Chapter 711: The lights go out
The veteran's funeral was very shabby. Or rather, he himself did not think about the issue of holding a funeral. But now, he can't object. As his heir, Albert chose to have a funeral for him.
Hou Dasheng actually understood Albert's approach very well, because he did not have enough qualifications to prove that he could inherit everything from the veteran. He still needs time, and he needs the legacy of the veteran's death.
He needs these deterrents, and he needs the remnants left behind by veterans. The funeral of a veteran is very simple. Hou Dasheng looked at the old soldier who had been tidied up, and looked like a sleeping veteran, who was put into a wooden coffin from the ice coffin.
Then the coffin was slowly covered, and several old people who looked to be in their sixties gently supported the hearse holding the coffin and slowly left. Veteran, not buried in Arlington. At this point, he did not deceive Hou Dasheng.
The president has already held a funeral for him, where his medals and military uniform are buried. After that burial, he was no longer the old soldier of the United States. The only people who can remember him will recognize him are these old men who have come to the funeral now.
Everybody, all silent. Silently watched the veteran's coffin being loaded into the car, and silently watching the veteran's coffin being covered. Then he silently held his hearse and slowly circled his farm.
After he retired from active duty, he stayed on the farm. Although Hou Dasheng didn't see it, he could feel it in the surrounding bushes and on the surrounding lawn. In fact, there were countless people who silently saluted the hearse for the last time.
There are so many of those people that Hou Dasheng doesn't know how many. The feeling of being watched by countless people is actually very bad. But Hou Dasheng, like everyone else, remained silent enough.
After rounding the farm, the veteran was slowly taken to a cemetery at the back of the farm. There were lonely graves. No tombstones, no names. It's just a raised mound of earth.
But Hou Dasheng can see that this place is often taken care of. It was very clean. It seems that the veteran came to clean it up himself while he was still alive. Next to the lonely graves, there was a grave pit that had been dug.
The veteran's coffin was lifted and slowly placed inside. There were no pastors, and no one read any eulogy. Albert stepped forward in silence, grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it in. Then the other old men began to line up silently and sprinkled a piece of soil on the coffin at the end.
Hou Dasheng was the last person to go up and scatter soil. After they finished scattering the soil, they came out of nowhere a few men wearing US military uniforms but no rank markings. Silence began to shovel dirt into the grave.
When the new grave was finished, three garlands were placed.
Without exception, all three garlands are roses. The difference is that one wreath is a yellow rose, another is a red rose, and the last one is a white rose.
The rose is the national flower of the United States. It was proposed by Senator John Deng in 1985 and passed by the Senate. The choice of the rose as the national flower of the United States was largely due to church affiliation.
Legend has it that the Archangel Gavril weaved three wreaths for the Virgin, the white rose wreath brought joy to the Virgin, the red rose wreath was pain, and the yellow rose wreath was peace.
These three wreaths are placed on the veteran's grave, and they are also an expression of his merits: he brought joy to the people of this country. Let the enemies of the country, fall into misery. He did his best to bring peace to the people of this country.
Although, the people of this country have never heard of his name.
"Your name is unknown, but your deeds live on!" I don't know why, what Hou Dasheng remembered at this time was the sentence on the unknown soldier on Red Square. He always felt that that sentence was used even here, even in the case of their old enemy veterans.
But it's still so appropriate. They are all nameless. They all silently gave everything for their country, until the moment they died. Most people in this country do not know their names. Their names will never even be known.
But their existence has been integrated into everything in this country.
"Actually, I should say it's a pleasure to meet you. But actually, I'm not happy to know you. "The funeral is over, it's over very simply.
No surprises, a couple of old guys didn't leave. They came to the veteran's house. Start making coffee yourself. Albert was silent and gave them a hand.
Hou Dasheng didn't squeak, waiting for them to invite him over. But when Hou Dasheng sat down, the old man opposite him looked at Hou Dasheng very directly and said, "But I have to get to know you." ”
"It's just each other." Hou Dasheng said lightly: "I also have no interest in knowing you." I've been cheated many times by the Americans, including the one who just got buried. If I could, I'd rather not deal with you. ”
The old man on the right snorted coldly: "It's just a war animal, if it weren't for the fact that you can't spare your hands and feet." You should have been exterminated a long time ago! ”
"The establishment of the United States has also relied on many of us war animals......" Hou Dasheng looked at the old man and smiled slightly: "What?!" Think that history is too ugly to sweep us away and think we can cover everything up?! ”
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