People in the Navy: Invincible

Chapter 297 The Old Man's Story

"Let's go to Chatoro Island to replenish." Sanqian put down the binoculars and said to Li Li.

Li Li, who was lying down, did not open his eyes, and said softly, "Listen to you."

Just like usual, Sanqian took the sailors to buy supplies, and Mo Li went for a stroll again. The small towns in the East China Sea are not big, so even if Mo Li gets lost, they can still find them. At most, they just need to spend more time. .

After lighting a cigar, Li Li wandered around the town. In the peaceful East China Sea, civilians are very friendly to the navy and have a high degree of approval.

For the friendliness of the village name, Mo Lijie smiled and nodded.

Ever since he failed to capture Nicole Robin, Li Li felt inexplicably irritated in his heart, and he didn't know what he was irritated about.

Mo Li sat down in a small tavern by the window.

I just ordered a bottle of wine, poured half a glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

Looking out the window, a stooped old man was wearing a black rubber apron, pulling a cart of fish with great difficulty, and stopped at the entrance of the tavern.

The waiter hurried forward, "Mayor, why are you fishing again?"

The old man waved his hands with a smile, and said, "When you are old, you can't be idle."

After finishing speaking, the old man glanced at Mo Li, walked over, and asked with a smile, "Which branch of the navy is it?"

Mo Li was stunned for a moment, ordinary civilians call the navy Lord Navy, and it is really rare to ask this old man directly, but Mo Li didn't care, he replied: "Navy Branch of Beit Island."

The old man sat across from Li Li very familiarly, and asked, "I haven't heard of the Beite Island Branch."

Li Li raised his hand to signal the waiter, "One more bottle of wine, one cup."

"Bring me a drink?" the old man asked.

"No time to?"

"Have."

"Then drink."

The waiter brought another bottle of wine and a glass, and Li Li motioned for the old man to pour the wine himself.

The old man poured the wine with a smile, and drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile: "It's better to drink and enjoy yourself."

Mo Li said: "Beite Island is in the New World, not in the East China Sea."

The old man was startled, and smiled wryly, "I have never had the chance to go to that kind of place."

Mo Li raised his eyebrows, poured himself a glass of wine, and asked softly, "The old man used to be in the navy?"

The old man smiled and said: "Yes, when I was young, I was a garrison in Rogge Town. Later, I went to the Great Route and participated in a battle against pirates. I was injured and retired."

Swaying the cup, Li Li asked, "Just that battle?"

"Yeah, just take one battle, I only participated in one battle in my life." There was a little regret in the old man's words.

Li Li nodded and said: "It's good to retire, I can spend more time with my family."

The old man drank more than half of the glass of wine in one gulp, and said with a casual smile, "I'm alone now."

Li Li nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The old man was silent for a moment and calmly said: "Chadoro Island is not my hometown. My hometown was destroyed by pirates. My parents, wife, and children are all gone."

Upon hearing this, Li Li opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The old man looked at Mo Li and smiled, "Want to comfort me?"

Mo Li shook his head and said in a low voice, "I won't comfort others."

"I can tell."

The old man said again: "I don't need comfort either. Maybe I shouldn't go, maybe I should go later. Of course, it's too late to say anything. That's the way I chose. I can't go back to the past and change it." what."

Mo Li took out the cigar box and handed one to the old man. The old man bit the cigar with ease, lit it, and took a deep breath.

He looked out the window and exhaled smoke.

Li Li looked at the old soldier in front of him, with his stooped body and calm eyes, he was very ordinary.

The old man didn't turn his head, but looked at the bustling people outside the window. He said softly: "Some roads you have to be alone. This is not loneliness, but a choice. You have to bear some hardships alone. This is not a bumpy road, but a consequence."

"Actually, I only made that one choice in my life, but it was the worst result for me."

Li Li didn't know what to say, maybe clinking wine glasses and smoking a cigarette together would be the best comfort.

The experience of this old man is just a microcosm among millions of navies. Some people have only participated in one battle in their lives, and some people may die in the first battle of their lives, while some people will die in the first battle in their lives. Maybe I haven't seen a pirate.

The old man looked at Li Li and asked, "Is the new world cruel? The navy there is very bitter."

Li Li nodded and said with a smile: "It's not bad, the navy there will have fun."

"That's good." The old man smiled.

The old man smiled and picked up the wine glass, sipping the wine slowly.

Li Li looked at the old man, he thought of Zefa, that heroic purple-haired old man, the same experience, the same pain, the same ending, Zefa's previous choice was the same as this old man.

The waiter called the old mayor just now, maybe he regards the people in this town as his own children, just like Zefa regards his students as his own students.

Zefa, I was really hurt by the navy.

After finishing the two bottles of wine, Li Li just wanted to pay the bill.

I heard the old man say: "Let me please."

Mo Qi looked at the old man strangely.

The old man said with a smile: "It's rare for a naval hero, Mr. Li can listen to my old man's nagging. Besides, it is also the responsibility of us veterans to buy a drink for the young navy."

"You recognize me?"

The old man nodded and said, "I just remembered."

Li Li shrugged and patted his pocket, "Okay, thank you veteran for the wine."

Mo Li left.

The old man looked at the wine table, turned his head and shouted, "Your cigarettes!"

Li Li had already opened the door and left, and then a word came from outside the door.

"Veteran please drink, I invite you to smoke."

Lawn was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a smile, picked up the cigar box, took out one, and lit it. Under the thin white smoke was the pair of cloudy eyes with no waves in the ancient well. He still looked out the window at the busy traffic on the street.

On the warship, Li Li was standing by the side of the ship with a cigar in his mouth, looking at the sea.

Sanqian came over and stood beside Li Li, she was silent for a while, and asked softly: "Did something happen?"

Li Li spit out the cigar, stretched out his arms, leaned on the side of the boat, and said with a light smile, "Three thousand, do you know how many people there are in the navy?"

Sanqian shook his head and said, "All the branches of the Four Seas, the navy branch in the first half of the great route, the branch in the New World, and many island garrisons, there should be millions of people."

Li Li sighed and said, "It should be. With so many battles happening every day, how many marines die in battle?"

Sanqian didn't understand why Li Li asked such a question, and she didn't know how to answer, so she shook her head.

Li Li went on to say: "I think there should be a lot. If the era of great pirates is over, then there will be a lot less battles."

(End of this chapter)