The pillar didn't sleep much that night.

When the sky was bright, I heard the sound of Zhou Shujie coming over to cook.

And he got up, got dressed, and gathered himself.

It is said that the dumplings on the bus and the noodles on the car.

Zhou Shujie deliberately got up early in the morning, cut some leeks in the back garden, added a few eggs, and some noodles.

First wrapped two plates of dumplings for the pillar.

She did all these in the dark and with candles.

When the day dawned, she had made the meal.

Zhu Zi also cleaned himself up early, and once again helped Zhou Shujie feed the chickens in the yard and the piglets in the garden.

And at this time, the pillar mother in the house is still sleeping soundly!

Zhou Shujie didn't go into the house to disturb, put the table on the outhouse, and then sat on a small bench on the pillar, and ate both plates of dumplings on the dining table in the outhouse.

The well-fed pillars also packed their bags and prepared to go.

He went into the room to look at the old lady, and then went to the Westinghouse to see the two sleeping children.

Zhou Shujie followed behind him and silently sent him to the gate.

When he arrived at the door, the pillar turned around and hugged Zhou Shujie, and after hugging for a while, he let go of his hand, looked at Zhou Shujie deeply, turned around and left without saying anything.

Their way out of the village was to the east, but the pillar was to the west, and he was going to go to the west mountain once to say goodbye to his father.

Originally, Zhou Shujie planned to let her second brother drive an ox cart to send the pillars.

But it was vetoed by the pillar.

It's not that he's in a hurry to do something, it's just that it's too troublesome to send him on a trip, and he doesn't like to trouble people. So he had to go on his own.

Zhou Shujie stood at the gate, looking at his back to the west, until the figure of the pillar walked away and was out of sight, she closed the door.

Suddenly, I felt depressed and empty in my heart.

Like her mother-in-law before, she sat under the sand fruit tree in the yard, looking up at the green fruit on it.

Sitting for a long time, just sitting there.

She didn't even know if she was thinking about anything in her head, and she couldn't remember anything.

It wasn't until the mother-in-law opened the door and walked out that she woke up.

Mother-in-law, standing at the door of the house, looked into the courtyard for a moment, and then looked at the closed courtyard door.

Finally, look at what Zhou Shujie said. "Pillar, gone." ”

Zhou Shujie got up and walked to her mother-in-law, stretched out her hand to hold her arm and whispered. "Hmm".

The mother-in-law looked at her again and asked. "Leave so early, did he eat?"

Zhou Shujie looked at his mother-in-law's reddish eyes, took a deep breath, cheered up, and said with a smile on his face. "Eaten. Didn't they all say that getting on the car dumplings and getting off the car noodles, the dumplings with leek and egg fillings I wrapped for him. He ate two plates of his own. After that, he said coquettishly to his mother-in-law. "Mother, don't worry, can he still take care of himself as a big man." Look at me. She pointed to the thick dark circles under her eyes and showed her mother-in-law them. said aggrievedly. "Look at my eyes, you see if I'm going to be a panda." I haven't slept well in the past few days, and you feel sorry for me. ”

Although the old lady had never seen a panda, she really knew what a panda was. At a glance, Shujie tried her best to tease her this week. She also put away the tears in her eyes and pulled out a smile. "Okay, let's ignore him, I feel sorry for you." It's still early, so go into the house and put on the kang and pour it for a while. Bring the two children with you, and don't wake up in that room, you won't find anyone. ”

"Hey!" Zhou Shujie replied in a crisp voice.

I walked quickly to the Westinghouse and wrapped the sleeping child in the quilt.

One trip after another, they were hugged to the East House, not that she didn't bother tossing back and forth, she just felt that these two children were good candidates to distract her mother-in-law's attention.

When they wake up, they make a lot of noise. The mother-in-law also forgot the sadness caused by the pillar walking.

Sure enough, as Zhou Shujie thought, the two children were tossed by her, and they woke up without sleeping long when they arrived in the house.

Zhou Shujie threw all the children to her mother-in-law, and she went to the field to make the dumplings they wanted to eat.

The mother-in-law was alone in the house, dressing the children and washing their faces, and she was busy for a while.

By the time he had packed up the two little ones, he was done. I folded the quilt again and put it in the quilt lattice.

She sat there by herself, thinking about it and laughing. She knew what her daughter-in-law meant, and she told herself in her heart. In this life, I can see my son and grandson soberly. It should be satisfied.

Looking at her daughter-in-law's smiling appearance again, she also felt that her son would definitely come back safely.

This can be regarded as the confidence that Zhou Shujie's smile gave her.

Zhou Shujie, who was making dumplings in the outhouse, was not as happy as her mother-in-law thought.

It's not sad, but I just feel uncomfortable.

After getting along for a while, this person left coldly, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Even when she was adding water to the pot just now, she couldn't help but shout to the pillar to carry two buckets of water.

Before she could say anything, she took it back again. For it suddenly occurred to her that the man had gone, to where he wanted to be.

Zhou Shujie put away the loss in her heart, and put a bright smile on her face again.

He brought the plate of cooked dumplings and put them on the table in the room.

The mothers talked and laughed, and ate dumplings happily.

It's as if no one is sad to be missing.

In fact, whether it is difficult or not is only known in their hearts.

Only two children do not know how to hide and sit at the table during meals. The little head turned left and right.

also shouted at Zhou Shujie, "Ah?", as if asking her, what about the father who can ride a big horse?

Where did it go?

Why is it gone!

Zhou Shujie looked at her mother-in-law's smiling face, and knew that she was thinking of the pillar again.

He smiled and said to the two children. "Who are you looking for, looking for your father, your father is going to do something big." He'll be back when he's done. ”

I don't know if the two children understood what his mother said.

After that, they all sat there honestly, eating the dumplings in their respective bowls, and no longer looked around looking for someone.

The old lady looked at the dumplings that her daughter-in-law specially sandwiched to her, and then looked at her frowning and making her smile. She also picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite to eat.

The pillar stepped on the sun of his birth, walked under the grass on both sides of the hairy road, and the dew that fell on the hem of his shoes and trousers, and walked towards the western mountain step by step.

Xishan is not far from his home, only three or four miles away.

His long legs are a meter away in one step. For him, that was only a matter of minutes.

When I arrived at the cemetery, I found my own tomb, and I put down the package in my hand regardless of whether there was water underground.

First, he knelt in front of the graves of his father and grandparents and kowtowed a few times.

And he stooped down and plucked out the weeds that had grown up from their graves.

These are all sorted out, and the time is almost up.

He picked up his pocket again and walked in the direction of the county seat over the mountains and mountains on a shortcut road.

The shoes and trouser cuffs on the feet were already wet.

Every time you lift your foot, you even drop water from it.

None of this is really a problem for a veteran like him.

He didn't even care, he still took great strides, brushed, brushed, brushed, and walked towards the country he wanted to serve.

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For Zhou Shujie, this day was a bit difficult.

This month of getting along has made her accustomed to that person as far as her eyes can see.

This collar is not parted, and it makes people feel a little unaccustomed.

But fortunately, there is a mother-in-law and children at home to distract her.

Let her not sigh with self-pity like those deep house resentful women.

When the sun was about to set, the family of four also finished dinner.

After tidying up, it was already dark, so I lit a candle and played with your children for a while, and then put them to sleep.

I washed my mother-in-law's feet and poured water for washing her feet.

Zhou Shujie was alone and went to the Westinghouse with a candle.

Lying on the kang, I feel a little troubled.

She couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and she didn't know what was going on in her head.

It's possible that you thought something, or you didn't, and you won't remember what it was after a while anyway.

It wasn't until midnight that she fell asleep in a daze.

She didn't sleep well this night, and she kept dreaming, and the dreams were full of old black and white photos about the war, which were all seen in the detailed reports of her previous life.

The photos are a little blurry, but the cruelty of the war can still be seen in each shot.

These are the memories that Zhou Shujie has seen, buried in the depths of her mind, if you usually ask her to think, she will definitely not be able to remember.

Unexpectedly, because of the pillar's walk, it was stimulated, and I dreamed it out at night.

Although he knew that the pillar would come back safely, seeing such a memory, Zhou Shujie still couldn't help crying in his dreams.

When she woke up in the morning to the sound of a rooster, the tears on her face were not dry, and the pillow was half wet from her crying.

Sitting on the kang alone, holding the quilt and waking himself up.

Zhou Shujie told himself in his heart. "The pillar will come back safely." So this dream is all reversed. Don't take it seriously, don't care. ”

That's how she comforted herself, she didn't know if she didn't believe it.

But she knew she didn't have much time to sit there and think about useless things.

Because the wheat harvest is about to begin. There's a lot to be busy with.

Zhou Shujie raised his hand and rubbed his face fiercely, took a deep breath, and suppressed these negative emotions.

Start dressing up and get up for the busy day.

(The author has something to say.) "It's not that I'm going to give up, and it's not that I can't stick to it. It's because I changed my mobile phone and lost some important information, and there was no way to log in. It took a lot of effort to get these back. Updates will continue from today. But there is no guarantee of a daily update, I really have no way to be sure of this. Now we're busy farming, and if we do, we'll probably be left behind for a day or two. But I promise to finish the book. Please continue to support me. Thank you! ”）