Chapter 1: Burning incense and burning paper
In the office of the captain of the Dragon Claw Camp, Colonel Zhou Zhendong asked a young man with a smile: "Yun Feng, is it enough to approve your seven-day vacation this time?" If that's not enough, I'll give you three more days. ”
Li Yunfeng nodded, he joined the army at the age of sixteen, and now it has been fourteen years, since his parents were unfortunately killed, every year on the Qingming Festival, he has to go home to burn incense to his parents and grandparents.
Fourteen years ago, he was just a sixteen-year-old boy with a height of just one meter six, but now he is one meter seventy-five in height, his weight has soared to more than seventy kilograms, and he is about to turn thirty years old.
"Yun Feng, in the entire Dragon Claw Special Operations Battalion, only you have the best skills, after you are busy with your family's affairs, try to come back as soon as possible, the new Z12 armed helicopter is still in the run-in period, and it still needs your care for a while." Zhou Zhendong admonished.
"Yes, Captain." Li Yunfeng saluted, turned around and walked outside, returned to the dormitory to pack up his things, and left the camp in the car that bought vegetables for the cooking class, and went to the station more than 20 kilometers away.
"Lao Li, take the belly pad on the road, and when you come back, I'll get you another good table." Seeing that he was about to arrive at the station, Zhou An, the leader of the cooking squad, took a huge lunch box to him.
"Well, I'll be back when I'm done." Li Yunfeng nodded in response.
"Tomorrow those guys in the camp are going to hunt in the mountains, and if they get something good, I'll keep a copy for you." Zhou An said.
Li Yunfeng smiled and waved his hand, and walked towards the station with steps like the wind.
"There is still more than half a year left in 2035, and I am almost 30 years old."
Two hours later, Li Yunfeng, who was sitting by the window, looked at the scenery flying outside the window, and his thoughts flew in his heart.
Fourteen years ago, in the spring, he became a soldier through conscription, and in the spring twelve years ago, a comrade-in-arms left the army crying, but he was fortunate to stay, and in the spring ten years ago, he was transferred to Dragonclaw.
At first, he was just a car repairer in the army, but now he is a well-known electrical engineer and mechanical engineer in the military region, and he has played a lot with everything from pistols, rifles, and light machine guns to aircraft, tanks, and armored vehicles.
Thirteen years ago, in order not to be eliminated by the army, as long as he had free time and opportunities, he learned various skills from his comrades, and now he is proficient in two foreign languages in addition to electrical and mechanical.
"The vicissitudes of life, the years are like a shuttle, and the fourteen years of youth are gone."
"In the past, those classmates were all children's parents, I am still a single, the older I get, the more difficult it is to find a partner, it's good to say if I have money, the key is that I have no money, and I will be discharged from the army after two or three years, and the old Li family must not end up by themselves!"
"After leaving the army, if you go to apply for an electrical and mechanical maintenance worker, you should not worry about eating and drinking, but in this way, it is inevitable that the engine oil will be stained, the image will be poor, and it will be difficult to find a partner.
Seeing the strangers around him, they all started to eat lunch, Li Yunfeng took out a huge lunch box, took out a chicken leg that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, smelled the tempting aroma, and he ate it with relish.
"It smells so good." A strange middle-aged man, smelling the strong smell of chicken, couldn't help but take a few breaths.
"Big brother, where did you buy this chicken leg?" A fat man swallowed.
"If you are not afraid of getting dirty, take one and eat it." Li Yunfeng said generously.
"Then you're welcome." After the middle-aged man sneered, he reached out and took a big chicken leg, and under one bite, his mouth was full of fragrant and indescribable deliciousness, which surprised him, and after praising him, he ate it happily.
"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's the best chicken thigh I've ever tasted." The fat man said vaguely while munching on the chicken legs.
"The chicken is good, and the cooking is good." The middle-aged man praised.
A chicken leg brought the relationship between the three of them closer, and the three people who didn't know each other became like good friends and talked about everything.
"Brother Li, what are you doing?" Liu Huade, a middle-aged man, asked thoughtfully.
"The army repairs cars." Li Yunfeng said casually.
"Which unit?" Liu Huade asked again.
"I can't tell you this." Li Yunfeng smiled and shook his head.
"Brother Li, how are your marksmanship?" The fat man Xu Fugui asked curiously.
"I'm just a car repairer, and my marksmanship is like that, a little better than ordinary people." Li Yunfeng said.
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"Uncle Liu, Brother Li, you have time to call." Xu Fugui said.
"Well, phone call." Li Yunfeng nodded.
"Call me if there's something." Liu Huade took out a business card.
"Okay." Li Yunfeng nodded in response, and walked outside the station with his luggage.
"Walk by, don't miss it, the best old things, only a hundred." A hawker shouted.
Looking at the sound, Li Yunfeng was stunned, and said secretly in his heart: "That fist-sized gossip mirror looks good, and I have been a little lucky lately, otherwise, buy a gossip mirror and bring it with me, maybe I can turn it down?" ”
During this time, he was always injured by tools, although there was no major problem, but every time he was smashed, he would hurt for a while, and he felt bad luck, and glanced at the fist-sized gossip mirror, and he walked over.
"Little brother, which one do you like? Authentic old objects, only a hundred. The peddler bewitched.
"Well, they look like old things." Li Yunfeng echoed.
"It's cheap, it's only a hundred, how many do you want?" The peddler asked expectantly.
"It's all a few months old, twenty yuan a piece, I'll buy one." Li Yunfeng said.
"Hey, hey." The peddler laughed, and then said, "Twenty dollars is too little, fifty dollars will sell you one." ”
"It's not easy to see you, thirty yuan." Li Yunfeng said.
"Who says it's not, the sun is shining in the sky, the cars are screaming, it's hot and annoying, add ten more yuan." Said the vendor.
"Forget it, forty is forty." Li Yunfeng counted forty to the other party, and casually put the fist-sized gossip mirror into his pocket.
"Little brother, come back next time." The vendor said with a smile.
I found a taxi on the side of the road, and after more than an hour, Li Yunfeng returned to his hometown.
Looking at the old house full of cobwebs, thinking of his parents who were unfortunately killed, his heart was like a knife and extremely lonely.
After cleaning up the old house, Li Yunfeng went to the town to buy some incense candles and paper money, thinking that he would live in his hometown for a few days, he bought some rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, green onions, ginger, garlic and other things.
"You are not allowed to set off fireworks, and you have to be careful when burning incense and paper, and if you set the hillside on fire, you will not only be fined, but also detained."
Holding the incense, candles, and paper money, Li Yunfeng walked towards the mountain, the deceased elders were buried on the mountain, some elders were buried next to each other, and some elders were buried farther away, and the location of the deceased was closely related to the individual's birthday.
Some birthdays are suitable for burial in high places, and some birthdays are suitable for burial in low places. It is usually a feng shui gentleman, according to the birth date and time of death of the deceased, choose a feng shui treasure for burial, meaning to bless future generations.
"Dad, I'm here to see you."
After coming to his father's grave, lighting green incense and candles, and inserting them, Li Yunfeng said to the grave while burning yellow paper.
"Dad, I'm leaving, I'll come back to see you next time."
Walking to another cemetery a few meters away, after inserting the lit green incense and candles, Li Yunfeng burned some more yellow paper money, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and whispered a few words.
"Mom, I'm leaving, I'll come back to see you next time."
"Grandpa, I'm leaving, I'll come back to see you next time."
"Grandma, I'm leaving, I'll come back to see you next time."
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"This row of buried people are all the ancestors of my old Li family, and there is a lot of incense, candles, and paper money, so burn a little for each ancestor."
According to his previous habits, Li Yunfeng lit all the remaining incense candles, inserted them in front of the graves one by one, and burned some yellow paper money one after another, and suddenly, he disappeared strangely, as if he never existed.