Chapter 115: In the prosperous times, the existence that is still not forgotten

The next morning, He Xu went to the mountain to cut some wood and then borrowed some tools from a carpenter.

The early morning in autumn is a bit cool, but it becomes hot at noon.

He Xu took off his coat, and the green shirt stuck to his taut muscles. Chen Tang, who was sitting at the door, saw the faintly visible abdominal muscles, and felt a little hot, so he fanned his face with his hands, his light brown eyes rolling around on someone.

"This shirt is a little small."

He Xu was drawing lines without even raising his head: "I bought it a few years ago. It's a bit small."

Chen Tang muttered: "Being small also has its advantages. I can wear it in my room in the future."

He Xu's ears twitched, he looked down at his chest, and suddenly smiled.

His injury hasn't healed yet, so he can't overwork himself. He can just make a simple swing and place it under the grape trellis. But even so, the renovation project will take more than half a month to complete.

Chen Tang held the child and sat at the door, watching He Xu's busy figure.

A small gravel road was built in the middle of the small courtyard, with small flowers and grass planted between the cracks in the road. Small vegetables were planted on the left side of the entrance and a persimmon tree was planted on the right side. Walking inside was the small grape pavilion built by He Xu.

Their grape trellis was not very elaborate. The middle one connected the trees and leaned against the wall. The other four wooden pillars were buried in a deep pit. Because it had not grown yet, it was bare with only a few leaves picked from other places.

A gentle breeze blew, and Xiao Hezhi laughed and danced, his eyes following He Xu's body.

After He Xu finished drawing the line, he came back to drink water and gave Shen Tang a kiss on the face.

Chen Tang glared at him angrily, but the latter laughed wantonly.

“Is Comrade Shen home?”

There was a knock on the door, and Chen Tang quickly stood up: "I'm here."

Director Liang from the Propaganda Department came in with a pile of newspapers in his hands. Seeing He Xu drawing lines, he laughed and said, "Captain He, you are at home too."

He Xu did not continue working. Knowing that Director Liang wanted to see Chen Tang about something, he nodded and poured two glasses of water in front of the two of them.

Director Liang sighed: “Comrade Shen, I shouldn’t have bothered you when you were on maternity leave, but this matter is indeed a bit urgent. It’s like this. Two years ago, a comrade named Huang Zheng in the military region died in a special mission. Now that the mission has been completed, his death can also be announced to give an explanation to his family. The country also awarded him the title of first-class martyr.

We are asked to write a promotional article for him and try to get it published in Guangming Daily. I have thought about it and Tian Xiaotian and others are not sure how to write it so that it can be published in Guangming Daily, so I hope you can write this article. I will revise it according to some special circumstances and strive to make it brilliant. "

This article must be shown to the top leaders for review before it is published. With Tian Xiaotian and others' writing skills, I'm afraid they won't be able to write such heroic, stirring, and courageous sentences.

She had read the article written by Chen Tang about the arduous and fearless training of the soldiers in the military zone, and felt that Chen Tang should give her some different surprises.

Chen Tang actually knows where his strengths lie.

In her previous life, she loved reading official articles and would copy down many inspiring sentences from them and read them aloud. This is one of the reasons why she was able to write such magnificent articles.

She took advantage of the opportunity offered by a latecomer.

Chen Tang is not a very smart girl, nor is she a strong woman. She always thinks of herself as just an ordinary person.

The articles that Director Liang asked her to write were actually quite good. They just had to summarize the information and integrate them together.

Director Liang asked her to take on such a big task at this moment. Shen Tang felt a little nervous. She was not sure that she could write an article that would impress Director Liang.

But after reading the materials brought by Director Liang, she finally understood why Director Liang did not ask Tian Xiaotian and others to write.

I am listed as a warrior, and I am not allowed to care about my own interests. I sacrificed my life for the country, and regarded death as returning home.

He saved tens of thousands of civilians by himself and was not afraid to die together with the enemy. A few pictures are not enough to describe his achievements and life.

Chen Tang admired him in his heart.

"I'll try my best."

Try your best to let his deeds be passed down to later generations, so that they will not be forgotten in prosperous times.

After accepting the task, Shen Tang went to the Propaganda Department every day to check the information. Huang Zheng's deeds had been publicized, and his family also came to the military region to pack up his things.

After hearing this, Chen Tang handed the child to He Xu and planned to go to the teacher's office to ask Huang Zheng's family about his deeds or daily life since he was a child.

She came with Director Liang, and when she first arrived she saw Huang Zheng's parents crying so hard that they almost fainted.

While crying, he kept beating and scolding the motionless woman beside him.

The woman was dressed very simply, in a grey gown and long pants, with a headscarf on her head. She had a wooden expression on her face, as if she was unable to feel the emotions around her. It was not until the people around her pulled Huang Zheng's parents apart that she seemed to come to her senses and lowered her head.

"You are a jinx, a woman who brings bad luck to her husband. Why didn't you die? My son died because he married you. If you had left a grandson for our Huang family, my son would not have died like this without caring about me and his father..."

When Commander Tan saw the two of them beating and scolding Huang Zheng’s wife, he quickly asked someone to pull them apart.

Huang Zheng's daughter was only five years old. She timidly held onto her mother and listened to her grandmother's cries. She didn't understand what was going on yet, so she shook the woman's hand and asked, "Where's Dad?"

Didn’t mom say to bring her to see dad?

Huang Zheng's wife's eyes were red, and she said in a very soft voice: "Dad... is gone. He has gone to heaven."

When Huang Zheng's parents heard this, they rushed up again, slapped the woman, and cried that their son married a woman who brought bad luck to her husband, and that she was the one who should die.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, and Commander Tan asked someone to help the two old men to his office.

Huang Zheng's parents have more than one son, Huang Zheng is their youngest son. They have an older son who is farming and did not come with them.

Because the mission Huang Zheng was carrying out was rather special, he was given a portion of compensation in the name of sacrifice three years ago.

This time the pension is similar to the last time. Commander Tan means to divide it into four parts. The part reserved for the child will be paid together with the fixed monthly pension, which will at least ensure that the child can go to school until the age of eighteen. The army will also ask the local government to take more care of him.

The remaining three were divided among Huang Zheng’s parents and wife.

Huang Zheng's parents stopped crying immediately and pointed at Huang Zheng's wife and yelled, "She will definitely remarry in the future. Why should we give her the pension? She didn't even give birth to a son for our Huang family!"

Commander Tan controlled his temper and advised kindly: "That's what the law stipulates."

Huang Zheng's wife suddenly asked: "Shouldn't the last pension also be divided equally?"

Huang Zheng's parents widened their eyes and said, "Impossible! A little girl and a hen that doesn't lay eggs, why should they take away my son's money? I worked so hard to raise Zheng, and the pension should be ours!"