My father died many years ago, and his comrades-in-arms attended my wedding, and the bookkeeper: they didn't eat, and they didn't pay the ceremony.
On the eve of Xiaopeng's wedding, he came back from the field to clean up the house, what he didn't expect was that he hadn't notified anyone, at this time his father's comrades-in-arms actually came over and helped him clean up his new home, and said that when they got married, several of their comrades-in-arms would come over to drink the wedding wine, and one of Uncle Chen also told Xiaopeng that if he didn't notify him by then, he would be very angry.
For his father's comrades-in-arms, Xiaopeng can't remember a few people, and Uncle Chen is more familiar with it, after all, the two families are relatively close, and now Uncle Chen is still working in a good unit, and his father and Uncle Chen had the best relationship back then, but now that I look at it, my father has been dead for many years, and his comrades-in-arms have not come to their homes much, but they didn't expect that they were going to get married, and they all came.
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I'm going to get married after a while, so I came back from out of town in advance, ready to renovate the house in my hometown, after all, decades have passed, the house is old, and it rains and leaks, which is really not good.
Grandma said that since she had bought a house outside, what if the house in her hometown could not be cleaned up?
In fact, I know that grandma said this because she was afraid of spending money.
But in the end, the house in my hometown still needs to be tidied up, and if nothing else, it is also excellent to leave it to my grandmother.
In fact, I didn't expect that one day, several of my father's comrades-in-arms would come over to help.
My father is a veteran, he knew a lot of comrades-in-arms when he was in the army, and the relationship was also very good.
My father was still relatively capable, and within a few years I bought a large tricycle, which was the kind of hand-cranked car, and my father sold watermelons in the summer, and briquettes or sweet potatoes in the winter.
When I was young, I followed my father around.
Often, when it was late, my father would drive the car to a village and take me to dinner.
At first, I thought it was someone's house, but later I learned that these were my father's comrades-in-arms, they were all brothers in the same trench, and after they were discharged from the army, they also met often.
Every time my father left, he either stayed to get some briquettes or some rice. Every time, I saw my father and his comrades-in-arms shirking back and forth, sending things back and forth, for fear that the other party would suffer a loss.
When the Chinese New Year is approaching, the family is the most lively, and my father is already hospitable, so he will invite all the comrades-in-arms who can be contacted to have a reunion dinner at home.
According to my father, these comrades-in-arms are lifelong relatives, and everyone is very busy all year round, so it is difficult to rest, so let's get together.
Often, they drink from eating to drinking, and they have to drink until the middle of the night.
Each time, my mother and I would clean the house on the west side, then put some planks, spread grass on them, and take a few quilts, which would be considered a bed, so that they could make up for the night.
My father's comrades-in-arms didn't care, they said that when they went out to train in the past, let alone having a bed to sleep in, they would be happy if they could squint for a while, so they didn't pay attention to so many things.
To be honest, I have always been more envious of my father, and I envy him for having so many good comrades-in-arms.
My father often told me about their affairs in the army, at that time, everyone was a young man, young, going out for the first time, although sometimes homesick, but when several hometown comrades-in-arms were together, talking about their hometown, this heart was also warm.
When they were discharged from the army, they also cried a lot. His father's squad leader told everyone that he should always contact him after he was discharged from the army, and he also said that if anyone has difficulties at home, remember to notify a few nearby comrades-in-arms, and everyone will find a way to solve it together.
To be honest, every time I hear this "agreement", my heart is quite surging. I think that in difficult times, no one seems to take the initiative to care about you except your own family.
But my father did, he had comrades-in-arms, and his comrades-in-arms did help each other.
That year, Uncle Chen's father died, and my father and several other comrades-in-arms accompanied Uncle Chen to guard the spirit all night. As a result, a comrade-in-arms said that they were all brothers, and Lao Chen's father was our father.
None of them went to the house to rest, so they accompanied Uncle Chen to guard.
Later, almost all the expenses at the funeral were paid by a few comrades-in-arms. Uncle Chen said at the time that when there was money in the future, he would pay it back slowly.
Father comforted Uncle Chen, live well, and talk about money later.
Later, Uncle Chen was busy with work and rarely went home. When the farm was busy, my father would drive his car to Uncle Chen's house to help, help them pull and unload crops, and also help buy fertilizer and seeds to plough the land.
When Uncle Chen came to our family for the Chinese New Year, he brought his daughter-in-law to give gifts to our family and said a lot of words of thanks, which made his father angry, "If you are so polite again, I won't help." ”
The days are slowly getting on track, everyone is very busy, and there are very few gatherings. There will be occasional ** between them, and occasionally make an appointment, but either this person is not available or that person is not available, and after so many years, they have hardly gathered together.
A few years later, I was admitted to the university, and Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang both came over because they were closer to our home, so they came quickly. Each of them gave me 500 yuan to celebrate my admission to university, and Uncle Chen gave me a suitcase.
Uncle Chen said that at that time, they all used a fertilizer bag to carry their luggage around, and now young people are different, they want to save face, they want to be relaxed, and the suitcase is convenient to use and good-looking.
I still have that suitcase, and although it is broken, I am reluctant to throw it away.
In my senior year, I was going to Xi, and I also wanted to return to my hometown so that it would be closer to home. In fact, I wanted my father to use his connections to arrange for me to work in a good company.
But as soon as this idea came out, my father strictly stopped it, and he also said that he would not let me beat his idea in this life, and if he wanted to enter any unit or company, he would have to rely on his own ability to get in, and if he couldn't get in, he wouldn't have this life.
To be honest, I didn't dare to say anything to my father about helping all these years. Because I knew that even if I asked him for help, he didn't want to help. First, he doesn't want to trouble his comrades, and second, his temper is like this, he doesn't like to go through the back door, he has the ability to do anything, and if he doesn't have the ability, he will practice more Xi, but he can't ask others for help.
Well, it's been the case for so many years, and it's no surprise this time.
However, something I didn't expect came.
Not long after I started Xi, news came from home that my father had passed away.
A few years ago, my mother left us with a sudden illness, and I was still in school at that time. Now that I am finally working, I still want to let my father enjoy happiness in the future, but I didn't expect that my father also left us.
The funeral was held in my hometown, and my uncle and aunt presided over the whole funeral. At the funeral, his comrades-in-arms, only Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang came over.
Uncle Chen took out a sum of money and said that the money was given by several of their comrades-in-arms, and the other comrades-in-arms were either far away or really couldn't get out, so they took the money to express their grief.
Actually, I understood it and was able to accept it, so I didn't say anything.
After Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang saw their father buried, they also walked away silently, I stopped them to stay for dinner, Uncle Zhang said that he was not in the mood and wanted to go home to rest and rest.
I saw that Uncle Zhang and Uncle Chen were really in a bad mood in the past two days, so I didn't say anything, and I thought about sending them home, but Uncle Chen asked me to stay.
According to the rules of the hometown, if someone in the family dies, the family cannot get married for three years.
I originally planned to work for two years and get married, but looking at it now, I don't have this plan, so I can push it back and use my savings during this time to buy a house.
Four years after my father's death, I was getting married, and now the house was bought, and after the renovation was completed, I didn't have a penny in my pocket.
There are houses in the county seat, but the houses in my hometown have not yet been renovated. Although my grandmother told me many times that I didn't need to renovate, I still felt that since I was married, I had to look a little like it.
I returned to my hometown a month early and started tidying up the house at home.
After all, I haven't been at home for many years, and I don't understand who needs to be contacted for many things, but my uncle helped introduce me, and the rest is my own.
After I finished the college entrance examination that year, I also learned to scrape putty, that is, to scrape the interior. Now I still have a bit of a foundation, so I want to buy some paint for myself and scrape the house white, doesn't this feel like it all of a sudden?
Then the two walls on the west and south sides, which have collapsed for many years, will be built together this time, and then the kitchen will be renovated, and a piece of iron will be added to the house, and that will be enough.
Just do it, I was very busy during that time.
When you need to buy something, you go to the market town to buy it.
And on this day, I happened to meet Uncle Zhang, he helped with his son's shop, I bought a lot of materials, he asked me what was going on, did I want to get married?
To be honest, I don't want to say it, after all, my father died, and even when my father was alive, they gradually had less contact with my father, so what's the point of me talking about getting married at this time?
But everyone is in the same town, and if you look up and don't look down, you will know what's going on after a little inquiry.
On this day, I was repairing the west wall, and suddenly I heard someone calling me outside, I looked up and saw that there were three or five people coming down from the car, I didn't see who it was, but I heard a familiar voice, "Xiaopeng, what are you doing?".”
The voice was so familiar, I looked like I'd heard it somewhere, but I just couldn't remember it.
When everyone walked into the courtyard, I saw that this was not Uncle Zhang and Uncle ChenAnd a few of my father's comrades-in-arms, why did they all come over?
At this moment, the grandmother who was sitting in the yard was about to get up, but was stopped by Uncle Chen, and several of them went to ask for warmth, and some of them had already begun to help repair the wall.
During that time, Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang would come over to help when he was free, either to help me and cement or to help shovel ash, especially Uncle Zhang, who knew some people in the market town, so during that time I bought paint or something, Uncle Zhang helped introduce it, and it also saved a lot of money.
It was supposed to be a month's work, but after the efforts of several people, it was done early, so it was okay to dry it.
Later, Uncle Chen said that they didn't need to send invitations when they got married, they would come by themselves.
It's true that I was really busy and dizzy during that time, and a lot of invitations were sent by my uncle, and I was busy here and there at home.
And the afternoon before the wedding, Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang and two other uncles all came over.
But instead of coming to eat and drink, they followed me to my father's grave.
I took the fire paper and took my father's comrades-in-arms to go to my father's grave.
Uncle Chen lit three cigarettes and planted them in front of the grave.
I knelt down, and at this time Uncle Chen said, "Big brother, your son is married, you can rest assured, we came to attend his wedding, which is equivalent to participating for you, and we did what we promised you." ”
At this time, I realized what my father told them back then, it turned out that he wanted to see me get married, have children, and have a home of my own.
Still, on the day of the wedding. After the ceremony, several of my father's comrades-in-arms left.
I heard from others that they left without eating, and I thought about taking my daughter-in-law with me to toast them, why did they leave?
However, in the afternoon, the bookkeeper came to me to reconcile the accounts, and the master said that they were almost all aligned, but a few of my father's comrades-in-arms did not salute.
I understand that.
It's not easy for them to get old and have two dollars in their pockets. Besides, my father has been gone for four years, and they are very touched to be able to come and see me, so why should they care about money?
After three days of returning home, I went back to my hometown, ready to pack up and go back to work.
And at this time, someone outside the door called me.
I thought it was a neighbor coming, but when I looked, it was Uncle Chen.
Why did he get here?What is he here for?
When Uncle Chen saw me coming out to pick him up, he dragged me into the house again, and then took out a brown paper bag from his briefcase and handed it to me.
I looked at Uncle Chen in surprise.
Uncle Chen said, "It's 30,000 yuan, it's not much, you take it, it's all the hearts of a few of us, don't be too little." ”
After Uncle Chen finished speaking, I was stunned, what is going on?
He said that he knew that I had been in difficulty in the past few years, bought a house, renovated my hometown, and got married, and I didn't have a penny in my pocket. A few of their comrades-in-arms summed it up, scraped together a little money, and sent it over, which can be regarded as an explanation to my father.
I hurriedly refused, "No, no, everyone knows your relationship with my father, and there is no need to reflect it in money." ”
In fact, I know that for so many years, it has not been easy for everyone, and besides, the matter of feelings, people are gone, to be honest, it is easy to downplay.
However, I thought about it a lot, but I didn't expect that my father's comradeship-in-arms would last so long and last to my generation.
I asked him whose money it belonged to and how much it was. The reason why I asked this was because I thought that when their children got married, I would return them.
As a result, Uncle Chen said, "We didn't give it to you at the wedding, we just don't want to enter the account, and you have to pay it back if you enter the account, and if you give it now, you don't have to pay it back." ”
It's true, our rule here is that the day, or before the marriage, counts, and after the marriage doesn't count, because it's already in the past.
It is only now that I finally understand why they didn't eat, why they didn't have a gift for the day.
But how am I going to take the money?After all, I really shouldn't have taken the money.
But Uncle Chen kept saying that he watched me grow up, and said that my mother died early and my father also passed away, which is really pitiful.
He said a lot, and I accepted it silently.
wanted to leave him for dinner, Uncle Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said that he would go back to run errands.
I looked at Uncle Chen, who was leaving, and I was full of emotion. I envy my father for having the experience of being a soldier, and I envy my father for having such a comrade-in-arms who can keep it for so long!
The comradeship, maybe that's how strong it is!
After I got married, once I had time to go back to my hometown, I would also go to see my father's comrades-in-arms, which could be regarded as a visit for him.
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