Even though they disliked it, since everyone had unanimously asked Grandpa Nonsense to help them write the couplets, wouldn't it be a slap in the face if they did not put them up since he had already written them?
Actually, couplets were just a way to express one's hopes for the New Year. As long as one was happy, it was fine.
The simple wooden house was also built. To keep the house warm, everyone even peeled off the leather of the prey the wolves had sent over and washed it. After it was dried, they nailed it outside the house to prevent the wind from leaking in.
When the house was finished, Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng drove the truck to town to pick up Wang Fugui, Yan Liuyuan, and Jiang Wu.
But this time, Nonsense stopped them. "The outside of town is different from before. I'm afraid something might go wrong if you go pick them up now. Wait another two days before you go."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. "Did something big happen?"
"The Li Consortium lost a combat brigade," Nonsense explained.
Everyone was stunned. "There are thousands of combat brigades, right? They were lost just like that? "
Nonsense was amused. "They were really lost just like that. That's why the entire outside of Stronghold 108 is on lockdown right now. The trenches have even been dug up. If you go now, you might not be able to get out even if you manage to get into town."
Ren Xiaosu frowned. "Then what should we do?"
"Wait for another day." Nonsense smiled. "I'll help you resolve this matter."
Ren Xiaosu did not say anything else. He also wanted to see how Nonsense was going to resolve this matter.
Over the past two days, Nonsense spoke less and less as it got closer to the New Year.
Everyone often saw Nonsense sitting on the cliff next to the outpost during the day. The old man did not do anything and just stared off into the distance.
Ren Xiaosu walked up to Nonsense and suddenly asked, "Are you missing your family?"
Nonsense ignored him. Ren Xiaosu asked again, "Other than that grandson of yours, do you have any other relatives?"
Hu Shuo looked at him. "No, what's the matter?"
"I see that you've been feeling quite melancholic lately." Ren Xiaosu said worriedly, "If you don't mind, why don't we become sworn brothers? I have a younger brother, so we can imitate the Three Swords of the Peach Garden or something."
"Get lost." Nonsense snapped, "Who are you trying to take advantage of? Even my grandson is older than you!"
Ren Xiaosu said regretfully, "It's almost the New Year. Why isn't he here to reunite with you?"
"He has more important things to do," Nonsense said.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu felt that Hu Shuo might be planning something big, and that his grandson was an important part of the entire plan. "Wait a minute, is your grandson surnamed Li?"
Which one are you talking about? "Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He should have thought of this earlier. If that grandson of his was really the one he had guessed, then a lot of Nonsense's behavior could be explained.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He should have thought of this earlier. If that grandson of his was really the one he had guessed, then a lot of Nonsense's behavior could be explained.
…
The next morning, an off-road vehicle drove up from the foot of the mountain. Ren Xiaosu guessed that it was here to look for Nonsense again.
Two officers got out of the vehicle with two extra sets of military uniforms. Nonsense sat in the yard and pointed at Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng. "Give them to the two of them."
Ren Xiaosu wondered, "What's this?"
"If you want to enter and leave town, you'll have to wear this uniform," Nonsense said.
"This is the Li Consortium's military uniform." Ren Xiaosu was shocked. "But don't they have to check our IDs when we enter and leave town? If we get caught, we'll probably die a horrible death, right? "
But at this moment, the two officers said, "We're ready."
With that, they handed Ren Xiaosu a small blue booklet. Ren Xiaosu opened it up and saw that it was the Li Consortium's military ID. It had a serial number, a steel seal, and even a photo of Ren Xiaosu.
He did not even know when someone had secretly taken a photo of him!
Nonsense smiled and said, "The negatives have been destroyed, so you don't have to worry too much about that. The serial number is real, and so is your rank of captain. Everything is real. You're my subordinate now, so it won't be a problem for anyone to investigate you. But I don't think anyone will dare to investigate our fighting force. After all, most soldiers are quite afraid of our Office of Special Investigations. "
Ren Xiaosu fell silent. This old man's influence in the Li Consortium was too great. The identity of the Li Consortium's military that many people dreamed of was no different from a small gift to him.
Moreover, he probably had other motives for giving him this identity, right? How could a sly old fox like Nonsense possibly do something unnecessary? Instead of going through the trouble of getting himself an officer's identity, he might as well just send someone to fetch his Sister Xiaoyu and the others over.
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'll use this identity to do something else?"
Nonsense was amused. "You? What can you do? "
After lunch that day, Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng drove out. The two of them were dressed in the Li Consortium's military uniforms. Li Qingzheng had an excited look on his face as he said, "I'm considered part of the Li Consortium's regular army now, right? Can I get into the stronghold now? "
"Do you really want to get into the stronghold that badly?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
Li Qingzheng said with a smile without hesitation, "Who wouldn't want to get into the stronghold? I heard that the stronghold doesn't even close its doors at night. There aren't even any thieves around."
"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you." Ren Xiaosu looked out the window and said, "I don't think there's anything good about the stronghold. Instead, it's more comfortable in town."
Li Qingzheng said, "I don't believe you. You must be lying to me. In any case, the fortune-teller said that I'll be able to get into the stronghold if I meet a benefactor in this lifetime. I believe that. "
Ren Xiaosu smiled and did not say anything. He might as well believe in himself rather than a fortune-teller.
When they passed through the town's checkpoint and showed their identification, the guard's expression changed the moment he saw the words "Military Office of Special Investigations." He hurriedly let Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng pass.
Meanwhile, Wang Fugui and the others had already packed their things and were waiting for Ren Xiaosu.
When Ren Xiaosu said he would take them to the outpost for the Lunar New Year, no one doubted whether Ren Xiaosu could do it. Now that Ren Xiaosu had really come to pick them up, the entire family was carrying bags of various sizes as though they were going on an outing. It did not match the tense atmosphere in town at all.
When the woman from the grocery store next door saw Ren Xiaosu's military uniform, she was stunned. "How did you become a soldier of the Li Consortium? Weren't you just a soldier of the private army last time?"
At that time, she even looked down on Ren Xiaosu's identity as a soldier of the private army. As a matter of fact, her lover was a real soldier of the Li Consortium's regular army.
She knew how difficult it was to get into the Li Consortium's regular army. During this period, her business had plummeted because Wang Fugui's grocery store was opened next to hers. In the past, people would always beg her to buy things from them. But now that Wang Fugui was doing business with everyone, everyone would definitely be more willing to buy things from Wang Fugui's store.
So every day, when she saw how lively Wang Fugui's store was, she got angrier and angrier.
While Ren Xiaosu, Yan Liuyuan, and the others were packing their things, the woman secretly ran off to the military camp outside town.
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