District 9

After the Wu's mercenary group grew bigger, the shortcomings in abilities of many old people were gradually exposed. Take Anzi for example. He is good at pulling a team and has a certain charisma. Otherwise, he would not have been one of the leaders in Erlonggang. Moreover, at critical moments, many people were willing to follow him. Therefore, he made great contributions during the snowballing stage of Wu Tianyin's early and middle stages. He took the lead in expanding the army, discussing recruitment, and determining the ideas and ideas with Erlonggang members as the core.

However, since the Wu mercenary group implemented the management of the regular army, Anzi's military capabilities have been very mediocre. It can even be said that he does not understand it at all. He even wrote a training plan in a sparse manner, so he can only focus on military affairs. Retire from the official position and leave promotion opportunities to capable rising stars.

Wu Tianyin once thought about letting Anzi go to the Eighth District to further his studies and learn a lot, but he was not very interested personally, and probably never thought that he had to occupy the position of the main military officer, so this matter was dropped in the end. Forget it.

But even if Anzi does not take power in the army, there is no doubt about his weight in the Wu mercenary group. No matter how the personnel are changed and transferred, he remains firmly in the top five positions in Beifengkou, and on some things, what he says is equivalent to what Wu Tianyin said.

Therefore, people within the Wu mercenary group privately say that Anzi is a very politically intelligent person. He does not fight for power or profit, but almost one-third of the core generals and officers were discovered and promoted by him. And Wu Tianyin had great trust in him from beginning to end, because Anzi not only took the initiative to delegate power, but also never did anything to declare troops to seize the throne.

Who wouldn't like such a person?

…

Anzi returned to Erlonggang for two days. On the surface, he basically didn't do anything serious. He was either attending parties or drinking all day long. However, the people he met were not the main senior generals in the army, but were currently working in Erlonggang. Among the grassroots officers stationed near Longgang, there are also some elderly people who have retired from management positions in Beifengkou.

This evening, it was around seven o'clock.

In Erlonggang, inside the Guangming Life Village Management Committee, five people were sitting at the dining table, drinking and chatting.

"Sister-in-law, there's no need to prepare the dishes, we can't eat these." Anzai shouted towards the kitchen with a rosy face.

"There are two more, they will be fired soon." A woman replied in a rough voice.

"Haha, okay, don't speculate, come over and have a drink together." Anzi said with a smile.

"Right now, right now, you guys eat first." The woman replied cheerfully.

Anzi nodded, smiled and said to a middle-aged man in his fifties next to him, "Sister-in-law is just a nice person."

"What a fart, I'm so angry with you." The middle-aged man said with a curl of his lips while holding the vegetables, "If we hadn't had children, we would have been fine."

"Don't be like this. We all came together when life was hard. Now that we are old, why are we still talking about this?" Anzi advised.

"She won't let me break my shoes!" the middle-aged man replied confidently.

"Fuck!" Anzi cursed with all his thoughts, and immediately changed the subject: "Hey, Brother Liu, there's something I want to ask you."

"What's going on?" Brother Liu replied holding the dish.

"I heard that blind man Chen Er's wife, children, and his eldest brother have all returned to Erlonggang?" Anzi asked very casually.

"Ah, I'm back." Brother Liu nodded: "Some time ago, he asked me to find someone to help his family clean up their old house."

"Ah!" Anzi nodded, deliberately not saying the second half of the sentence.

Brother Liu glanced at Anzi's expression: "What's wrong? Why do you ask about this?"

Anzi took a sip of wine and asked softly: "Blind Chen Er's wife has a very good relationship with her sister-in-law. She didn't say why she suddenly brought her child back to Erlonggang?"

"She said it was relevant that Blind Chen Er and his eldest brother wanted to dump coal here, so she came back first." Brother Liu explained softly: "We didn't ask about the rest."

"Ah!" Anzai nodded.

"The food is here."

My sister-in-law walked in from the kitchen with two plates of stir-fried dishes. She smiled and said to Anzi, "Old Liu suddenly said you were coming. I didn't have any preparations, so I just made some stir-fries."

"Very good." Anzi turned around and replied, "Stop working so hard, let's go to the table and eat together."

"Are these eggs cold? Can my sister-in-law heat them up for you?" Old Liu's wife asked enthusiastically.

"Haha, no need, just sit down quickly."

"Okay, then I'll drink with you." My sister-in-law bent down and sat down. While pouring the wine, she asked: "What were you talking about just now? Why did I hear you say that Chen Er's blind wife is?"

"Xiao An asked why they came back from Beifengkou." Lao Liu interjected.

"Come back and make some coal!" My sister-in-law said smoothly: "Yesterday, Xiaoqin told me that she wanted me to contact her to see if anyone is willing to sell his store in Beifengkou."

Anzai, who originally wanted to ask more questions, was startled when he heard this: "What store are you looking for?"

"Xiaoqin said that money is needed to sell coal. She didn't have enough money on hand, so she wanted to sell the store in Beifengkou and asked me to help contact her." My sister-in-law replied.

"Is it for sale?" Anzi asked: "Hey, how many stores does his family have in Beifengkou?"

"There are four of them, and they are all going to be sold." My sister-in-law replied carelessly: "Do you think they are mentally ill? This store in Beifengkou is so valuable now, and the management fees for military families are waived in half. You just don’t want to do it, and you’ve already received a lot of money by renting it out for a year, so why bother coming back to dump the coal? That game is now monopolized by big companies, and what little money they have is enough to do.”

Anzi's face darkened when he heard this.

"Hey, why are you asking about this?" Old Liu asked.

"Blind Chen Er had some conflicts with officers from other departments, and not long after, his family left. I was afraid that he had something in mind, so I asked him about it." Anzi said calmly: "Brother Liu, don't worry about this. Side story!"

"Okay, I understand."

"Well, let's not talk anymore, let's drink!" Anzi took the initiative to bring a drink.

…

After Anzi stayed in Erlonggang for three days, he basically found out everything about blind man Chen Er from the side.

On Monday night, before returning to Beifengkou, Anzi asked an officer who had a good relationship with blind man Chen Er to call him privately and transfer him to Songjiang for a drink. The latter happily went to the appointment.

…

District Eight.

Mr. Cat, the No. 1 dog-licking old cat in Sichuan Province, was finally liberated after accompanying Zheng Ya for more than three months.

Zheng Ya fully recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

In the ward, the old cat asked tentatively: "Hey, I'll take you home and visit your dad by the way."

Zheng Ya glanced at the old cat and replied calmly: "Why do you want to look at my dad?"

"...I want to see what kind of father can teach such an outstanding girl like you." The old cat said affectionately.

Zheng Ya collapsed: "I really vomited...!"

"Spit it out and I'll catch it with my mouth."

"...!"