In June of the tenth year of Chongzhen, at the Xueli Station Station in Phoenix City, Liaodong, a passenger carriage stopped, and Chen Ying, who was wearing people's clothes, jumped out of the carriage, and then put two children next, and finally his daughter-in-law.

A flag captain stationed at Xueli Station came over and was about to ask, when he first saw a row of medals on Chen Ying's chest, and immediately gave a military salute.

"I'm going to Chenjiazhai." Chen Ying took out the discharge resettlement book issued by the Military Affairs Department, he was arranged in his hometown, divided fifty acres of land, and took away the shares of the trading company, and also served as a reserve battalion officer in the Phoenix City Mobilization Command.

The captain of the flag saw that Chen Ying's position before he retired from the army was deputy general manager, and immediately called a few soldiers and asked them to help Chen Ying carry his luggage.

Chen Ying strode ahead, he did not go directly to the village, but walked to the foot of a small hill next to it, and there were countless graves.

Compared with when he left home, this place has changed a lot, but Chen Ying still clearly remembers the location, he walked to a few grave bags and lit the incense wax he brought, and then knelt down with a puff and kowtowed a few times.

His daughter-in-law also came to kneel down, and the two children ate candy and watched their parents' movements strangely.

Chen Ying raised her head and said loudly to the grave bag: "Father, mother, brother, I'm back, I have avenged you, and I will live here in the future, and I am not afraid that no one will go to your grave during the New Year's holidays." ”

Chen Ying had tears on her face, and pointed to her son and daughter-in-law next to her, "I also have a daughter-in-law and a baby, and the Chen family has a future." ”

He stood up after kowtowing a few more times, and the daughter-in-law next to him looked around curiously, "Daddy, it turns out that you lived here when you were young." ”

Chen Ying wiped her tears, put on a gentle smile, picked up her son next to her, pointed to the village not far away and said to him: "This is our home, my father grew up here, we are back today, and you will grow up here." ”

The eldest son asked curiously, "Then Dad, why did you leave in the first place, why did we come back?" ”

"We couldn't beat the Tartars at the beginning, but now the Tartars can't beat us."

"Why can't the Tartars beat us now?"

Chen Ying patted the medal on her chest, "Because there are many heroes like your father nowadays." ”

The child clapped his hands and laughed, and the daughter-in-law next to him picked up another child, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the family walked slowly towards the smoking village......

Thirty-five years later, Jingshi.

There was a faint cry in the palace, in the bright dormitory, the gray-haired Liu Minyou sat on the edge of the bed, the old man on the bed had already faded, Chen Xin opened his eyes slightly, stretched out a hand and said weakly, "I want to be buried outside Tianjin, and I will leave other things to you later." ”

Liu Minyou gently held the old brother's hand and nodded gently, Chen Xinchang let out a long breath, "I've been tired of you for decades, and I have had a dream of Wang Tu hegemony, and in the end, I feel a lot of guilt for many people, and many people may not have to die." ”

Liu Minyou said softly, "You have done a good job, you have eliminated the Jiannu, and distributed all the Huangzhuang and Huangdian of the previous dynasty to the people, with the national constitution, with the separation of powers, now the people are rich and prosperous, the territory is expanding, and the country is thriving." ”

Chen Xin smiled, "Don't boast, I'm just an ordinary person, if I don't have that pyramid, maybe I will retire as an office director......"

"You're too modest, you should be the general manager or the chairman." Liu Minyou interrupted with a smile, "At least the vice president." ”

"Perhaps." Chen Xin also smiled and said, "You may retire as a technical director." ”

The two laughed together, and distant and vague memories resurfaced in front of them.

Chen Xin's face was a little red after laughing, he sat up and coughed loudly, Liu Minyou hurriedly helped him pat for a while, Chen Xin gasped for a long time and slowly lay back on the high pillow, and suddenly asked Liu Minyou: "Am I a hero or a hero?" ”

"Does it matter?"

Chen Xin nodded affirmatively, his breath became weaker and weaker, "I want to hear what you say the most, because you won't lie to me." ”

Liu Minyou lowered his head and thought for a moment, and when he raised his head again, he saw that the red on Chen Xin's face had subsided, and he had closed his eyes.

Liu Minyou felt the pulse of Chen Xin's wrist, two tears dripped from his eyes, Liu Minyou patted Chen Xin's hand and choked up: "You are a hero." ”……

Ten days later, in Tianjin at night, a full moon hung in the sky, and a lonely shadow sat at the stone table in the small courtyard of Erdao Street in Jingdongfang.

The moonlight cast the shadows of Liu Minyou and the stone table on the ground, Liu Minyou looked at the shadows on the ground, patted the stone table next to him for a long time and said softly: "We are all old, you are still so young, thanks to keeping you back then." ”

Liu Minyou raised his head and said in a new tone: "But the stone is not happy." ”

Liu Minyou immediately said in his own tone: "How can you know the joy of stone if you are not a stone." Then he chuckled under his breath and laughed for a while before stopping.

Quietly in the courtyard, Liu Minyou picked up the wine jug on the table and poured a glass of wine, and raised his glass in the direction of the outside of the city, "Old brother will meet in the next life." ”

The breeze is gentle, and the moonlight in the small courtyard is like water, just like forty-six years ago. (To be continued.) )