Grandpa
The blazing sun was high in the sky.
It was the last of the three dog days, the hottest season of the year. The whole world seemed to be on fire. There was no place that was not hot. Sitting in the car was like sitting in a furnace.
The asphalt road of the provincial road was emitting green smoke and emitting an unpleasant smell, as if it would melt in the next moment.
Lin Yi and the other two sat on the bus to Lin Family Village. The three of them fanned themselves desperately, but even so, they could not stop their sweat from flowing down.
After all, it was only 1990, and the bus did not have air-conditioning like in the future.
Lin Yi was still clutching his school bag tightly with one hand. After all, it contained all his belongings. If it was stolen, he didn't know who to cry to.
Last night, he counted a total of twenty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty yuan. It was a huge sum of money now. After all, working in a factory now only cost two to three hundred yuan a month.
"Brother Yi, how much longer do we have? This car is too hot and the seats are cramped.”Xuemin said weakly.
"We're almost there. Besides, the big guy didn't say anything.”Lin Yi rolled his eyes.
Wu Yongnian, who was 1.9 meters tall, almost touched the roof of the car while sitting in it. His legs could only be placed on the aisle. It was really frustrating.
Sure enough, the car arrived at Lin Family Village in less than ten minutes. The three of them immediately felt much more comfortable after getting out of the car.
Lin Yi brought the two of them to a house at the east end of the village. This was Lin Yi's grandfather's house.
The countryside was different from the city. Most of the neighbors pushed open the door and entered. The door was never closed unless it was late at night. Otherwise, the door was closed, which meant that there was no one at home.
Lin Yi fumbled around the door frame and found a key.
Opening the door, Lin Yi signaled Wu Yongnian to look after the bag and said,"I'm going to look for my grandfather. You guys find a place to sit and wait!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi ran away without waiting for a reply.
Initially, it wasn't that urgent, but when he arrived at the village and saw this familiar room, Lin Yi couldn't suppress his longing for his grandfather.
In his previous life, he rarely came to the old house in the village after his grandfather passed away. In his memory, every object in this house had his grandfather's aura.
Lin Yi ran all the way to the field and looked at the tall figure in the distance. His eyes instantly moistened.
In Lin Yi's impression, his grandfather, Lin Tonghe, was an indomitable pillar that supported the heavens. In his previous life, he had followed his grandfather's example and worked hard to catch up and learn.
He heard from his grandfather that his family had a hard time when he was young. He worked as a helper for the landlord. After paying the rent every year, he did not even have enough food. However, because he lived in a remote place, he escaped the Jinling Massacre. When he was eleven or twelve years old, he left with the army and became a Red Ghost. He climbed the snow mountains and walked through the grasslands.
Unfortunately, he was injured during the War of Resistance against Japan and left the army. He recuperated in his hometown and only returned to the old army after a few years.
Later, he participated in the Korean War and was injured again. The army wanted to keep his grandfather, but his grandfather still insisted on responding to Taizu's call. He took off his military uniform and threw himself into the great wave of building a new China.
In the ten years of calamity, because he was too righteous and refused to join in the dirty work, he was slandered and defeated.
Later, with the rise of Elder Deng, his grandfather's reputation and job were restored. However, after going around in circles for a lifetime, he finally retired from the position of the secretary of the community. Some of his comrades had already become provincial officials and generals. It was a world of difference.
Grandpa didn't care about this at all. He enjoyed the treatment of a deputy director, but what about his fallen comrades? What did they enjoy?
However, after retirement, he couldn't stay idle. Now, he had become the secretary of the Lin family village.
"How old are you? Why are you still crying?”Lin Tonghe's voice suddenly sounded in Lin Yi's ears.
Lin Yi wiped the corner of his eyes and turned his head. He didn't know when his grandfather had walked up from the field.
"Who's crying? It's just the wind blowing in my eyes.”Lin Yi said stubbornly.
Lin Tonghe laughed and didn't care. He rubbed Lin Yi's head twice." Alright, you've grown up. You won't cry anymore."”
"Didn't I get someone to send a message saying that you broke your arm and don't have to come this summer vacation? Why are you here again? I originally planned to visit you after the farm work was done in two days.”
Lin Tonghe's thick hand held Lin Yi's arm as they walked home.
"I just miss you." Lin Yi said with a smile.
He could not bring himself to say such intimate words to his parents, but to his grandfather, it was so natural. This was probably a cross-generation marriage.
"Alright, based on your words, Grandpa didn't dote on you for nothing. I'll make you braised pork, lion's head, and braised pork with preserved vegetables for lunch.”Lin Tonghe said with a smile.
"Good!" Lin Yi replied crisply.
Under the sunlight, the old and young figures stretched out extremely long, as if they were going to cover the entire country road.
Lin Yi quietly sized up his grandfather from behind. At this moment, his grandfather was younger than he remembered.
His gray and white hair was like his grandfather's character. It stood straight and strong, and two muscular arms stretched out from under his white shirt.
Then, a pair of powerful hands appeared. Grandfather's hands were extremely unique. They were long and thick, and each finger was as well-defined as a tree trunk.
However, he was missing an index finger.
This was the mark left behind by the Korean war. At that time, the troops were in a hurry, and the clothes and bedding behind them did not keep up.
The weather was so cold that even her eyelashes were frozen.
At that time, his grandfather was already a battalion commander. He had a pair of leather gloves that he had seized during the Liberation period. However, he had given them to a young soldier. Like the others, he had casually tied his hands with rags.
By the time the ambush was over, his index finger was already frozen and could only be amputated.
Without his index finger, he naturally couldn't shoot anymore. His grandfather didn't agree to the army's request to keep him and insisted on taking off his beloved military uniform. He didn't want to be a good-for-nothing. He had to go to war for the rest of his life. He couldn't bear to wear a military uniform to do logistics and civilian work.
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