At three o'clock in the afternoon, a taxi pulled off the highway.

As soon as I turned a corner, I headed for a fork in the road on the left.

The fork in the road is not wide, and due to years of crushing, this asphalt road has long been potholed and very difficult to walk.

Sitting in the back of the car in the summer, looking out the window at the scenery, some words said by the middle-aged driver echoed in my mind.

Today's encounter touched him greatly.

Even though the summer has experienced a lot of darkness and injustice, it still can't stop the murderous intent.

He had already made up his mind that after finishing his business, he would have a good time with this Jiao Wangye.

The taxi bumped all the way and took more than an hour to come to a Jinming County.

Jinming County is a small county town, which looks quite desolate, neither the lights of the big city, nor the prosperous appearance of people coming and going.

Aside from the occasional taxi and some farm vehicles, the most common thing is motorcycles.

Summer isn't the first time you've been here, so it's no surprise about it.

After another distance inward, the taxi turned onto a road on the right.

About half an hour later, I came to a village.

The village is small, with a few adobe houses and only a few brick houses.

The village can be said to be sparsely populated, with only the occasional child or two playing.

"Dude, stop on the side of the road ahead. ”

"Okay. ”

This driver is also a middle-aged man, and he is still a comrade-in-arms with the previous middle-aged driver, so after receiving the call, he rushed to the highway without hesitation and promised to send the summer here.

After parking, Summer paid three times the price of the car, and the middle-aged driver said that he didn't want anything, and after the two sides pushed each other, Summer took the opportunity to run away.

It wasn't until the taxi turned around and left that he turned out of an alley again.

"Whew. ”

Summer exhaled deeply, still standing in place, for a long time, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a hard puff.

Then he slung his satchel over his shoulder and turned towards a ramp of the path ahead.

As the sun sets, the afterglow shines down, as if to clothe this desolate little village with a layer of crimson and look beautiful, as if it were a paradise.

But the mood of summer has become heavy.

His cheeks, which had been ancient and unwavering, showed a rare complex color, and his mood swings became intense.

He kept his promise and came again.

came to the home of his comrade-in-arms Fang Dahong.

But he would rather not have that promise, and would rather his comrades still be alive.

"Summer, this is my daughter, Fang Xiang, beautiful, nine years old this year, haha, do you know my daughter's ideal, she wants to be a pianist, and when I am discharged from the army, I will move to the county to live, and then send her to learn piano......"

"And my wife, who has worked hard for her all these years, and after I am discharged from the army, I will do all the housework......"

"And my wife, after I am discharged from the army, I will not go anywhere, just serve her by my side......"

The words that Fang Dahong had said sounded in his ears, and the memories in his mind also constituted a painting.

In the picture, a young man in camouflage is showing off his daughter's photo everywhere.

"Let's go, let's go in the summer, any of us can die today, you can't die, get out of here......"

"Summer, live, and be brothers in the next life!"

"Promise me one thing, don't speed up my mother and my daughter, my mother is old, my daughter is still young, wait for my mother to enter the coffin, wait for Fang Xiang to grow up and tell her, promise me!"

“......”

Summer's breath is rapid, and her mouth is open, as if she is looking for oxygen in a vacuum.

"Uh......"

He let out a low roar that didn't sound like a human voice, but he struggled to squeeze a smile out of his face.

His smile was ugly, horrible, even terrifying.

However, he was still trying to laugh.

This man, who seemed to be extremely strong, had supreme perseverance, and was accustomed to burying everything in his heart, was whimpering like a wounded beast.

It's not just Fang Dahong.

He owes a lot of people.

For him, for a long time, there was only one purpose in life: revenge!

But now, there are still some damned people who are not dead!

In the setting sun, Summer shivered and stood up straight, rubbing her cheeks vigorously with both hands, trying to erase all shadows.

It took a long time for him to forcibly restrain all his emotions, and with a clean and honest smile on his face, he strode forward.

Five minutes later, he came to the outside of a courtyard wall made of adobe.

Inside the courtyard, there are also two adobe houses.

Wear the satchel over your shoulder in the summer, filled with gifts and supplements.

Walk up to the wooden door and reach out and push it gently.

Crunch.

With a jerky sound, the wooden door slowly pushed open, and the sound was very clear in the quiet air.

"Xiangxiang...... Is that you?"

A weak old man's voice came from the adobe house on the left.

Hearing this voice, Summer rubbed her cheeks again, stepped over, and said, "Auntie, it's me." ”

With that, push the door and enter.

The room was not big and smelled of dampness.

Even though it was daytime, the small windows were not enough to make the room appear bright, but rather dark.

But in the summer, I saw at a glance an old man lying on the earthen kang.

The old man had gray hair, yellow face and thin muscles, his face was full of wrinkles, and although his eyes were wide open, the pupils in his eyes were astigmatism.

As the summer entered the house, the old man also sat up with difficulty, and at the same time pulled a thin hemp rope at the head of the bed, and the dim light turned on.

"Auntie, I'm Xiaotian, I'm here to see you. ”

Summer put the satchel on the ground, and hurriedly walked over to sit next to the old man, although there were thousands of doubts in his heart, but his face did not show the slightest.

"Small, little heaven?"

The old man couldn't see Summer, and her voice was a little puzzled, but soon, her hands trembled and clenched Summer's hands, looking excited, "Xiaotian, you are Xiaohong's comrade-in-arms, you came to ...... last year"

"Well, that's me. ”

Even if the old man couldn't see it, Summer's face was still full of smiles, "Auntie, your memory is so good." ”

While speaking, Summer activated the mysterious power in his body, turning into a trace of gurgling donations and pouring into the old man's body.

"Alas, I'm old, and I don't have any memory. ”

A pleased smile appeared on the old man's wrinkled cheeks, "It's Xiaotian, you come to see me every year, today is Xiaohong's birthday, won't he come back again?"

"yes. Xia still had a smile on his face, "Brother Hong's unit is a bit special and has a high level of secrecy, so he asked me to come back and take her back to visit you." ”

"Alas, I don't blame him for his contribution to the country, but ...... I haven't seen him in five years. ”

The old man's eyes were blank, full of longing and expectation, "I don't have a thought now, I just want to hear Xiaohong's voice." I ......"

The old man's eyes were moist and he couldn't help choking.

Summer endured her mood swings, but she couldn't hide her red eyes.

He forced a smile and said, "Auntie, Brother Hong recorded for you this time, and you will be happy after listening to it." ”

With that, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, turned on the record button, and suddenly a slightly rough voice came from inside.

"Mother, I'm Xiaohong, mother, you're okay, I'm sorry for you, I can't go back to accompany you......" A familiar voice came from his ears, the old man's body trembled uncontrollably, his hands clutched the mobile phone tightly, he couldn't control it anymore, and the old tears were all over his eyes.