Chapter 536: Meeting the Old Man (Third Watch)
"This world is bigger than we imagined, and it is more colorful, and the future China will inevitably end the war and become a great country moving towards reunification, which requires a lot of talents, especially young people like you to build our big country!"
Liao Fan didn't tell Longqiu about foreign things, young people like Longqiu will be curious about everything, what he needs now is a correct national concept, and he needs a concept for the country and the nation.
For Longqiu, he has never left Lotus Mountain, and he has only received the gift of Confucius and Mencius, although this can correct his conduct, but for technology, he has seen too little.
Unconsciously, Liao Fan and the others came to the backyard of Qingniu Village.
"Please wait here first, and I'll go in and report to my grandfather!"
After a long talk, Longqiu became more and more impressed by Liao Fan's insight and foresight, so he became more and more respectful to Liao Fan.
It's a pretty chic little yard, maybe because of the winter, the yard looks a little quiet, maybe the old boss needs this kind of quiet environment.
Liao Fan waited for a while, and Longqiu came out to invite Liao Fan in.
When I entered the room, it was bright and warm, but there was always a coughing sound. Longqiu's mother kept patting Old Man Pei on the back.
Liao Fan saw Old Man Pei and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The junior has saluted the old master!" ”
Old Man Pei glanced up at Liao Fan and then said slowly, "Since you want to come to see me, why do you still want to wear a mask?" ”
Liao Fan glanced at Pei Qiu and the middle-aged woman: "Please forgive the juniors for offending, there are just some unavoidable reasons, if the seniors really want to see the juniors, the juniors are willing to take off their masks, but they can't see the juniors!" ”
"You two go out and wait, I'll call you if there's something!" Old Man Pei said to the middle-aged woman.
The two men quietly exited the room and closed the door.
"Something to say now, right?"
"I can finally take off my mask, I've been wearing it for a day, and I feel a headache!" Liao Fan took off his mask and put the mask aside very casually.
"What is your relationship with Chu Pengtian?"
The old man asked Liao Fan curiously, obviously the young man in front of him is definitely not the big boss of Dahongzhai, and he must have another background.
"Old man, we can't get to the bottom of it first, I'm here to see you now, in order to solve the problem between Dahongzhai and Qingniuzhai, you tell you if you can call the shots, if you can call the shots, I'm willing to tell you anything, if you can't call the shots, I'll turn around now!"
Liao Fan didn't want to beat around the bush with the old man, let alone talk to the old man Pei, after all, the old man Pei was an old monster who had lived for many years, and he was obviously rich in both experience and ability, so Liao Fan went straight to the point.
"You're pretty straightforward, if you don't feel like you're in charge, why are you still coming to see me?"
"That's right, old man, how long have you been sick?" Liao Fan asked Old Man Pei.
"It's been a while, mainly because of the old diseases left over from when I was young, have you been dragging it with medication, if you come later, I'm afraid you won't be able to see me!" Old Man Pei has already looked down on life and death.
"Recently, a doctor came to Dahongzhai, who came back from studying in Japan, it is estimated that he can give Mr. Pei a look at the disease, maybe you can live a long life and live a hundred years!" Liao Fan found a chair and sat opposite Old Man Pei very calmly.
Old Man Pei just smiled lightly, there had never been a junior in front of him who was so big or small, but he was used to being restrained, and Old Man Pei suddenly felt that Liao Fan was very good like this.
"You're trying to buy me off with this?" Old Man Pei looked at Liao Fan with interest.
"Hahaha, old man, you are really joking, how can this be called bribery, at most this is called co-optation, and it can also be said that the younger generation respects you!"
"I kind of understand now, the ultimate purpose of the gunfire just now is to come at me!" Old Man Pei seemed to have suddenly figured out something, and diverted the topic just now.
"Old man, you are so amazing, the younger generations are admiring you more and more!"
"Okay, don't be a sycophant, I'm already this age, do you want to bully Long Shengjie and then bully me?" Liao Fan said.
"I said it, I just want to see if the old man's body is healthy, and there is really a doctor in Dahongzhai who can help the old man take a look at his physical symptoms!" Liao Fan came back to the problem again.
Old Man Pei smiled speechlessly: "That's to tell me what your name is!" I still don't know who you really are! ”
"My name is Liao Fan, a soldier!"
Since he came to the old man, Liao Fan had no intention of hiding his identity.
"It's a very popular name, and it's nothing special!"
Hearing Old Man Pei's words, Liao Fan felt a grievance in his heart, his Liao Fan's name is now well-known throughout the country, and now it has become an ordinary name to the old man.
"I said, old man, how long has it been since you left Lotus Mountain?"
"A few years older, huh? Six years or five years? ”
Liao Fan's face is full of black lines, he didn't come to this world five years ago, and the old man has really become an old grandfather now.
"By the way, you said you were a soldier, which unit did you belong to?" The old man continued to ask Liao Fan's identity.
"The new 33rd Army is now stationed in Taihang Mountain!" Liao Fan said.
"Oh oh oh, I remember, in the past two years, a new force has risen in Taihang Mountain, and it is said to be that ...... That ......"
"Yes, yes, yes......" Liao Fan kept staring at Old Man Pei, and his hand kept pointing at himself.
"I forgot, I'm older, some things are really easy to forget, what's the name of that unit?" Old Man Pei asked Liao Fan.
Liao Fan's excited mood just now fell to the bottom in an instant, and he was swept away by this old man today.
"The original name was the Independent 33rd Division, and now it has become the new 33rd Army, and the commander is me!" Liao Fan didn't want to be scolded by the old man again, so he directly said his identity.
Old Man Pei looked at Liao Fan, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.
Liao Fan looked at the smile on the old man's face and said to Old Man Pei: "Old man, there is really no such thing as you!" Obviously, when Liao Fan said his name just now, the old man already knew his identity.
"Young people are still too anxious, and besides, I'm old, but it doesn't mean I'm old and confused! I still have a better understanding of the current situation in China! Old Man Pei said very plainly.
"Captain Liao is here to give Captain Liao a big salute!" While speaking, Old Man Pei wanted to stand up and give Liao Fan a look.
Liao Fan hurriedly stepped forward to support Old Man Pei: "Senior, you are tormenting the juniors, if you really want to salute the juniors, do you want the juniors to kneel down for you?" ”
Old Man Pei smiled "hahaha": "Captain Liao, you can't help but laugh!" ”
"Yes, whether you always tease me, or if you want to come to it really, you can't make such jokes, although I'm a bit of a bastard, I don't respect the old and love the young, but let the old man salute me, this is a thing that I can't do!" Liao Fan said to Old Man Pei with a serious face.
"Commander Liao's troops are in full swing in Taihang Mountain, and I heard a few days ago that the troops of Taihang Mountain launched an active attack on the Japanese army in Hebei and won a lot! However, Commander Liao stayed well in Taihang Mountain, why did he come to our Lotus Mountain to wade into troubled waters, and our Lotus Mountain is just a mountain, and your Taihang Mountain is much bigger than us! ”
In the eyes of Mr. Pei, the army is no different from bandits, because he had experienced several military disasters in the late Qing Dynasty, and he did not have much of a good impression of the army. Moreover, the things that bandits do are not necessarily things that bring disaster to the country and the people, and the things that the army does are not necessarily things that protect the family and defend the country.
If the bandits are mixed well, they may be able to turn their families into countries, and if the army does not do a good job, they will also be spurned by the common people.
"I'm here for Dahongzhai!"
"I see, Dahongzhai has only been in the Lotus Mountain for half a year, and it turns out that it has a military background!" Old Man Pei understood why Dahongzhai developed so rapidly.
"Whether the old man believes it or not, I didn't give him anything except a little money to Chu Pengtian, and it was all up to Chu Pengtian to support him by himself!" Liao Fan didn't want to be greedy for this credit.
"There are rules between bandits, why should Commander Liao interfere with it?"
"I didn't want to interfere in this matter, but on the way here, I found that the bandits from Lotus Mountain had forcibly seized women, so I had no choice but to do it! And so there's the next thing to do! Today I was forced to be helpless, so I came to meet the old man! Liao Fan said sincerely.
"Seeing that the old man is sick today, I really want to find someone to see the old man!"
"I'm old, I don't want to toss anymore, I don't care if it's a blessing or a curse!"
"But the old man thought about Longqiu?" Liao Fan looked at the old man and said, "Sooner or later, the little devil will be driven out of China in the winter, and China will one day live a peaceful life, once the peace is settled, will the country allow the existence of bandits?" ”
"This ......" The old man really didn't think about the future.
"And as far as I know, Longqiu is a very smart kid, he wants to study abroad, and it is precisely because of your physical condition that he does not dare to say what he thinks!" Liao Fan constantly attacked the old man emotionally.
After decades of being a bandit, Old Man Pei relented for the first time, and for the first time he thought about the future*, and his descendants still had to carry the reputation of bandits......
The room fell silent for a while, and Old Man Pei finally knew that his vision was still too short-sighted, so short that he only saw Lotus Mountain and only saw himself.
"Old man, there is really a doctor in Dahongzhai, the medical skills are not bad, if you don't mind, I will arrange for him to come to Qingniuzhai now, if the seniors have anything to ask, when the old man's illness is cured, I am really willing to say anything."
The reason why Liao Fan insisted on treating Old Man Pei was precisely because the grace of saving his life was the grace of God, and as long as Dahongzhai did not do too much in the future, he would not embarrass Chu Pengtian compared to Qingniuzhai.
But after all, Old Man Pei has lived for more than sixty years, and he was not carried away by Liao Fan's words.
"What benefits do you want?" Old Man Pei asked.
"In the future, China will move towards peace and prosperity, as long as the brothers in Qingniuzhai are willing to lay down their arms and no longer be bandits, I guarantee that they will have a quiet place to live a good life!" Liao Fan said.
Old Man Pei looked at Liao Fan and still asked, "What benefits do you want!" "Old Man Pei doesn't believe in pie in the sky.
"Similarly, in the future, I can shelter the brothers and descendants of my predecessors in Qingniuzhai, then now Dahongzhai needs Qingniuzhai to remain silent, I can issue a military order, if Dahongzhai has enough strength in the future, I will definitely not do anything to Qingniuzhai!"
Liao Fan said his conditions, he believed that after the comparison, the old man should know the stakes involved.