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The two of them talked for a long time, and Lu Fangjun suddenly became serious and said, "When are you going to see your comrades-in-arms?" I'd like to go with you too."

"I don't know what to do, I have to solve things one by one first." Zhao Guodong said.

"Yes, you see that you are old and young, and the time is really not convenient." Lu Fangjun said with a general feeling, "It's been more than ten years since I left the army in a flash, and I don't know if I can see the old guy this time, and my brother doesn't know how Lu Dao is doing now?" ”

"I don't know how to do it, when I left, the regiment commander took the fifth regiment to the front line, and I haven't been in contact for so many years, and I don't know how their battle went." Zhao Guodong looked at the roof with his eyes, "The guys on Shanying's mouth don't know whether Lu Dao is lonely or not, and they don't know who is offering the cigarettes and alcohol during the New Year's holidays." ”

"When you're done with the things at hand, and Xiao Yingzi can take care of herself, we'll take a trip, and we'll probably be old by then."

"yes, we were all old at that time." Zhao Guodong said with emotion.

"Come on, I have to go back, it's not too early this day, if I'm late to go back, I guess I'll be as virtuous as you."

"It's not good to be virtuous with me, I'll feed and drink you when the time comes."

"Forget it, it's good if you don't throw me on the side of the road." Lu Fangjun said and walked outside the door, "I'm leaving, take care of my injuries, maybe one day I'll come to you again, I'm a person who has not fallen behind, I've been living in school, what's the matter, let Xiaoying bring me a message, ah, I'm leaving." ”

"Okay, no problem. Xiaoying sent Teacher Lu. ”

"Hey, Mr. Lu, I'll send you." Xiao Yingzi was washing pots and dishes, and when she heard Zhao Guodong calling her, she quickly wiped her hands on her apron twice and walked outside.

"No, no, I found it myself, you go back and take good care of your uncle and let him recover soon." After Lu Fangjun finished speaking, he left, and he didn't care that Xiaoying behind him didn't come out.

"Gone?"

"Gone."

"Are you done?"

"It's over."

"Sit here, and I'll say a couple of words to you."

"Hey." Xiaoying took off her apron and moved a stool to sit in front of Zhao Guodong, "Father Guodong, tell me something." ”

"You know that when I came back from the army, I brought a box, you also read it, it was full of some suicide notes from my comrades-in-arms, as well as their medals, and we said in the last battle, no matter who is alive, we must send the contents of this box to their relatives, and I have to fulfill their wishes."

"So I have to leave you for a long time."

"And when are you leaving?" Xiao Ying looked at Zhao Guodong worriedly, afraid that he would leave tomorrow.

"Don't worry, you haven't grown up yet, and when you go to college, you can live on your own, and you can take care of yourself, that's when I leave." Zhao Guodong touched Xiao Yingzi's hair and said.

"Daddy Gordon, can you not go?"

"I am a soldier, whether I am in the army or discharged from the army, I will fulfill my responsibilities as a soldier." Zhao Guodong did not say this impassionedly, but calmly said it to Xiao Yingzi. It was the soft words that made Xiao Yingzi burst into tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry, haven't I left yet, don't you see if you haven't finished junior high school yet? Haven't you been to high school yet? Isn't that a few years away? Zhao Guodong patted Xiao Yingzi, who was crying in his arms.

"But, but you, you still have to, you have to go." Xiao Yingzi choked.

"Isn't that a few years away? Now I want you to be mentally prepared, so that you can learn to be independent and learn to adapt to the time when there are no adults around. ”

"I don't want you to leave, I don't want to, I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going to high school, I'm not going to college, I'm just staying with you, I'm not going anywhere."

Zhao Guodong doesn't know how to comfort Xiao Yingzi, so to speak, Xiao Yingzi grew up with him and Aunt Mei since she was a child, and she has never left, and Xiao Yingzi has lost her parents since she was a child, and she already has a deep sense of dependence on Zhao Guodong, and now she suddenly heard that her only relative was going to leave her, even if the time was still far away, but her heart must be like someone hollowed out. Zhao Guodong understands this feeling very well, just like when he lost Li Jing.

Late at night, Zhao Guodong leaned his head against the wall, looking at the roof. Xiao Yingzi was tired from lying in her arms, she was already asleep, and she was still shouting in her sleep, Father Guodong don't leave me, don't leave me. Zhao Guodong touched Xiao Yingzi's hair affectionately, and sighed silently, one day I will leave this matter completely, you have to learn to take care of yourself, you have to get used to the days when we are not by your side, at that time, you must also have your own concerns, have a home of your own.

The days passed in Xiao Yingzi's fear, and a week passed when Zhao Guodong's wound was slowly healing.

On this day, Zhao Guodong finally got rid of the gauze and was able to get out of bed by himself.

"It's better to walk on the ground by yourself, and you can eat by yourself, not bad." Xiao Yingzi helped Zhao Guodong to walk on the ground, "Go and help me go and see your grandmother." ”

Xiao Yingzi helped Zhao Guodong into the back room according to her words, Aunt Mei's figure was obviously emaciated, her face was much paler, there was not much meat on her hands at all, and she saw that the skin was wrapped in blood vessels and bones, and her hair was still very finely taken care of by Xiao Yingzi.

Last time, Xiao Yingzi heard a noise in the house, and hurriedly ran in, and found that Aunt Mei could poop and pee, so she quickly told Zhao Guodong excitedly, and when Xiao Yingzi took off all the clothes on Aunt Mei's body, and changed the sheets and everything, Aunt Mei didn't move again, Zhao Guodong asked Xiao Yingzi to find Lu Fangjun and asked him to help find a doctor, the doctor came and checked it carefully, shook his head, and didn't say anything.

Under Zhao Guodong's repeated questioning, the doctor said that Aunt Mei had entered a deep sleep, to put it bluntly, she was motionless like a turtle, only breathing and heartbeat, not eating or drinking, and the most important thing was that there was no way to treat the current medical conditions, so she could only prepare for the future. Zhao Guodong asked how long she could live, and the doctor said that it was not good, and it might not be far away when her body's energy was exhausted, no more than a month at most.

One sentence knocked Zhao Guodong to the bottom, his body and mind were cold, and he didn't slow down for a day, if Xiao Yingzi hadn't been by his side, he might have thought that Zhao Guodong was the same as Aunt Mei.

Looking at Aunt Mei's appearance today, Zhao Guodong couldn't hold back his tears, gently held Aunt Mei's hand and put it on his cheek, "You suffered, I'm sorry for you." ”

On this day, Zhao Guodong didn't do anything, didn't move, didn't eat, just sat with Aunt Mei the day before, until Xiao Yingzi was sleepy, Zhao Guodong got up and went back to his bed, in the middle of the night, Xiao Yingzi heard a faint cry in the outhouse, Xiao Yingzi knew that some tears did not need to be seen by others.

Early the next morning, when Xiao Yingzi woke up, he found that Zhao Guodong was gone, and left a note on the table, asking Xiao Yingzi to cook and eat by himself Don't worry about him, he went to the construction site and will come back in the evening.

Zhao Guodong came to the construction site early in the morning, and brought the envelope that Foreman Chen left at home that day, but he didn't expect him to come early, there was no one on the construction site, Zhao Guodong turned around the construction site, and found that the construction site had come to an end, there was not much work to do, and it could be completed in the morning.

After a long while, the food on the construction site began to come one after another, and the workers greeted Zhao Guodong warmly.

"Lao Zhao is here?" Worker A said, "Hey, it's coming." ”

"I heard that you are seriously injured, how are you doing?" Worker B asked.

"Almost."

"Looking at Lao Zhao, it looks like he can move, but he seems to be a little fat." Worker C said.

"I just lie in bed every day and can't move, can I not get fat." Zhao Guodong joked with these workers for a while, and the workers began to work and began to work.

Foreman Chen and Lao Liang were the last to arrive, and Lao Liang was surprised when he saw Zhao Guodong, "Yo, Lao Zhao, you can go." Saying that, Lao Liang circled around Zhao Guodong and looked up and down, "Not bad, not bad, recovery is good, but it seems to be a little fat." ”

"Alright, if you lie in bed for a week, you don't do anything but eat for a day, and you're just as fat." Foreman Chen smiled and said, "Okay, don't stand outside, let's go inside and talk." ”

The three of them sat in the house, and Lao Liang poured a glass of water for the three of them.

"How's it going, how's your recovery going?" Foreman Chen asked.

"I'm almost recovered, and there are no sequelae." Zhao Guodong replied.

"That's good, or I'll have one less right-hand man." Foreman Chen said with a smile.

"Why is it so late to start today? Normally, work would have started long ago. Zhao Guodong asked.

"This is this is this let them come so late, the construction site has been accepted, at noon I went to settle the money with others, today is mainly to clean the construction site, put away our tools, today at noon will come to the car to pull all the things away, in the remaining cement, steel and other things, I also said hello to those who supply, and they will come later, these remaining things are returned to them, there is nothing else, the rest is the matter of wages." Foreman Chen said.

"So fast? It's only been a week? ”

"Hehe, it's mainly Lao Liang's workers who have worked extra for a few days, but fortunately the workers don't have any complaints, otherwise we wouldn't be able to do it so fast."

"It's not all your orders, or I'm going to do it." As soon as Lao Liang said this, the three of them laughed.

"Let's have dinner at noon today, drink a little more when the time comes, don't drink it Guodong, your body has just recovered, and you're making some other mess, I can't explain to your daughter." Well, the two of you will follow those suppliers to take stock later, and don't let us suffer. ”

"Don't worry."