Chapter 42: The Scavengers
"Elder Zhang, what kind of wind blew you here?" When Mr. Zhang arrived at the police station, an old man hurriedly ran over.
"Director Lin, Xiao Wu hasn't caused you trouble in the institute for the past two days." Zhang Lao asked.
"Xiao Wu was born to do this business, and he can do everything to make people worry-free." Director Lin said.
"That's good, give me a good discipline and discipline him here, this baby is small." Zhang Lao said jokingly.
"I heard that you caught a citizen who was fighting today?" Zhang Lao asked directly.
"This is still your family's Xiao Wu arrested, is there a problem with this person?." Director Lin asked with a little confusion.
"Take me over and have a look." Zhang Lao said directly.
Under the guidance of Director Lin, Zhang Lao came to the place where Li Qiang was imprisoned.
"It's him, is there something wrong with his identity?" Director Lin hesitated and asked.
When this person was arrested, he was full of nonsense, and he instinctively thought that Li Qiang was not an international fugitive or something.
"There is no problem with his identity, but it needs to be kept secret, and as for the fight, he will be detained for a few days in accordance with the law." After Zhang Lao came over, he didn't open the back door to Li Qiang or anything like that.
In his eyes, the merit is to attack or to pass, and everything must be handled according to the normal procedure.
"Okay, you've put everything here, then I won't investigate his information." Director Lin said.
"You avoid, I have something important to ask him." Zhang Lao looked at Director Lin and said.
"Okay, you guys talk first, I'll treat you to Lanzhou ramen today." After Director Lin finished speaking, he went to the small restaurant at the door to have lunch amid the cheers of those subordinates.
At this time, in the entire interrogation room, only Zhang Lao and Li Qiang were left.
Li Qiang was born in June 1918.
His father, Li Huairen, and his mother, Cheng Yubang, set foot in the Northwest Desert in June 1937 and the main vein of the Yellow River in July 1937. I'm right. Zhang Lao looked at Li Qiang and said word by word.
Li Qiang looked at Zhang Lao with some disbelief, he could actually know the names of his biological father and mother so clearly.
"You are not unsung heroes, each and every one of you is kept in the most precious archives.
However, due to your particularity, you cannot be announced to the world at will, so you can only be an unsung hero silently, an unsung hero who is not known to outsiders. Zhang Lao looked at Li Qiang deeply, and when he said this, he bowed deeply to Li Qiang.
"You go and get the forgiveness of the wounded, and I will take you to a place where everything about your parents is recorded." Although Zhang Lao is full of respect for Li Qiang, the punishment he deserves is also indispensable.
After Li Qiang heard Zhang Lao's words, he pondered for a while and said, "Okay, I will go over to apologize, this matter is also too impulsive." ”
Li Qiang also thought about it during this time, and felt that it was because he was not restrained in his impetuous mood at that time that such a situation happened, and it was reasonable to apologize.
"Let's go, let's go to ZH City Hospital to apologize first." Zhang Lao said.
"Okay, I'll try not to make him feel any resentment." Li Qiang looked at Zhang Lao and said.
Yu Jing has always been guarding the door of the detention center, never leaving half a step, when Li Qiang came out and saw Yu Jing at the door, he told her about the situation.
Subsequently, under the leadership of Zhang Lao, Li Qiang and the three of them went to ZH City Hospital.
"What is your name, young man, the wound on his arm is not serious." Zhang Lao asked when he saw the guy sitting on the hospital bed.
"The arm is dislocated, you said that it is not serious, you don't want to call the young man, just call me Xiaofeng." The guy said directly.
"Wait for the medical expenses and lost work expenses, the two of you will discuss it privately, there is something wrong with both parties, and it is good to get each other's understanding." Zhang Lao looked at Xiao Feng lying on the bed and said.
The kid was silent for a moment, and then said a little embarrassed: "Actually, I also have something wrong, after all, directly satirizing a person who doesn't know each other, and being beaten can be regarded as self-inflicted. ”
"Li Qiang, you two come here, I'll avoid it first if you talk about it well." Zhang Lao looked at Xiao Feng and felt that this kid was not too hopeless.
The prodigal son is able to recognize his mistakes and correct them is also a great progress.
In the end, Li Qiang and the three quickly negotiated the specific compensation matters.
"It's settled." Zhang Lao looked at Li Qiang.
"Alright, take me to the place you mentioned, I want to know what happened after I left." Li Qiang said
"Take us to the ZH City Martyrs Cemetery." At this time, Zhang Lao casually called a taxi.
"A few days after you left, Yan Huang was caught in the endless flames of war." At this time, Zhang Lao suddenly took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
"Ahem, ahem." As soon as he took a sip, Zhang Lao coughed.
"You're okay, Elder Zhang." Li Qiang asked with concern.
"It's okay, I haven't smoked this thing for too long, and the doctor said that I can't do well, so I was stunned to quit it.
I still like this feeling, I remember the first time I smoked, I was a young soldier who had just enlisted in the army.
At that time, we often secretly went to the back mountain to smoke, if it was too tight and there was no tobacco, we used dry leaves to crush as tobacco smoking, I really miss the atmosphere at that time. After Zhang Lao finished speaking, he sighed softly.
"Alas~~ The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night.
I always feel like I'm getting old before I smoke much. Zhang Lao sighed.
"On that day, the war swept across the entire Yanhuang Continent, and countless heroes lost their lives in order to protect the safety of the masses in the battle.
Like you, they are all beings with the soul of Yan Huang, and they have exchanged their bodies for the current era of peace. After speaking, Zhang Lao paused and took a deep sip.
At this moment, what he smoked was not a cigarette, it was a kind of melancholy that could not be expressed, a kind of unspeakable past, and the tragic fall of the heroes who fought bloodily on the battlefield.
At this moment, his expression was very serious, and these things were supreme beings in his heart that could not be blasphemed.
"If you have a choice, will you enter the main vein again, fight bloodily, and be an unsung hero who is not engraved by history?" Zhang Lao looked at Li Qiang and asked.
"I didn't regret it once when I stepped inside." Li Qiang looked at Zhang Lao and said firmly.
"When I arrived, there was a martyr's cemetery in front of me, and my friends would come over after a while." After Zhang Lao finished speaking, he got out of the car and sorted out his clothes, and then walked seriously to the martyr's cemetery.
"It's full of the names of heroes one after another, and they are all warriors who shed blood for the future of Yan Huang." After Zhang Lao looked at those names at this moment, his eyes became moist.
There were too many of his comrades, his friends, but unfortunately they never came back.
At this moment, a rustling sound sounded in front of a tombstone next to them.
I don't know when, there sat an old scavenger, he used his old arm to slowly wipe the dust on the tombstone.
"Company Commander !!" Zhang Lao walked over curiously, and screamed in surprise after seeing the old man.
"Are you Xiao Zhang??" The old man looked at Zhang Lao and called out uncertainly.
"Yes, I'm Xiao Zhang, the Xiao Zhang who forms a group every day and secretly goes to the back mountain to smoke." Zhang Lao said excitedly.
"Where have you been all these years, company commander, we have always thought that something happened to you.
The feats you have made are enough to make you worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life. After Zhang Lao finished speaking, he asked directly puzzled.
"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. All I do is just my part as a yellow person.
What kind of military exploits are these, you look at these heroes lying in front, they are the ones who really have military exploits. As he spoke, the old man took a look at the spotless tombstones, and slowly stood up, ready to leave here.
"Company commander, who do you guess he is?" Seeing that the company commander was about to leave, Zhang Lao hurriedly pointed at Li Qiang and said.
After listening to this, the old man slowly walked over and watched in front of Li Qiang.
"There is a trace of Uncle Li's temperament between his eyebrows, he won't be Uncle Li's son who has been missing for many years. It can't be, he can't be so young. Could it be that you are Uncle Li's grandson? Great, Uncle Li finally has a successor!! After the old man saw Li Qiang, he muttered to himself excitedly.
"He is not Uncle Li's grandson, he is Uncle Li's son, his name is Li Qiang!!" Zhang Lao looked at the old man and said excitedly.
After hearing this, the old man's cloudy eyes suddenly became extremely bright.