It is said that the monkey and Zhu Qing stepped on the war horse, galloped all the way back to the military region, and jumped off the horse in the logistics office. The monkey shouted, "Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang is not there?" ”

Xiao Yang ran out in a panic: "Captain Fang, what's the matter?"

The monkey took out a silver dollar and said, Please help me buy two bags of grain, and I need dozens of catties of ground stick noodles. ”

Zhu Qing said: "I also need a few old clothes." ”

Xiao Yang said, "Captain Fang, why do you want this?" ”

The monkey said, "Can it be done in half an hour?" ”

Xiao Yang said: "If you take a high price, of course you can do it." But—"

The monkey said, "No, do it quickly, I'll be with you, and I'll be right away." ”

Xiao Yang said, "Yes." Come with me. ”

Xiao Yang is engaged in procurement and supply in the logistics department, and he knows where to buy things. He took the monkey and Zhuqing to the village to visit the households, and he didn't have to negotiate the price, he gave as much as he wanted. There was not much time, and the things were bought, two bags of grain, as well as ground flour, wheat flour, and stick noodles. There was also a large bag of old clothes.

The monkey and Zhuqing put their things on the horse's back, and the two of them whipped the horse again, and returned to the little hut by the river.

"Old man, we're here to bring you food." The monkey shouted from afar.

However, the river was quiet, there was no human voice, and there was no old man in front of the shack.

The two dismounted in front of the hut, and the monkey carried the grain from the horse. Zhu Qing took the clothes and ran to the shack: "Grandpa, grandma, we have sent you clothes!" ”

As soon as he entered the shack, Zhu Qing immediately let out an exclamation: "Brother Monkey, come quickly!" ”

The monkey hurriedly ran in to take a look, and was not stunned. I saw the old man hang himself on the middle ridge of the shack with a cloth belt. He was wearing a torn coat on top and naked on the bottom.

The torn pants were changed for the old lady to wear, and the old lady was naked on the top and the torn pants on the bottom. She fell to the ground, one hand still stretched out to the old man. The two men were long gone.

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard. Lang's team arrived. They dismounted in front of their huts. When the monk came over and looked at it, he immediately understood what was going on here. With a wave of his hand, a few team members came up, relieved the old man, and put on the clothes brought by Zhuqing for the two old men.

With ready-made shovels on horseback, the team dug a pit by the river, carried two old men inside, covered their heads and faces with an old garment, and filled in the earth. It didn't take long for a small mound to be piled up.

The team members set the small hut on fire, and for a time the shed was on fire, and in a short time it turned into a pile of ashes.

Everyone was doing things in silence, and no one said a word from beginning to end. The sun is about to set, and the persimmon-red sunset stains half of the sky, and the sky looks gorgeous. The glow falls on the river, and the river is also beautiful.

The eldest brother monk came over and said, "Brother, come back!" ”

The monkey sat down in front of the newly heaped tomb: "Go first." ”

The monk waved his hand, the team members got on their horses, and the monk said to Zhuqing: "Sister Zhuqing, persuade the monkey to go back early." ”

Zhuqing nodded. The monk got on the horse, urged the war horse with the team members, and left in the dust.

Zhu Qing sat down beside the monkey and called softly, "Brother! ”

The monkey didn't squeak, just grabbed Zhuqing's hand and stroked it slowly. Zhu Qing felt that the monkey's hand was trembling slightly.

For more than a year, Monkey and Zhuqing have seen too much death and suffering. None of today's experiences shocked them strongly.

When he faced the scene where his father and more than 30 members of the Fang family were slaughtered by devils, when he saw the remains of more than 50 villagers in the mountains and forests, and when he saw the many women and children killed by devils, he hated the Japanese devils very much. He vowed to defeat the devil, even if it was at the cost of his own life.

But when he saw the old couple wearing a pair of torn pants, and saw that the old couple were eighty years old and could not die well, he was confused.

He doesn't know who to hate!

Undoubtedly, this old couple lived a more miserable and desolate life than those innocent people who were bullied and slaughtered by the Japanese devils. But you can't blame anyone.

Is their son to blame? Yes, it was their son who ruined their house, it was their son who abused them and bullied them. They were exiled in the wasteland to escape their sons.

However, when enjoyment and worship of money have become a fashion, from the emperor to the common people, who can stand alone?

Now there are no emperor's ministers, but when this country is about to die, those mansions, those official residences, that day is not full of lights and drunk?

Stupid people are more likely to learn bad than ignorant children. When the norms and codes that the sages laid down for the sake of a more harmonious life for all, along with their thoughts and ideas, were discarded like broken shoes, when the greatest masses of the people were told that when a person dies, there is nothing, everything is false, and it is only true if he wears it on his body and eats it in his belly. Ordinary people will behave even more wildly.

The monkey couldn't help but think of the conversation with the two apprentices in the annals of history.

When all the derogatory terms in the dictionary become a fashion and everyone rushes to it, our nation will be transformed. Where are the Japanese devils still used to beat us?

Chinese people have no virtue, and they are more terrible than Japanese devils!

The Chinese nation is suffering!

The monkey said in a hoarse voice with difficulty: "Sister, we are desperate to fight the devil." We're going to win. But if we win, won't there be another tragedy for these two old people? Will they be able to live a good life? ”

Zhuqing said sadly: "Their suffering is not caused by Japanese devils. ”

The monkey said: "How many old men and old ladies are there like us in Fangmiao Town, who live as miserable as these two old people?" ”

Zhu Qing said: "If you think about it carefully, it's really a lot. ”

The monkey said, "What about our Shucheng County?" What about all of China? How many can there be? ”

Zhu Qing said: "That can only be expressed in two words: countless! ”

The monkey said, "If there are countless people in the country who live like a dog and die like a dog, I really don't know what we are fighting for!" ”

Zhu Qing said: "Brother, we are all humble little people like a grass. All we can do is be ourselves. ”

The monkey sighed: "The horse leather shroud is the ending I yearn for." However, our death, and the death of many more people with lofty ideals, cannot change the tragic fate of countless old men and women. I wonder what the point of our fight is! ”

Zhu Qing said: "Brother Monkey, we don't read too much to think through these problems. ”

The monkey said, "Let's go back." ”

And the two stepped on the warhorse, and did not raise the whip, but let the horse move slowly. They stopped talking. In the wasteland, the night fell silently, and the first few stars appeared in the sky. The evening breeze blows the scent of the earth.

The monkey on horseback and whispered:

Peach blossom horse, fast as the wind,

Carry the heroic little bamboo green.

The sound of two guns frightened the enemy,

Who is fighting?

Fly in the snow, sing to the sky,

The monkey roared with his sword.

The horse leather shroud is in the green mountains,

Pity the people!