"Sir, sir? Mr. Yan? ”

Cuicui's belly was towering, with a vegetable basket hanging on her arm, and she struggled to knock on the wooden door of the small courtyard.

After knocking for a long time to no avail, Cuicui thought that this time she was going to return in vain, but the courtyard door "squeaked" and made a sour tooth sound, branching out a gap.

Cuicui pushed the door in, and was extra cautious when passing by the doorway patio.

She thought that there was no one in the house, and she bypassed the shadow wall only to find that Yanyi was at home.

It's just that since I've been to Beijing and come back, the whole person has become more and more strange.

Talking less and less, and not moving much.

There is also a grapevine planted under the wall corresponding to the south of the persimmon tree, and whenever I have time, I carry a rocking chair and sit under the tree, no matter how cold or hot the day, I sit for half a day.

Yan Yi lay in the rocking chair and slept soundly.

In the past two years, he has worked relatively leisurely, and there is almost no time to work overtime.

I don't know why, people are very old, the faint Sichuan lines between the eyebrows can never be removed, and a few gray hairs can be vaguely seen on the sideburns.

Cuicui picked up the book he had left on the ground and put it on the small table, picked up the blanket and gently shook it clean and put it back on his lap.

She carried a basket and a teapot into the house, and when she came out again, she already had a pot of steaming flower tea in her hand.

Cuicui's movements were very light, but the teapot still made a soft sound when it landed on the small table with a glass surface.

"Hmmm......"

Yanyi woke up, but didn't open his eyes.

His Adam's apple rolled, his long legs kicked lightly, and the rocking chair swayed back and forth, "How many times have I told you?" If your body is inconvenient, don't run back and forth......"

"Brother Ji has just received a new dish in season, and I can't finish it at home, so let me send it to you." Cuicui Road.

Brother Ji is Cuicui's husband, a native of Haishi, who turned out to be a vegetable vendor on this side of Quancheng Road.

"The vegetable seller is at the door, and I will buy it myself if I want to eat."

"I don't worry about you."

Cuicui lowered her eyes and stood in place stunned, thinking that Mr. Yan would reprimand her as before, but this time he didn't.

Yan Yi sighed softly and said nothing.

Cuicui stood for a while, and then began to move her steps to find something to do, the quilt was dragged out to dry, the sheets were soaked and washed, and the rice was steamed on the stove...... Every corner of the house was swept and wiped clean.

It was already two hours later.

Cuicui doesn't seem to have anything else except a little incense.

Cuicui didn't even understand why his wife liked to drink flower tea, and Mr. Lian Yan loved to drink it now.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he moved the little horse and sat beside Yanyi, poured a cup of flower tea and drank it carefully.

Flower tea he used to ......

Well...... Cuicui paused.

Mr. Yan couldn't say that he didn't drink it before, but he never tabooed it, but I don't know when he started drinking only flower tea.

"Mr. Yan......"

"Huh?"

"Isn't my wife coming back?"

After hesitating for a long time, Cuicui asked a question that she had been afraid to ask.

The air condensed, Cuicui was a little panicked, but Yanyi opened her mouth at this time: "She is living happily now." ”

"Huh......?"

"Happiness is fine."

“…… If you can't go back, what's the matter. ”

Cuicui was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What about Mr. Nayan?" ”

Brother Ji promised her that if she wanted to visit Mr. Yan, she could come at any time, but after the child was born, there was always something that could not be taken into account.

Yan Yi chuckled "heh", and his long eyelashes fluttered and opened his narrow eyes.

He stared intently at the bare vines and vines, and said, "Read the book, drink tea, next year will be the third year, and it will be time to bear grapes......"

Look, life is still abundant and fun.

Cuicui lowered her head, combed the shiny braids on the side of her head and hammered them in front of her knees, she was distracted by the ends of her hair, and she was speechless for a long time.

Mrs. is a good person.

She liked her very much.

But I also like Mr. Yan.

She hopes that if she can, Mr. Yan can also be happy.

But I don't know where to start with these words.

Cuicui didn't stay in the small courtyard for too long, stir-frying the vegetables in the back pot and putting them on the plate, and then put them in the pot in front of her to steam rice.

Cuicui untied her shirt and walked out with the empty basket.

"I'll go back to Mr. Yan."

The rocking chair was still, the man's eyes were closed, his breath was deep, and he didn't answer.

The huge courtyard was empty, and he sat there alone, very lonely.

Mr. Yan had the same illness as his wife.

This disease can only be walked out by himself.

Cuicui sighed lightly in her heart, pulled the thin blanket on Yanyi's legs up, took the courtyard gate lightly, and walked down the mountain.

*

Yanyi knew that he was ashamed, after returning from Beijing, not to mention visiting the Wei family, even Beijing City had never been to it once, only on the New Year's Day, the client brought a gift to the Wei family.

It has been like this for several years, but after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1988, there was a slight difference.

At that time, Wei Xueliang had just been promoted to the age of fifty-two, but his body was like a mountain, and the sequelae of killing the Quartet when he was young surfaced one by one.

Such a mighty person, in just half a year, has been lying in bed and unable to get up, sleeping and waking up, and relying on chemotherapy every day to survive.

The Boxing man brought back a letter stamped with a military stamp.

Yanyi hurriedly read it a few times, booked tickets non-stop and rushed to Beijing, and went straight to the military affiliated hospital.

Yan Yi stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at Wei Xueliang, who was emaciated with an oxygen mask and only a handful of bones left, and couldn't recognize it.

["Lao Tzu doesn't stay for rice, if you want to stay, you have to think clearly for Lao Tzu, in the future, your head will be tied to the belt of your trousers, Lao Tzu will let you die, Lao Tzu will let you live, even if you are cut off, you have to crawl back. ”

"Xiao Yan, I'm going to a meeting, a girl will come over in a while, I don't know what she's wearing today, anyway, the best looking one is, that's my daughter, you look at it, don't let her run around......"

"See? The jackpot for Lao Tzu's new pickup, you are still the first to sit in the co-pilot, how about it? Isn't it more comfortable than Lao Guo's bastard car? ”

"Haha, I'm in a good mood today, your Aunt Wei stewed meat, walk, go home for dinner!"

"Xiao Yan ......"

"Xiao Yan ......"]

The past came to mind bit by bit, Yanyi's throat was tight, and his heart was very astringent.

The first time I fell off a horse and was trampled by a horse and broke my leg, I never cried, but I couldn't cry at this time.

Although Wei Xueliang is strict and never polite, he is really good to him.

Just as Wei Xueliang regarded Yanyi as a parent, Yanyi had long regarded him as his father.

After many years, when he saw Yanyi again, Wei Xueliang also had mixed feelings in his heart, but now he has no ability to speak, and some things cannot be told to Yanyi in person.

Wei Xueliang's fingers moved, and his reddened eyes stared at Wei Lin on the side.

Wei Lin stood up at the right time, handed a small box and a letter to Yan Yi with both hands, "Dad, he can't speak now, the letter was written when he was still able to move before, and he couldn't contact you before......"

"Look, you'll understand after reading it."

Wei Lin turned around and walked out of the ward, leaving them time to be alone.

Yan Yi sat on the edge of the hospital bed and opened the letter in front of Wei Xueliang.

While weeping, he read, and after reading the whole letter, he shook his hands and opened the boxy box.

When he saw the badge of three stars and a little sun, Yanyi finally couldn't help it, knelt beside Wei Xueliang with a "bang", and confessed in a deep voice, "I'm sorry...... I was wrong, I was really wrong!" ”

That's his badge!

It was the badge that Wei Xueliang forcibly tore off in Province H ten years ago!

He has done so many wrong things, he is ashamed of Wei Lan, of the Wei family, and even more of Wei Xueliang and the party.

But that's the case, Wei Xueliang still has expectations for him and is willing to give him a chance.

Yanyi's forehead rested on Wei Xueliang's hand, and his voice returned to its former boldness, "I swear as a soldier to defend my Hua to the death, and I will not return if the battle is uneven." ”

If I return first, I will die.

His voice was sonorous and powerful, Wei Xueliang felt nostalgia for a while, his eyes widened, and tears trembled and rolled out.

Wei Xueliang moved his hand and gently touched Yanyi's forehead, and tried his best to force the green tendons in the corners of his forehead to burst out, before he spit out a few inaudible words:

"General ...... of the Vietnam War The commander-in-chief listened to the order...... The road is windy. ”

Yan Yi stood up straight, and after giving a standard military salute to Wei Xueliang, he turned around and left with the badge and the letter of recommendation sandwiched in the letter.

Two days later, the military airfield:

Many young people wearing pine branches and green systems lined up neatly, and the leading officers knew the faces of the Wei family, and when they saw a few people crying outside the field, they thought for a while and said: "The 19th Division is lined up one by one, and Yanyi is out of the ranks!" ”

The team leader's voice was loud, and as soon as the voice fell, Yan Yi's body was straight and upright, and he was kicking his legs out of the ranks, "Here!" ”

The team leader exhaled, and his voice softened: "60 seconds." ”

Yan Yi will be happy, and he didn't think about running to the three people outside the field.

"Aunt Wei! Wei Lan...... This is your daughter and Gu Chao's? It was lovely. ”

Wei's mother was old and couldn't stay aside for a long time, so Wei Lan took turns with Wei Lin and Song Qi.

When I went back to Yanyi last time, it happened that Wei Lan was not there.

Wei Lan whispered "um", her eyes were red and she didn't say anything, but the three-year-old little pink dumpling in her arms reached out to Yanyi to hug her, as she had taught in advance.

The little pink dumplings are fragrant and soft, Yanyi is dressed in a military uniform, and the skin texture is deep in the bones and blood, as if some kind of brand has been activated, hard, and I don't know how to hold the little dumpling.

Three-year-old Gu Jiaojiao left a saliva mark on Yanyi's face, and said in a small milk voice with her millet teeth: "Uncle has a good trip, my mother asked me to tell you, grandpa, uncle, mother, wait for you to go home for dinner." ”

The immature fairy tale once again made the iron-blooded man fall into emotion.

As soon as Yan Yi said the word "good", a loud whistle came from behind him.

Time's up.

Without hesitation, he handed the small ball to Wei Lan, and his voice was as cold as a blade, "Wait for me to come back and eat together." ”

After saying that, he turned around, and his back roared bravely, with a ...... Resolute cross-heartedness.

"Report! The nineteenth division is in a row and in a row, and Yanyi is in a row! ”

"Roger! Boarding! ”

Yan Yi clenched the equipment in his arms, his narrow eyes were wide and red, for fear that tears would fall, and he didn't dare to look back.

The battle is uneven, and I don't return.

If I return first, I will die!"

……

The Vietnamese army on the border provoked and provoked countless battles, large and small, and the military sent troops to it, intermittently, before everything was quelled.

(End of chapter)