Peace and prosperity for the nation
January 1, 2000, Zaozhuang, Shandong.
The heavy snow that had been falling for so long finally stopped, and the sun shone brightly outside the window. Someone looked at the sunlight and slowly closed their eyes.
— Comrade Zhang Qizhong, curator of the National Museum of the War of Resistance Against Japan, passed away in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, at the age of 63.
Upon learning the news, Zheng Xuewen rushed to Shandong to see him one last time.
Upon meeting Zhang Qizhong's family, Zheng Xuewen's voice trembled slightly as he asked, "Did he say anything at the end?"
Zhang Qizhong's family had long considered this lifelong friend of his as one of their own, so when he asked, they answered him earnestly:
He said he had no regrets in his life.
Zheng Xuewen suddenly stopped moving, turned his head and looked at Zhang Qizhong's coffin and smiled.
That smile was filled with their first meeting at twenty, their arguments at thirty, their fulfillment at forty, and the sunshine at fifty.
Such a life is truly fulfilling.
Zheng Xuewen never got an answer as to whether Zhang Qizhong had a "white moonlight" (a romantic ideal) in his youth.
A regretful ending, the matter is closed and the matter is settled; no one cares anymore.
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The Millennium Special Edition of the Xingjing Daily sold out several times, and almost all printing plants across the country made printing the Millennium Special Edition of the Xingjing Daily their top priority.
The story on page twenty-five is very long, almost completely encompassing the lives of Zhang Chenglin and Gu Shiyue.
At the end of January, Zheng Xuewen brought his children to Shandong again to visit Zhang Qizhong's cemetery.
In front of the tombstone, there are fresh lilies and fruits, and in the center is a brand new copy of the "Xingjing Daily" Millennium Special Edition.
Page 25 was folded out, as was the last page about Zhang Chenglin and his romantic affairs.
The last page contained the ending of the story, which was later excerpted by the editor-in-chief of the *Xingjing Daily* and featured on the back cover of the millennium special issue magazine.
In 2000, the smoke of gunpowder and the flames of war disappeared.
China is a land of abundant resources and a place of peace and prosperity.
People in East China live in peace and happiness, and the sound of reading fills the air.
Between heaven and earth, cleaved by the axe, are people everywhere who refuse to be slaves.
Sir, this prosperous era is just as you wished.
—The End—
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