But within a few days of sending this letter, I received an order to go to a neighboring county to support the Left. Shortly after arriving, I received another order to quell a rebellion in another area. The leader had already fled to the mountains. We then entered the mountains again, pursuing and intercepting the rebels for several months.
After receiving my letter, your mother rushed to the county where you are now. The comrades who stayed behind told her that I had been transferred to another place. The comrades in the army gave her my address. When your mother heard the news, she left the army.
Zhao Lihan said, "Why don't they use the car to take my mother there?"
"They were originally going to send your mother away, but the army vehicles were not at home at the time, so they wanted to let your mother stay overnight. In order to see me earlier, your mother left alone.
But your mother had not been gone for a few hours when the army's car returned. The comrades from the army came to the guesthouse to look for your mother. When they learned that your mother had left, they drove after her, but they did not see her along the way.
Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the army leader notified my unit. I was in the mountains at the time and could not be contacted. It was a month later when I learned about the situation.
I went to the county public security bureau and asked them for help. They immediately mobilized the entire county’s militia to search. Later, I went to your grandmother’s house to ask, and they also searched everywhere but couldn’t find your mother. I then went to your mother’s workplace, and they also sent many people to look for her…”
When the old man said this, he was already in tears and could no longer speak...
Wang Xiaolan, who was standing by, wiped the old man's tears with a towel.
"Old man, don't blame yourself. Some things are beyond your control."
After Zhao Lihan knew what had happened, he looked at the frail old man in front of him. His resentment towards him had only slightly changed. He sat down beside the old man's bed, but lowered his head and said nothing.
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