Lin Gong has mixed feelings, a bitter rural girl who used to be bitter, has now become very rich in her mother's year, and is about to become a big girl. In fact, during the Chinese New Year, he found that his daughter had undergone tremendous changes, mature, optimistic, confident, assertive, and more youthful and energetic. Now he understands that it is because of the heroic, calm and handsome big boy in front of him that his daughter has undergone such a big change.

After the unusually rich lunch, Master Huang and Lin Xue were going to work, and Yu Songyuan put a whole pig's hind leg and four or five dried fish into a bag and forced Master Huang to take them home.

Before Yu Songyuan went to school in the afternoon, he sat in the kitchen with the forest workers and talked again. The forest worker coughed and asked, "Who are all the people in your family?" Yu Songyuan told the truth about his family situation.

"Your name is Yu Xinhe, and your master's name is Yu Xinmin? Are you from Yujia Village? ”

"Yes. Do you know them, Uncle Lin? ”

"No wonder you are heroic, good boy, Brother Yu Xinhe was powerful on both sides of the river, although I was young at the time, but how could I not know later. In case you didn't know, Bansha Village is right next to our farm. Back then, after your grandparents were burned to death by the Japanese invaders, you Dayu Xinhe took your mother and your grandfather and aunt and fled to Zhang Wenbo's house in Bansha Village. Soon, there was a bloody battle with the Japanese, and you Dayu Xinhe personally killed the leader of the Japanese Kemu squadron. ”

"But they never tell us about these things."

"That's because they have pain in their hearts. Your aunt and his wife, because they were dissatisfied with the land reform policy, were passively resisted, and were criticized, and finally both died young. This result is difficult for your big and your master to accept. In addition, they got rid of so many traitors back then, but the descendants of these traitors are still alive. Your eldest and your youngest grandfather are also for the safety of your descendants, so they don't want to talk about themselves. ”

Lin Gong sighed softly, "Back then, the Japanese invaders caused a lot of tragedies, and countless people were slaughtered. On both sides of the river, the people are the descendants of pioneers and have never succumbed. Xiaoxue's grandfather and grandmother, like you and your grandfather, are national heroes, but they have sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. ”

Yu Songyuan was extremely shocked, "Weishenme, I've never heard Lin Xue say it?" ”

Lin Gong said gloomily, "This is an eternal pain in my heart, I haven't told the children." Son, you go to school first, and then talk about it in the evening. ”

In the evening, the forest worker called Yu Songyuan and Lin Xue together, took out a small package wrapped in broken blue cloth from his arms, handed it to her, and said, "This package, I have been stored in the storage cabinet of the school factory, when I heard that Xiao Yu is the son of the old hero Yu Xinhe, I decided to tell you our family history, you open it and take a look." ”

This wrapping cloth looks like it's been around for years. Lin Xue carefully opened the package layer by layer, only to see that there was something wrapped in a layer of sea-blue fine flannel inside. She opened the flannel cloth and saw a green jade carving the size of a teacup, lying quietly on a folded women's shirt that was old but still delicate and delicate, shining softly in the light.

She carefully picked up the jade carving, only to see a dragon and a phoenix in the jade carving, each living in half. The dragon is a rising dragon, opening its mouth and turning its body, looking back at the phoenix; The phoenix is a phoenix, spreading its wings and cocking its tail, and raising its eyes to look at the dragon. The surrounding clouds are peaceful. The whole jade carving is antique and exquisite. Lin Xue asked happily, "This is a jade pendant, big, our family is so poor, how can you have such a valuable good thing?" ”

Lin Gong said, "This is the Tang Dynasty's 'dragon and phoenix Chengxiang - dragon and phoenix pendant', which flowed out of the court after the Anshi Rebellion." It turned out to be two pieces, and it was the love of your grandfather and your grandmother. Your grandfather's piece is long gone. This piece belongs to your grandmother, and she saved it by entrusting me and this piece of jade to someone else before she was killed by the enemy......"

"Huh? Aren't my grandpa and grandma still alive? Lin Xue asked puzzled.

"Kids, they're not your own grandpa and grandma. Your grandfather and grandmother died as early as the Anti-Japanese War. Your grandfather was the commander of the New Fourth Army and died on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. Your grandmother was killed by devils on the river beach at your feet after she was arrested. The forester said bitterly.

Lin Xue pressed the jade pendant tightly to her chest, "You mean, you mean...... This was the execution ground, and it was here that my grandmother was killed?! I've been living on the execution ground where my own grandmother was righteous back then?! ”

Lin Gong's face turned pale, he sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, nodded painfully, and took a breath before he said, "This shirt under the jade pendant is a relic of your grandmother, and it is the ...... she wore before she was arrested."

At the beginning of 1939, the Japanese invaders landed at the mouth of the Guan River and Sheyang River and quickly occupied the vast areas of northern Jiangsu, such as Huai, Lian, and Fu. The people of northern Jiangsu did not want to be slaves to the country, they spontaneously organized and fought hard, but they were ruthlessly slaughtered by the Japanese invaders. In less than a year, dozens of tragic tragedies have occurred on this great plain.

One of the tragic incidents occurred in six small towns located on the edge of the abandoned Yellow River about 10 kilometers away from Yujia Village.

On the sixth day of the second lunar month in 1939, the Japanese army set out from Guanjiang County, ran for a long distance, and before dawn in the early morning, suddenly surrounded Liutao Town, and then launched a massacre.

The atrocities of the Japanese army aroused a stronger resistance of the people in northern Jiangsu, and only one month after the "26" tragedy, the famous bloody battle against the Japanese invaders broke out in northern Jiangsu.

After the Japanese army launched a full-scale war of aggression against China in July 1937, from the spring of 1938, all localities in northern Jiangsu voluntarily organized Lianzhuang Associations to carry out armed self-defense according to natural villages. In the summer, on the basis of the Lianzhuang Association, a non-governmental self-defense organization with the main purpose of preventing soldiers and bandits, the Little Knife Society, was spontaneously established.

The Little Knife Club is a non-governmental armed organization with a strong national consciousness and feudal superstition. It set up synagogues in various villages, burned incense charms, swore curses, burned incense and bowed, and asked the gods to bless the village with peace.

At two o'clock in the morning on the sixth day of the third lunar month in 1939, Qi Shiding, the head of the Xiaodao Society, led more than 700 members of the Xiaodao Society, braved the drizzle and suddenly launched an attack on three sets of Japanese strongholds. After surrounding the Japanese stronghold, they quickly launched a charge. The sudden attack of the Little Knife Society caught the Japanese army off guard, and the outer positions were quickly occupied by the Little Knife Society, and they had to retreat into the three sets of towns.

Fierce street fighting quickly unfolded, and the knives would be fought house by house, and after a bloody battle, dozens of Japanese soldiers were annihilated, and only a dozen people retreated into the courtyard of a private house to hold on to help. Just when the Little Knife Society was about to launch a Zuihou attack to annihilate the Japanese army, a group of puppet troops and local bandits suddenly launched a flanking attack on the Little Knife Society from the back of the Little Knife Society, causing the Little Knife Society to be attacked on both sides, losing the great opportunity for Zuihou to annihilate the Japanese army, and was forced to withdraw from the battle.

This bloody battle shook the whole of northern Jiangsu, inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, made the Japanese puppet army frightened, and also inspired the fighting spirit of the people of northern Jiangsu to resist the Japanese invasion. After the end of this battle, the devils and puppet troops in Dongkan, Santao and other strongholds immediately withdrew in a hurry and retreated to Guanjiang County and several major strongholds in the surrounding areas.

However, in this bloody battle, although the Little Knife Club taught the devils a lesson and avenged the innocent people who were slaughtered by the Japanese invaders such as the "Erliu Massacre" and the "Yujiacun Massacre", they also paid a heavy price, 11 members who could fight well were killed, and the 64-year-old head hall master Qi Shiding died on the battlefield.

Your grandfather's name is Lin Ziqiao, who is good at using two guns, both civil and military, and he participated in this bloody battle organized by the Little Knife Society. Soon after this battle, the Eighth Route Army marched south from Lunan into northern Jiangsu, and your grandfather led more than 300 congregations of his Xiaodao Society to join the Third Regiment of the Eighth Route Army's Longhai Advance Detachment (Sulu Detachment, known as "Nanting" or "Nan Column") in history.

After the outbreak of the "Southern Anhui Incident", the Sulu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the north successfully joined forces in Fulin to form the Third Division of the New Fourth Army with General Huang Kecheng as the division commander. Your grandfather became the commander of the 27th Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, and led the troops to be active in various parts of the coastal area of northern Jiangsu, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese devils and the puppet army.

Back then, your grandfather was famous in northern Jiangsu, and the "Double-Gun Linzi Bridge" was famous, and the devils in various strongholds were all frightened. Under the direct command of General Zhang Aiping, commander of the Eighth Brigade, the 27th Regiment crisscrossed the coastal land, fought countless dangerous and vicious battles, and became a strong force of the New Fourth Army.

Your grandmother is also surnamed Lin, her name is Lin Xue'er, and she is the only daughter of Lin Daxing, the owner of Dayouxinglong Salt Company. After graduating from high school, she was sent to Shanghai to attend St. John's Church University. After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, in order to arouse the people, she and her classmates formed a theatrical performance team, all the way to promote anti-Japanese resistance, all the way to Yan'an.

When the propaganda team arrived in our county town of Guanjiang, they met with the local anti-Japanese student organizations and jointly organized theatrical performances. Later, she and some of her team members joined the New Fourth Army on the spot, while some of her classmates continued to run to Yan'an.

That's when your grandmother met your grandfather. At that time, your grandfather was still the battalion commander, and their common ambitions and ideals made them quickly fall in love and become partners, and I was born back then.

When I was very young, due to my special family background and the needs of the situation of the struggle against the enemy, your grandmother was organized and arranged to join the enemy engineering department of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army to engage in the work of united front and disintegration of the enemy army.

Your grandfather, who is still alive, is called Zheng Kemin, the son of a big squire in the county seat. Very early, because of his parents' orders and matchmakers' words, he married Yao, the daughter of a large squire, but he and Yao have been married for many years, and there is no man and half girl until the divorce. Zheng Kemin later ran away from home and joined the Longhai South Advance Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, serving as a squad leader under your grandfather.

The county seat at your feet was then the center of the enemy's reign in the coastal area. Because your grandmother is engaged in enemy work, she frequently goes in and out of Guanjiang County, and her foothold is in Yao's house. Under her influence, Yao also actively participated in revolutionary work, and she formed a deep sisterhood with Yao.

In 1944, your grandfather, Lin Ziqiao, was killed by a stray bullet while commanding a battle that was about to end. At this time, your grandmother is on a mission in the county seat and does not know it. I was only four years old at the time, and I have been sick since I was a child, and when your grandmother was on a mission, she took me to the county seat and was taken by Yao for medical treatment.

However, during a mission, your grandmother's whereabouts were discovered by Japanese puppet agents due to a traitor's whistleblowing.

Yao later told me that at the critical moment when the detective team was about to break into the door, your grandmother entrusted Yu Pei and me to Yao, and pushed us out of the small corner gate in the backyard where the subordinates entered, dressed themselves, and calmly arrested.