Hometown beacon smoke old time shadow

The dinner this night was extraordinarily lively, because Zheng Hai was about to leave home, Jingxian brought Sun Xiangli and his wife over.Today I got another letter from Zhaoshi who will be back soon, and the whole family is beaming.As for Zhenghai and Huanzhu, their expressions were uncomfortable, and it was not obvious that Huanzhu himself didn't speak, so it seemed that Zhenghai had been quiet all night.Jingxian looked at him: "Zhenghai, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling sick? Your face is a little red, maybe it's because you have a fever." Zhenghai panicked and dropped his chopsticks. He shook his head while picking up the chopsticks: "No, just The weather is too hot, so I drank two more mouthfuls of hot soup." Lian Zhou snickered aside, and Zheng Hai gave him a sneaky look.Sun Xiangli said from the side: "Zhenghai, what are you doing staring at Lianzhou?" Lianzhou laughed loudly, and waved his hands while laughing, but he couldn't straighten up.Jingxian patted the table: "Lianzhou, there are no rules!" Lianzhou saw that her mother was angry, put down her chopsticks, and stood up: "Mother, Brother Zhenghai doesn't have a fever, but he does. I whispered to my sister, I'm sorry!" The adults at the table understood what was going on, Zhenghai and Huanzhu wished they could find a crack in the ground and get in.Jingxian suppressed a smile, stared at Lianzhou and said, "Who told you to eavesdrop on your brother and sister! I don't bother with you, anyway, your second uncle will be back tomorrow, and someone will set the rules for you." Lianzhou pouted Sit down and pick the rice in the bowl.Sun Xiangli felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Grandma, I'll go to the train station to pick up the second master tomorrow." Jingxian shook her head, "He's a child, how can he work for you. Let Zhenghai take Lianzhou and go with the driver Pick it up. We'll just wait at home."

The next day, Lianzhou followed Zhenghai to pick up Zhaoshi.On the way, Zhenghai poked his head and said, "If you dare to betray me, the enmity between us is settled. Sooner or later, I will retaliate!" Lianzhou said with a shy face, "I'm not afraid, second uncle came back He's the battalion commander, you can't beat him!"

Zhaoshi left the station, Zhenghai and Lianzhou were waiting at the exit, the three of them looked at each other, but they didn't dare to recognize each other.Zhao Shi was a frail scholar when he left, but now he is wearing a military uniform and his face is very tanned.Zhenghai was already taller than Zhaoshi, and Lianzhou was no longer a little doll with a tiger head and a tiger brain.In the end, Zhaoshi flicked the heads of the two brothers, "Why didn't you hurry up to salute and say hello when you saw the second uncle?" The two came back to their senses.Zheng Hai embarrassedly took the luggage and helped him put it on the car, while Lian Zhou jumped up and hooked his second uncle's neck, and Hou Zai refused to get off.

When getting into the car, Lianzhou dragged his second uncle to sit in the back together. He touched his military uniform and collar badge, took off his military cap and put it on his head.When the car turned into the French Concession, Zhaoshi's hands trembled, and his palms were sweating.Lian Zhou looked up at him and asked, "Second Uncle, what's the matter with you?" Zhaoshi shook his head and touched his face, "It's okay." Nostalgia is more timid."

"Yes, Zhenghai. When you leave the country and return home, you will also experience this feeling."

Lian Zhou pursed her lips, "Come on, Second Uncle, you ran away secretly. You must be afraid of being beaten when you get home. Last time I left home, I was slapped by mother when I entered the door. It hurt to death."

Zheng Hai glared at him, "You made the mother worry for so long, shouldn't she be slapped?"

Lianzhou rolled his eyes: "Yes, I didn't say no." Zhaoshi laughed dumbly, Lianzhou is like this, he never hides his mistakes, and he doesn't feel any embarrassment.He scratched Lianzhou's nose, "Your mother has never been reluctant to touch your finger, this time it really pissed her off. Second uncle, it's the same as you."

The car drove into Shen's mansion, and Jingxian, Zhaoquan and Huanzhu stood together under the canopy in front of the door.

The car door opened, and a pair of high black military boots stretched out. On the military boots were yellow-green khaki military trousers. When Jing Xian looked up again, Zhao Shi was already standing straight in front of her, saluting the military.She didn't know what to do for a while, and she didn't even know whether she wanted to cry or laugh, so she murmured: "It's a hot day, and I still wear these clothes." Zhaoquan patted her hand, "My God It’s hot, let’s go into the house and talk.”

A group of people entered the living room, but Zhaoshi came up to support Jingxian to sit on the sofa, and knelt down straightly, "Sister-in-law, Zhaoshi came back to see you." After saying that, he kowtowed three times.Jingxian pulled him up, "This kid is already in the National Revolutionary Army. If he still plays this set of vain rituals, whose life will he kill later?" Xian stared blankly at Zhaoshi. This child had grown up by her side for more than ten years. She watched him study hard, watched him study hard, and watched him grow tall and magnificent.Now I see him weathering the wind and rain to serve his family and country.However, she was constrained by the fact that Zhaoshi was her brother-in-law, so she couldn't hold him in her arms like she did to Lianzhou, touch his head, or comfort or blame him, she could only see him standing in front of him with a smile on his face.Jingxian sighed in her heart, "This child is pitiful. He hasn't had a mother's hug for more than ten years, but he has never felt resentful." In this way, Zhaoshi and Jingxian looked at each other and smiled, Didn't say a word.Or Zhaoquan came over and smiled and said, "Hey, what kind of riddle is this? Zhaoshi, eat a piece of ice-cold watermelon to relieve the heat, go up to take a bath, and change into homely clothes. Wearing such a thick military uniform is not afraid of prickly heat."

Zhaoshi was loose with his sister: "Sister, you don't know how well we wear military uniforms. Guangzhou and Changsha are much hotter than Shanghai, why don't we dress like this and bask in the sun." Zhaoquan pushed him to the room "No, it's all like carbon strips."

Before Zhaoshi went upstairs, Jingxian hurriedly asked: "Is there anything you want to eat?" Zhaoshi grinned, showing his white teeth, "I want to drink the chicken soup simmered with bamboo shoots." Damn, I want to drink something like this!" Zhaoshi turned back as he went upstairs and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, bean curd chicken feathers are very good."

Jing Xian hurriedly went to the kitchen, Mrs. Sun was helping, she smiled when she saw her coming in: "Zhao Shi is really different, as soon as he came back, even the eldest grandma went out of the kitchen. Don't worry, I still have a pot of bad food here Good duck feet and ducks are trustworthy." Jingxian waved her hands straightly: "No, no, no, Zhaoshi doesn't eat those, but bad edamame is still good, or you can use fragrant bad food to fry a fish fillet." Zhaoquan also followed at this time Come in, "Sister-in-law, don't be too busy. You think he is still the young master before. He has been a soldier for these years, but he has eaten almost everything that can be put in his mouth, regardless of whether it is raw or cooked." Jing Xian just left the kitchen awkwardly, and before she stepped out, she turned around and confessed: "I'd better send someone to the vegetable market to buy an old hen and come back. I'm peeling some bamboo shoots. If you want to be tender, throw away the older ones." Otherwise, the stewing soup will have an earthy smell." Zhaoquan pulled her helplessly: "Let's go, let's go. No matter how you are used to children, you are used to this."

Zhaoshi took a shower with cold water, which was also a habit he developed after arriving at the military academy.He exhaled deeply while drenching the water. In fact, he came back with a heavy heart this time, but today he has to let it go. I don’t know how many days of reunion like this can be.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very relaxed, the family was reunited, talking and laughing, only Jingxian faintly felt that Zhaoshi's smiling eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.Zhaoshi didn't speak at first, picked up the chopsticks to pick up the rice in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and sat upright with his hands on his lap.Jingxian was taken aback, "Is it finished?" Zhaoshi nodded, "Ah, it's over. You eat slowly, and I'll just sit here with you." Lianzhou covered her mouth and laughed: "Second Uncle, it's been a few years since you Have you eaten? Have you figured out what this table of food is?" Zhaoshi then smiled: "I was in the military academy, and each meal lasted 10 minutes. If you can't finish it by the time, you are not allowed to eat it. Leftovers I still have to be punished. I haven’t tasted the taste of the food carefully in these years. Even the big steamed buns eaten by the northerners, I can eat three or four in 10 minutes.” Are you full?" Zhaoquan persuaded from the side: "This is at home, he asks someone to get food at any time, how can he still be hungry." Zheng Hai poked his head again and asked: "Second Uncle, do you have a gun? Let me take a look at it later?" Mrs. Sun was impatient: "Zhenghai, it's easy to touch that thing casually, it might kill someone." Zhaoshi said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mrs. Sun, I'll take all the bullets Come out, let him play with the empty gun for a while."

After dinner, Jing Xian asked people to set up bamboo beds and chairs under the wisteria trellis, and washed the fruits.Zhenghai, Huanzhu, and Lianzhou were playing with Zhaoshi's pistol on the bamboo bed, and Zhaoshi sat watching them.After a while, Zhaoquan and Jingxian also came to sit with a pot of mung bean soup.Zhaoquan smiled: "You sit so upright at home, aren't you tired?" Zhaoshi shrugged: "Aren't you used to it? Now I don't know how to lean on the chair to rest for a while." Zhaoquan said : "I saw you sitting upright every day when I saw you in Hunan. I thought it was your officer who was standing in the way of old Chen. It seems that this military academy can really make people take off a layer of skin." Zhaoshi said: "Where is a layer of skin off, it's reborn." He said, picking up his pistol from the three children, "Second Uncle will give you a great show." After speaking, he dismantled the gun into parts , and then directed at Huanzhu: "Take your handkerchief and blindfold the second uncle." Huanzhu helped him blindfold, Zhaoshi picked up the parts on the table and began to load the gun, and it was done in 2 minutes.All three children cheered!Jingxian also pursed her lips and smiled beside her.The moonlight sprinkled down and spread into a layer of mist, which was sweet and fragrant, and entered everyone's heart.