Chapter 113: The Romance That Inspires Life
Some things will always be a shadow, and Song Yanzhou didn't want to bring up her unpleasant past and those painful memories.
Ye Mu was listening intently, but he didn't expect him to stop suddenly, as if he was being kept on a suspenseful suspense. He couldn't help but ask:
"What happened when I was sixteen?"
Song Yanzhou heard the curiosity in her words and advised her not to continue to be curious: "You know a lot of things happened this year, so I won't talk about it anymore."
Ye Mu was stunned at first, then he reacted and said:
"Captain Song, tell me, if I hadn't gotten over what happened in my childhood, I wouldn't be able to communicate with you here without any obstacles today."
Song Yanzhou asked doubtfully, "Really?"
Ye Mu nodded, very sure: "It's absolutely true, sir."
Song Yanzhou: "...Don't yell."
She is such a chatterbox, there is nothing we can do about her.
"When I was sixteen, my aunt was caught because she was studying abroad and teaching foreign languages. She was almost dragged into the limelight, but she took the initiative to break off relations with us and applied to be a sent-down youth in the countryside, thus escaping the disaster."
"But my grandfather's family was once a wealthy businessman, and later took the initiative to accept the reform. My aunt was spoiled since she was a child, and she definitely can't stand the hardship of going to the countryside."
"On the day she left, my mother and I secretly went to see her off."
If the chaos of that year overturned Song Yanzhou's outlook on life and the world, then this farewell at the train station was like a timely rain for his life and a perfect life enlightenment.
At that time, the whole city was in turmoil and everyone was in danger. Song Yanzhou followed Zhao Yuling to the railway station. Although his aunt had become an educated youth sent to the countryside, it was not easy for them to contact her. The Song family was also in the vortex at that time. Once the two dangerous items came into contact, no one could say what the result would be.
Maybe both of them will end up in a bad situation.
Therefore, the two men wore hats, changed their clothes and disguised themselves for fear of being recognized.
Seeing his aunt and mother, who often forced him to memorize poems, ancient Chinese literature and foreign poetry, crying together, Song Yanzhou, who was not yet sixteen years old, was speechless.
He could only feel the devastating pain from such a scene, but as a man of the Song family, he would shed blood but not tears, so he naturally would not cry like them.
He was just a little confused and had not yet reacted to the sudden chaos. The city of Sijiu was inexplicably turned upside down, the Song family was at the center of the storm, and Song Yanzhou also felt an indescribable threat.
Too many people died and he saw too much blood. Song Yanzhou was at least thankful that his aunt had escaped.
While the two were crying, Song Yanzhou had already moved his aunt's luggage bags onto the train and put them away, and was waiting by the side for them to get on the train.
After Zhao Yuling sent her sister to the car, she said a few words of farewell.
Seeing that the two of them were about to cry again, Song Yanzhou had no choice but to interrupt:
"Mom, let's go, the train is about to leave."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his aunt turned around and looked at him. Her eyes were particularly calm, yet a little proud. The person who was about to cry just now actually smiled at him.
The smile is very warm, as if full of expectations for the future.
Song Yanzhou thought she was going to say goodbye to him, but he heard her reciting a poem: "If life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be anxious..."
——You need to stay calm on sad days, believe me, happy days will come.
Song Yanzhou had already reflexively replied to the next line of the poem in his mind, and suddenly it dawned on him that the current situation was not clear, and there was not much hope, only chaos.
But these short words gave him strength and guidance.
After returning home from the train station, Song Yanzhou locked himself in his room for the whole day. He thought a lot and tried to find answers and future directions in what he had learned.
He cannot accept the current chaos, nor is he willing to integrate into such chaos.
He doesn't want to see blood on the streets, he wants to see peace and prosperity in the country.
The magnificent poems, the ancient history he knew, and so on flashed through his mind one by one.
The stories of the revolutionary war years that his father and grandfather often told him about were also mixed in his mind.
He was reborn in the chaos.
That night, Song Yanzhou had a long talk with his father Song Changting for the first time, and he understood the cause of the current chaos.
He wanted to change this situation. Only when Xiazhou was strong enough could the rebellion be stopped and peace and prosperity could be achieved. Therefore, he vowed to join the army for the prosperity of Xiazhou.
"...That's it. I can have such faith thanks to my aunt. Otherwise, I might just go with the flow."
Song Yanzhou's aunt was indeed quite romantic when she recited a poem before leaving.
Ye Mu listened with the mindset of listening to a story, but after hearing him finish, he was a little shocked by his thoughts and enlightenment.
It can be heard that although nothing happened to the Song family at that time, her aunt, who had little relationship with the Song family, wanted to specifically sever ties with Zhao Yuling who married into the Song family.
This means that at that time, the Song family only needed a small feather to crush it.
It's easy to go astray when you see blood and violence at a young age.
But he didn't, instead he thought about the meaning of life.
The final conclusion was to serve the country.
Ye Mu… couldn’t quite understand it, but he was indeed shocked.
She thought that Song Yanzhou's thinking would be to keep himself out of trouble, stay calm, learn how to act, learn how to disguise, learn how to judge the situation, learn how to stir up trouble in chaos, and so on.
In fact, this is also what ordinary people should think. Most people will choose to adapt to the environment.
However, he extended his thoughts to others and then to his family, country and the world.
Instead of adapting to the environment, he wanted to change this bad situation, and his identity did allow him to do so.
It is a blessing for the country that people with ability and status are willing to shoulder humanitarian responsibilities and create a better future.
His voice is plain and slightly cold, but warmer than anyone else's, probably because he has a passionate heart.
This heart beats for the country, the family, and the people of the world.
So, Ye Mu was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say. If he just gave a few compliments, would it seem a bit perfunctory and frivolous in the face of such noble sentiments?
He probably doesn't need such superficial praise.
Without Song Yanzhou's voice, everything around them fell silent, and the chirping of insects seemed to be urging Ye Mu to speak.
"It will come true." Ye Mu said, "The future you want will definitely come true. By then, the country will have its own laws, and the people will have something to rely on. Xiazhou will be strong and not afraid of foreign enemies, and the people will be prosperous and not have internal troubles. The elderly will have someone to rely on, the young will have someone to raise, and the widowed, the orphaned and the lonely will all have someone to take care of."
Song Yanzhou's eyes flickered: "You speak quite cultured."
Ye Mu immediately said, "The research institute doesn't just have books on research. My parents are also teachers. My mom is a Chinese teacher and my dad is an arithmetic teacher. Isn't that amazing? I learned a lot from my mom before I was nine years old."
"But I mostly learned the ancient poems and children's songs you mentioned."
"Yeah." Song Yanzhou accepted her explanation, and then said, "You entered the research institute, don't you have any ideas? Or do you just do whatever the research institute asks you to do?"
"For example, is there anything you particularly want to accomplish, such as a life ideal or dream?"
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