Chapter 154 Jiandong, don’t you recognize me? I am Qiangzi
Gu Jiandong came back from the mountain, with a few pine needles stuck on his head, his face was dirty, his clothes and pants were torn in several holes, and his pockets were filled with bird eggs. When he smiled, he was sincere and cute.
This picture looks very joyful.
Jiang Ziqiang rubbed his eyes and couldn't believe that the man in front of him with a bright and eccentric smile was his good brother.
You have to know that after so many years of fighting with him in the army, this guy has always had a blank expression. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he usually doesn't have any extra expression on his face, and he won't utter a single extra word.
The brain injury made him see a different side of his brother.
Gu Jiandong didn't care about Jiang Ziqiang who was standing in front of him in a daze. He trotted to Shen Shuyu, took out the roasted bird eggs and gently squeezed them. The eggshell broke. He peeled the egg and immediately stuffed the smooth and white bird eggs into Shen Shuyu's mouth.
After feeding Shen Shuyu several bird eggs, he distributed the remaining eggs to other people.
When it came to Jiang Ziqiang's turn, he paused and just passed him by.
Jiang Ziqiang: Doesn’t he deserve to eat bird eggs?
Jiang Ziqiang instantly looked like a bullied young wife. The tall guy began to wipe his tears, "Jiandong, don't you recognize me? I am Qiangzi,
Qiangzi, who once stood shoulder to shoulder and back to back with you.
I remember when we lived in the same dormitory, you always kicked off the quilt when you slept, and I was the one who pulled the quilt for you in the middle of the night every day. Have you forgotten all this?
I vaguely remember that when you had a fever, it was me... How could you do this to me now..."
They actually skipped him when they were dividing the bird eggs. That was too much!
Shen Shuyu: It sounds like the scumbag abandoned his original wife and got together with his mistress, and the original wife came to reminisce about the past with the scumbag...
The Shen family: Why does this sound so wrong?
Gu Jiandong looked at him, fragments of memories coming to his mind.
At night, he slept soundly on the iron bed. It was very hot, and he felt the quilt was too hot, so he kicked it to the other side.
Someone always gets up and forcibly covers him with a quilt, covering him tightly so that he wakes up covered in sweat.
The flashing memories in his mind made Gu Jiandong feel very uncomfortable.
His eyes cleared for a moment, and his voice was deep, "Qiangzi."
Jiang Ziqiang was excited, "Jiandong, do you remember me, your brother?"
Soon Gu Jiandong's eyes returned to their previous innocence. He curled his lips and said, "You said it yourself, your name is Qiangzi."
Jiang Ziqiang: My heart is broken, but my good brother still doesn’t remember him.
Shen Shuyu, who was standing next to him, saw the change in his eyes clearly and thought that Gu Jiandong should be getting better soon.
Old Lady Shen stood up and said to Jiang Ziqiang, "Ziqiang, Grandma Shen is going to cook first. You kids can chat first. The meal will be ready soon."
Jiang Ziqiang smiled and said yes, and went to the car to get a small bag of food. "Grandma Shen, this is my ration."
Old Lady Shen didn't reach out to take the food. "You kid, this is too polite. Why do you need rations to eat a meal at Grandma Shen's house? We are farming in the countryside, so we can't be short of food."
Jiang Ziqiang's family was also from the countryside, and he knew very well what life was like for the country folks. The amount of food each family member ate was fixed.
If he came without taking rations, the Shen family would have to go hungry for one meal when he ate, thus freeing up their rations for him.
"Grandma Shen, I'm planning to stay at your house for a few days this time. If you don't accept this ration, I'll turn around and drive back to the army right away."
Since he said so, Old Lady Shen could only accept it, "You are too polite, kid. Now that you are here, just treat this place as your own home. Don't be polite."
Of course Jiang Ziqiang was not polite. From the moment he entered the house, he could feel how warm the Shen family was towards him.
After chatting with Old Man Shen and Uncle Shen for a while, I started to recall the things that happened in the army with my good brothers.
After Gu Jiandong was injured and became stupid, he forgot many things. Only today when he saw Jiang Ziqiang, some fragments of the army emerged in his mind.
Now when Jiang Ziqiang told him about the past, Gu Jiandong didn't react much. He just felt that he was chattering in his ear, which was a bit noisy, and he was very disgusted with him.
The two men sat in the yard, one talked until his lips were dry, and the other nodded his head, and both fell asleep.
Old Lady Shen and her daughter were busy preparing lunch in the kitchen. Zhang Cuicui, Li Caixia, and Liu Pan saw the three sisters-in-law coming in with rations, and said in unison,
"Mom, let's eat together today."
Old Lady Shen glanced at her three daughters-in-law and nodded in agreement. "Let's have dinner together. Comrade Jiandong is visiting us for the first time. When we eat later, please behave yourself and don't cause any trouble."
Old Lady Shen glanced at Liu Pan and said, "Especially the third family, eat more politely. Don't act like you haven't eaten for three days and shovel vegetables into your bowl."
Liu Pan, who was pulled out to speak, said: "..."
"Mom, I understand."
My daughter and three daughters-in-law helped, and lunch was prepared quickly.
Smashed cucumber, scrambled eggs with wild garlic, braised eggplant with beans, and a tomato egg drop soup.
This is the dish we had for lunch. There was no meat, but it was still a rich meal and it was not impolite at all to serve it to Jiang Ziqiang.
There were many people in the family, so Old Man Shen asked his eldest son to put the two eight-person tables together and have lunch in the yard.
The people standing outside the door watching the jeep saw the Shen family members moving the tables out to have lunch, but then they remembered that they hadn't made lunch yet, and went home one by one.
Jiang Ziqiang thought that they would just have some corn porridge for lunch, but he didn't expect the Shen family to prepare so many dishes.
"Grandma Shen, Auntie, I am so lucky to have so many dishes."
Old Lady Shen smiled and invited him to sit down, "You have to eat more later."
With Jiang Ziqiang around, Old Lady Shen allowed her old man to drink today.
She took out fifty cents and said, "Jiabao, go get a bottle of wine."
"Jiaguo, go call your second grandfather over."
Just as he said that, Shen Erzhu appeared at the door. "Haha, I came at the right time."
As soon as Jiang Ziqiang drove his jeep into the village, someone ran to tell him. However, Shen Erzhu was not available at that time, so he did not go to the village entrance to pick him up. Knowing that the person was looking for Jiandong, Shen Erzhu rushed over after finishing his work at his eldest brother's house.
When a military comrade came to their village, he, as the captain, had to come out to meet him and express his welcome.
Old Man Shen: "I was just about to ask the child to look for you, and you came. This is Ziqiang, Jiandong's comrade-in-arms.
Ziqiang, this is the captain of our brigade, Shen Erzhu, who is also my younger brother. We are all family members. "
Jiang Ziqiang stood up and shook hands with Shen Erzhu, and they both sat down together.
The staple food was corn grits porridge. Old Man Shen and the other grown men first drank a bowl of corn grits porridge before drinking alcohol.
The Shen family still remembered the last time Gu Jiandong got drunk. When they poured wine for him, they didn't pour it for him. He raised the bowl and said unhappily,
"You all drink, I want to drink too."