Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

During the National Day holiday, the Central Investigation Bureau was on holiday. This was a matter for Dongshan Province, and it was completed beautifully, so Dabao gave Sun Qian and the others a few days off. Although all functional departments, especially the public security, had to go out on patrol and duty, this had nothing to do with the Central Investigation Bureau.

Dabao was also happy to have some free time, so he went out to play with his younger brother and sister-in-law. However, he had to go to give a birthday gift to his grandfather's comrade-in-arms tonight, so he arranged to take his younger brother and sister-in-law to play at the reservoir in the countryside tomorrow.

The old man's birthday party is usually arranged at four or five in the afternoon. There must be several tables set up, and relatives and friends gather together to have a lively time.

Mr. Wang Weijian lives in the military compound at Gongzhufen in the western suburbs of Beijing. This was once the office of the Military Commission, and all the leaders of the three headquarters lived there.

Mr. Wang retired from the General Armament Department. Although he has retired, his two sons are senior leaders of the military region, and his students and old friends are spread throughout the army.

Today is his 66th birthday. Originally, the old man didn't want to hold a party because it was a bad year. But his two sons refused to do so. The old man had worked hard all his life. If they didn't hold a party for him on his 66th birthday, not only would they feel bad, but even his subordinates would not agree.

But the old man also made a request that the event should be kept low-key, and only three tables should be set up at home as a token of his appreciation.

Unfortunately, the old man's birthday happened to be the day when various departments were organizing meetings for National Day. Many people, like Mr. Lu, had already entered the closed meeting room and could not come out to meet their families until the National Day review. Therefore, many of those who came to celebrate with the old man were younger generations in the family.

Like Mr. Lu, Mr. Xue went to attend a meeting yesterday. Xue Gang was in the Nanjing Military Region and couldn't come back, so the birthday gift for Mr. Wang's birthday could only be delivered by Xue Kui, the little bully.

Mr. Xue was afraid that Xue Kui would cause trouble, so he specially asked Xue Kui's cousin Pei Jingzhi to accompany him.

Pei Jingzhi's father is Mr. Xue's nephew, and now serves in the Beijing Military Region. However, given his rank, he is not qualified to celebrate Mr. Wang's birthday. Pei Jingzhi only accompanies Xue Kui to such occasions.

Pei Jingzhi was one year younger than Xue Kui. He was also a simpleton, but he was very smart. Xue Kui drove a jeep into the military compound. He rarely came to the military compound of the Third Headquarters, so he couldn't find the way. He was so annoyed that he gritted his teeth and asked five or six people before he finally found out where the old man lived.

Mr. Wang also lives in an independent courtyard. There are too many people coming today, so the guests are divided into two places, inside and outside. That is, people of high status or close to Mr. Wang are invited to the house to pay their respects to Mr. Wang.

The younger generations were in the yard, where they had set up a tent. The weather was very cool in late September, and it was much better to eat in the yard than in the house.

It was a little late when Xue Kui arrived. The yard was full of younger generations who came to celebrate the birthday. Most of these younger generations were the children and grandchildren of the leaders of the three headquarters.

These people have always been arrogant and have a natural sense of superiority. They look down on children from other military compounds.

Although Su Yubao's grandfather, Su Mingzhe, was the commander of the Beijing Military Region, Su Yubao's grandfather was the leader of the General Logistics Department, so Su Yubao grew up in this military compound, and his arrogance and domineering behavior were also developed in this compound.

Su Yubao is very depressed now. Almost everyone knows that he has become a useless person. He works as a staff officer in the military district, but he works for three days and then rests for two days. Every day he just eats and drinks with a few friends, and he doesn't even go home.

Today his grandfather asked him to come and give this birthday gift. He usually listened to his grandfather's words, so he came today. After arriving, he found that almost all his friends in the military compound were there.

He became happy again. No one would say anything and no one would care about him drinking here. His friends were all here. Just thinking about it made him happy.

The wine on the table in the room was both elegant and dull after drinking. They were all leaders of older age or higher levels. They had to think about every word they said three or five times before speaking it out. This made it seem dull.

The old man was old and had not come out yet. His eldest son accompanied these leaders to eat and drink.

We originally wanted to set up two tables in the yard, but there were too many people coming, so we temporarily added four tables. All the people from the military district's kitchen team came. They were all masters of making big pot meals. In addition, there were sufficient raw materials, so the dishes they made were delicious.

These young men from the military compound, who were either friends or classmates, started drinking as soon as they sat down. At first, they were a little restrained, knowing that they would wait for the birthday boy to come out and wish him a happy birthday on behalf of their grandfather and father. However, as they drank, they forgot about this matter.

Li Mingde, the grandson of Chief Li of the General Logistics Department, has always been the leader among these people. He patted Su Yubao and said loudly,

"Bao, don't worry. We have heard about your story. We will avenge you. It was Xue Kui, wasn't it? This guy is really good at fighting, but there is a saying that goes, 'A good tiger cannot stand up to a pack of wolves.'"

There are more than 10 or 20 of our brothers here. After drinking and wishing the old man a happy birthday, we will go find Xue Kui and give him a good beating.

Kick him up too. No woman would be interested in him with his monkey-like appearance. So what difference does it make whether he has this thing or not?

I just don't believe that even if we cripple him, Old Xue can still kill us guys."

The people around immediately started to make a fuss when they heard it.

"Yes, Brother Mingde is right. This Xue Kui is not only hitting you, Su Yubao, but also hitting the face of our military compound!"

"We must destroy him. If he does, the most he'll get is a beating from the old man when he gets home. It's worth it!"

"Alright, let's go together! Even if he's a good fighter, can he really beat more than 20 of us..."

Su Yubao's eyes were filled with tears of excitement. He slammed the table, stood up, picked up the wine bowl, and said loudly,

"Thank you all for your generous help, brothers. I, Su Yubao, will always remember this. I'll drink this bowl of wine first. Thank you all, brothers!"

The young soldier serving the food in the kitchen curled his lips. These dandies treated the Wang family courtyard as Liang Shanbo's gathering place. Their words and deeds were worse than those of the little hooligans on the street.

At this time, Xue Kui parked the car and came in with Pei Jingzhi. His grandfather also knew that Mr. Wang loved jade, so he asked Xue Kui to bring the jade ruyi that was treasured in his family over as a birthday gift for Mr. Wang.

Xue Kui was in front, and Pei Jingzhi followed behind, holding the birthday gift box. The two entered the Wang family courtyard one after the other. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard their conversation. How could Xue Kui, with his hot temper, tolerate this? He sneered and rushed in front of Su Yubao...