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At the end of October 1953, all our soldiers evacuated the frontline battlefields and returned to China. As the last batch of soldiers set foot on the return train, this means that the war that lasted for 10 years and 2 months is finally over!

The eldest uncle came back with the last group of evacuating teams. After knowing the day when their uncle was coming back, Tang's father, Tang's mother and their colleagues skipped classes, specially asked for leave for the two children, and took them back to the old house early.

The family is happily preparing to receive the triumphant hero with a sumptuous dinner. Everyone was busy and looked at the door from time to time. Tang Xin and several cousins ​​couldn't help but moved small stools and sat outside the door so that they could see the uncle immediately when he came back.

Amid everyone's expectations, Mr. Tang's car finally slowly drove into the sight of the children.

"It's grandpa's car. Look, grandpa's car is back!" Brother Zhanbo stood up first and pointed in the direction of the vehicle. This morning, Mr. Tang, who had always been unwilling to take advantage of the public, took the initiative to ask his driver to pick up his eldest son.

"It's dad, dad must be back." The third cousin shouted, "Dad!" and ran towards the direction of the car. The elder brother also followed the third cousin and started running together. The eldest cousin, who had always behaved maturely and steadily, could no longer hold back at this moment and followed in the footsteps of his younger brothers.

Tang Xin also wanted to chase after him, but after looking at his short legs, he decided to forget it. Although I am four years old, why am I still so short? My brothers have grown very fast in the past few years. Is it possible that I have only grown my brain but not my body?

Tang Xin shook his head, turned around and ran towards the house. "Grandma, grandma, uncle is back, uncle is back." He shouted happily while running.

When people in the room heard Tang Xin's shouts, they all ran out one after another and gathered at the gate. Watching the car slowly stop, the door opened, and a figure stepped out of the car against the light, as if his body was coated with a layer of golden light. Gradually, the figures in the halo gradually became clearer, and the thin face of the eldest brother of the Tang family appeared clearly in everyone's eyes. He walked solemnly to his parents, looked at his father's reddish eyes, and saw his mother and wife with tears streaming down their faces. smiling face. He stood up straight, slowly raised his right hand and gave a military salute to everyone, "Tang Zhengwen, the staff officer of a certain regiment of a certain unit, successfully completed the mission and reports to you!"

Mr. Tang burst into tears instantly. He and the guard at the door stood upright with their feet together and solemnly gave a military salute to the eldest brother of the Tang family. This is a unique ceremony among soldiers.

"Okay, okay, just come back, just come back." Putting down his hand, Mr. Tang patted his son on the shoulder.

Father Tang stepped forward and hugged his brother, "Brother, welcome home!" After saying that, he hit his brother on the shoulder with his fist. Brother Tang also responded, and Father Tang exaggeratedly screamed in pain silently.

Brother Tang walked towards Sister Tang, and the two held their hands tightly. "I'm back," the eldest brother of the Tang family said softly. "Hey." The Tang family's sister-in-law choked with sobs, which was worth a thousand words.

After hugging the boys one by one, Brother Tang walked towards Tang Xin, who had been silently beside him. He bent down, looked seriously into Tang Xin's eyes, and said, "Tangbao, uncle has done what he promised you. Uncle is back safely."

For a moment, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, but the smile on Tang Xin's face became even brighter. She said loudly: "Uncle did not break his promise. Welcome uncle home."

Brother Tang's smile became even brighter. He picked up Tang Xin and said to his family, "Let's go home!"

"Yes, go home!" Dad Tang shouted. Go home, is there anything in this world that can comfort people more than the word go home? Those who have gone on an expedition have returned safely, and what they look forward to most is returning home. Isn’t it true that what family members look forward to most is that their distant relatives can return home safely?

This night, except for the second son's family who was far away in Haishi, everyone in Old Tang's family gathered together. The children did not have separate tables. The adults and children all crowded on a big table, happily reunited. .

Mr. Tang took out the fine wine he had collected and said he wanted to have a few drinks with his sons. That night, the three grown men drank for a long time and drank a lot, but the women did not stop them. In the end, all three of them drank too much, and Tang Xin saw her uncle cover his face and cry bitterly for the first time. It was a catharsis of emotions, in which there was relief, relief, the joy of rebirth after experiencing the war, and the memory of those comrades who stayed on that land forever. Everyone else in the room also had red eyes. I believe that there were many families like theirs this night who couldn't calm down for a long time.

Life is like this, time will never slow down for anyone, no matter what happened yesterday, the sun will rise the next day and life will continue. After a night of settling down, the uncle has regained his composure. After resting at home for a few days, my uncle reported back to the army and returned to work. The eldest uncle is still responsible for the previous work, but with the adjustment of ranks, he is responsible for more and more things, and the eldest uncle is getting busier and busier.

The eldest aunt didn't have any objections to this. She felt that it would be better for her husband to be busy so that he would not always think about things on the battlefield. Moreover, it would be the best thing for her that her husband could go home every day.

Tang Xin also returned to her normal life. The weather was getting colder. Her aunt felt sorry for Tang Xin traveling back and forth every day, so she discussed with Tang's father and Tang's mother that Tang Xin could simply live with her. Tang's father and Tang's mother also felt sorry for their daughter (although it was only a ten-minute walk, Tang's heart was still small. The winter in Beijing was also very cold.). After discussion, the two agreed to their aunt's suggestion and took advantage of the good weather to pack their daughter and send them there.

During the winter vacation, my brother was also sent away by Tang's father and Tang's mother, the "ruthless" parents. This time, my aunt's courtyard was very lively. The old man and the two children got together every day, and there was always endless fun. Fresh ideas, after getting along with her aunt for a while, Tang Xin finally learned to open up her heart, let herself go, and happily experienced childhood again. Father Tang and Mother Tang, a pair of idle parents, would occasionally come to the small courtyard to join them, and the small courtyard was full of laughter every day.

When I woke up in the morning, I pushed the door open and found that it was completely white outside. It had snowed all night last night. The snow in Beijing was much lighter than that in the Northeast, Tang Xin's hometown in her previous life. Despite this, her brother Zhanbo and her aunt were still very excited. After breakfast, my aunt excitedly took out the tea stove that had been prepared for making tea, and started cooking snow to make tea. There is an iron baking pan placed on the red-hot charcoal stove, and the earthenware tea stove is placed on it. The tea leaves in the tea stove are tumbling in the boiling water as the temperature of the water rises. The ancient teapot is full of heat. On the baking pan, longans, oranges, The aroma of glutinous rice cakes and sweet potatoes spreads slowly as the fire heats up, and the air is soon filled with the aroma of various foods.

As the charcoal fire slowly rose, my aunt told the brother and sister about making tea around the stove.

"Cooking tea around the stove" originated from Yunnan's "fired tea". Cooking tea around the stove has been described in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" Five Boils. It is recorded in the book that "some use onions, ginger, dates, orange peels, dogwood, mint and others, boil them for a hundred times, or stir them to make them smooth, or boil them to remove the foam. The water is discarded in the ditches, and the custom continues."

At this time Tang's father and Tang's mother pushed open the door and came in. "Hey, you are already ready. I just said it snowed last night. Today is the best time to sit around the stove and make tea. It is undoubtedly one of the most elegant events in life. Look, my cousin is ready." Father Tang said to Tang Ma said.

"Aunt Tang, do you see what good things I got?" Picking up the bag in his hand, Father Tang took out everything without waiting for his aunt to ask.

Hey, there are a lot of things, and they are all delicious. Are there oranges, chestnuts, and sweet potatoes?

"Dad, dates, peanuts, oranges, and chestnuts can be roasted on the tea stove, but how can you roast sweet potatoes that are so big?" Zhan Bo asked as he looked at the things his father took out.

"You kid, why can't your head work so well? Isn't there a stove in that house? Just bury the sweet potatoes in the ashes," Tang's father teased his son.

"Yes." Zhan Bo excitedly took the sweet potatoes and went into the house to find Sister Zheng.

Here Tang's father and Tang's mother sat down at the table, making tea around the stove with their aunt, admiring the snow scenery, reciting poems and writing poems, they were so happy.