"Wu Zhuang, I can't go back! From now on, our family will depend on you alone. My parents are old, so just tell them that I'm going on a mission!
Every Chinese New Year, you kowtow to my parents on my behalf. We're brothers, brother, you don't have anything! You can't buy things for my nephews and nieces, but you have to say a few good things for me in the future!
Their uncle is a little poor, he hasn't even bought a piece of candy for his children! Tell them not to despise me. When we get down there, I'll take the brothers and pave a good road. When our parents come down in the future, they'll have someone to support them!
The handwriting on the notebook was a bit sloppy and the contents were different.
Each one was told to Jiang Cha by the brothers during their break, and she then wrote them down one by one.
"The above are Comrade He Erzhuang's last words. It is said that the fighting was very intense at the time, and they wrote these during their rest time.
Due to various reasons, I only recently returned to China to bring the notebook back. I'm very sorry for not being able to send the news back earlier! "
Jiang Cha felt that if she could have gone there when she first came into this world, her brothers' parents and brothers might still be alive.
I won’t leave with regret like I do now, but will look forward to their return until the very end!
"On behalf of the He family, I'm extremely grateful that you brought back this last message! Grandma didn't even close her eyes when she passed away! The child she had been waiting for for half her life never showed up. I guess the old lady had already prepared herself mentally.
But I always felt that no definite news was good news. Even in those years, I fantasized that maybe my great-grandfather had gone to the island opposite.
Perhaps due to the circumstances at the time, it wasn't easy to contact him, and he couldn't come back easily! As for my grandfather? After my great-grandfather passed away, he became an apprentice in the town's paper-making shop. After three years, he became an apprentice and took on various jobs.
Later, during the "Four Olds" movement, I couldn't do business, so I started making roofs for other people. I supported my whole family with this craft, and my father and four brothers were born during those years and couldn't even stand.
He and an aunt are the only ones left, and they passed away a few years ago! Now I am the only one left in the He family, and I will live a free and easy life as a bachelor all my life!
Jiang Cha was deeply impressed by Lao He's expression at the time, and his tone described their family's life in a simple way.
It seems that everything is just a passing cloud, and those who left are just gone.
But his expression was one of extreme sadness, with tears in his eyes and his lips trembling slightly.
What have they experienced over the years?
In theory, the skill of pasting ceilings is quite good in rural areas and should be enough to support a family.
Besides, why didn’t Lao He get married in his entire life?
"Sister, let me tell you, someone sent a message to their family saying that He Erzhuang had deserted long ago! His name wasn't in the files, and his military pay was also counterfeited.
I heard that a high-ranking officer was caught embezzling military pay, and some were arrested for being greedy and reckless. It was only then that a thorough investigation revealed that many people in his unit had deserted!
It was said that they were close to the border, and when they saw the Japanese firepower was too strong, they took advantage of the shift change and ran away! It was also because of this that the old He family suffered miserably! "
The older sister who was particularly talkative on the way gave Jiang Cha some additional information about the He family.
I think the reason why Lao He is still alone today must be related to his experiences during those years, right?
"Sister, we're not trying to be sympathetic to you. Back then, there was no news about Old He's great-grandfather. There were all kinds of rumors. Just think about what their family was going through back then!
Now that I think about it, the person who delivered the letter to my house definitely had bad intentions! A missing person was rumored to be a deserter, and even ran away to a foreign country.
If he hadn't come, the He family would still have a hope, and everyone could still say that they were all killed in the war! No matter which unit he was from, at least he was fighting the Japanese! Alas! "
The people in the room looked about the same age as Jiang Cha, and they had all experienced that era.
Ordinary people are still trembling with fear, not to mention being labeled as the family of deserters going abroad.
I can’t imagine what they went through!
She is late!
"It's all in the past. Haven't I been doing well these years? One person's food feeds the whole family! With the craftsmanship passed down by the old man, it's not a problem to make some money!
Now I just want to know why my great-grandfather was said to be a deserter, and where his body is?
If possible, I would like to go and burn something for him. It has been so many years, and I don’t know if I can run into my grandmother and the others down there! "
If Jiang Cha hadn't seen Lao He's hands shaking, she might have really believed that he was doing well.
"I heard that a group of them were detained by special envoys from the Kuomintang in a border town! They had no pay or supplies, and their military numbers were not recognized, saying they were not in the records.
In fact, the people who were broken up from these teams were left in the town and could be deployed at any time as the vanguard, death squads, and cannon fodder of the main force!
They also used their names to register and falsely claim military pay, pensions, etc. These people ate wild vegetables and bamboo shoots that they found outside the town and wore tattered military uniforms.
Even so, when we faced the Japs with real guns and live ammunition, we all charged forward until the very last moment!"
Jiang Cha was a little unable to continue talking about this. The events on the Yunnan-Myanmar border seemed to be playing slowly in his mind frame by frame like a movie.
Living people fell down in front of her one after another. What was she doing at that time?
He stretched out his hands and stared at these well-maintained, fair and delicate palms.
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