journey

Grandpa led Luo Nianli to the vegetable field, the vegetable field was already white, and the mountains in the distance were covered with layers of snow, beautiful and peaceful.Luo Nianli hopped and shook his grandfather's hand, just like his grandfather took him to the ground before, the two of them were happy, their life was hard but they were carefree.

There is a big tree by the side of my land, and now it has withered and only the bare trunk is left. When the grandfather went to the field, Luo Nianli sat under the tree to enjoy the shade and played. say.Luo Nianli led his grandfather to sit on the rock under the tree, and leaned against his grandfather's arms, feeling very happy.

"Baby."

Grandpa took Luo Nianli's hand and pinched it finger by finger.

"Grandpa's treasure has grown up."

Luo Nianli didn't speak, just relied on listening to his grandfather.

"Baby, you have to be good."

"Study well and grow up well."

"Be like your father, be a good person, be a capable person."

Luo Nianli nodded in his grandfather's arms. He hadn't heard his grandfather teach him for a long time. In the past, he would run away whenever his grandfather nagged him.

"Your aunt and uncle are kind to you, treasure, you should repay them well when you grow up."

"You have to be obedient, don't be naughty and make others angry..."

"..."

Luo Nianli felt something was wrong when he heard it, but maybe his grandfather was so excited that he recovered from his illness, and wanted to tell him a few more words, so he didn't think much about it, and continued to listen to his grandfather repeating each sentence.

"click"

Luo Nianli was lying in his grandfather's arms, his face suddenly turned cold, he reached out his hand to touch the water droplets, and quickly raised his head to look at his grandfather, only to see his grandfather smiling at him, but tears were falling down Gu Gu's face.Luo Nianli was startled, and quickly wiped away tears with his sleeve.Grandpa didn't move, just looked at him with a smile, Luo Nianli couldn't help frowning,

"What happened to grandpa?"

"It's okay, grandpa feels a little cold, let's go back."

Grandpa stood up, and Luo Nianli helped him walk back.

Back in the yard, Chu Zheng had already come back mad. At this moment, Chu Jianguo and his wife should have told him about his grandfather’s abnormality. He was sitting on the horse tie at the door of the house, not knowing what he was thinking, when he heard the movement, he looked up and saw his grandfather When I came back, I hurried to meet him.Chu Zheng looked at his grandfather's face seriously, and his grandfather smiled and patted Chu Zheng's shoulder,

"It's good to be a baby, Bao will trouble you in the future."

Chu Zheng froze there, Luo Nianli looked up at his grandfather strangely, saw his grandfather smiling kindly, patted his head, and walked slowly into the house.Luo Nianli wanted to follow, but Chu Zheng tugged at him, Luo Nianli turned to look at him,

"Luo Luo, that..."

Chu Zheng's expression was a little dignified, but he couldn't speak.

"I'm back. Is it cold, old man, come in quickly, we're having New Year's Eve dinner."

Chen Shufen came out to welcome her grandpa and walked into the house.

Luo Luo turned to look at Chu Zheng, who looked at him and sighed,

"It's okay, let's go."

After speaking, he smiled stiffly, took Luo Nianli's hand and walked into the room.

The orange-yellow light, which is a bit dim, illuminates the room with warmth.There are many soup dishes on the low table, very rich, surrounded by five Maza, waiting for the hosts to take their seats.Chu Jianguo poured wine for the adults, Chu Zheng also ordered a small glass, and Luo Nianli poured orange juice.Toasting to celebrate, the whole family is happy and happy.

In the evening, grandpa was lying on the bed, and Luo Nianli also got into bed, hugged grandpa, played for a day, and soon fell asleep.

At the same time, the three members of the Chu family were sitting around on the bed, worrying about Zhong Zhong.Grandpa had an abnormal day, and it seemed that he had recovered from his illness, but...Chu Zheng knew that this might be the so-called backlight.

"I'll take a look over there."

Chu Jianguo got up, picked up his down jacket and put it on,

"I'll go with you."

Chu Zheng stood up and said, Chu Jianguo hesitated and nodded.The father and son went out, but Chen Shufen silently wiped away tears.

Chu Jianguo slowly opened the door and walked to the bed.The old man was looking at his little grandson's face, and patted Luo Luo's back with his hand.Looking up and seeing Chu Jianguo and Chu Zheng coming in, he lowered his head and rubbed his little grandson's face, kissed him, then raised his head again, and said to Chu Jianguo:

"Take it away."

Chu Jianguo thought for a while, then whispered to Chu Zheng:

"Take Luo Luo to our room."

Chu Zheng looked at his father and felt a sudden sore nose. He swallowed without saying a word, reached out and hugged Luo Nianli horizontally. Chu Jianguo took off his down jacket and covered Luo Luo.Luo Nianli moved in a daze, opened his eyes slightly, Chu Zheng looked down at him nervously,

"elder brother..."

Luo Nianli vaguely saw Chu Zheng's face, rubbed against his arms again, and fell asleep again.Chu Zheng stared, his whole body was stiff.After waiting for a while, seeing that Luo Luo hadn't woken up, Chu Jianguo consciously left Chu Zheng. Chu Zheng glanced at his grandfather on the bed, who smiled at him. Luo Nianli walked outside, and as soon as he reached the door, his father grabbed him,

"Don't come here before dawn."

Chu Zheng glanced at his father, nodded stiffly, and left with Luo Nian in his arms.

In the second half of the night of the New Year's Eve, heavy snow fell all night, and it was freezing cold.

A few people in military uniforms came to the courtyard of the Luo family, hurrying.

In the dark small room, everything is isolated from the warmth.

Chen Shufen sat on the edge of the bed and cried, while Chu Zheng looked out the window with a blank expression.

Luo Nianli lay on the bed and fell asleep peacefully. Unknowingly, a tear flowed from the corner of his eye...

It was dawn, but it was gray.Luo Nianli slowly woke up, Chen Shufen saw that he was awake, so she leaned over.

"Luo Luo? Are you awake?"

Luo Nianli rubbed his eyes, saw that it was Chen Shufen, and frowned, didn't he sleep with grandpa?He sat up, Chen Shufen quickly took clothes and put them on him, Luo Nianli put on the clothes, looked around, and found that this was not Grandpa's room.

"Where's grandpa?"

The question Chen Shufen was most afraid of at the moment finally came.She swallowed, clenched her fists,

"Luo Luo...Grandpa, he..."

Luo Nianli looked at her face seriously, Chen Shufen felt that she hadn't been so nervous for many years, she was so nervous that she was about to cry.

"Grandpa...Grandpa is gone."

Chen Shufen saw Luo Nianli frowning slowly,

"Where did you go? Where did grandpa go?"

Luo Nianli became anxious, and seeing Chen Shufen's big tear fall, Luo Nianli felt that his heartbeat might have stopped at that moment.He threw off the quilt and got out of bed and ran out,

"Hey, Luo Luo!"

Luo Nianli was wearing a sweater on his upper body, only his long johns were on his lower body and he was barefoot, but he didn't feel the slightest thing, he opened the door and rushed out, running towards Grandpa's house.Chu Zheng was standing at the door of his grandfather's house, and when he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw Luo Nianli running here in disheveled clothes.

"Luo Luo..."

Chu Zheng wanted to reach out to stop him, but Luo Nianli shook off his hand and ran into the house, Chu Zheng quickly followed.Luo Nianli ran into the room, besides Chu Jianguo, there were three men in military uniforms standing in the room,

"Luo Luo?"

Seeing Luo Nianli running in like this, Chu Jianguo wanted to go over and hug him. Luo Nianli glanced at him and ran to the bed. There was nothing on the bed except a folded quilt.Luo Nianli stood there in a daze, Chu Zheng stood behind him and wanted to hug him, but Luo Nianli struggled like crazy.

"Where's grandpa? Where did grandpa go?!"

Luo Nianli tried his best to push Chu Zheng who was coming closer, but Chu Zheng didn't back down, trying to catch his waving hands as much as possible.

"Where is grandpa?! Where has my grandpa gone!"

The more Luo Nianli shouted, the more nasal his voice became, until finally, he cried out.

"Go away! I hate you! I want to find grandpa!"

Luo Nianli cried and struggled all the time, not letting Chu Zheng touch him, Chu Zheng felt so sad, his nose sore, a tear fell down.After tossing for a while, Luo Nianli slowly hugged Chu Zheng's leg, fell to his knees and cried nonstop.

"grandfather..."

Chu Jianguo came over with a sad and exhausted face. He patted Chu Zheng's shoulder, realizing that he was taking Luo Nianli away.Chu Zheng took a deep breath, knelt down and picked up Luo Nianli who was crying bitterly, and Luo Nianli lay on Chu Zheng's shoulder and cried loudly.Chu Zheng had just walked a few steps towards the door when Luo Nianli struggled again,

"No, no! I won't go! Grandpa! I'm looking for my grandpa!"

Originally, Luo Nianli's legs were clamping Chu Zheng's waist, and Chu Zheng was supporting his buttocks. Now that he was struggling, Luo Nianli kept kicking his legs and pushing Chu Zheng's chest with his hands.

"Luo Luo..."

Chu Zheng looked at him distressedly, stretched out a hand to hold him in his arms, and hurried to the hut.

Luo Nianli cried all the way, Chen Shufen was wiping her tears and stood at the door looking around, but seeing her son bring Luo Luo back, she hurriedly followed into the house and closed the door.

Chu Zheng put Luo Nianli on the bed, pulled the quilt to cover his legs, Luo Nianli was crying out of breath, Chen Shufen felt very uncomfortable watching, tears kept falling, Chu Zheng sat on the bed In front of Luo Nianli, he wiped away the tears on his face with his hands over and over again.

"Brother... brother... where is grandpa? I... my grandpa... Where did I go? Huh..."

Luo Nianli sobbed and looked at Chu Zheng asking, Chu Zheng couldn't bear it, he touched Luo Nianli's small face,

"Luo Luo, be good, grandpa told Luo Luo not to be sad, he went to a place where he won't get sick."

Luo Nianli sobbed and looked at Chu Zheng, who comforted him by stroking his little face.Chen Shufen also sat beside Luo Nianli, stroking Luo Nianli's back with tears in her eyes.Luo Nianli sobbed for a while, then calmed down slowly, his eyes were red and swollen, tears were flowing slowly and uninterrupted...

Ever since Chu Jianguo saw Mr. Luo's abnormal appearance during the day, he had made bad preparations in his heart.So I called the troops at the foot of the mountain and sent a few people to guard them overnight.Sure enough, the old man still went.

It was unrealistic to carry the coffin down the mountain for cremation, and Luo Nianli's parents were also buried on the mountain, so Chu Jianguo discussed with several officers and decided to bury him directly in the coffin.

The family stayed at Luo's house for another two days, and Luo Nianli seemed to accept the fact that his grandfather passed away, but he couldn't control his grief, his eyes were so swollen that he could only squint to see people.On the third day, Chu Jianguo put on the military uniform, Chen Shufen wore black clothes, and Chu Zheng also found dark-colored clothes to put on.Early in the morning, the family led Luo Nianli through the village and into the mountains.

It was snowing, and the mountain road was not easy to walk. After walking for nearly an hour, I turned to the back half of the mountain and saw a lot of earthen bumps. Most people in the village were buried here.It was the first time for Luo Nianli to come here. When his father left, his grandfather was reluctant to let his grandson come to see him.There were a dozen or so soldiers in military uniform standing in an open space early on. Chu Zheng noticed that there was also a middle-aged man in white clothes and a hat. A crimson coffin was lying in front of them. The soldiers saw Chu Jianguo After giving the military salute, Chu Jianguo also stood at attention and returned the salute. Luo Nianli walked slowly to the coffin, he couldn't cry anymore, his red and swollen eyes hurt so much, he was so sad but couldn't shed tears, Chen Shufen was also worried , Since yesterday, he has been persuaded and warned not to cry anymore.He stretched out his hand and touched the coffin tremblingly. Grandpa was lying in it. Luo Nianli couldn't cry and closed his eyes in pain.

Chu Jianguo nodded to one of them, and that person led three people and started digging the grave.After a while, a big pit that could hold the coffin was dug.Several soldiers worked together and carefully lowered Grandpa's coffin. Everyone bowed three times around the grave. Luo Nianli knelt on the ground after putting the coffin down, with a "woo hoo" in his throat. The voice should be crying, but the tears can't come down.Afraid that the ground was too cold, Chu Zheng squatted down to help Luo Luo, but Luo Nianli did not move at all, Chu Zheng couldn't help it, so he knelt down with him.

After everyone bowed, the man in white stood in front of the grave and read a series of mourning texts that everyone couldn't understand. Raise the soil.Luo Nianli couldn't bear it, his whole body was shaking with sadness, Chu Zheng was a little worried, so he stood up and pulled him up, and put his head in his arms, not letting him see.Chen Shufen grabbed Chu Jianguo's arm and wept uncontrollably. Chu Jianguo pulled her into his arms and refused to let her look again.

"grandfather..."

Luo Nianli was thinking of his grandfather in Chu Zheng's arms, his body trembling uncontrollably, Chu Zheng hugged him tightly with a look of distress and pain, and watched the coffin slowly being buried by sand...

The tomb was sealed, a stele was inserted, and sacrifices were placed.Luo Nianli looked deeply at the grandfather's name on the stone tablet, knelt down slowly, and kowtowed three times.Luo Nianli stood up, and Chu Jianguo went over to hold his hand,

"Luo Luo, come here."

Luo Nianli squinted his red and swollen eyes and looked up at him. Chu Jianguo led him around his grandfather's tomb and went around the back of the mountain. After walking for a long time, he saw two graves clinging to each other in the bushes. Chu Jianguo led him Walked to the tomb and stood still, Chu Zheng and his mother followed behind. Luo Nianli couldn't see clearly, so he got closer. He recognized his father's name. On the darker stone tablet was written "the tomb of my beloved son Luo Yong" , the inscription is the name of the grandfather, and there are many small characters densely written beside it, among which the word "martyr" Luo Nianli can recognize.Luo Nianli was stunned, this is his father's tomb... He hurriedly looked to the side again, it said "Tomb of Beloved Wife Xiaohe" was signed by his father's name.Luo Nianli reached out and touched it. Is this... Mom...?Luo Nianli had never met her mother before, so she was a little strange, but at the same time felt that she was too familiar.He touched his mother's name back and forth, Chen Shufen let go of her son's hand, walked to the two tombstones, put her hands together, closed her eyes, and said something silently in her heart.

"Luo Luo, kowtow to your parents."

Luo Nianli was still in a daze, Chu Jianguo patted his head and said, Luo Nianli looked up at him and nodded, stepped back a few steps and knelt down facing the tombstone, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, thinking Knowing that mom and dad passed away, the feeling is completely different from actually seeing the tombstones of parents, but Luo Nianli didn't know why, he didn't feel the grief that wanted to cry, but just missed him, he opened his eyes and looked at the two. A tombstone, and then deeply knocked three heads on the ground.

On the return train, a family of four sat opposite each other.Chen Shufen looked into Luo Nianli's eyes, a little worried,

"Baby, when you get home, Auntie will apply a hot towel to you. If it doesn't go away, we have to go to the hospital. You can't even open your eyes."

Luo Nianli was staring out of the window in a daze, but after hearing Chen Shufen's words, he turned his head, looked up at her with frighteningly red and swollen eyes, and nodded.Chu Zheng sat next to him, watched for a while, and thought about how to make his brother happy when he went back.Luo Nianli sat for a while, his mind was full of the appearance of his grandfather, his eyes hurt so badly, he simply closed his eyes and lay down on Chu Zheng's shoulder.Chu Zheng turned to see him like this,

"Do you want to sleep, Luo Luo?"

Luo Nianli shook his head, but leaned back with his eyes closed.Chu Zheng turned around and let him lean more comfortably.

Chen Shufen also tilted her head and leaned on her husband's shoulder. Chu Jianguo was resting with his eyes closed. With his eyes closed, the old man Luo from that night appeared before his eyes again.

After Luo Nianli was carried away, his grandfather looked at Chu Jianguo, who greeted him

"Jianguo, thank you very much."

Tears flowed down Grandpa's face, Chu Jianguo squatted on the bedside, reached out to hold Grandpa's hand

"Old man, don't say that, everything should be done."

"Ah... the thing I can't let go of is Bao. Jianguo, Bao will trouble you in the future, thank you, thank you..."

Grandpa shook Chu Jianguo's hand tremblingly. Although he was thanking him, Chu Jianguo could hear the smell of begging.

"Old man, don't worry, Luo Luo will be the child of me and Shufen from now on, he will be my own son."

After hearing these words, Grandpa closed his eyes with tears and laughed.

"Jianguo, go and rest, I'm going to sleep too..."

Chu Jianguo was stunned for a while, and looked deeply into his grandfather's eyes. The old man's face was a little tired.

"it is good."

Chu Jianguo stood up, grandpa closed his eyes, very peaceful, Chu Jianguo pulled the quilt for the old man, and then slowly exited the room...