Liu Ziguang was secretly surprised, it is said that the first thing that the old man thought of when he was dying should be his children and grandchildren, old comrades-in-arms, old subordinates and the like, why did he think of seeing a stranger he had never met, but at this time he had no time to think, so he could only follow behind Zhao Hui.

"You come too." Zhao Hui whispered to Ye Qing, and then the three of them walked into the intensive care ward in full view of everyone.

There is a hole in the ward, the reception room, the toilet, and the rescue room are all available, and the three of them changed their shoes in the foyer, put on a disinfection gown and hat before entering the room, and they saw a few old people sitting on the sofa, with an extraordinary bearing, and at first glance they were people who had been in a high position for a long time and held authority.

Seeing the three people coming in, the old people did not speak, but nodded slightly, and through a glass wall, they could see that the medical staff were rescuing the old man on the hospital bed, with ECG monitoring and oxygen all plugged in, and the patient's pulse was displayed on a small screen, which was not only weak, but also very unstable.

"How's it going?" Zhao Hui asked an old man in a low voice.

"It's still like that, sometimes sober, sometimes unconscious, just now the chairman called to inquire, and the Central Office has prepared the eulogy for the family to see." The old man replied in a low voice.

Everyone was silent, and after another ten minutes, the doctor came out of the emergency room, took off his mask and whispered: "The chief is awake again, you go in quickly, no more than two people." ”

Everyone exchanged glances with each other, and the last old man with a lofty spirit said, "Qing'er, you accompany Xiao Liu in." ”

So Ye Qing nodded at Liu Ziguang and took him into the rescue room, the old man on the hospital bed was described as withered, his face was covered with old age spots, a dead gray, and when he saw his favorite little granddaughter come in, he tried to raise his hand, but he didn't even have this strength, Ye Qing hurriedly grabbed the old man's hand and said, "Grandpa, I'm here." As he spoke, tears fell.

The old man's blank eyes rolled, his mouth opened with difficulty, as if he wanted to speak, Ye Qing put his ears up and listened for a long time, Liu Ziguang saw the old man's mouth open one by one, and the extremely weak voice was not even clear to Liu Ziguang, who was sensitive to hearing.

Ye Qing couldn't stop nodding, and after listening for a while, he turned his head and asked Liu Ziguang: "Grandpa asked you, are the flowers blooming red on Commander Zhao's grave in Wild Boar Valley?" ”

Liu Ziguang suddenly realized that what the old man remembered was his old comrades-in-arms who had already sacrificed their lives for the country.

"Red, the mountains are all red." Liu Ziguang replied.

Ye Qing lay in the old man's ear and said this sentence to repeat the past, the old man listened for a long time without speaking, two lines of turbid tears flowed out of the deep sunken eye sockets, and muttered in his mouth: "The mountains are all red...... and then slowly closed his eyes.

"Grandpa, grandpa." Ye Qing called twice in a low voice, and was about to call the doctor, when suddenly the old man's eyes opened again, struggling as if to sit up, and two sickly flushes appeared on his cheeks, "Help me up." The old man said.

Ye Qing pressed the light and raised the head of the bed, the old man sat up straight, looked directly at Liu Ziguang with his eyes and said, "Little ghost, I know you, you handled the matter very well last time." ”

Ye Qing explained: "Grandpa is talking about the anti-Japanese hero killing the old devil, and grandpa has been paying attention to that matter, and exerting influence on the relevant parties to finally solve it." ”

Liu Ziguang wanted to say something of thanks, but he couldn't say anything about this situation, so he could only nod.

"I have participated in the revolution for more than 70 years, and the most memorable thing is the period when I fought guerrilla warfare in Huaixi, anti-sweeping, anti-purging townships, climbing ice and snow, drilling in ravines and old forests, and once I met a blind bear...... Ahem. The old man coughed suddenly, Ye Qing hurriedly patted his back to no avail, the doctors and nurses who had been watching the old man's condition hurriedly came, started the sputum suction machine and got busy, and the people outside all sweated, but fortunately, after sucking out a mouthful of sticky phlegm, the old man was out of danger.

"Grandpa, it's time for you to rest." Ye Qing persuaded.

The old man stubbornly shook his head: "Grandpa is fine, grandpa just wants to talk to the people in his hometown." ”

Liu Ziguang said: "Ye Lao is also from Jiangbei? ”

The old man struggled to speak, and Ye Qing replied helpfully: "Grandpa is a native of Hong'an, Hubei, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines to engage in the struggle behind enemy lines in the Huaixi guerrilla area, which is now the mountainous area west of Nantai County, where he persisted in the War of Resistance for eight years, and many comrades-in-arms died there, and Jiangbei is also regarded as grandpa's second hometown." ”

Liu Ziguang was in awe, the old man in front of him was also the anti-Japanese hero of Jin Ge Iron Horse.

"In the Huaixi guerrilla area, there are mountains and rivers, crops do not grow in saline-alkali land, and the people are miserable, so they tighten their belts to support us in fighting devils, little ghosts, how is the construction of the hometown now? Can the villagers eat? ”

"If the hometown is well built, it will be almost lifted out of poverty and become rich." Liu Ziguang replied that in front of the dying old man, he could only pick up the good ones.

The old man shook his head slightly: "Poverty alleviation...... Alas, it's not easy for the people in the old district. ”

Ye Qing looked at the time and persuaded: "Grandpa, it's time for you to rest, it's too late today, if you don't rest, others will have to rest too." At the same time, he gave Liu Ziguang a look, Liu Ziguang understood, and immediately said: "Ye Lao, you have a good rest, and when your body is well, I will accompany you back to your hometown to have a look." ”

"Okay, I'm having this idea, go back and take a walk, look at the places where I fought back then, I think it's tomorrow, while the red mountains in the mountains are still there." The old man's words frightened Ye Qing, glanced at Liu Ziguang fiercely, and persuaded: "Grandpa, don't play with the child's temper, hurry up and rest, it's okay, your illness can be cured as long as you recuperate." ”

The old man waved his hand weakly and protested: "My body knows that my organs are all failing, and I won't live for a few days, and those old comrades-in-arms are waiting for me. ”

"Grandpa, what do you say, we have the best medical equipment and doctors, you will be fine." Ye Qing said angrily, and his eyes turned red again.

"Silly boy, grandpa knows that it is your blessing to live for one day, but have you ever thought about it, grandpa lives one more day, the country will spend tens of thousands of dollars more, don't be grandpa old and don't know anything, the people in the old area are miserable, what's the point of spending so much money to raise an old immortal, it's better to use it on the people in the old area."

"Grandpa, it's really time for you to rest." Ye Qing was a little anxious, her grandfather's physical condition was clear to her, the doctor had already issued a critical illness notice tonight, and it was said that she couldn't survive tonight, but she didn't expect the old man to be in such good spirits at this time, is this the so-called return to the light?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but be scared for a while, and quickly called the doctor over, the doctor checked the vital signs on the instrument and felt puzzled, some didn't believe his eyes, took his wrist and measured the pulse, it was indeed a little more stable and stronger than just now.

The doctor nodded at Ye Qing and signaled that it was okay.

"Grandpa, we'll discuss whatever you want, let's be here today, okay?" Ye Qing persuaded softly, but the old man insisted on his opinion: "It must be decided, I want to go to the Huaixi guerrilla area, to the wild boar valley, to the Dawang River, to see my old comrades-in-arms, those who have sacrificed and those who are alive, all have to be seen." ”

"Okay, go, let's go when we're well."

"No, I'll go tomorrow, ahem." As soon as the old man was excited, he hooked up phlegm again, and there was a tremor on the monitor, and his heartbeat accelerated significantly, so frightened that Ye Qing hurriedly agreed: "Go, I'll go tomorrow." ”

After another burst of rescue, the old man calmed down again and said, "You are ready to go, arrange it as soon as possible, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait a few days." ”

Ye Qing had no choice but to take Liu Ziguang out, and several old men surrounded him and asked, "Qing'er, how is grandpa?" ”

"It's stable again for the time being, at least not tonight." Ye Qing said.

Everyone took a long breath, and then heard Ye Qing say again: "But he has to go to the old Huaixi guerrilla area to have a look." ”

"Playing the piano indiscriminately, how can this be, who is responsible for what happened?" The old people have expressed their opposition.

"It's not this guy yet, it's not good to say anything, I have to say that I will accompany my grandfather to my hometown to see this kind of thing." Ye Qing glared at Liu Ziguang fiercely again.

But the old people didn't get angry with Liu Ziguang, it was normal to say such comforting words on this occasion, they just complained to Ye Qing: "Qing'er, grandpa usually listens to you the most, why don't you persuade him well, if something happens on the road, no one can take responsibility, the chairman and the prime minister blame it, we can't answer." ”

"I don't think it's out of the question." Liu Ziguang, who had not spoken, suddenly interjected.

Several old people turned their eyes to him, their eyes were dignified, not angry and arrogant, Liu Ziguang did not flinch at all, and said bluntly: "Haven't you noticed, after mentioning that he is going to the old area, Ye Lao's pulse has stabilized a lot, and he may be able to prolong his life by recuperating in the special care ward, but for an old general and an old revolutionary, what is the point of living like this, Ye Lao has this idea definitely not for a while, we should satisfy him as much as possible." ”

Ye Qing also nodded involuntarily and said: "That's true, when I helped my grandfather sort out his memoirs, what he was most worried about was the days when he was fighting guerrillas in Huaixi, which was his most memorable place, and he kept talking about going to see it, because of various things delayed, and then he was seriously ill and hospitalized, and it has been delayed until now." ”

"But if something happens, who's going to be responsible?" An old man who looked a little similar to Ye Qing's eyebrows was still worried.

Zhao Hui spoke: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if grandpa has an accident in Nantai and falls to the place where he fought, I think that's what he is happy to do, grandpa has been saying that it is his greatest expectation to be buried with his comrades." ”

Several old people lowered their heads and discussed for a while, but they still couldn't make a decision, and the eldest said: "I will report this problem to the organization, it's not too early, you all go back, let's just watch here, let the people outside also rest, grandpa should be fine tonight." ”

The three young people silently walked out of the ward, and the people in the corridor hurriedly stepped forward to ask, and after learning that the old man had eased up again, everyone's hanging hearts were put down, and they all went downstairs to leave, and when they arrived downstairs, Liu Ziguang found that there was a long list of luxury cars parked, most of which were military license plates, the Military Commission, the four headquarters, and the major military regions, as well as some government license plates that could be configured by the leadership of the national character.