This was a hundred-year-old town, but it was not very large. It could be considered a small town.
Old Zhang didn't want to rely on his family, so he moved out.
However, he was still her son. Although Old Zhang was the most worrisome of her three children, he was still her son.
Therefore, after Old Zhang moved out, his father asked Old Zhang's mother to give him a house in her name.
He even brought a courtyard.
Cecelia was a village girl. She was very beautiful and sensible. She did not ask for anything from Old Zhang.
Therefore, Old Zhang had deep feelings for her. However, in reality, Old Zhang did not want to stay at home. He wanted to increase the income of Cecelia and the family, so he joined the army. He believed that he could read and write, and he would definitely be able to make a name for himself in the army.
But reality was cruel.
If he was in another unit, he might be put in an important position, but he was under his former division commander, who looked down on scholars.
Because that division commander was recruited by bandits, he could not change his bandit personality.
Furthermore, he looked down on scholars. When he was a bandit, he was betrayed by his so-called military counselor. Although he managed to survive that time, he suffered a great loss in strength.
Therefore, ever since that time, he looked down on scholars and even hated them a little.
It was only during that battle that he realized how cruel war was.
This war was different from the wars he had fought before.
Then the previous wars were just child's play.
Due to these reasons, Old Zhang did not have much of a chance to make a name for himself.
However, after a year of being a soldier, he finally fully displayed his talents.
In just over a year, he had already been promoted to first-class private.
As for Cecelia, her man had not returned home for the past few years. Although she was very worried, all she could do was take care of the house and make him happy when he returned home.
In the past few years, because Old Zhang had not returned, his father, who was originally very angry with him, began to think of him often.
However, his youngest son, whom he had thought to be the most useless, was now the one he cared about the most.
Therefore, he asked Old Zhang's mother to help Cecelia from time to time so that her life would not be so difficult. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a woman to survive with three children at this time.
At this moment, in Old Zhang's courtyard, Cecelia was drawing water from the well in the courtyard. A beautiful woman in her mid-twenties was laboriously drawing water from the well.
Around her were three pretty children playing.
As Old Zhang and Cecelia were both very good-looking, the children were all very cute.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Cecelia thought that her mother-in-law had come. In the past few years, her mother-in-law had been helping her with some things.
She knew that her mother-in-law's family had accepted her, and she was very happy. All these years, what she had done was worth it. In the future, she would not have to make things difficult for Old Zhang.
Although her mother-in-law had been asking her to bring the child back to the old residence for the past few years. However, Old Zhang had not returned yet. He should wait for him to come back first.
Her mother-in-law did not persuade her anymore. She would only give her something every few days and help her with something.
Tell my son to open the door
"Hu Zi, your grandma is here. Hurry up and open the door for her. Mother's hands are not convenient right now."
"Oh, Grandma is here. There's candy to eat. Hehehe."
Hu Zi hopped to open the door.
"This child, why does he always think about eating candy? One day, you'll lose all your teeth!"
Cecelia stopped what she was doing and turned around. It was two soldiers and a postman.
He thought that it might be a letter from Old Zhang.
Hence, he looked at them with anticipation.
"Excuse me, is this Zhang Shiming's house?"”
Hearing the other party's question, Cecelia knew that it was a letter from Old Zhang.
"Yes, this is Zhang Shiming's house. Did he send a letter?"”
Seeing Cecelia's expectant face, the postman also gave an affirmative answer.
"Yes, he sent a letter. This is the commander of his unit. He's here to help him deliver something to you.”
Hence, Cecelia invited the three of them in and asked Hu Zi to go to the old residence to call Old Zhang's parents. Cecelia knew how worried her in-laws were about her husband.
When they reached home, the postman and two soldiers passed the things and military pay that Old Zhang had sent over, as well as a thick letter, to Cecelia and her parents, who were currently filled with excitement. At the same time, two soldiers also told them about Old Zhang's recent situation.
The few of them were very happy to hear that Old Zhang was doing well.
In addition, Old Zhang also bought a lot of new clothes and shoes from Panzhi Flower County. They were all the latest varieties, clothes that ordinary people could not touch at all during this period.
The old man was overjoyed.
Because the stationery developed in Panzhi Flower County in recent years was bought by a few foreign spy companies, it caused a wave of calligraphy craze in western countries.
There were also high-end fountain pens produced in Panzhi Flower County that were sold well overseas.
In Panzhi Flower County, he mainly borrowed a few foreign spy companies to sell domestic items with high cost-performance ratio, which was in line with the actual situation in China.
Hearing about Old Zhang's recent situation, the old man's white beard trembled with laughter.
Firstly, this was the son he cared about the most. Secondly, he was a regular soldier, which was different from his eldest son's position as the commander of the county garrison. He had learned this from the two soldiers.
Coupled with his many years of experience, he could still see this. Just from the fact that the unit had wiped out an entire brigade in an hour, he could tell that this was a ferocious army.
That was Marshal Liu's army, a real regular army. Marshal Liu was quite famous in Sichuan Province.
The old man knew what kind of existence Marshal Liu's troops were. Although they lost to Marshal Xiong last year, they didn't do anything to Marshal Liu. He was still a big boss warlord.
Therefore, it was definitely a ferocious force to annihilate Commander Liu's brigade in an hour.
The class monitor's rank was much higher than his eldest son's rank as a company commander in the county garrison.
After that, the postman and the soldier left. There were still a few people they had to deliver.
At this time, similar incidents were happening all over Sichuan Province. As long as one was a soldier in Panzhi Hua County and did not have a local family, they would have such an opportunity.
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