Tianchang County on the edge of Gaoyou Lake in Jiangbei, Zhou Wu and the fat man came here in casual clothes, although it is already the fourth day of the first month, but the first New Year after the founding of New China is still full of festive atmosphere, the people on the street are all smiling, all say that this year's heavy snow is good, finally no war, settled, can live a good life with peace of mind.
Zhou Wu and they found the comrades of the Tianchang County Brigade, Captain Tian is now the deputy director of the Tianchang County Military Management Committee, when they saw Zhou Wu and them coming, they hurriedly came out to greet them, and said to Zhou Wu again and again: "I knew that Commander Ma was coming, I had to send someone to pick you up, now it's good, let you come all the way, I'm really sorry, although I am a small county here, but there are a lot of things, I neglect you" "Captain Tian, what are you talking about, let's take off our military uniforms and be a common people, don't call me the army commander, I am no longer a military commander, I want to teach in Nanjing, we are all old guys in the base, just call me Lao Zhou."
Zhou Wu said.
"Yes, Commander Ma is still the same, he takes good care of our local comrades, and he comes to see us, we are very grateful, since you have come to Tianchang, then I have to do my best to be a landlord, I can't talk about hospitality, and the central government doesn't allow us to do this, but I will not violate discipline if I invite you to eat a meal in my personal name," Director Tian said.
Zhou Wu: "Captain Tian, you're welcome, we came to Tianchang mainly to see the cemetery of the sacrificed Lao Ding, New China was founded, and the long-cherished wish of Chief of Staff Lao Ding has finally come true, let's take a look at him." ” Speaking of the chief of staff who has been sacrificed for many years, Captain Tian's expression quickly became serious, Lao Ding's chief of staff he is very respectful, when he was fought by the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, as the Tianchang County Brigade Captain Tian personally experienced the war, and later after Chief of Staff Ding was unfortunately shot and died, or Captain Tian They were buried in a feng shui treasure near Gaoyou Lake in Tianchang County, in order to be able to find a good place, Captain Tian specially invited a famous local feng shui gentleman to look at the place, I made a lot of effort before and after being busy.
"Okay, let's do it, let's have a good meal here first, and we will immediately go to the cemetery of Chief of Staff Ding, where we have been sending people to take care of it, that is, when the Kuomintang Qingxiang Regiment came in the past, we also had someone secretly take care of it."
Captain Tian said.
"Thank you Lao Tian for taking care of you, you don't need to eat, let's hurry over."
Zhou Wu said.
Outside a small village on the edge of Gaoyou Lake, the graves of Lao Ding and several other brothers who died in the counterattack against the Kuomintang diehards stand there, and it can be seen that the grave is very clean and tidy around them, Lao Tian They have been taking care of this place since Zhou Wu and their troops retreated north, seeing this, Zhou Wu and Shen Lina are very grateful, and they expressed their gratitude again and again, Shen Lina even took out some money and stuffed it into Lao Tian, which is regarded as the reward for Lao Tian and their care of Lao Ding over the years.
Lao Tian resolutely refused, and said to Shen Lina with a sinking face: "Sister-in-law, you will see the outside like this, who is Chief of Staff Ding, we have taken care of his grave all these years, it is voluntary, no one forced us to do this, if you are stuffing the money over, I will turn my face." ” Zhou Wu hurriedly glanced at Shen Lina, Shen Lina hurriedly took the money back, thanked him vigorously, everyone came to the grave, and said to Lao Ding: "Chief of Staff, your long-cherished wish has finally come true today, the devil was beaten away by us, Lao Jiang also drove us to that small island in Taiwan, New China was founded, you should be happy under Jiuquan." ” After Zhou Wu finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Dingdang next to him and said to Shen Lina: "Xiao Shen, it's time to tell Xiao Dingdang the truth."
Shen Lina nodded solemnly and said to little Ding Dang: "Ding Dang, come here, kneel down here, lying inside is your biological father, he is a hero of the Anti-Japanese War, but he died in the hands of the Kuomintang diehard army, you were only five years old when you died, we came this time to worship him, and told him that the long-cherished wish he had been fighting for during his life was finally realized." ” Xiao Ding was very obedient, walked to Lao Ding's tomb, knelt down and said: "I have long known that my current father is not my real father, it turns out that my real father is a big hero, my mother I remember, I will join the army when I grow up and avenge my real father" Hearing her daughter say this at a young age, Shen Lina hurriedly said to her: "Ding Dang, hatred can't be kept in your heart forever, those murderers who killed your own father have long been almost wiped out by your current father in the civil war, and some have run away to hide, what you need now is to study hard, work hard when you grow up, build our new China, and build our motherland into a rich and powerful country, which is the best reward for your own father, you know?"
Zhou Wu heard Shen Lina say this, nodded frequently, Xiao Dingdang was also very well-behaved, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Mom, I know, only by studying hard now can we build a new China in the future."
When everyone heard this, they all let out a knowing smile, Lao Ding should be relieved to know that his only daughter has grown up healthily in the family of Zhou Wu and his wife, and she is smart and clever, and she will become a great weapon in the future.
Back to Tianchang County, Lao Tian had to ask Zhou Wu to eat and then leave, Zhou Wu had no choice but to agree, although Lao Tian is the second person in Tianchang County, but he still lives in the countryside, the hard and simple style has not been lost, in the former Jiangbei base area of the independent brigade stationed in Ma Tan, Lao Tian deliberately put a few tables of banquets, during the banquet, Zhou Wu and they saw old friends who had not seen each other for many years, all of them were old revolutionaries in the base at that time, and now the revolution has succeeded, these high-spirited old revolutionaries are unwilling to go to the city to be officials, They voluntarily asked to come to the village to farm and become farmers, and when they saw that Zhou Wu, the commander of the independent brigade of the year, was coming, they were like greeting their dear relatives, and beat gongs and drums to bring Zhou Wu and his party into the village.
It's very lively, and they sighed when they saw the fat people, and they all said that they were still enthusiastic about the villagers in the old area, and they didn't forget us people.
During the banquet, the enthusiastic villagers continued to toast, drinking Zhou Wu and the fat man they were drunk, and when they woke up the next day, it was already noon, and when it was time to go, the villagers of Matan came out to see them off, the scene made Zhou Wu very excited, the fat man said to Ge Sanmin: "Ge Sanmin, look at how good the villagers here are, they are like relatives to us, we have to remember these villagers in the future." ” Ge Sanmin said: "You talk about it, a money fan like you also talks about it, although the villagers here have been liberated, but the old foundation is still very thin, last night's meal is estimated to cost them a lot of money, I plan to leave some money for the villagers, we can't let the villagers break the bank." ” When the fat man heard this, he blew his beard and glared, and said to Ge Sanmin: "You can afford to pay money, when will I be stingy and tell you, this time my Lao Liu will leave the words, how much you pay, my Lao Liu will double it." ” Ge Sanmin was about to die of laughter secretly, thinking that this time he finally plucked the hair on the fat man's iron rooster, and immediately he took out ten pieces of ocean and put them on the stone mill at the entrance of the village, the fat man gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and took out twenty pieces of ocean and put it down heavily, and strode forward without looking back.
Lao Tian they don't want it, they have to pay it back, Zhou Wu spoke: "Lao Tian, this is a little bit of our mind, the right should be given to the villagers to subsidize the family, your life is just getting better, keep this money to buy farm tools and seeds or something, it's really not good, you just keep it, as the government's money, which family is in difficulty, give it to whoever is in trouble, wouldn't it be better" As soon as Lao Tian heard Zhou Wu say this, he had to accept it, Shen Lina hurriedly put down some money, so Zhou Wu and his party returned to Nanjing, the fat man said goodbye to Zhou Wu because the holiday was about to expire, and rushed to the front line in Xiamen, Fujian by train, Huang Shuisheng returned to the Shanghai garrison because he was promoted to the chief of staff of the East China Navy, and continued to train the newly established naval team.
Zhou Wu's family was suddenly much more deserted, it was time to go to the Military Education Academy to take classes, on the first day of work, Zhou Wu deliberately came to the classroom early, he was assigned to the college's senior command class as the head teacher, and taught fortification and defense.
In order to be able to take the first class well, Zhou Wu can be said to have spent a lot of thought, specially went to the library of the former Central University in Nanjing to borrow materials, write outlines, and prepare for classes, which took him three or four days.
As soon as he entered the classroom, Zhou Wu found that it was full of PLA cadres, he saw that Chief of Staff Zhang of the Company Military Region was still in the classroom, he was stunned for a moment, and Chief of Staff Zhang said to him with a smile: "Hello Mr.
Ma, we are all your students here, there is no distinction between high and low positions, only academic arguments, come, students, all stand up and salute the teacher."
For a while, the senior cadres of the People's Liberation Army in the classroom stood up one after another, saluted Zhou Wu in unison, and shouted: "Hello teacher" Zhou Wu waved his hand: "Hello students, please sit down" Because Zhou Wu had a lot of fame during the Anti-Japanese War, and became even more famous in the Jiangbei area, all the students here are from the senior cadres above the division level of various field armies, they heard that Zhou Wu taught them, so they came to the classroom early to wait, they themselves know that the whole country has been liberated, and now only those bandits who came to Taiwan and the southwest region are left, and they have no time to study before, but now it is time to study hard, and they have to be regularized. t1706231537: