Chapter 69

  I thought and thought but still couldn't think of anything, so I said: "Who are you?"

  She looked at me and said: "My surname is Hu."

  I thought to myself: Surname Hu? Is there a surname Hu in the Central Committee? Anyway, I'm not familiar with the people in the Central Committee, only knowing a few of them! I said out loud: "No impression, who are you after all?"

  She said with a sinister tone: "I am the Chairman's wife, and I am the head of the Central Cultural Revolution Group."

  I was shocked and said: "Oh! So it's the General's wife, hello."

  She angrily said: "Don't try to fool me, I'm telling you, this time the Western building is under my control, humph!" After finishing speaking, she got up and left. The door was slammed shut by her with great force. In my heart, I thought: "Tigress, shrewd woman!" As for Chase and the others, we looked at each other in dismay, and I irritably said: "What? Are you all stunned?"

  "Is she the chairman's wife?" Chas asked hesitantly.

  I nodded and he didn't continue speaking, but I could tell he looked down on her. After a moment's thought, I said: "Chas, get the car ready, we're going to my boss's house."

  "Yes."

  Two cars stopped in front of the old man's house, I got out of the car, and the security guard next to me walked forward and pressed the doorbell, then retreated and stood behind me. Soon someone opened the door, an aunt opened it, she saw me and said happily: "Ah! So it's the young master who has returned, please come in quickly, I'll go call the madam and the old man."

  I smiled and nodded, following her in. I had the guards beside me follow us in and wait for me in the small courtyard inside.

  I had just sat down when a burst of hearty laughter came over, and I saw the old chairman and his wife come out. I quickly stood up to pay my respects and said: "Grandpa, Grandma is well!"

  The old man smiled and said: "You little guy finally came to visit."

  The boss's wife called out to me from the side: "Little Tang, hurry up and sit down. In your own home, don't be like that. Next time you come, don't do that military salute!"

  "Yes." I smiled and sat down, after they did, the boss said: "Have you spoken with the chairman?"

  "Yes, Grandpa."

  "Alright, you young man, this time go back and cultivate your character, accompany my granddaughter properly. You're going to be a father soon, how can you still be so reckless? Is politics something you can participate in?"

  "Grandpa, I didn't join in!"

  "Haven't you joined yet? Are you still short of joining? The Supervisory Revolutionary Committee's branch in Xizang Province, the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Xizang Province, when will you report to the Central Committee? No organization, no discipline! Old Zhang is also like this, and he didn't remind you either, he is also derelict of duty!"

  "I, I..."

  "What's wrong with me? You still have a reason? It's already good that I didn't fire you." The boss said with a fierce face.

  "Speak softly, what are you talking about! Young Tang is still young, just let it go!" The boss's wife advised from the side.

  "You're always protecting him. What time is it now? What kind of environment are we in? I'm worried that someone will bring up old accounts later." The boss said angrily.

  I hastily handed the appointment letter to the old general manager, and after he read it, his wife took it over to read. The old general manager calmly said: "It seems that the chairman still trusts you relatively."

  I listened and immediately became spirited. The old boss saw it and was a bit angry, saying: "Look at you, you're like this again! Alas, why did my little girl take a liking to you!"

  The boss's wife said after finishing reading: "What's wrong? Isn't Xiao Tang doing well? At such a young age, he has already enjoyed the treatment of being a general, how many people are like him!"

  The boss sighed and said: "I'm afraid he'll climb high and fall hard."

  I nodded, and the old general said: "Listen to me, after this time going back, don't manage anything else, just grasp the troops well, report everything to the Central Committee, those self-righteous things are not allowed to be done, do you understand?"

  "Yes."

  "Alright."

  I looked around and said: "Grandpa, where are Mom and Dad?"

  The boss said: "I went to your Xizhuan yesterday and was worried that no one would take care of Xiaoyao, so they all went."

  "Ah? Oh." I heard that my father-in-law had also gone, and I got a headache. Sure enough, the old man said: "My son, you keep an eye on him for me, he's been obsessed with hunting again these days, maybe now he's having your servant go hunting!"

  I was stunned and said: "There's nothing good to hunt there either?"

  The old man said helplessly: "This little rascal doesn't even know where he heard it from, saying that Xizang has big tigers, and hunting is fun."

  I almost burst out laughing and said: "There's nothing wild there at all, just go fishing."

  At that time, my father-in-law scolded: "Who said there are tigers here? I'll go!" Someone next to him said: "Commander-in-chief's father-in-law comrade, I think it's more interesting to go fishing at sea." The person who spoke, if I saw him, would definitely know who he was. It was none other than Comrade Delroyo, the commander of the Western Province Internal Affairs Department. "Really? Good! I've never been out to sea before! Let's go now." My father-in-law said. At that time, I had no idea, and I was still chatting with the old general and others about family matters.

  After lunch, the boss pulled me and him to play chess. I naturally accompanied him, played three games, and lost all of them. That's for sure, with my level, I would definitely be easily solved by the boss in three moves. The boss laughed and scolded: "Playing with you is boring, let's not play anymore!" I touched my head and smiled foolishly. The boss drank a sip of tea, looked at me and said: "I have several old subordinates who asked me to plead for them to be transferred to your place, what do you think?!"

  "I said: 'Alright, what are they doing? How did they think of going there?'"

  The old general looked at the chessboard and said, "We are all old revolutionaries. In the past, we were all underground party members and high-ranking officials who infiltrated the enemy's ranks. Now some people want to investigate what they said when they were serving as Nationalist Party officials." The old general sighed and said, "In order to hide deeper and better among the enemy, it was natural for them to say things that were unfavorable to the party." Then the old general spoke with great indignation: "They all sacrificed their lives, making enormous sacrifices. They brought us so much precious intelligence! Now they don't even acknowledge this, but instead call them counter-revolutionaries. It's really absurd."

  I said seriously: "Grandpa, let them come over and wait for this time to go with me."

  The old general nodded and instructed: "Take good care of them, arrange for them to join the army, understand?"

  "Got it."

  "Alright."

  After I left the old general's house, I immediately brought people to a bungalow. The house was obviously leaky in the rain and windy on all sides. I walked up and knocked on the door, but no one answered. A passing auntie said, "Comrade Liberation Army, you'd better hurry up and leave, the little generals will be here soon." After finishing speaking, she left. I was stunned, and I continued to knock on the door forcefully. Finally, someone opened the door, and I saw a man in his 50s with injuries all over his body and wearing a pair of black-framed glasses missing one lens. He said politely, "Don't mind us, we are thinking about recognizing our mistakes, and we will actively recognize and reform our ideology. Little generals, where are you going today?"