Siheyuan: Space takes me to exchange!

Chapter 160 Father Zhao and Xu Zhihui

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Xiuyuan had breakfast at his aunt's house, and then went with his uncle to visit relatives, friends, and neighbors to wish them a happy new year.

But at ten o'clock, three strange guests came to the house.

Looking at the man in front of him who was full of vicissitudes and wisdom, Xu Zhihui, who was usually introverted, could no longer hold back. His body trembled with excitement and his eyes were filled with tears.

"Captain!"

"Xiao Xu, I didn't expect you could recognize me."

The people who came were Zhao Dantong and her parents.

It turns out that Zhao Dantong's father is Xu Zhihui's old regiment commander. Xu Zhihui once worked as a guard beside Zhao's father. Later, when the capital was liberated, Zhao's father retired from the army due to health reasons and stayed in the capital to work.

Xu Zhihui continued to stay in the army to fight, and the two separated.

Xu Zhihui excitedly held the old commander's hand and shook it, unwilling to let go for a long time.

"Captain, how could I not recognize you? I will never forget those years!"

"Yes, I can't forget it either. How many years have we not seen each other? More than ten years..." Father Zhao sighed.

Xu Zhihui recalls the last time he and his old leader parted ways...

"The last time we met was during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. At that time..." Xu Zhihui stopped talking here and lowered his head with guilt in his eyes.

Father Zhao patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, it's all over."

Xu Zhihui shook his head and said with a sob: "Old Captain, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of you..."

"Xiao Xu, he is not your mission, nor your responsibility. He is a soldier!" Father Zhao said sternly.

Seeing this, Li Fengmei quickly led everyone into the house, leaving the living room to the reunited pair of old comrades.

It was not until later that Li Xiuyuan found out why his uncle Xu Zhihui felt guilty towards Zhao's father.

Zhao's father had three sons and one daughter. Two of his sons died on the battlefield, and the other son died of illness.

During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhao's father sent his last son to the battlefield. He was in the same company with Xu Zhihui, who was the company commander at the time.

But guns have no eyes, and the last son of the Zhao family also died in the Korean battlefield. Because of this, Xu Zhihui has always felt guilty towards the old commander over the years.

I didn’t expect to see the old leader again today and say sorry to him.

And now the Zhao family only has one daughter, Zhao Dantong, left.

At noon, the Xu family invited the three members of the Zhao family to have dinner at home, but the Zhao family refused on the grounds that they still had to pay New Year's greetings. They also said that on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Xu Zhihui must bring his family to visit the Zhao family and they must go.

Before leaving, Zhao's father glanced at Li Xiuyuan and said to Xu Zhihui, "Take this kid with you when the time comes. I have prepared a few bottles of good wine. We will have a good drink then."

Xu Zhihui was confused because Li Fengmei had completely forgotten to tell her husband that the person Li Xiuyuan rescued was the daughter of his old regiment commander.

When lying in bed at night, Xu Zhihui felt that there was something wrong with the way the old commander looked at Li Xiuyuan, so he talked about it with Li Fengmei.

"Why do I feel like the old captain seems to know Xiuyuan?"

Li Fengmei looked at her husband's puzzled expression and then she remembered, "Don't you know that Xiuyuan saved Zhao Dantong?"

"Hmm? Zhao Dantong, the old captain's daughter?"

"Yes! Don't you know?"

This made Xu Zhihui angry. How could I know? You aunt and nephew are really good. You kept such a big thing secret from me.

Li Xiuyuan said, I am not responsible for this, you two just didn’t communicate well, it has nothing to do with me.

Li Fengmei also felt that it was her own mistake, so she told everyone what she knew.

Xu Zhihui finally came to his senses. What did the old captain mean by that look? It was exactly the same look his father-in-law gave him back then!

When Xu Zhihui expressed his thoughts, Li Fengmei was surprised.

"Really? What did the old captain tell you?" Li Fengmei thought of what happened last time, and she said to Xu Zhihui: "I tell you, I felt something was wrong last time. The way Sister Zhao looked at Xiuyuan was very unusual. At that time, I was thinking that if Xiuyuan really got together with the girl from the Zhao family, it would be a good story!"

Xu Zhihui nodded. If it worked, that would be great. He also hoped that it would work.

But it’s a bit early to say these things now, let’s wait and see what the old leader thinks.

If it works, they're just trying too hard to get what they want.