I tried my best to restrain my emotions and diligently poured him a cup of tea, and then hesitated and asked, "Uncle Shen, is it possible that you are also leaving?" ”

Shen Zhongping looked at me a few times: "Well, I do want to leave for a while, uh, but it's not like you think, it's to leave China." He lowered his head and blew the floating leaves on the water, took another sip as if enjoying it, and then said: "This time, I have accepted a direct commission from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and I need to work with other experts to develop new anti-infection drugs to deal with the war that is on the way." After thinking about it for a few days, I felt that the urgency of this work was obviously far greater than the daily work of Renji Hospital, and that a single operation could only save one person, but if the research and development work could go smoothly, thousands of people would be saved. So I decided on their invitation and set off for Nanjing today. ”

I still couldn't hold my breath in the end: "Uncle Shen, you just left, won't I be able to go to the laboratory again!" ”

Shen Zhongping said regretfully: "It's been more than half a month, and I haven't seen you coming, and I thought you had forgotten your original intention and were no longer interested in medicine." ”

I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: "How could it be, I've been busy fundraising for performances these days, but I didn't expect to take time to come over for more than half a month." I was finally discouraged by his inexplicable smile, so I explained impatiently: "Uncle Shen, I forgot to invite you to the scene, next time, next time I will personally invite you." ”

Shen Zhongping suddenly burst out laughing, and the laughter sounded as if my every move had been expected by him: "Next time, even if I have the heart to come, I may not be able to pull away." He stretched out his hand and patted me on the shoulder: "I was just teasing you, don't worry, I have already greeted my colleagues in the hospital, and you can still go often in the future." ”

I was stunned for a few seconds before I said, "Uncle Shen, then you have to promise me that when the research is over, you will come back to see me." ”

Shen Zhongping playfully gave me a military salute, which was a silent promise. On this day, he rarely talked with his father and mother for a few hours, and waited until it was completely dark before he got into the car at the door and left in a hurry.

I peeked through the crack in the door, my mother was in tears, and my father stood at the window with her for a long, long time, and I still remember his words vividly many years later: "Pepe, this is war." Zhongping is a warrior, and it is his mission and responsibility to sacrifice for the country. ”

On the Nth day after Shen Zhongping left, I heard from my mother that everything was okay with him. I couldn't help but be a little puzzled by this message of only a few words: "Why didn't he call us to report his safety?" It seems that I can be so busy that I can't spare even a few minutes. ”

The mother was rarely solemn: "It's not that he doesn't have time, but he doesn't have this freedom." Since he said that he was directly delegated by the ministry, it seems that it must be a highly classified mission. Presumably, it was stipulated that even the closest people could not reveal the slightest rumor, so he had to ask so many people to bring us a message. ”

I couldn't help but be excited: "What kind of work is this, it's like house arrest!" ”

The mother shrugged her shoulders and looked helpless: "House arrest is not yet talkative, but at least it is under strict surveillance." ”

For some reason, a strange feeling welled up in my heart, and I pretended to spread out the English textbook: "Mom, I want to read the book." ”

My mother knew that I was upset, so she said, "Okay, then you read well, and I'll do something here." ”

I sat down at my desk for a long time, but the letters on the book flew like fireflies, and I couldn't remember them in my head. I looked back boredly and saw a large stack of velvet at my mother's feet, still threading needles and threads in her hands. This scene couldn't help but pique my curiosity: "Mom, what are you doing?" ”

The mother didn't even raise her head: "Yo, my good daughter really deserves to be a good student, so soon to finish her studies." ”

Under my mother's humor, I will always have to raise my hand and surrender: "Well, my heart is very messy, and I can't read any books." ”

My mother took the time out of her busy schedule to look at me, then lowered her head and continued to work on the work in her hands: "These are the clothes that you and Qiming Qizhi wore when they were children, I have kept them for so many years, but I didn't expect them to come in handy now." Friends of the Women's Salvation Association said that when it was colder and the soldiers were so thinly dressed, how could they fight if they were sick from the cold. So I thought about changing the sweater at home and letting them wear it in the military uniform, which was both warm and lightweight. ”

I screamed again: "Oh my God, you joined the Women's Salvation Association, why didn't you tell us!" ”

"Ha, I don't have to perform on stage, and I don't have to show my face, just do some mother-in-law and mother-in-law things, what is there to say. Besides, my family doesn't necessarily understand what we're doing, so why bother myself. The mother stopped and put the index finger of her right hand to her lips: "This is a little secret between you and me!" ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, I won't say it." But what about Dad, does he know about this? ”

As if hearing some funny joke, my mother couldn't help but chuckle: "Your father naturally knows about it, and he even told me about the establishment of the Women's Salvation Association. In this year of war and chaos, who else can stay out of the torrent of history? Just say that your dad is fine, don't think that he just needs to sit at his desk and study the current situation, he must have to face much more than us. ”

I didn't continue to ask, my mother's words woke me up, in such an era, no one has a little sadness, no one has a little secret, and they are embarrassed to say that they are an adult.

I found a comfortable position on her lap and sat cross-legged and carefully dismantled her old sweater into clumps of yarn. We chatted with each other, and the two of us tacitly avoided the war and the current situation, just looking for small memories in life to discover their shining points.

The next day was a rare rainy day in the heat of summer, and I took the thick letter from the drenched postman's hand, and the handwriting on it was clear at a glance that it was from the handwriting of Mislin.

I looked at the letter in my hand uncertainly, anxious to know what my friend was like now, but also afraid that she had written a truth in the letter that I could not accept, and then I would only feel sad. After struggling for a long time, curiosity finally got the upper hand. I took the letter from the envelope and looked at it carefully at my desk.