Lei Yujing interjected on the side, "Mom, aunt, aunt, my grandfather said that it would not be wrong to be a fellow villager with Xiaojun, more than 20 days ago, I met with Xiaojun's father Wu Bo, and later Xiao Jun told me that Wu Bo said that I looked a little like his six-child father when he was a child, and at that time I also thought that Xiao Jun was joking with me, and now it is confirmed that Wu Bo is well-founded. He is a farmer in the countryside of Pingdong, and we have never known each other, and if there is no basis for it, there will be no such association anyway. It was no accident that Grandpa recognized Xiaojun. What's more, how did you come to be surnamed Xia, my grandfather just said it very clearly. ”

Wu Liuyu said, "Whether you are suspicious or unbelieving, let Xiao Wu introduce to you what he knows!" ”

Wu Xiaojun told his father how Wu Liu'er was arrested, the miserable experience of his parents and daughter-in-law, and the changes in the village over the years, especially those who were old and knew the deceased and the living, and the old people that Wu Liu'er might know one by one, and it took more than two hours.

Hearing that after he left, his daughter-in-law was occupied to death by a rogue in the neighboring village, her parents died, and there was no living relative in her hometown, Wu Liu's child suddenly burst into tears, crying silently, Gui Ping, reminiscing about the past, remembering that the three sisters saw their father crying so sadly, and they were very sympathetic to the unfortunate experience of the eldest girl's mother and their grandparents, and comforted them for a long time before Wu Liu's mood was restored.

Maybe it's because of the homesickness of the people's age, Wu Liu's child remembers the situation when he was a child very clearly, every time Wu Xiaojun says the name of an older generation, he can always immediately tell what the name of his parents was at that time, and the specific location of the home, including many places that Wu Xiaojun doesn't know, and can't be found in the village now.

When Wu Xiaojun talked about his grandfather, Wu Liuzi said in a deep tone, "I was arrested on the same day as your grandfather's hammer, and when the troops arrived in Pingdong, they encountered a large group of Japanese troops and broke us up. What happened to your grandfather, did he go back to his hometown? ”

Wu Xiaojun said with a solemn expression, "I've never seen what my grandfather looks like!" My father mentioned my grandfather the most because my grandfather never said that the national army was bad, and he never scolded the national army. My grandfather has been a soldier in the national army, fighting the Japanese army in the Pingxi area, they are all brave, and the Japanese army fought for more than a month at the North Mengdu crossing, and the rotting corpses were floating everywhere in the Qinghe River, until the surrender of the Japanese army ended. After that, he moved to the Tongwei area with the army and fought with the People's Liberation Army for more than a year. Because of his homesickness, he became a deserter three times, and the first two times he was arrested and almost shot. The third time, probably in late autumn, he and his comrades-in-arms rode horses to patrol the mountains five or six miles away from the station, and found that the surrounding woods were relatively dense, the mountain roads were rugged, overgrown with weeds, and it was easy to hide and hide. A few days ago, for fear of being discovered by the national army, he did not dare to walk during the day, found a secluded place to sleep, and hurried to the east at night, walking all the way to eat, sometimes two days without a drop of water, it took a full eighteen days, and returned home in a drizzly night. ”

Wu Liuyu said with a blank expression, "The hammer is really not simple, why is he not here?" ”

Wu Xiaojun said with some sadness, "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, my grandfather has been working in the family farm, and has my two aunts and uncles, my uncle and father have also grown up slowly, and their lives in the local area are quite good, and they belong to a large household in ten miles and eight villages." My uncle went to high school, became the only intellectual in Shili Eight Villages, and became an accountant in the brigade, and was sentenced to ten years in prison and imprisoned in Pingdong Prison for embezzlement.7 He was pardoned after 13 events and died of lymphoma three years ago. Because my uncle was sentenced, our family became an anti-subordinate, my grandfather was bullied everywhere, collapsed, and died of stomach perforation and hemorrhage before the wheat harvest in 72. In the special period of national construction, my father came to Pingxi to participate in the development and construction, because the uncle was imprisoned, he went back in Pingxi for less than three years and never came back, taking on the responsibility of supporting the whole family, taking care of my grandmother, uncle, my two elder brothers, as well as the eldest brother of the uncle's family, the eldest sister, and successively had my third brother, two sisters and me. In the 80s, the situation was getting better day by day, my third brother became the first college student in the village to come out of the village, and seven years ago I once again became the pride of my parents, relying on facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and supporting me. It's a pity that my mother died of a cerebral hemorrhage on the first day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar last year due to overwork, leaving my father to live alone. ”

When Wu Xiaojun said this, he was very sad and couldn't say it anymore, Lei Yujing saw Wu Xiaojun burst into tears, and quietly handed him a small towel, Wu Xiaojun wiped his face, stopped his sadness, and the atmosphere in the room fell silent again.

Wu Liuyu felt uncomfortable in his heart, his face was very gloomy, his fist smashed hatefully on the sofa, the corners of his mouth squirmed for a long time, and he said slowly, "Gui Ping, Shunzi was my favorite child before, I didn't suffer less before, and when the good days came, it was really regrettable to encounter such an unfortunate thing." The day after tomorrow is the sacrifice day of the army's mother, according to the old rules, relatives and friends have to burn paper, and the army must go home to fulfill filial piety. Since we have caught up, there are still so many people in my hometown, and we will go back with Xiaojun tomorrow, and let you find your roots and ask your ancestors, know where you come from, where your roots are, and fulfill your father's hometown dream of 60 years. ”

As soon as Wu Liu's words came out, everyone was shocked, and their expressions changed greatly, Lei Yujing's mother Xia Guiping resolutely objected, "Dad, I can't help it, Yuan Zhen is the county seat and the countryside after all, three or four hundred kilometers away from here, the transportation is inconvenient, whether it is by train or long-distance bus, it takes seven or eight hours, you are so old, you can't stand the toss at all, in case there are three long and two short, a few of us can't afford it, let's stay in Pingxi for a few days, we can't go anywhere." ”

Lei Yujing's aunt Xia Yixi seemed to be very favored by Wu Liuzi, she spoke straightforwardly, without scruples, and said angrily, "Dad, you want to come here, I have always disagreed, and now I think of one out is another, I want to go back to my hometown, and find trouble for the three of us, save worry!" ”

Xia Yiru spoke a little implicitly, "Eldest sister, second sister, Dad has been away from his hometown for almost sixty years, and sixty years is very painful for a person who has left his hometown and wandered for a long time. ”

Xia Yiru's words hadn't finished yet, Xia Yixi interrupted her, "Yixi, I see that you have read too many books and become a nerd, can Dad be the same as those Taiwanese compatriots, have you considered Dad's body, don't add fuel to the fire, don't squeak if you can't speak." ”

Wu Xiaojun sincerely hopes that Wu Liu's father and daughter can go back to their hometown and take a look, considering that he is an old man in his eighties, and he is also worried that his body will not be able to withstand the toss, he has been silent, but he didn't expect Xia Yixi and the sisters to quarrel about this, and they were very ashamed, if they didn't recognize Wu Liu's child and tell him everything at home, it wouldn't arouse him so much nostalgia, maybe he was relaxed, happy, and happily played in Pingxi for a few days, and left.

Wu Xiaojun thought of this, raised his eyes and looked at Lei Yujing, Lei Yujing understood what he meant, and was just about to open his mouth to persuade Wu Liuyu to dispel this idea, Wu Liuyu stood up and walked a few times in front of everyone with his hands behind his back, suddenly stopped, with a firm and cold gaze on his face, and glanced at his three daughters, "You three don't understand what Dad is in when he is away for decades, don't say anything, this matter is not negotiable, Xiaojing, Xiao Wu, the car, train, and long-distance bus that the two of you arrange to go back, As long as it gives me a glimpse of the sky and the trees in my hometown, anything goes. Gui Ping, I'm not going anywhere today, I want to have a good rest and concentrate for the next few days. You'll do the rest for yourself. After saying that, he went back to his room with a gloomy face.

Xia Yixi saw that the old man was so domineering, and said angrily, "Commander Xia, we are your daughters, not your subordinates, and at home, we are not a place for you to give orders. ”

Xia Guiping felt that Xia Yixi was a bit too much to say this about the old man in front of Wu Xiaojun, and sighed and said, "Second sister, you don't know our father's temper, the more you give him a firm position, the more he can't stop what he wants to do, don't you see that he has no thoughts except for returning to his hometown now, not to mention that returning to his hometown is his long-cherished wish for decades, and there will be nothing wrong with our sisters, so just follow his wishes." ”

Xia Yixi stared at Xia Guiping and said, "Eldest sister, how can this matter come from his temperament, I don't know what to say about you, you are just a heart, you don't have a backbone, and you don't have a common language." ”

Xia Yiru looked at the second sister and counted down the eldest sister, and said softly, "Second sister, the eldest sister is also to make her father happy, so don't complain about her anymore." ”

Xia Yixi stood up, glared at Xia Yiru hatefully, and said angrily, "You are all thinking about your father, I am hurting my father, it's unreasonable." With that, he went back to his room in a huff.

From the conversation between Wu Liu's father and daughter, Wu Xiaojun heard that Wu Liu's child had been a commander before, and now it seems that he is not a small commander, there is no commander below the county level, and the lowest is the commander above the prefecture and city Jun Division, thinking of Qin Meixiang's warning to herself, but she feels a little small, it should be the commander of the provincial Jun District, such a big official as the Jun Fang, can only be seen on TV, and has never been in such close contact, not to mention that it is still his grandfather, and the sense of respect for him in his heart has risen a lot, I didn't dare to say a word in front of Lei Yujing and others.

Now Wu Liuzi wants to go back to his hometown in person, Wu Xiaojun didn't dare to be careless, and discussed with Lei Yujing, or drive the tourist reception car of the Xia Xi Hotel back, the kind of car is more spacious, and it is comfortable to sit, even if the old man is tired, he can lie down and rest, and he can better enjoy the scenery along the way.

When the time to go back and the vehicle was finalized, Wu Xiaojun came out of Lei Yujing and immediately went back to arrange things at home.