After 48 years away from his hometown, Taiwanese veteran Qu Guangyong returned to Qingdao, Shandong Province in 1989, when he was 67 years old, but he still maintained a very fashionable dress, not only a suit and leather shoes, but also a very full mental state.
Qu Guangyong didn't want to go home because he had no face to face his relatives in his hometown, but his brother's repeated invitations made him unable to refuse. The closer he got home, the more complicated his mood became, with both a sense of anxiety and a deep sense of guilt, and he didn't know how to face his wife who had been abandoned by him for 48 years.
He stood in front of the door, did not knock on the door for a long time, and fell into the memories of his childhood and the entrustment of his relatives. Suddenly, the door opened, and an old woman who was about to go out to buy groceries walked out.
Qu Guangyong recognized her as his family, but he couldn't remember seeing her in **. He took out the letter sent by his brother, compared the address, and made sure that the house in front of him was his brother's house, and then carefully looked at the old woman again.
The old woman's face was wrinkled and her back was a little hunched, and Qu Guangyong became more familiar the more she looked at it. He gazed at the old woman's feet, and when he saw the little feet, his tears flowed uncontrollably.
He cried to the old woman, "Sister, it's me, I'm Guangyong!" When the old woman heard this, she was very excited. Even though she knew her husband was alive three years ago, she never expected to meet him.
She stroked Qu Guangyong tremblingly and said, "I've been waiting for you for more than 40 years, and my heart is dead, but I didn't expect you to really come back......."In fact, Qu Guangyong has been away from home for 48 years, and his wife's appearance has been blurred, let alone her changes in the past 48 years.
However, the reason why Qu Guangyong was able to recognize his wife, in addition to the address given to him by his younger brother, was mainly because of his wife's little feet that had been running around. Qu Guangyong looked at his tearful wife in front of him, took her into his arms, and kept muttering in his mouth, bits and pieces of the past came to his mind.
Qu Guangyong was born in Rongcheng, Shandong Province in 1922, he had a younger brother, and his parents had been doing business in Qingdao since he was a child, and he grew up under the care of his grandfather.
Because his parents are very business-minded, the industry is getting bigger and bigger, and they have slowly gained a firm foothold in Qingdao, which also makes the living conditions of Qu Guangyong's family far beyond ordinary people. As the eldest son and eldest grandson in the family, Qu Guangyong is the best in both food and use.
When he reached the age of going to school, Qu Guangyong was sent to Weihai to study, and his family had high hopes for him, especially his grandfather, who regarded him as the pearl of his palm, hoping that Qu Guangyong would inherit the family business and glorify his ancestors after becoming a talent.
When Qu Guangyong was 16 years old, his grandfather suddenly called him home from school and asked him to marry a girl from Gaomi, Shandong, who was 3 years older than him. Although the two had not seen each other before they got married, Qu Guangyong respected his elders and obeyed his decision.
He affectionately calls his wife the eldest sister because she is 3 years older than him. As far back as he can remember, his wife was very capable and quickly took on the responsibility of taking care of his grandfather and younger brother, and he didn't have much to worry about.
Soon after, Qu Guangyong returned to Weihai to study, and spent less time with his wife. He has lofty ambitions and always wants to achieve a career, while his wife, although she does not have much culture, is very supportive of Qu Guangyong, and has always been silently dedicated without complaints.
In 1941, Qu Guangyong graduated from a middle school in Weihai and returned to his hometown to work in Rongcheng, becoming a local teacher. After 3 years of marriage with his wife, he finally lived a life together.
His wife was extremely tolerant of him, and did not let Qu Guangyong do any hard work and housework, and his wife always said that Qu Guangyong was a cultural person and could not do these rough jobs. In Qu Guangyong's memory, his wife was always so diligent, but Qu Guangyong didn't know much about love at that time, and he never communicated much with his wife.
Qu Guangyong's deepest impression of his wife is his wife's small feet, which are so small but so flexible. However, this peaceful day did not last long, and Qu Guangyong's heart became restless.
He is not willing to be a teacher in a small place all his life, and he does not want to go to Qingdao to help his parents take care of their business.
Qu Guangyong, with the concern of his family and his yearning for a peaceful life, resolutely went to Chongqing alone to take the entrance examination for the military academy. Although he knew that this might cause opposition from his family, he still decided to hide it from his family and leave on the pretext of attending a class reunion.
Before leaving, he lightly told his wife that he was going to go home later, and his wife naturally did not suspect it, but simply told him to pay attention to safety. However, Qu Guangyong did not expect that this walk would be 48 years.
In the next two years, Qu Guangyong was successfully admitted to the military academy and followed the army to the front line. He tried several times to write to his family to report his safety, but in the end he was in vain and did not receive any reply.
Despite this, Qu Guangyong still insisted on fighting on the front line, because he hoped that the war would end soon, and he could return home to reunite with his family and continue his teaching career. However, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Qu Guangyong's application for discharge from the army was not approved, but he received an order to change his guard, and he was forced to go to Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places to garrison, and in 1949 he was forced to board a ship to Taiwan.
There, he was tasked with training recruits, most of whom were abducted or captured. Everyone missed their hometown very much, and there was a heavy and oppressive atmosphere in the troops, and there were constant cries in the middle of the night.
Despite the difficult environment, Qu Guangyong still persevered, because he knew that his every move was related to the fate of the country and the future of the nation. He hopes that through his own efforts, the world will become more peaceful and his family can live a happier life.
Although he left his hometown and family, his heart remained there, looking forward to the day when he could return to his hometown and reunite with his family.
Qu Guangyong always misses his hometown, and he deeply regrets that he silently abandoned his wife and children. He couldn't imagine how pained his grandfather's expression would be when he knew the news of his departure......Under heavy pressure, Qu survived for 3 years, and then he submitted his application for discharge from the army again, and fortunately this time he was approved.
However, after leaving the army, he felt even more lonely because there were no friends and no relatives to ...... hereSince he had brought some money with him when he left home and had saved some money during his years in the army, he decided to open a small factory to support himself and find a job for himself to relieve the pain of leaving home.
However, Qu Guangyong did not have business acumen, coupled with the Great Depression in Taiwan at that time, his small factory operated for several years without making any money, and finally had to reluctantly transfer the small factory to others.
After that, Qu Guangyong was completely idle and lived a leisurely life, but he couldn't let himself be idle at all, he wanted to keep himself busy to forget his hometown thoughts.
After repeated thinking, he decided to open a Shandong restaurant, he didn't want to make much money, he just wanted to get together with his old comrades-in-arms in his hometown and talk about his heart. After the opening of the Shandong restaurant, the old comrades-in-arms came to cheer one after another, Qu Guangyong was also very bold, often cooking in person, and drinking with everyone until late at night, everyone drank, laughed, cried and ......I vented my longing for my hometown to the fullest.
Slowly, Qu Guangyong's restaurant became a gathering place for local veterans, and everyone came to reunite, Qu Guangyong only charged the cost price, and sometimes even paid for it.
Qu Guangyong, a Taiwanese veteran full of regret and guilt. He has been searching for his hometown all his life, but he has never been able to make any money, and his savings are almost gone. As a result of drinking with veterans for a long time, he contracted alcoholism, and his physical condition deteriorated.
He had rejected other people's marriage proposals many times, believing that he was a poor bastard and addicted to alcohol, and that no girl could take a fancy to him. However, there was another reason he didn't say it, and that was his deep guilt for his wife.
Although he was convinced in his heart that his wife had long since remarried, he still did not choose to remarry. In 1986, many Taiwanese veterans got in touch with their relatives back home through various channels.
Everyone persuaded Qu Guangyong to write a letter to his family to see if he could contact his family. However, Qu Guangyong was very conflicted in his heart, he was afraid of receiving news from his family, and he was even more afraid that he would not receive news from his family.
Eventually, under the persuasion of an old subordinate, Qu Guangyong mustered up the courage to write a letter to his family. A few months later, late one night, an old comrade-in-arms who had returned to his hometown to visit relatives came to Qu Guangyong's house and handed him a letter from his hometown.
This letter was written by his younger brother, telling Qu Guangyong's grandfather and parents that he had passed away a long time ago, and his sister-in-law had been waiting for him and had never remarried, and now he was living at his brother's house, hoping that his brother would come home soon.
After reading this letter, Qu Guangyong's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. He was stunned for a long time and began to cry. He felt sorry for his family, and even more sorry for his wife who had waited for him for more than 40 years.
At that moment, he understood that no matter how he went, no matter how he lived, home would always be the warmest harbor. He decided to go home as soon as possible to reunite with his wife and make up for the regrets and guilt of the past 40 years.
After Qu Guangyong left home, his wife washed her face with tears every day and asked around for news of him, but she found nothing but to face the gossip of neighbors. Even in the face of such a predicament, his wife never hated Qu Guangyong.
When his grandfather was seriously ill, he kept reciting Qu Guangyong's name on his deathbed and advised his wife to marry someone else, but his wife still firmly stayed in the Qu family, honored her in-laws, and took care of a large family.
The younger brother and sister-in-law have busy work, and the wife not only takes care of the children, but also picks them up and drops them to school, which is appreciated and respected by the Qu family. The younger brother and sister-in-law taught the children from an early age to respect, honor and take care of the eldest mother.
The wife voluntarily stayed in the Qu family and refused to remarry many times. In order to alleviate the burden of her younger brother's family, she returned to Gaomi's mother's house alone, and also planted fruits and vegetables for her younger brother's family.
When her nephew learned about it, she rode a hundred kilometers alone to pick her up, but she still decided to stay at her parents' house and only gave the few dollars she had saved to her nephew, hoping that he would study hard. She expressed her deep feelings for the Qu family and her love for her relatives with practical actions.
Qu Guangyong is a Taiwanese veteran whose wife has stayed in Qingdao to take care of three generations of the Qu family. After Qu Guangyong learned about his wife's contributions, he began to try to quit drinking and save money to contribute to his family.
However, due to his age, he had difficulty making money, and he felt very guilty. It wasn't until 1989 that his younger brother wrote to him, hoping to come back and reunite with him and pass on his youngest son to his death.
Qu Guangyong left to return to his hometown, but before returning home, he learned that his younger brother had died of a serious illness. He felt so guilty that he didn't dare to knock on the door. When he met his wife, his nephews and nieces also returned, and arranged a table of good food and wine to welcome him.
The next day, the little nephew passed him on to Qu Guangyong and said that he respected his mother very much.
A month later, Qu Guangyong returned to Taiwan alone and resolutely decided to sell all his belongings and bring all his possessions back to his hometown in Qingdao. He said he would spend all his time with his wife.
Since then, Qu Guangyong and his wife have taken care of the third generation of the Qu family wholeheartedly. The nephews and nieces are also very filial, and Qu Guangyong's later life is very happy. He often said to his wife emotionally: "Since grandpa, you have taken care of our Qu family for four generations.
Thank you for making such a great contribution to the Qu family, and thank you for waiting for me in my hometown and leaving me a home. You are my benefactor......"Qu Guangyong is a microcosm of many Taiwanese veterans, and he is lucky relative to them.
His wife has always been waiting for him, his family has not given up on him, and his descendants are so filial to him. Life is like this, what more can you ask for?