has arrived at the door of the house, but the danger on the road is like a dog skin plaster, still inseparable.

Bidding farewell to Geng Yangcheng, Shizhu left the Shiliang River and continued to go in the direction of his home, and he was alone in the huge field, until night fell, and a bright moon rose from the east, and he stopped.

Tonight's moon is exceptionally bright, and against the backdrop of the stars, the moonlight spreads like a silver thread, and it is just a little bit short, and it becomes a perfect jade plate. The stone pillar was lying on the stone, looking at the bright moon, and then he remembered that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and his thoughts immediately flew to his home, and he didn't know if his family was also thinking about himself under the moonlight now.

"Pillar, are the mooncakes delicious?" "Da, help me lift the table into the courtyard!" "I'm a pear, sweet!" ”......

When the stone pillar opened its eyes, the birds around it had already gotten up to forage for food, and it was a new day. During the day, the stone pillar did not dare to rest for too long, and after a few days, Haizhou was finally close at hand, and the pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and everything was so familiar.

Although the stone pillar changed herbs several times along the way, his leg injury had not yet healed, and he was a little painful when he walked, limping, and his speed was very slow, coupled with his rough appearance for many days, which made him quite conspicuous among passers-by. After crossing the Longhai Railway, Shizhu saw from a distance that the national army had set up a checkpoint at the intersection, and people coming and going were lining up to enter and exit, and it seemed that everyone had been checked.

"No wonder Ertu said that each of them has set up checkpoints, and it seems that they haven't been withdrawn yet!" Shi Zhu made a mistake now, his clothes were already conspicuous, and there was a gunshot wound on his leg, as long as those soldiers checked it, they could immediately see the problem. He sat on the side of the road, resting and thinking about how to deal with it, but he was still at a loss, and he scratched his head in a hurry.

Time passed by second, and only the brass bells of "bells" and the occasional chirping of cicadas could be heard in the dreary morning.

Just when the pillar was running out of options, the bell and the chirping of the cicadas suddenly stopped, and a slightly older man appeared in front of him with a donkey cart, a beard, of medium height, but of thin stature, and looked very tall.

The man said to the stone pillar: "Big young man, have you thought about the previous checkpoint, but you are afraid that you will be found out?" ”

Shi Zhu looked up: "What are you asking for?" ”

The man said, "I saw you limping as if you had a leg wound at a distance, and looking at the way you walked and the way you dressed, I guess you must be a 'deserter'?" I'm afraid I'll find out on the other side of the checkpoint! ”

"You're the 'deserter'! I'm just walking and want to sit down and rest! ”

"Big youth, don't worry, since I've come to ask you, I must want to help you! In the past few years, the Japanese have just been defeated, but the Kuomintang has provoked civil strife, and the national army should not be properly recruited! Where are you going? ”

Hearing this, Shi Zhu stood up with difficulty, "Dare to ask what this uncle is called?" My name is Shizhu, and I'm going to get off at Guanyun! Just offended, but why do you want to help me? ”

The man said, "It's out of the way!" These days, it never hurts to have multiple hearts! My surname is Huo, and I'm going to go to the big girl's house today. Originally, I had a son who went to join the army a few years ago to fight devils and never came back. I saw that you looked a little like him from behind, so I thought I would come over and help you, and it was fate to meet you! ”

Shi Zhu said, "Thank you Uncle Huo!" So how are you going to take me through the levels? ”

Uncle Huo took the stone pillar to a hidden place, took out a suit of clothes, and handed it to the stone pillar: "Change the clothes first, I think it fits you well." You're a soldier's outfit, it's too conspicuous! Also, I have a pair of scissors here, you shave your beard, you can't be too sloppy! ”

After the stone pillar changed his clothes and shaved his beard, Uncle Huo looked around again, and saw a few clusters of white flowers with a slight yellowish color on the side of the ditch, which resembled trumpets, so he picked a few and gave a few leaves to the stone pillar, and said: "This is a goldenrod, you chew it up and put it on the wound!" Shi Zhu chewed it, only to feel that his mouth and tongue were a little numb, and then it became red and purple and swollen again. After Uncle Huo helped bandage his leg injury, Shi Zhu wanted to ask what was going on with his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't speak.

Uncle Huo saw that Shi Zhu's face was flushed, smiled and said: "Big young man, it's not in the way, this golden flower is also called a mandala, and it can help you relieve the pain when applied to the wound, as for why you should chew it with your mouth, hehe, it is to make your mouth and tongue paralyzed and become 'dumb', this is the way to take you through the level." You can pretend to be my nephew now, and you don't have to worry about anything when you pass the card, just listen to me!" ”

Shi Zhu nodded knowingly, got into the donkey cart, and then, Uncle Huo straightened his hair again.

When Uncle Huo came to the checkpoint with the stone pillar, several soldiers stopped the donkey cart as usual. The leader was arrogant and asked, "What are you doing in the city?" ”

Uncle Huo nodded and said with a smile: "Master Jun, I'm going to the eldest girl's house to see my grandson!" ”

"Open the baggage and check it!"

"Hey, hey!" Uncle Huo agreed while opening the baggage.

At this time, the leader walked up to the stone pillar and asked, "You, who is he?" What for? ”

Shizhu only smirked and nodded to the man, but there was no squeak. When the man saw this, he scolded: "Dumb? Didn't you hear Lao Tzu speak? Q: What do you do? ”

Uncle Huo turned his head and said, "Master Jun, good eyesight, I really made you right, he is a mute, my nephew." When I was a child, I had a mouth disease, so I couldn't speak, and some sheep went crazy. I went out and left him alone at home, so I brought him here! ”

The leader pinched open the mouth of the stone pillar, and when he saw the purple tongue of the stone pillar, he did not ask any more questions, and saw that there were only some clothes in the baggage, and there was nothing suspicious, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go!" "Let them go.

After passing the checkpoint, Shi Zhu was naturally happy, and when he reached a little farther away, he got off the donkey cart with the intention of thanking Uncle Huo.

Uncle Huo let Shizhu sit up again: "Big youth, don't be too happy!" Do you know, the north of Xinpu City, is the first checkpoint, there is another one in the south of Xinpu City, and further south, Nancheng, Ninghai and Banpu each have two cards, just forty miles, a total of eight cards, all in order to prevent the Communist Party from mixing in, but also to catch the strong man! ”

Shi Zhu couldn't speak at that time, so he could only look at Uncle Huo in shock, his face full of worry. Uncle Huo saw Shi Zhu's expression and smiled lightly: "Young man, don't worry, help others to the end!" What's more, we are still walking the same way! ”

In this way, Uncle Huo took the stone pillar all the way through the six checkpoints of Xinpu Chengnan, Nancheng Jiuling, Yaoxiang River, Ninghai Taiping, Chengnan Road Intersection, and Banpu Xishan. After passing the Xishan checkpoint, Uncle Huo said: "There is still one last checkpoint at the south gate of Banpu, and it is basically safe!" ”

By the time the two of them arrived at the South Gate of Banpu, it was already noon, and the smell of wine wafted from time to time in the restaurants on both sides, and Shi Zhu and Uncle Huo's stomachs couldn't help but gurgle, but they didn't dare to stay. When the soldier guarding the card came forward to ask, Uncle Huo said according to the previous number, and everything went well. After questioning, the soldiers let them through.

But just when the two of them were about to pass the checkpoint, a person jumped out from the side, slightly fat.

"Hey, isn't this a stone pillar! You were captured and sent to serve as a soldier, how did you get here? Isn't it a deserter? The person who jumped out was Ding Facai, a mouthful of wine, and he was a little unsteady when he stood up. He was drinking with a few fox friends in the restaurant and came out to pee, but unfortunately, the stone pillar happened to be seen by him.

Hearing Ding Facai say this, the soldiers immediately pulled down the stone pillar, and immediately, several black holes pointed their muzzles at him, "Say, what are you doing?" ”

Encountering this extremely urgent accident, Shi Zhu and Uncle Huo instantly became nervous, broke out in a cold sweat, and their faces became a little blue. Fortunately, Uncle Huo was in danger and calmly said to Ding Facai: "This young man, I'm afraid you drank too much and recognized the wrong person!" Look closely, this is my nephew, not what you said! ”

"I won't admit that I ......, he and I are in the same village, and they are in a pile of ...... when they are small, and I recognize them when they turn into ashes!" Ding Facai said as he shook his hand and slapped the stone pillar back, but he happened to shoot the wound on the stone pillar's thigh, which hurt so much that the sweat on his forehead oozed out, and the blood from the wound also stained his pants red.

Fortunately, the wound was blocked by the donkey cart as soon as the stone pillar turned slightly, but as soon as the soldiers came, they could see it immediately. At this time, the situation was extremely critical, Shi Zhu's heart was raised to his throat, he clenched his fists, and he had the posture of letting go.

At this critical juncture, another person who was drinking with Ding Facai came out and shouted from afar: "Young Master Ding, I said why didn't you come out to pee for a long time, it turned out that you were hiding here!" What's wrong? Committing a crime? So many guns pointed at you! ”

At this shout, the attention of all the soldiers was attracted.

"You've just made a mistake! I've caught a deserter! Ding Facai pointed to the stone pillar and said to the man.

"Deserters? I think you're a deserter, so you don't dare to drink and run here! The man pointed to the stone pillar again, and then waved his hand: "I see that you are all deserters, all go back to drink, and no one is missing!" Then, he hugged Ding Facai and dragged him to continue drinking.

When Ding Facai walked away, Uncle Huo smiled and said, "Master Jun, you see, it's all a misunderstanding, these people have drunk too much wine and are talking nonsense!" ”

When the soldiers saw this, they could not stop them any longer, so they put away their guns and let them go. After getting into the car, Uncle Huo also saw a small piece of blood oozing from Shizhu's thigh through the donkey cart, so he pushed the burden to the side of Shizhu, and Shizhu willingly blocked it with his burden and sat on the donkey cart. Finally, the two of them passed the last hurdle without danger.

After arriving at a safe place, Uncle Huo got out of the car and went to the side of the road to pull some honeysuckle that was almost wilted, and let the stone pillar chew it. It's strange to say, after chewing it, Shi Zhu suddenly felt that his mouth and tongue were a lot refreshed, and he was able to speak again.

At this time, Shi Zhu habitually saluted Uncle Huo: "Thank you Uncle Huo for saving me this time!" It was this military salute that made Shi Zhu suddenly realize that if Uncle Huo hadn't made himself a "dumb" and didn't speak along the way, he might have exposed his habit of being a soldier long ago.

Uncle Huo said: "You also thank me, people, since you have met it, you have to help!" ”

When the donkey cart crossed the Aftermath River, Uncle Huo jumped down, "Big youth, I can only send you here." My girl's house is in the east, so it's really inconvenient to take you there, so let's leave it at that! ”

Shi Zhu also got off the donkey cart and said: "Save each other, and never forget!" If you have the opportunity in the future, you will repay it! ”

Uncle Huo waved his hand: "Okay, I should go too!" But in your case, it's better to find a place to rest first, and then walk at night, otherwise it's too dangerous, and you may encounter something else on the road. ”

"I remember! Uncle Huo, you also walk slowly! After that, the stone pillar could only hear the brass bell on the donkey cart getting louder and farther.

The stone pillar found a hidden shady place, lay down on a large rock, and fell asleep with a snort. Maybe it's because he's tired from traveling these days, and when he opens his eyes again, he doesn't know what time it is, and it's already dark. When they came to the main road, the stone pillar found that at some point, fog had risen all around, and the outlines of the flowers and trees on both sides had become like phantoms in the darkness and mist, and the originally familiar road became more and more unfamiliar.

For strangers, Shi Zhu is no stranger, these days, he has almost taken some strange roads; And at this moment, strangeness is strange to him. It was very close to home, and such a familiar road had become so unfamiliar, the stone pillar was a little unaware, and he was already hungry and dizzy in his stomach, and his heart suddenly became anxious, but the more anxious he was, the fog seemed to become thicker and thicker, so that he completely lost his direction, and he didn't know where he was, so he could only try to move forward.

Just when Shi Zhu's heart was anxious, he suddenly saw a glimmer of light in front of him, and following that light, Shi Zhu saw a dilapidated thatched house, as if it could fall down when the wind blew.

Coming to the hut, the stone pillar tried to knock on the door. The door was opened by a gray-haired old woman, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. As soon as the door opened, the old woman said, "Why did you come?" Come on in! Hungry, aren't you? There's batter in the pot, go serve it yourself! ”

As to why the old woman said this to herself, Shi Zhu looked dazed, but he was really hungry, so he picked up the bowl and went to serve the rice. What was left in the pot was a small green cabbage dough, and it seemed that there was an egg. Shizhu ate three bowls in one go, and exclaimed that it was delicious while eating. Looking at the pot again, after eating so much, the batter doesn't seem to be less.

After eating, Shi Zhu was about to open his mouth to ask the old woman, but he heard the old woman say, "Child, it is very close to home, you can walk east from here, cross four or five rivers, and then go south along the river, and you will know the Tao!" Let's go back! With that, she went outside the house again and showed the stone pillar the way in the darkness.

Shi Zhu felt even more strange, but he didn't ask much, just said: "Thank you old man, after I go back, I will definitely come back when I have time, thank you!" ”

Later, Shizhu did come back to look for it, but in the end he still didn't find the thatched house in front of him, and even this white-haired old woman, people nearby said that they had never seen it.

After leaving the thatched house, Shizhu crossed the river as the old man instructed, and then walked all the way south. Although it is not a barren mountain or a wild mountain, it is uninhabited except for a piece of field, and some are only the continuous sound of crickets, and in the shroud of thick fog, the scalp of the stone pillar is numb. I don't know how far I walked, the stone pillar saw a village in the haze, and further on there was a big road, which ran from east to west - the stone pillar recognized, this was the road between Da Liudang and Xiao Liudang, and this road connected to Getting Off Street and Zhongji Street from east to west.

At this point, Shizhu finally put his mind at ease, he was familiar with this road, he often walked when he was a child, not to mention that it was night and there was heavy fog, even if he took a bamboo pole and closed his eyes, he could touch his home from here.

When Shi Zhuwei paced home, it was already the middle of the night, and Shi Yu, his daughter-in-law Ji and two children were already asleep. He was afraid that the knock on the door would be too loud and alarm the neighbors, so he crept into the courtyard through the broken wall, ready to knock on the door of the hall.

The slight sound in the courtyard first alarmed the golden retriever, although it was already dying, and always liked to lie on the ground on weekdays, too lazy to move, but at this moment it still "Wangwang" screamed, and woke up Shi Yu, Ji and his son who was less than four months old, and the baby cried wow.

When he got to the door, the stone pillar knocked lightly on the door, "Knock knock ---".

When the golden retriever heard the knock on the door, he went straight to the door, trying to open the door, and his mouth made a "uh-huh-huh" sound from time to time. Shi Yu felt that the Golden Retriever's behavior was a little unusual, so he went to the door and asked, "Which one?" ”

"It's me, my grandmother, I'm back!"

Shi Yu couldn't believe his ears, but it was indeed his grandson's voice, and he couldn't help but believe it. At this moment, she was extremely uneasy in her heart, she felt like she was in a dream, and even the hand that opened the door became trembling. She was afraid that when she opened the door, it was not her grandson standing in front of her, so she was disappointed.

The moment the door "creaked" opened, all worries vanished. The golden retriever pounced on the stone pillar first, and Ji Shi also ran out when he heard the voice.

"Pillar, really pillar, you're back! It's been more than half a year, and there is no news at all! Shi Yushi was so excited that he cried, grabbed Shi Zhu's hand hard, and touched his face again, unwilling to let go!

When Ji saw her husband coming back, she threw herself into his arms: "Da, you're finally back, I thought I'd never see you again!" ”

"Well, I'm back, I've been gone for almost ten days, and I've escaped all the way!" Shizhu said with a smile as he gently closed the door and motioned for them to be quieter.

"Pillar, what's wrong with your leg? Hungry? Shall I get you some food? Shi Yushi lit the lamp and saw the injury on his grandson's leg.

"My grandmother, I'm not hungry, I ate at someone else on the way! It was a shot in the thigh when he ran out, and it was all flesh wounds, not bones, and it was not in the way. I've been walking every day for the past few days, over and over again, and it's not getting better, take some medicine, and rest for a while! ”

"That's good! Then you hurry up and go to bed to rest, I'll go get you the gold creation medicine, and we'll talk about it at dawn! "The gold medicine that Shi Yu went to get was the ancestral gold medicine that Zhang Gou left for him when Shi Zhu captured the Japanese spies and injured them in Laojun Hall, and the effect was wonderful. At that time, Shi Zhu left some after his injuries were healed, and he was not even willing to give Zhu Huaiqing when he was injured by the Japanese.

After Shi Yushi brought the golden medicine, Shi Zhu instructed while wiping it: "My grandmother, Sien, I have been hiding at home for the past few days, just to recuperate from this injury, you must not say that I am back outside, first see how the wind is outside, and prevent others from being arrested and sent to be a soldier!" ”

After the busyness stopped, Shi Yu went to the west room to continue to coax his eldest granddaughter Shi Shuo to sleep. Shi Zhu naturally stayed in the east room, he picked up his son and kissed and kissed, coaxed and coaxed, and was very happy in his heart.

"Sien, has our son's name been named?" Shi Zhu asked.

"Not yet, my grandmother and I are waiting for you to come back and name him!"

"Well, I'll think of a name tomorrow. You're going to kill me, come on, let's get down to business first! ”

As the so-called "long-term absence is better than newlywed", Shizhu can't care about his leg injury, and his daughter-in-law Ji Shisien have been separated for more than half a year, and now they are reunited, like dry firewood, needless to say, love. After lingering, he fell asleep again, and after running around for so many days, he could finally sleep peacefully.

As for Shi Yu and Ji, neither of them fell asleep again, to be exact, they were so happy that they couldn't sleep.

Early the next morning, the two women got up early and worked together to cook food for the stone pillar. Especially Shi Yu's hands and feet suddenly became numb, as if he was dozens of years younger, and the Shi family regained the happiness that he hadn't seen for a long time, and even the sun felt sweet when it hit his body.

After a while, Shi Shuo also got up, and the first thing she did was to run over to see her brother. At this time, she saw that there was suddenly a stranger on the bed in the east room, and she didn't dare to step forward, so she stood there staring at the stone pillar in a daze, her eyes blinking. After all, she was not yet two years old, and her father had been gone for so long, she could not remember.

Ji saw Shi Shuo standing there blankly, and said with a smile: "Shuo'er, come over quickly, he is you, shout 'Da'!" ”

"Da!" Shi Shuo ran over with a smile and climbed onto the bed. Shizhu took her in his arms and kissed her again and again, reluctant to let go.

Shi Yu and Ji also had endless words with Shi Zhu at the moment, they didn't go anywhere in the morning, so they gathered around Shi Zhu, for fear that if the stool under the butt was moved, Shi Zhu would leave. Even the golden retriever lay beside him, unwilling to leave for a moment.

Shi Zhu told them what happened after he was arrested, especially when he talked about the events of the past ten days after escaping from the barracks, Shi Yu and Ji listened to their hearts, and they were able to come back alive thanks to their ancestors. As he spoke, Shi Zhu happened to see half of the white cloth exposed in the drawer, so he asked, "What is that cloth?" ”

"It's Grandma Luo who left, and I gave her the filial piety cloth!"

"When didn't you have one? What the hell? ”

Shi Yushi saw Ji's head down, knowing that she was very sad, so he took over the conversation and said, "Your second grandmother Luo left this month, and she has been dead for less than twenty days." It was good, but I came here that afternoon to walk the door, and I slept at night, and I fell asleep! She has no children and no daughters, Sien is like her granddaughter wearing linen and filial piety, crying spirit, and her eyes are swollen from crying! ”

Shi Zhu sighed, "Well, it's to cry well!" When Sien first came, thanks to the recognition of his goddaughter, he stayed in Guwei. It's a pity that we haven't had time to enjoy the blessings yet! But it's better to sleep, it's better than being older and can't take care of yourself, urine and feces are strong......"

Shi Yushi also sighed: "Your second grandmother Luo and I have been in the same pile for thirty or forty years, and I have walked steeply, no one is chattering with me, and I am still a little uncomfortable." Looks like it's going to be my turn soon......"

Hearing this, Ji immediately interrupted: "Grandma, what are you talking about?" How good you are, you will live to be 100 years old! In the future, I will hold my grandchildren, and I will have my grandchildren! ”

"Then won't I become an 'old immortal'!" Shi Yushi laughed, suddenly changed his words, and said: "Your second grandmother Luo's house was originally going to be left to her nephew Luo Erfang, but I didn't expect that Luo Ershan also died, leaving orphans and widows, and his daughter-in-law will give birth to a third child in a few months...... Alas! ”

talked about Luo Ertu again, the stone pillar was really uncomfortable, and sighed: "When Ertu and I escaped, I almost ran away, but I didn't expect that I was still shot in the back...... When he was dying, he asked me to bring a few pieces of steel to his daughter-in-law. Sooner or later, I will have to tell his family about this, but I am worried now, after telling his family, the news will spread, and everyone in Zhuang will know that I have returned, and I am afraid that the Kuomintang will come and arrest me again! ”

Hearing this, Shi Yushi smiled slightly: "Zhuzi, you have been gone for more than half a year, and you still don't know the situation at home, right?" On the night you were taken away, I heard that the Communists had taken down Yishan, and then they withdrew for some reason. Three months ago, the People's Liberation Army defeated Long Tho, Yishan and Dong Ji again, and the Kuomintang traitor Zhou Faqian was beaten to death! Now let's get off here, the Kuomintang will not dare to come again, you can rest assured! ”

"Zhou Faqian is really dead?! That's great!! This traitor lackey, like Liu Fulong, is innocent! Shi Zhu was so happy that he slapped his thigh, but fortunately he slapped his right leg, otherwise it would have hurt for a while. Then he said: "My grandmother, I think this matter will be in a few days, and I will talk about it when my leg injury is healed, so as to prevent those people in the village from making ghosts behind my back." ”

"Hmmm! Pillar, the most important thing at the moment is to heal your leg injury first, and other things will be talked about later! Until now, the Luo family still doesn't know that the child was arrested by the Kuomintang to be a soldier......"

Shi Zhu touched his neck at this time, took off the jade pendant, handed it to Ji, and said: "Sien, return this jade pendant to you, it is really a treasure, fortunately wearing it, I helped me block a bullet, otherwise I may not be able to come back." Give it to you to wear, keep you safe! ”。

Ji Sien didn't refuse, and happily took the jade pendant and put it on his neck. Since beating the old stone and giving her this jade pendant, he has not left his body for more than 20 years, but he didn't expect to wear it to the stone pillar this time, and he actually saved his life again. After wearing the jade pendant, Ji picked up his son and coaxed him, and asked, "Heda, have you thought of our son's name?" ”

Shi Zhu thought for a moment, "Just call him 'Shi Ye', the 'Ye' with the word 'Hua' next to the word 'fire'." With this name, the future of our Greater China, our family's life and Shi Ye's future will definitely be bright! ”