Since hanging up the phone, Li Weiguo's face has been gloomy, his brows are tightly locked, pain creeps up to his face little by little, and occasionally there are palpitating convulsions. I thought the past was silent, and it gradually buried in my heart as the nightmare decreased, but I was awakened by this phone call again, as if it had just happened.

On the way from the family home to the regimental guest house, Li Weiguo has been trying to suppress the pain in his heart, but the rumbling artillery fire, the painful ** sound, and the helpless cry for help have played with the sensitive nerves again and again, and there are more than 120 people in the whole company, and there are less than ten people left, how weak and powerless the sporadic gunfire looks under the suppression of the opponent's firepower, watching the comrades-in-arms fall one by one, and the blood of the comrades-in-arms is pouring out endlessly, but he can't do anything, and even has been lying in the pool of blood of his comrades, and can only watch them die one by one, They are all their sincerest brothers. What broke my heart even more was that I finally crawled out of the pile of dead people, but I couldn't escape the persecution of the traitorous villain, and I was fearless in the face of bullets and bullets, but I couldn't bear the abuse of gossip and the torture without dignity, just like that, a man with iron bones hung lonely and desolate on the beam of his house in the dead of night, this is his brother-in-law, his comrade-in-arms of life and death.

When he came to the door of the guest house, Li Weiguo's heart calmed down a little, but he still stayed for a moment, trying to divert his attention, trying to stretch out his tense heart, and squeezing out a smile on his face.

Knocked lightly on Professor Huang's door, Professor Huang greeted him with a smile, Li Weiguo hurriedly laughed and said: "Professor Huang, I made you laugh last night, I am up at this time, I can't control myself, you said that you are such an old person, and you are still competing with a hairy young man, I am afraid that it will make people laugh when it is spread." ”

"Head Li, your bold personality is rare, you don't stick to small sections, dare to say and dare to do, I don't think there is anything bad."

"Professor Huang, Pu Fei is a good kid, straightforward but not pedantic, I'll help you."

"Then my trip is too worthwhile, my life-saving benefactor Brother Pu will be very happy if he knows this news."

"Professor Huang, to be honest, what you explained is a thousand difficulties, and I will do everything I can, your kindness, it is difficult for me and Limin to pay it off, alas, I'm sorry, let Professor Huang laugh, let the phone call just now, Pu Fei's quality is really good, you also saw it, and he has already beaten me down, haha." Li Weiguo laughed weakly.

"Captain Li, you are too worried, Chen Baoguo and I (Chen Limin's father) are also teachers and friends, we are both in the same college, such an excellent teacher, just because of his integrity, dare to say and do, he was beaten as a reactionary, I, forget it, the past is unbearable, there is always a lack of suffering people in history, Pu Fei also belongs to the ill-fated kind, maybe it is the experience of life, which makes his character more introverted, and he likes to hide in his heart, what he has not done well, you have to take care of it, don't be in a hurry, Either way, I thank you. ”

Professor Huang's mood also became heavy, and the dusty past of many years was ruthlessly revealed, like a scar that had just grown into a scab, and before it could heal, it was forcibly torn open again. Chen Baoguo was framed back then, but he was afraid of being implicated, and when the organization came to investigate, he chose to escape, fear overcame his conscience, and he was unashamed to draw a line with him. His wife Li Wanping couldn't bear the blow of losing her husband and source of livelihood overnight, and ended her life hastily with a white sheet, leaving behind a child less than ten years old. Looking back many years later, the only thing Professor Huang could feel was that he was glad that his conscience was still clear at that time, and after a violent mental struggle, he finally mustered up the courage to take the child to his home. At that time, Li Weiguo's troops were still on the frontier, and it was two years before they returned.

Seeing Professor Huang suddenly bow his head and sigh, Li Weiguo thought to himself that the unbearable years had tormented many people, and he didn't know whether he was lucky or victimized, and smiled hard: "Brother Huang, the past is always in the past, you and I are not young, we should all look away, and leave the future to the young people, before I came, I made a phone call to the local armed minister Wang, Minister Wang is my comrade-in-arms, we have participated in border battles together, life and death brothers, he didn't say a word, he agreed, said that he would think of all ways, Let Pu Fei enlist in the local army. I'll find a way to let Pu Fei stay in my group, and I'm reluctant to give it to others when I look at the good seedlings, haha. Li Weiguo's smile stopped abruptly, and tears suddenly filled his eyes.

Professor Huang looked up at Li Weiguo, looking at the man in front of him suspiciously, in his heart, Li Weiguo has always been an optimist, and he has never found sorrow on his rough face, but why did he suddenly feel sad, Professor Huang complained in his heart that he shouldn't mention that sad past, smiled embarrassedly, then lowered his head and took a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to Li Weiguo, and lit it for him.

Li Weiguo also smiled awkwardly, and said apologetically: "Professor Huang, let you laugh again, this person is old, and he is easy to be sad because of the past, no, today I talked to Minister Wang on the phone, chattered a few more words, and talked about Limin's father, that year, the three of us were in a company, I was the company commander, Minister Wang Jianping was the instructor, Chen Baoguo was the regimental combat staff officer, we were interspersed with detachments on the flanks, the purpose was to blow up the enemy's ammunition depot, as soon as we completed the task, we were dumpled by the enemy, and several times the enemy pounced on from all directions, Like a group of hungry tigers, wave after wave rushed over, everywhere we saw were corpses, both enemy and comrade-in-arms, we fought and retreated, and when we returned, there were only five men left in the whole company. Not long after I came back, the war ended quickly, Minister Wang and I remained in the army, Chen Baoguo was educated, and transferred to your school as a teacher, and the other two people also returned to their hometowns. Although they are brothers in life and death, we rarely have any contacts, and we don't want to recall the terrible scenery of the year, maybe it's to escape, but the time to come is always coming, and now that I say it, my heart is comfortable. Professor, I heard that you are going back to school tomorrow, Pu Fei will stay with me, anyway, he will join the army in less than a month, let him feel the life of the army here first. ”

Professor Huang patted Li Weiguo's hand gratefully, and smiled meaningfully: "Brother Li, please, I won't say much else, and it will be really good to say anything else." ”