While sewing clothes, grandma told Zhang Xudong about the past.
"Your mother is from Wanping, her name is Sima Fanghua, she was born in 1924, and she has two older brothers.
Your eldest uncle is seven years older than your mother and his name is Sima Hongyan. Your second uncle is three years older than your mother and his name is Sima Langyue.
Although your mother's family is not wealthy, they are also a wealthy family. They own a grain store, a cloth store, and a grocery store.
They came here in the autumn of 1938, when the Japanese invaders bombarded Wanping City and fled the disaster.
Your mother said that your grandfather's house was near the county government, and after the Japanese bombardment, the place became a flat land.
Your grandma, grandpa, your aunt who had been married for less than a year, and three farmhands who stayed at home all passed away.
When your mother and your two uncles returned home after collecting the payment from the store, the familiar home was gone.
All I saw was a ruin.
Your second uncle wanted to leave the city to fight the Japanese, but was stopped by your eldest uncle.
The two brothers searched for gold, silver and other valuables in their home and hastily buried the remains of their relatives outside the city.
He protected his sister who was about to cry herself silly and ran all the way to our place.
Although we are not rich, we are backed by the Taihang Mountains, so we always have a place to hide in times of crisis.
They took a liking to our place and bought a piece of land and built a yard near the mountain outside the village.
After your uncle made arrangements with your second uncle and your mother, he left to fight the Japanese.
His hatred was so great that his parents, wife, and unborn child were all gone in one day.
You said that he could endure until he settled your mother down before taking revenge, which means he must have reached his limit of patience.
Your second uncle was unable to leave because of your mother's interference, so he became furious. He started training, building up his physical strength and fighting skills.
Your father and your second uncle became acquainted through fighting.
Then I met your mom.
The three of them had been dating for two years. Your mother was fifteen, your father was seventeen, and your second uncle was eighteen.
Your second uncle really couldn't stand it anymore, so he arranged a marriage for your father and mother and wanted to go out to fight the Japanese.
Your mother agreed to get engaged to your father.
But she said that husband and wife are one, your mother is my mother, and I will serve her.
My parents are your parents, you have to avenge me.
Your father and your second uncle went to find a team to join the army.
They didn't stay in the same unit, and later they couldn't find each other.
After they left, my mother and I lived together and depended on each other.
Three years later, your father came back to visit and I held a wedding for them.
Not long after your father left, your mother discovered she was pregnant. You were born in the early summer of the following year.
When you were five months old, it was said that a group of Japanese invaders had come to our county.
Some people say that it is their most advanced Wanping County.
Your mother told me the other day that she wanted to go to the county town to buy cloth and cotton to make you winter clothes and a mattress.
I said I wanted to go, but she wouldn't let me.
She said she had made an agreement with the sisters in the village to go together.
When she left, she kissed and touched your face again and again.
As a result, after lunch, everyone who went to the county town with her came back.
But your mother didn't come back. People said that she separated from them as soon as she entered the city.
I rummaged through my things and found my pistol and a grenade were missing.
I was worried and wanted to go to the county town to look for her, but when I got there, the city gate was already closed.
Some people said that after lunch, a young woman shot two Japanese officers with a pistol near the Japanese headquarters.
One Japanese officer was killed and another was injured. The woman didn't escape in the end and was beaten and surrounded by the Japanese.
In order to avoid being captured alive by the Japanese, the woman detonated the grenade in her hand and was killed along with several Japanese soldiers.
Then the city gates were closed and the Japs were searching for her accomplices.
The next day, I went to the county town again to inquire about the news and collect her body.
But some people said that the Japanese didn't find her accomplices yesterday, and the injured officer was venting his anger.
Right on the street, gasoline was poured on the woman's body and it was set on fire.
No one even knows where they threw the last bones.
Later I learned that the injured officer was named Jiro Koyama, a second lieutenant.
Your mother broke his right thumb, so he had to return home.
It was then that I realized that your mother had always harbored hatred in her heart.
Perhaps it was because when she was thirteen, she saw with her own eyes the scene of her home being destroyed and her relatives being mutilated, which was a huge shock to her.
Five years later, when she heard that the enemy who destroyed her family was right in front of her, she must have been unable to bear it any longer.
So, she wanted to kill a few Japanese devils with her own hands to avenge her parents and sister-in-law.
Unfortunately, she didn't plan well and ended up getting herself into trouble.
I don't hate her for leaving you, little me. Although I don't agree with her method of revenge, I admire her courage and responsibility."
Zhang Xudong listened to his grandmother's narration silently, tears streaming down his cheeks.
Although he knew that this was only the mother of his previous life, he felt a kind of tenderness that he had never felt before, which made him miss her immensely.
A violent emotion slowly emanated from Zhang Xudong's body.
Who prevented me from enjoying this gentle caress?
Who made me lose the right to enjoy maternal love since childhood?
When grandma felt something was wrong and looked at Zhang Xudong.
He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and looked ferocious.
Veins throbbing on face, neck, and arms.
Blood kept dripping from my palms.
"Dongzi, Dongzi, what are you doing? Wake up, wake up."
Grandma quickly dropped the clothes in her hands, grabbed Zhang Xudong's shoulders, shook him and shouted.
He was afraid that Zhang Xudong would get so angry that he would become possessed and that would be the end of him.
Zhang Xudong's consciousness was on the verge of losing control, but his grandmother's repeated calls brought him back little by little.
When Zhang Xudong regained consciousness, he breathed heavily and felt a wave of fear.
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