Xie Mingxian's hometown is very close to Yueyang, but it is in Hubei. It wasn't a long time along the way. So Xie Mingxian never had time to figure out why his mother had to go back to her hometown on the road. Even if Xie Mingxian exhausted his rhetoric, he talked about the miserable life in the past and talked about a bright future. But Xie Mingxian's mother was still unmoved, and the old lady said, "I followed your father, and I will follow him to the end." You can't let me have no origin, no results. ”

In the end, after Xie Mingxian's hard persuasion, his mother finally showed some signs of relenting, but the old lady only made one request, asking Xie Mingxian to take his father's entire family to Wuhan to settle down.

Xie Mingxian naturally wouldn't agree, the only person he could accept in that family was his half-brother. The little guy is very smart and motivated, and he has made a lot of progress in studying with Xie Mingxian. If it weren't for the fact that the Manchus had lost the imperial examination, Xie Mingxian believed that his younger brother would definitely be able to gain fame in the future. But other than that, Xie Mingxian would rather never know them.

The old lady was not good at words, and when she saw that Xie Mingxian refused to reconcile with the Xie family, she only left a sentence "Your father is very good to you and me!" Then he packed up his things and followed Xie Mingxian's uncle back to his hometown.

That was more than two years ago, when Xie Mingxian was being notified of the possibility of being promoted to party secretary of Hunan Province. He was so busy with work that he couldn't afford to take care of his family. With great doubts, Xie Mingxian could only send his mother on the passenger ship back to his hometown.

Disembarking at Yueyang, Xie Mingxian had just entered the Hubei territory with the guards, and the team that came to greet him startled Xie Mingxian, which was a whole company of cavalry. In such a period of time, Xie Mingxian was very suspicious of what Lu Huitian, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, wanted to do. There was once a cadre from Fengtai County who put on a show when he returned to his hometown. After Chen Ke learned about it, he didn't say a word and pushed the man to the end. Although it must be admitted that the man was so bold that he let a battalion accompany him. It was an infantry battalion of the 44 system, and it was indeed a death for thousands of people to cry and hug each other.

It's just that a cavalry company with a hundred people, plus tall horses, is also a team that is absolutely impossible to ignore. Xie Mingxian couldn't help but wonder if Lu Huitian had any bad intentions. However, the company commander of the cavalry company explained: "Secretary Xie, we can't be busy for a few days when we dispatch a hundred people, so it will be regarded as training." We don't look for someone to receive in Hubei, and try not to trouble the local government. In case something happens to you in Hubei, how do you let us explain to Hubei? If there's any inconvenience, you'll have to take care of it. ”

Xie Mingxian thought about it and admitted that if Lu Huitian went to Hunan to visit relatives, Xie Mingxian would not dare to be careless about the safety of Lu Huitian, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. Moreover, Lu Huitian did not come to greet him in person, nor did he let the local cadres greet him, which was already a very cautious disposition.

Hubei is an old liberated area, and the roads are much better than Hunan. At this time, it is the time of spring ploughing, and the fields are full of people planting seedlings and sowing seeds, and from time to time you can see the figure of a tractor slowly driving by. Seeing that the familiar scenery of his hometown has added many changes unique to the liberated areas, Xie Mingxian also felt quite gratified. Thinking that his mother was seriously ill at home, he quickened the speed of urging the horse.

When the team arrived at the entrance of the village, Xie Mingxian felt dizzy. After all, this is his hometown, even if he doesn't like to walk around when he is at home, Xie Mingxian is still very clear about whether there is a red and white wedding in the village.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw the door of his house, Xie Mingxian's heart beat even harder. There is no need for signs, there is a spiritual shed in front of his house, and even if it is spring ploughing time, there are still people coming in and out. When these people in the village saw the galloping horse caravan, they all hurriedly got out of the way. They stood on the side of the road in the village, looking at these soldiers and Xie Mingxian mixed in with the soldiers. Only people are not wearing military uniforms.

Turning over and dismounting, Xie Mingxian strode into the door of his house. From the last time he stepped out of this door, until now, Xie Mingxian had not entered his own door for thirteen years.

No one dared to stop Xie Mingxian, and everyone watched in a daze as Xie Mingxian strode to the door of the mourning hall with a few soldiers. The movement of the cavalry team of more than 100 people was not small, and the people in the mourning hall naturally heard the noise outside. Xie Mingxian saw a few people standing at the door of the mourning hall, it was Xie Mingxian's father, Xie Fuzheng. Xie Mingxian was stunned, he saw that his father was already old. The whole hair is almost completely white, and the wrinkles on the face are like deep nicks on the wood. The only thing that can overlap with Xie Mingxian's memory may be Xie Fuzheng's straight waist.

Xie Fuzheng is wearing linen and filial piety, and standing next to Xie Fuzheng is Xie Mingxian's younger brother Xie Minggu. This thin child in Xie Mingxian's memory has grown taller, Xie Minggu was still a seven or eight-year-old child when Xie Mingxian left home, and now he is a twenty-year-old young man. It's just that you can still see what you looked like when you were a child on your eyebrows.

But at this time, Xie Mingxian didn't want to say anything to his father and younger brother at all, he strode into the main house, but saw a coffin in the house, the coffin mouth was not closed, and when he looked through the crack, he saw Xie Mingxian's mother lying quietly inside, looking peaceful. There was no need to say anything more, a sour breath rushed straight to his head from his nose, and Xie Mingxian was lying on the coffin and had already begun to cry loudly.

When he realized that he would never see his relatives, Xie Mingxian deeply knew what he had lost. Expectations, visions, and plans for the future life. It has to be something that is really useful when everyone is gone. It's like Xie Mingxian is still thinking about picking up his mother from his hometown this summer, if he is not too busy. Take a boat and feel the appearance of Changsha's city full of lights. The project, including street lights, is part of Xie Mingxian's planned urban construction this year. Seeing that her son can preside over such a huge project, I think Xie Mingxian's mother will also be happy, right?

But all this imagination has forever become imagination, looking at the calm expression of his mother lying there, Xie Mingxian finally knew that he had completely lost his mother.

There seemed to be some movement outside, but Xie Mingxian didn't want to pay attention to it at all. The sorrow in his chest could only be through crying, but no amount of tears flowed from his eyes could make the painful feeling in his heart relax in the slightest.

I don't know how long I cried, Xie Mingxian felt that his legs were weak, his hands could barely hold the coffin, and the whole person almost slipped off the side of the coffin. Fortunately, someone supported Xie Mingxian on both sides. "Brother, you sit down for a while." A voice said with a familiar emphasis. Turning his head slightly, in his tearful eyes was Xie Minggu's figure.

"Secretary Xie, you sit first, sit first." On the other side, Xie Mingxian's guard said a little choked.

Almost being carried by these two people to a chair a few steps away from the coffin, Xie Mingxian suddenly wanted to pounce on his mother again. But he was suddenly terrified of seeing his mother's face again. Seeing his mother's face was to remind Xie Mingxian once again that he had truly lost his mother.

After crying for a while, Xie Mingxian finally managed to contain his sadness. He took the towel from his brother and wiped his face. The whole person leaned back in the chair, breathing weakly, unable to move. It was at this time that Xie Mingxian noticed that there were already people standing inside and outside the hall door, and the young man looked at Xie Mingxian with a curious gaze. The middle-aged people mostly had a thoughtful expression, and when they saw Xie Mingxian looking at him slightly, their expressions became a little flattering. As for the elderly, it is with a look of appreciation.

His mind was muddy, and Xie Mingxian didn't even understand what these people were trying to do when they gathered at the door. He just wanted to sit next to his mother and vent his grief to the fullest, and having such a group of people next to him was too much of an eyesore.

Seeing that Xie Mingxian noticed him, a white-bearded old man led by him stepped forward a little tremblingly, he opened his mouth with several missing teeth and said, "Mingxian, remember me?" ”

Xie Mingxian shook his head slightly.

"I'm your grandfather." Although the old man's speech was a little leaky, his voice was quite powerful, "You kid is really a noble person who forgets things." I am a grandfather who lives in the village. ”

Xie Mingxian continued to shake his head, as the son of a concubine, his social status at that time was not high, Xie Mingxian still remembered that he followed his mother to the theater when he was a child, and the strange and mocking eyes of the people around him. When I go out, I often hear all kinds of sarcastic words. Xie Mingxian is not too talkative, but this does not mean that he can't distinguish other people's moods, and his hometown is not a nostalgic place in Xie Mingxian's memory at all.

Those activities such as ancestor worship and big dramas in the village are all big and lively that children like, and Xie Mingxian has never been qualified to be among them. This may be the real reason why Xie Mingxian hates almost all entertainment activities and focuses entirely on reading since he was a child.

Therefore, it is good to have a village entrance or a land. Xie Mingxian didn't go out if he didn't go out, he didn't want to know who lived there, and who lived there was little difference to Xie Mingxian. Anyway, the people who live there must be people who look down on Xie Mingxian.

The old man was obviously very disappointed in Xie Mingxian, no matter how he reminded him, Xie Mingxian did not have the slightest look of sudden realization on his face. He simply sighed and stepped aside.

"Brother Mingxian, do you remember me?" This time it was a hardcover man who came up.

Since he called Xie Mingxian brother, I think this one is younger than Xie Mingxian. However, Xie Mingxian had no desire to continue to talk nonsense with these people at all. He just wanted to persuade the gang to leave, leaving him alone to sit quietly beside his mother.

But the person who spoke didn't have this intention, he continued enthusiastically: "Brother Mingxian, we also studied together when we were children. ”

As soon as he mentioned reading, Xie Mingxian had no good impression of him. If the people in the village can only look at Xie Mingxian with strange eyes, and the students who are studying are the only places where they can directly say sarcastic words to Xie Mingxian. There is no need to identify who that person is, it must be the guy who once mocked Xie Mingxian to his face.