Riverside Police.

In the early morning, Xiang Fan rode his bicycle to go to work in the rest house.

The only difference was that Hanhan was not sitting in the child seat at the back, and had just gone to the passenger terminal with her mother.

Lao Han, Xianyu, Mengmeng and Xiaojun are going back today, but in fact the passenger ship they took has already arrived at Binjiang.

It is said that since the airport was completed and put into use, the city has not really held any major events, nor has it held any major celebrations. Not to mention that it cannot be compared with Guzhou City on the other side of the river, it is not even as lively as the following districts and counties. The opportunity for the triumphant return of the Linghai Reserve Battalion is well managed.

Ningning received the notice the day before yesterday, and took Hanhan to pick up San'er early this morning.

In fact, Xiang Fan could also go, but she didn't want to affect her work. She never thought that as soon as she entered the compound of the cadre rest center, she would see the director and political commissar standing at the door of the garage talking and laughing happily with several veteran cadres.

"Director Xiang, why are you here today?"

"Come to work." Xiang Fan got out of the car quickly, held the car faucet and asked with a smile: "Deputy Master Zhou, Director Yang, why are you so formal today?"

There are not many veteran cadres in the cadre rest center of the military division, there are only fourteen in total.

The level is not very high, and the highest position before retirement or retirement is just a teacher.

The old comrades have been retired for so many years, and they are very approachable. It can be said that they are no different from ordinary old people, but their salary is much higher than that of ordinary retired cadres.

Xiang Fan is very envious that they can get such a high retirement salary, and they are even more envious of Xiang Fan's daughters and sons-in-law who are all capable.

"I am a hero, my son is a hero" does not apply here. The children and grandchildren of the veteran cadres are not doing very well. It seems that the most promising one is the head of the army. Most of them are ordinary employees, and some are even laid off. .

This may have something to do with the better performance of enterprises and department stores in the past.

When they were in power, they all arranged their children into the good units at that time, but they didn't spend a hundred days, and the good units before are not so good now.

A former deputy commander looked down at the military medal pinned to his chest, leaned on his crutches and said with a smile: "We will pick up your wife and your daughter and son-in-law later!"

"Director Xiang, you came just in time. We will go together when Director Qian comes down."

"Director, are you going to pick up the Linghai Reserve Battalion at the pier?"

"It's not only to meet the Linghai Reserve Battalion, but also to pick up the Binjiang Flood Prevention and Rescue Reserve Battalion. It's been a long time since it's been so lively. I'll take this opportunity to go out with Deputy Commander Zhou, Director Yang, and Director Qian to get some air."

As soon as the director of Ganxiu finished speaking, Deputy Master Zhou held his sunglasses and said, "It was so lively last time, I still went to welcome the heroes who came back from the front line of Laoshan. Director Xiang, your wife, your eldest son-in-law, second son-in-law and second daughter are all You are the hero against the flood, today you are the most honorable!"

"What's the glory? Fighting floods is not fighting."

They are all precious treasures of our party and our army. Their bodies are more important than anything else. Xiang Fan was a little worried and said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Zhou, Director Yang, I heard that there seems to be a live broadcast today. It's so hot, wait a minute It's hotter, why don't you go, let's go to the activity room to watch the live broadcast, there is air conditioning in the activity room."

"I watch TV every day, what's the point of watching TV?"

"Yeah, what kind of TV can I go to the scene to watch?"

Old comrades have nothing to do all day long, so they just like to join in the fun.

The cadre rest center next door did not pay attention to these things, so the old comrades had nothing to do a few years ago. They practiced qigong with charlatans in the society, and even helped a charlatan to go to a township in Sigang to ask for an explanation. The cars were confiscated.

That incident caused a lot of trouble and had a very bad impact. It is said that the leaders of the city and the military division went to bring him back in person.

Director Wu of the cadre rest center of the military division felt that it was good to take the old comrades to participate in the event of welcoming the triumphant return of the soldiers who fought against the flood, and said with a smile: "Director Xiang, I asked the military division to report to the military division last night. The military division helped us fight with the police. Hello, the administrator took Xiao Chen and the others to build a pergola early in the morning."

"Is there a pergola?"

"I borrowed it from Boss Huang who wholesales beer and cold drinks across the diagonal. There is a pergola and plastic chairs."

"It's fine to have a pergola, and bring more water."

"It's already ready."

Just as he was talking, a soldier walked over with the help of a veteran cadre.

Only half of the fourteen old comrades were able to participate in the activities, and some of the other half went out to visit relatives, and some were sick in bed.

The old comrades who participated in the activity paid great attention to the activity, and put on old shirts, some wore old military caps, some did not, but without exception, they all wore military medals.

The trolley was already ready, and Xiang Fan, Director Wu and others helped the old comrades into the car, and then got on the 212 old jeep at the front and went straight to the passenger terminal.

The convoy drove to the long-distance bus station, and the road ahead was closed.

The traffic police stopped in the middle of the road and directed motor vehicles to detour.

Director Wu showed his ID to explain to others, and the traffic police figured out the situation and let them go quickly.

When I rushed to the gate of the passenger terminal, I saw colorful flags fluttering and crowds of people around!
The administrator trotted over to meet him, and guided the convoy to the opposite side. Only then did Xiang Fan notice that not far from the tall "Arch of Triumph", there was indeed a temporary arbor.

Deputy Master Zhou and other old comrades were very satisfied with Director Wu's arrangement. After getting out of the car, they looked around, walked over to sit in the middle of a row of plastic chairs, swung open the folding fan, and asked while shaking the fan: "Administrator, where are the comrades who came back from fighting the flood?"

"Deputy Master Zhou, they are preparing inside, and they will come out on time at 08:30."

"and then?"

"Then walk along Renmin Road to the military sub-district to participate in the commendation meeting of the municipal party committee, the city government and the military sub-district for flood fighting and emergency rescue." The administrator took out a stack of tickets from his briefcase and smiled like a treasure: "When I came here in the morning, I met the military sub-district. Director Zhang, I said that you and Director Liu are definitely going to attend, Director Zhang said that they didn't think carefully, so they quickly rearranged the seats and gave us ten tickets."

"Which row is it in?"

"Second row, second row in the middle, good location."

"It's almost there."

Deputy Commander Zhou nodded in satisfaction, thought about it and asked, "Where are the commander and political commissar?"

The administrator hurriedly said: "The political commissar and Mayor Wang are inside, but the commander is not here."

"How could he not come for such a big event?"

"The head of the provincial military region is here. The commander will accompany Secretary Lu to accompany the head of the provincial military region. They must attend the commendation meeting."

"The provincial military region is also here?"

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Director Liu's mentality is better than Deputy Commander Zhou's, he retreats as soon as he withdraws, and never asks about the military division.

If there is any activity in the military division, please let him go, please don't pull it down.

He didn't care whether the commander and political commissar of the military division came, nor was he very concerned about whether he would be eligible to attend the commendation meeting later, but looked at the sweating crowd on both sides and asked, "Director Xiang, your lemon Has Lemon come?"

"Come, she came early in the morning, bringing Hanhan."

"What about people?"

"I'm looking for them, but I didn't see them after looking around."

"Borrow a cell phone from Director Wu and ask, your daughter is fine on such a hot day, how can your granddaughter stand it?"

"that's true."

Xiang Fan felt sorry for Hanhan, so he hurriedly borrowed a mobile phone from the director of Ganxiu to make a call.

Unexpectedly, although my daughter came early, there were too many people from all walks of life participating in the event today, and many people even came to welcome them spontaneously. The "Hong Kong Supervisory Bureau Delegation" was relatively far behind in the queue, and they actually lined up at the long-distance bus station. .

Xiang Fan was worried that his granddaughter would be squeezed and heated, and was in a state of anxiety, when he suddenly saw Wang Ju from the Shuishang Sub-bureau coming out of a police car, and hurriedly waved his arms and called Wang Ju.

Wang Wenhong ran over to find out the ins and outs, and immediately asked the driver to go to Han Xiangning and Hanhan.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Han Xiangning arrived with Han Han in his arms, and Xiang Fan let out a sigh of relief.

"Hanhan, come to Grandpa Liu and let your mother rest for a while."

"Grandpa Liu, I want a drink of water."

"Drink water, right? There's plenty here."

Hanhan played in the rest place every day, and was already very familiar with Director Liu and other veteran cadres, so she ran to Director Liu obediently.

Han Xiangning thanked him sincerely, looked at the crowded crowd, and muttered: "It's true in the city, even an event can't be done well. It's been a few days of preparation, but the result is still a mess."

Xiang Fan said with a smile: "I don't usually engage in activities, so it's rare for me to make a mess."

"It's fine if you don't organize well. You know that San'er and the others are very tired, but you insist on San'er and the others parading from the pier all the way to the military division. It's such a hot day, walking five kilometers, what a joke!"

"Walk over, don't you go by car?"

"Leaders take the car, let San'er and the others go ahead."

As soon as Han Xiangning finished speaking, Deputy Commander Zhou raised his head and said, "Xiao Han, the reserve troops are just like troops, and it's not too much for the troops to walk five kilometers. And this is different from training. This is a celebration parade. Look at the enthusiasm of the masses. High."

"Yes, this is a very honorable thing." Director Liu held the same view as Deputy Teacher Zhou on this issue.

Xiang Fan couldn't help thinking of the scene when he was a soldier, and couldn't help laughing: "On September 68, 9, the Jiangcheng Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic. The ceremony was attended by a phalanx of representatives from the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region.

I was honored to participate in the celebration as a member of the Air Force representative phalanx. Before the event, we had a one-month queue training. On the day of opening to traffic, we gathered before dawn. Although we were very tired, we could witness the opening of the bridge independently designed and built by our country. Really excited, very proud, very proud! "

Deputy Master Zhou turned his head and said with a smile: "Xiao Han, did you hear that, this is a very honorable event, and it will also become an unforgettable event for a lifetime. It can be said that not everyone has the opportunity to walk the five kilometers."

Director Liu stroked Xiao Hanhan's head, and said with a smile, "Hanhan, you have to study hard when you go to school. When you grow up, you will be in the People's Liberation Army like your grandpa and grandma, work hard in the army, and receive awards for meritorious service like your father!"

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