When it comes to China's development, it is indeed too fast: Hong Kong's return to China in '97, the acceleration of the implementation of the large-scale development of the western region in 2000, the basic solution of the problem of food and clothing for the rural poor in 101, the soaring of people in the 5th year of the gods, the complete abolition of agricultural taxes in 106, the successful holding of the Beijing Olympic Games in 108, the world's second largest economy in 102, the "Belt and Road" initiative in 13, and the entry of China's telecommunications industry into the 5G era in 19......

After that, China will eradicate absolute poverty in 2020, become the world's largest economy in a certain year, lead mankind into the fourth scientific and technological revolution in a certain year, and host the men's World Cup in a certain year......

It's just a pity that Shizhu can't see with his own eyes the various developments after his death, but who is not!

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shizhu went to the grave to burn paper to his parents, father and grandmother after lunch. Although a large family came to accompany him for the New Year, he still insisted on only holding Ji's hand and going to the grave together, not letting others hold him.

After burning the paper, Shizhu went to Zhang Banxian's grave and sat down, poured a glass of wine, and "chatted" with Zhang Banxian:

Mr. Zhang, I'm coming to see you again, you see that I'm seventy-seven years old after the New Year, and I don't know if I can come to see you again next time! In the past, you always brought us all kinds of news, but now, I will tell you all kinds of things.

Sometimes, I envy you for leaving early, escaping ten years of catastrophe, and not suffering that sin; However, I regret that you left early and did not make it to this good day. After the "Cultural Revolution", the reform and opening up has been almost 20 years now, our village has undergone earth-shaking changes, and now we don't have to worry about food and clothing. In the future, it will definitely get better and better!

In the past, I often heard you say that the Nationalist Government could make the common people live a good life, but after the Qing Dynasty fell, the foreigners collapsed, the Japanese were beaten away, and the civil war was rushed, the Kuomintang never gave us a good life, and only when the Communist Party came, we really lived a good life.

In a few months, Hong Kong will be taken back, and the year after tomorrow, Macao will also be taken back, and in the future, we will also take back Taiwan, which is the pride of all Chinese, and now is not the time for anyone who wants to bully us to bully us!

By the way, your grandson Da Mao, he just added a great-grandson in the cold sky this year, and he is now in the same house for four generations, and his life is good! They should have reported good news to the ancestors of the Zhang family, right? It's cold now, you always have to pay attention to your body over there, and you have nothing to do with my dad and my grandmother.

I have to go back with Sien, I'm getting older, and my body is getting less and less useful, and I'll come back to see you next time I'm free.

After "chatting", Shizhu led Ji again, took broken steps, and dragged his rickety body home. Looking at his great-grandchildren bouncing in front of him, he seemed to see the scene of himself running around his grandparents during the Chinese New Year when he was a child. In the evening, he "listened" to the Spring Festival Gala as usual, and finally looked forward to the famous Peking Opera masters, and as soon as he finished listening, he fell asleep.

Just after the Spring Festival, Shizhu felt more and more uncomfortable in his stomach, and finally had to be admitted to the county hospital.

As early as two years ago, his stomach was also uncomfortable, he often refluxed acid after meals, and even wanted to vomit when it was serious. After seeing a doctor, he said that it was a chronic stomach ulcer, and he was prescribed some stomach medicine, and after taking it for a while, it finally had some effect, and the discomfort disappeared temporarily. During the period of taking medicine, Shi Zhu rested at home for many days, and he often sat on the chair to tell the juniors about the past: the defense of Lianyungang, the capture of Japanese spies, the assassination of traitors in Qitai Mountain, the news of Liu Fulong in the northeast, the three probes of Banpu Qiuyuan, the sword of Liu Fulong, the capture of Zhuang Ding by the national army, the encounter all the way after escaping from the barracks, ten years of turmoil, and so on.

Once, when talking about going to the northeast and falling into the sea, Shizhu suddenly said: "My stomach is probably eaten by those few mouthfuls of shark meat when I fell into the sea!" ”。 But Shi Lai and Shi Qiao clearly remember that the last time he talked about escaping from the national army barracks, he also said that his stomach was probably the root of the disease caused by irregular eating at that time. Another time, when Shi Zhu talked about being hung by the Japanese in Harbin, he said that he was afraid that he had not eaten for a few days, and his stomach was hungry.

Since then, Shi Zhu's speech has been a little upside down, and his memory has deteriorated, so that he can't remember going to Mangdang Mountain to catch the big black python at all. Of course, Ji can't even remember, it was seventy years ago, when she was still in infancy. In the end, this incident was completely forgotten by the Shi family, as if it had never happened, only the piece of skin left in Jinan Baozhuang that was removed from the demon python back then is still clearly remembered.

This time, as soon as Shi Zhu was admitted to the county hospital, he told the previous stories one by one to the hanging water bottle, but the versions were occasionally slightly different, and the details that could be remembered became fewer and fewer. When he took his eyes off the hanging water bottle, he noticed that at some point, his hospital room was already full of people who had come to listen to the stories - they really took these things as stories!

A little later, the doctor looked at Shizhu's checklist and only said one sentence: "Stomach cancer, advanced!" ”

This was like a bolt from the blue for the Shi family, especially the Ji family, who even cried on the wall. However, after Shi Zhu found out, he was very calm, smiled and said: "I'm seventy-seven, listen to me, how many more years can I live?" What's so sad! Since Lord Yama is going to take me in, it is better to leave happily! ”

Shi Zhu's condition deteriorated very quickly, just after the rain, there were two days before the Lantern Festival, Shi Zhu was already exhausted of oil, skinny as firewood, unable to eat a mouthful, relying on a few bottles of hanging water to support. At this time, the adults of the Shi family all knew in their hearts, and all those who could come went to the hospital to guard. But the children still didn't understand what was going on, and in the evening, Shi Zhu's great-grandson Shi Qiao, great-granddaughter Shi Xiaoxiao, and great-grandson and great-granddaughter were still playing in the ward.

Shi Zhu kept holding Ji Sien's hand and was reluctant to let go for a long time.

Just as the stone pillar was dying, a bad news suddenly came from the radio: Comrade D Xiaoping had passed away that night! After hearing the news, the already sad Shi family fell into even greater sorrow.

At this time, Shi Qiao asked his father Shi Zheng: "Dad, Grandpa Deng is gone, what can we do in China in the future?" ”

When Shi Zhu heard this, he suddenly remembered what his grandson Shi Zheng said when Chairman M passed away more than 20 years ago, when his grandson Shi Zheng asked his father Shi Ye - Dad, Chairman M is gone, what can we do in China in the future? At that time, the whole Chinese people were also in mourning, not only Shi Zheng, everyone was asking this question, and they did not know where China would go. And now, Shi Zhu smiled in his heart, he already had the answer in his heart, and everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

It was night, the wind suddenly rose, there was no rain, and the stone pillar drove the crane and flew to the nine clouds!

I was also present on the day when Mrs. Shi told the water bottle in the county hospital about the past, but I didn't treat them as stories like others, but remembered them one by one. Later, I heard that not long after Mrs. Shi's death, the youngest son Shi Xuan also specially took his mother Ji back to her hometown at the foot of Mangdang Mountain.

To this day, the Shi family still lives in Guwei. When you arrive at Guanyun, you can find Zhongji along National Highway 204, and then walk a few kilometers along Zhongji to get off the bus, and you can find them.

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