Nanjing, a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River with a rich cultural heritage, exudes vitality in the embrace of New China.

After a long journey of one day and two nights, Liu Yizhang and his men arrived at the East China Military Region Guest House on Huangpu Road in the early morning of the third day.

"Captain Liu, look, Yutong is already standing at the gate waiting for you." Liu Yuejuan stabbed Liu Yizhang, who was still sleeping, Liu Yizhang looked around with sleepy eyes, until Lao Shen parked the car firmly at the door of the guest house, he saw Wu Yutong running towards them quickly, Liu Yizhang quickly got out of the car and greeted Wu Yutong, Wu Yutong fell into Liu Yizhang's arms, couldn't say a word, and cried.

Liu Yizhang put his arm around Wu Yutong's shoulders and comforted him in a low voice, "Yutong, okay, let's go home and talk about it, Deputy Head Liu and Master Shen are waiting to rest in the guest house!" ”

Wu Yutong stopped crying, and Liu Yizhang helped her wipe away her tears.

Wu Yutong said to Liu Yuejuan embarrassedly, "Master, I'm sorry to make you laugh." Then he greeted the driver, Lao Shen.

Liu Yuejuan said with a smile, "Yutong, Lao Shen and I won't laugh at you, Captain Liu has been in the car for more than 30 hours, it's so hard, you two go home and rest." ”

Liu Yizhang said sincerely, "You are the same, and you are also very hard, thank you very much for taking care of me along the way." ”

Lao Shen smiled and asked, "Secretary Liu, why don't I send you and Yutong home first?" Liu Yizhang and Wu Yutong waved their hands at the same time, and Wu Yutong smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, don't bother you." You have been driving for such a long time, it is hard enough, you have a good rest in the guest house these days, and when Yizhang finishes handling official business, you will work hard to send Yizhang and me on two long trips. ”

Wu Yutong took Liu Yizhang's arm and said distressed as he walked home, "Stupid, I haven't seen you for more than two months, I almost can't recognize you, the next time I see my little father, I will definitely clean him up, he promised me to take good care of you, but you are tired like this." ”

Liu Yizhang didn't speak, looked at Wu Yutong's stomach from time to time, and asked quietly, "Yutong, aren't you the one?" My belly doesn't grow big! ”

Wu Yutong chuckled when he heard this, and slapped Liu Yizhang's chest with his hand, "Stupid, you think it's so fast to give birth to bean sprouts, and they will sprout the next morning after soaking them at night." My aunt said that it would take five months for her to show her pregnancy. Liu Yizhang touched Wu Yutong's head affectionately, and asked with a smile, "Yutong, I saw your aunt in a while, what should I shout?" ”

"Stupid, of course I'm calling Mom, I'm the daughter of my father and aunt, you don't care what I call them. Let me tell you, Yizhang, we are married, you call their parents, although it is right, but they will also be very happy, my aunt has never heard anyone call her mother in her life, so it is up to you, the son-in-law, to set the precedent. My aunt got up early this morning, cleaned up the house again, and specially asked for a day off from the unit, and cooked food for you at home, of course, it is understandable for you to call my uncle uncle in North Korea, my father said, our marriage should be low-key for the time being, which will be good for you in the future. ”

"Yutong, then why don't you call the two old people's parents?"

"When my father and aunt adopted me, I already remembered, and they had just married at that time, and they would definitely have their own children in the future, at that time my father was the commander of the detachment, and my aunt was the propagandist of the base area. When I was six years old, my aunt was pregnant for the first time, but it was also the most difficult time to resist Japan, and my aunt was more than three months pregnant and had a miscarriage for some reason. When I was eight years old, my aunt finally got pregnant again, but when I was less than two months pregnant, my aunt suddenly had a massive hemorrhage in her lower body, and the doctor found out when she operated on her that her aunt was an ectopic pregnancy this time, and the medical conditions at that time could only be sterilized. Two old people's words, you haven't seen my aunt, she is young, she is eight years younger than my father, has been engaged in propaganda work, the mentality is very young, in today's words, it is particularly fashionable, aunt works in Xinhua Daily, in order to see your son-in-law, I went to the barber shop last night to perm my hair, you will see her in a while, you will know how good my father's vision was back then. ”

After passing through several alleys, I finally came to Wu Xiangsen's home, which is a typical two-story building in the south of the Yangtze River, with white walls and gray tiles, and a single house, built on the edge of the alley. The courtyard is surrounded by weeping willows, all kinds of birds leap in it, the back of the courtyard is the lush Purple Mountain, in the face of the picturesque scenery, Liu Yizhang can't help but admire, "This alley and its courtyard are quite Jiangnan ancient charm, the age should be a long time ago." Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty wrote 'the cherries fall in spring, and the butterflies turn over the gold powder and fly. Zigui cries in the west of the small building, the jade hook curtains, and the melancholy envy is falling! That's it. ”

Wu Yutong nodded convincingly, "Yizhang, you are really rich and rich, and you are only eight buckets high, and you have ancient poetry and classics at your fingertips." You are right, this alley has a history of more than 200 years, it was built by the former Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the commanders stationed in Jinling personally supervised it. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, all the party and government officials of the Nationalist Government lived here, and Chiang Kai-shek's official residence and the Whampoa Military Academy were nearby. After the liberation of Nanjing, this area was requisitioned as a military garrison and a school building for the military academy, and Xiao Dad's 77th Army was stationed at the foot of the Purple Mountain before it went to Korea, so it was organizationally assigned to Xiao Dad's house ......

Liu Yizhang and Wu Yutong were standing in front of the door talking about the past and present life of the alley, when the courtyard door creaked open from the inside.

"Yutong, it's Yizhang who has arrived home, right?" Before people appeared, they heard it first, and it sounded crisp and beautiful, like a clear spring stone. Liu Yizhang followed the prestige, and saw Wu Yutong's aunt Tang Ruoxi standing in the gatehouse, smiling and looking herself up and down.

Liu Yizhang fixed his eyes and looked closely, Tang Ruoxi in front of him, the demeanor still exists, not reduced from the past, the corners of the eyes and eyebrows hide the delicate spirit, the voice and smile are gentle, the wavy curly hair is fluffy and soft, the face with a good face is slightly powdered, the tight-fitting double-buttoned green short placket and the thin waist, the figure is graceful like a girl, a weak woman in the south of the Yangtze River, which directly subverts the image of a revolutionary woman in Liu Yizhang's imagination.

Tang Ruoxi is no stranger to Liu Yizhang, but he has not seen his name for a long time, except for Wu Xiangsen and Wu Yutong, who often mention him in their ears, last month's Xinhua Daily supplement reprinted "The Spring of Seed Mountain", the description of the seed mountain resistance battle is magnificent, and it makes people feel more relieved after reading, and the soul in the text is Liu Yizhang in front of him. Tang Ruoxi has always been curious about Liu Yizhang, the future son-in-law, she knows that Wu Yutong's ambition has always been arrogant, and the man who can make her not think about tea and dinner must be the dragon and phoenix among people, and this legendary man is standing in front of him with Wu Yutong at this moment, I saw that he is burly, angular, his eyes are like torches and have a lot of compassion, his vicissitudes of life have a stable and mature face that surpasses his peers, and he has a poetic and scholarly temperament, and Liu Yizhang, who is young and old, is completely in line with Tang Ruoxi's mind. I am very happy to have a fast son-in-law like Liu Yizhang.

Seeing that Tang Ruoxi was so young and fashionable, Liu Yizhang couldn't open his mouth to call his mother at all, Wu Yutong looked at the embarrassed Liu Yizhang and said jokingly, "How is it?" Yizhang, I'm not wrong, my aunt is not very young, then you have to call Mom, otherwise don't want to enter the house. ”

Tang Ruoxi stepped out of the threshold, took Liu Yizhang's arm, and said gently, "Yizhang, don't pay attention to Yutong, it's not too late to call after adapting to it in the future." ”

Liu Yizhang knew in his heart that no matter how awkward he was, he had to scream, this was etiquette and a rule, he blushed and shouted at Tang Ruoxi, "Mom! ”

Tang Ruoxi happily agreed, smiling even brighter, she and Wu Yutong held Liu Yizhang one by one, and entered the house happily.

Tang Ruoxi helped Liu Yizhang take off the package on his back, took a dry towel to beat the dust on his body, and said gently, "Yizhang, I have put the boiling hot water in the bathroom, Yutong will help you adjust the water temperature in a while, you go take a hot bath first, and then come out for breakfast." ”

Liu Yizhang felt warm in his heart, Tang Ruoxi cared about himself very naturally like his mother, without the slightest discomfort, he said in a low voice, "Mom, I've worked hard for you, in fact, just take a cold shower now." ”

"Yizhang, that's not good, you have been in the car for more than 30 hours in a row, take a hot shower to relieve fatigue, go in quickly, Yutong is already waiting for you inside."

Liu Yizhang walked into the bathroom, it was filled with water vapor, Yutong was holding the wooden bucket to test the water temperature, Liu Yizhang hugged her from behind, Wu Yutong seemed to be waiting for this moment, she turned around and put her arms around Liu Yizhang's waist, crossed her feet to find Liu Yizhang's mouth, I haven't seen each other for more than two months, mutual thoughts and longings are like a river that bursts the embankment and begins to flood, the two can't wait to be entangled together, tearing each other's clothes, this bath lasted more than an hour, and the hot water was washed into cold water.

Wu Yutong looked at the underwear that was torn by Liu Yizhang all over the ground, and scolded coquettishly, "You stupid, every time you look like a bandit, you don't know how to pity fragrance and pity jade at all." ”

Liu Yizhang whispered, "Yutong, hurry up and wipe it out, Mom is waiting for us to have breakfast." ”

Wu Yutong smiled and said, "Stupid, you think your aunt is as stupid as you, she has already gone shopping to make room for the two of us." ”

Wu Yutong brought the buns and millet porridge left in the pot by his aunt to the dining table, Liu Yizhang saw the buns and said gratefully, "Yutong, mom is so good to me, it's a lot of trouble to make buns in the morning." Come, you eat one first. ”

As he spoke, he picked up a bun and handed it to Wu Yutong, Wu Yutong waved his hand and said with a smile, "Yizhang, my aunt and I have eaten, you can eat it while it's hot, I like to watch you gobble up when you eat." ”

Wu Yutong knew that her aunt had made a total of three baskets of meat buns, and there was no one missing, and her aunt herself was not willing to eat, so she left it all to herself and Liu Yizhang.

When Liu Yizhang ate more than a dozen, he suddenly stopped, he felt that something was wrong, Wu Yutong didn't eat any of such delicious meat buns, it was too abnormal.

He stood up and came to the kitchen, opened the lid of the pot and saw that there were leftover wotou and pickles in it, and then checked a few noodle jars, there was very little white flour and brown rice, most of them were corn flour and sweet potato powder, and even the millet used to make porridge was not much left, Liu Yizhang understood at once, Wu Yutong and Tang Ruoxi deliberately staggered the meal time, they ate the nest head by themselves, but left the buns for themselves A big man to eat, Liu Yizhang's tears flowed down all of a sudden, no matter how Wu Yutong coaxed him, Liu Yizhang could no longer eat the fragrant buns.

At this time, I heard Tang Ruoxi shouting at the door, "Yizhang, come out and help me." Liu Yizhang and Wu Yutong hurriedly ran to the gate of the courtyard, only to see Tang Ruoxi carrying various vegetables and a large bag of cloth in both hands, exhausted and panting.

Liu Yizhang hurriedly took all the things and said distressedly, "Mom, go shopping and call me to go!" ”

Wu Yutong also put his arm around Tang Ruoxi and teased, "That's it, I finally have a rice bucket at home, so I don't need to use it in vain!" ”

Tang Ruoxi said with a smile, "I didn't want to buy so much, but when I thought that Yizhang was back, I felt that I lacked everything at home." ”

"Auntie, you bought so much cotton cloth at once, can you use it up? Wow, there's still a piece of tweed fabric, you spent all the cloth tickets at home on Yizhang, you just met and spoiled him so much, as the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son, I think you want to treat him as your own son. ”

Wu Yutong said jealous crazy words in her mouth, but her heart was as sweet as honey, she knew that her aunt was like her little father and Liu Yizhang at first sight, and she couldn't wait to take out her heart.

Liu Yizhang listened, his face was flushed, he looked at Tang Ruoxi's eyes, and said sincerely, "Mom, I am a soldier, I wear military uniforms all year round, and I don't need such a good fabric at all, you better keep it for my dad to make." ”

Tang Ruoxi said with a smile, "No wonder Yutong said that you are stupid, you are really stupid to the home, you wear a military uniform outside, don't you still have to wear a shirt and jacket inside?" These cotton cloths are for you to make shirts and jackets. You and Yutong are newly married Yan'er, why do you have to make you a tweed coat, which you can't wear for the time being in North Korea, so you go home to visit your relatives? How can you do without a formal suit during the holidays? ”

Then without saying anything, he pulled Liu Yizhang up from the chair and measured Liu Yizhang with his hands on tiptoe. Wu Yutong took a pen and wrote down the various sizes measured by his aunt on the paper, and Tang Ruoxi's fingers roamed over Liu Yizhang's shoulders, chest, waist, and buttocks, making him itch all over his body, and he couldn't help laughing, "Mom, please measure it quickly, I'm itching so much." ”

Wu Yutong leaned back with a smile, and said with a smile, "Stupid, remember it, you have to honor your mother-in-law in the future, the dignified newspaper editorial board will tailor your aunt's clothes, my little father has never enjoyed this treatment." ”

"Yutong, don't mention your little father, just his five short and three thick figure is the same as anything he wears."

"Hmph, auntie, you can praise your baby son-in-law as hard as you can, but don't laugh at my little father, he is a little shorter, but his image is tall."

Wu Yutong does not allow anyone to speak ill of Wu Xiangsen at any time, even if it is a joke.

Over the years, Tang Ruoxi knows better than anyone how deep the relationship between Wu Xiangsen and Wu Yutong is, and it can be said that Wu Xiangsen's doting on Wu Yutong is beyond limit, and it is countless times better than herself. She used to be very unbalanced in her heart, especially Wu Xiangsen has been sleeping with Wu Yutong in her arms, although Wu Yutong developed very late, no matter how she looks like a child, she also knows that Wu Yutong is a little girl's attachment to her father to Wu Xiangsen, and there is no out-of-the-ordinary behavior, but Tang Ruoxi is uncomfortable in her heart, and she quarrels with Wu Xiangsen in private about this matter, Wu Xiangsen not only does not feel embarrassed, but also scolds her for unhealthy thinking, saying that Wu Yutong is frightened when he hears the sound of gunfire at night, and he can only feel at ease by his side. This situation lasted until the Liberation War, when Wu Yutong was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he slept in separate beds with Wu Xiangsen.

Even with Liu Yizhang, the relationship between Wu Yutong and Wu Xiangsen is extraordinary, every time Wu Xiangsen talks to his family on the phone, he first talks to Tang Ruoxi with a few perfunctory words, and then has endless words with Wu Yutong, of course, most of them are related to Liu Yizhang, when Liu Yizhang really came to Wu's house, Tang Ruoxi felt a feeling that it was dawn, Liu Yizhang was no different from what she imagined, or even more perfect, his stability and maturity beyond his age quickly narrowed the psychological age of the two, Tang Ruoxi thought, In the future, she finally has a sweetheart who can talk to her, and she doesn't care at all that Wu Yutong talks back to herself to defend Wu Xiangsen.

Tang Ruoxi put his arm around Wu Yutong's shoulders and joked casually, "Little ancestor, you are Lao Wu's heart, and of course you are also his little lover, and your lover is in her eyes." ”

Wu Yutong said indignantly, "Auntie, it's not what you said, since my little dad met Yizhang, he has been much colder to me, he is as good as you are to Yizhang than to me, the first time my little dad saw Yizhang, he gave him his favorite Browning pistol." And auntie, you are better to Yizhang, I haven't seen him yet, I made steamed buns early in the morning, and it was even worse to meet him, and I bought him so many fabrics at once, I was really hurt, it seems that Yizhang is your son, and I have become an outsider. ”

Wu Yutong complained about Tang Ruoxi in his mouth, but he was very grateful to her for her preference for Liu Yizhang.

"Yizhang, don't listen to Yutong! She has always been duplicitous and does not speak in tune. If you're sleepy, go upstairs and sleep quickly, and you'll have to take wedding photos with Yutong in the afternoon. ”

"Mom, I'm not sleepy at all, I slept for more than 20 hours during the more than 30-hour drive, and I was full, otherwise I would have gone to take pictures now."

"Yizhang, are the buns enough to eat? I heard Yutong say that your meal is extraordinarily large. ”

"Auntie, what else do you say, Yizhang just ate a cage of drawers, and said that he wouldn't eat anything, he knows, our family's life is very poor."

Tang Ruoxi was stunned, thinking that Liu Yizhang was really a good man who was affectionate. She said with a serious expression, "Yizhang, to be honest, our family's economic situation is good. Since sending troops to Korea, the state has mobilized a large amount of materials to support the front line, especially grain and cotton, which have become the country's strategic materials, and in addition to supplying the front-line soldiers, the state also has to spend a considerable amount of grain, pork, eggs, and other food to pay for the weapons and ammunition sold to us by the Soviet Union. I heard Lao Wu say on the phone, you led the troops to reclaim the land to save themselves during the rest of Ma Xiling, which is very admirable, the Chinese just have to have backbone, no matter what time, the waist pole can not bend! The buns have been made for you, be obedient, you can eat them all, Yutong and I see that you eat more fragrant than yourself. ”

The more calmly Tang Ruoxi said, the more Liu Yizhang felt that it was not a taste in his heart, and tears fell down in big drops.