In 1986, General ***, who was once known as the "God of War", was admitted to the hospital again because of illness.
At that time, he was already over 90 years old, coupled with the experience of fighting on the battlefield in the early years, so that the old general was full of illness.
No one knows their body better than themselves, and when they were hospitalized again this time, they felt that their lives might be coming to an end. The children are busy with work now, so *** has always told his wife Wang Ronghua not to disturb the children until the last resort.
But in this world, not only parents love their children, but children also love their parents. The children learned the news that *** was hospitalized again, and ** could still sit still, so they rushed to the hospital to visit their elderly father.
This year, Liu Taihang is nearly 50 years old, and as the eldest son of ***, Liu Taihang is the child who visits his father the most times. Every time he came, Liu Taihang would always sit on the edge of the bed and accompany his father for a while, even if his father was sleeping when he came, he was reluctant to leave.
That afternoon, Liu Taixing once again came to his father's hospital bed, he took out the newspaper of the day, and wanted to read two pieces of news to his father. But my father had just finished using the medicine, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep. Seeing his father's rare peaceful sleep, Liu Taixing smiled unconsciously, and after folding the newspaper, he also sat on the edge of the bed and took a nap.
When he was young, his father and mother were always busy fighting wars and had no time to take care of him. Because his mother had no milk, the nurse hurriedly returned home, so Liu Taixing was sent to Yan'an when he was more than a year old, handed over to the ** commander-in-chief and his wife to raise, and later sent to the nursery.
Therefore, in Liu Taihang's memory, there are always few opportunities to get along quietly with his father. When a person reaches middle age, being able to spend more time with his father is also a happy thing for him.
Just as Liu Taixing was napping, he heard his father shouting whose name. Liu Taixing thought that his father was going to call someone, and immediately opened his eyes, but when he heard the name of this person, Liu Taixing was stunned.
"North China, North China.
It was the name of my deceased sister.
At this moment when Liu Taixing** woke up, he stared at the ceiling woodenly, and it took a long time to hold his son's hand and say:"Taihang, I dreamed of your sister, I dreamed of North China.
Liu Huabei, this name, has not been mentioned in front of *** for a long time. But no one knows, it's a lifelong pain in my heart.
**。In March 1939, Liu Taihang was born in Taihang Mountain. His father is known as the "God of War".
Since March, the invading Japanese army has once again launched an attack on the base area near Taihang Mountain, and ** and others are busy every day, and sometimes there are so many things that they can't eat.
Just as *** and *** were discussing the battle plan with the cadres at the headquarters, the guards of *** ran in quickly, and a report was shouted loudly, so that everyone couldn't help but look sideways. ** I was interrupted from my train of thought, a little unhappy, but I still looked up and asked:"What's the matter? ”
The guard was so excited that he couldn't speak well, and he gasped for breath a few times before he said"Commander, Sister Ronghua, she gave birth! ”
This sentence exploded in the headquarters like a spring thunder, and everyone was even more surprised than they heard the "report" just now. Everyone couldn't sit still one by one, and while surrounding ***'s side to say goodbye, they asked:"Boys and girls? Fat or not? Are adults and children safe? ”
**Also laughed on the side:"You see, you're more nervous than the commander. You ask him, does he ** know? ”
** also spread his hands, looked at the guard and said:"If you want to ask him, I just heard the news as you did. ”
The guard scratched his head and continued:"It's a boy. It was not said on other telegrams. ”
The dark clouds that have been hanging over my heart these days have a feeling of being dispelled in that moment. **Walked to ***'s side and asked him again with concern: "Do you want to go back and see?" ”
***, who was still excited, just shook his head, and he sighed: "The front line is so nervous, do I have time to go back?" ”
Yes, his son needs him, his wife needs him, but this battlefield needs him even more. ** I know in my heart that he is not only responsible for his wife and children, but also for every soldier on this battlefield.
The Eighth Route Army opened up the wasteland on the Taihang Mountain.
That night, the *** who was finally busy sat at the desk and wrote down his care for his wife one by one, in order to eliminate his wife's grievances, he also seriously wrote down the current situation of this war, hoping that his wife could understand him. At the end of the letter, ** also specially instructed: "Just call it Taihang." ”
Taihang Mountain, for ***, has too deep meaning.
But Wang Ronghua, who was in the rear at that time, was so anxious that his eyes were red. Because of the difficult conditions, Wang Ronghua has hardly eaten anything nutritious, and as a cadre, she is always worried about the affairs of this team, so since Taihang was born, she has not had a drop of milk.
Seeing his son crying with hunger, Wang Ronghua was so anxious that he wanted to cry. The people who were in charge of taking care of their mother and child didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, Wang Ronghua asked the organization to find a wet nurse for Taihang, which alleviated this anxiety.
There is always a war, and there is not much time to come back and see the children. Even after Wang Ronghua returned to work, he couldn't take good care of Liu Taixing, so he could only let the nurse bother more.
Just when Liu Taixing was thriving, the nurse suddenly said that there was an urgent matter at home, so she left without looking back. At that time, Liu Taixing was only half a year old, and he couldn't eat anything else, and suddenly there was no milk, and Xiao Taihang was so hungry that he cried every day.
Wang Ronghua tried his best to find food for Liu Taihang, but he didn't find any milk or goat's milk similar to breast milk for him in Taihang Mountain, where the conditions were difficult. In the end, Liu Taihang was asked to eat wild vegetables with the adults.
The child's stomach is delicate, and he can't absorb these things when he eats them, and it didn't take long for Liu Taixing, who was originally white and fat, to be hungry.
In 1940, ** was going to Yan'an for a meeting, passing through Taihang Mountain. After seeing Xiao Taihang's thin appearance, ** was also very distressed, he hurriedly found *** to discuss, took Taihang to Yan'an, and handed it over to ** couple to raise on his behalf. Later, Taihang, who grew up, was sent to a Los Angeles nursery school.
**。This nursery is not really in Los Angeles, but in Yan'an.
It was in the second half of 1939, in order to take care of the children of the front-line soldiers and the wartime orphans in the army, the CCP ** decided to open such a nursery in Yan'an. In 1942, in order to thank the patriotic overseas Chinese and international friends in Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean for their donations to the nursery, it was renamed "Los Angeles Nursery".
Liu Taihang is the second batch of children to come to this nursery, and at the same time, he came here with him, as well as Liu Taihang's sister, that is, the second child of ***, Liu Huabei. It is very rare for these children living in the midst of war to be able to obtain such a stable and safe living environment.
In this small nursery, Huabei and Taihang are the closest people to each other. Huabei is more than a year younger than Taihang, so she was not very old when she first came, she had just learned to walk, and she was like a little tail every day, following behind her brother and twisting around.
She was still unsteady when she could walk, and people were always worried about whether she would fall.
Occasionally, when Taihang ran faster with his friends to play, North China, who couldn't run fast, opened his little hands and shouted while running behind"Brother, brother, slow down, you wait for me, you wait for North China! ”
Although Taihang is small, he knows how to take care of his sister, so he will stop every time and take the initiative to take his sister's little hand and run forward slowly.
Children in a nursery school in Los Angeles play games.
Hua Nan looked very similar to his brother when he was a child, with a round face, white and chubby, a pair of big eyes blinking, and he loved to laugh, and he smiled like a doll.
Especially North China and other children are not the same, other children when they were young with their parents to fight in the north and south, they grew up in the war, they were not afraid of the sky and the earth, climbing trees, climbing walls, rolling all over the ground, and North China is one of the few little girls among them who like to be quiet.
**When Wang Ronghua occasionally has time to come and see the children, the nursery aunt always has to praise them for the cuteness and quietness of North China, always obedient, and never let the adults worry.
Whenever this time, **'s face is always filled with a kind of praise and glory, and the smile is so bad that the eyes can't see it. Wang Ronghua always joked:"A child is happier than you have done a great job when you receive a compliment. ”
Gradually, Taihang grew to 6 years old, and North China was almost 5 years old. According to the regulations in Yan'an at that time, six-year-old children could go to school. After Taihang can go to school, he will leave the nursery school, leaving only North China and other children here.
When he was walking, Huabei, who was not yet five years old, pulled the corner of his brother's clothes and cried like a tearful person, his eyes were red, and even his nose was red. Taihang comforted the little sister and took out a piece of candy from his pocket, which was given by his parents when they came to see them last time, Taihang was reluctant to eat it, and there was one in his pocket.
At the age of six, he gave the candy to his sister like a little adult, and he said it while saying:"You don't eat it all at once, when you think about me, take it out and lick it. ”
Xiao Huabei stopped crying because of this candy, and snorted and said:"You just have a piece of candy, I'll lick it a few times and it'll be gone. ”
After walking too much, Huabei could only twist around behind Sister Deng Lin. Deng Lin is the daughter of ***, like Taihang and North China, born in Taihang Mountain, and is the closest person in North China except for his brother. But because of his brother's departure, North China was always depressed, and often sat at the door of the cave in a daze with his little head propped up.
At this time, Deng Lin rubbed his snot and sat beside North China. The two little girls didn't say anything, just kept this posture, looking motionless into the distance.
The nursery aunt knew that was the direction their parents had come from when they came to see them.
After sitting for a long time, the nursery staff will worry that they will catch a cold, so they will pull them up like chickens and let them play with other children in the yard.
Deng Lin, you are a sister, shall we take my sister's hand and play a game? The nursery lady's voice came from the other side, gentle and serious. At this time, Deng Lin would always stand up slowly, take North China's hand and walk out. North China always grabbed his fat little ass hard, saying that he would not move anything.
When the nursery aunt came over, Hua Bei always raised her head pitifully and blinked her big eyes: "I haven't seen my father and mother for a long time." Deng Lin also smiled and said, "My parents didn't come to see me. But after saying this, Deng Lin felt that this was not a happy thing, and then his mouth pouted like a duckling.
Auntie sighed softly, these two poor little sisters! Then he opened his arms, and when Deng Lin and Hua Bei slowly pounced on her arms, the aunt touched their little heads and whispered: "It's okay, we are good babies, Mom and Dad came back to see us!" When Mom and Dad finish the battle, I'll come to see you, okay? Let's not be in a hurry. ”
But no one expected that North China would never be able to wait for her parents to come to see her.
In 1945, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the "Double Tenth Agreement" and once again poisoned the Communist Party. In order to protect the hard-won fruits of the revolutionary cause, the fighters who had just left the battlefield of resistance against Japan once again went to the war of liberation.
At that time, in the "Los Angeles Nursery School" located in Xibaipo, there were dozens of ** leaders and the children of the leaders who commanded the operation in front of the news. Although the director at the time, Chou Zigang, led everyone to strengthen their guards several times, there were still spies quietly eyeing here.
The nursery is manned every day for night shifts.
On this day, it was staff member Yang Guifen who took the new nursery worker Xiao Yan on night duty. Xiao Yan has just arrived here, and he hasn't been on the night shift a few times, so he is always a little nervous.
According to the rules, at 12 o'clock in the evening, you should go to the children's rooms to check the room.
Yang Guifen went to the room to take a look first, while Xiao Yan had to stand in the courtyard and keep an eye on the situation in the courtyard. Aunt Yang is careful, she checks each child one by one, if anyone kicks the quilt, she will quietly tuck the quilt for the children, so it is always a little slow to check dozens of children.
Xiao Yan has no experience and seems to be extremely nervous. Seeing that Yang Guifen didn't come out after entering, Xiao Yan was a little scared, and always felt that there was something moving in the yard. But it was twelve o'clock in the evening, and no one would be walking around outside, and when he thought of this, Xiao Yan felt creepy, and couldn't help but hold his kerosene lamp high and look around, so as to reassure himself.
Unexpectedly, it was just such a circle, and Xiao Yan vaguely saw that the children were sleeping on the house, as if there were two figures wearing white towels. Xiao Yan screamed in fright on the spot. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan's scream also frightened the people outside, and it seemed that someone had fallen.
At this time, Xiao Yan knew that there was really someone there.
Xiao Yan immediately shouted in all directions with his loudest voice: "Catch the bad guys!" Come on, catch the bad guys! ”
This shout immediately startled Yang Guihua in the cave, and hurriedly ran out. After listening to Xiao Yan's words, Yang Guihua just wanted to take a look, when suddenly someone smashed down several clods of soil on it.
Yang Guihua and Xiao Yan were almost smashed, which made them even more nervous, one immediately ran out to find the male warrior, and the other stood in the courtyard and shouted"Director, come out quickly! There are enemies! ”
This shout shouted out all the nursery workers and ugly directors in the yard, and everyone was so frightened that they ran out without even wearing shoes and clothes.
After listening to Xiao Yan's report, Chou Zigang was so frightened that he was about to break out in a cold sweat. Immediately, people were organized to search the hillsides and crop fields near the nursery. But it was night, and the black hand couldn't see the five fingers, and everyone turned to the next morning and didn't get anything.
After returning to the nursery, Chouzigang immediately reassigned the staff on duty to ensure that there were people on duty 24 hours a day. At that time, in order to fight, there were not many soldiers in the rear base area, and even fewer men, Chou Zigang mobilized all the resources that could be mobilized, and did not find a few men, so Chou Zigang had to let these staff members take turns on duty until dawn.
On the night of August 18, Ugly Oka was always a little uneasy, and she walked around the children's room several times and didn't go back to sleep. The two nursery workers on duty that day looked at the ugly face that was too haggard because of work and worry, and couldn't help but say to her: "Director, go back, the two of us must be fine when we look at it." ”
Chouzigang did feel unwell, and after repeated instructions, he went back to his cave.
But not long after Chou Zigang left, the two nursery workers also began to feel a little uncomfortable, and both of them began to have some stomach aches. The older nursery staff thought it was too cold to stand in the yard for a long time, so they thought it would be better to boil some hot water and drink it. After that, the old nursery worker explained a few words and walked to the kitchen, leaving the young nursery worker here alone.
After the old nursery worker left, the young nursery worker who stayed behind only felt that his stomach hurt even more. She couldn't help but slowly squat down against the tree in the yard with her stomach, but she still sweated in pain. She wanted to call the old nursery worker back, but she was afraid that her voice would be too loud and disturb the children, so she could only squat here slowly.
However, she couldn't wait for the other person to come back, and seeing that the time was already in the middle of the night, there was silence in the courtyard, and there was no sound. The inexperienced childcare worker began to think, "I'm just looking for a painkiller for a few minutes, it doesn't matter, right?" ”
As the pain hit, the young nursery worker struggled back to his room to find painkillers. At this time, the older nursery worker also came back to look for painkillers, and the two of them drank hot water before they recovered.
When they got a little better, they immediately rushed back to their posts. At that time, there was silence in the nursery, and there was not a single sound. But the silence was so strange that the two of them couldn't help but go to the children's room with kerosene lamps again, and when they made sure that the children were sleeping quietly, they stood back in the courtyard with peace of mind.
Early the next morning, the nursery staff on duty came over**. It wasn't long before the nursery staff blew the whistle to get up.
The children, who had become accustomed to the sound, crawled out of their little quilts in a daze, and some began to dress themselves, while the younger ones sat there in a daze, waiting for their aunt to help them get dressed.
The aunt who was in charge of taking care of North China was surprised to find that North China, who had always gotten up obediently when she heard the whistle, refused to show her head today. The aunt thought that Huabei was sick, so she hurriedly walked next to her to check. But she didn't expect that as soon as she opened it, she saw Huabei lying on the bed covered in blood.
The nursery worker screamed and immediately stumbled out, shouting as he ran: "Ugly director! Ugly director! Look at North China! ”
When Chou Zigang heard this call, her heart sank, and she also thought that North China was sick, so she immediately ran to the cave where the child lived. When she saw Hua Nan lying on her small bed covered in blood, a piece of her lower abdomen had been cut off with a knife, and blood flowed all over the bed.
When Chou Zigang saw this scene, he only felt dizzy and couldn't stand steadily. She took several deep breaths before choking up and said to the people around her, "Take care of the remaining children, I'll report to Commander ***."
The two nurses on duty last night couldn't believe that in just ten minutes, there was such an accident, their eyes were red from crying, but they could never get back the life of Xiaohuabei.
Director Chouzioka with the children.
Chou Zigang reported the matter to the Minister of Health Fu Lianhuan and the relevant security departments, and they reported it to *** who was still on the front line
At that time, *** was preparing his luggage with his wife with great interest and went to Yan'an to report. This time, they are also planning to visit their daughter, who is now packing up her favorite dates, sweets, and other foods.
When the news of the murder in North China came, the thing in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he was stunned for several seconds before he struggled to speak:"Is this news accurate? ”
The communicator didn't dare to look directly at *** and buried his head in the ground, and replied:"Exactly. Director Chou, please go to the nursery school with Comrade Wang Ronghua for an interview. ”
Feeling that he was emotionally unstable, ** coughed hard before saying, "Okay." ”
The correspondent didn't stay long, and immediately turned around and walked out.
Slowly moved back into his chair and sat down. At that moment, he felt that all the strength of his body had been drained. Wang Ronghua's tears slipped down the moment she heard the news, she sat on the side blankly, and it took a long time to say a word:"Fake, right? ”
But no one answered her.
** After a long time, she got up from the chair, she wanted to stand up and pull his wife, but Wang Ronghua opened his hand:"I'm not going, I'm going to pack up my things, there's too little sugar and red dates, I'll stuff them all in." Brought to North China, she always said that the sugar was not enough to eat. ”
Still didn't speak, he didn't remove his hand, and just stretched out in front of his wife. Wang Ronghua shouted a little broken: "I'm not going!" I said I wouldn't go! That's fake, why should I go? ”
** Grabbed his wife's hand and pushed him away, and said with a little choked up:"Let's get her back. Get. See her for the last time. ”
In one sentence, Wang Ronghua cried and fell into ***'s arms, and patted his wife's back again and again: "Cry, cry, let's go again after crying." Don't cry in front of the caregivers, they already blame themselves.
After arriving at the nursery, ** helped his wife to walk to the cave where he lived in North China, and along the way, he could feel the nursery staff standing next to him sobbing quietly. His wife cried, the nursery worker cried, and even the ugly director he saw had red eyes, but as his daughter's biological father, he couldn't cry. Because he is not only a father, but also a commander, he cannot afford to lose his bearings.
**Lifted the white cloth covered with a small North China, and he looked down at his daughter, who was as cute as a porcelain doll, and now there was no blood. The wife couldn't hold back her tears, but she didn't make a sound, and she didn't even notice that the husband next to her had quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
The first one on the left is *** holding her daughter Liu Huabei in her arms.
** And Wang Ronghua couldn't bear to stay longer, and after only a few glances, he couldn't help it anymore and walked out. He knew better than anyone else that this was the enemy's ruse for the next battle. Do they think that if they kill ***'s daughter, they will be in chaos and have no way to command the battle?
Try to calm yourself down and calmly say to the ugly director:
"Ugly director, please don't be too sad. The organizational investigation is because of the spies. They thought that if they killed my *** daughter, I wouldn't be able to fight? It's a joke! This is wishful thinking! ”He gave the candy and red dates he had prepared to bring to his daughter to the other children, touched their heads lovingly, and then walked out resolutely. He still has meetings, he has to organize battles!
The organization launched a rigorous investigation that year, but in the end nothing was found. Aside from knowing that he was a spy, there was no progress at all. Slowly, this matter was forgotten.
But only *** and Wang Ronghua know that for them, this matter will never pass.
Nursery for other children.
In 1989, **'s condition worsened, and he shouted the name of North China in his sleep several times. This made Taihang, who had been with his sister for several years, couldn't help but feel sad. It is said that his father is a tough man, but who knows the love and guilt of his children in his heart?
** Even took Taihang's hand and asked softly:"Do you remember what your sister looked like? ”
Taihang smiled and shook his head, it was too long.
**Always say with some regret:"Round face, big eyes, white and chubby, like a doll. ”
Whenever he said this, he would always choke up a little and speak with difficulty:"I'm about to forget, too.
Even when he woke up from a coma, he couldn't help but take Wang Ronghua's hand and murmured:
"If the case in North China is not solved, I will die, and I will not be blind. I'm sorry for her for not protecting her. Failed to raise her.Every time Wang Ronghua heard her husband, who was no longer very conscious, speak like this, she couldn't help crying.
Over the years, as a father, ** has never been able to forgive himself for not protecting his daughter, he has gone with guilt all his life, but in the end he has never been able to see the day when he will arrest the ** who killed North China and avenge his daughter.