In the distance is the continuous Ba Mountain, the average altitude of Ba Mountain is about 800 meters, and the highest peak is about 1,000 meters. There are many tall trees on Ba Mountain, forming a lush forest. A small river runs around the mountain, and the water is crystal clear.

This is a familiar scenery since childhood, decades have passed, the mountains and water have not changed, but the appearance of the countryside has changed dramatically, and the thatched mud walls that used to be everywhere are hard to find, replaced by common brick houses, two-thirds of which are first-floor and first-floor houses. Wang Zhenhua knew that after so many years of liberation in his hometown, there would definitely be great changes, but when he really returned to his hometown, he was still full of emotion when he saw the changes.

"There used to be a landlord's house over there, which was a blue brick house. Every time I passed by this landlord's house, my mother said that it would be nice if we could live in this kind of house. My dad always disdainfully said that our family used to be a big brick house, and it was better than them. Wang Zhenhua pointed to a large courtyard.

Wang Yongde said: "Uncle, fortunately, our family fell later, otherwise we would have become landlords, and we would all be affected." ”

Wang Zhenhua said: "If you lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing." ”

To get to the ancestral grave, you must pass through Erdaogui Primary School. Wang Yongde solicited opinions: "Uncle, our family is teaching in Erdaogui, and our family is also here, let's go in and sit down." ”

Wang Guodong looked at his watch and said, "Let's go to worship our ancestors first, and then come back to rest in Erdaogui." ”

Wang Zhenhua shook his head and said: "Without Yongde guarding here, the ancestral tomb of the Wang family will be destroyed, he is a credit to our family, how can he pass through the door and not enter." Let's go and see Yongde's home. ”

Wang Xiao, Wang Qiao, Wang Xiaoran, Zhang Xiaoya and other juniors came to the end. Wang Xiao said: "There are many plum trees outside the wall, and when the plums bloom every year, they are very beautiful. There are two plum trees that are particularly delicious. When I was a child, every year when the plums were ripe. Wang Qiao and I ate the two plum trees. ”

In Zhang Xiaoya's impression, Wang Qiao is a handsome guy in the senior class. The cadres of the student union, today walked to the second turn, saw the place where Wang Qiao lived when he was a child, and had a strange feeling, as if he saw Xiao Wang Qiao riding in a tree and eating plums. It's the first time she's here, and she's a little kind for no reason.

Wang Xiaoran saw that there were a lot of chickens under the plum tree, and said, "Those chickens are the real local chickens." ”

Du Zongfen replied honestly: "It's all fed by our family, these chickens have been catching insects in the forest for a long time, and the stewed soup is delicious." ”

Wang Xiaoran said: "Auntie." You have been in Quang Nam for a long time, who is helping you take care of the chickens, don't they fly away, or are they starving? ”

Du Zongfen felt that this question was incredible, and said: "I took the key to the opposite yard, and they helped me feed the pigs, chickens, and vegetables every day, and I still planted vegetables in the yard." ”

Wang Xiaoran said: "This will add a lot of things to others, and whether to give money or not." ”

Du Zongfen said: "We are different here from Quang Nam. Folks in the township, who still talks about money about these things. ”

Wang Zhenhua walked up the bluestone ladder and said, "This was a temple before, and I have walked there since I was a child. These bluestone stairs have existed before. "After coming to his hometown, inhaling the air of his hometown, he seems to be a few years younger. Going up this slope without stopping to rest. I went uphill and took a slight breath. Wang Zhenhua said: "Sometimes when I am naughty, my father will beat someone. I ran towards the temple, and as long as I ran to the temple, my father didn't chase after me, but kept watch outside with a stick. At that time, I was studying in a private school, and my father was working outside to earn money to send me to study. By the time the old monk in the temple sent me out, my father's anger often subsided. ”

Wang Qiao took a step forward and said, "Uncle Tang, our Wang family is also a big clan in the local area, why did it decline later." ”

Wang Zhenhua said: "A big family is like a country, there is always prosperity and decline. In my memory, the beginning of the decline was when my grandfather later took most of the family's money, bought an iron-hulled ship, became a shipping company, and ran shipping on the river. At first, it was very profitable, but then there were two boats, and there were foreigners with red eyebrows and green eyes at home, and then the largest boat capsized in the river, many people died, and the company went bankrupt. In my mind, this is the beginning of decay. My grandfather later smoked opium and died shortly after the company went bankrupt. ”

Wang Qiao originally thought that his family had been farming for generations, but he did not expect that there were still people in his ancestors who had operated shipping, and although they failed, they also failed gloriously.

Wang Yongde said: "My father later told me that the capsized boat was planted with explosives by foreigners. ”

Wang Zhenhua said: "It's a confused account, and no one can say clearly." ”

Pushing open the school gate, the familiar scenery rushed into Wang Qiao's eyes. In the lower right corner of the courtyard are three bungalows, in which Wang Yongde and his wife live in the middle, and on either side are the houses of Wang Xiao and Wang Qiao. In the upper right corner are the vegetable patch, kitchen and pigsty. On the left is a row of classrooms. Directly opposite the gate there is a large bungalow that serves as the teacher's office. In front of the office is a platform with flagpoles and flags. Looking at the familiar scenery, he thought to himself, "What would it be like to see these houses if I were to come back after decades of absence?" ”

In Wang Zhenhua's impression, this courtyard is a temple, and what he sees in front of him is very unfamiliar, and he doesn't have any impression of being a child, which can't help but make him feel regretful. His eyes searched around the yard, and suddenly he walked quickly in the direction of the vegetable garden, and when he came to the vegetable garden, he saw a familiar well.

When I was a child, there was always a wooden bucket next to the mouth of this well, and the barrel had a rope on it, and if you threw the bucket into the well, you could drink water when you lifted it. Wang Zhenhua looked at the swarthy and smoothed wellside stone, his mouth trembled a few times, and said to his son standing beside him: "Your father was very honest when he was a child, and he was tired of playing outside, so he often came to drink water at the mouth of this well. Miaozhu is a member of the Duan family, he is very good to me, and often gives me rare sugar. He said to Wang Yongde: "Yongde, bring a bucket, I will throw the bucket into the well and carry water to drink." ”

Wang Yongde said: "The year before last, Wang Xiao came back and installed pressurized water equipment, and the water can be discharged after pressing it, and the bucket cannot be shaken. ”

Wu Liqin said: "Dad, how can you drink cold water." Drink the well water here and ask your sister-in-law to boil the water. ”

Wang Zhenhua insisted: "If it is boiled, there will be no taste before." ”

Zhang Dacang said: "Just drink well water, drink two sips less, there is nothing remarkable." ”

When the pressed water came up, Wang Zhenhua took a small sip, then took a big sip, and said: "It's been fifty-two years, I haven't drunk the water in my hometown for fifty-two years, it's sweet and delicious." ”

Wang Qiao returned to his room, took out a tattered cotton coat, and put it in a bag. Zhang Xiaoya walked around the courtyard, and came to the door of Wang Qiao's room with some curiosity, and said, "This is your room." ”

Wang Qiao said: "Yes, I grew up here since I was a child. ”

The room is very simple, there is no ash, and there are photos of Chow Yun-fat, the most popular star of the year, pasted on the wall, which is a still from "The True Color of Heroes". There was also an acoustic guitar hanging next to the bed, and the strings had been loosened.

Zhang Xiaoya walked into the room, looked at the old guitar curiously, and said, "Did you all play the guitar at that time?" ”

Wang Qiao said: "It was given to me by my sister, and she was still studying in Beijing back then. At that time, playing the guitar was the favorite thing for literary and artistic youth, but now there are fewer literary and artistic youths, and everyone is busy playing games. ”

Zhang Xiaoya said: "What are you doing with cotton clothes?" ”

Wang Qiao said: "I estimate that Uncle Tang will kneel and give him a cushion." ”

Zhang Xiaoya said: "Grandpa Wang wants to kneel down, then Uncle Wang and they must also kneel, maybe Wang Xiaoran will kneel, you get more knee pads." ”

Wang Qiao searched everywhere and found two old knee pads and an old sweater.

From the moment I got off the bus to the cemetery, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, and everyone was talking and laughing. When walking along the path to the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, everyone subconsciously stopped talking. From a distance, he saw the tomb of the former Qing Jinshi who was built into a tomb by a large bluestone, Wang Zhenhua was struck by lightning, and tears finally flowed down, dripping down his wrinkled face.

"Fifty-two years, the unfilial son has finally returned." Wang Zhenhua threw his crutches to Wang Qiao, who was standing beside him, and stood in front of the grave.

Everyone didn't speak, and even held their breath and looked at Wang Zhenhua.

Wang Zhenhua did not kneel down immediately. He looked at the tombstones in turn, and when he saw the "tomb of the old widow Wang Xiong", he stopped and said, "This is my mother." He gently stroked the bluestone tombstone with his hand, as if to wipe the dust off his old mother.

Wang Zhenhua arranged for his son to say: "Incense, candles, burn for grandma." ”

Wang Guodong hurriedly took out two pillars of candles and three incense sticks, lit them, and placed them in front of his grandmother's grave.

Wang Zhenhua stood in front of the grave, looked at his mother's name, and suddenly burst into tears and said, "Mom, I'm back." The son is not filial and did not send you away. My son did not live up to your teachings, I became the commander of the People's Liberation Army, and I ......"

Wang Qiao saw that Uncle Tang was about to kneel, so he quickly picked up the cotton clothes and spread them on the ground.

Wang Zhenhua knelt on the cotton coat and said, "Mom, your son is an unfilial son, and he hasn't come to see you for so many years." He said it very ordinarily, but one sentence was a handful of snot, and after a few words, Wang Zhenhua was already sloppy.

Wang Guodong greeted his wife and daughter and said, "Kneel behind Dad." ”

Wang Qiao hurriedly picked up the clothes prepared in advance and knelt down for Wang Guodong, Wu Liqin and Wang Xiaoran, Wu Liqin and Wang Xiaoran were wearing Wang Qiao's knee pads, and they felt that it was not too difficult to kneel. They are all new generations who have not been trained to kneel and worship, and they have no feelings for the people in the grave in front of them, if they didn't watch Wang Zhenhua kneel, they would definitely not kneel.

Zhang Dacang didn't get up when he saw Wang Zhenhua kneeling, stepped forward to support his arm, and said, "Commander, get up, if you don't get up, the juniors won't be able to stand." ”

Wang Zhenhua said: "The most indebted thing in my life is my mother, she has not enjoyed my blessings for a day, I am just her son, and being the head of the regiment and the commander of the division has nothing to do with her." ”

(Chapter 326) (To be continued.) )