Chapter Twenty-Six: The Letter Left by Lu's Mother

Rongcheng People's Hospital Senior Cadre Ward.

"It's all my fault, it's too simple!" He Huanyu sat on the edge of the hospital bed, tugging at his hair in frustration. He just had some abrasions, and he was fine after being disinfected and bandaged.

"How can you blame this? After all, no one would have thought that a whole village of people was traffickers. Xu Jianguo was still a little weak, and he had to stop and breathe down before he could say two sentences.

He was already injured by Ma Er's knife, gritted his teeth and carried the pain, and after subduing Ma Er's leprosy, he still walked so far away with the child in his arms. After being rescued, he relaxed and fainted directly due to excessive blood loss.

"But if I hadn't come up with this risky solution, they wouldn't have died. ”

"If you don't come up with this solution, these traffickers will continue to go unpunished, and these abducted women and children will not be rescued. Xue Jingpeng said and walked in from outside the door.

"I know, Uncle Xue. But isn't there a way to get the best of both worlds?" He Huanyu looked down, as if he had thought of something again, and pointed to the news that was being repeated on the TV. "And...... And they have paid so much, and in the end they don't even have a name, just a cold sentence of 'three police officers unfortunately died in the line of duty in this operation'. ”

"Nothing can be obtained without sacrifice. ”

"As for not releasing the names of the three police officers, it is also for the safety of their relatives. After all, we don't know if there are any fish that have slipped through the net, and if the names are published, the relatives of the three of them may become the target of retaliation by criminals. ”

"But, Uncle Xue, I want to know their names. At least, I want to know the name of that driver. He Huanyu still couldn't let go.

"You just have to remember their common name - the people's police. Xue Jingpeng's somewhat trembling voice revealed that his heart was not as calm as it seemed.

"People's police ......" He Huanyu silently chewed and digested these words. After experiencing the bombardment of Internet information in later generations, he didn't have so many feelings about these four words before, on the contrary, because of some information circulating on the Internet, the image that these words brought to him was far less positive than it is now.

"Yes, it is their duty and their glory. Xue Jingpeng said solemnly, and then he remembered the purpose of his visit, "By the way, in the news announced to the media, I also concealed your deeds." Again, this is to protect you, and I hope you will understand. "This one of you obviously also includes Xu Jianguo.

"I get that. He Huanyu nodded in understanding.

"Okay, then you have a good rest and recover as soon as possible, and I'll go first. Xue Jingpeng said and stood up, walked to the door and looked back at He Huanyu, "I have time to come to the house to play more, Minzhi's girl has been talking about you!"

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The rescued women and children were soon allowed to be discharged from the hospital after a detailed physical examination, except for those who had not yet been contacted by relatives who were sent to the welfare home for temporary stay, and those who had already arrived with the news in front of the hospital. The scene of crying with joy was also perfectly recorded by the reporters guarding the entrance of the hospital with the cameras in their hands.

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While the abducted victims hugged and wept with their families, in Hongwei Township, less than 20 kilometers away from Rongcheng, heart-rending cries rang out one after another.

Lu Tenglong bowed to his relatives and friends who came to mourn with a smile on his face - whether they were sincere or just for the red envelopes that Lu Tenglong distributed afterwards - it didn't matter, the important thing was that his mother could not be alone in her last journey in this world.

It's been two days and two nights.

Lu Tenglong still remembers the shock when he saw the letter very clearly, and he never forgets the content of the letter that he has read many times:

"Soar, my son, when you read this letter. As a mother may no longer be alive, you have to promise to be a mother, live a good life, and don't abuse your body. ”

"In fact, over the years, my mother has always had a secret in her heart, I don't know if I should tell you, and I don't know where to start. So my mother wrote this letter and stuffed it in the pillow. ”

"Son, you are the meat that fell from your mother's body, and my mother understands you. I know that if my mother goes one day, you will definitely come back here, and you will definitely lie down in this bed at night to rest. Because this is the place where when you were a child, your mother hugged you and told you stories to coax you to sleep. ”

"Son, my mother doesn't know how to tell you, in fact, your father is not your biological father. ”

"Son, my mother never told you that my mother and your father are actually from H Province, and the two families have always been good friends, and they have been married to each other since childhood. If there is no accident, the mother will fall in love with your father, get married, and have children. It's just that, from that day on, everything was different. ”

"Son, I remember for my mother. It was winter, and it snowed heavily that day. The big truck that came from Bingcheng to send the educated youth to the countryside was stuck in the snow. At that time, Wei Niang, who was picking up pine towers in the nearby snow, went over to help, and met your biological father. ”

Later, Wei Niang knew that his name was Wei Qing, and he was actually not from Bingcheng, but a college student from Yanjing. Because his father was shocked back then and sent to Shouyan Town, he also followed the "queue" to come here. Coincidentally, he happened to be assigned to our house. ”

"Wei Niang was a flower in the village back then, and he, compared with those rammed goods in the village, is also whiter and more delicate. Although Weiniang had already set a baby kiss with your father when she was a child, Weiniang couldn't manage it so much, she just wanted to be good with him. He taught his mother to read and write, and his mother also taught him to sift grain and sew clothes. ”

Later, his father did well and was approved to be transferred back to the production department of the state-owned factory in Bingcheng. And he also got the opportunity to return to the city. Wei Niang remembers that when he took out a pair of pearl earrings, he said that they were left by his deceased mother to his future daughter-in-law. He put away one of them, put the other one in Weiniang's hand, and told Weiniang that he would come back to take Weiniang to the city in a year, at most a year. ”

"At that time, my mother didn't know that I already had you. Just strung the earrings with a red rope, and waited stupidly for him to pick up his mother and go to the city. Later, Wei's mother's belly became bigger and bigger, and she couldn't hide it anymore, and there were rumors in the village. Your grandfather couldn't hold it on his face, and after he quit the Lu family, he broke off the relationship with his mother. During that time, my mother was alone, pregnant with you, and I could only live in the dilapidated land temple in the village, but fortunately, the weather was warmer at that time, and your father secretly helped. Even if there is air leakage on all sides, it will not freeze and starve to death. ”

"Wei Niang waited and waited until you were born, and Wei Qing didn't come back. Later, your grandfather came and persuaded Weiniang that as long as he threw you, he was willing to take Weiniang back. Of course you don't want to be a mother, but you are for your mother's life. Seeing that he can't move, your grandfather will come to rob it. was anxious for his mother, pushed him, and ran out of the village without his life. ”

"I didn't run far, it got dark, there were wolves in the woods, I hugged you for my mother, I thought our mother was so dead. As a result, your father came after him with a small cloth bag and a wooden stick, and he said that he would take Weiniang to a place where no one knew to live again, and raise you with Weiniang. ”

"Your father said that his mother has been promised to him since he was a child, no matter whether he recognizes his mother or not, whether others recognize it or not, he will take care of his mother for a lifetime. ”

He also said that you are a mother's child, his child, but if he has a bite to eat, he will not let you go hungry. ”

"Your father did it, all the way south, in order to take care of our mother, he suffered a lot, but he didn't lose a little bit of you and his mother. ”

"My mother was weak at the time and had no milk or water. Your father was afraid that you would go hungry if you only drank millet porridge, and along the way, he went to the women who were still nursing the children and begged them to feed you too. Therefore, there is no shortage of beatings by men. Your father is more than 1.8 meters tall, and he just keeps his head down and lets others beat him and doesn't fight back, just begging to make you stutter. ”

"That's how you survived. ”

"Later, we went to Province F, and when we got here, we felt that we had gone far enough, and we planned to settle down here. ”

"Later, we were taken in by an old man, who had been the old man's home, and his child had died in the turmoil. ”

"Your father then took care of him as if he were his own father, and he was old and sent to his death. ”

"When my mother ran out of the village with you in her arms, she was still wearing those earrings, and your father saw it later, and he didn't say much, except that he was willing to wait. It's a pity that he didn't wait until he died. ”

"Son, you must remember that although your father is not your biological father, he loves you no less. For his mother, I can't stand him in this life. After Weiniang dies, you bury Weiniang and him together. If you owe him in this life, you will pay him back for your mother in the next life!"

"As for this earring, if your biological father finds another one, what to do with it, you can decide for yourself. ”

"Son, if your mother is gone, you have to take good care of yourself. ”

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The time for the funeral has come.

Lu Tenglong, who wore linen and filial piety, walked at the forefront of the team with the urn.

He wore the red string with the pearl earrings around his neck, and the letter was neatly folded by him on his chest.

The group soon came to the tomb of Lu's father, and they were not far apart, but a small hole was opened at the bottom of the grave, and the urn was put in, filled with soil, erected a monument, and compacted.

The entourage was gone, Lu Tenglong took out a small bottle of liquor from his trouser pocket, raised his head and poured half a bottle, and then raised the rest to the grave and poured it on the soil of the grave, "Dad, this is the 'Dongping Laojiao' that you have been greedy for since I was a child, drink it with confidence this time, with me, my mother will not scold you." ”

Then he took out the letter again, took the lighter and lit it, "Mother, I saw the letter, I will live well, you know." ”

Then he took a few steps back and respectfully kowtowed to the grave "two" three times.

Get up and leave.

After walking out for a while, he couldn't help but look back again.

From a distance, the tombstones of the two men are clustered together, one slightly higher than the other, as if to shelter it from the wind and rain, as its owner has done all his life.

If there is a next life, they will definitely be happy.