"Old man Lin is doing good deeds again."

"Hurry up and get the porridge, Mr. Lin is really a good person! Thanks to him over the years, the land tax has been reduced, and the poor people in our Yuan County have a place to live. ”

"Isn't it, it's like there's going to be war again...... Alas, when will our country be truly peaceful forever......"

An old man with gray sideburns stood beside the porridge shack, his age was about 50, but his back was not hunched at all, and he stood there more energetically than many children who came to receive the porridge. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the long line of people in front of him, and subconsciously clenched his hand behind his back. How long has it been since I've seen a scene like this? These years of stability made him think that the days would only get better and better, and he suddenly remembered what he had said that year:

"Stability depends on future generations to keep it, if they don't work hard, our foundation will ......"

The words were still swirling in his ears, and there were young faces smiling at him, and he reached out to grab those people—

"Grandfather, what are you touching?" There was a soft touch on his legs, and the child's inquiring voice pulled the old man back to reality.

The old man bent down and picked up the child who had not yet reached his waist, "Thank you, Forester." One by one, the figures passing by thanked the old man.

"Grandfather is saying hello to some old friends." Old man Lin only replied to his little grandson's question at this moment.

"Old friends? And where are those grandfathers? The child asked, rubbing his eyes. Why didn't he find out?

"Those people...... They, here......" Old Man Lin looked outside at the dusty ground, then lowered his head and looked at his chest.

They are buried in the territory of Lu and their souls are in the hearts of Lu people.

"Come down quickly and find your mother. How can you let your grandfather hold you again. An old woman walked out of the Lin Mansion and saw the child and the old man from a distance.

"Goodbye, grandfather." The child was a little afraid of the old woman, stuck out his tongue, broke out of the old man's arms in a panic, and ran behind the old woman around the long road. A puff of smoke rushed into the Lin Mansion.

Old Man Lin looked at the disappearing figure of his little grandson and smiled, and then his eyes fell on the approaching old woman.

"What are you doing with him?"

"How old are you and how old are you and don't have any points in your heart? How much does he weigh, you hug it again, and I can't serve him after a while. ”

"Yes, yes, Madame is right." Old Man Lin was also a little stunned by the old woman, nodding and smiling again and again.

The old woman looked at him with disgust, but it was not good to continue to count them.

The two men stood side by side, the canopy had turned blood-red, and the red halo of the setting sun had dyed the sky into a large white and red mixed strange shape.

The sound of the collision of bowls and spoons not far away, the sighs of people from head to ear, and the sound of gratitude repeated over and over again. Everything and everything divides the whole scene into two very different worlds.

The noisy and lively world full of fireworks, and the lonely and oppressive but full of hard wasteland.

"You've decided? Or do you want to go? The old woman spoke.

"Hmm." Only this one word was replied.

"You think it was forty years ago...... Now at this age, what can you do when you go? I'm afraid it's still a burden to go into battle and kill the enemy......" The old woman spoke again, but the words she said were a little hurtful.

The old man Lin who was standing was not angry at all, and the dark color was still resolute.

"There's always something I can do, whether it's cooking or feeding the horses."

The old woman raised her eyes and glanced at him, and the old woman's words did not surprise the old woman, but it was more like taking off the mask that the old woman was wearing, and the woman's eyes instantly became moist.

"Go ahead, I know I can't stop you. There is me in the family, as long as I live for one day, this family will keep watch for you for one day. As long as you don't die, come back and let's live a good day. After the old woman finished speaking, she didn't wait for the reply of the old man Lin, and raised her feet and walked towards the Lin Mansion.

Different from the old man Lin's upright body, the back of the old woman Lin is slightly rickety. But she was trying to straighten her back. Old Man Lin's hands, which were originally behind his back, had been closed to his sides at some point and held tightly.

The Yuan County Recruitment Office recruited a veteran who was about to turn 56 years old in the early morning.

The next day, all the people from the county and prefecture conscription in Wuhe County set off for the county capital to assemble.

"Uncle, you are also a conscript?"

"Yes." Old man Lin nodded in reply.

"It makes sense! How can you be conscripted at such an age?! Don't be afraid, uncle, which state and county are you? I want to see if the lord of this county government is acting like this in order to gather the number of people? The young man who followed behind Old Man Lin was red with anger. His small voice attracted countless attention around him. And after seeing Old Man Lin outside, most of the teenagers expressed the same indignation as him.

"Take a breath. I didn't get conscription, I volunteered to join the army. Old man Lin said quietly.

As soon as he said this, the young people present were a little stunned.

Old man Lin then spoke: "I have the honor to participate in the battle of the founding of the First Emperor. As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the young people present looked at him in an instant, and Old Man Lin shook his head at them, signaling them to continue listening to what he said.

"I'm just a creep. However, the first emperor once said that the battle for the founding of the Lu country was the merit of every Lu person. I feel it too. I, with a little luck, survived. I saw the rare peace ...... our Lu country" Speaking of this, Old Man Lin's eyes were a little scattered, and he seemed to be caught in a memory.

"Do you know what our Lu country was like before the First Emperor opened the war?" When he asked this, Mr. Lin withdrew from his memories and looked around, all of them were immature faces, about twenty years old, and the oldest was only in his thirties. Where have you experienced those days? He laughed at himself.

"At that time, Mr. Teaching starved to death, no, it should be said that most of the people in Lu did not have enough to eat. At that time, I still had some spare money at home, and my mother cherished it and baked me shortbread on my birthday. That day, I had to travel from one county to another to study. Shortbread, on the other hand, should never be taken out of the house. Because it was full of hungry outcasts. I can only eat shortbread at home.

Walking out of the house, I walked towards the school, only to find that the more I walked, the more wrong it became, and I didn't kick any silver taels or food on my body, which was already a tacit thing for everyone. But those eyes were still fixed on me. I was terrified, clutched the book in my hand, and quickened my pace—

However, as soon as I left the city gate, two or three homeless people pounced on me. I have no money and nothing to eat. At that time, I was afraid of being robbed, so I didn't have a backpack when I went out, but only took the textbooks that I needed to use in school that day. I was so scared that I couldn't figure out what those homeless people were looking for me. ”

"What the hell are they looking for?" The teenager who listened to the story was also a little fascinated.

"I fell in love with the crumbs of shortbread left on my clothes. Two skinny children, with their bones a little bulging outward, crouched on the ground in front of me, sticking out their tongues and licking the crumbs of shortbread that I had shaken to the ground into their mouths. The dust was flying, and I didn't know if they were eating the dust or the shortbread crumbs that were too small to be smaller......

Lin Lao's words came to a halt here, and there was silence all around, no one squeaked, such a scene made people inevitably unbearable.

The young men in front of General Lin looked at them one by one, and seemed to see their old friends who joined the army together. At that time, I was still young and still popular.

"See what's that in the distance?" Old man Lin stretched out his hand and pointed to the magnificent building not far away.

"That's the state capital." A teenager replied.

"Back then, it was in ruins. In the midst of war, there, and even the entire state capital, was once a living purgatory. Today, it is magnificent. Every inch of territory we are stepping on now has been sprinkled with the blood of the people, officers and soldiers of the Lu country, and on this ruin, it is the hardest soil in the whole world that countless of your ancestors built with the softest flesh and blood. ”

"The stability and peace maintained by our ancestors throughout their lives, our descendants will do their best to protect it, even if they pay for their lives, I have no regrets about what I want." The teenagers got up and looked deeply at Lin Laowai, some of them were not conscripted, they also volunteered to join the army like Lin Laowai.

Old Man Lin looked at the young people around him, and stretched out his hand to salute in return, but his hands trembled.

Old friends, you can see and hear. You exchanged your lives for the peace of Lu Guo, and these children will also use their lives to protect them. I? I'm old. You can't cut and kill like you used to, but don't look down on people. I can still move, I'm still useful! I carry you on my shoulder, I want to take you to see how we win again!