The time on the road passed quickly, and it was noon in the blink of an eye, Chen Gong glanced at the time on the car and found that it was nearly one o'clock at noon, so he asked Wang Zhenzhen, who was sitting behind, to contact others and say that he wanted to find a rest area on the highway, take a break and have a lunch by the way.

Wang Zhenzhen nodded, took out her mobile phone and began to connect.

When she finished contacting, she told Chen Gong to let him go to the next rest area to stop and rest.

Chen Gong nodded and drove for nearly twenty minutes, stopping at a rest area located in Lanxi.

After he parked the car in the rest area, Xiao Bing took the lead in opening the car door and got out of the car, and after getting out of the car, Xiao Bing said to go to the bathroom, and went to the bathroom in the rest area.

When Xiaobing returned to the number next to the car from the bathroom, Chen Gong was the only one left in the car to check the condition of the car.

When Chen Gong saw Xiaobing coming back, he got out of the car, closed the door and said to Xiaobing: Xiaobing, let's go inside to have a meal and take a rest by the way.

Xiao Bing nodded and followed Chen Gong to the restaurant in the rest area.

When he came to the restaurant, Chen Ke and Chen Jia were already sitting at the table in the restaurant.

Chen Gong took the soldiers and walked towards them.

Coming to where they were sitting, the soldier found an empty spot and sat down.

After he sat down, Chen Rong next to him opened his mouth and said to Xiao Bing: Xiao Bing, because we have never been to Guangdong Province, so when we arrive in Guangdong Province, we still expect you to show us the way.

Xiaobing nodded and said: Well, okay, although you haven't been there, it's still very convenient to go anywhere, you just need to drive along the highway in the direction of East Guangdong Province, across the entire Jiangxi Province, and then when you reach the boundary of East Guangdong Province, you can get off the highway at the entrance of the Dongjiang County Expressway.

After that, we came down to the highway and we were not very far from the highway exit.

Oh, okay, we know, Chen Rong nodded.

Chen Gong, who had been listening to the soldiers, said: Everyone is together, let's eat!

When everyone heard him say this, they picked up their chopsticks and ate them.

It took more than half an hour to finish eating, and after everyone had eaten and rested for a while, everyone got into the car again and drove to the highway to eastern Guangdong Province.

After more than ten hours of driving, Chen Gong finally drove to the exit of the highway in Dongjiang County, the southernmost part of Guangdong Province, located in Huaxia Kingdom.

After getting off the highway, Xiao Bing pointed to the road in front of him and said to Chen Gongdao: You drive along this road for nearly ten minutes or so, when you see a three-fork intersection, turn right to a small auxiliary road of the three-way road, and then drive along the road until you arrive.

Chen Gong nodded, and drove straight along the path pointed by Xiao Bing.

Xiaobing sat in the car and looked at the familiar street on the side of the road outside the window, sighed, alas, and said in his heart: I have been away from home for several years, and I finally returned home.

After nearly ten minutes' drive, the car had come to the path, and the soldier looked at the road and pointed to a small lake in front of him surrounded by mountains on three sides: there is a house not far from the lake in front, and that is my home.

Chen Gong nodded and drove somewhere, and after a while, the car stopped where Xiao Bing said.

After Chen Gong parked the car, Xiaobing took the lead in opening the car door and getting out of the car.

After getting out of the car, Xiaobing looked at his long-lost home and smiled.

After Xiaobing got out of the car, everyone got out of the car, Chen Gong and they got out of the car and saw Xiaobing's house and were shocked, the reason why they were like this is because Xiaobing's home is a dilapidated house from the outside.

The house is indeed in a dilapidated state.

The house is a house built by the veterans themselves, the house is not very big, only a brick house with an area of nearly 40 square meters, and a house that has not been renovated at all, and it has been built for nearly 15 or 6 years, so it looks like a very old and dangerous building from the outside.

The soldier glanced at everyone and went to open the door.

Open the door and a musty smell came out from the inside, because Xiaobing has not come back for several years, so many things in the room have begun to be a little moldy, Xiaobing walked over and picked up a broom placed at the door of the room and began to clean up, at this time Chen Gong and Wang Zhenzhen walked in and cleaned up with Xiaobing, and after the three of them finished cleaning, Xiaobing stood at the door and said to Chen Rong, who was still standing in the courtyard outside the house: Come in!

Chen Rong nodded and walked in first.

When the others saw Chen Rong entering, they followed in, and when they entered it, Chen Rong saw some simple tables and chairs in the room, and asked: Xiaobing, have you and your father and his old man always lived here?

Xiao Bing looked at him and said, "Yes, since I was a child, my father-in-law and I have lived here.

Chen Rong nodded, looking at the room.

Xiao Bing looked at everyone and pointed to one of the rooms inside and said: "Father-in-law, which room is he living in."

After listening to Xiao Bing's words, everyone looked at each other, and Chen Gong slowly walked in.

He entered the room and saw that there was only a bed and a stool in the room, and there was nothing except it, and tears fell inadvertently when he thought that his father actually lived in such a place in his old age.

Seeing Chen Gong walking inside, the others also walked in.

Xiao Bing walked into the room, came to a wall, pointed to some old photos on it, and said: These photos are some of the photos that my stepfather took me back then.

Hearing Xiao Bing's words, everyone walked to look at the old photos on the wall, and the three brothers of Chen Gong kept tears while looking at them.

The little soldier looked at them and was silent for a while, and then said, "I'll take you to the resting place of my father-in-law!"

After the soldier left, everyone reluctantly looked at the photo and followed the soldier outside.

The soldier led them to a lake that he had often visited with his father-in-law, and he walked along the lake.

After walking for a while, he came to a small mound of grass by the lake, and the soldier walked over and stepped forward to remove the weeds from the small mound.

Chen Gong and the others saw that the soldiers were weeding, so they stepped forward to help pull the weeds.

With the help of everyone, the weeds on the small mound were removed, and the mound revealed a half-cut tombstone with the word veteran written on it.

Xiao Bing looked at the tombstone and knelt down and cried bitterly: Father-in-law, Xiao Bing came back to see you, Xiao Bing is back、、、、、、、、、、、、、

When they saw the soldiers kneeling, they also knelt down and wept bitterly、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、

I don't know how long it took, but it slowly stopped with the cries of everyone.

After offering incense and paying homage to his father-in-law with them, the soldier took them back to his home.

Sitting in the living room of the house, Xiao Bing began to tell everyone about the life of himself and his father-in-law here.

Time passed imperceptibly, and when the sky slowly darkened, the little soldier finished speaking.

When the soldier finished speaking, they agreed to stay here for a few days before going back.

When Xiaobing heard that they wanted to stay here for a few days, he opened his mouth and asked Chen Gong: "Teacher Chen, you can stay here for a few days, but my family is small and can't live so many people, otherwise, you should go to live in the county seat." And there are hotels and guesthouses in the county, otherwise where are you going!

Chen Gong looked at Xiao Bing and said: Xiao Bing, it's okay, we live here just to accompany my father and his old man, so it doesn't matter.

Everyone listened to Chen Gong's words and nodded one after another.

However, this place is so small, how can you live?

Chen Gong thought about it and looked at the house again, and said: Although there are only two rooms, but in this way, we will live in one room for men and one for women, and everyone will be crowded.

After listening to his words, Xiao Bing looked at some other people, and when he saw that they were all right, he said: Okay, if you want to live here, you can live here.

Well, okay, Chen Gong nodded.

Xiao Bing glanced at him and continued: Then I'll go and clean up the house first.

You don't have to clean up the little soldier, you will leave the matter of cleaning up the house to the female compatriots, you can take us out to buy some vegetables and some daily necessities and come back! Chen Gong looked at the little soldier and said.

The little soldier nodded and said, "Okay, if you want to buy something, just go to the town market and buy it, why don't you go with us?"

Chen Gong glanced at his brother and wife and said: I, my third brother and Zhenzhen will go with you, and the others will stay here to clean up the house.

After listening to Chen Gong's words, the others nodded one after another, and began to pick up their cleaning tools and start to clean up.

When the soldier saw that they were starting to clean up, he said, "Let's go, if we go late, there will be nothing to sell in the market."

Chen Gong nodded and took his wife and his younger brother out with Xiaobing.

got into Chen Gong's car, and Xiaobing still sat in the co-pilot to show them the way.

After nearly half an hour's drive, they came to the town's bazaar, got out of the car, and the soldiers led the way.

The creeps carried them from the head of the bazaar to the end of the bazaar, each carrying a large bag of goods in his hand.

As soon as he put the things he bought into the trunk of the car, Chen Gong drove the car back.

Returning to the soldier's house, he got out of the car and saw that the house and outside had been cleaned.

Xiaobing and Chen Gong brought the things they bought into the house, and someone came to pick up the things.

Back at home, Xiao Bing, Chen Gong and his two younger brothers sat on a stool in the living room and waited.

Girls, they all went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

In nearly ten minutes, a rich dinner has been prepared.

Wang Zhenzhen came out of the kitchen and beckoned everyone to eat.

A table of people gathered around a very old table of eight immortals at Xiao Bing's house to eat. 、

After eating, everyone sat on the stools in the living room and chatted.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Xiao Bing got up and said to Chen Gong: Teacher Chen, you talk, I'll go out for a while.

Chen Gong looked at Xiao Bing and asked, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Bing looked at him and smiled: No, I finally went home, I want to go out and swim forever.

Swimming, where are you going to swim at night?" asked Chen Gong puzzled.

Right now, that lake, where I used to swim in the summer.

Is there a place to swim in that lake? Where else is the water clean?

It's clean, where is the water flowing from the mountains, it has not been polluted, and often some people drive here from far away to fetch mountain spring water and take it home?

Oh, is it?," Chen Gong asked, looking at Xiao Bing.

Xiao Bing nodded and said: Yes, that lake belongs to our small lake, and where you go up the mountain along the side is the source of the Dongjiang River in eastern Guangdong Province.

Oh, I see, it seems that the water quality is good.

Well, yes, where the water quality is through the Guangdong Province, the water quality has been tested by the Water Conservancy Bureau, plus there is a very rare plant in the subtropical region on the mountain, its name is large vine.

It is a rare herb that grows in the tropics because it has the effect of treating high blood pressure and heart disease, and it is said that if you drink water soaked in large vine regularly, it can relieve stress and improve the body's resistance.

That's why some people often come here to bring some mountain spring water back to drink.

Oh, that's the case, I didn't expect there to be such a thing here? Chen Rong looked at Xiao Bing and said.

Xiaobing nodded and continued: Although it is not as good as a prosperous metropolis like Hangzhou, the ecological environment here is very good, the air is also very clear, and it has not been polluted.

The reason why the ecological environment here is good is because it belongs to the subtropical region, with unique subtropical scenery and some rare plants, so this is the key protected ecological area of eastern Guangdong Province and the wildlife protection center area of the subtropical region of China.

Oh, there are a lot of wild animals and rare plants here, Chen Gong looked at Xiao Bing and asked.

Xiao Bing nodded and said: There are nearly 300 kinds of national-level protected wild animals and more than 1,000 rare subtropical plants in our county, but there are nearly 200 kinds of wild animals and more than 800 kinds of rare subtropical plants living and growing near here alone.

En, Chen Gong nodded hurriedly after listening to Xiao Bing's words: The air here is indeed much better than Hangzhou, and after he finished speaking, other people said the same.

The little soldier looked at them and said, "It's rare for you to come here, I'll take you around tomorrow."

Anyway, not far from here, there is a place dedicated to experiencing scenic tourism in the subtropics, where I will take you to play.

Everyone nodded at the soldier's words.

The little soldier looked at them and said, "Okay, I'm going to go swimming in that little lake." After the soldier finished speaking, he prepared to walk to the door,

At this time, Chen Gong stood up and said: I'll go with you!

The creep nodded, and the others stood up and said they were going to swim with the creep.

The soldier looked at them and said: If you want to go, hurry up, if it is too late, the lake will recede, if the lake recedes, there will be no way to swim.

When they heard what the soldier said, they went back to their rooms to get their things.

When they had finished taking their things, the soldiers led everyone to the lake.

[To be continued End of this chapter]