Ruan Jiaojiao put on a coat and separated from her husband and children, and before the ceremony began, she and everyone took the guest seats on the rostrum in turn. Behind the rostrum, two national flags were hung, one was the rice-shaped flag of the sunset country, and the other was the five-star red flag of the summer country.

The area where Ruan Jiaojiao was sitting was under the five-star red flag, behind her was a group of guests in suits and leather shoes and straight military uniforms, on her right hand was Ye Zhenying, who was sitting on a chair with her legs crossed and suppressing her excitement, and on her left was the old lady. There was only one seat in the area between the two national flags, and the old gentleman sat on it with his back straight, looking at the empty flagpole on the side of Xia Guo from afar.

The ceremony officially began, the flag guards of both sides walked up to the rostrum with neat steps, and the auditorium of several thousand people seemed particularly quiet at the moment, as if nothing could be heard except for the sound of passwords and the sound of military boots "knocking on the carpet".

"The main leaders of both sides are admitted, please all stand."

The sound of the radio fell, the ceremonial horns of Xia and Sunset countries sounded, and Ruan Jiaojiao stood up with thousands of people in the venue.

On the Xia Kingdom's side, the most important leader walked in the front, that is, Gu Changshan took the lead, but on the Sunset Country's side, it was Prince Char who walked last. This is no different from the original world, due to cultural differences, this is something that Ruan Jiaojiao can't change.

Towards midnight, Prince Char began his speech on behalf of the Sunset Country, with an unconcealable loneliness in his eyes, but he fulfilled his promise and finished the speech within the allotted time.

"The flag-lowering and flag-raising ceremony begins now, please stand up."

Xia Guo's three flag-raisers stepped onto the rostrum with neat steps, one in a white navy uniform, the other in a blue air force uniform, and in the middle was a flag-raiser holding a five-star red flag and wearing a green army uniform.

Moving in one direction with them were the three flag-raisers of the Sunset Country, who had nothing in their hands and strode forward with their arms waving.

Obviously, the neat steps of the three people were far less loud than the escort team just now, but every step they took seemed to be stepping on Ruan Jiaojiao's heart, and with the "knock" sound of the military boots stepping on the red carpet, Ruan Jiaojiao's heartbeat also accelerated with the knock knock.

She didn't pay attention to the movements of the Sunset Country, and watched the three flag-raisers hoist the red flag and make preparations before raising the flag.

When the three flag-raisers holding bauhinia flags also came to the stage and got ready, the voice of the host rang out in the venue, "Now, lower the flag of the United Kingdom and the flag of Hong Kong City, and raise the flag of Xia and the flag of Hong Kong City Special Administrative Region!" ”

The host's voice has always been very smooth and there is no fluctuation, but when he said the second half of the sentence, Ruan Jiaojiao obviously heard his voice rise by a degree.

Ruan Jiaojiao slowed down her breathing, and like everyone in the audience, she watched the two national flags on the other side slowly lower, until the music stopped and the flags were in the end, and she secretly exhaled a heavy breath.

Not only Ruan Jiaojiao, not only the thousands of people in the venue, but also the hundreds of millions of people across the country who were guarding in front of the TV and the radio at this time.

After exhaling heavily, they held their breath and waited for the national anthem to sound.

“5！”

“4！”

“3！”

Tonight is a sleepless night for all Hong Kong citizens.

Even if it is raining outside, there are still countless people in the rain, holding umbrellas, wearing raincoats, holding bright and dazzling five-star red flags on the streets, guarding the square with countdown electronic screens, shouting loudly.

On this day, Xia Guo has been waiting for more than one hundred and fifty years.

It's been too long!

“0！”

As soon as the countdown reaches zero, the electronic screens of all squares and buildings are lit up with five-star red flags.

At twelve o'clock in the night, the streets and alleys of Hong Kong City erupted into deafening cheers and shouts, frantically waving the flags in their hands or hugging the people around them, venting their excitement and joy in the rain.

"Ahhhh Port City is back! ”

"We're home!!"

"Old bean! You've finally waited for this day! ”

In the venue, Ruan Jiaojiao held her breath, sang the national anthem in her heart, and watched the national flag rise without blinking. The drumbeat of the national anthem seemed to hit her heart, and even if she gritted her teeth, she still couldn't hold back the soft sobs.

Always surging for the country, always with tears in my eyes.

The flag was raised to the top, and it was blown by the blower that had long been angled. Ruan Jiaojiao tilted her head in distraction, ignoring the tears falling from the end of her eyes, and ignoring the warmth of her hands being suddenly wrapped.

One hand is delicate and soft, and the other hand is dry with a thin callus, but it is the same warmth.

After sitting down on the chair again, Ruan Jiaojiao turned her head to look at the old lady beside her, and the old gentleman sitting diagonally in the center.

He looked much more energetic than before, and he couldn't see the look in his eyes clearly, but he could see the curvature of the corners of his mouth that was always raised, and when Gu Changshan was speaking, he also applauded with everyone very quickly, which was not at all the same as the slow reaction speed in the lounge just now.

Gu Changshan talked a lot around the port city, turned to the side, and solemnly introduced the old gentleman sitting on the high platform of the rostrum.

The old gentleman stood up with the back of his chair, and from the moment he got up, the auditorium resounded with thunderous applause.

The old gentleman took the microphone and said a few words, without saying his own efforts and difficulties, and praised others and his happiness today.

When the chief executive of Hong Kong City came to the stage to speak, he also thanked the old gentleman, in addition to the old gentleman, he also thanked the representatives of Hong Kong City and the Xia delegation sitting on the guest seat in turn.

Ruan Jiaojiao, as an important person, not only mentioned her name, but the camera also gave her a three-second close-up shot.

These three seconds, but the three seconds facing the world, as long as anyone who is watching this handover ceremony at the moment, can see her.

In this dark night, there are three TVs on the small cement square of Chenjia Village, and light strips are pulled up around it, illuminating the whole small square as if it were day. Every household in the village gathered in the small square to watch the handover ceremony of the return of Hong Kong City, the adults chatted with melon seeds, and the children were dozed in their arms.

Chenjia Village has long been a well-off village, and the people in the village do not say that all of them are 10,000 yuan households, but 1,000 yuan households cannot run away. Every house has a TV, but on such a special day, everyone still chooses to gather together to witness the return of the port city.

Sitting at the front, in addition to the village chief and village cadres, several mountain researchers, tea factory leaders, as well as Chen Xiaoping's father and daughter and their families.

When the camera showed Ruan Jiaojiao, Chen Xiaoping immediately stood up and shouted: "It's Miss Ruan!" She is Miss Ruan, who bought my tea and built roads for our village to get rid of poverty! ”

"She's our nobleman!"

"It's so pretty!"

"People are beautiful and kind!"

The people in the village stared at the TV closely, and Chen Xiaoping's father also stared closely, and everyone wanted to remember this noble man who changed his life.