098 Farewell to the remains
Kang Ming and several of them returned to the squadron, quickly took off their combat uniforms and ran towards the dormitory.
After coming to the dormitory, Kang Ming found that Liu Dong's body was no longer there, and when he was about to turn around to look for Gu Qiang, Gu Qiang was already standing at the door.
"Squadron Leader!" Kang Ming gave a military salute and shouted.
"Prepare, tomorrow is the day to see Liu Dong off." Gu Qiang's voice was mixed with pain and said to Kang Ming. After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Kang Ming and the others sat on the bed, all with their heads bowed, and no one spoke, turning their heads from time to time to the bed that no longer had their names and photos.
The next day, there was a misty drizzle in the sky, as if the heavens were crying for this hero, Kang Ming and the others all gathered and took a bus to the funeral home.
After coming to the funeral home, they saw Liu Dong's parents standing next to Liu Dong's body, his mother had been wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and his father, such a strong man, couldn't stop the tears flowing out at this moment.
The captain of the brigade, as well as the squadron leaders of each squadron all came here, and some leaders of the municipal party committee came, and outside the funeral parlor stood all the employees and families of Xingguang Paper Mill in the rain, none of them had an umbrella, and all of them had red eyes, holding a black banner printed with white characters in their hands: Heroes go all the way!
Under the auspices of the brigade, the farewell ceremony began.
The captain of the brigade stood at the front and read out to everyone the commendation of Comrade Liu Dong, who was posthumously made a martyr and awarded a first-class meritorious service.
After reading these and preparing for the next item, at this time, Kang Ming stepped out.
"Report!" Shouted loudly.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qiang looked at Kang Ming and asked.
"I found this letter under Liu Dong's bed last night, and I want to read it." Kang Ming took out a crumpled envelope from his pocket and said to Gu Qiang.
Gu Qiang turned his head to look at the captain, the captain nodded slightly, and then Gu Qiang asked Kang Ming to step forward.
Kang Ming came to the front of all the soldiers and made a military salute.
"Now I want to read a letter to you, and also to Liu Dong's parents, which I found when I was packing up Comrade Liu Dong's relics last night." After Kang Ming finished speaking, he opened the envelope and took out the letter from inside.
Dear Mom and Dad,
Mom and Dad, I left in such a hurry this time that I didn't say hello to you before leaving, do you blame me?
You're going to say don't blame me, no, Mom, you should. When I threw myself into the fire, I only thought that I was a firefighter, and my duty was to extinguish fires and provide disaster relief, but I forgot that I was also the son of a mother.
Every day after dark, I lie on the window of the dormitory and look at the sky outside, the stars in the sky are so beautiful, I look at the sky and I think of you, I don't know if you have any physical problems, I don't know if you have a good sleep.
Since I was a child, my father told me that people should have great love, people should be kind, and people should know how to be grateful, and I think I should have done it.
When I came to the army and became a firefighter, I took over the firefighting suit that belonged to me from the hands of the veteran. The veteran told me what is responsibility, what is loyalty, and what is the attitude that a qualified firefighter should have, I think I should have done it, I hope it did not discredit the four words of Chinese firefighting.
Every time we rush into the fire, rush into the scene of the car accident, rush to all the dangerous places, and successfully save others again and again, our hearts are really very happy, especially very excited, and now I still remember that the first time we went out on a mission for some reason, a trapped person did not put out the fire, and everyone in our whole class was crying when they returned to the dormitory at night.
When I came to the fire brigade, the squadron leader said to us: Are you ready? At that time, we still tilted our heads and replied loudly: Yes! At that time, this was just a simple word for us, and we didn't really understand the meaning of this ready, until we continued to train, study, and constantly participate in various rescues, and again and again we finally understood the meaning of this sentence, and its meaning was to ask if we were ready to sacrifice.
I'm proud to be a firefighter because we're a group of people who dare to snatch people from death, but in the future, I can no longer fight side by side with my comrades, I can no longer see you joking, I can no longer train with you and go to the police..... Kang Ming, here I want to say to you: Take the brothers to go down for me!
When Kang Ming read this, his tears couldn't stop flowing outward, and his tears fell on the letter paper drop by drop.
The warriors in front of them were all red-eyed.
"Mom and Dad, don't be sad, I don't want to see you cry, I know that you will cry when the night comes, I know that my mother will definitely be because I can't eat and sleep, Mom and Dad, let's make an agreement, okay? When you see this letter, it will be the last time you will cry for me, okay? Even if it's your son's last request to you.
How I hope this letter will never appear to you. Mom and Dad, I didn't leave, I just changed the space! If there is an afterlife, I still want to be your son, and I still want to put on this military uniform and continue to walk the unfinished road in this life!
Son: Liu Dong! A most ordinary firefighter! ”
After Kang Ming finished reading it, he stood up and saluted, folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, and walked to Liu Dong's parents and handed over the letter with both hands: "Parents, I will be your son in the future, and I will send your two elders to the end of my brother's old age!" Kang Mingxing, Liu Dong's parents saluted and said loudly with tears in their eyes.
"Dad! Mother! Wang Junfeng and the five of them all walked over, and they marched and shouted loudly.
At this moment, Liu Dong's mother couldn't hold back any longer, and threw herself into Kang Ming's arms and cried, while Kang Ming kept standing there straight and saluting.
The farewell of the body entered the last item, and each soldier held a handful of yellow chrysanthemums in his hand, because they said that this color was very similar to the emergency rescue combat uniform worn by the firefighters, and walked past the body of Liu Dong covered with the national flag in turn, and gently placed the flowers beside him, one by one.
After everyone said goodbye to the body, the captain walked at the front of the line.
"Take off your hat!" Commanded loudly.
Brush! All of them took off their military caps.
"Silence!"
Everyone bowed their heads in unison.
The crowd outside the funeral parlor also lowered their heads one after another to see off the martyr for the last time.
Not long after, the coffin car pulling Liu Dong drove out, and the onlookers suddenly cried uncontrollably at this moment: "Hero! He shouted loudly.
Kang Ming and the others could only watch Liu Dong leave, because they were firefighters, they couldn't leave their jobs for too long because of the sacrifice of their comrades, and everyone took the bus back to their respective squadrons.
After returning to the squadron, Kang Ming took Wang Junfeng and they changed into training uniforms and came to the training ground.
Several people began to train frantically on the training ground with all their weights, perhaps only in this way could they vent their inner pain.