Li Shanren heard his wife call him "second", but his wife only called Fang Zongming "second" on the beach, could the man in front of him be the "water ghost" brother Fang Zongming? Hurriedly pulled Fang Zongming to him, almost put his face to face and looked at it again and again, and said, "Ah, it's really the second child, it's really the second child!" Didn't you join the army? Fang Zongming said: "Benefactor, it's really my Zongming, joining the army is a long story." Li Shanren couldn't help but happily called out to Mother Wu: "Mother Wu, hurry up and call the guests to sit in the guest hall and speak slowly." ”

At this time, Wu Ma saw the excitement in the upper room, and couldn't help but come to inspect it, and when she saw the swarthy group, she heard Li Shanren's call, and when she came closer, she recognized it, and immediately called Niu Lao Si excitedly. Zhao Da dragged her in the dark and said, "Aunt whispered, go and serve tea, let's go sit in the guest hall." At this time, the heat of the day was swept away, the summer night was cool and pleasant, and Li Shanren's cough was gone. Everyone was refreshed and came to the guest hall, Wu's mother brought tea, and Niu Laosi also met with everyone. Fang Zongming invited all the other comrades to come to see Li Shanren and his wife, gathered together, sat in a circle, and led the "water ghost" brothers to leave the shore beach, go to Ezhou to join the army, follow Lin Rong to make a revolution, after Lin Rong sacrificed, he broke up with other brothers, left the new army and came to Yunnan to enter the lecture hall to study, followed General Cai to participate in the Kunming Uprising, attacked the overseer's mansion to fight against Yuan to protect the country and the Northern Expedition, and became an officer of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Later, the KMT and the CCP cooperated, accepted Marxism, and finally found a way to save China from fire and water.

"Today, for a common goal, Brother Ma and I came together, and I didn't expect that we all came from the shore." Then he respectfully walked up to Li Shanren and his wife, and said: "Thank you to my father-in-law and mother-in-law for cultivating an excellent fighter for the revolution, and I also ask the two elders to forgive Brother Ma for not being able to fulfill his filial piety by the side of the two elders, and it is difficult to repay the kindness of nurturing." Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and I ask for forgiveness from the two elders. ”

"No, no, the second brother has said it, the old man is ashamed, Gong'er has not been by my side since he was a child, and the old man is guilty and heartbroken. When the child returns, I don't know how happy I am for the father. A good man has ambitions in all directions, and I won't stop him, but how can I bear to watch him be born and die. Li Shanren said, tears fell like rain, and he trembled and grabbed Ma Chenlong and said: "Son, my father thinks of you all the time, you choose what kind of road you take, and you can't stop your father." But remember that this is your home, and remember to come back! Li Shanren told Ma Chenlong to remember to go home. Ma Chenlong kept nodding, saying that his father was relieved that the child would definitely come back.

Li Shanren asked his wife to go to the room and take out all the accumulated gold, a total of one hundred taels, as well as half a Qianlong gold coin, put it in a box, and handed it to Ma Chenlong: "This is a long way, and the good luck is uncertain, but the revolution also needs funds, you can take this in case of emergency." In order to return half a gold coin to you, you must treat it as a good luck treasure, so that it will never leave you in life and death. "It's really an unbreakable blood relationship, after that, this experienced old man is full of tears. Ma Chenlong took it and held it heavily in his arms, unable to calm down for a long time. Fang Zongming said to Li Shanren: "Sir, such a big gift, it is really a timely rain and snow, and I am afraid that there is no way to repay it." and make revolutionary contributions, which can be repaid at the next day. As he spoke, he took a pen and paper and wrote down the note and handed it to Li Shanren. Li Shanren wrapped the note with the other half of the gold coin, handed it to his wife to put away, and said: "The old man of the note put it away, seeing this thing is like seeing my son, I can pray for the father and the child's safety." He also said to Ma Chenlong: "This thing is indeed auspicious, and in the dark, it falls into your hands, so that your father and son will not be separated, and you should hide it well, and see the currency as if you were a person." ”

While everyone was chatting lively, Li Shanren suddenly remembered something, and said to Wu's mother: "Go to West Street and call your son-in-law, this Fang Zongming brother used to work with his father." Fang Zongming hurriedly asked, "Could it be the widow of Senior Lin?" Li Shanren replied: "Exactly." Fang Zongming said: "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, it turns out that the widow of Lin's predecessor is here, and we have been looking for him for a long time." Li Shanren told Wu's mother to hurry up and call Ah Mao, Wu's mother promised, and when she was in a hurry to leave, she was stopped by Xianghai and asked Zhao Da to accompany Wu's mother, take care of their black lights, and be careful on the road. After a while, Wu Ma and Zhao Da called Ah Mao, and Wu Nu also came with them. Wu Nu can't do without her husband Ah Mao at a step, and she manages Ah Mao to death, and usually every penny of money Ah Mao makes by making clothes must be handed over. Today, when I saw Aunt Zhao's nephew come to invite me in the middle of the night, I was very surprised, even if Wu's mother was present, I was not at ease, and I secretly rubbed and followed. Li Shanren pulled Ah Mao and came to Fang Zongming and said, "Look who he is." Fang Zongming asked, "Is it so?" Li Shanren said: "He is Lin Rong's widow, Lin Amao." Fang Zongming hurriedly lifted the lantern and came closer to look at it, and exclaimed: "It's really like, the face and figure are the same as Lin Rong." Mao asked, "Is my father so short?" Fang Zongming said: "Yes, as short as you." Don't look at your father's shortness, he is a foreign student, a great talent, a revolutionary pioneer, to a certain extent, we all work for him. Everyone laughed. Fang Zongming asked Ah Mao again: "Is your mother okay?" Ah Mao's face was full of relatives and he muttered: "I heard my adoptive father say that my mother died when she gave birth to me on the way to escape, and I haven't seen her." Fang Zongming said: "We have been looking for her for a long time, and it turns out that she has passed away a long time ago. With a grim expression, he called everyone to the front of Ah Mao and his wife, and said: "Come and meet the revolutionary descendants of the Ah Mao brothers, raise their hands, and salute the revolution." As he spoke, everyone raised their right hands in unison and saluted. Ah Mao is ashamed to say that he can't afford it, he is just a tailor, and he should not disgrace his heroic father. Mrs. Mao saw that the men respected her husband, and she was in awe of her husband.

Everyone talked for a while, and Fang Zongming said to Xianghai: "Don't wait for dawn, so many people have gathered together, and it has been noisy in the middle of the night, and the movement is too big, just in case, let's set off back to the city now." Everyone agreed, and immediately took their leave and walked out of Houde Mansion.

Li Shanren was reluctant to give up and sent Ma Chenlong and them to the cross bridge.

The darkness before dawn, like viscous ink, tightly envelops everything under the night. Li Shanren sent Ma Chenlong to the ship, and the father and son said goodbye.