Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 87 What is the motherland?

The Huaxia Shanghai Stock Exchange under the night finally ushered in the end of the Sino-Japanese Go War. No.17 gold medals were born. The turbidity of the Huangpu River came from thousands of years ago, overlooking the world of mortals. In its eyes, Maybe all the joys and sorrows are not a big deal, but for the Chinese people present, this moment is happy and exciting, because we are at the end.

It was already dark, and the neon lights flickered across the world. It was not dark, but hazy, but there were still thousands of Chinese people gathered outside the venue. They held banners and held five-color flags. Silently waiting outside, some of them waited until the evening after the start of the match in the morning, and some even came here from far away.

When a wave of celebratory sounds came from the Go hall, thousands of people outside the hall heard the call from their compatriots, their blood boiled instantly, and the cheers were like a soaring firework, blooming brilliantly at night , After a while, it spread all over the place.

Although this is just a game of Go, it is not just a game of Go.

The "Peace Hotel" standing on the bank of the Huangpu River, this building built by Ying people, is shining brightly tonight. In the banquet hall on the sixth floor, He Qi's gold medal and Gu Rushui's bronze medal are being admired by everyone in turn. Can't help but envy.

Li Yu, who is rich and powerful, specially booked this hall to invite everyone to dinner to celebrate winning the championship. At the same time, in the banquet hall on the second floor, the athletes of the Huaxia delegation who had a bumper harvest were enjoying dinner. donations from the world.

In the banquet hall, He Qi was halfway through his meal when the president Wang Zhengting came and invited He Qi to the second floor to speak as a representative.

As the most popular person in the entire Far East Games, he won the heaviest gold medal. With this honor, speaking as a representative was expected. He Qi didn't refuse, got up and went.

The chandelier in the banquet hall is very dazzling, the venue is very large, hundreds of tables are lined up, and the seats are full of people. When He Qi stood on the stage, he felt that his eyes were bright, and his ears were occupied by warm applause.

He Qi first bowed and saluted, and when he raised his head, hot faces came into view. For some reason, he became nervous for a moment, and said cautiously: "It's an honor to stand here."

"President Wang asked me to speak. To be honest, I'm feeling a little nervous right now, and I don't know what to say."

"I want to say what I want to say." The football team sat at the front, and a dozen or so crowded a table, shouting in unison.

"Okay then, I'll just talk about it."

"Haha." Everyone probably had never seen such a casual speech, so they all laughed.

He Qi straightened her body and said, "You all know that I just returned to China not long ago. Before that, I was wandering around in the West without a fixed place. Our Chinese ancestors said that the fallen leaves should return to their roots, so I came back."

"At the same time, I want to go home, and there is another purpose, which is to see with my own eyes, what is my motherland like?"

"My father traveled to Nanyang with his relatives many years ago. I was born in Nanyang. When I was young, I saw my father, uncles, and uncles being bullied all day long. Foreigners bullied them, locals bullied them, and they I just swallowed my anger and neither fought back nor resisted. I was not sensible at the time, so I asked my father why they could bully us?"

"My father touched my head at the time and told me that because the motherland is not strong, children wandering outside will be bullied."

"I said that if you change to a strong motherland, no one will bully you?"

"Father slapped me immediately, slapped me fiercely, and said that in the future, you are not allowed to say such things. Although you were not born in China, you will always be a descendant of Yanhuang. No matter where you are, you will be born as a Chinese and die as a Chinese. soul."

"At that time, I was young and didn't understand it. I was angry for a long time because I hated this motherland where my father was bullied."

Speaking of this, the field has become silent, and the smiles on everyone's faces are gone.

"When I was a little older and started to study, did I understand what the motherland is?" He Qi looked at the people off the court, and said in her voice with a sense of aftertaste that has lasted for a long time: "For you, the motherland, It should be the mountain, it should be the sea;”

"It's the forest, it's the meadow;"

"It's Beiping, it's Shanghai Stock Exchange;"

"It's a boundless desert,"

"It's rolling hills."

"It's cooking smoke, it's pigeon whistle;"

"It's a dragon boat for the Dragon Boat Festival,"

"It is the torch of the Mid-Autumn Festival,"

"It's a Spring Festival reunion."

"It is the thinking of Confucius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi;"

"It's the poems of Qu Zi, Li Bai, and Lu You;"

"It is the prose of Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, and Su Shi;"

"It's the words of Li Yu, Li Qingzhao, and Xin Qiji;"

"It is the crystallization of the wisdom of our Chinese ancestors."

Someone went on to say: "It's the parents, it's the relatives."

"It's the Yangtze River, it's the Yellow River."

"Yellow skin, black hair."

After the rustling sound became quieter, He Qi continued to ask: "Then do you know what the motherland is to someone like me who was born abroad?"

Everyone shook their heads again.

He Qi said: "But for people like me who have wandered overseas for many years:"

"When I face the east, the east is the motherland."

"When I go west, the motherland is behind me."

"When I was studying, the words on the book were the motherland."

"When I eat Chinese food, Chinese food is the motherland."

"It's hard to describe in one word, so let me use a song to describe my motherland."

"This song is very simple, I will teach you how to sing it:"

"it is good!!!"

He Qi sang: "The mountains and rivers are only in my dreams,"

"The motherland has not been close for many years."

"Yangtze River Great Wall Huangshan Yellow River,"

"It weighs a thousand pounds in my heart."

"Whenever, wherever,"

"As close as my heart."

In the banquet hall, the singing voices were sparse at the beginning, gradually became uniform, and gradually became high-pitched. The whole audience sang in a chorus. Although there was no soundtrack, it was extremely beautiful, and there was an extremely powerful burst of power.

"When I walk on the streets of Western countries, I see high-rise buildings, cars passing by, and magnificence, but what I think of is the 600-year-old Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and the Qin Huang Han Wu, Tang Zong Mingzu."

"This is the motherland in my heart. He used to be strong, but now he is weak. He used to be brilliant, but now he is bleak. He once made us hold our heads high, but now makes us feel inferior. But no matter what, he is It is the motherland where I was born and raised. Anyone can dislike him, not love him, and bully him, but we, as her children, cannot dislike him, love him, or bully him."

"If anyone bullies him, we will stand up and beat him back; if we speak ill of him, we will scold him back; if anyone despises him, we will protect him well."

"Most of you are young students, full of youth, full of vigor, and high spirits. Today, on this occasion, I want to pass on the words my father gave me back then, and then to you: We will always be descendants of Yan and Huang. No matter where we are, we are born in China. People, death is the soul of China."

"I would like to share this with you all!"

"Thank you!"

He Qi took a step back and bowed to salute.

There was silence in the audience, and suddenly, there was extraordinary applause, which lasted for a long time. Everyone stood up, bowed and saluted, and then said in unison: "Mr. teach."

(End of this chapter)