Chapter 309: Letters from home are worth ten thousand gold
Hanmin Supermarket is located near the east entrance of the town. It has a small signboard and LED lights with the word "supermarket" written on it.
There was an old Wuling Hongguang car parked at the door, which was probably used to purchase goods. After confirmation, Yu Zhiqian and Li Yang from the Cultural Bureau walked into the supermarket.
It was a small supermarket with three rows of small shelves. An old man who looked like he was sitting behind the counter, picking garlic and watching TV. An old anti-Japanese drama was playing on the TV.
When I heard someone coming in, I slowly raised my head, took a look, and then continued to stare at the TV series. A pair of old hands were still slowly cleaning the garlic.
"Old man, is this Chen Hanmin's home?"
"Chen Hanmin?" The old man was stunned for a moment and shook his head in confusion, but the name felt very familiar.
"Old man, Chen Hanmin, Chen Hanmin, do you know?"
"Chen Hanmin!" After the old man murmured a few words in a low voice, he seemed to remember something and suddenly became excited: "You are looking for my father? My father has died a long time ago. He died when the little devil entered China. "
"I know!" After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he took out a photo. This was a photo that Yu Zhiqian had taken before. It was specially printed in black and white. He pointed at one of the people: "Old man, are you sure this is your father?" ?"
The old man picked up a pair of reading glasses, looked at them for a while, and shook his head: "I can't remember clearly. I haven't seen him since I was a child. I only saw photos. Who are you?"
"Old man, I am from the Cultural Bureau of Anyuan District, and this is Yu Zhiqian. He is here to see Chen Hanmin's family to deliver his relics!"
"Ah, where are you from?"
The old man's ears were a bit bad. After communicating for a long time, he finally explained what happened. The old man stood up tremblingly: "Wait a moment, I will ask my son to carry my mother down!"
Soon, a middle-aged man came back from outside and looked at his father: "What's going on, dad?"
"Well, I am from the Cultural Bureau of Anyuan District, and this Comrade Yu Zhiqian is here to find the descendants of Mr. Chen Hanmin!" After a brief introduction, the middle-aged man nodded and looked at his father: " Dad, who is Chen Hanmin?"
"Your grandfather's name is Chen Hanmin. He died fighting the Japanese. Go and carry your grandma down. Your grandma should remember what your grandpa looked like!"
Five minutes later, a middle-aged man named Chen Jun came to the front of the supermarket from behind carrying an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face. After placing the chairs, Yu Zhiqian and others walked over.
"Hello grandma, do you know the person in the photo?"
The old man had lost all his teeth. When he saw Chen Hanmin in the photo, he shed tears. He gently touched the person in the photo and muttered to himself: "You heartless! You heartless." !”
"Do you know grandma?"
"Know, this is my husband!" the old lady said softly, and tremblingly took out a wooden box wrapped in red cloth that she brought with her. After tremblingly opening the wooden box, she carefully opened a He took out the yellowed photo and stroked it gently: "This is the Han people."
In a wedding photo, Chen Hanmin was wearing a Chinese tunic suit, while the old lady was wearing an invisible cheongsam. The two were sitting together, smiling happily.
"Let me take a look!" Yu Zhiqian carefully took the photo and looked at it carefully. After confirming that it was Chen Hanmin, he slowly put it back in the old lady's hands: "Old lady, yes, it's Chen Hanmin. He has something. , I wanted to mail it back to you, but I might have sacrificed myself before I even remembered to mail it. It was just by chance that I got this and a letter!"
After finishing speaking, he carefully took out the thing and put it into the old lady's hand. The old lady opened the oilcloth paper tremblingly and took out the thing inside: "This bracelet!"
The old lady picked it up carefully, then stroked it gently, as if she had recalled something: "He mentioned this bracelet in a letter before, saying that he would put it on me personally, eh!"
The old man's speech was quite clear and he could recall the past very clearly. When Yu Zhiqian listened to the old man talking about the past, he seemed to be able to see the scenes from the past.
"There is another letter here, Jun, read it to grandma!"
A middle-aged man named Chen Jun opened the envelope carefully, but after taking a look at the contents, he felt a little embarrassed: "Grandma, I don't recognize the words on it!"
"Didn't you go to college?"
“It’s in traditional Chinese!”
"Let me do it!"
Yu Zhiqian stretched out his hand, indicating that the letter should be given to him.
"I love Xiuzhi,
I have been away from home for three months, and I miss you all the time. However, we are busy with military affairs and cannot see each other. The country maintains troops for thousands of days and uses them for a short time. In these troubled times, ordinary people still have responsibilities. I am a soldier, how can I shrink back.
Our department will be transferred in the near future, and the previous address will not be used. If you reply, please forward it to the Military Headquarters of the 74th Army.
The mother, children, and young girls in the family all depend on one wife. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been a dilemma. I hope my wife will bear with me. If unfortunately I die for my country and die on the battlefield, it will be an extremely honorable thing. You can choose someone else to marry.
…”
The letter was very long, about five to six hundred words. After Yu Zhiqian finished reading it, not only the old lady, but also the people from the Cultural Affairs Bureau beside him felt moved and wiped their eyes.
"You heartless, heartless!" The old lady kept mumbling one sentence until she finally got tired and slowly fell asleep, still muttering to herself in a low voice.
"Thank you!" After Chen Jun sent his grandma back to the house, he grabbed Yu Zhiqian's hand and wouldn't let go.
"It should!"
"You spent a lot of money to buy these things, right? How much did our family pay for them?"
"No, no, no, it should be. Just return the property to its original owner!" Yu Zhiqian waved his hands quickly. Although he delivered the letter and things decades later, he still fulfilled his promise and did not disappoint Chen Hanmin. , and did not disappoint this old lady who had been waiting for decades.
When Yu Zhiqian returned to Pingxiang, his heart was still unable to calm down for a long time. There were too many tragic things that happened in that era. He only experienced a very small part of them, but he was deeply shocked.
After finishing all the busy things, Yu Zhiqian did not continue to stay in Jiangxi, but booked a flight home. Since he came out during the Chinese New Year, it seems that he has not seen his mother for a while, although when he was at home, he was surrounded by her every day. She muttered, but now, Yu Zhiqian couldn't help but miss her.
ps: I have something to deal with, sorry for being late for the third update!
