Rebirth as an official

Everyone came closer, took out incense, lit it and placed it in front of the tombstone. They paid their respects, burned paper money, and then set off a few firecrackers.

"Wealth of the Nation, if I hadn't forced you to clear mines back then, you wouldn't have left. I'm sorry for you."

Tian Qifeng fell into sadness, squatted in front of the tombstone and started talking , but he couldn't understand what he was talking about.

The tone was sad , and a touch of sadness floated over the mountains.

The breeze blows with a refreshing feeling, as if the spirits of the dead are comforting the sad ones, and it seems to be recounting the feelings of the past.

Li An stood silently in front of the grave. He seemed to be infected by the atmosphere, and his eyes were a little red.

A low sob sounded in his ears. When he looked back, Chen Shanhe had tears streaming down his face, sobbing and saying, "Li An, I don't know why, but I feel very tight in my heart."

"Should we do something?" Chen Shanhe said with red eyes.

Li An looked around and saw that there were some lush weeds around the grave. If it was not cleaned up, it might grow on the grave again, so he said: "Let's pull out the weeds around the grave, so that the deceased can rest in peace better. "

"Okay . " Chen Shanhe nodded seriously and started working hard.

The man who was following Tian Qifeng saw Li An and Chen Shanhe starting to pull weeds and took the initiative to participate.

The three young men worked very quickly. After a while, the open space expanded again.

Li An found a broken shovel from somewhere and added some new soil to the grave .

When they finished all this, Tian Qifeng also came out of his sadness .

Seeing what Li An had done, he was slightly moved and said, "Thank you."

Chen Shanhe grinned and said: "He is a fighting hero, we should do this."

Tian Qifeng nodded and said nothing more. He seemed to have not recovered from his sadness. He just said silently to the tombstone: "Guo Fu, I'm leaving first. I'll come see you when I'm free."

Tian Qifeng was silent on the way back, and Chen Shanhe sighed: "It's true that we are comrades in arms. I heard people say that if you regret being a soldier for two years, you shouldn't regret your whole life. I even want to join the army."

"That's right. Comradeship is one of the four pillars of life." Li An replied.

" What are the four irons ?" Chen Shanhe was very curious about knowledge.

"Have you never heard of this?" Li An smiled and started to learn more about science.

"We went to school together, carried guns, went to the countryside, went whoring..." Before Li An could say the last word, he was interrupted by a cough.

It was Xiao Zheng who was coughing. He glared at Li An, probably because he had some objections to his popular science knowledge.

When Li An saw this, he smiled and stopped talking. At this time, Tian Qifeng spoke.

"Xiao Li, take me to your village. I want to see what Guofu's hometown is like."

"Okay." Li An knew that Tian Qifeng wanted to see the damage to the village.

After sending Fifth An and Chen Guiying back to the village, Li An led Tian Qifeng around the village.

Seeing that the resettlement site was well taken care of by Li An and that the villagers' basic life was guaranteed, the smile on his face became even stronger.

He is an expert in flood fighting and disaster relief, and he can see that Li An has put a lot of effort into relocating the affected people and ensuring their livelihood.

At night, Li An wanted to free up an office in the village committee for Tian Qifeng to live in. However, Tian Qifeng sternly refused and insisted on sleeping in a tent. Li An had no choice but to do so.

"The greater the leader, the more he loves his people as his own children." Li An said with sincere admiration at this time.

Think about some places where people do not hold high official positions, but their official prestige is indeed strong. For example, at a sports meeting, the students are soaked in the rain, and the principal and director sit on the main platform and remain indifferent.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Li An was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard of the village committee, smoking alone , looking at the beautiful moonlight, and couldn't help but think of his sweetheart who was far away in the provincial capital .

The signal in the village has been unstable these days, so the phone calls are intermittent, and I have given up on the idea of ​​exchanging heartfelt feelings with my lover.

"Xiao Li, you haven't slept yet, what are you thinking about." Tian Qifeng walked out of the tent. The tent he was living in now belonged to Li An.

"Oh, Chen Shanhe's snoring was so loud that he couldn't sleep." Li An complained.

"Then it seems that I'm the reason why you can't sleep ." Tian Qifeng joked with a smile.

"Look what you said, you are an elder, we still have the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and caring for the young." Li An replied with a smile, taking out a cigarette and giving one to Tian Qifeng.

"Smoking is bad, don't mind it."

Tian Qifeng took the cigarette and lit it directly. He smiled and said, "This cigarette is very good. I remember when I was a soldier, the ones I smoked were all without filters."

"You used to be an engineer, right?" Li An casually picked a topic to chat about.

Tian Qifeng waved his hand and said, "Don't take it one by one. It sounds awkward. My surname is Tian, ​​so just call me Uncle Tian."

"Okay, Uncle Tian." Li An shouted happily, and the relationship has taken another step forward.

"The fifth eldest brother and eldest brother Xu Guofu are both your soldiers, right?" Li An asked again.

"I had just graduated from the military academy and was assigned to the southwest border to become the platoon leader of the engineer platoon. Guofu and Xiaowuzi were the soldiers I recruited."

When Tian Qifeng said this, his eyes looked into the distance, his eyes were distant and deep .

"The two of them were my favorite soldiers back then. They were willing to endure hardships, were smart, and learned things quickly. In just one year, they became the best in the entire engineering battalion."

When Tian Qifeng said this , he took a deep drag on his cigarette and said with some pain: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't talk about merit."

"After we received the order from our superiors to clear the border mines, the company began to mobilize officers and soldiers from each platoon to write a letter home . It was said to be a family letter, but in fact we all understood that it was a suicide note."

"I remember that the moon was very round that day. The officers and soldiers in my platoon all had their meals early, took a shower, and then wrote letters to their families in bed. Only Guofu and Xiao Wuzi did not write. When I asked them Well, the two of them have agreed not to write a suicide note and make their family sad. If someone dies, another person will take care of their family. "

"At the beginning, our missions went smoothly, but I just wanted to do more and get more credit, so I asked the brothers in the platoon to do more and faster."

"But demining is not about farming or building houses. It is stepping on the gate of hell, using the embroidery needle, and pulling out the teeth from the tiger's mouth. The more I push, the more problems will arise."

"I remember that day, Guofu and Xiao Wuzi found a mine that was imitated by the US military's MN-79. It was an aggravated "high-yield" dangerous object, and it was most likely a minefield. I didn't pay attention at the time, so I urged I asked the two of them to deal with it quickly. As a result, the landmine exploded and the rich man was sacrificed."

When Tian Qifeng said this, his face showed even more guilt, and he took another heavy puff of cigarette.

"Uncle Tian, ​​don't blame yourself too much. I believe that the rich man will not blame you. He died for the country, which is a supreme honor." Li An comforted him.

"Xiao Li, I have listened to what you have done for Xiaowuzi , Guofu 's wife and children. Thank you very much." Tian Qifeng said very sincerely.

Li An quickly waved his hand and said: "As the resident cadre of Fuqiang Village, this is all my responsibility."