Sure enough, as Uncle Da Zhuang expected, Qin Long and his team arrived at Lijiagou before dusk.

Lijiagou had never had such a large team come before, and someone from afar had already shouted to the whole village when they saw this team coming down from the mountain towards the village.

Although the people of Lijiagou are not worried about not having enough to eat, but the current situation is not much different from the Liujiapo that Qin Long saw, they are also old and dilapidated stone houses, according to Uncle Da Zhuang, in addition to being able to eat a full stomach, Lijiagou's life is more difficult than any village outside, in this completely closed small mountain village, even eating salt has to risk his life to go to the villages and towns outside to change, and it is extremely luxurious for people who come back from outside to bring in a piece of flower cloth, and some people have to wear a piece of clothing for almost a lifetime.

Qin Long suddenly thought that the old company commander was wearing an almost brand-new old-fashioned naval uniform, I'm afraid that the old company commander didn't attend a major occasion after he retired from the army and went home, and he was never willing to wear that military uniform, right?

And the important occasion of the old company commander is nothing more than that the people from the surrounding ten miles and eight villages invite him to attend the wedding and funeral banquet, but it is so difficult to enter and exit Lijiagou, I am afraid that the old company commander has never participated in a few banquets outside in his life.

The men, women and children of Lijiagou went out of the village far away to meet Qin Long and their group, when someone saw the white marble urn in Qin Long's arms, who was walking in the lead, people all stopped, only a dozen or so children who were not yet ignorant ran to Qin Long and them, but they were also dodging and did not dare to get too close.

There was an elderly man who was helped to the front of the group of people in Lijiagou, the old man knew Uncle Da Zhuang, he trembled at Da Zhuang and asked: "Da Zhuang, why are you here, who is in this box, who is in this box?"

In fact, the people of Li Jiagou had already guessed who was in this box, but no one wanted to believe their guess.

Da Zhuang lowered his head, and said with tears in his eyes: "Second Master Li, we, we sent the old company commander back, the old company commander, he, he is gone." ”

Wow, someone behind that Second Master Li was already crying loudly.

One person took the lead, and many more wept bitterly.

Li Erye pushed away the young man who was supporting him beside him, walked up to Qin Long tremblingly on crutches, stretched out his shriveled old hand and gently stroked the urn in Qin Long's arms, two cloudy tears burst out of his eyes and flowed down his cheeks covered with furrows.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Erye actually knelt down against the urn tremblingly with a cane.

Qin Long's tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes, dripping on the old company commander's urn again.

Qin Long also knelt down face to face with Li Erye holding the urn, he knew that Li Erye was worshipping the old company commander, but he couldn't bear this worship instead of the old company commander.

Seeing Li Erye kneeling, the villagers of Li Jiagou knelt down after Hulala, crying one after another, tearing their hearts.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that the old company commander's urn was moved to the hastily erected mourning hall.

The old company commander's mourning hall is actually the old company commander's home, two and a half bluestone houses that are about to collapse, and the thatched roof covered even has a big hole, through which you can clearly see the palm-sized piece of sky above Lijiagou.

The old company commander has hardly lived in this house for decades, he has basically camped on mountain roads for decades, and when he comes back, he brings some food up the mountain, and more often he uses this home as a blacksmith shop, forging those steel drills that have been scrapped in it, the oven and anvil in front of the door, and the hundreds of scrapped steel drills stacked in the corner of the house are all silently telling all this.

In the evening, in the open space in front of the old company commander's house, a big pot was set up to stew fragrant braised pork like last night in Liujiapo, and there was also the same big white rice, Qin Long also sent the TV sets that came in from outside the mountain to every household in Lijiagou, and people also gathered here, but there was less laughter and joy from last night, and people were talking softly about the bits and pieces of the old company commander's life, which converged into a small stream and flowed into Qin Long's heart, and this bit by bit condensed into a big river to impact Qin Long's heart。

Qin Long had never seen his selfishness and narrow-mindedness clearly, and in front of the old company commander's urn, he felt that the old company commander's wise eyes were looking at him, making him have nothing to hide.

It was Qin Long who escorted the old company commander back, and Qin Long also won the respect of the people of Lijiagou.

The old company commander has only one son, and the son is still serving in the army, people are discussing how to inform the old company commander's son to rush back from the army, it is Qin Long who told everyone, someone has already called the old company commander's son's unit, the old company commander's son happens to be on a mission, and he can't rush back until after this mission, and the old company commander's son is the last mission, and after this mission, the old company commander's son will take off his military uniform and retire from the army, and like thousands of veterans, he will become an ordinary person among all living beings again。

Qin Long felt ashamed, he escorted the old company commander back to Lijiagou thousands of miles away, and he still didn't know what the old company commander's son was called and served in which unit, at that time, the chief and Lin military doctor didn't care when they arranged these things, and even thought that he had fulfilled his obligations, relieved the old company commander's illness, and even accompanied the old company commander to the square to watch the national flag-raising ceremony.

Thinking about it now, Qin Long only felt panic on his face.

The little thing you did was not even as good as a white dot on the old company commander's road that represented the steel brazing mark.

Each of the white dots is a medal, a medal that will never be erased.

And you're just a god stick who relied on the gold devouring worm to cheat and deceive everywhere, what qualifications do you have to compare with the old company commander?

The son of the old company commander couldn't rush back, and Second Master Li was the oldest, so he gathered Li Jiagou's people to discuss the matter of the old company commander going to the ground for peace.

Qin Long listened to it ignorantly, the people in the mountains were simple, and they didn't think about setting up a monument for the old company commander, they discussed it for a long time, but there was a dispute over where to choose the old company commander's grave.

Li Erye said that he would arrange the grave of the old company commander in the ancestral grave of the old Li family, and the people of Li Jiagou are not subject to the rules of the outside world, and they have been buried for many years.

The younger villagers felt that the grave of the old company commander should be erected at the beginning of the old company commander's road at the entrance of the village, so that no matter who walked on this road, the first thing they saw was the old company commander, and future generations could never forget the old company commander.

The public said that the public was reasonable, the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, there were those who supported Li Erye, there were those who supported the young people, and some felt that the two opinions were reasonable and stood in the middle and wavered.

Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Li Erye knocked on the cigarette pouch pot with some impatience, and said to the people who were still arguing: "Don't make any noise, the old rules, throw beans." ”

When people heard Li Erye say that he threw beans, they immediately stopped the controversy, and they all nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's throw beans, and he won't say anything when Dalin comes back in the future." ”

Qin Long didn't know what the rules were for throwing beans, he wanted to speak and stopped, but at this time, he felt that Li Jiagou's people would immediately produce a result of this controversy, and finally couldn't hold back his mouth and said: "Uncles, uncles, brothers and sisters-in-law, I am not from Li Jiagou, and I should not have the right to speak, I have a proposal, I don't know whether to talk about it or not, but I feel that the old company commander definitely does not want to lie in a grave like this." ”

The eyes of Li Jiagou's people, including Liu Jiapo's people, were focused on Qin Long's face, and Li Erye looked at Qin Long and said, "Hou Sheng, you say." ”

Qin Long looked at everyone's sincere eyes and said calmly: "The old company commander's life has been exhausted on this road leading to the outside of the mountain, I think he should hope that he can accompany this mountain road all the time after he dies." Everyone should know Zhou, the last wish of the prime minister, I think we can follow the example of Zhou, the prime minister, and sprinkle the ashes of the old company commander on this mountain road, so that he can be integrated with this mountain road forever?"

This was another unconventional proposal, but after Qin Long said it, he was supported by many people.

Li Erye frowned and thought for a long time, then finished smoking the last puff of cigarette in the cigarette pouch pot and got up and stood up: "Throw beans and put three bowls." ”

Three large porcelain bowls were placed on the offering table in front of the urn of the old company commander, and a young man walked up to everyone with a clay pot, reached out and took out a swarthy unknown bean from the jar and handed it to everyone, including Qin Long and Liu Jiapo, each of whom got a bean.

is very fair, regarding the fate of the old company commander, the people of Li Jiagou did not exclude Qin Long and Liu Jiapo, as if to say that the old company commander belongs to all of us.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and Li Erye pointed to the three large bowls in front of the offering table and said in a deep voice: "The first bowl is buried in the ancestral grave." The second bowl is buried at the head of the road at the entrance of the village. The third bowl, scatter the ashes on that road. I'm not going to talk about the rules, let's get started. ”

After that, Li Erye took the lead in throwing the black beans in his hand into the first bowl, and then turned around and walked to the side and watched everyone with a cane, waiting for others to throw the beans.

This method is simple and clear, perhaps this is the most primitive democratic way, and this method has been completely preserved in Lijiagou.

The second person stepped forward, stretched out his hand to the three bowls, swayed from side to side and hesitated for a long time, and finally with a ding, the black beans in his hand fell into the third bowl.

Originally, Qin Long didn't have any say in the ownership of the old company commander, but now that he had his first supporter, Qin Long actually had the urge to step forward and hug that buddy and take a bite.

What's more, the person who cast this second bean is the one who had the most fierce dispute with Li Erye just now, and it is obvious that this person is the representative of the new generation of Li Jiagou.

The third bean was put into the third bowl.

The fourth bean was put into the third bowl.

Qin Long's supporters were growing more and more, the first bowl only contained five beans, the second bowl was empty, and the third bowl was already half a bowl of beans.

Finally it was Qin Long's turn to throw beans for these 'outsiders', Qin Long nodded embarrassedly at Second Master Li and stepped forward.

At this time, Second Master Li stepped forward and blocked in front of Qin Long, he smiled bitterly at Qin Long and shook his head: "Hou Sheng, don't vote anymore." ”

After that, Second Master Li turned around and took out a black bean from the first bowl, and solemnly put it in the third bowl that represented Qin Long's proposal, turned to look at the people in front of him and said, "The result of throwing beans has come out, and the sky is bright, let's send Changqing on the road together." ”

If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, it seems that God is also crying for the departure of the old company commander, and the first rain since the beginning of spring actually fell in the sky.

The spring rain is as precious as oil, and the drizzle is like wool, silently moistening all things in the world.

"Housheng, Changqing was sent back by you, so you can send him on his last journey. Second Master Li solemnly handed over the urn of the old company commander to Qin Long.

Qin Long nodded silently, holding the urn of the old company commander and took the first step towards the mountain road, the first ashes were swayed out of his hands, and in the drizzle, the gray-white ashes fell silently on the mountain road covered with a little steel brazing marks.

Qin Long looked up to the sky and shouted: "Old company commander, go all the way"

"Old company commander, go all the way"

"Old company commander, go all the way"

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