Li Jianfeng became an orphan.
He was a newborn born after the Pseudo-Steel War. It was January 8th of the new century, and he was considered the last batch of children born in that wave of new births.
As of today, June 30th of the new century, he has celebrated his twenty-second birthday for almost half a year.
Then he became an orphan, and his parents were sacrificed in the great battle between the Argonians.
Li Jianfeng was very confused. He completed the final exam in school in a daze, got his summer homework in confusion, and then returned home in even more confusion...
There is no more mother's smile and homely meals, and there is no more father's hearty laughter and pulling him to play black games together.
The house was deserted, and he didn't know what to do. He could only sleep drowsily at home for the whole day. Then he woke up from hunger and started looking for food in the house. Finally, he found a bag of mother's own in the cupboard. He grabbed the baked biscuits and ate them. As he ate, the biscuits in his hands were all wet, and even the biscuits in the biscuit box were wet.
Mom and dad will never come back...
He will never see his parents again...
Li Jianfeng cried heartbrokenly. Only at this moment did he truly understand what happened.
He became an orphan...
Yes, we still have to buy paper money and incense and candles. I heard my father say before that there seems to be sacrifices, but where will he buy pigs, cattle and sheep?
Li Jianfeng confusedly bought incense candles and paper money through the home self-service program, and found a legal place where he could burn the items for sacrifice. By the time the automatic program delivered the purchase, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and the simulated sunlight inside the moon was also When we came down the mountain, the streets looked dim.
Li Jianfeng just walked on the street in a daze, looking at the sacrificial points set up on the roadside. There were people everywhere, some alone, some with multiple people, everyone was crying, some were sobbing quietly, and some were wailing loudly. , Li Jianfeng's nose felt sour when he saw this.
People, only when they lose do they know how precious the lost things are. The ordinary daily life, the warmth that seems to exist as a matter of course, is actually the most precious thing in human life, and it is a treasure that cannot be exchanged for anything. .
When Li Jianfeng lit the candle and lit the first piece of paper money, big tears rolled down his face. Only then did he truly understand.
He has no parents anymore, he is an orphan.
"All beauty needs to be defended! All happiness needs to be irrigated! Either with the blood of the enemy, or with our own tears!"
This is what Li Jianfeng's father once said to him.
His father is a military fan and a martial arts fan. In other words, he is an older middle-aged man, the best embodiment of a man who remains a teenager until he dies.
Yes, Li Jianfeng confirmed again and again that his father was indeed a middle-aged boy... Although he was already in his fifties, describing him as a boy was a bit too much, but his father had always looked energetic, at least better than him. As a son, you need to be energetic.
Steel cannons, giant ships, giant guns, and Gundam Zaku are all men's dreams.
He also said that the stars and the sea are the future of mankind. When human technology advances more, he must save money to buy a private ship and go adventure in the stars and the sea. Every time he talks about this, his mother will I said with disdain, "Go, go, don't come back." I took my son to remarry, and my father laughed every time.
His father named him Li Jianfeng. This name has too many meanings and expectations, but Li Jianfeng, who is twenty-two years old this year, does not actually understand it, or even if he does, he will only think that this is just another case of his father being cheated. From his reaction during the second attack to the moment when his father laughed loudly and then resolutely rushed to the front line, he seemed to suddenly understand something.
The decisive battle between humans and the Yaron tribe has ended. According to subsequent statistics, a total of 46,559,661 humans have died!
Li Jianfeng's parents are among them, and their names have been engraved in the monument to human heroes and will last forever with human civilization!
"All beauty needs to be defended! All happiness needs to be irrigated! Either with the blood of the enemy, or with our own tears!"
His father's voice seemed to echo in Li Jianfeng's ears again.
"...But, we not only water happiness with blood, but also water it with tears." Li Jianfeng murmured.
"Yes, so this happiness is so precious and beautiful, and we must protect it."
A voice rang next to Li Jianfeng, and Li Jianfeng, who was entranced, quickly looked over. He saw Lu Yuanming squatting next to him, just like countless ordinary people on the roadside, without any big pomp. , there are no bodyguards around, and even the clothes he wears are very ordinary street goods... not the styles customized by private tailors that were popular a while ago.
Li Jianfeng was about to jump up when he was startled, but a force gently held him down, preventing him from shouting. Lu Yuanming burned the paper money while lowering his head slightly and said: "Don't scream, just listen to me... …I’m here to apologize.”
"Your parents... shouldn't have died at the same time. This is an oversight on our part. According to the military service law, families with children are not required to serve. At the same time, even for families without children, only one person per household can do so. Joining the army in an emergency situation, the situation was too urgent, too many things were too complicated, and as a result, your parents were both on the battleship..."
Lu Yuanming didn't dare to look at Li Jianfeng, he was afraid of seeing hateful eyes...
He should hate, hate him, hate the government, even hate mankind...
Lu Yuanming did not want to and could not use the so-called righteousness to ask Li Jianfeng not to hate, nor could he use the so-called "great", "brilliant", "must" and other words to describe the sacrifice of Li Jianfeng's parents...
Sacrifice is spontaneous and voluntary by the victim, and civilization must record and praise it, but this is not something that non-sacrifice can use to decorate the facade!
Li Jianfeng has the right to hate!
As the decision maker, as the highest authority of the human race, Lu Yuanming must bear this hatred as a matter of course. This is his necessary responsibility.
But Lu Yuanming is still afraid...
He is not afraid of battles, nor is he afraid of powerful enemies, even the so-called indescribable ones, even the so-called thousands of battleships, and even his own demonic state. But he is afraid of the twenty-two-year-old man next to him. The teenager looked at him with hatred, he couldn't bear this.
Li Jianfeng slowly calmed down at this time. He exhaled and looked around.
The streets and alleys are full of people offering sacrifices, and further away are brightly lit commercial streets, large squares, and even more distant and looming space elevators...
"My parents, are their sacrifices valuable?" Li Jianfeng suddenly asked.
Lu Yuanming was stunned for a while, then nodded vigorously and said: "It is valuable! Very valuable!"
"It was the most dangerous moment for us humans. We were just a little bit closer, really, just a little bit closer to the danger of annihilation. But do you know? In those last two or three hours, we humans were not Fearing sacrifice, we move forward bravely, warships leave the harbor one after another, and groups of people board the ships..."
Lu Yuanming suddenly stopped talking, and then he remembered that this was not a government hall or a military playground. He was facing a teenager who was still in junior high school. He considered the words and said, "It's the best people like your parents. Lovely people hold up the backbone of our human victory, and their deaths are very valuable!"
Li Jianfeng wiped his tears, lowered his head and said while burning paper money: "That's good... My father often said that now is the most beautiful era in human history. I have caught up with the good time. If I were born in the morning, I'm afraid I still have to compete for the single bridge of the college entrance examination. Now it is very good. I can study until the age of thirty-five, and then there will be countless positions waiting for me to choose. And when I grow up, say Maybe you can really fly a single-person spacecraft to explore the stars and the sea. Every time my father talks about this, his eyes are filled with light."
"Ocean of stars, it's definitely not possible now. We humans are still troubled by the sterilization curse. When we solve the sterilization curse, we will find the best star system as a home system and build our own habitable zone home star. , there are seas, plains, mountains, and extraterrestrial facilities. By then, maybe everyone can really travel in the sea of stars, because we must have a home. If there is no home, it will not be the sea of stars, but the sea of stars. It’s a dark cosmic forest, and once you step inside, you won’t be able to see anything…”
Lu Yuanming talked endlessly about the stars and the sea, and the future of mankind. What he talked about most was the mother galaxy and the most important mother star.
Home?
Yes, home.
Li Jianfeng suddenly understood the word home.
The home he originally thought was so natural and inevitable.
His father, mother, and him...their apartment with four bedrooms and one living room was their home.
But when he came back this time, he felt that this home was so strange. This was not a home, it was just a house. His real home was gone.
But... his family is gone, but more people can keep their homes. Those who are a family of three, or even a family of seven, eight people who are worshiping, with serious faces, but no tears, they are the ones who have preserved their homes. people.
Li Jianfeng suddenly said: "You are also a middle-class person."
Lu Yuanming was about to talk about the communication between the colonized star system and the mother system. When he heard this, his face turned red. He continued to burn paper money while whispering: "What are your plans in the future? Support your parents' pension." It will all be stored in your credit, and since you are a child of heroes, your future tuition fees, medical care, social services, etc. will all be waived. Apart from these, do you have any other requirements?"
Li Jianfeng shook his head. He thought for a while and said: "It's nothing. After that, it's schooling. First, I'll finish junior high school, then high school, then college. I'll wait until I'm thirty-five. I think... I might be able to do what my mother wishes." I don’t know if I will go to study as a doctor, or I may go to the military academy as my father expected, but..."
"I want to see it, go to the sea of stars, if I can go there at that time."
Lu Yuanming was silent for a long time. He stood up and patted Li Jianfeng on the shoulder and said, "Go to school well. I don't know about other things now, but if it is possible."
"I will lead everyone to realize this together. You must study hard and don't even know how to pilot your own spaceship by then."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the alley.
Li Jianfeng was still squatting and burning paper money. After a while, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Protect our home! Otherwise, I will never forgive you!!"
Lu Yuanming's figure paused for a moment, as if a huge weight was pressing on his shoulders, then he waved his hand and walked away without looking back.
