mailing letter

Chapter 47

Hearing Lin Xinshu's trembling voice, Zhong Chengyi felt as if a knife had been cut through his heart, his eyes were red with pain, he lifted Lin Xinshu's chin, kissed him gently, and it took a long time before they parted.

The two just looked at each other quietly, Zhong Chengyi couldn't resist Lin Xinshu's eyes, he put Renfu into his arms again and said: "I will leave after a few days, after I leave, I will let Adjutant Li Pick you up, grandma and Yanzi go to my place, if it really messes up, you won't be in trouble."

"Also..." Zhong Chengyi looked at Lin Xinshu burningly, and said in a deep voice, "I will be back, Xiaoshu must take care of himself at home, don't be like before, remember to add clothes when it's cold at night, I will I can't be by your side to take care of you anymore, don't worry me."

Zhong Chengyi stroked Lin Xinshu's wrist, lowered his eyes and said: "Before I leave, please leave me a thought, sir, and at least remember it in the future, so as to relieve the pain of lovesickness."

Lin Xinshu's tears couldn't stop dripping, and he nodded heavily.

Zhong Chengyi looked at the tears of his sweetheart, feeling extremely uncomfortable, kissed the tears away with pity, and said softly: "Don't cry, just write the letter."

Peach blossoms are falling all over the courtyard, which is a good time for people to stop and enjoy the scenery, but it adds to the pain of parting.

A few days later, Zhong Chengyi led the soldiers to Beiping. At this time, the streets of Shanghai were full of refugees fighting for food. The scarcity of food due to the war caused panic among the people who stayed at home.

Lin Xinshu stayed in Zhong Chengyi's mansion and lived a stable life every day, but only after Zhong Chengyi left, he didn't sleep soundly for a night, which made his body thinner and thinner, but he still remembered that Zhong Chengyi had to take good care of himself before he left, so Always allow myself to eat an entire bowl with every meal.

But every time grandma picks food for herself at the dinner table, she always thinks of that person who is thousands of miles away, and her eye circles always turn red when she eats.

The old man knew what happened between the two of them since the last incident, and because of the memories from when they were young, the old man always felt sorry for the relationship between the two who are now thousands of miles apart, so he always let Lin Xin know that there was nothing to do. Books do something, to divert attention.

Now the outside is very chaotic and all kinds of food are scarce. Although there is enough food in the mansion, after all, there are more people and less food, and it will almost bottom out in a few months.

When everyone was worried, Lin Xinshu remembered the pocket watch that Zhong Chengyi left for him before he left. He said that this pocket watch was left to him by his brother Liang Hao who was born and died, but once on the battlefield, Liang Hao's leg He was hit by a bullet, and he didn't seek medical treatment in time, so he burned the root of the disease and walked with a limp. He was afraid that he would drag other brothers down in the future war, so he went home and started a grain farm business. As it grew bigger and bigger, the whole family moved to Shanghai.

When Lin Xinshu arrived, I saw a woman doing needlework in the house. The person who came was an unfamiliar face, and because there was chaos outside, the woman looked at Lin Xinshu warily and asked, "Who are you?"

Seeing this, Lin Xinshu took out his pocket watch and handed it to the woman, saying, "I'm sorry to bother you, I...my brother is Mr. Liang's brother in the past. It's all over, so I hope my sister-in-law is willing to sell us some."

The woman looked at the pocket watch in her hand for some reason, and her eyes were red. Lin Xinshu was a little flustered when she saw it. Tears invite people in.

The furnishings in the room were simple, and there was occasional noise from a small bed, presumably a newborn child was sleeping inside, Lin Xinshu couldn't help but lighten his footsteps when he passed by, the two came to another room, just sitting The woman's eyes turned red again, and she asked, "Your brother is General Zhong."

"Yes." Lin Xinshu nodded.

"Okay, wait a minute." After speaking, the woman went into the room, and walked out after a long time, holding a letter in her hand. Before Lin Xinshu could react, she suddenly saw the woman kneeling on the ground , crying and said: "I implore this gentleman, put this letter into the hands of my man."

Lin Xinshu was startled, and quickly helped him up and said, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? We can discuss things, and I will definitely find a way to help if I can."

The woman stood up and said sobbingly: "A few years ago, my man retired from the battlefield because of a leg injury, and started a business in the grain field when he returned home. My mother and I were very happy when he came back. It's a battlefield, the bullets don't have eyes, this time it hurt the leg, what should we do next time if we lose our life? Fortunately, he figured it out and came back, the business has been doing better and better in the past two years, and life is going well It also moisturizes a lot.”

"It's just that this year, I don't know where he heard it, saying that the outside world is not peaceful. Since that day, he has been looking for famous doctors, hoping to treat his injured leg. At that time, I thought he was afraid that I would dislike him, so he went. He was cured, and in those few months he was in so much pain that he couldn't even sleep well at night, I was really distressed, so I promised him that I would never abandon him because of this leg."

"However, he told me the truth, saying that when he returned to his hometown, he was only afraid that his injured leg would drag down his brothers on the battlefield, and the world was peaceful in those few years, so he thought that if he went back to his hometown like this in the future to do business It doesn’t matter, but I don’t know it’s not, I heard from outsiders that there will be a war in about a year or two.”

"At that time, he would go to the battlefield no matter whether his leg injury healed or not. I had a big fight with him that day, and I refused to let him go, and I tried my best to stop him from letting him heal, just to dispel His thought."

"But I never thought that he sneaked in behind our backs before the general set off a few days ago, but he only left us a letter."

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult. I can't watch the people in the north suffer from the war. I will treat it as self-willed. If I am alive, I will be punished when I return. If I die, I owe my wife. In the next life, I will be a cow." The horse will make up for it."

The woman said that the crying was getting louder and louder, and seemed to have woken up the child in another room. The woman hurriedly stopped her tears and went to visit, but saw that the old man picked up the child and coaxed it. He stopped crying and fell asleep again.

The old man waved his hand and said, "Ying'er, go greet someone, I'll watch."

Looking at the old man's old face and hunchback, Lin Xinshu felt sour in his heart.

The woman took out the letter in her hand and called it to Lin Xinshu and said: "When he left that day, I didn't even talk to him. I hope that my husband can help him with this letter. I can't do anything now as a woman. I just hope he can come back safely."

The letter in his hand suddenly became extremely heavy.

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Zhong Chengyi took a shortcut and kept driving along the road without even taking a break. However, on the way to Beiping, he saw corpses lying on the ground with packages on their backs. people.

Zhong Chengyi saw that there were still some young children among these corpses, and couldn't help but feel anxious, so he ordered them to be buried.

And this scene pierced Zhong Chengyi's heart deeply, and he turned around and shouted to the people behind with red eyes: "This battle may be the most intense one, and there is less than one kilometer to go, we are going to face each other!" For those terrible bullets, some people will die because of it, it will be like those corpses, but look at the children, think of the family at home, if we don't fight, those rampant bandits will come back and kill our wives and children, so we fight for There will be no more wars in the future, for those people who are in war, you should die!"

"For peace! To die!"

"For peace! To die!"

The artillery fire swept across the land, but the corpses were piled up like a mountain. For the wives and children who lived safely behind them, everyone fought with blood, just for their eternal life and peace, and there will be no more wars. .

Zhong Chengyi discussed the war with the generals overnight for the past few months. He didn't have a good night's sleep, and he didn't have time to write letters when he originally wanted to. hands.

Lin Xinshu's hands were trembling when he took the envelope from a soldier, and he felt relieved only after seeing the handwriting on the letter clearly.

"Xinshu, how are you doing at home? It's snowing in Beiping, and I wanted to write to you, but it was a whole year late. I was busy with the war during the day, and looked at the snow scene outside the window when I slept at night, thinking You are tight, I don’t know if you take good care of yourself, the weather is cold, you are most afraid of the cold in winter, and you are prone to frostbite, if you go out, remember to bring a scarf and gloves, don’t let me worry about it.

Xinshu, last spring I was thinking of waiting for the war to stabilize and bring you to Peiping to see the snow, but I didn't expect that this battle was actually a bit difficult, and it might take several years.

Yesterday I borrowed his camera from a wealthy businessman here, and I wanted to take a picture of the snow scene for you, but this foreigner really doesn’t know how to handle things, so I asked him to take a picture for me, let alone , This foreigner’s thing is quite easy to use, we will also buy one at that time, and take a group photo every year. Would you like to write a letter? "

With just a few short lines of writing, Lin Xinshu's face was wet, and thoughts in his heart surged like a tide. A few tears soaked the handwriting. Lin Xinshu hurriedly wiped away the tears and carefully wiped away the water stains. Dry.

Later, when Lin Xinshu couldn't fall asleep at night, he would always take out this letter and read the comforting notes from the person in the letter, which could calm his restless heart.

It was a few months later when Zhong Chengyi received the reply, and the letter that traveled thousands of miles was already a bit dilapidated. Zhong Chengyi was especially careful when opening it. The delicate handwriting was like Lin Xinshu's shining eyes, burning Zhong Chengyi's heart. Heart.

Chengyi, everything is fine on my side. Guns have no eyes on the battlefield, so be careful.There is no snow here in Shanghai, but it is quite cold. Several families outside have had bad harvests this year because of the war.

Chengyi, I saw the photo, the snow is beautiful, and the person is even more handsome.Seeing you lose weight makes me feel bad.When the war is over, we will go to Peking to see the snow together.

I went to the store yesterday to look at the camera, it is a bit expensive, but if you like it, we will buy one.

I missed you so much during the year when you were not at home. Whenever I have free time, I went to learn how to cook with Uncle Ning in Chunmanlou. I also learned your favorite pickled fish. The taste is not bad, you should like it.

When the war is over, I will pick you up.

Don't worry.