The shadow of the parade day
"Today is a day that deserves to be forever remembered by the people of the world. 70 years ago today, after 14 years of arduous struggle, the Chinese people achieved the great victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, declaring the complete victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The sunshine of peace once again shone upon the earth."
In 2015, we were in our third year of high school.
A bird on a branch outside was making so much noise that I couldn't sleep. I buried my head in the quilt but still couldn't fall asleep. Finally, I had no choice but to lift the quilt and get up.
I was brushing my teeth when the doorbell rang. I went to open the door with foam in my mouth.
"Opening ceremony, opening ceremony!" As soon as the door opened, Lulu rushed in. Seeing my mouth full of foam, she took a step back in disgust.
"What time is it? Why are you just getting up?"
My eyes widened and I stammered, "It's late, it's only after 8 o'clock."
Jiang Yuanzhou followed in and pressed my shoulders to pull me away.
"Okay, okay, hurry up and brush your teeth, the opening ceremony is about to begin."
I wrinkled my nose and went back to brushing my teeth with an unhappy look on my face.
"Has it started?" When I sat down on the sofa next to Lulu, I looked up at the clock and patted Lulu's arm. "Why hasn't Lu Xingye come yet?"
Lulu casually picked up an apple from the coffee table next to her and took a bite. "He got up late. This guy must have played games all night last night."
I tutted twice, "lazy embryo"
Jiang Yuanzhou pushed me and said, "Call him and tell him to wake up."
I squinted at him, unable to think of a good reason to refuse, so I snorted and reached for the phone on the coffee table.
At this time, foreign guests began to enter. I pressed my number and turned my head to watch TV. Just then, I saw □□ skipping over. Lulu, who was sitting on the sofa, laughed without any image. "Why is he so cute!"
I grinned along.
At this moment, a mechanical female voice came from the receiver beside my ear: "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently unanswered. Please call again later..."
I took the receiver away and asked, "What? Lu Xingye didn't answer the phone?"
I hung up the phone and sat back on the sofa.
Lulu threw the apple core away and wiped her hands. "You are not a good person. Watch me."
She reached for the phone, held it for a few seconds, turned back and hung up, "No answer"
"Why is this person sleeping so soundly?" We looked at each other.
Finally, it was decided to let Jiang Yuanzhou go to Lu Xingye's house and knock on the door.
But after a while, my cell phone rang.
"Something's wrong. I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it." Jiang Yuanzhou's voice sounded a little strange.
"It's strange. Even if Lu Xingye was asleep, Aunt Chen would still come to open the door."
Lulu walked around a few times, "Could it be that Aunt Chen went to the studio again?"
"Aunt Chen?" The studio was empty, but there was an echo.
I pushed open the door to the inner room of the studio, but there was no one there.
"Forget it, let's go back. It's not easy to look for it like this."
Jiang Yuanzhou waved his hand and asked us to go back.
The foreign guests on TV were still entering the venue, but my mind was always a little distracted. Even the little prince of Belarus turning in a circle didn't attract my attention.
He clearly said yesterday that he would come to my house to watch the military parade this morning, but now he's gone. Is that guy really being so arrogant?!
The door was pushed open. I looked up and was about to scold, but I saw my mother coming in with a big bag of things. She opened her mouth and closed it again, and sat back on the sofa in a depressed mood.
"Yuanzhou and Lulu are here," my mother greeted them.
Aunt Bai
Aunt Bai
My mother put the things in her hand on the coffee table and said, "You guys watch TV, Aunt Bai will make you something delicious."
After a while, "Eh? Why didn't you invite Xingye to play with you?"
"We called him, but he ran off to somewhere, and Aunt Chen is gone too." Lulu said quickly.
My mother paused, "Isn't Jingyi in the studio?"
"No, we've looked for it," Jiang Yuanzhou said in a low voice.
My mother pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine. You guys go play first. When Xingye comes back, I'll definitely come find you."
"Hello, comrades!"
"Hello, Chief!"
"Thank you for your hard work, comrades!"
“Serve the people!”
With a deafening roar in my ears, I gradually put Lu Xingye out of my mind.
Forget it, forget it, if he doesn’t want to watch such a big scene, then forget it.
The parade was almost over at around 11 o'clock, and we each had an ice cream.
At this time, the phone rang. I leaned over to look at the number, and immediately picked up the phone after seeing the number clearly.
"Lu Xingye! Where have you been? We've been waiting for you all morning!"
Lulu Jiang Yuanzhou also stopped and looked at me.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.
"I'm in the hospital," his voice was a little hoarse.
"Hospital?" I panicked when I heard it. "What happened to you?"
Mom also ran over from the kitchen, holding a spatula in one hand.
"It's not me, it's my mother." His voice was heavy.
"Aunt Chen? What's wrong, Aunt Chen? Tell me!" I started to panic when I heard his tone.
There was silence for a few seconds.
"Lin Nian, could you please stop talking like that!"
The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became angry. Just as I was about to retort, my mother snatched the phone away from me.
"Let me talk to him," my mother stuffed the spatula into my hand, and Jiang Yuanzhou reached out to pull me away.
"Xingye, I am your Aunt Bai..."
"how so......"
"Okay, okay, I'm glad nothing happened..."
"Okay, let's go over there..."
"Take good care of your mother."
After the call ended, Lulu immediately came forward and asked, "Aunt Bai, is everything okay?"
My mother sighed, "Your Aunt Chen had a stroke last night and was sent to the hospital."
"Stroke?"
We gasped, having only heard the word on TV before.
"Alas... Look at your Aunt Chen, she sits in the studio every day. After a few days, her body has collapsed." My mother said as she took off her apron, "Come on, change your clothes quickly, let's go to the hospital."
When we arrived, my dad, Uncle Xu, Aunt Su, and Uncle Jiang were already there.
Lu Xingye sat on the bench in the corridor, burying his face in his hands.
"What's the situation now?" my mother asked my father anxiously.
"Jingyi's dangerous period hasn't passed yet..."
We walked to the bench, "Hey! Are you okay?" I sat next to him and reached out to pat Lu Xingye's shoulder.
He stood up suddenly and turned his back to us.
We looked at each other, and Lulu stood up and said, "Xingye, Aunt Chen will be fine."
I also stood up, "Yes! Aunt Chen is the strong woman in my mind. She can catch spiders and step on cockroaches. She will definitely be fine..."
Jiang Yuanzhou slapped me on the head and said, "Why are you talking so carelessly?"
I grimaced and put my hand to my head, "Why did you hit me? I was just comforting him!"
Jiang Yuanzhou was about to say something else when Lu Xingye suddenly turned around, put his arms around their shoulders, and rested his chin on my shoulder. Something hot seeped into my shoulder.
I was shocked on the spot. Jiang Yuanzhou reached out and patted Lu Xingye's shoulder, "It's okay, it's okay."
I finally came to my senses and patted him on the back, "That's right, that's right, we are still together."
It was a sunny day, the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism...
But our hearts are really small, and all we hope is that our family and friends can be healthy, happy, and worry-free.
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