen Guangling asked eagerly.
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then understood what the other party meant, and said to Suisui with a smile, "Suisui, please take those two suitcases to the dormitory first, and then bring the piano case by the way. ."
"Classmate Zhou Sui, let me help you!" The young man named Chen Luoxiang said proactively, adjusting his high prescription glasses.
Suisui saw Wei Ran nodded, and then handed one of the suitcases to Chen Luoxiang. The two of them each rode an electric car parked inside the school gate, carrying the huge suitcase and running No more shadow.
Chen Guangling also apologized, trotted across the road and got into a new and not old car. After driving to the intersection, he made a U-turn and stopped firmly beside Wei Ran.