The yellow light from the kerosene lamp was reflected on the window lattice paper, the moonlight sprinkled through the crack in the door in front of the hall, and tears flashed on the face of Mrs. Liu! Liu Renzhang lay on the tail of the kang, buried his head between his arms, sulking, fifteen people submitted applications, only he and Wei Ji were killed, Renzhang really couldn't figure it out, the reason for overage was not tenable at all, Wang Shoujiang was several months older than himself, and he was still approved to enlist in the army! He recalled every detail that happened in the field during the day, especially Zhang Yan's eyes when he looked at him, it was an extremely disappointed look, the people in the village praised the second brother Liu Yizhang for being both civil and military, he was a well-known man, and the defeat of joining the army this time made Liu Renzhang unable to raise his head in front of everyone, he peeked at Zhang Yan who was standing beside him, turned around and ran home!

Liu Lao Niang sat on the kang head, Liu Aidao was next to Liu Lao Niang, except for Liu Yizhang who went out and did not return, the family had dinner, Renzhang ate two bites and lay on the kang to continue to sulk, Liu Lao Niang didn't eat a mouthful of food, she couldn't swallow it, the second son Liu Yizhang will join the army tomorrow and leave, from childhood to adulthood, Yizhang has never even gone out of Huang County, and suddenly has to run so far to fight, how can she eat! Fortunately, the eldest son in front of her, Liu Renzhang, was not approved, and she was happy in her heart! A woman who has just come out of the war era, there is no one who is not tired of fighting, it is not like singing on the stage, dying on the stage, turning around and living off the stage, and war is the sword and sword, you live and die, people die like lights and lights and cannot be resurrected, they go to another world, a world that their mothers can't find!

"Renzhang, get up quickly, don't sulk, is it possible that you are so willing to leave me to fight?" Liu Lao Niang's last sentence really works, Renzhang is famous for his filial piety to his mother, he is cowardly by nature, but who dares to treat his mother badly, he immediately seems to have changed as if he has changed his life! Renzhang hurriedly got up, held Liu Lao Niang's hand and said, "Mother, of course I can't bear you, I just feel like a nest!" "Mother, my eldest brother is afraid that my sister-in-law who has not passed through the door will dislike him!" Aidao saw that his eldest brother had spirit, so he deliberately used him to hit cymbals! "Go, go, go, die Nizi, is the eldest brother so cowardly in your eyes?" Renzhang has a lot of love for rice on his mouth, but he likes this big sister very much in his heart, not to mention that love Tao is also telling the truth, he is really afraid that Zhang Yan will look down on himself because of this matter, love Tao is seventeen years old, since last year, there have been matchmakers who have come to the door to say matchmakers, cute rice always refuses on the grounds that the eldest brother and the second brother are not married, she is sensible and takes care of the family, and the three meals of a large family are all made by her Zhang Luo, Zhizhang, Xigu, and Xinzhang are also brought up by her, they only call the eldest sister and not the mother when they wake up every day, especially for the eldest brother Liu Renzhang, It is doubly good, Zhang Yan is a famous beauty in ten miles and eight towns, Liu Renzhang has been able to be good with her for so many years, and Liu Aidao has an inseparable relationship in the middle.

"Don't coward, don't coax, of course not! Who is my big brother? The first-class filial son of Shuangliu Village is not afraid of hardship, not afraid of tiredness, and afraid of tears from his mother! Aidao smiled and flattered Renzhang, Liu Lao Niang also likes Renzhang in his heart, he has been honest since he was a child, never provokes right and wrong, although he is not as hard as the second son Liu Yizhang, dare to act, but he only pretends to be this family in his heart, Liu Lao Niang has a cold leg, and he can't walk when he gets sick in winter, every time he is sick, Renzhang will untie his coat and put his mother's feet into his arms until it is warm!

Daddy Liu went out of the house after dinner, the descendants of the village will join the army tomorrow, this is the first large-scale organization in the history of Shuangliu Village to join the army, as the village chief and patriarch, there are still many things waiting for him to deal with! The east house is the most lively, Zhizhang, Xigu, Xinzhang three people frolicking on the kang with a black lamp, the moonlight is reflected on their carefree faces, Zhizhang is holding the big red flower brought back by the second brother Yizhang, it is very rare, and I pondered over and over again how this ceremonial flower was made, thinking that I will give the big red flower to Liu Daai tomorrow, she will like it very much, Xinzhang hugged Miss Liu Xigu's neck, kicked her calf, "Woo, woo" screamed, catering to the spirit of Xigu and singing, "The moon travels through the clouds of the white lotus, The evening breeze blew a burst of happy singing, and we sat next to the high grain pile and listened to my mother talk about the past...... "Xigu is three years older than Xinzhang, and he has let Xinzhang do everything since he was a child, but the fourth brother Zhizhang, who is two years older than himself, is just the opposite, and the two of them are like needles to Maimang, and they do everything against each other!" Xinzhang pointed to the big red flower in Zhizhang's hand, and then pointed to his own mind, "Hmph, you know the stinky beauty!" Xigu pouted and laughed at Xinzhang, and then snatched the big red flower from Zhizhang's hand, Zhizhang quickly stood up, raised the big red flower above his head with both hands, and shouted to Xigu, "Xinzhang asked me for it, I will give it, you come to grab it, I won't give it to you." She jumped high to grab the big red flower, and scolded Zhizhang's nickname "Gluttonous Ghost!" Not to be outdone, Zhizhang scolded Xigu's nickname "It's not easy to raise!" ”。

Seeing that Zhizhang and Xigu scolded each other's nicknames, Xinzhang thought it was funny, so he asked Xigu in a dumb voice, "Miss, why is Brother Zhizhang called 'crying and rolling'?" ”

"He is greedy, and when he sees others eating good things, he drools greedily, and this nickname is still given to him by the second brother."

Without waiting for Xinzhang to ask himself, Zhizhang said to him, "Xinzhang, let me tell you why Xigu's nickname is called 'not easy to raise', she was born on the third day of March, and she has a ghost on her body, so she can't raise it." When Xigu heard this, he sat on the kang and cried.

Seeing this, Xinzhang put one hand around Xigu's arm, and pointed at Zhizhang with the other and scolded in a dumb voice, "Fourth brother is bad, fourth brother is talking nonsense, my young lady is easy to raise, and she can live to be a hundred years old." ”

Zhizhang saw that Xigu was angry and crying by himself, so he hurriedly stuffed the big red flower into her arms, and begged for mercy and said, "Xigu, isn't it just a fake flower made of paper?" I can't give it to you! Then he jumped off the kang and ran away.

The glorious volunteer soldiers, the glorious red flowers, the glorious red lanterns, tonight's Shuangliu Village, the festivities are mixed with sadness, and this complex emotion is like this night, slowly diffuse, getting stronger and stronger! Thirteen descendants affect the hearts of the whole village, family members, relatives, lovers, everyone's hearts are the same! War is the most cruel means of survival in human history, it tramples on civilization and life, but it pushes the wheel of history forward! Since the Opium War a hundred years ago, China has been mired in wars, including the First Sino-Japanese War, the burning of the Old Summer Palace, the Xinhai Revolution, the decades of civil war, and the War of Resistance Against Japan...... Civil strife and external insults followed, and the people who survived the catastrophe have long been accustomed to life and death, and are used to seeing barren mounds all over the wilderness! Even so, sorrow is still entrenched in everyone's hearts, and every time they go out, they fantasize about the beginning of the reunion moment!