Liang Laohan is a stonemason, in his fifties, and half of his hair and beard have turned white. He has lived in the suburbs of Taiyuan for generations, and he has not been touched by the light of the historical city of Taiyuan for several generations, but lives in embarrassment, and can only rely on the craft of stonemasons to find a living.

He and his wife live near Taiyuan North Airport.

"Old man, it's time to eat, what are you still messing with?"

My wife, Mrs. Xu, is also forty-eight years old this year, and from the next village, from birth to marrying Liang Laohan, until now, the places I have been to are just a few miles away. Liang Laohan has been working as a stonemason for many years, and she has taken care of her two children at home.

Both children are married and work in the coal mines.

The old man has a craft, and his son is not willing to let go after starting a family, and last year he was busy at the North Airport for a whole year, as a stonemason, he participated in the construction of the airport and supported the war with practical actions.

"What do you shout, you eat first, I'm not hungry."

Liang Laohan's voice came from the house, don't look at the old man's age, but he still has the strength, during the critical situation on the battlefield in Tianjin and Beijing, and the southwest funded and contributed to the construction of the North Airport, it was with the participation of many people like him that a small airport was built into a large field airport in a short period of time.

When he was working at the North Airport, it was Liang Laohan, a stonemason who was almost ancient, who solved many problems in airport construction and runway foundation.

It is said to be a house, but in fact it is a simple side house, which is full of stones and stonemason tools such as hammers, chisels, and chisels. The old man, dressed in shabby clothes, was busy beside a large rock in the middle of the house.

This is not an ordinary stone material, the tone is elegant, the texture is clear, the whole stone material is a faint crystal white, take a closer look, it is actually a piece of white marble that is in very good condition.

This is a white marble statue that is appropriately enlarged in life-size and is almost finished.

On the wall next to the statue, following the direction of Liang Laohan's gaze, there is a large-size portrait painting, and the person on the portrait is Zhang Shusheng, who is about to become the supreme leader of New China.

Looking at the white marble statue again, the whole is a living Zhang Shusheng, dressed in the simple black long dress he often wears, raising his left hand slightly, his eyes are blazing in front of him, as if he has seen the rivers and mountains of the motherland.

"Yo, old man, you're almost done?"

Mrs. Xu turned in and took a look, it was just a rough mold for a few days, but today it is basically done, and the carving of the old man working overtime and staying up late can be regarded as not in vain. "Old man, how can you send this carving to Hanjing? How much will it cost to transport it? ”

Mrs. Xu is very proud of her wife's craftsmanship, and after many years, her wife has finally been able to complete one of the most painstaking works.

"Alas, carve it first, and I'll send it to the airport when I go back, and they will definitely be able to send it to Hanjing."

Liang Laohan remembered what he saw and heard when he was a masonry at the airport, and he couldn't help laughing honestly, the new deal axe is good.

This white marble statue was originally found from a mountain when he was working as a stonemason, but now it comes in handy.

The officers and men of the new political axe are kind and angry, and the people at the airport are not the kind of high-ranking officers, and last year when the grandson fell ill, Dr. Wang of the airport hospital also made a report and applied for a very expensive special medicine for the grandson.

In addition to these first-hand experiences at the airport, there are many more dramatic changes brought about by the New Deal.

Although the old man was only a stonemason, he was an ancestral stone carver. It's just that the ancestor was convicted of stone carving, and in his generation, subject to the ancestral training, he could only carve some small things secretly.

Seeing that the southwest had defeated the devils and was about to set up a new political axe, the old man was sincerely happy and decided to return to his old business and carve a white marble statue for the supreme leader of New China.

The whole white marble statue is 1.872 meters high, and the base of the statue is about 1.99 meters.......

Just then there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Aunt Xu ran to open the door, but saw the village chief standing at the door of her house with a few people she didn't know, although the old woman had no knowledge, but from the dignified and serious clothes of the few people in front of her, she could guess that the person who came was not an ordinary person. "Village Chief, what's going on?"

"Sister Xu, we are here to give you good news. Hahaha, let the comrades in the county talk to you. The village chief stepped out of the way and introduced a few people behind Aunt Xu.

"You're Aunt Xu, right? Let's look for Mr. Liang Bicheng. ”

"Please, please come in, I'll call him." Seeing that the popularity of the visitor was extraordinary, Aunt Xu stammered a little, and hurriedly went in to find the old man, "Old man, go out quickly, someone is at home." ”

"Where are you going, I didn't see that I was busy." The old man was working, and he didn't look back and said he couldn't go, he was very stubborn. And when Aunt Xu turned around, she saw that the two comrades in the county had been attracted to the side room by the sound of hammers.

"Huh? Statue of Chairman Zhang!! The visitor recognized it as a white marble statue at a glance, but he didn't dare to disturb Liang Laohan, waved his hand to Aunt Xu, signaled to withdraw from the door, and waited for Liang Laohan.

It wasn't until noon that Liang Laohan finished carving the last detail, carefully studied it for a few minutes, and was very satisfied before stretching his waist and putting down the chisel in his hand.

"Hey, what are you comrades doing?" As soon as Liang Laohan turned around, he saw people standing outside the door, and he really couldn't remember why so many people came to the house, and the clothes of those people suddenly reminded him of the officials in the southwest, but he had seen a lot of them at the airport.

"The carving is so good, it's really good, Mr. Liang, you are really old and strong, and you have done a great thing." A leading official in the county took the lead in applauding, saying in his heart that although this old man Liang is poor and old, his heart is towards the new political axe.

Liang Laohan was a little dazed, what was going on.

"Comrade Liang Bicheng, I am Secretary Luo of the County Political Axe Office, and I have good news for you." Secretary Luo of the county government axe sat back on the chair, looked at the old couple Liang Bicheng who was at a loss, signaled that it was okay, opened the briefcase, and took out a red-headed document.

"Comrade Liang Bicheng: Because of your outstanding contributions during the construction of the North Airport, after the application of the county political axe and the review of the new political axe preparatory committee, you are hereby invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China as a representative of farmers."

The chisel that Liang Laohan was holding in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

......"Comrade Zhou Zikai: Due to your great achievements in the field of cross-breeding, after the application of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the review of the Preparatory Committee of the New Deal Axe, you are hereby invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China as a representative of science and technology. ”

"Comrade Zou Shuming: Due to your great achievements in the field of medicine, after the application of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the review of the New Deal Axe Committee, you are hereby invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China as a representative of science and technology."

...... "Comrade Wu Yuru: Because you have performed particularly well in your work for many years and have been rated as a special model worker for many times, after the application of Shusheng Company and the review of the Preparatory Committee of the New Deal Axe, you are hereby invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony as a worker representative. ”

...... "Comrade Chen Erzhu: Because you have performed particularly well in the sanitation work for many years, and have won the title of special sanitation imitation for many times, after the application of the municipal axe and the review of the preparatory committee of the new deal axe, you are hereby invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony as a representative of the sanitation system. ”

...... "Comrade Tang Lin: Since you took the initiative to actively cooperate with the people's army on many occasions during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and provided many important helps, after the application of the military department and the review of the Preparatory Committee for the New Deal Axe, I hereby invite you to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China as a model representative of the military and civilian friendship. ”

...... "Comrade Cao Jun: Since you have taken the initiative to distribute a large number of urgently needed medicinal materials and medicinal decoctions to refugees free of charge during the emergency period, after the application of the municipal axe and the review of the preparatory committee of the new deal axe, you are specially invited to go to Hanjing to watch the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China as a representative of traditional Chinese medicine culture. ”

...... "Comrade Wei Yang: Because of your outstanding performance in the battle to liberate Hong Kong......"

…… Throughout the end of May and the beginning of June, nearly 1,500 delegates from all over the country rushed to Hanjing by car, boat, and plane to prepare for the founding ceremony of New China.

On 1 June, the Chinese People's Army Navy aircraft carrier task force arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and some small and medium-sized warships will sail up the river to the river near Hanjing to carry out naval military exercises.

On 2 June, all the guard units for the founding ceremony were arranged, and the troops that were about to participate in the founding parade also entered the final training sprint period.

Hanjing in June is a little less beautiful in the south of the Yangtze River and more solemn and solemn as the capital of New China. Whether it is the original Nanjing city or the newly built urban area, they are immersed in a joyful atmosphere of imminent change of dynasty.

Beginning on 1 June, more than 100,000 people from all over the country spontaneously went to Hanjing to prepare for the founding ceremony.

At the same time, representatives from various localities and military and political representatives also arrived in Hanjing one after another.

In the already prosperous old town of Hanjing, some citizens spontaneously organized to clean the city, and more than 100,000 people went to the streets to clean up and level the ground. All in order to welcome the birthday of New China, so that this ancient Jinling City will bloom in front of the Chinese people around the world with a new look.

San Francisco, Thompson Street "Knock Knock ......"

Gu Tiangen, who is nearly seventy years old, is a typical epitome of the Chinese in San Francisco, from the early life of pigs and dogs, to the diligence and simplicity of relying on Chinese, and slowly having an almost human-like life, and then to the change of political attitude and the loosening of policies in all aspects, Gu Tiangen opened a Chinese restaurant and started a business of foreigners who were almost unimaginable before.

"Who are you?"

When he saw the strange yellow-skinned man in front of him, Gu Tiangen still had some doubts, but he was sure that it was a Chinese in front of him. In recent years, he donated money to the Anti-Japanese War, donating most of the income from restaurants to China, hoping that poor and weak China could buy one more gun, make one more bullet, and kill a few more people. In addition, he also sponsored or donated money to many Chinese people who were killed in San Francisco.

But the Chinese in front of him is in very good spirits, and has a fanatical mood that is almost like a religious believer.

"May I ask if you are Mr. Gu Tiangen?"

"Yes."

"Hello Mr. Gu, I am a staff member of the New China Office in San Francisco, in view of your long-term financial support for the motherland, the New Deal Axe specifically invites you to return to China to participate in the founding ceremony!!"

"This, this ......"

At that moment, Gu Tiangen's heart, which was already old, suddenly rejuvenated the new year, and the motherland, which had been far away from him for many years, seemed to appear in front of him again.

"Mr. Gu, the motherland will never forget you!"

"Okay, good, good, hahaha...... Go, go back, go back tomorrow! Even if it's dead, I'm going to go back and see. ”

In addition to representatives from all over the country, representatives of all ethnic groups. The Preparatory Committee for the New Deal also extended an invitation to the vast number of overseas Chinese. Although they may have forgotten that they had donated such a sum of money a few years ago, the new political axe also did not forget them, but organized a large number of people to verify the donations received by overseas Chinese in recent years, and strive to let more Chinese people who once had selfless feelings for the Chinese nation return to China to watch the ceremony. Many people, when they may have forgotten this incident, received an invitation letter from the staff of China's transitional political axe, thinking of the motherland thousands of miles away, they couldn't help but cry, and resolutely said that even if they die, they will return to the motherland to see the new face of new China.

At the same time, the transitional political axe was widely published in local newspapers, inviting overseas Chinese to return to China to participate in the founding ceremony, hoping that they would be able to return to China at an appropriate time to develop and support the upcoming national construction.

The first paragraph of the news reads: No matter where the descendants of the dragon are, New China will always be your mother.

And the headline of the news was: The Wanderer Returns!!

At six o'clock in the morning on June 9, 1933, an earth-shattering siren sounded over Hanjing, and the people who had already received the news were not alarmed, but cheered.

Everyone has changed into their best clothes, dressed up, called for their children, and those who have been approved will go to the world's first Chinese People's Square to participate in the founding ceremony.

At dawn, the streets were already full of KPA soldiers with loaded guns, each with their chests held high, their faces straight, and their hands clenched with steel guns in their hands. It seems that they are not carrying out a guard plan, but a tribute to the coming sacred moment.

At 7:20, the originally empty Huaxia Square became a sea of flowers and colorful flags after only an hour and a half.

However, these crowds were not messy, they were divided into basic phalanxes, ready for the upcoming ceremony.

At eight o'clock, the time for the founding ceremony finally arrived.

A cheer that shook the sky suddenly broke out in Huaxia Square, colorful flags fluttered one after another, flowers danced like a tide, and the cheers of hundreds of thousands of people were countless times louder than the sound of the city's sirens just now.

Everyone forgot to go in one direction, only to see the direction of the city tower in Huaxia Square, a person had already appeared on the rostrum, Zhou Guolai, secretary general of the Government Council and deputy director of the Preparatory Committee for the New Deal Axe, stepped onto the podium, into the microphone, with a calm voice, personally announced:

"The founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China has officially begun!! ――

(To be continued)