Chapter 47: High Ingredients Are Not All Bad
Wang Dezhu and Wan Yueqin showed great enthusiasm for Gao Zhendong bringing a beautiful girl to their home. Even Xiaomei kept calling "Auntie" as she went in and out, and was happily dragging chairs and serving melon seeds.
In Xiaomei's world, Xiaomei likes Uncle Gao, and Xiaomei likes the beautiful aunt that Uncle Gao brings.
Sha Zhu was still busy. When he heard Gao Zhendong coming, he greeted him from the other end of the kitchen. For them, there was no need to be too polite and come over specially.
Although Lou Xiao'e was told not to bring anything, Gao Zhendong had prepared gifts himself. In addition to the milk powder he brought daily and two bottles of Maotai that he would drink later, which were not considered gifts, Gao Zhendong also brought a set of books: "Criminal Psychology Series", which Gao Zhendong downloaded when he was a hamster on the Internet in his previous life.
This set of books is a collection of many criminal psychology books in a compressed package. I drew it together in a lottery before. I had no use for it at the time, so I threw it into the storage and forgot about it. I only remembered it when Wang Dezhu was promoted.
Gao Zhendong removed the part of the books published after 1959, leaving Lombroso's "The Criminal Man", Wolfe's "Criminology", and "Criminal Psychology" written by Gross, Kovrevinsky and Sommer respectively. Yes, the Chinese translations of these three books have the same name.
Wang Dezhu was very interested in this set of books and almost read it on the spot.
While Wan Yueqin and Lou Xiao'e were chatting, Wang Dezhu gave Gao Zhendong a look, and the two of them walked out the door under the pretext of smoking.
Outside the house, Wang Dezhu gave Gao Zhendong a cigarette, lit one for himself, and took a deep puff: "Old platoon leader, I think this girl is of high class, right?"
Gao Zhendong nodded as he lit the fire: "Yeah, it's quite high."
Wang Dezhu was a little worried: "Old platoon leader, this is your private matter, and I shouldn't ask too much. But this is not a trivial matter, have you really thought it through?"
Gao Zhendong nodded: "Think it over, as long as she's a good person. I have made arrangements regarding her background."
In fact, for Gao Zhendong, Lou Xiao'e's high class background has disadvantages, but it also has advantages, and these advantages have little to do with money.
But she couldn't explain this benefit to Wang Dezhu, and she couldn't even tell anyone about it, not even Lou Xiao'e herself. She had to keep it in her heart and said this vaguely.
Wang Dezhu knew Gao Zhendong's character and ability, and he was not afraid of a fight. He felt relieved, but still reminded him, "Then pay attention to the wind direction. If you need help, come to me in time. I'll also keep an eye on it for you. If there's any sign of trouble, I'll let you know in time."
Gao Zhendong nodded: "Well, you are thoughtful." There are still five or six years left, so it's still time to make plans.
Before the mid-60s, there would not be any major impact. The TV series begins at the end of the lunar year 1965, but in fact the Gregorian calendar had already entered the beginning of the next year. Lou Xiao'e and her parents were still alive and well, with no problems at all.
As for the impact on Gao Zhendong's work? Well, these days, there are not many people with low social status who have made great achievements in scientific research. If you are interested, you can go and look up the information.
The reason is very simple: when this group of people were studying, those with low class backgrounds had a hard time even getting into school, except for a few who were extremely talented, such as Mr. Hua Luogeng and Comrade Wu Yunduo. It was only after the founding of the People's Republic of China that this situation was greatly improved, but this group of people had not yet fully grown up.
Back to Wang Dezhu, he finished talking about his worries, but he still recognized Lou Xiaoe as a person: "You know what, old platoon leader, you have a really good eye. This girl, except for her background, everything else is first-class. She has a good personality, too. She is straightforward and generous, not shy."
Gao Zhendong laughed: "That's right, you don't even look at who I am, haha."
Wang Dezhu was quite regretful: "Hey, if I had known that you didn't care about your high class status, there is a very good teacher in Yueqin School, I would have introduced her to you a long time ago."
After they finished smoking, they walked back to the house. Sha Zhu was almost done with his work. After everyone was seated at the table, Gao Zhendong formally introduced Lou Xiao'e to Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu has a deep impression of the name Lou Xiao'e. After all, it was because of this name that Xu Damao had acted out a play with him.
When Sha Zhu heard Lou Xiao'e's name, he was stunned and turned to Gao Zhendong: "Is that Lou Xiao'e?"
There was nothing to hide. Gao Zhendong nodded and said, "Yes, but I don't know what happened between her and Xu Damao. She came to my house to ask for directions and she didn't mention Xu Damao."
This was said, but not all of it, and it is impossible to say all of it.
Lou Xiao'e interjected: "I've heard of Xu Damao, but I've never met him."
Sha Zhu always liked to hear things that could make Xu Damao embarrassed. He gave him a thumbs up and said, "Zhendong, it has to be you!" When he was happy, he even used honorifics.
Wang Dezhuo and Wan Yueqin found it interesting and asked what was going on. Shazhu and Gao Zhendong then talked about the matter one after another.
Wang Dezhu just said: "The old platoon leader is great, but your neighbor is not."
Sha Zhu echoed the words and reminded Gao Zhendong: "Zhendong, you still have to be careful. Xu Damao is a vicious person, and he will remember you for the rest of your life for even the smallest thing."
Gao Zhendong nodded: "Well, I will pay attention to this."
Given Xu Damao's character and personality, he will definitely take crazy revenge on Gao Zhendong in the future, and Xu Damao's revenge will have no bottom line in terms of means and purpose.
Gao Zhendong had only one thought in mind:
——Xu Damao, you must disappear within these few years.
Gao Zhendong's way of dealing with people is just an external manifestation. In his situation, he is too lazy to waste time calculating trivial matters, but it does not mean that he is a fool or a good man who accepts everything in his heart.
When it comes to matters like Xu Damao's, his decisions are always decisive, and his goals are even more brutal than those of ordinary people. However, generally speaking, he rarely escalates things to this extent.
Wang Dezhu nodded at Gao Zhendong. He probably understood Gao Zhendong's deeper meaning. It must be said that comrades who have been through life and death in the same tunnel have a good understanding of each other.
Gao Zhendong was too lazy to continue talking about Xu Damao on the day of Wang Dezhu's promotion. He was not worthy of it. So he asked everyone to pour some wine and said to Wang Dezhu, "Come on, you have to make the opening remarks. I see Xiaomei is envious. Hahaha."
Indeed, Xiaomei had never smelled such delicious food before. She held the chopsticks and the small bowl, her eyes sparkling as she stared at the table. Her drool was flowing out. Fortunately, Wan Yueqin had good parents, so she managed to hold back her drool.
Wang Dezhu looked at his daughter, raised his glass, and started the meal.
(End of this chapter)