There was already a gorgeous sunset in the sky, dyeing the sky of the old city like a colorful country.

Li Xiangnan sat on the doorstep holding a medical book and reading it until the setting sun completely disappeared from the roof. Then he patted his butt and prepared to get something to eat.

This morning Zhang Jingyang said he was going to visit his mentor and find a place to develop the photos he took in Lijia Village a few days ago. He would not come in the evening.

However, Wang Defa didn't come either, which surprised Li Xiangnan.

Ever since I met him, this guy has been like a dog-skin plaster. It's hard to get rid of him unless something goes wrong.

He glanced at the calendar on the chest of drawers in the room and saw that today was Sunday.

Anyway, since he was alone today, Li Xiangnan didn't plan to make a big fuss. He just made some rice porridge and some pickles to make do.

There were only two or three coal briquettes left in the corner of the room. He put them into the stove but didn't light it. Thinking that the coal shop might not be closed, he found a snakeskin bag, put it on his shoulder and went out of the yard.

I went all the way to the Jiaodaokou coal shop, paid the coal book and money, and waited for my number to be called. When my number was called, I took out the prepared snakeskin bag and filled it with 50 kilograms of coal. The staff returned the coal book to me, and then I walked back carrying the heavy coal briquettes.

Normally, every Sunday during the holiday, people in the city would line up to buy coal briquettes.

Not much coal is used in the summer. Li Xiangnan was lucky today. There was still some coal left in the coal shop when he got off work. Otherwise, the coal briquettes would have been sold out by now.

He returned to the yard panting, and as soon as he walked past the screen wall and came to the back house, he saw Zhou Feng chatting happily with Uncle Qin.

"Hey, Uncle Qin, why are you here?"

Qin Zongheng smiled and stood up, waving his net bag. "You've moved to a new home, and I haven't come to see you. Now's a good time to come and see where you live!"

"Xiao Li, are you exhausted?" Zhou Feng saw him carrying something heavy and knew it was coal briquettes. He smiled and came over to help him take it. He waved his hand and said, "Grandpa has been waiting for you for a while. I will help you carry it in! You are young and your shoulders cannot lift anything!"

Li Xiangnan grinned and did not refuse his kindness.

The three of them walked through the hanging flower gate and Zhou Feng said with a smile: "When he was carrying manure in the suburbs, my son was splashed with shit many times and was beaten black and blue by his mother. It makes me laugh just thinking about it now!"

Li Xiangnan couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Zhou, you forgot that I am also from the countryside and used to help my mother carry manure!"

"Hey, I forgot about this. Can I give it back to you?"

Zhou Feng smiled, but didn't pass the coal on his shoulder. He walked all the way to the door of the backyard before putting it down. "Okay, you two can have a good reunion. I'll go with my family too. Shu Lin's illness is finally showing signs of improvement. I want to have a couple of drinks with my family today!"

"That's as it should be!" Uncle Qin smiled and waved his hand, then looked up at the two rooms in the back room and said with emotion: "So this is it!"

Li Xiangnan opened the door, took the coal briquettes inside and put them aside, took off his dirty shirt and put it aside, then came out wearing only his vest and invited Uncle Qin to come in and sit down.

But I found that he was looking at the back room next door, his expression was moved, as if he remembered something and looked a little sad.

"Uncle Qin, what's going on?"

Li Xiangnan turned his head in confusion and looked next door. There was still no one there. He was immediately confused.

"You've been here for almost a month. Has she ever come back?" Uncle Qin retracted his gaze and asked calmly.

"she?"

Hearing this name, Li Xiangnan was even more confused, "Who is it?"

"it's me!"

At this moment, a faint but extremely sad female voice was heard.

Li Xiangnan turned around in confusion and was immediately shocked.

"Director Liang?"

The person who came was none other than Director Liang Meiliang of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the factory hospital.

"You...you live here? Are we neighbors?"

What the hell!

Li Xiangnan was extremely shocked, but Liang Mei's next words shocked him even more.

"To be precise, you and my husband are neighbors!"

Liang Mei took a step, slowly crossed the threshold of the backyard, walked to the door next door, gently stroked the wooden door, and looked sad.

She raised her hand and put it down again, raised it and put it down again, but finally she didn't take the key from her pocket to open the door.

Li Xiangnan noticed that Liang Mei was now wearing a gray dress, simple and solemn, a change from her previous bright style.

"My boy, you have been through so much these years!" Uncle Qin sighed, "If I hadn't agreed to let him go to the border, he wouldn't have died!"

"Old Factory Director, I have never blamed you... I am even proud of him! This is all fate!"

Liang Mei turned around and looked at Li Xiangnan, wiping her tears and smiling, "Actually, I've wanted to come and see you for a long time, but every blade of grass and every tree in this courtyard is a pain in my heart, so I didn't dare to come!"

"My husband is a hero! He definitely doesn't want me to be a coward. Only by facing the misery in my heart can I live a good life!"

After saying that, she walked over and took in a net bag of apples from the moon gate in the backyard, "Xiao Li, congratulations on moving into your new home!"

"Hey kid, come in and sit down! We haven't spoken to each other for years! Today is the right time for me to come!"

Uncle Qin smiled and said, "Xiao Li, two bottles of Jiannanchun today, is that okay?"

The lights are just coming on and the city is already lit up with stars and fireflies.

The bright stars illuminate this Chinese city, it is peaceful and tranquil, everything is so beautiful.

Two bottles of wine had already been drunk, but surprisingly, Li Xiangnan was not drunk today.

What was steaming in his lungs, besides the strong smell of alcohol, was more of a sense of regret for the hero.

There weren't many dishes today, but the three of them chatted and drank and actually finished two bottles of Jiannanchun.

At this moment, Uncle Qin was sitting in the upper seat, holding the last glass of wine and sipping it lightly.

Liang Mei lay on the table, sometimes using a pair of chopsticks in her hand to fiddle with the candied fruit that was left over from when Lin Youwei came a few days ago, and sometimes wiping away tears.

Li Xiangnan turned his back to the two of them, looking at the light from the door pouring into the courtyard. Thinking of what Liang Mei had just said, he felt a little angry.

In 75, after completing the war against the United States, the South Vietnamese regime frequently harassed my country's southern border.

At that time, Liang Mei's lover, Jin Wei, the director of surgery at the machine repair factory hospital, learned that the front line was in urgent need of medical rescue personnel, and volunteered to go to the front line to participate in the treatment of the wounded.

At that time, Jin Wei, who was 39 years old and six years older than Liang Mei, had just learned to call his father "Dad". His disabled father needed someone to take care of him all year round, and his mother's health was also deteriorating.

If he had not gone to the South Territory, with his superb medical skills, he would probably have become the youngest deputy director of the factory hospital of the machine repair factory.

At that time, the machine repair factory was also facing internal and external troubles. While focusing on production, it also tried its best to win over external medical specialists to solve the problem of backward medical resources in the factory hospital.

Two voices then emerged in the factory, one for support and the other for opposition.

There are many retired veterans in the machine repair shop, and they are the main supporters of this support mission.

But the actual situation in the factory at that time did not allow us to apply for so many outstanding doctors to go to the southern border.

Finally, it was Uncle Qin who stepped forward and agreed to allow a 14-member medical vanguard team led by Jin Wei to go to the front line.

However, since then, Jin Wei and his group have never returned.

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