The next morning, when the first ray of dawn shone on the corners of the eaves,
This world has ushered in a new day
Yu Peng sat on the hill behind the village, looking at the green color in the reservoir from a distance
The reservoir is built against the mountain, and of course the village is also close to the foot of the mountain. Go out and walk a few dozen meters back to reach the mountain, and climb up a few dozen meters to reach the top of the mountain.
To the left of Yu Peng, there is a person squatting, it is Uncle Li Jun.
But at this time, he is no longer an old man, but a young man of average appearance and medium height. If calculated according to age, he is in his twenties.
Next to Li Jun is Li Zhi, who is similar in age and is Li Jun’s eldest brother.
The two of them went to the battlefield together and fought together in the United Nations troops in Korea. Although they were divided into different units and only met occasionally, at least they could still take care of each other.
Li Zhi died on the battlefield, and his body was buried nearby without having time to recover it. Although a tomb was set up at home, his soul was always floating outside.
The few people sitting next to him are all comrades that Li Jun has been talking about.
Last night, with Uncle Li Jun's thoughts in mind, Yu Peng spent a lot of energy and finally summoned the souls of these people.
Now these few people are sitting on the top of the hill, looking at the dozens of people in the village, bustling in front of Uncle Li Jun's house, some joining in the fun, some coming to help, and some expressing sentimental memories.
Yesterday, Uncle Wang left after 11 o'clock. When he left, he went directly to the captain's house and told Uncle Li Jun what happened.
The captain had known the situation for a long time, so he got up early and came over to take a look and confirm the situation of Uncle Li Jun. Regardless of whether he was willing or not, he was the captain after all, and Uncle Li Jun was retired from the military and had really been on the battlefield. Directly organized
It's just that Uncle Li Jun has no immediate relatives in his family, so the village chief had to summon a few younger people to help with the funeral arrangements.
"Uncle Li, I'm sorry. It took you a lot of effort to summon those people last night. Otherwise, you could actually live a few more days."
Seeing the people in the village busy, Yu Peng glanced at Uncle Li Jun and apologized sincerely.
Ever since Mr. Li Jun turned into a ghost in the early hours of yesterday morning and was injected with some spiritual energy by Yu Peng, he returned to the state of a young adult. Mr. Li Jun has been thanking Yu Peng and has never stopped saying kind words.
Especially since Yu Cheng had summoned his eldest brother and several of his best comrades-in-arms, Uncle Li Jun would bring several other ghosts to kowtow to Yu Cheng on the spot.
Of course Yu Peng did not dare to accept it, not only because of respect for age, but also because Yu Peng knew how much those people who went to the battlefield had paid for the country and the people, and he also knew how hard they were, how difficult they were, and how great they were.
Hearing Yu Peng's apologetic explanation again, Uncle Li Jun responded generously.
"Little Taoist Priest, your words are too polite. If I had known you could call these old friends over, I would have been willing to let me die a few years earlier, let alone live a few more days!"
Several other ghosts also started laughing. It seemed that they didn't take the life and death situation seriously at all.
A few people had a few friends, chatting about the people and things they had met in these years in a foreign land, how bad the place in North Korea was, and the ghosts of foreign soldiers who were drilled by the People's Liberation Army soldiers every day. Grandpa suing grandma is not boring at all
When Yu Peng heard this, he also pursed his lips and smiled.
Those soldiers led by the United States and so many countries have united to create mischief and want to China.
Then what?
I was beaten to a pulp while I was alive, and I will be beaten every day by the People's Liberation Army until I die.
This picture seems interesting when I think about it
But Yu Peng also saw that no matter what they were talking about, they would occasionally look at the people busy in the village. They seemed silent, but deep in their souls, they were always trembling.
Yes, we all know that it is honorable to die in battle, and we all know that it is honorable to die for our country.
However, who doesn’t want to die at the end of his life? Who doesn’t want to have family, relatives and friends to say a few words to him when he dies?
Especially soldiers, who doesn't want to be praised and praised a few times when his body is buried, saying that he is a hero who protects his family and the country?
Yu Peng and these ghosts sat on the top of the mountain like this, from morning to night, until the next day, watching the sunlight reflecting a touch of green on the surface of the reservoir lake, and watching the sunlight shining golden on the opposite mountain. dusk.
It wasn't until the third day that Uncle Li Jun's body was carried out by the villagers. A few people came down from the top of the mountain and followed the crowd in the village to a ditch at the west end of the village, a piece of wasteland at Uncle Li Jun's house, and watched the coffin being buried. An'an tomb
Next to the grave of Uncle Li Jun is the tomb of his eldest brother Li Zhi.
Above is the grave where my parents are buried together.
Everyone first greeted their parents, went to see Brother Li Zhi’s grave, and then stood in front of Uncle Li Jun’s grave.
"This is our home from now on. Brothers, please go in and sit down for a while."
Uncle Li Jun greeted several comrades and brothers to enter the grave. Before entering, Yu Peng said hello to the ghosts and said goodbye.
There were not too many pleasantries. Of course, the ghosts were both grateful and in awe of Yu Peng. When they heard that Yu Peng said he was leaving, they bowed deeply and said goodbye to him, and then watched Yu Peng follow the procession of villagers away. Go and enter the tomb.
The grave is still an ordinary grave, but since Yu Peng is here, of course he will not let it be simple.
In the small grave, Yu Peng used spiritual energy to create a small boundary. There are several small houses in the boundary, and each of the many warriors has one.
It is a house for each ghost, not just one room. This is also due to the little monk he met a few days ago. Otherwise, Yu Peng can at best build a house with several rooms separated, just like his own The same as the spiritual body of the elders
But when depicting this boundary, Yu Peng thought that in the little monk's boundary, every household has its own house, which is really convenient.
So that’s what I did
In this barrier, Yu Peng also left a small jade gourd to store spiritual energy, which was used to temper the souls of several ghost warriors.
Yu Peng is most lacking in these things. He may hide them in normal times, including those mountain ghosts who robbed him in Longhua. They all picked at them and left nothing behind. But who are these ghosts? They are the People's Liberation Army. Soldiers are the heroic souls who protect the family and the country. If it weren't for Yu Peng's fear of leaving too many behind, which would easily lead to trouble, he even wanted to directly turn a few ghost uncles into spirits.
The place where Uncle Li Jun is buried is not far from the edge of the village. It only took a few minutes to walk. There was no one Yu Peng could catch up with. By the time he followed the team, people were already going home one after another.
Intermittently, you can still hear people talking.
Of course, some are good and some are bad, and what women talk about is a bit cliché.
"Old man Li must have thought that he could not survive long ago. Otherwise, why would he be dressed neatly and cleanly in military uniform last night?"
"Hey, let's not say that Old Man Li has a stubborn temper, but he has been on the battlefield after all. It's just different. He is skinny and looks good in military uniform."
"Oh, what's up? Now that I've fallen in love with someone, what did I do when I was young?"
"Why is your mouth so annoying? You think you are just like your old man. You were so strong when you were young, but you can't do it now."
"Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, hey, do you think this is all Old Man Li has? The morning before yesterday, when the captain asked everyone to come and take a look, he said that Old Man Li put all the money in an envelope, saying that he was bothering everyone to arrange his funeral arrangements. , only more than 30,000 yuan. He has been out of the army and returned to his hometown for so many years, and he only has such a small amount of savings?"
"Tsk, please keep your voice down. You don't know. I know that the night before yesterday, Old Man Wang had dinner and drinks with Old Man Li until after 11 o'clock. He went to talk to the captain that night. When we went there the next day, he might have pointed it out. How many people have entered?"
"Old man Li said in the envelope that he was asking for help, but he didn't say how much it would cost. There are a lot of things to do here."
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rural area
In a rural area with a low level of education, most people have never read or read.
Most people's knowledge and knowledge revolve around this village.
Those who have lived in the county are already considered knowledgeable. When chatting with others, they appear to be superior to others.
Moreover, communication among long-term intensive crowds is limited to firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Parents in and outside the village are cynical. Everyone seems not very good at restraining their thoughts. If they have any ideas, they will habitually speak out directly.
And he is complacent because his guesses are different from ordinary people
In less than a day, everyone will privately convey this secret to those close to them until it spreads throughout the village.
Including the captain, including Uncle Wang
No matter how clean their hands and feet are, they really are not greedy for a penny. All the money is used to manage Uncle Li Jun's funeral.
There was even a vacancy worth several hundred dollars, which was filled by the captain himself.
And every sum of money, whether it is as big as thousands or as small as a few dollars, is recorded in detailed accounts.
However, once the rumor spreads
People tend to only believe the part they imagine
What is the truth?
Everyone doesn't care anymore
Or
no one ever really cared
Yu Peng was too lazy to listen to these nonsense and left the village without stopping.
It's important for people to die, and even if they die, they can still hear and see, and even listen to the work in the corner. They do the most slippery job.
so embarrassing
It was noon when we passed the reservoir, and the sun was still as strong as ever.
Yu Peng looked at it for a long time before he found a green light in the deepest area in the center of the reservoir.
That little crucian carp looked very dull and in a bad mood, so that the light emitted by its body was a little dim.
There are no living creatures in the area of about ten meters nearby. Occasionally, small fish swimming within this range will violently shake their bodies and escape.
It's very much like the little fox in my own family. As long as he is unhappy, he will curl up in one place. Not only will the light become dim, but it will also make the people or animals around him inexplicably irritable and lose their temper.
The little crucian carp still doesn’t know that Uncle Li is dead. He just wonders why the old man who comes to fish almost every day except in winter and early spring suddenly doesn’t come.
Over the years, playing with the old fishing man has become the little crucian carp’s greatest pleasure, and has even become a habit.
Except for particularly bad weather, the old man was never absent. However, the weather has been very good these past few days, with no wind and no rain. Why didn't he come?
Yu Peng walked along the edge of the reservoir, listening to the thoughts of the little crucian carp
Suddenly my heart was touched. It seemed that in this village, or in this world, the only person who really cared about Uncle Li Jun was a little crucian carp that he had never met before.
Thinking of this, Yu Peng suddenly felt relieved.
The old people in the village will gradually die, the young people will get old and die, and no matter how young the children are, when they get old, no one may even remember who Li Jun is.
But this little crucian carp should live for a long time, right?
There are still creatures that remember that there once was a bloody warrior in this village, and it remembers all the combat experiences of this warrior.
And will keep telling it to more living beings
That's pretty good too
and
Uncle Li Jun is at the west end of the village, waiting for him to come out for a walk again, pass by the reservoir, and go fishing at his favorite fishing spot
These two will meet sooner or later, right?
