A small mountain village in the middle of nowhere, full of greenery! A small thatched hut made of stones, surrounded by adobe, a courtyard with a date tree, already full of ripe dates.

This yard is full of quaint and shabby atmosphere! There are traces of history left behind, witnesses to the past years.

The old man, dressed in a rustic suit, was still dressed before liberation, with a patched green military uniform, with a hat sewn with a five-pointed star, and he was on crutches! Staggered to the foot of the jujube tree, straightened up his rickety body, raised his crutches, and knocked on the hanging jujube branches! As soon as the stick went down, the dates and leaves fell to the ground.

The old man gasped, bent down and picked up the dates from the ground one by one and stuffed them into his pocket! He laughed, his silver beard and chin swayed, and he shook his head! His face was ruddy, and it seemed that the old man was very excited.

"Long Yue is coming back, I like the dates on the tree the most!" The old man muttered to himself, carried a small stool, and sat in the courtyard! Feeling the autumn wind, I looked at the green and red jujubes on the jujube tree, and squinted my eyes.

He's sleeping! When you get older, you will sink your head when you sit on a stool for a while.

In the old man's half-asleep and half-awake state, five or six boys and girls of seven or eight years old ran into the courtyard frolicking.

There is such an old jujube tree in the whole tunzi, longer than the age of this old man! When the old man heard the commotion, his cloudy eyes opened a few times, and he stroked his beard with a smile.

The boy went up to the date tree, stepped on the branches and shook the branches! The dates were falling down, and the girls were holding small baskets and picking them up on the ground.

"Mules! Don't shake it, the third uncle said just shake a branch! Keep it for my grandfather. The little boy on the branch shouted when he saw that another little boy was still trying to climb up.

"Howler! Brother, hehe......" The child called the mule smiled embarrassedly.

Two boys came down from the jujube tree, and a little girl said: "My mother said that grandpa likes to eat dates, and my uncle is coming back, and he has beaten dates!" Leave some for grandpa. ”

"Uh-huh!" The children all nodded in agreement.

One person picked up a small half basket of dates, and one picked it up and put it in the small basket of the old man's hut, and the children left in a hurry.

Long Yue is a reporter in the city! I paid special attention to the military, because I was busy with work, and I had fewer days to go home to see my grandfather.

In the old man's heart, this grandson is more like him! The fifth generation of soldiers since him.

Now after Long Yue came back from Africa, he gave him half a month's vacation! Now he was finally able to complete his plan and interview his grandfather.

He has seen his grandfather go to every National Day military parade, and the country will invite his grandfather to go! At that time, my grandfather was wearing the uniform of a founding colonel! His chest was full of medals, but he never smiled every time, and every time he came home, he would cry! He was beaten away by his grandfather for many interviews.

Even so! None of the members of the family dare not respect their grandfather, not only the treasure of the family, but also the pride of the family.

Founding Colonel Long Tianxing! A crazy commander, those comrades who were once alive will affectionately call them when they meet: Dragon Butcher!

On this day, the children had just left their grandfather's courtyard and watched these children take a picture with their cameras and step into the small courtyard where their grandfather lived in this quiet courtyard for more than 100 years.

"Grandpa! I'm back, see what I've brought you!? "Long Yue is holding a model aircraft in his hand, which is the new generation of J-11 of the motherland.

The old man opened his eyes and looked at the model airplane in front of him! The excited face was flushed, and the calloused hands were trembling and took it, feeling emotional and sad, and said excitedly: "If I had this thing back then, give me a battle group, Lao Tzu would be able to annihilate a division of the enemy, and the aircraft and artillery of small Japan will count the ball!" ”

The old man's face was full of resentment, and at the same time, he was proud of the strength of the country today! It's gnashing of teeth at the past.

Long Yue squinted his eyes and laughed! It seems that nothing can touch Grandpa's heart, but military weapons are what Grandpa cares about the most! He hit the snake with the stick, squatted down and asked curiously, "Grandpa!" You were so powerful at that time, you see that I haven't experienced that era, can you tell me about it!? ”

"Hey! That's all in the past, grandpa and my life......" The old man sighed deeply, took out a handful of dates from his pocket, and handed it to Long Yue! Immediately after that, there was no follow-up, and the old man's expression was sad, he knew that his grandson of five generations liked military history the most, and recalled that he was a child.

sighed again: "Grandpa, I am already a hundred years old this year, the story starts when my grandfather and I were thirteen years old, your grandfather's big name is Long Tianxing, and I changed this name myself!" Tianxingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement, when he is living a good life! As a human being, don't forget the shame of the past, people! Only after knowing shame can we be brave ......"

Centenarians, it's twilight! He sent away his son, sent away a few grandchildren, and he was tired of living not lonely, and he had eaten less recently! He promised them to live to be a hundred years old, and he did it, and maybe it was time to go.

In the spring of 1930, Xiaohe Village in Wulitun! Long Tianxing, who was only thirteen years old, was wearing shabby cotton clothes and cotton pants, walking on the mountain road back to the village, stepping on thick snow under his feet! Carrying half a bag of thirty catties of miscellaneous rice and grain, the snow creaked under his feet! At the moment when the cold wind suddenly blew, I sneezed! His body shuddered.

His father was a long-term worker of the landlord Wang Laocai! My father died in the previous year, leaving behind my mother and two younger brothers, and a younger sister! Thirteen-year-old Long Tianxing was about to take over his father's work.

's father is the groom of Wang Laocai's family! That is, the long-term work of rushing the goods, following the rich man Wang is born and died, this Wang Lao is still a lover! gave up his father's work to himself, and did not recruit anyone else.

Father is met with bandits! He was stabbed to death for Wang Laocai, no! It's the New Year, and there is no food at home! Long Tianxing went to Wang Laocai's house alone and asked for thirty catties of miscellaneous rice, which was mixed with broken corn and rice.

Thinking about it, since the main family didn't say a word, they packed the miscellaneous rice and gave it to Long Tianxing! If he asks for thirty pounds, he will give thirty pounds.

However, Wang Lao only spoke, and sent the miscellaneous rice home first! Come home tomorrow to see how much Long Tianxing has learned by following his father's work of driving mules.

If you behave well! There are two brushes, and on the basis of his father's ten catties of rice and twenty catties of corn every month, ten catties of mixed noodles are added.

At that time, one pound was eighteen taels! He can eat, drink and sleep in the main house, and the wages he earns are just enough to feed his mother, younger brothers and sisters.

Long Tianxing is excited! In the future, like his father, he will hold up the family alone, and the thirteen-year-old boy has maturity and stubbornness on his face, and his pace is getting faster and faster as he steps on the snow.

He wants to go back quickly, he has already eaten and drunk enough at Wang Laocai's house! But my mother and younger siblings haven't eaten for a day, so take this rice back! With him, the family will not go hungry in the future.

Long Tianxing's house was only five miles away from the main house, and soon Long Tianxing arrived at the village with an excited face and entered his own courtyard! This courtyard is exactly the same as the one Long Tianxing lived in when he was a hundred years old.

"Mother! Thirty catties of miscellaneous rice, hurry up and cook. ”

The younger brothers and sisters hurriedly surrounded them, and they were very excited! Eleven-year-old second brother Long Er, wiped the snot on his nose, tightened the belt of his trousers, stepped forward to take the miscellaneous rice and said, "Brother! You rest all the way, and I'll take care of the rest! ”