Six: The last wish

Wang Mingming said a little sadly: "It's good that Sister-in-law Yang can work. I'm so envious. I was ruined by the devils, and I will only be able to grow vegetables in the yard from now on. Aunt Li said, "You, you are a big businessman." When the situation stabilizes and you return to your old business, your vegetable patch will become a garden again. They laughed together.

Aunt Li said: "I went to the street to see people setting off firecrackers, but it was lively. Young people danced and sang in the square, celebrating the victory all over the world. Nanjing was taken back from the hands of the Japanese devils, and Nanjing was recovered.

"The eight years of the Anti-Japanese War are short in our lives, but the experience of our generation is so long and arduous, we struggle on the line of life and death every day, and now we have survived. But these eight years are our eternal pain, let us always remember it in the days of victory, remember the days of darkness, fear and shame. Remember the anti-Japanese soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the war of resistance.

"Some of my friends went to Chongqing before the Anti-Japanese War and went there for eight years. They're coming back. Wang Mingming's relatives are also coming back. Your mother-in-law and your husband are coming back. The compound of your Zhang Mansion is going to be lively again. ”

Aunt Li's words reminded Wang Mingming of the last time her mother-in-law and her husband were in the hospital. I think of the horrific massacre, of my aunt and my eldest cousin, of how I cried all night like a ghost in the mountains. remembered the deep hatred and hatred of Jinling's daughter when she masked and assassinated the devil. She wept as she recalled the hardships she had experienced for eight years. Sister-in-law Yang also cried, she probably remembered her relatives who died in battle.

Aunt Yang sighed and said, "Aunt Li, the owner, we have survived eight years of not being a human being. Now that we have won, we toast to the recovery of Nanjing and the return of our loved ones. Together, they stood up and toasted to victory.

Aunt Li said: "I have experienced the recovery of Nanjing twice in my life. This is once. In 1911, under the attack of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army, Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, sat in a basket and fell down the city wall to escape for his life. Zhang Xun also crossed the river with 2,000 pigtailed soldiers and fled north from Pukou. On December 2, Nanjing was liberated. Everyone laughed together.

They were eating, laughing, and talking, and before they knew it, the chickens crowed all over the place, and Aunt Li said, "Oh, it's not early, I have to go back." I don't go home and the porter keeps watching, I'm gone. Sister-in-law Yang, don't forget to wait for the car at home. Sister-in-law Yang said: "Aunt Li, don't worry, I will wait for the car at home." Wait a minute, I'll hire you a car. "She ran out and hired a rickshaw for her. She got into the car and waved excitedly to everyone.

They watched the rickshaw go away, and Wang Mingming said, "Aunt Yang, tomorrow Sister-in-law Yang will go to work, and she will be busy for a few days and nights." We will now go to the place where the platoon commander died to comfort him and his comrades. You hurry up and prepare, we have to go as early as possible. The aunt said, "Okay, okay." Owner, you are really thoughtful. I'm going to prepare. ”

Sister-in-law Yang also went to help Aunt Yang prepare, and Wang Mingming said, "Sister-in-law Yang, you go and call a car." Let's go to school together to pick up the child, he must go to the place where his father died today, I want to tell him the specific place where Platoon Commander Yang sacrificed, and he has to remember that place. ”

As soon as dawn they arrived at Tongji Gate, where there were already people worshipping. Wang Mingming pointed to the grove beside him and said, "The grave of the commander of the platoon is in this wood, and it will not be found for a while." She walked a little down the road, pointed to her feet and said, "This is the specific location where the commander of the platoon commander sacrificed, and this is the place where the commander of the platoon commander sacrificed." With his head on this side, he glared angrily at the direction of the devil's attack. He's still directing the battle. ”

Sister-in-law Yang sat on the ground and cried. Her son fell on his knees and looked up to the sky and shouted, "Daddy! The shout slammed into the walls and bounced back. There was a boom.

Wang Mingming put the tablets of the commander platoon commander, Qiangzi, Chrysanthemum and Liu Ma on the ground. Aunt Yang put away the offerings. Sister-in-law Yang burned paper and cried to tell them the news of the victory. Wang Mingming had never seen Sister-in-law Yang so sad.

Wang Mingming said: "Command the platoon commander, Qiangzi, Chrysanthemum, Mother Liu." I am the third aunt, I have come to visit you, and I am accompanied by the platoon commander's mother, his wife and his son. Commander platoon commander, your mother's health is very good, you have to rest assured, your wife participated in the anti-Japanese struggle and is an anti-Japanese fighter. With your blessing, she's done several missions. This is her glory, and it is also the glory of Aunt and you. Your son has grown up. He's in high school. Tall, especially like you.

"Qiangzi and Chrysanthemum, you fought bravely against the devils in order to defend Nanjing, and now the devils have surrendered, and your ideals have been realized. Qiangzi's parents have not returned. When they return, I will tell them about your glorious deeds. They will be proud of you. ”

"Mother Liu, you sacrificed to protect me, and I will never forget your great kindness. I will always miss you. Your mother and your husband were killed by devils. The house was also set on fire by devils. Now that the devil has surrendered, your deep hatred has been avenged, you can rest assured.

"Command the platoon commander, Qiangzi, Chrysanthemum, Mother Liu. Old Li Tou buried you, and a few years ago he told me to bury you in a clean clearing in the woods. He marked it with a dry twig and a bayonet, and now the grove was full of graves. Lao Li Tou was killed by devils. I don't know where he buried you. I've been looking for a few years and I haven't found you. Tell us where you are in your dreams. ”

After Wang Mingming finished speaking, Chen Feng circled around them one after another. The paper money they burned was strung up the sky and scattered in the sky along the wind. Wang Mingming said, "They heard our prayers. ”

When they returned to the foreign bank, the sky was already white, and Sister-in-law Yang said: "I'm tired, hurry up and sleep for a while, and the car will come and go after a while." After Wang Mingming broke up with Aunt Yang, she came to the gate of her house, and she did not forget to burn paper money for the old housekeeper.

She wrote their names one by one on the ground and drew circles with paper money inside. She shouted, "Old butler." He lit the fire and said, "Old housekeeper, I am the third aunt, and I am here to tell you that the War of Resistance has been won." Your deep hatred has been avenged. She called out a person's name and pointed to a circle of paper money. Her tears rolled down her cheeks as she shouted. She remembered the last time she had named them. It was not yet dawn. The wake-up call of the troops in the city has not yet sounded. The artillery of the devils attacking the city in the direction of the Purple Mountain was fighting tightly.

They stood in a row, very serious but not nervous. They all knew that Nanjing's last moment had arrived. They were determined to follow her and protect her after the fall of Nanjing. She began to roll call, and when she called someone's name, they stood up and replied, "Yes!" Then he said loudly: "Third aunt, I promise you that I would rather die than surrender when the devils entered the city after the fall of Nanjing." Don't be a traitor. ”

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but say, "You have fulfilled your oath with practical actions. You would rather die in the face of all evil devils, and you are the pride of Zhangfu. The devils killed you and threw your corpses into the wilderness, and now the devils have surrendered and China has won. Come back, your indomitable soul, come back to Zhangfu, this is your best destination in the end. ”

Wang Mingming stood up and looked at the wall facing her, which was illuminated by the firelight of the paper money, behind the flying confetti, Wang Mingming saw the old butler standing with his head upright, his left hand tightly holding the pig's head. The master held him by his right arm, and the gardener was behind the pig's head, and he leaned against the wall with difficulty.

The piercing gunshots rang out, and Wang Mingming was shocked. Her vision was blurry, and gradually there was nothing but the gray wall. She bowed three times to the wall to the people in her heart.

Although Wang Mingming was very tired, she didn't feel sleepy at all. She had one last wish. She was going to visit the yellow cat, she had no relatives, no one to tell her the news of the victory.

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