Chapter 4 From now on, this is your home
Near noon, Xia Chen was opened to his parents, put the delicate box and ring in his backpack into the pocket of his clothes, and said to his parents: "Mom and Dad, I'll go out for a walk and see the changes in the neighborhood."
Xiaomei ran over, took Xia Chen's hand and shook it around coquettishly: "Brother, I'll go with you, you probably don't even know the way, I'll show you the way." Xia Chen couldn't stand his sister's offensive, so he agreed to go out with his little sister. In fact, this time, Xia Chen is preparing to bury Meizi in his hometown, which can be regarded as a daughter-in-law who has passed the door. Some things are always known to others sooner or later, so Xia Chen agreed to go out with his sister, which can be regarded as letting Meizi meet his family.
Dad said, "Come back early for dinner, don't go too far"
"Got it, Dad. Well, then we're out."
"Well, come back early" Mom sorted out the gifts Xia Chen brought back, and looked at the brother and sister kindly.
Xia Chen took out a shovel, and the brother and sister walked to the back mountain of the house, which is to bypass a small hill, a thick natural scenery is displayed in front of you, a valley, a stream, no matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, here is a thick green exquisite.
Xia Chen pulled his sister and said to Xiaomei seriously: "Xiaomei, I tell you something, but you are not allowed to tell your parents."
"What's the matter, brother, I'll help you keep the secret" Xiaomei looked at the serious Xia Chen and said seriously.
Xia Chen took out the delicate box,
Xiaomei stepped forward and asked, "What is this, such a beautiful box", Xiaomei was about to reach out and touch it
"This is your sister-in-law" Xia Chen stared at the box in front of him: "Your sister-in-law died, I brought her back this time to be buried in our hometown,"
"Ah, what's going on, brother," Xiaomei said in surprise.
Later, I will tell you, now we will bury your sister-in-law here, in the future, this is your sister-in-law's home, Xia Chen began to dig a pit in a vacant field, and after a while, a pit of about one meter was dug, and Xiaomei didn't know where to pick some unknown wildflowers. Xia Chen looked at the box in front of him solemnly, opened it gently, put the ring inside, and silently looked at the pile of white bones that had turned into powder, and there was a delicate jade pendant lying on it. Xia Chen remembered that this was the only ornament that the plum never left before, since he knew the plum, the plum wine had been worn, silently, Xia Chen took out the jade pendant, put it in the palm of his hand, and a coolness spread through every cell in the body. After thinking about it, Xia Chen found a thin rope, hung the jade pendant, and put it around his neck, which was the only item that Meizi left for himself, so that he felt that Meizi had not left and was still by his side.
After a long time, Xia Chen carefully put the box into the pit, silently filling in the picture little by little, Xiaomei stepped forward and put the wildflowers in front of the grave: "Sister-in-law, although we haven't met, I think you are my sister-in-law, this is my brother's hometown, from now on, this is your home, and I will often come to see you in the future" Xiaomei said solemnly.
Xia Chen stared at the grave in front of him, "Brother, tell me about you and your sister-in-law" Xia Chen fell into deep contemplation, and time seemed to return to that unforgettable time.
"It was one day two years after enlistment, the military region received an order from the superiors to select a group of outstanding soldiers to form a new special operations unit, Xia Chen also entered that unit for training with excellent military quality, Meizi is the only girl in which team, but his achievements are always the best in the entire training team, after a year of intensive training, in the end only nine members remained, and the rest were basically eliminated. Meizi also became the only male and female captain in the special combat team in the entire Huaxia, codenamed Nine-Tailed Fox, and Xia Chen served as the vice captain, codenamed Wild Wolf. In the long-term mission together, the two gradually developed a good feeling, but due to the strict regulations of the special forces, officers of the same team are not allowed to fall in love and get married, so the two had to tacitly not break it, and buried that feeling in each other's hearts, and only stood silently behind each other in work or tasks, caring about each other.
Just half a year ago, a senior engineer of the Military Research Institute in China absconded to country L for treason, and the special combat team of the wild wolf accepted the top-secret mission, and the mission goal was to bring back the living engineer at all costs. In the predicament of no supplies and no backup, he went through a month of hard pursuit, and finally completed the task, for which he also seriously injured three team members on the way to the pursuit.
In another battle, the nine-tailed fox in order to attract the enemy's firepower, ordered the wolf to lead the team and the task back home, when the two argued about who to attract the enemy's firepower, the nine-tailed fox put a gun against his head, forcing the wolf to carry out the order, in fact, who knows, under that condition to lead away the pursuers, undoubtedly to send to death, but the nine-tailed fox to death, the wolf had to execute, the wolf knows, if he does not execute, the nine-tailed fox will really shoot, in the cover of the nine-tailed fox's firepower, the wolf led the team and the task to finally return home safely, but the nine-tailed fox was also hit by the enemy's bazooka in that battle, so to speak, that mission and the people who came back, which was bought by the nine-tailed fox with blood and life.
After returning to China, the wild wolf couldn't accept the sacrifice of the nine-tailed fox, and was ready to enter the L country to avenge Meizi, but was stopped by the army, and the wild wolf submitted an application for discharge in anger, refused the army's transfer arrangement, and disappeared in the country. Two months later, the military high-level where the wild wolf was located obtained intelligence, and the terrorist organization attached to the L country was completely wiped out, and there was no one alive, and the high-level leaders of the L country were furious, and the Chinese side secretly ordered the intelligence personnel to arrange for the wild wolf to return to China, and there happened to be a tour group in western Yunnan that returned three days later, and the intelligence officers secretly arranged the wild wolf to return to China as a tourist.
But these things can't be said to my sister, Xia Chen just said, Meizi and I are comrades-in-arms, and we died of illness in the army, and the leaders of the army specially approved Xia Chen to bring back Meizi's ashes. "Go home, Mom and Dad are still waiting at home" Xia Chen didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he changed the topic and said. Xiaomei bowed deeply to the new grave, "Sister-in-law, next time I'm coming to see you," Xia Chen took a look, returned home, and emphasized his sister on the way, not to tell his parents, for fear that they would be worried and uncomfortable.
"I know, brother, what does my sister-in-law look like?" asked Xiaomei curiously.
Xia Chen took out his mobile phone and pulled up a beautiful photo, a beautiful, but resolute girl with a bright smile. Xia Chen gently stroked the photo, Xiaomei leaned over and stretched her neck to see the photo of the mobile phone and was amazed: "Sister-in-law is so beautiful" Xia Chen smiled and put away the mobile phone and returned home with her sister.
Xia Chen helped his father to give grass to an old cow in the family, did some housework that his parents didn't have time to do, and built a yard fence, and before he knew it, the sky was getting dark. Xiaomei helped her mother make a table of sumptuous dishes, bacon, a fat old hen, smoked ham, and wild vegetables dried in the spring harvest in the mountains, and vegetables grown in the field, filling a big table. Dad took out the Moutai that Xia Chen bought, and when it was four times over, a strong fragrance wafted through the room, and the family sat around the dinner table, feeling warm.