As they spoke, the two brothers had already walked to the edge of the river, which was about thirty meters wide and three or four meters deep. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info However, in the local area, people generally do not call this river "river", but call it "mass grave".

Because it is said that this was once a small base during the Anti-Japanese War, it was really the wheat harvest season, but the Japanese devils defeated the Eighth Route Army, occupied the place, and asked the common people to harvest the wheat and hand it over to them.

But the people of this town, under the leadership of an underground party member, surrendered to the devils on the surface and led the people to harvest the wheat, but at night, they secretly burned all the harvested wheat and the baggage brought by the devils!

The little devils were so angry that they asked the people to hand over the underground party members who took the lead and explain the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army, but the people all refused to surrender, and then the angry Japanese devils gathered all the men, women and children in this town here, and dug a big hole, and warned the people for the last time that if they still didn't give in, then bury them all alive!

Of course, the common people will not be afraid of the butcher's knife of the devil, and from the beginning to the end, no one has surrendered!

So, the inhuman little devils gathered all the people in the town into this big pit, and after shooting with machine guns, they filled the big hole with earth.

However, on this night, the weather suddenly changed, and from twelve o'clock in the evening, the clear night that had been full of stars suddenly blew violently, dark clouds were thick, lightning and thunder roared, and in the sky, there seemed to be a white dragon that appeared and disappeared from time to time! Immediately afterward, a heavy rainstorm that had not been seen in a hundred years fell here! The big pit that had been filled by the devils during the day was also washed away by this heavy rainstorm and turned into a rushing river!

It is said that on this night, the ghost cry in this great river resounded in the sky!

After the next day, the devils in the devil's camp died violently as if they had the plague.

Because of this legend, the river is called the "mass grave" by the local people!

While people are mourning, nearby farmers also use the water from this large river as a water source to irrigate the nearby farmland, and over the years they have played a huge role, blessing the wind and rain here, and the harvest is abundant.

When Chen Qingdong was a child, he did not have the ability to distinguish by himself, and he was convinced of this legend. At that time, Chen Qingdong, who had been deeply educated in school and family patriotism since he was a child, would come to this small river alone to stand alone for a while every time he followed his father to the grave, recalling the spirit of the revolutionary martyrs and angry at the cruelty of the little devils.

But now, Chen Qingdong, who has his own ability to think independently, naturally no longer fully believes in this legend as he did when he was a child, because this legend can't stand the scrutiny of logic at all, or in other words, this legend has been deified too much.

In fact, Chen Qingdong knew that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in fact, the devils did not hit them, but later during the civil war, there was a war here, but Chen Qingdong believed that neither the Kuomintang nor the Communist Party would never do these things in the face of their own people.

The person who first made up this legend may have just wanted to use this story to express a spirit of patriotism and resistance to imperialist aggression.

However, Chen Qingdong believes that during the Sino-Japanese War, the legend of this "mass grave" here must have really happened in other parts of China. The unspeakable crimes committed by the Japanese aggressors in China will always be remembered in the hearts of every Chinese son.

Take history as a mirror.

The two brothers stood by the river and smoked, and Chen Hongbing asked, "Qingdong, do you remember when we followed our father here to go to the grave when we were children, the two of us always liked to come to this river to play?" ”

"Of course I do. Chen Qingdong smiled, "I played with you all day long, and I remember that you got me a slingshot, and I hit a pheasant here!"

Talking about what happened when he was a child, Chen Hongbing also laughed, and said with great emotion: "Yes! I also remember this, our family was very poor at that time, we took this pheasant home, and the family had a good meal of chicken at night, just like the Chinese New Year, our father also drank a glass of white wine for the first time! Yuanyuan was still young at that time, and she didn't usually eat any good things, after our mother gave her a chicken leg award, she was reluctant to eat it, and it took a long time to eat it, haha...... I'll never forget that taste!"

"Yes, I remember it clearly!" Chen Qingdong also sighed with infinite emotion!

Chen Hongbing said again: "Xiaodong, think about it now, I was really ignorant before. Since I was a child, I didn't like to study, I loved to fight, and at that time I always felt that my fists were hard, and I would not be angry with others in this life. As a result, I got into a lot of fights, but I didn't get anything, and I caused a lot of trouble for my family. I didn't set a good example for you! Xiaodong, if it weren't for you, I would probably still be running that little broken restaurant, half-dead and bastard! Our father educated us from a young age! In this society, we must study hard, and people with powerful brains are really powerful people. If you don't have brains and just have fists, you can only rot at the bottom of this society. ”

Chen Qingdong rarely heard his eldest brother say this kind of thing, he knew that the eldest brother had completely denied his outlook on life for many years, Chen Qingdong couldn't help but feel very sad, in fact, when Chen Qingdong was young, he had always taken the eldest brother as an example, at that time, he was very envious of the eldest brother's chic, and no one in the entire Liulin County dared to bully him, just because he was Chen Hongbing's younger brother.

His dream at that time was not to take the university entrance examination, let alone become a big official, but to dream of being like his brother, with a group of brothers, skipping classes at will, no one was afraid, and if he didn't accept it, he would be beaten!

It's just that Chen Qingdong's personality was a little cowardly at that time, he didn't dare to fight with others, let alone disobey his parents, so he kept suppressing the wildness in his heart and pretending to be a good boy to study hard every day.

What Chen Hongbing completely denies now is his previous outlook on life, and it is also Chen Qingdong's dream when he was a child!

Chen Qingdong felt very sad, not only for himself, but even more for his eldest brother.

"Brother, don't say that, the ages are different. Chen Qingdong patted Chen Hongbing's shoulder and said.

"Yes, the past is gone, and it's no longer interesting to talk about it now. But I sometimes just think, when I was young, I always felt that I was very strong, as if I was not afraid of anything, but you and Yuanyuan are too honest, just can learn, I was worried that you would learn to become nerds! You all have your own ideals, you know what you have to do, and you know how you have to do it. You have now become the youngest secretary of the township party committee in our county, and Yuanyuan is also studying medicine at a very good university, which can be regarded as the realization of her ideals, which is really good! Xiaodong, you must not know, in fact, how proud I am of you two in my heart. Looking at me the other way, in fact, I just don't seem to be afraid of anything, but I don't know what I should do at all except for fighting, and I don't know what I should do, if it weren't for you and Hong Tao, I really can't believe what I look like now. ”

"Brother, don't say it. ”

Chen Hongbing still said: "Qingdong, in fact, the reason why I am so hesitant about getting married this time is because I haven't figured out whether to marry Sun Ying. To be honest, Sun Ying is indeed a good girl, and she is very good to me, there is really nothing to find fault with. However, it was because Sun Ying was so good that I was even more hesitant. In the past, I was really too casual, I lived wherever I wanted, I lived how I wanted, and I didn't think about the consequences at all, which was actually an irresponsible approach. But now, I don't want to live in such a muddle anymore, I want to think about everything clearly, and take responsibility for myself, my family and friends. ”

Chen Qingdong was very moved when he heard this, and he knew that this kind of change in thinking was a kind of new life for the eldest brother.

Perhaps, the eldest brother is currently in a period of tormented thinking transformation, but once this period has passed, the eldest brother will have a kind of reborn change.

He was sincerely happy for his eldest brother.

Chen Hongbing said again: "Xiaodong, I know that our mother is heartbroken about my business, during this time, she called me several times to ask me to go back, although my mother didn't say anything on the phone, but I know that what she wants to say is my marriage." Alas, Xiaodong, since my mother asked you to ask me, then I would like to trouble you to go and tell our mother, let her not worry, and give me a period of time to think about it, at most a month, I will definitely give an answer. ”

Chen Qingdong took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Brother, I understand." Don't worry, I'll be responsible for our mother's place. You'd better think about it and think it through before you talk about it. You're right, getting married is not about buying things, once you get married, you have to be responsible for it for the rest of your life, so no matter who urges you, you can't be in a hurry, you have to think clearly. ”

"Xiaodong, thank you for your understanding!" Chen Hongbing smiled.

"Hehe, understand each other! Brother, I'm actually not in the same situation as you? Our mother is also urging me to get married quickly! Although my situation is a little different from yours, I am not in a hurry, and it is useless for our mother to urge me again. Marriage is such a thing, it all comes naturally, how can it be rushed, right?"

"Haha, Qingdong, I'm the same as you think, we really deserve to be brothers!"

The two brothers stood by the river with its sacred legend and laughed out loud.