all the way

When the last bed-pressing ceremony ended amidst the deafening cheers from Zeng Huaichen's colleagues and friends, it was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. After sending away the young people making trouble in the bridal chamber, both Zeng Guangtong and Liu Changqing were still excited and couldn't sleep. Just sit in the yard and talk.

Zeng Huaichen and Yang Dongyan took the train at [-] o'clock in the morning. Apart from visiting several famous scenic spots in the northernmost part of China, they also wanted to see Zeng Huaijue.

Zeng Huaichen got married, and Zeng Huaijue sent back 200 yuan, but the person did not come back. The Liu family brothers were quite puzzled by this. Even though they suffered some injuries in the capital, nearly 20 years have passed, even if the past resentment cannot be completely dispelled , the only younger brother refused to come back to participate in the marriage is too much.

Liu Xia also thought so, so he thought Zeng Huaijue was a narrow-minded and selfish person from the bottom of his heart.

Many years later, Liu Xia has seen more disappointments and betrayals in the world, and knows more about what Zeng Huaijue experienced at the beginning. When he really saw Zeng Huaijue, and then saw his deformed and twisted right leg, he truly understood Zeng Huaijue's mood , In the best years of my life, I was beaten and disabled by my most trusted friend, and when I was in the most physical and mental pain, I was abandoned by my mother who loved me all the time. That kind of pain cannot be forgotten with the passage of time.

It was time for Liu Ling and Chen Zhenbei to return to the army. They decided to set off at four o'clock in the morning, so that they could return to the team after eight o'clock. Liu Ling finished training in a week and could report back to the school in the suburbs of Kyoto.

When Yang Dongyan went into the house to pack up the travel things, Liu Ling asked his family to take advantage of Chen Zhenbei and his car to visit the army.

Before Liu Changqing could speak, Liu Yu jumped up, threw himself in front of Liu Changqing, shook his arm, and begged, "That's right, uncle, we've all come to the capital, why don't we go and see Xiao Lingli's troops? You and I Isn't mother thinking about Xiao Ling all day long? Yao'er and Third Brother are also worried that Xiao Ling will suffer in the army all day long, don't we feel relieved if we go and have a look together?" Liu Yu was afraid that Liu Changqing would not agree, so he pulled Liu Chuan and Liu Xia away Make an alliance.

Chen Zhenbei also took the opportunity to send out an invitation: "Uncle Liu, Auntie, brother Liu Chuan, since you are all in the capital, let's go to our army to have a look. Liu Ling has always wanted you to see his current life? Don't you, Uncle Liu? Would you like to see the current weapons and equipment of our national army? The equipment of our army can basically represent the highest level of conventional weapons and equipment in our country, and you will definitely find it worthwhile to go there."

Liu Changqing looked at Liu Yu who was pulling his arm, then looked at the expectant eyes of Liu Xia and Liu Chuan, and nodded: "Okay, then let's go with Xiao Ling and the others for a while, but we can't stop there, Xiao Chen and Xiao Chen. Xiao Ling has already asked for three days off to accompany us, so we can't delay their training any longer."

Everyone summed it up, Sun Chang'e and Liu Rui were too motion sick, and Liu Xin was too young, and they entered Yanshan not far north from Kyoto, and the winding mountain road was more likely to cause motion sickness, so the three of them did not go with them.

Liu Hai has been there twice, but this time he will not go, and stay at home with Sun Chang'e and the others to visit several nearby attractions.

Zeng Huaichen said: "If you go to Xiaoling's place again, you will only have seven or eight days to play in Kyoto after you come back. There are so many scenic spots in Kyoto. This time is not enough at all. Uncle Liu, you don't have to spend too much time. The time is too tight, it’s not interesting to take a quick look at the scenery, after you come back, you can take a leisurely look at a few places, and let’s continue to play the rest of next summer vacation.”

After he came back from the hotel, he and Yang Dongyan went to discuss with Liu Changqing, asking him and the Liu family to wait for him and Yang Dongyan to return before leaving, or there would only be Zeng Guangtong and Liu Hai left at home. Will be very disappointed, he feels uneasy.

Liu Changqing agreed after a little weighing. This time he came to the capital, he saw the incredible changes in the outside world, which he could never have imagined when he stayed in Liujialing. For decades, he made the children run dozens of miles of mountain roads every day The world they have seen may not be as deep as what they felt when they came to Kyoto for a day.

Liu Changqing didn't want his children to lose such a good opportunity because of some of his concerns, and he could also feel that Zeng Huaichen's young couple had no perfunctory enthusiasm for his family. These two children treated their family with sincerity just like Zeng Guangtong.

Zeng Huaichen's words reminded everyone of Liu Wei, Liu Rui, Mao'er, and Liu Xia who went to school.

Liu Wei is fine. Seeing that he didn't go back on time, Su Xiaohui will definitely go to the teacher in the county to ask for leave.

The problem is Liu Rui and Mao'er. They should go to Wangning to go to school this year. There is no need for any formalities to transfer to a rural school. You just need to find a familiar acquaintance who has a good face to talk to. So the problem for them is not whether they can go to Wangning. Ning went to school, but Maoer went to see what grade Ning would be in, and whether he would be in the same grade and class as Liu Rui.

Before coming to the capital, Liu Xia had already taught Mao’er fourth grade math. Mao’er and Liu Rui also listened to a lot of fourth grade Chinese when they were in the mixed class of third and fourth grade in Liujialing. If we put aside the composition, If only the knowledge part is tested, Liu Xia feels that Mao'er is sure to score [-] points in the test.

In this way, Mao'er can actually go directly to the fifth grade, but he is not yet eight years old, and compared with other children who should be in the fifth grade, he is too young.

Liu Xia is very entangled with this problem. After he came back from vacation for the past two years, Liu Wei has not had a vacation yet. It is already dark every day when he returns home, but Liu Wei still has a lot of homework to do, just for this, Liu Xia thinks It is a day for the cat to miss one day of school. If the cat can skip the fourth grade this time, he will be very happy.

But he is also afraid that others will bully Mao'er. Although Mao'er is not ambiguous in fighting, if he is in the fifth grade, other children will generally be four to five years older than him. This age difference will be manifested physically. It's very different, no matter how powerful the cat is, it can't beat a child twice as tall and strong as him.

Also, he was not willing to let the cat get up before dawn every day. It is not just a joke to run twice a day on the mountain road of dozens of miles.

Liu Chuan's worry was different from Liu Xia's. He asked Liu Rui, "Little Rui, if Mao'er is in fifth grade and you are only in fourth grade, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"

Liu Rui shook her head very simply: "No, the cat wants to grow up quickly to catch up with my uncle and go to college with him, but I don't want to, I go to school with Yong Bin and Guan Qiang It's also beautiful. But third uncle, if you go back and ask me and Maoer to go to Wangning to go to school, you can go to the principal and tell him to bring Maoer and us closer to the classroom. Our cat is small, whoever dares to bully He, I have to give him a hammer!"

Liu Wei said: "Who dares! Who dares to bully our children, tell me when I come back on Saturday, and I will fix them."

Mao'er was sitting on a small bamboo stool dangling in Liu Xia's arms. Hearing this, he said bravely, "Whoever dares to hit me, I'll take a stone and smash a big hole in his head. I'm not afraid of them!"

Liu Changqing saw Liu Xia's dilemma, and waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about Xiaorui and Maoer. I will discuss with your elder brother after I go back. If the child can keep up with the fifth grade, he will go with him. If he fails, he will be abducted." Back to fourth grade."

Zeng Guangtong said: "I also think it's better to let nature take its course. The cat is still young, so you don't have to make it too difficult for him to catch up. Yaoer, do you have your student ID with you? If you do, you don't have to go back to the original city. NO.30 In the evening, if you take the bus from Kyoto to Jiangcheng, you can go directly to Jiangcheng, so you don’t have to go back and forth, and you can stay with the cat for an extra day!”

The matter was decided in this way, the little fool Maoer was very happy to hear that he could stay with Liu Xia for one more day, completely unaware that this sentence also meant that he and Liu Xia would soon be separated again: " Hey, uncle will leave first, uncle will go with me."

Seeing the happy look of the little guy, Liu Xia couldn't bear to disappoint him: "Well, we can take the train together again!"

At four o'clock in the morning, the two vehicles set off on time, and an hour later, they had already entered the mountains in the north of Kyoto.

Liu Xia and Mao'er got out of the car and vomited three times, and Liu Wei vomited twice before they arrived at their destination in a daze.

The spacious modern barracks, the rows of red barracks hidden among the green poplar trees, and the vigorous young soldiers in military uniforms coming and going made Liu Xia and Liu Yu's blood boil.

Liu Xia thought of his aborted military academy dream again, and the shadow of Shao Yan flashed in his mind.

Liu Yu wished to put everything in the barracks into his eyes and take it away. Everyone here made him envious, every house and every tree made him yearn for it.

He knew that it was impossible for him to realize his dream of being a soldier in this life. Even if he had the opportunity to serve as a soldier now, and Liu Mao went home every few months, it was impossible for him to leave home without his father.

The purpose of Liu Changqing's visit was very clear, and Chen Zhenbei and Liu Ling also understood this, so they discussed with Liu Chuan, took a break after lunch, and brought Liu Changqing and the others to the training ground.

Liu Changqing looked at the rows of tanks and military vehicles lined up like green dragons, and said nothing for a long time.

Back then, they watched the seemingly inexhaustible vehicles of the United Nations Army transporting soldiers and sufficient supplies in the ice and snow. They could only live on the little dry food they carried with them, and they were extremely eager for their troops to have all this. Now , all this is in sight.

Liu Ling said: "This is the XX-type main battle tank we have just put in place. It is about eight kilometers per hour faster than the XX-type tank that has just been eliminated. All our recent training is related to him."

Yanagawa looked at the shocking formation of weapons under the sunlight, his eyes darkened.

He has only experienced a short war, which has made him rational enough. Advanced weapons and equipment are crucial on the battlefield, but the factors that determine the outcome of a war are not just weapons. The commander's advanced war concepts, Keen observations, accurate judgments and instructions are often more important than weapons on the ever-changing battlefield, and the personal combat skills of combatants determine the life and death of themselves and their comrades at critical moments.

He once wanted to become a qualified soldier and commander with surging blood, but...he is now a policeman busy with his livelihood in a small county town.

At dinner in the evening, Liu Chuan smiled and said to Liu Ling and Chen Zhenbei: "I know that your training is very intense, but Xiao Ling, in addition to professional books, you have time to read memoirs of Chinese and foreign military generals or war documentary books at school. It’s not bad, even if you work as a civilian after graduation, you are still a soldier, and it won’t hurt to learn more about the battlefield.”

Liu Ling said in surprise: "Brother, I didn't plan to be a civilian. I have the opportunity to be in the field army. Of course, I want to be a real soldier on the bloody battlefield. My major is also more suitable for serving as a grassroots commander in the army."

Liu Changqing said: "No matter what job or profession it is, since the army is arranged, it must be useful. It is right to do it well. Of course, soldiers must be ready to go to the battlefield at any time. Xiao Ling, your third brother said yes, serving as a soldier It would be good to know a little more about what it's like to be on the real battlefield."

Chen Zhenbei arranged them in the military guest house and asked Liu Ling to stay with them at night.

They were about to leave early the next morning, and Chen Zhenbei sent a car to take them back. When it was time to get in the car, Liu Yu suddenly ran behind Liu Ling and refused to get in the car without saying anything: "Uncle, I I don’t want to see the scenery of Kyoto. I really miss Xiaoling all the time. I’ll just stay here so as not to delay his training. Xiaoling comes over after training every day. He goes together."

The age difference between Liu Yu and Liu Ling is only a few months, and the relationship between the two is really very good. After Liu Ling joined the army, Liu Yu's concern for him is known by the whole family.

Liu Changqing looked at Chen Zhenbei.

Chen Zhenbei said: "Uncle, as long as you agree, we have no problem here. Family members of the army often come to visit relatives. Living in a guest house is not special."

Liu Ling also said: "Uncle, fourth brother will come with me in a few days, I can miss him too, in these few days, I just happened to tell him about his marriage."

Liu Changchun has always wanted Liu Yu to get married within this year. Because Liu Mao's marriage has a grudge, Liu Yu always finds reasons to postpone it. According to him, he plans to marry when Liu Chuan is 25 or [-] years old. It caused Liu Changchun's heart disease.

Liu Changqing nodded: "Well, you should try to persuade him, getting married sooner or later has nothing to do with how well you will live in the future, if you meet a caring person, get married early and enjoy happiness sooner."

After Liu Xia and the others returned to Kyoto, they were motion sick and slept for most of the day. The next day they began to officially visit various places of interest.

On the first day, what Liu Changqing requested: the Memorial Hall of Great Men.After queuing for most of the day, I took a look at the remains of the great man lying in the crystal coffin, but everyone felt that this should be done and must be done.

The next day, in the imperial palace, the whole family was attracted by the majestic and luxurious building, and when they came out of it at dusk, everyone still couldn't get enough of it.

On the third day, the Royal Family Temple.

On the fourth day, the royal cemetery.

On the fifth day, there was a day off. Zeng Guangtong took everyone to eat snacks and famous dishes in Kyoto. Mao'er, Liu Wei, and Liu Rui ate until their stomachs became round. After Liu Xia returned home, he rubbed Mao'er's stomach for a long time. It will be uncomfortable at night.

The tour Zeng Guangtong arranged for them was very loose. Three tricycles came over early in the morning. The family went out to play while it was cool, and went home when it was hot at noon.

After lunch, the adults took a lunch break, and the children, including Liu Chuan, practiced calligraphy in the living room of the North House.

Practicing calligraphy is Liu Changqing's request. He saw many inscriptions in Zeng Guangtong's house that he had never seen before. Liu Hai has followed Zeng Guangtong in the past two years not only to draw well, but also to improve calligraphy greatly.

Although Zeng Guangtong mainly focuses on painting, he does not distinguish between calligraphy and painting, and his calligraphy is also quite good, with a free and easy atmosphere. Liu Changqing thinks that it is always good for children to learn more.

If he had time, Zeng Guangtong would also enthusiastically teach the children the basic skills of painting. Liu Xia and the others were very interested in learning.

On the sixth day, boating in Haizi.

This is because in the notebook that Liu Xia gave Maoer, there was a picture of a child with a red scarf rowing in Haizi. Maoer and the others had also heard the song "Let's Swing Oars" on the radio, and they were very fond of rowing. expect.

After coming back that day, Mao’er was so excited that he didn’t even want to practice ligatures. He sat on the mat under the crabapple tree and told Liu Xia his great ideals: “I’m going to buy a big boat in the future, let’s go rowing in the sea. No matter how long you want to row, no one asks us for money." To even ask for money to row a boat is the biggest shortcoming of Mao'er's happy life today.

On the evening of the sixth day, Liu Ling and Liu Yu came back, so the team they went to the royal garden on the seventh day was even more spectacular. Zeng Guangtong did not go with them that day, he was already in his early sixties, and it was indeed a little bit to follow them every day. Can't bear it.

When Liu Xia and the others came back in the middle of the afternoon, Zeng Guangtong smiled and handed Liu Xia a painting. Liu Xia opened it and exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, this, this is too similar."

The cat immediately stretched its neck to look, only took one look, and then cried out: "This, this, this is me?"

Everyone gathered around to look at the two-foot-long, one-and-a-half-foot-wide painting, which is simple but warm and interesting: a blurry tree in the background, a big rock under the tree, and a slender boy sitting casually against the rock Flipping through a book, in front of him was a child looking at him with his head tilted.

Even without looking at the words "Liu Xia and his cat" on the painting, everyone could tell at a glance that Zeng Guangtong painted Liu Xia and his cat.

Liu Xia’s painting resembles himself very much, and so does the cat, but the feeling of resemblance is very strange. The child obviously looks like a person, but when he tilts his head slightly to look at Liu Xia, he looks like a cute and cute cat in real life. To the ultimate kitten,.

Everyone's feeling for the little man is: this is a real kitten, but he is their cat.

When everyone was admiring, the cat suddenly protested loudly: "Grandpa Zeng, I'm not so small, I'm already grown up now, look, I'm already at my uncle's waist, you draw me so small, I, I... I don't want to be small."

Zeng Guangtong looked at the cat himself with a smile, and then at the cat in the painting: "Oh, the little cat wants to grow into a big cat! Well, I will draw another picture for you when Grandpa has time." , Kitty, how old do you want to be when you grow up?"

Mao'er looked around, focused on Liu Hai a few times, and finally fell on Liu Xia: "I want Changli to be like my uncle."

Liu Hai turned the cat's head with a big hand and looked at himself: "Mao'er, your sixth uncle, I am 1.8 meters five, three centimeters taller than your uncle, and 25 catties fatter than him, you just wait to see Your brother-in-law should also respect my objective existence, your ideal should at least grow up to be like me and surpass your brother-in-law!"

Mao'er took Liu Xia's hand: "No, I just want Changli to be like my uncle."

Liu Hai lay down on Liu Chuan's shoulder in discouragement: "Third brother——"

Liu Chuan patted him: "I'll go back and teach Xiaoyun and Xiaolei, let them all set up lofty ideals, and want to grow up to be like you, boy?"

Zeng Guangtong laughed loudly: "Xiao Hai, aren't you making yourself uncomfortable by arguing about this? Comparing with Liu Xia in front of Mao'er, you are stupid!"

The ruined walls of the National Memorial Garden and the exquisite stone carvings left in the grass and fallen leaves taught the children of the Liu family a vivid lesson. The precious national treasures of a vast country can easily be wantonly destroyed by ordinary soldiers from countries thousands of miles away. Looting and trampling shows that when a country is poor and backward, even the highest authority in the country can't compare to the desire and momentary mood of an ordinary soldier in a developed country.

What a sad fact.

When a country has no dignity and decency, how can its citizens get any respect and courtesy?

Therefore, it is the last word to make our country rich and powerful.

But how to make their country rich and powerful, they are all at a loss.

Liu Changqing said: "No matter how powerful a country is, it accumulates little by little. I don't know, but I know that in a family, whoever does a good job and who should do what should be done. If everyone works together, the family will be prosperous. It's good to live in other people's homes, I thought, the country should probably be like this!"

On August 29th, they went to Liu Ling's school in the suburbs of Kyoto to have a look, took a lot of photos, and when they got home, Zeng Guangtong showed them a stack of train tickets, No. 30 at night, five to Yuancheng, one Zhang arrived in Jiangcheng.

Zeng Guangtong said: "It's hard to buy so many sleeping berths, Xiao Chen helped to buy them."

Chen Zhenbei was in the army and couldn't come to see them off. It was his elder brother in Kyoto who sent someone to bring the bus tickets. He just asked Liu Ling to send a message to Liu Changchun and Liu Chuan, saying that they are welcome to come back next summer. Arrange time ahead of time to spend a few extra days with them.

The time when the car arrived at Yuancheng was after three o'clock in the morning. Mao'er seldom talked since he got on the car. He and Liu Xia slept on the middle bunk, and he didn't blink until it was time to get off the car. He kept hugging Liu Xia and never let go. .

Liu Xia said to him: "With less than two years left, my uncle will be graduating and come back. By that time, my uncle will never leave the house for my child. We will be together every day."

The cat nodded, but didn't speak.

Liu Xia said: "As soon as my uncle arrives at school, he will write letters to my good boy."

Mao'er's tears rolled in her eyes: "Well, I can write a lot."

Liu Xia said: "Okay, you can write as many as you want, so that my child can't finish reading it in a day. Cat, my uncle misses you every day, so you have to write more letters to my uncle."

The cat finally cried: "Why haven't you graduated yet? I don't want to ask you to go to Yeyuan..."

Liu Chuan hugged the cat and said, "We should get out of the car, baby, your uncle will feel bad when you cry, come, say goodbye to uncle happily."

Mao'er wiped away his tears, and waved his hand to say goodbye to Liu Xia. He tried to show Liu Xia a smile, but the tears fell down again disobediently.

Liu Xia wiped away his tears and pinched his cheek: "Let's go baby, the car should start."

The train restarted, Liu Xia stuck his head out of the window, and the whole family was still standing on the platform looking at him, Liu Xia suddenly shouted loudly: "Uncle, Mom, don't worry, I will send the money back as soon as I arrive at school , Ask my third brother to buy food for you to send back, I will not tell you to leave home hungry."

Liu Changqing stood on the platform with a leather bag in one hand and Sun Chang'e in the other, watching Liu Xia calmly being taken away by the train.