That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1056 Some memories can't be forgotten
In his previous life, Li Ye had always wanted to drive along Highway 318 to the snowy area to see the legendary blue sky, so he made a travel guide from Chengdu to Riguang City and knew that the entire journey would take about six to seven days.

However, the 318 in the late 318s was not the of later generations, and the road conditions were very different, so Li Ye planned to depart on the th, arrive in Linzhi before April nd, and arrive in Shannan before April th.

So the 22nd to the 23rd were the scheduled days for the reunion, but starting from the afternoon of the 21st, relatives of the martyrs began to arrive in Chengdu. Perhaps they knew that if they missed this time, they might miss it for the rest of their lives.

On the morning of the 22nd, sister Li Yue called Li Ye and said, "Xiao Ye, Ergou is in trouble. My mother-in-law and I won't be in Chengdu until the 23rd. Please go over there and help take care of him for me. Don't miss anything and don't neglect the relatives of the martyrs."

Fenghua Garments was responsible for the reception of relatives. Although the Light Automobile Company where Li Ye worked was a "large state-owned factory", it had almost no power outside the capital. However, Fenghua Garments had very strong channel power in Sichuan Province.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute, don't worry! Don't worry!"

Li Ye agreed immediately. Although he believed that Ergou would be able to do things flawlessly with his ability, since his sister had given the order, he had no choice but to do it.

When they heard that Li Ye was going to look after the relatives of the martyrs, a dozen young men from the first branch immediately said they could go over to help. After all, maintaining vehicles was the job of technicians, and they, the drivers, were full of energy and had nothing to do.

Of course, it is mainly because the young people of this era all had a dream of becoming a "great warrior" when they were young, so they have great respect for those soldiers who have been buried in peace, and they also have respect for their relatives.

"Xiao Zhu, please arrange a few cars to follow us. I think there are too many people coming and the hotel we booked is full. Please help us move them."

"Okay, okay, we don't have anything else, just too many cars."

In the self-defense counterattack against the White Elephant, a total of 772 people were killed in the mainland, so Li Ye expected only a few hundred people, because some people would definitely not come, but now it seems that the situation is a bit unexpected.

When Li Ye and others drove to Ergou's hotel, they understood why his sister was in a hurry to call him over.

Originally he thought that there were too many people coming and Ergou couldn't take care of them all at once.

But the actual situation was just the opposite. The number of people who came was even less than expected, but the situation was very special.

Because more than half of the relatives who came to participate in the tomb sweeping were elderly people over 60 years old, and there were even some "old ladies with bound feet" among them.

You say that there is nothing wrong with them being just little old ladies, but the key point is that they were crying. No matter whether they knew each other or not, several old ladies got together and started crying. The whole hotel was filled with sobs, it was so miserable.

Since they were not from the same place, their accents were mixed, but Li Ye felt uncomfortable after listening for only a while.

They just kept saying a few words over and over again.

"My son was only nineteen at the time."

"If my third son were still alive, he would be 47 this year."

"My son is born in the Year of the Dragon. How old should he be this year?"

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No wonder Li Yue called Li Ye anxiously and asked him to come over to help take care of the baby. What do you think should be done in this situation?

Xiao Zhu sniffed and asked Li Ye: "Brother, why are there only old men and old ladies here? Where are the young people in their families?"

Li Ye sighed and said, "It's been more than 20 years. The youngest mother at that time has also grown old."

Xiao Zhu was stunned and asked angrily, "Don't they have any brothers or sisters? They let the old man come all the way here alone?"

Li Ye sighed again and said, "Every family has their own life, and they are all busy. Some memories are forgotten. Only biological parents can always remember what their son looked like in the past."

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The situation at the scene was also beyond Li Ye's expectations.

He instinctively thought that those who came to visit the graves were in a similar situation to Yang Huaihua and Yang Yumin, but he never imagined that most of the soldiers who died in the battles were unmarried.

Even if they are married and have children, after so many years, if their wife remarries and takes the children with her, she will most likely not let their son come this time. After all, everyone has a new life and some memories should be forgotten.

Moreover, when a person dies, it is like a light going out. To many people, tomb sweeping is simply a "useless act".

But this memory is something my mother will never forget.

Li Ye looked at the people's attire, manners and words and deeds, and estimated that many of them were traveling far away for the first time and had a natural fear of unfamiliar environments.

But they still came, just to take a look at the cold tombstone, just to do a "meaningless" act.

Ergou walked out of a room and saw Li Ye.

He hurried over to Li Ye and said, "I just asked Sister Xiaoyue for instructions on something, but I didn't expect to bring you here as well."

Li Ye said: "This is necessary. Do you have enough manpower here? These relatives are not like young people. They need more people to take care of them."

Ergou nodded and said, "I think so too, because these ladies will cry non-stop once they start crying, and it's hard for grown men like us to persuade them.
So I asked Sister Xiaoyue to urgently transfer some eloquent female comrades to comfort them, otherwise if they cry themselves sick before we leave, it will be difficult to arrange anything.”

Li Ye nodded and said, "Send more people here, divide those who are easily excited into groups, and assign one or two female comrades to each group. Also, contact the hospital immediately to give the elderly relatives a physical examination." "Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Although Ergou had already made some similar arrangements, he still agreed to Li Ye very seriously.

This is actually what Niu Hongzhang calls a "large-scale collective activity" where all kinds of unexpected situations may occur, which is a test of the organizer's organizational ability.

Of course, "experienced" organizers can also take some measures in advance, such as "due to the plateau environment, people over 45 are not allowed to participate, and those under 45 need to provide physical examination materials from Grade A hospitals or above", which can also avoid most of the trouble.

But Li Ye had never thought of this method.

Facts have proved that old ladies in the 1980s were much stronger than old ladies in later generations.

When Ergou wanted to take them to the hospital for a physical examination, most of the old ladies refused.

"We are not sick and we promise not to cause you any trouble."

"I've never taken medicine in my life, why should I go to the hospital? No, no, why waste the money?"

"Comrade, I know you have good intentions, but we are very grateful that you can take us there. Please don't worry about our health. I promise you that I won't blame you even if I die on the road."

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An old man with a loud voice complained to his old lady: "It's because of you crying that people are worried. We haven't even arrived yet, why are you crying?"

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For a moment, the old ladies at the scene stopped crying and forced themselves to hold back their tears, as if they were afraid that their crying would prevent the tomb sweeping from taking place.

Li Ye had to patiently explain: "Because we are going to a plateau, we need to give everyone some anti-altitude sickness medicine, just like some people get carsick and need motion sickness medicine.
Please rest assured, since we have invited everyone to come, we will do our best to ensure that everyone is sent to the destination."

Seeing that the old ladies at the scene were still united in their refusal to cooperate, Li Ye had no choice but to talk to those old men.

Several of the old men were of high quality and quickly understood Li Ye's intention. They began to help Li Ye persuade the relatives and finally solved the dilemma at the scene.

This was the 1980s when the social moral level was still very high. If it were a few decades later, Li Ye might have announced the abandonment of this plan.

If an elderly person falls on the road, passersby who do not help will be sued. Who dares to mess with these old ladies?
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On the afternoon of the 23rd, sister Li Yue and her family arrived in Chengdu, and Li Ye was glad that he could finally be free.

After dealing with those old men and women for just one or two days, he felt like he was dying of exhaustion.

Some truths just don’t make sense no matter how you explain them!

But sister Li Yue is much better than Li Ye in handling such matters.

She has been dealing with common people since she started working, and later took charge of the entire channel of Fenghua Clothing. She knows very well what common people’s psychology is like.

He comforts when he should comfort, and quarrels when he should quarrel. His way of dealing with people is quite high.

But when Li Ye picked up Li Yue at the airport, he started arguing with her.

"Xiaodun'er is only three years old. You want to take him to Linzhi? Do you know how many meters above sea level Linzhi is? Do you know that a three-year-old's heart is not fully developed? Are you crazy?"

Li Yue was stunned for a moment, then he opened his eyes wide and started to curse: "Who did you say that to? Try to curse again? Don't think I won't dare to slap you just because you've grown up."

Li Ye said without giving in: "Don't talk nonsense with me. Anyway, Xiaodun'er must not go to Linzhi. If he gets a headache or fever on the way, adults can't stand it. How can a child stand it?"

"Who are you calling bullshit? Who are you calling bullshit?"

Sister Li Yue reached out and grabbed Li Ye's ear, obviously she was also very angry.

Li Ye pushed Li Yue's arm away in annoyance and cursed at Yang Yumin: "She, as a mother, doesn't understand science. Don't you understand it either? This is your own son. How dare you, you bastard, give him up?"

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杨玉民讪讪的没敢回嘴，虽然他是姐夫，但李野这个小舅子当年可是威胁过他，娶了李悦之后如果不能让老李家人满意，那可是要挨揍的。

Xiaodun'er is Li Ye's first younger generation. He grew up eating candied haws.
So the more anxious Li Ye is now, it proves how much he loves Xiao Duner.

When Xiaodun saw his uncle arguing with his parents, he rolled his eyes for a long time before he said innocently, "I wanted to go see grandpa on my own, I don't blame my mother."

"You know nothing. Children should not interrupt when adults are talking."

"Oh~"

(End of this chapter)