The old man left. He left with his longing for his wife, two sons, and 855 comrades…
He called the doctor from the township hospital. After an examination, the old man died of no illness and died of a normal death.
The young man signed his name on the death certificate, then turned on his phone and sent a message in the WeChat group,[Grandpa is gone…]
Then, he called the travel agency.
"President Pan, I want to resign!"
"What are you doing?" The other party asked," You resigned during the Golden Week? Don't you want to earn money? At the end of the month, there will be a tour group coming from Japan.”
"F * ck those Japanese dogs!" The young man said," Last time, we agreed to go see the pandas, but in the end, they asked me to bring them to find a sister. Why don't you let them go find your wife?!" F * ck, I quit!"
" Smoke rises, mountains and rivers look north…" The ringtone of the mobile phone rang, and the young man picked up the phone." Third mother? Yes, Grandpa left…"
The phone kept ringing, and the young man answered over and over again. His parents, his sister, his cousins, and his nieces and nephews.
A few hours later, the phone rang again. The young man opened it and saw that it was from his second uncle's cousin. "Hello, Third Brother."
In a satellite city near the provincial capital of the Northwest Province, a pilot who had just finished giving a lesson to a newcomer asked over the phone," Grandpa left?”
"Let's go!" The young man said,"I left when I was watching the military parade."”
Other than those in the army, the rest of the family rushed back within a day.
The funeral was very peaceful. The county government, the township government, the united front department, and some other units sent people to attend. The media also sent people to report. The first batch of able-bodied men who went to war back then was the only one who returned home alive. The government had to show some gratitude.
There were no other common quarrels over family property. Now that the four families had settled down in the city, they naturally did not care about the houses and land in the countryside.
The old man didn't have any belongings, and the box was left to his grandson according to his will. No one had any objections.
After the seventh day, the old man was buried in the ancestral grave. According to the last wish, the tombstone faced southeast, where the battle had taken place.
On the eighth day, the young man passed out in front of his grandfather's grave.
He had fought with his cousin and lost again!
A moment after he passed out, a middle-aged man appeared out of thin air beside his grandfather's grave. He vaguely looked like his cousin.
"I didn't expect it. I thought I would be able to see my son when I came back, but I didn't expect it to be my nephew.”‘The middle-aged man looked at the tombstone."Old man, you're gone too…"
After sighing for a moment, he pointed at his nephew on the ground and released a white beam of light from his hand." You're the only one in the family who hasn't been a soldier. How can this be? You should experience the military life!”
After the light faded, the middle-aged man disappeared into thin air, as if he had never appeared.
After a long time, Qiao Guoqiang felt a warm and moist sensation on his face, waking him up from his hangover.
"You're awake?" A familiar female voice asked.
"Third Sister?" Qiao Guoqiang opened his eyes and looked at the woman. This was his second uncle's daughter, an orthopedist at the township hospital.
Qiao Guoqiang's uncle was born in the 50s. He had two sons and two daughters. The eldest son was Qiao Guoqiang's eldest cousin. He had already celebrated his 50th birthday and was about to become a grandfather.
Second Uncle was the one who died in the 1998 flood. He had a daughter and a son. Her daughter was the current one. As she was the third in her generation, Qiao Guoqiang taught her to be the third sister.
"You were drunk in front of your grandfather's grave. Carpenter Huang's son saw you picking vegetables on the mountain and helped you back.”Third Sister said," He called me and asked me to come back to see you.”
" Ah…" Qiao Guoqiang vomited into the bucket. After vomiting a few times, she took the water from Third Sister and rinsed her mouth. Then, she leaned against the blanket and said, "How am I drunk? Have you ever seen a tour guide get drunk?”
"Then what happened to you?" Third Sister asked," I see there are marks on your body. Did you fight with someone?”
"I hit him!" A vigorous voice sounded at the door.
The siblings turned around and saw a handsome man in sportswear standing at the door." Third Brother, you're back?”
His second uncle's son, Qiao Guoming, was a captain pilot in the Western Theater of Operations 'aviation brigade. It was said that he would be promoted to a colonel next year.
"Did you hit the youngest?"
"You know the rules of the house!”Qiao Guoming said," The two brothers have a fight every year. I haven't been back for two years. Can't I fight him?”
Then he looked at Qiao Guoqiang." I heard that you've been fighting with the eldest and second children for the past two years? Have you lost all your martial arts?"
According to the rules of the Qiao family, males with an age difference of no more than three years would have a martial arts competition once a year. This was decided by his father when he was young. To be exact, it was decided by his deceased uncle and grandfather after he gave birth to the child.
After Qiao Guoming joined the army, he rarely went home, so Qiao Guoqiang could only compete with his nephews, Qiao Yuan and Qiao Hui, who were two years younger than him.
Although it was a competition, it was actually a fight! The Qiao family was not a martial arts family. How could there be a family competition? It was nothing more than the various military boxing and grappling techniques from their respective troops, plus the Japanese musket swordsmanship and a few broadswords passed down from their grandfather, and then a few Muay Thai.
Oh right, Muay Thai was learned by his uncle from a few Annan people when he was fighting against the United States and assisting Vietnam. In the closed province of Ba Shu, the Qiao family's fighting techniques were considered unique.
Back in the village, in order to fight for water and seedlings, First Uncle and Second Uncle had relied on this kind of boxing technique that the villagers had never seen before to take advantage of them.
"I didn't lose my Kung Fu!" Qiao Guoqiang would never admit it. "Can a commoner like me compete with you, the leader of the search and rescue team? One of them is a SWAT officer, and the other is a combat coach. It's already good enough that I can tie with them, okay?”
Besides being a pilot, Qiao Guoming was also the deputy leader of the search and rescue team. The search and rescue team was the sharpest knife in the Western Theater of Operations, so his bare-handed skills were quite good. Of course, what was even more impressive was his flying and fire control skills.
In his words, he could use a helicopter to shoot the rope hanging the banner from 200 meters away.
"I'm going back tomorrow!" Qiao Guoming said.
"Can't you stay for two more days?" Third Sister asked with some heartache. This was her biological brother.
"I'll have a meal with you guys today. Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the city and meet Yang's family. Then, I'll take a plane and leave in the afternoon!”
"The army has just completed its formation. There are still many things to do.”
"Sigh ~" Third Sister said with some disappointment,"You brothers talk, I'll go cook."”
"I've bought the vegetables. Call brother-in-law and ask him to come over for dinner!”
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