Chapter 112 arrival

As more and more guests came, the master bedroom on the second floor became more and more crowded. After seeing Lin Wei and the children descending one after another, the people sitting in the room were basically newcomers.

It was crowded not only on the second floor, but also in the living room downstairs and in the courtyard. Because the tables and chairs for the banquet were already set up, guests could only find an empty space to stand or sit.

Zong Shao could not greet so many people by himself, and Zhou Jianhai and his wife were also helping to entertain guests, and they were very busy.

The kitchen was also very busy. Mother Lin stood in front of the stove, cooking dishes one by one, barely moving her footsteps. Zhang Lan helped with the side dishes, took care of the coal stove at the door, and checked how the soup and vegetables in the pot were simmered from time to time.

Liu Dan and the others also come in from time to time to help and do what they can.

Busy until half past eleven, Mother Lin said to Yang Yi who came in to help, “Help me get the plate.”

Yang Yi hurriedly handed over the washed dishes. When Mother Lin was serving the dishes, Zong Shao came in and asked if she needed help. Mother Lin turned her head halfway and said, “Ask Xiao Zhang, is the soup and vegetables stewed outside ready? , if you are ready, prepare to sit down.”

Zong Shao went out to ask Zhang Lan, Zhang Lan opened the lid of the pot to confirm one by one, and said, “It’s almost there, we can prepare for the banquet.”

Zong Shao responded, greeted everyone to the table, and informed them all the way to the second floor.

In the master bedroom, Lin Wei was feeding her baby. Because there were so many people in the room, she didn’t breastfeed, but made formula for her baby. After everyone else went down, Zong Shao sat by the bed, squeezed his daughter’s face and asked, “When did the baby wake up?”

Although the child usually cries when he wakes up, but today there are people upstairs and downstairs, which is very noisy, so he didn’t hear a sound downstairs.

“It’s been a while.” Lin Wei raised her head and said with a serious expression, “By the way, remember to call her Beibei in the future, not baby.”

Zong Shao wondered: “What happened?”

“Mingming and Rarity almost had a fight just now because of her sister’s name. Rarity said her sister’s name was Beibei, but Mingming insisted that her sister’s name was Baobao. The reason was that we always called my sister Baobei, not Beibei.”

“But didn’t we tell him Bao and Beibei’s names?” Zong Shao asked, dumbfounded.

“It’s not that you don’t know that your son is oblivious, plus he always hears us shouting like this, so it’s not surprising that he gets confused.”

It was obvious that he could even get his own name wrong in the past, but now that he got his sister’s name wrong, Lin Wei felt that it was too normal, so she said, “In the future, you can either call Beibei or Yunyun, then Yun is fine, anyway, you can’t do it any more. call baby.”

Zong Shao: “…Okay.”

Zong Shao didn’t stay in the room for a long time because of the following things, so he went down after speaking.

Although Zong Shao told everyone about the start of the banquet and invited everyone to be seated, but because there were too many people, they were not concentrated, and there was a lot of noise everywhere, so he went up and stayed for nearly ten minutes, but people hadn’t fully sat down.

There were several military wives sitting there talking in the living room. Zong Shao saw it and went over to ask, “Why haven’t you been seated yet?”

“We’ll go right away.” One of the military wives laughed.

There were several children in the dining room, sitting around the square table in the middle. Zong Shao went over and rubbed the hair of one of the boys and said, “This table is not open, you all sit outside.”

The dining room is small, and it is inconvenient to set up a banquet. Anyway, the yard outside is big, so he put all the tables outside.

Several children heard an “ah”, and the little guy whose hair was rubbed by Zong Shao shouted, “Where shall we sit?”

“Where are your parents sitting?” Zong Shao asked.

The children talked about it, and several of them came with their father, because the father was sitting with other uncles, and if they wanted to drink, they let them find a place to sit by themselves. Some also came with their mother, who didn’t even sit at the table, so they didn’t know where to sit.

Zong Shao heard the words and went out the door to look out. The front yard was bigger, and there were four tables of banquets. The meeting was almost full, and there were only four or five vacant seats left, so he went to the back door again.

Unlike the almost full seats in the front, the two tables in the back were only sporadically seated with a few people, and Ming Ruirui and a few friends were playing and filming in the corner.

Zong Shao shouted, “Mingming.”

Mingming turned his head when he heard the voice, ran to him and asked, “What is Dad doing?”

“Dad has a task for you.”

He clearly felt that this was his father’s attention to his performance, and when the old shígG Dujia heard it, he was excited: “What task?”

Zong Shao said, “There are a few children in the room who don’t know where to sit. I’ll call them out later. You can sit at this table with them and take care of them. Can you do that?”

Mingming glanced into the room, he was not familiar with the children inside, and he was a little hesitant in his heart.

Seeing that he didn’t say a word, Zong Shao said earnestly, “They are all guests. It’s just that Mom and Dad have something to do and can’t take care of them. As the eldest of the family, shouldn’t you try to entertain them?”

Thinking of the identity of his boss, Mingming immediately nodded: “Yes!”

“Then are you willing to help Dad greet them?” Zong Shao asked again.

Mingming said loudly: “Yes!”

Zong Shao nodded and said yes, and called Rarity to his side to help Mingming complete the task. In this regard, Rarity followed her brother, and seeing Mingming agreed, she agreed.

Zong Shao went into the room and called out the children, let them sit on the table, and asked the children in the corner who were still playing and filming to find a seat. They arranged it to the remaining empty table in the back, and troubled them to help take care of the children.

After arranging the people, Zong Shao went to the front, ready to ask when the food would be served.

As a result, as soon as he left, he was stopped by a few people in the camp and asked him to sit down for a drink, and threatened to give him a good meal today. While speaking, someone poured Zong Shao a glass of white wine.

Zong Shao raised his head and smothered the wine in the glass, and said, “I’ll go and ask if I can serve food now, and I’ll come and drink with you later.”

Everyone at the table knew that he had a lot of things to do today, and since he had been drinking happily, they didn’t stop him and just let him go.

In the kitchen, Mother Lin was still cooking, while Zhang Lan, Liu Dan and others were busy pouring out the stewed soup and vegetables, using two benches and a table with a door that was full of vegetables.

Zong Shao walked in and asked, “How is it?”

“It’s almost there, but there are probably not enough people serving the dishes.” Liu Dan said while holding the sea bowl, “We have to find two strong ones.”

“I’ll make arrangements, how many trays are there?” Zong Shao asked.

Zhang Lan filled a bowl of roast chicken with potatoes, raised his finger to the cabinet and said, “It’s on there, there are four or five like it.”

Zong Shao walked to the cupboard, picked up the trays and counted them, went out and asked three people to help serve the dishes, took a tray himself, and went out with cold dishes and fruits in the order that Mother Lin said.

It’s just that he just walked outside and the tray in his hand was cut off, and his comrades took the initiative to help serve the dishes and let him drink.

As soon as he sat down, the people at the table toasted him with a glass of wine, and they also specially emphasized that he wanted a dry mouth.

Zong Shao said, “Are you guys determined to get me drunk?”

His battalion commander took the lead in laughing: “Isn’t it a rare opportunity?” As he spoke, he asked the people around Zong Shao to pour him wine.

Zong Shao was helpless. He picked up the glass and said, “It’s okay to drink, but you have to give me something to eat, right?”

“Eat, come, preserved egg mixed with tofu is the best drink.” Someone said, and put the cold plate in front of Zong Shao.

Zong Shao took two bites of preserved eggs, suppressed the pungency of the liquor, and let his comrades sitting beside him pour him a glass of wine. However, when everyone said that he was drinking, the first two cups were dry, and the rest was optional. They didn’t want to get drunk before halfway through the feast.

As the fried dishes were brought out, the feast gradually became lively, and Mother Lin finally stopped what she was doing and poured a glass of cold white water into her stomach.

After the banquet started, Liu Dan and the others went to have a drink, but Zhang Lan was still in the kitchen. After Mother Lin drank the water, she said to Zhang Lan, “Xiao Zhang, go to dinner too.”

“What about the kitchen?”

Mother Lin said, “The dishes are all done, so there should be nothing to do. Let’s talk about it later.”

Zhang Lan answered and asked her if she was going. Mother Lin got up and said, “I’ll go upstairs first to see Weiwei and the baby.”

The people eating outside are also asking about Lin Wei and the child, especially the latter, after all, it is the little guy’s full moon wine, and she always shows up.

When Mother Lin heard it, she smiled and said, “I’ll let Weiwei take the baby down.”

Lin Wei also heard the voice upstairs. When Mother Lin went upstairs, she had wrapped the quilt for her daughter and put on a cute little hat.

After Lin’s mother entered the room, she asked a few questions about the child’s condition, such as waking up, eating or not, peeing or not, Lin Wei answered one by one, and the mother and daughter carried the child downstairs.

As soon as he walked to the corner of the stairs on the two floors, Lin Wei saw Zong Shao, holding a wine bottle and a wine glass. He was going to take the child to toast with Lin Wei.

Going downstairs, Lin Wei smelled the alcohol on Zong Shao’s body and asked, “How much did you drink?”

“Three or four cups.”

Upon hearing this, Mother Lin asked, “Why did you drink so much?”

“A group of people caught me and I just started. I’m sure to get drunk today.” Zong Shao was mentally prepared.

Lin Wei also thought of this, and said, “Then you will eat more food later to pamper your stomach.”

Zong Shao nodded: “I know.”

After speaking, the three of them walked to the front yard, and firstly raised their respects from the comrades in Zong Shao’s camp.

Toasting is also very particular. First toast what you can drink. After drinking a cup, you can excuse others and give up. After toasting the tables full of men, it will be easy to go to the tables of military wives and children. Women rarely like to persuade to drink. Yes, he meant to drink two sips and they wouldn’t say anything.

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While Lin Wei and Zong Shao were holding their children toast, they searched for a supply ship and docked at Sanlin Military Port.

As the ship’s cabin door was opened, a tall middle-aged man in a navy winter uniform and a middle-aged woman in a woolen coat, black trousers, and round-toed shoes walked out one after another.

Seeing the man at the head, Shen Wenjin who was standing on the pier greeted him, shook hands with the middle-aged man and said, “Old classmate, long time no see!”

As Shen Wenjin spoke, the guard standing behind him stepped forward and shouted “Hello, Chief”, and took the suitcase from the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man, that is, after Zong Ping handed the suitcase to the other party, smiled at Shen Wenjin: “Yes, it has been many years, how have you been all these years?”

“If you can walk and dance, you can eat well.” Shen Wenjin smiled, looked at the woman behind Zong Ping, and asked, “Is this the sister-in-law?”

“My wife, Comrade Wu Shujuan.” Zong Ping said to Wu Shujuan after the introduction, “Old Shen is my classmate when I went to the Command Academy for further studies, and is currently the commander of the Sanlin Base.”

Wu Shujuan smiled and said, “Hello, Commander Shen.”

Shen Wenjin smiled and said, “sister-in-law, you’re welcome, just call me Lao Shen just like the old master.”

“It’s done.” Wu Shujuan smiled, but didn’t really call the other party Lao Shen.

While talking, a group of soldiers got off the ship, and when they saw Shen Wenjin, they lined up to salute. Shen Wenjin took the lead in paying a military salute, and after letting them do their own thing, greeted Zongping and his wife to go out.

Walking out of the pier, the group sat on the military jeep parked outside.

After Shen Wenjin sat firmly in the co-pilot, he turned his head and asked, “Should I take you to the guest house first?”

Before Zong Ping could speak, Wu Shujuan said in a low voice, “The Full Moon Wine should start. Shall we go take a look first, and then go to the guest house after it’s over?”

Zong Ping snorted and said to Shen Wenjin, “Old Shen, can you please take us to Zong Shao’s house first.”

At the beginning, there were dozens of people in the advanced training class, and now they are still less than half of the army, and among this half, the high-ranking people can be counted in a single slap. As the old saying goes, there are multiple connections and multiple paths, so although Shen Wenjin and Zong Ping haven’t seen each other for many years, their relationship has always been good.

In addition, although Zong Ping was angry at Zong Shao’s choice and blamed him for being apart from himself, but he only had this child, and no matter how ruthless he said, he still cared about it in his heart.

As for Shen Wenjin, if Zong Ping wanted him to promote Zong Shao out of favor, he might refuse, but the old classmate just wanted to inquire about his son’s current situation, so he naturally wouldn’t hide it.

Therefore, there has been frequent contact between the two in recent years.

This time, Zong Ping decided to come to Yazhou Island with Wu Shujuan, and it was Shen Wenjin who contacted him first, so that was why Shen Wenjin personally went to the pier to pick him up.

And the space in the car is so large, although Wu Shujuan deliberately lowered her voice, but Shen Wenjin was not at the age of deafness, so she could hear it clearly.

As for Zong Shao’s hosting of his daughter’s full moon wine today, it is not a secret in the family area. It is said that Zong Ping will know about this matter, and it is Shen Wenjin who told him.

Therefore, after hearing Zong Ping say this, Shen Wenjin asked the guards to drive the car to the family area without asking any further questions.

The three of them didn’t talk much about Zong Shao on the way, they only talked about the surrounding scenery.

It was already winter in the capital at this time, but Yazhou Island was still as warm as spring. Zong Ping was wearing a military coat and a shearling cap when he set off. That was not enough. He couldn’t help stomping his feet while sitting on the train.

As the train went all the way south, he gradually took off his shearling cap and military coat, and when he arrived in Yangcheng, he also took off the cashmere sweater he was wearing in his military uniform.

Not to mention the roadside scenery, there is no green on the streets of the capital for a long time, the tall trees on both sides of the road are bare, the fallen leaves cannot be cleaned up, and they are covered with thick snow.

Although the grass and trees on Yazhou Island are somewhat withered and yellow, the trees on the roadside are still luxuriant. If they hadn’t clearly remembered the current months, they might have thought that it was just autumn.

In the chat room, the family area has arrived.

Shen Wenjin asked the guard to drive the car directly to the innermost. Although he had never been to Zong Shao’s house, he heard his wife mention Lin Wei and knew that the couple lived in the innermost building of the family area.

The guards have been driving Shen Wenjin for a long time, and he is familiar with the family area.

Before getting out of the car, Zong Ping saw the two tables of banquets in the backyard. He was inexplicably nervous when he thought of his son he hadn’t seen for many years, and his grandchildren who had never met before. He was used to seeing big scenes.

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