49

In the ancient city, the entrance of the alley,

In the small building, there was a child chanting with his tender childish voice, like a yellow oriole singing:

"The lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, but the lotus leaves are everywhere.

Fish play among lotus leaves, fish play east of lotus leaves.

Fish plays in the west of lotus leaves, and fish plays in the south of lotus leaves.

Fish plays on the lotus leaf north..."

Su Zhan dragged his luggage and stepped onto this homeland again.

After four years, the plane landed, the familiar air, familiar Mandarin, and familiar crowds were surging.

Xie Xi came to pick her up. He stood in the crowd first, was stunned for a second, ran over, holding Su Zhan's shoulders up, down, left and right, looking in disbelief and shock, "Are you fucking willing to come back?"

Su Zhan smiled, "Long time no see, how many years have you been?"

Xie Xi held her tears, dragged her into her arms, and hugged her hard, "You are finally back."

He said it again.

But this is not interesting.

Su Zhan understood what he meant.

She didn't change much,

Except for shorter hair, darker and thinner.

The only difference is that the state is back.

Xie Xi finally let go of her hand, took the suitcase at her hand, and excitedly pulled her out, "Go away, I'll take you home first."

Su Zhan has his own house in Beixun. He bought it a long time ago. He has been wandering outside for the past few years and has been put on hold. Xie Xi said to her while walking, "I know you are coming back. A few days ago, I asked my aunt to clean it for you. Have you notified Mr. Lu?"

"not yet."

Xie Xi hurriedly went to take out his cell phone, "Then I'll say hello to him first, otherwise I'm afraid he will be excited."

Su Zhan stopped him, "Go home first, I'll go find him later."

When Xie Xi heard this, he asked her to go there and find it in person.

The atmosphere returned to tranquility, and the mood of returning to his hometown finally settled a few seconds after getting on the bus.

Su Zhan looked out the window calmly, Xie Xi drove the car, looked at her, and said, "Do you think the sky in Beixun is getting more and more turbid?"

"Yeah." She faintly.

Xie Xi sighed, "No, Mr. Lu had pneumonia before, so Mr. Lu took him back to his hometown Liaoyang and came back only yesterday."

"pneumonia?"

Xie Xi glanced at her and said, "I almost died."

Su Zhan was silent.

Xie Xi said again, meaningfully: "Mr. Lu is 33 years old this year."

“…”

In this regard, people always take the initiative by being loved.

"In the past few years you have left, Mr. Lu has had two girlfriends, but they have no result. Mr. Lu was so anxious that he couldn't do anything about him. I think you should think carefully about it this time when you come back. Have you known him for ten years? You still don't know what kind of person he is? Although he is a little confused and is full of trains, he really doesn't dare to neglect your affairs at all. Who in the company dares to say your fault? He is not protecting you?"

At this time, Beixun had already entered the night.

The lights are on, neon lights are flashing, and the scenery passing by the car is a sign of prosperity. The crescent moon in the sky is like a curved golden boat hanging in the vast galaxy.

Everything Lu Yeming did to her was in sight.

Su Zhan said: "Have you seen the Ignition Festival in Somalia?"

Xie Xi was confused by her unfinished sentence, "Bonfire party?"

Su Zhan shook his head slightly and explained lightly: "It's not all, but it's almost the same. The Ignition Festival in Somalia is the New Year here. On the evening of July 31, villagers will build bonfires around the village, along the banks of the river. Then when night falls, the elderly, children, women, and men in the village will rush out and come to the river to dance around the bonfire, sing, and grill lamb chops, which is similar to the bonfire party in Inner Mongolia."

"..." Xie Xi could not understand at all.

Su Zhan looked out the window and said, "But it is also different. They regard this as New Year's Eve. There is a ceremonial to jump on the bonfire and the New Year's Day here. Children under fifteen years old dance once a year, jump once a year, and those over fifteen years old are adults. They call this ritual Dabush Deka, which means ignition."

“…”

"That night, everyone was wearing local clothes, and people celebrated around the bonfire, singing and dancing, cheering and screaming..." She paused for a moment, as if she was in memory, her eyes were confused: "Late at night, a bomb suddenly fell from the air, war, and people were living in misery, just a moment. Before the peacekeeping troops arrived, the men in the village tried their best to hide women, elderly people and children, but there were smoke and war everywhere. They sacrificed for their families and became burial objects of war. However, the people who survived the next day looked at the corpses all over the ground, burst into tears, and their heartbroken tears, and their love became very slim at that moment."

"Somali is a war-torn country. They have long been conscious of living in such an environment," said Xie Xi.

She ignored him and continued, "Last year, I met a peacekeeping infantry in South Sudan, who was from Beixun."

Su Zhan joined the Red Cross International as a volunteer the second year after leaving Singapore. While she was a war correspondent, she participated in the treatment of wounded soldiers.

When I was in Myanmar, I met Li Zheng.

A black and thin young man, who was 25 or 26 years old, joined the army at the age of 18, was a third-level sergeant. When he smiled, he always had a crack in his eyes. He was very honest. Since he joined the army, he has been a "god gunner" every year.

He once set a record of continuous shooting and no one can beat him.

A boy with unique prospects and infinite longing for the future, in a firefight, he was shot in the right arm, and the anesthetics in the team were nervous. He gritted his teeth and said to the team doctor: "Just take it like this, keep it for other brothers."

At that moment, everyone was moved.

During the entire operation, he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth without making any tricks. Su Zhan stood by and looked at him for a long time. Li Zheng comforted her and bent the corner of his mouth calmly, "Su Xiaomeng is nothing."

That's a bullet.

Later, Su Zhan interviewed him, "Do you really love this country so much?"

Li Zheng said: "Love."

"Where are your family?"

"Only after the country is there, my father is also a soldier, and this is what he has always taught me."

Su Zhan was speechless, looking at the man's resolute face in the dark, she felt sad.

"Are you afraid of sacrifice?"

Li Zheng sat next to her, raised his head to the moon, and said piously: "I will not let myself sacrifice easily, but I am not afraid of sacrifice."

If the country is in trouble, it will live up to its mission.

Fearless and fearless.

This is the enlightenment of all soldiers,

They are willing to send their blood and tears to the mountains and rivers to sprinkle a piece of soil in the East Mountains.

After a while of silence, probably because he realized that the topic was too heavy, Li Zheng said something else.

"Let me tell you about my girlfriend?" A hint of gentleness suddenly appeared on Li Zhenggang's face. "I have a girlfriend who is very beautiful, as beautiful as you, no, more beautiful than you. She has big eyes, aura, can talk, and looks very good when she smiles. She is a teacher and a gentle person. She has already agreed that when my dispatch service is over, we will get married when we go back."

Su Zhan smiled, "It's great, congratulations."

Li Zheng suddenly calmed down, lowered his head and pulled the grass seedlings in front of him, and said, "Suzhan, when will you return to China?"

"I don't know, let's float for a while."

Li Zheng sat on the ground, took out a small transparent bottle from somewhere, placed it on the grass, then pulled out a few small grass seedlings, circled around, lowered his head, and circled it seriously. He was very skillful in his movements, as if he had done it for thousands of times.

Soon, a grass ring was formed, and he stuffed it into a transparent small bottle, stuffed it with a plug, and handed it to Su Zhan, "Go back and help me bring this to her. She is teaching at No. 1 Middle School, called Han Wenwen."

Su Zhan took it, "Okay."

"Does the name sound nice?"

"Yeah, it sounds nice."

Li Zheng sighed, "You are just too bored."

At the end of last year, the Myanmar War ended, and Suzhan was sent to South Sudan with Li Zheng to rescue with peacekeeping forces.

During those days, Su Zhan seemed to be in hell on earth, and was used to separation from life and death. Looking at the disabled corpse that was constantly fighting back on the stretcher, he was sad and incomprehensible.

She kept praying in her heart.

——God, please bless Li Zheng to return safely.

——The omnipotent God, please let him come back safely.

——Ten million, ten million, there is another girl in China who gets married.

Then, on the third day, she saw Li Zheng's body, which was blown out of recognition by shells.

The insights about life,

At that moment, she suddenly became clear.

If there is a next life, just be a tree.

No reason,
To be continued...