On the morning of 20 September, the sound of gunfire still sounding at the head of Wuchang City, and a speedboat with a blue sky and a red flag full of red flags sailed at high speed through the main channel in front of the Hankou wharf, passing in front of the three British warships and the two warships that had raised their guns. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the speedboat, Li Lianshan, who was heavily armed, and forty brothers who were armed to the teeth sat neatly, and Zheng Yi and political commissar Li Zhao stayed in the middle, carrying the cold hunting river breeze on their backs, talking to each other.

At 12:10 p.m., the speedboat slowly berthed at Huangzhou Port.

A company of Liu Zuolong's division of the 15th Army guarding the port was very nervous, and the company commander with yellow teeth and dark skin breathed a sigh of relief after reading Zheng Yi's documents, took a step back and saluted, and after listening to Zheng Yi's request, he readily agreed to help guard the ship and protect the two piloting technicians.

At 3:20 p.m., Zheng Yi and his entourage entered Longjiagang Village under the frightened gaze of the villagers, and Xu Maofu and his son, who heard the movement, hurriedly ran out, holding a sentry stick between the gate of their own courtyard and Qingshuitang, not knowing what was going on with these soldiers who were neatly lined up.

When he was ten meters away, Zheng Yi couldn't help but be excited, shouted "stop advancing", stepped forward quickly, took off the big cap, and came to the sluggish father Xu and knelt down: "Dad, the child has come back to visit you and his mother." ”

Father Xu was startled, slowly squatted down and approached Zheng Yi to look at it again, two lines of old tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes, hugged Zheng Yi's head and cried silently: "I heard that the revolutionary army fought Wuchang City, and there were tens of thousands of corpses, and blood flowed all over the field...... Yi'er, it's not hurt, is it? Yes? ”

"My son is fine, my son is a quartermaster and baggage unit, so he doesn't have to go to the battlefield."

Zheng Yi wiped away his tears with his sleeve, helped Xu's father up, turned to Xu Maofu, who was glazed-eyed on the side, and said, "I'll help my father in, you go and tell the villagers not to worry." ”

"Eh-"

Xu Maofu, who came back to his soul, ran away.

The brothers in the back looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and under Cao Mancheng's whispered reminder, they silently followed Zheng Yi into the courtyard.

Li Lianshan and his brothers set up a guard together, and after a while, a woman's cry was heard in the house.

When Xu Maofu, who had grown to 1.85 meters, returned home, his father and mother had not wiped away his tears, Zheng Yi was so happy that he hugged his little brother, who was less than two years old, and asked his godfather if he named his younger brother? It made the old couple burst into tears and laughed.

"I have a name, my father named it, his name is Xu Maochang, this kid is very strong, he can eat, and he hasn't been weaned yet." Xu Maofu excitedly reported and immediately attracted a big slap from the old lady.

Zheng Yi laughed, pulled Xu Maofu and asked with concern: "Your child is also three months old, and he has become a father, amazing!" ”

Xu Maofu smiled embarrassedly: "It's all forced, otherwise I would have gone to Guangzhou to find you the year before last...... Now that my old Xu family has a queen, my father and my mother can no longer tie me up with unfilial piety and three no queens, haha! ”

Zheng Yi gave him a punch and told him to help greet the brothers, and then came to the happy father Xu, and reported the many things he had experienced in the past two years one by one, and it took more than an hour to finish speaking, and the villagers had already killed the pigs in the backyard and started to make a feast.

Father Xu learned that Zheng Yi had reconciled with his family and earned so much property, and he was relieved and emotional: "Well done, well done!" Your mother can also be blinded under the Nine Springs, alas...... If it is really created by God, the world is impermanent! You're out of business, and you're going to get married and have children, understand? ”

Zheng Yi grinned: "Dad, will you move to Hong Kong with your mother and family?" I don't feel at ease if you stay in this land of four wars! If it weren't for our revolutionary army chasing after us this time, Longjiagang would probably be the same as Fangjia Village five miles to the south, with heavy casualties and scorched earth everywhere! ”

"I understand the reason, and I am afraid in my heart, and I also know that when I go to Hong Kong, there is a big western-style building you bought, and with the support of a capable person like your father, your two-year-old brother and your nephew who was just a few months old can also get the best education like you when you were a child, which is far more comfortable than in this chaotic place, but I can't bear it! Alas, may I think again? ”

It is really difficult for Xu's father to make up his mind, although Zheng Yi has hinted in his letters in the past two years that he has such psychological preparations, but when it comes to the end, he still can't decide.

Seeing this, Zheng Yi had no choice but to make one last move: "Dad, you have to think about Maofu's future, if you don't go to Hong Kong, Maofu won't be able to leave this home, and he will be nailed to this land for the rest of his life, do you think he can be willing?" ”

"Now he has a younger brother, Maofu is also fighting for himself, giving birth to a big fat grandson for your old man, and you will have to enter the school in a few years, you and your mother stay in this village, what should you do if the two little ones go to school? The future of the old Xu family depends on Maofu and the two small ones. ”

Father Xu nodded frequently, pondered for a long time, and subconsciously looked at his wife beside him.

Mother Xu had already been moved by Zheng Yi, and she was even more eager for her children to get ahead and her little grandson to receive the best education, but as soon as the words came out, she changed her meaning again: "If I leave, what will happen to this family?" There are also big cattle and more than a dozen acres of good land behind the house, but it's a pity! ”

Not only Cao Mancheng and Li Zhao were happy this time, but Xu's father couldn't wipe his son, so he glared at his wife fiercely, while Xu Maofu looked at his father with a blank eye, fearing that he would not be able to join the army with his brother Zheng Yi to kill the enemy this time.

Once he made up his mind to move, Xu's father immediately showed his extraordinary courage:

Three big pigs and more than 20 chickens and ducks were killed, a few piglets, big cattle, more than a dozen acres of fertile land and all the property that could not be taken away were all sent to the village to run a private school, Xu Maofu and his young partners pulled nets to fish in their own fish ponds, entertained Zheng Yi and his party with the highest specifications, and thanked the villagers and villagers.

That night, the bonfire in Longjiagang Village was blazing, the wine was fragrant, and more than 400 men, women and children in the village all went out, and more than 100 fathers and elders from neighboring villages also rushed to hear the news, and all kinds of tables, chairs and benches were placed from the courtyard of the Xu family to the big tree at the entrance of the village, and as a result, Zheng Yi and most of the brothers he brought were drunk.

Uprooting is not something you can just leave.

Not to mention anything else, just the thanks and farewell of the three aunts and six mothers-in-law and the villagers made Xu's father and mother unable to move, and the war in Wuchang City had not stopped, and the warships of the great powers were eyeing and rampage in the waters of Wuhan, and the short-distance passenger and cargo ships did not dare to move.

For the sake of safety, Zheng Yi left a company commander, Tian Antai, and four brothers with good skills, and then asked the other brothers to leave most of the ammunition, and then pulled the milk brother Xu Maofu to tell him carefully, and then he set out on the return journey with confidence.

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