Li Rui was a little uncertain, and confirmed with him: "This is Mr. Su Tian's home, right?" The man nodded and said, "Yes, Su Tian is the first father." Of course Li Rui knew that this was Su Tian's home, after all, it was written on the household register, the key was whether this Su Tian was the Su Tian from Qingyang, and asked tentatively: "Your ancestral home is Qingyang, right?" The man said: "Yes, how did you know?"

Li Rui and Shen Yuanzhu glanced at each other, both of them were ecstatic, and a voice shouted in their hearts at the same time: "Found it, finally found it, it's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes a lot of work!"

Li Rui suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said, "This matter is a long story, you allow me to tell you slowly." ”

The man said yes, led them to the living room and sat down on the sofa, and poured tea and water for them. Li Rui got up and refused politely, but the man insisted on pouring water for the two, looking warm and friendly. Li Rui took the opportunity to ask his name and learned that his name was Su Xianghong.

After he sat down, Li Rui explained his intentions in the future, although he tried to be simple and concise, and tried not to delay time, he still talked for about ten minutes before explaining the original situation. Of course, in order to avoid the Venerable Master's teachings and avoid the embarrassment caused by the affair between Huang Lao and Su Yun for future generations, he did not say that Huang Lao and Su Yun were childhood lovers, but only said that the two were old classmates who had a good relationship. But I'm afraid I can't hide this from Su Xianghong in front of me, no one is a fool, a man, I have been thinking about a female classmate for more than 70 years, and I still want to see each other when I am old, how can it be as simple as an ordinary classmate relationship?

After listening to Li Rui, Su Xianghong was very surprised, sat up straight on the sofa, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

Li Rui was not in a hurry to ask him about Su Yun's whereabouts, and when he came to this point, Su Yun's whereabouts were at his fingertips, so there was no need to rush at all, wait for him to calm down first, it is estimated that he would not be too calm when he suddenly learned about these old things.

After a long while, Su Xianghong came back to her senses and asked, "You want to find my aunt, but unfortunately she has passed away." Li Rui had already been mentally prepared for this, and he was not surprised when he heard this, but said: "When did she die? Where was she buried after her death? Can we go over and pay respects?" Su Xianghong sighed: "It would be good for you to come a few years earlier, my aunt died three years ago, and she was physically strong, and she lived until she was eighty-five years old......

Li Rui and Su Xianghong talked for more than half an hour, and understood all of Su Yun's life history since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. It's basically the same as Qingman's guess, but there are subtle differences.

When Su Yun was studying in Qingyang Middle School, he came into contact with the communist doctrine by chance, and was soon deeply attracted by the great idea of serving the country and the people propagated by the Communist Party of China. Coincidentally, the vice principal of Qingyang Middle School was an underground party member, who was ordered to spread communist ideas in Qingyang Middle School and secretly develop underground party organizations, and Su Yun, who was smart and studious, had a revolutionary spirit, and had a heart of identification with the Communist Party, slowly entered his sight......

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army relied on the power of aircraft and artillery, went all the way south, and soon occupied Qingyang City, burning, killing, raping and captive in the city, and doing all kinds of evil. Naturally, Qingyang Middle School was completely suspended, and the vice principal received an order from his superiors to go to Jingnan, the provincial capital, to lurk, set up an underground radio station, collect political and military intelligence, and at the same time, cultivate revolutionary forces and strengthen the grassroots party organizations in Jingnan. But because of the particularity of the task, he didn't have the right people available, and at a critical moment, he thought of Su Yun, so he found her and talked to her.

Su Yun was worried that staying in the city would be humiliated by Little Japan, and when he heard that there was such a good opportunity, he could not only ensure his personal safety, but also join the Communist Party, so he expressed his willingness to carry out this task together as his assistant. So the two pretended to be father and daughter, went to Jingnan to hide, and worked secretly. This lurking was dormant for more than ten years, until the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, and New China was established!

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in view of the outstanding contributions made by the vice president during the war years, the Shannan Provincial Party Committee decided to appoint him as the first commissioner of the Jingnan Prefecture. He did not forget Su Yun's help and contributions, and arranged her to be the director of an important department of the District Administrative Office, and then found her privately and expressed his hope that she could be his daughter-in-law. At that time, Su Yun was not young, and there was no other wishful thinking to choose from, and the relationship with his father and daughter was already very deep, so he pushed the boat and married his eldest son......

After that, Su Yun had her back to the big tree, and she had the qualifications to learn, she could be said to have a family, power, and money, and she was beautiful for a while, but she did not forget her parents who still stayed in her hometown, and soon sent someone back to her hometown, took her parents and brothers to Jingnan, bought them a house and bought things, and also found a very lucrative job for her younger brother Su Tian, and from then on, the Su family settled in Jingnan.

Su Yun has since worked in the Jingnan Municipal Party Committee, the General Office of the Provincial Government, and the Provincial Party Committee, the highest official to the Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee, and finally retired from the position of deputy director of the Provincial People's Congress.

In the winter of three years ago, the temperature was extremely cold, and the old and frail Su Yun did not survive it, and finally died in the Gaogan ward of the Provincial First People's Hospital, and after his death, his ashes were buried in the Beigangzi Cemetery in the north of Jingnan City.

Li Rui was slightly surprised when he heard this, and secretly thought, it turned out that she was buried with her deceased mother-in-law Du Huilan, and then thought that in the past few days, she and Shen Yuanzhu had been busy looking for her whereabouts, and they had never been able to find her whereabouts, but in the end, they found that the place where she was was was where her deceased mother-in-law was, and suddenly she had a feeling of being teased by God.

After Shen Yuanzhu heard Su Xianghong finish speaking, he frowned and asked: "Uncle Su, it stands to reason that since Old Man Su Yun has such a glorious history, then she should leave a very big reputation in the province and the provincial capital, but why have we never heard of her, and we can't find her in the household registration management system of the Ministry of Public Security?"

Su Xianghong was stunned for a moment and said, "Did I tell you that my aunt has been using a pseudonym since she came to Jingnan to perform underground missions?"

Li Rui and Shen Yuanzhu glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads again and again, but at this moment they understood why they couldn't find Su Yun, and dared to use a pseudonym.

Sure enough, Su Xianghong quickly said: "My aunt used the pseudonym 'Li Ying' at the beginning, but after liberation, I don't know if it was out of the needs of the organization or her own ideas, so she didn't change back to her original name, and she has always used the name Li Ying, even on her ID card and household registration book." ”

Li Rui laughed bitterly and said, "No wonder I haven't been able to find her." Shen Yuanzhu was relieved and said, "Anyway, we finally found her old man......"

Li Rui secretly thought, although he had found Su Yun's whereabouts, it was obvious that he couldn't go back to deal with Huang Lao like this, at least he had to find out where Su Yun's grave was, because Huang Lao would definitely go to worship her, which could be thought of with his fingers, so he still had to go to her cemetery for now, at least to recognize the way, thinking of this and saying: " Uncle Su, we have a reluctant request, that is, we want to go to your aunt's cemetery to see, first, to recognize the way, so that we can reply to Huang Lao after returning to Qingyang; second, it is also to pay tribute to this great revolutionary predecessor, without her, there would be no liberation of our provincial city and even the whole province, and there will be no future generations of us who enjoy the fruits of the victory of New China. ”

Su Xianghong nodded happily, got up and said, "Okay, I'm fine now, I'll take you over to see her." I was there not long ago when I was clear. ”

Rushed to the Beigangzi Cemetery, although the weather was good, but the cemetery was full of slaughter, almost no one could be seen, and the eyes were full of green pines and cypresses, which made people's hearts involuntarily become heavy.

Su Xianghong led the way in front, until he walked to the highest point of Beigangzi, and finally stopped in front of a low and delicate tombstone, and said in a desolate tone: "Auntie, I brought two little fellows to see you, they said that there is an old overseas Chinese named Huang Xinghua, who came back to China to find you, do you know him......"

Hearing this, Li Rui and Shen Yuanzhu thought of the undestined life of Huang Xinghua and Su Yun, who were lovers, and they were in a sad mood, and Shen Yuanzhu's eyes were red.

Su Xianghong pointed to the tombstone and turned to the two of them: "Although my aunt is an official at the deputy provincial level, she has always maintained the hard and simple style of a proletarian revolutionary, and before she died, she specially told us not to use a large cemetery, nor to use a large tombstone, and to save land and stone for the country......

When Li Rui heard this, he thought of the corruption and extravagance of some leading cadres at present, sighed and shook his head, if all leading cadres could maintain a hard and simple style of work and life like the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, I am afraid that communism would have been realized long ago, and said from the bottom of his heart: "We must learn hard from the old people!"

Shen Yuanzhu offered a bouquet of chrysanthemums bought on the road in front of the tombstone and made a simple worship with Li Rui.

On the way back to the city, Li Rui asked, "Uncle Su, what is the situation of your aunt's descendants now?"

Su Xianghong said: "My aunt has two sons and two daughters, all of whom are about the same age as me, and they have developed well, the best one, who is now the director of the Provincial Department of Education, but now she is almost retiring." Alas, time flies so fast, and it seems to be the world of the third and fourth generations. ”

Li Rui asked again: "You said before that your aunt once wrote a few novels, and I don't know where to buy them, I want to buy them and read them, and take them back to Huang Lao by the way." Perhaps, this is the only way for Huang Lao to understand her change in mood. ”