Chapter 3: The whole family welcomes guests from all directions

  In the midst of a family's joyful anticipation. 1977 arrived with great fanfare, due to Liu Dongfang's work schedule, Shuang Xi Ge's 100th day celebration was dragged all the way to the end of February, which coincided with the third day of Chinese New Year.

  In the past four months, Liu Shuangxi has made rapid progress, and the most direct manifestation is that he can speak now. This makes the whole Liu family overjoyed, regardless of old or young, they tease him to talk whenever they have nothing to do. Not long after he could speak, our Shuangxi brother had to go to his grandfather's house to sleep. Alas, sleeping with dad and mom at night is very awkward, you know what I mean.

  There's another thing that makes Liu Shuangxi quite happy, and that "Zhao's Secret Book" isn't as useless as he initially thought. This thing is hard to describe, but if you say that the old Liu family's skills belong to hard qigong, which polishes the bones and skin, then this belongs to internal qigong, specializing in regulating the blood and energy. The most obvious characteristic is that outsiders see him and think he's especially lovely, with a special aura about him; if you were to describe it in later generations, it would be what we commonly call "little zhengtai".

  Liu Shuangxi's second uncle, Liu Guoping, returned on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Although he only had a three-day holiday, he became familiar with his nephew on the same night he returned. This uncle from the previous life has a lot to do with Liu Shuangxi's care. When Liu Guoping was injured in battle and left disabled, he returned home and was depressed for several years. Later, he started driving a taxi and had a period of time when he could be called the most powerful taxi driver in Beijing. After that, he gradually developed into a small company with dozens of taxis. It's possible to say that his care was not just protection, otherwise, Liu Shuangxi would have been able to live until 49 years old, which is an unknown number.

  Just like in the past, our reborn Liu Shuangxi has a habit of relying on his bed and won't get up until 9 am. But today, the third day of the new year, is different. Before 7 am, he was woken up by Old Man Liu Dongfang to prepare for receiving guests. Mother Zhu Wenhua helped Liu Shuangxi get ready, dressing him in new clothes and wiping his face, even applying some of her precious snowflake cream on him. Now, if you were to hang Liu Shuangxi on the wall, people could admire him as a painting.

  It wasn't even 8 o'clock yet, and the first guests had already arrived - Gu Haiping and his wife. As for Gu Haiping, he was absolutely a sworn brother to Liu Guoqiang. The two of them grew up together as kids, doing all sorts of mischievous things like stealing chickens and climbing on roofs. When they were sent down to the countryside in Northeast China, they even stole explosives from the production team to go fishing, which almost got them publicly denounced if their superiors hadn't known that these two young people had good roots and a red background. Knowing that Liu's family would be busy today, Gu Haiping brought his new wife Chen Sihuan over early in the morning to help out.

  When he saw the couple coming, Liu Shuangxi was also excited, and he stuck to Chen Sihan's body, crawling and walking together. Liu Shuangxi had special feelings for Chen Sihan, which originated from the care of Chen Sihan and his wife after his parents passed away in his previous life. After being transferred to the policy research room, Chen Sihan was his main leader, taking care of him in both work and life, not much different from his own mother Zhu Wenhua. Although he was grateful before, he couldn't be as spoiled and cute as he is now.

  "National Day brother, why don't I be a godfather to your son? Look how much your son likes my wife."

  "Alright, you want me to say that Si Huan is the godmother of my son? I won't say anything, acknowledge you as the godfather, and now even my eldest son has been spoiled by you!"

  "What, I've been corrupted by you two brothers! In the past, I was such a pure and innocent young man. It's all because of you that I'm like this now... Remember when we stole an apple and you were the lookout? When someone came, you ran away first..." Gu Haiping thought back to his embarrassing past.

  Mentioning past embarrassing things, Liu Guoqing rarely blushed, "Alright, alright, let's talk about this another day. There may be more people coming today and some things are not ready yet. Hurry up and follow me to work."

  Dad has done this before, haha, I've never heard of it before. Chen Sihan and Zhu Wenhua looked at each other's husbands as they turned to leave, and both burst out laughing. What a pair of treasures!

  "Sister-in-law, Shuang Xi is really well-behaved, not crying or making a fuss." Chen Si Han said to Zhu Wen Hua with a hint of envy.

  "That's also because you don't see whose son I am." Liu Shuangxi was a bit displeased with the word "gei" and showed off to Chen Sihan in a somewhat arrogant manner.

  "Hey, hey, you said he's fat and he's even panting now, I don't know who peed on Grandpa's body." Chen Sihuan also extremely liked this little nephew, pinching Liu Shuangxi's chubby little face and rubbing it vigorously.

  It's all over, one slip-up and it's a thousand years of regret! Now the whole world knows about this embarrassing thing. This lets the time-travelers know that a soul in their 50s can still do such a thing, how shameful! No need to ask, it must be that big-mouthed Liu Guoli spreading rumors again, humph! The future is long, you just wait!

  "Aunt Chen, stop tormenting me like this! I'm not a kid anymore. If you keep this up, I'll bully your family's kids in the future!" Liu Shuangxi finally couldn't take Chen Sihan's torture and fiercely protested, but these words were indeed based on facts. In their past life, Chen Sihan's son Gu Tao had been Liu Shuangxi's deskmate for many years, although Gu Tao's family situation was much better than Liu Shuangxi's in the later period, so his achievements were naturally better than his. But that's a different story this time around.

  "Hey, my little adult, I'll torment you first and then find my own child." This one sentence was enough to make both Chen Sihan and Zhu Wenhuale speechless.

  "Wenhua, quickly bring the Double Happiness out, Old Man Fang has arrived." Speaking of this Old Man Fang, Fang Xiong, he is actually Liu Dongfang's old leader and superior. The relationship between him and the Liu family goes way back. In terms of generation, he can be considered Liu Dongfang's senior fellow apprentice, but in reality, he is more like Liu Dongfang's master. As mentioned earlier, Liu Dongfang's father passed away early, so most of his martial arts skills were actually taught by Fang Xiong. Not only does Liu Dongfang respect him greatly, but all the younger generation members of the Liu family fear Old Man Fang. When they were young, they would often be trained by him, and among them, Liu Guoping was trained the most. In the end, Fang Xiong thought that Liu Guoping was a good seedling, so he sent him to join the army. During that era, becoming a soldier wasn't an easy feat, even with the Liu family's connections.

  "Happy New Year, Master Fang." Liu Shuangxi still had a deep impression of the other party. We ordinary people think that being a palace guard is already very mysterious and powerful, but this old man holds the position of leader of the palace guards, so he's naturally not an ordinary person. However, Master Fang has always been low-key in his actions, otherwise with his identity as someone who has protected the leaders since the Anti-Japanese War, he would have long been recognized as a senior elder of China.

  "Hey, happy new year to you both! Eastern, you have a great grandson here. Look at this kid's physique, he'll definitely make a good martial artist in the future, and I'm sure he'll be better than his uncle Liu Guo Ping." Hmm, okay? Liu Guo Ping is already being surpassed while lying down? Can I compare with my nephew? When I was three months old, I was still playing with pee, and this kid is already charming people.

  "Haha, Brother Fang, this kid is also lucky to have been born at the right time. If he had been born two years earlier, who knows what kind of trouble we would have gotten into? Liu Dongfang was extremely proud of his grandson, and although he spoke humbly, his flushed face revealed just how delighted he was."

  "Alright, don't be modest anymore. This kid is indeed not bad. Wait for another two years when he's a bit older, bring him to me, and let's pass down the things our ancestors left us to the next generation."

  Nani, in two years I'll be bothered again, right? In Liu Shuangxi's past life, when he was trained by Fang Lao Yezi, it was already after the age of 10. At that time, it was only during his winter and summer vacations in Beijing, so he was only bothered for three years. Later on, Fang Yezi's body wasn't well, and Liu Shuangxi started to slack off too. The so-called martial arts training was also abandoned halfway. Instead, Liu Shuangxi's third brother, Liu Guoping's son Liu Shuangfu, became Fang Lao Yezi's closed-door disciple.

  "Haha, okay, Brother Fang will hand him over to you and I'll be at ease. You're definitely better than me teaching him personally, after all, the skills I have today are all thanks to your guidance. Besides, one's own children are always hard to discipline."

  "With you, Dongfang, I'll work a few more years and make sure to bring this grandson of yours out. Come, Grandpa has something for you." As soon as he finished speaking, Old Master Fang took out a palm-sized yellow jade pendant from his pocket. The moment the pendant was revealed, it attracted everyone's attention. Even those who didn't understand knew that this was a precious jade. Someone like Liu Dongfang, who had seen many things, immediately recognized that this was an extremely fine Tian Huang jade. Tian Huang, as the saying goes, is worth its weight in gold. In today's world, it would be priceless. If Liu Shuangxi were to return to his previous life, he would know that Tian Huang is a treasure that many collectors dream of possessing.

  "Master Fang, this is too valuable, I shouldn't take it." Liu Shuangxi now also belongs to the category of people who don't recognize goods, but his intuition was enough to tell him that this was a treasure.

  "Take it, I won't let you call me grandpa for nothing. I'm giving it to you because it's worth giving to you. These years have been tough, and this is the only thing I can take out of my old trunk that's still decent. Besides, this thing was taken from the little devils' hands by me 41 years ago, whether it's valuable or not I don't know, but for me, it's just a meaningful memento to give you."

  "Brother Fang, is this a memento from when you shot down that Japanese plane in Guangzhou 41 years ago? This is too precious." Liu Dongfang suddenly remembered the War of Resistance against Japan 41 years ago. At that time, he was still a young boy, but he had heard rumors about a hero who attempted to assassinate a high-ranking Japanese officer, although it was unsuccessful, the officer's plane was damaged and eventually crashed, making him the highest-ranking Japanese military leader to be killed by China during the war of resistance against Japan.

  "Hehe, it's been many years since then, let's not mention it again. Double happiness to you, keep this well, still the same words, don't care how much this thing is worth, just leave a memento for you, both to celebrate your 100th day and hope that your generation will never forget that piece of history."

  As the former policy research room's deputy director-level inspector, Liu Shuangxi, although not very familiar with military affairs, immediately thought of that historical period. Facing the creator of history, it would be a lie to say he wasn't excited, but after all, his mental quality was still relatively mature, and he immediately said to Fang Xiong: "Good, thank you, Grandpa Fang, I will definitely take good care of this thing, and in the future, I will pass it on to my son, grandson, let them forever remember that period of history."

  "Hmm, this is a good grandson. From now on, not only do you have to learn martial arts from Grandpa, but you also need to study culture more." Old Master Fang Xiong felt delighted and relieved seeing Liu Shuangxi put away the jade pendant and being so sensible.

  "Dad, Grandpa Deng is coming over, Ye Lao, Li Lao, Gu Lao and Wan Lao are all coming together!" Liu Guo Ping hastily walked into the house and said to Liu Dong Fang. Gu Hai Ping heard that his own grandfather was also coming over, he immediately stopped fidgeting.

  "Right, you guys hurry up and get ready, the wine and dishes are all prepared. Brother Fang, the guests have arrived, let's go welcome them together."

  "Haha, okay, our little double happiness really has some face, I'll go with you to welcome a few old bosses." Old Master Fang was also very happy and walked out with Liu Dongfang.

  As for our double-happy brother with a face, he is thinking about how to lightly flap his small wings and throw out a few big bombs.