Chapter 270: Little Army! Want A Wife?
China has many traditions.
Hope for one’s son to become a dragon is one of the “outstanding performers” among them.
The higher the achievements and ability of the parents, the more hope they hold for their children, hoping that the waves behind can push the waves ahead, and that the student can surpass the master.
Moreover, the vast majority of these parents have no selfish motives.
They purely hope that their children can live well.
Chen Zhenhua has high expectations for Chen Jun, hoping he can expand and strengthen the family business. At least in this field he is very familiar, and along the way he can guide and help his son. But once he joins the troops, he can’t help with anything.
That’s why he has been strict with his education since childhood and opposed him joining the troops.
But it is precisely this strong parental expectation, forcibly imposed on the children.
It usually comes with side effects at the same time, because sufficient communication is not done in between, making the children feel oppressed and dominated, thus giving birth to a psychology of resistance, easily forming conflicts between father and son.
In the final analysis.
It is not that Chen Zhenhua is unwilling for Chen Jun to come to the troops, but he just felt that Chen Jun back then was not suitable to stay in the troops, and was worried that Chen Jun would suffer grievances in the troops.
In addition, as the boss of the company, Chen Zhenhua’s usual style is too overbearing, and in front of his son Chen Jun he always puts on the airs of an elder, unwilling to let go of his own attitude and communicate with an equal mentality.
That’s why there has been a long-term disharmony between father and son for so many years.
Actually, deep in Chen Zhenhua’s heart, as long as his son can make something of himself and surpass the master, he will be very happy and proud of him.
Whether it is serving as a soldier or doing business.
Regiment Commander Wang and Political Commissar Zhou are both experienced people; they saw the “ailment” at a glance, so they specially arranged this scene.
They did not arrange for Chen Zhenhua and Chen Jun to meet first, but brought him to visit the regimental hall of honor first.
Let Chen Zhenhua personally feel through the tangible honors one by one, and understand how exaggerated Chen Jun’s current achievements are.
How excellent his son is!
When Chen Zhenhua heard Regiment Commander Wang say with his own mouth that the creator of all the honors in this entire room—Chen Jun—is his son Chen Jun.
The impact his heart received was like a level 12 typhoon.
Unprecedentedly fierce!
And after his heart received the fierce impact, a joy difficult to describe in words surged fiercely from the bottom of his heart.
It integrated into his limbs and body at an extremely fast speed, making him unable to stop his hands and feet from trembling slightly.
That was the reaction of being too excited!
His nose suddenly felt sour, his eyes also swelled uncontrollably, and hot liquid crazily wanted to gush out from his eyes.
“He’s made it, he’s made it, my son… this is my son Chen Jun…”
As his eye sockets became uncontrollably moist, Chen Zhenhua muttered to himself uncontrollably, his slightly trembling hands instinctively reaching out toward the photo.
He slowly stroked the son on the photo, whom he hadn’t seen for a full seven years.
It had been seven years without seeing him…
The conflict with his son had reached this point, but now he discovered that his son had grown into a towering tree without him noticing.
He, who once could shelter his son from wind and rain, had become so insignificant standing in front of his son.
The intensity of a father’s emotions at this moment could be felt by any father who has a son; that surging emotion is uncontrollable.
Seeing Chen Zhenhua with tears streaming down his face, Regiment Commander Wang wanted to comfort him a few words.
But he was not good at comforting people, and thousands of words condensed into one sentence.
“Your son deserves your pride.”
“Yes, this brat, unknowingly, has grown up. I always wanted to be his pride, but in the blink of an eye, he has become my pride first. He truly deserves to be a man of the Chen family.”
Chen Zhenhua muttered softly to himself, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.
Recalling the great famine in 1960, when many places were so hungry that people fought over Guanyin soil to eat, his father, that is, Chen Jun’s grandfather, to avoid starving to death, took his wife and children to seek refuge with his old comrade-in-arms in Magic City.
In consideration of the life-saving favor when grandfather carried him back from a pile of corpses on the Korean battlefield back then.
The old comrade-in-arms spent a lot of effort to pull strings and arranged for grandfather to work at the dock responsible for loading and unloading cargo, and finally survived the great famine.
Starting from a dock porter, becoming a seaman running ships everywhere, and then going solo during the reform and opening up.
The Chen family has step by step reached today’s level, and it really wasn’t easy along the way, so Chen Zhenhua has high expectations for Chen Jun.
Chen Jun’s stubborn insistence on joining the troops to serve as a soldier is most likely a case of skipping a generation inheritance.
And Chen Jun being able to smoothly go to military academy to study was actually Old Master Chen silently supporting behind the scenes; otherwise, Chen Jun couldn’t have gone to military academy at all.
Going to military academy requires political review, and a father’s influence in this pass is very great.
It was Old Master Chen strongly supporting his own grandson that forced Chen Zhenhua back then to have no way to deal with Chen Jun and could only reluctantly sign a three-year bet agreement with his son.
Old Master Chen had called out to the King of Hell on the Korean battlefield, and there are still two shrapnel pieces in his body that haven’t been removed to this day.
Chen Zhenhua truly feared him from the bottom of his heart!
Now having personally witnessed his son’s “report card” and clearly knowing that his son is not a coward but a very excellent soldier.
While feeling immensely proud, Chen Zhenhua also let go of the obsession in his heart from this moment on.
Starting from this moment…
He sincerely recognizes Chen Jun!
He also realizes that this skipping a generation inheritance in Chen Jun—he has inherited Old Master Chen’s will and talent; the troops are the biggest stage most suitable for him.
“Fine, fine, this body of mine can still move; I’ll hold on for another twenty years.”
Chen Zhenhua made a decision in his heart. His age, not yet fifty, also gave him enough confidence to persist until his grandson comes to inherit the family business.
That’s right!
Chen Zhenhua is really thinking this way now.
Since his son Chen Jun is more suitable to stay in the troops, let him stay in the troops forever and walk out the most brilliant life belonging to him.
But the family business with a single line of descent can’t just be thrown away.
So, in the eyes of the old father Chen Zhenhua, the best solution is to quickly get married and then give birth to a fat grandson for him.
With the Chen family’s characteristic of skipping a generation transmission, the grandson will definitely be a business genius.
At that time.
All problems can be perfectly solved.
Moreover, Chen Jun is now almost 25 years old, long past the national legal marriage age, so having him produce a grandson is not difficult at all.
As for the fact that there are all men in the troops and no chance to contact women.
Difficult for others.
Very easy for Chen Zhenhua.
Because the older generation has relatively good relationships, they all have a habit that sounds “outdated” now but was very popular back then.
That is betrothal before birth.
Between Old Master Chen and his old comrade-in-arms, because the two families have always maintained a very good relationship, there happened to be this agreement by chance.
Although it is now almost the 21st century and Chen Zhenhua knows it has no legal effect.
But the old comrade-in-arms and the Chen family are well-matched, the two old masters often mention this matter, and pairing them up would definitely be very good.
Moreover, it is said that the old comrade-in-arms’ granddaughter is very excellent; after graduating from university, she went to study at an Ivy League in the United States.
And it is just so coincidental that before coming, Chen Zhenhua heard Old Master Chen casually mention that she has already obtained her master’s degree and returned domestically.
Judging solely by talent, she is worthy of Chen Jun.
At least Chen Zhenhua is very satisfied!
As for how to bring them together, Chen Zhenhua feels it has difficulty, but it won’t stump him.
To have a well-behaved grandson inherit the family business as soon as possible, Chen Zhenhua must also think of every method and effort to bring the two of them together.
As his thoughts drifted thousands of miles away at once, imagining grandson and daughter-in-law and such.
Chen Zhenhua’s emotions also stabilized.
Temporarily putting away the idea of finding a wife for his son, carrying full pride in his son, Chen Zhenhua prepared to look around the hall of honor again.
This time immersing into the role of a father, appreciating the highlights of his son’s journey.
And you know what.
Just now thinking it was someone else’s son, he only felt envy while looking; now immersing into the father’s role, the immersion instantly maxed out.
The feeling brought by looking again was a complete turnaround change.
Regiment Commander Wang was not impatient at all throughout, patiently accompanying as the host, plus just the right explanations and chats.
The atmosphere couldn’t be more harmonious!
And just as Chen Zhenhua was about to finish his second look around, Chen Jun, who was in closed-door seclusion in the special reconnaissance company buried head in writing the manuscript, suddenly received the news of his father visiting relatives and finally hurried over.
The distance between the two places is only about ten kilometers, so Chen Jun could have come ten minutes earlier at least.
Unfortunately, about to see “Dad” Chen Zhenhua soon, no matter how much he absorbed the original host’s memories and emotions, the identity immersion has a certain degree.
But after all, it is the first “meeting,” so Chen Jun still felt a bit awkward in his heart.
So he specially prepared for a long, long time, making full psychological preparation before coming over.
Chen Jun originally thought the meeting would be quite awkward, after all, it had been seven years since the father and son met, and he was not the original Chen Jun anymore.
But when Chen Jun stepped into the hall of honor and saw Chen Zhenhua proudly appreciating various honors.
His heart instantly calmed down!
That unique bond connection of blood ties made Chen Jun not need any preparation at all; his body automatically adjusted.
“Hello, Regiment Commander.”
Chen Jun first saluted Regiment Commander Wang upon entering, then turned to his old father Chen Zhenhua.
“Dad, how come you’re here?”
There was almost no awkwardness at all; Chen Jun said it very naturally.
“Ahem.”
Chen Zhenhua didn’t notice Chen Jun had suddenly arrived and quickly restrained the pride that was about to overflow, pretending to be serious as he said: “As your dad, can’t I come to see my son? You don’t welcome me?”
Seeing Chen Zhenhua putting on the father’s airs, Regiment Commander Wang beside him even laughed.
He seemed to see himself!
Under the traditional education concept of strict father and loving mother, especially popular in the 1990s, fathers at home were all serious toward their sons.
The way Chen Zhenhua was in front of Chen Jun was exactly how Regiment Commander Wang was in front of his son.
“Of course welcome, how could I not welcome? I’m just worried about you making the trip. At your age, coming all the way from Magic City, pay more attention to your health.”
What Chen Jun said was very ordinary, just the most basic son caring for his father.
But when Chen Zhenhua heard these words, he was stunned for a full five seconds without reacting, his eyes looking at Chen Jun full of astonishment.
Because this was the first time in more than twenty years that Chen Jun had said such caring words to him.
How could this not astonish him!
But after the five seconds of shock passed, Chen Zhenhua’s eyes visibly softened, full of smiles and gratification.
His son had grown up, matured, and knew how to care for others.
Looking at the son standing in front of him who was a head taller, already mature and knowing how to care for his father.
Chen Zhenhua was truly satisfied!
Being able to raise such an excellent son was his greatest achievement in life; even taking the company from tens of millions to billions couldn’t compare to it at all.
“Little Jun, you’ve gotten darker, but more robust; you’re a real man now.”
Chen Zhenhua pinched Chen Jun’s strong arms, feeling the surging powerful strength inside, and the conflicts between father and son completely dissipated into smoke from then on.
“It’s about time; let’s go, we’ll have lunch first and chat while eating.”
Regiment Commander Wang took the initiative to invite as host; Chen Zhenhua naturally wouldn’t refuse, and the group left the hall of honor and came to the regimental guest house restaurant.
A group of people sat around the dining table to eat; not many people but all heavyweights.
Regiment Commander Wang Qing Rui, Political Commissar Zhou Yunhai, Chief of Staff Yang Zhidong, Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou Huiming, etc., all the regimental party committee leadership personally accompanied.
This face was really maxed out!
Chen Zhenhua saw the table full of colonels, all coming to accompany him, a family member, for lunch, further realizing how awesome his son was.
Thinking that his son was only twenty-four years old and already had such achievements in the troops.
As long as another ten or twenty years pass…
Wouldn’t he become a general??
Thinking that the old Chen family could produce a general in the future, bringing glory to ancestors and leaving a legacy for centuries, even able to open a new page alone on the family genealogy after starting a family.
Chen Zhenhua’s heartbeat uncontrollably accelerated suddenly, and the smile on his face became even more intense.
Borrowing this surging emotion, Chen Zhenhua raised his wine cup and took the lead to toast: “Leaders present, thank you for taking care of and cultivating him, making my son so excellent.
As a father, I am very grateful, so for this first cup, I toast to all the leaders; thank you.”
After speaking.
Chen Zhenhua downed it in one gulp.
Seeing how reasonable Chen Zhenhua was, the regimental leaders present were also very happy and immediately started mutual flattery back and forth.
And in this cheerful mutual flattery, the atmosphere at the dining table also became extremely lively.
At this moment of toasting.
Regiment Commander Wang and Political Commissar Zhou exchanged a glance, then smiled knowingly together.
The most troublesome father-son conflict has been resolved, so the subsequent arrangements become much simpler; just leave it all to son Chen Jun.
No matter how well they as leaders arrange, it can’t compare to the warm companionship of a son.
