Comrade Li Honghua, a laid-off worker of the Hongqi Machinery Factory, got up early, and the sky was still dark at that time, and he nodded at six o'clock. ●⌒Top novel, the sky always brightens up late in winter.

Usually, he would get up and wash the rice, cook the rice, and then go out to buy vegetables, and after buying and returning the rice to keep it warm, he would cook, and at almost eight o'clock, when the sky was completely bright, it was time to eat breakfast.

His wife, Comrade Chai Jun, was not as good as him, so it was usually Comrade Li Honghua who made breakfast and called Comrade Chai Jun up for breakfast.

But today, Comrade Li Honghua did not make a fire to cook, but went directly outside to buy some and came back early to give food to his youngest son and Comrade Chai Jun, but he could not eat anything, not even boiled water, and could only drink mineral water.

According to local customs, the old man passed away, and the son could not eat anything that was too hot before the burial, as long as the food formed by the fire, including boiling water, could not.

This is called filial piety,

Li Mu understands that this is to let future generations remember, do not lose the tradition of hardship and hard work, and do not forget the difficult years that the older generation survived.

"Who?"

"Dad. ”

When Comrade Li Honghua went out, he suddenly saw a person sitting on the ground outside the iron gate, and he immediately became nervous, and he easily picked up the broom on the side and shouted.

Li Mu shouted and stood up.

Li Honghua was taken aback, "Xiao Mu? It's you, why are you back, and why are you sitting here?"

Daddy is a couple of problems in a row.

"I came back at four o'clock, and I didn't have a key to open the door, so I just sat here. Li Muqiang held back his tears and said lightly.

Li Honghua's eyes were already red, "You are really a bastard, when you get home, what are you sitting outside, come in, it's frozen, you stupid boy!"

Li Honghua's shouting question woke up Comrade Chai Jun, she got up and hurriedly walked out ********, "Honghua, why are you yelling?"

"Mom. Li Mu shouted, and tears couldn't help but flow down.

Comrade Chai Jun was stunned, and saw clearly that Li Mu was not my son, so he cried so much that he couldn't speak. As soon as Li Honghua told him what had just happened, Comrade Chai Jun was so distressed that he was about to break it, and he scolded him for a while, and hurriedly shouted at Comrade Li Honghua to buy breakfast, and he went to boil water to wash his son's face.

Li Mu's younger brother Bruce Lee was also awakened, got up with sleepy eyes, and cried after calling his brother. There is a Bruce Lee with the same name as the king of kung fu of a generation, who is just a freshman, and he rushed back the day before yesterday, a half-grown child.

There was a rush at home, Li Mu didn't do anything, and let his father and mother be busy, otherwise, I am afraid that my father and mother will not be at ease. The emotions of families from the countryside are always different from those in the cities, introverted and annoying.

There were no more scenes of seeing each other and describing their thoughts, and soon everyone pressed their emotions to the bottom of their hearts, and more of them were reflected in their actions.

At dawn, Li Mu hastily ate a few vegetable buns to pad his stomach, then went back to the house, took out all the money from his pocket, put it on the table, and said, "Dad, Mom, here is 23,000 yuan, 3,000 is my salary, and 20,000 is the condolence money from the army." ”

Li Mu didn't wait for his father to ask, and said, "After the leaders of the army knew that my grandfather was a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, they specially applied for 20,000 yuan of condolence money for me, which was used for my grandfather's funeral." I stayed in the team, and my salary will be more than 2,000 in the future, and I don't spend much money in the army, and I will pay all the troops, so you can rest assured, and there will be more money in the future. ”

The reason of "condolence money" was an excuse that he came up with after sitting for more than an hour, otherwise, his parents did not dare to ask for it, and if he did not, he couldn't hide it from his father, a former worker, peasant and soldier college student.

Saying that, Li Mu looked at his younger brother Bruce Lee and said, "Xiaolong, in the future, I will call you directly for your tuition and living expenses, and you don't have to ask your family anymore." ”

Bruce Lee said, "Brother, I got a scholarship, the state, 5,000 yuan, and a subsidy of 3,000 yuan a year for poor students, I found a part-time job in the school network center, 300 yuan a month, which is completely enough, you don't have to worry about me." ”

"Let me tell you, your task is to study hard, you can't worry about money, work-study is a good thing, but you can't put the cart before the horse, do you understand?" Li Mu said.

Although the brothers are only two years apart, Li Mu is precocious, has much more social experience, and has become a professional non-commissioned officer, Bruce Lee is a child in front of him.

"Got it. Bruce Lee nodded obediently.

Li Honghua looked at Li Mu and asked sternly, "Xiao Mu, did the leaders of the troops approve your return?" I told Xiaolong many times not to sue you, this little rabbit cub is disobedient!"

As he spoke, he glared at Bruce Lee, who didn't dare to look at his father.

"Of course I approved it, the leader attached great importance to it and bought me a ticket to fly back. However, he was only given a few days off, and he had to go back to the army after sending his grandfather. Li Mu said.

"That's good, that's good. Li Honghua sighed as he said and said, "Your grandfather is eighty-eight years old, and he walks with his days, very peaceful." I've told you a long time ago that it's better to leave this alone and concentrate on your training and doing your job well. ”

Comrade Chai Jun echoed and said: "That is, I was in the hospital that day and said to him, old man, the children and grandchildren are all promising, you can leave with confidence if you pick a good day, your grandfather nodded at that time, your grandfather was very awake, as if he was asleep, very complete." ”

It's a good thing, Li Mu can't let sadness take over, the old man left soberly, he left with full relief.

"Dad, where is Grandpa now?" Li Mu asked.

Li Honghua said, "Morgue, today is a good day, I have already contacted it, according to your grandfather's wishes, simply do it." ”

Li Mu stopped talking, he wanted the old man to go in style, but the old man's last wish had to be obeyed. The old man has never moved the people in his life, and he doesn't want to move the people when he leaves, so let's follow the old man's wishes.

"Your dad has found someone to see the days, this year is not suitable for big operations, and there will be good days next year. Comrade Chai Jun said that Zhi'er is like a mother, she knows what Li Mu thinks in her heart.

Li Honghua said, "This year, let's do it according to your grandfather's wishes, and when you two brothers are out, you can do it well, so that your grandfather can be happy and happy." ”

"Good. Li Mu nodded, this kind of affairs is difficult for juniors to control.

"Brother Mu!"

"Brother Mu!!"

"Li Mu !!"

Suddenly, someone downstairs shouted, Li Mu was strange, got up and went out, "I'll go see who is coming." ”

There were seven or eight cars parked downstairs, there were luxury cars and economic cars, seven or eight cars were parked, and more than a dozen people who were older than Li Mu or about the same age as Li Mu stood downstairs and shouted Li Mu's name to the third floor.

Li Mu stretched out his head from the corridor and poked out, all of them were the previous brothers, the news was really happy, he turned back, "The former friends are here, I don't know how they know that I am back, I will go down and say a few words to them." ”

After explaining, Li Mu walked downstairs, and the people downstairs were looking forward to it.