Rebirth Restaurant

In the winter of 2005, Mr. Zhou was lying on the bed, and he couldn't get out of bed. The old man probably wouldn't survive this winter.

The old man just passed his 101th birthday the year before last, and he is [-] years old this year. He is an old man who has lived for a whole century, and a historical witness who witnessed the country's rise from decline.

The old general was a soldier when he was young, and he fought devils with a gun on his shoulder. Later, he fought all the way and became a general, leading his soldiers to fight north and south.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he took his living soldiers and returned to Zhongjing with the large army. He was named one of the top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he was a respected veteran.

The old man has been serving this country for most of his life, and he retired from the top in his 80s. It was because he suffered various injuries in wars when he was young, and it broke out when he was old. The doctor repeatedly strongly advised the old man to put down his official duties. recuperate.The reason why the old man retired was not because of the doctor's words, but because the old man felt that his body was powerless, and he was worried that he would make wrong judgments and conclusions because of his mental state, so he resolutely resigned from all his duties and explained everything. Regarding work matters, I returned to my hometown in Chongming to recuperate, and no longer interfered in political affairs.

This is a person in power who is not obsessed with power. He picks up the ground and puts it down, walking gracefully.For the next ten years or so, the old man spent his recuperation in Chongming. He planted flowers with his old friends every day, played chess and listened to operas, and lived an ordinary life.

The old man has reached his octogenarian age and has lived to be over a hundred years old. Birth, old age, sickness and death cannot be avoided in life. At this age, the old man also understands in his heart.In the past two years, the old man's health has been deteriorating, and the medicine has not had much effect on his body. Now lying on the bed, the old man knows in his heart that his own body may not be able to do it.

At this time when he was lying on the bed and couldn't get out of bed, the old man gave the last order, telling his son, don't bring too many unnecessary troubles to this country because of him alone, please let him leave this world quietly .

Sitting in front of his father's bed, Zhou Rulin answered his father's words one by one.

The man's hair was already half white, and there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Zhou Rulin said to his father, "I'll tell the second brother and the eighth brother, as well as the seventh younger sister, and the little ones below. You want them to come and see you, don't you think?"

"Didn't you ask about that child Xiaohai the day before yesterday? I sent someone to inform him to come back to meet you." That child grew up with his father, and Zhou Rulin knew that his father loved his grandson the most. The time must be to miss the children and grandchildren, and it is time for everyone to see the elderly for the last time. "Mmm^" The old man on the bed looked calm and responded in a low voice, telling his son not to be sad

As soon as he went out, Meng Tingjian's eyes turned red. This man who had been guarding the old general for most of his life, after the old general retired, he followed the old general to Chongming to take care of his daily life.

Standing at the door of his father's room, Zhou Rulin reached out and patted Meng Tingjian on the shoulder when he saw the red-eyed Meng Tingjian.He has worked in the hospital for decades, and he is already used to birth, old age, illness and death, but when it happened to him, Dr. Zhou was still in a difficult mood. After all, that person is his dearest person in this world. .

At this time of the year, everyone is busy with work, but after receiving a call from Chongming, everyone unanimously put down their work, asked for leave, bought a plane ticket and went to Chongming. rush over.

At this time, Zhou Rutang was still doing interviews abroad with the leaders of the country. When he received a call from his brother, he waited until the interview was over without changing his expression before asking the leaders for instructions. After getting approval, he immediately took the fastest flight back to China.

Lin Lin and Zhou Shihai were sitting on the plane to Chongming, they held hands in the middle, and could feel the warmth from each other's palms.

Lin Lin looked at Zhou Shihai's bloodshot eyes, and knew that this person must have not had a good rest for a long time. Before that, Zhou Shihai was still on a mission in a small town on the border of the country. When I came back, it was already two days slower than others.He said to Zhou Shihai, "Ah Hai, you can rely on me to sleep for a while, we will be there soon."

Zhou Shihai shook his head at the young man, he couldn't laugh even if he wanted to laugh at this moment, he said, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."

In the end, it was Lin Lin who leaned on Zhou Shihai's shoulder and squinted for a while.

By the time they arrived in Chongming, all the members of the Zhou family had arrived, and Uncle Zhou and Sister Zhou, who were still flying abroad to China, hadn't arrived yet.The rest, the main branch of their Zhou family lineage, and the rest of the Zhou family's family members, all came here.

"Fifth Uncle." Zhou Shihai saw his fifth uncle, his parents and their elders came, and he greeted everyone.When he came here, he only saw his father and his younger brother Zhou Mingli. His mother was not here. Only after hearing what his brother Zhou Mingli said did he know that his mother took the youngest brother to the hotel below.

His mother later gave birth to a little brother for him, and now he is only a little older, and he has only learned to walk and talk. Zhou Shihai has never seen that little brother a few times in total.Usually his parents and younger brothers are in Guangcheng, but now he often runs outside on missions, and he doesn't even have time to go back to see the youth, so naturally he doesn't have much time to go to his parents.

At this time, as long as they were members of the Zhou family, no matter how old or young they were, they all rushed over from outside.

"It's good that you come back." Uncle Wu responded, looking calmly at the young man following his nephew, and said to his nephew, "Go in, your grandpa has been waiting for you."

"En." Zhou Shihai responded.

This is the first time that so many people came to the small building. It was originally a place for the old man to live alone. There are not many rooms and it cannot accommodate so many people. Sometimes people are reluctant to go away, many people are here, standing or sitting in the living room is full of people.

Lin Lin followed Zhou Shihai. He had met many members of the Zhou family, but this was the first time he had seen so many members of the Zhou family together.He knew that there were many people in the Zhou family, but it was the first time he knew that there were so many people in the Zhou family.

In fact, he should not appear here at this time, and his relationship with Zhou Shihai is really not suitable to be made public at this time.But to him, the old man is also an elder of his. In those years, the old man watched them grow up, and every time he came here, the old man would pull him to play chess with him.Suo weighed in his heart, and Zhou Shihai hoped that he could come with him. After thinking about it, he didn't refuse, and came with him. He also wanted to see the old man for the last time.

When the two of them went up the stairs, Zhou Shihai habitually turned around and pulled the young man.

On the 27th day, the old man was lying in bed relying on oxygen and medicine to maintain his last life.However, the old man's sanity is still very clear. Seeing his children and grandchildren coming over to greet him at the bed, he was all shocked.

Remember, you can still call out your name.

Zhou Shihai brought Lin Lin in and saw his father and two cousins ​​here. He called his father, nodded to the two cousins, and walked over to the old man's bed.The old man closed his eyes on the bed, but he was not asleep.

"Grandpa, it's me, I'm Ah Hai, and I'm here to see you." Sitting on the stool in front of the bed, Zhou Shihai held his grandfather's hand and shouted softly.The old man opened his eyes and looked at his beloved grandson,

A smile appeared on his face, and he gave a low hum.

"Grandpa, Lin Lin came to see you too." Zhou Shihai turned his body sideways and approached the young man behind him.Lin Lin half squatted down and looked at the old man at the same level. He called out to his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, let me come and see you. Last time you said that you would play a game of chess with me next time."

The old man smiled and waved his hand.

It wasn't until that night that Uncle Tuesday rushed back from the airport with his wife, and he baked the cold outside in front of the stove before he dared to join the old man.As soon as they arrived on the front foot, Aunt Zhou rushed over with her foreign husband and son on the back foot.

Zhou Shihai stayed by his grandfather's bed all the time, watching over the old man, except for a short time when he was eating and in the small toilet, he almost never left.The room reserved for him upstairs was still there, but the old man’s small room could not accommodate so many people, so Lin Lin had no choice but to go upstairs to the room reserved for Zhou Shihai. Standing in front of the bed, he saw the cars parked outside.

At this time, some friends and subordinates of Mr. Zhou, who knew the news, all rushed over.

At dawn, the old man woke up once, and Zhou Shihai was standing by the bed, and opened his eyes when his grandfather moved.The old man held his hand and patted the back of his hand. Zhou Shihai seemed to have a feeling and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want to say?"

There are his second uncle, fifth uncle, and two cousins ​​in the room.

Seeing that his grandfather was about to nod, Zhou Shihai moved over to him, and the rest of them also came to their senses and surrounded him.The old man glanced around and said, "The Zhou family, I will rely on you from now on."

"Ah Hai, I watched this kid grow up. I understand his temperament better than you. Let him do what he wants to do. I know that if I die, I won't be able to see it in the future. You guys Don't break up this family because of something, the Zhou family must be united, there is a family, there is a country."

Zhou Shihai knew in his heart that his grandfather saw many things, but he didn't point them out before.He knew the meaning of what his grandfather said better than anyone else, his throat was a little choked, and he said, "Grandpa, I'm sorry."

The old man waved his hand, looked at his grandson with kindness in his eyes, and continued, "You, for me, continue, serve this country, and guard this country."

"Dad, don't worry, we will do it if you don't say it." Uncle Zhou held his father's hand and promised

Nordow.

"En." The old man was relieved.

It had been cloudy for several days, and on this day it miraculously cleared up.

At the moment when the sun rose, the old general's breathing stopped slowly, until finally, stopped

The machine in the room made a screeching sound, and Zhou Rulin reached out to turn it off.

Hearing the voice downstairs, Lin Lin upstairs guessed that the old man might not be there anymore.

"Dad..."

''Grandpa, grandpa

Many people around were crying, Zhou Shihai stood there in a daze, his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't shed a single tear.Lin Lin came down from the stairs and stood at the door of the room. Seeing Zhou Shihai standing in the front through the head, Lin Lin felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, the old general did not survive this year. On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, he closed his eyes and passed away at the age of 101.