Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 742: Continue to recall five

Li Cuilan gritted her teeth, turned around and walked out the door. Sister Wang touched Wang Zhan's head and said, "What a good child. It's okay. I'll look for him for you."

Wang Zhan wanted to insist a little longer, and said, "We can take care of ourselves, Aunt Wang, don't worry about us."

Sister Wang shook her head and said, "No, that won't work. Don't worry about it. I have a lot of candidates here."

At this moment, the sound of a car horn was heard outside. Sister Wang hurried out, followed by Wang Zhan and Wang Li. After the car stopped at the door, Sister Wang opened the door. Uncle Li got out from the back. Sister Wang immediately saluted and said, "Hello, Chief!"

Uncle Li waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be like that. Can't you see we are all in casual clothes. We are just here to visit."

Wang Zhan and Wang Li also came over, and Wang Zhan said respectfully, "Hello, Uncle Li, thank you for coming to see us."

Uncle Li touched his head and said with a smile, "You guys are good too. Let's go and see your new home together."

As soon as he reached the gate, Uncle Li saw the sign hanging at the gate. He stopped in his tracks, turned around sternly, and said to the military control committee members, "You should know what's going on here. Hanging this sign is obviously inviting disaster. Take it down quickly."

Two people ran out from behind, quickly went into the yard and brought a ladder, went up and took down the sign, and handed it to Sister Wang.

Sister Wang said to Wang Zhan, "I'll put it in your bedroom. You stay with your Uncle Li first." After that, she turned around and jogged straight to the backyard.

Wang Zhan accompanied Uncle Li as they walked around the house, and Uncle Li asked him what he had been eating these days.

Wang Zhan told Uncle Li about his experiences over the past few days and invited Uncle Li to the main hall in the backyard for tea.

"There's no rush to drink tea. Let's go to the backyard first." After saying that, Uncle Li took Wang Li's little hand and walked towards the backyard. Wang Li didn't react at all, which surprised Wang Zhan. He knew this sister. She would not let anyone touch her except him since she was a child. Now there is Uncle Li.

After Uncle Li took a look around, he was very satisfied with the arrangements made by the Military Control Commission. He took the group to the main hall. Sister Wang hurriedly poured tea for everyone. There were five people in total this time. Two were brought by Uncle Li, and the other two were from the Military Control Commission of the Fifth District.

A few people were chatting and drinking tea, mainly talking about how to take care of the two children. Wang Zhan and his sister sat there and listened obediently.

Uncle Li first thanked the comrades from the Military Control Commission, who repeatedly said that it was not necessary and that it was what they should do. Then he thanked Sister Wang for taking care of the two children.

Uncle Li then asked, "Sister Wang, right? You are so busy with your work, you need to find someone to take care of them. You always come here, so can you still do your own work?"

Sister Wang quickly explained, "Before you came, I had already found someone to take care of them, but today I just quit this job due to family reasons. I plan to find another one in the next two days."

Uncle Li said, "That's good. I'm relieved. Wang Zhan, I'm very busy with work and can't come to see you often. You should treat the people of the Military Control Commission as your own family. Don't be so unfamiliar. If you have any problems, just come to them. OK?"

Wang Zhan did not refute this time, and replied respectfully: "I understand, Uncle Li."

Uncle Li took a look at Sister Wang and asked her to take Wang Li to the small garden to play for a while. Sister Wang understood that she had something important to ask Wang Zhan, so she took Wang Li to the small garden. Then Uncle Li asked Wang Zhan to recall the scene when his parents left. Wang Zhan recalled it and showed a painful expression, and his expression was a little dazed. Deep in his heart, he didn't want to think about that night, and didn't want to think about the small mountain village under Jinghai, Hebei.

But under Uncle Li's patient consolation and guidance, Wang Zhan slowly recalled his past.

Wang Zhan's home is in a small mountain village below Jinghai, Hebei. Ever since he can remember, Wang Zhan felt that his parents were a little different. His father taught in a private school in the village, and his mother stayed at home to take care of the husband and children. When he was two or three years old, his mother began to teach him to read and learn arithmetic. His father also taught him a set of boxing personally, but did not tell him the name of the boxing and did not let him show it in front of anyone.

Wang Zhan has been very well-behaved since he was a child and always listened to his parents. However, in his memory, his parents were always away on business. At that time, they never went away at the same time. Every time, one of them would stay at home to accompany Wang Zhan.

At that time, the happiest thing for Wang Zhan was that his father took him to the Ziya River to fish. The small mountain village was very close to the Ziya River. As long as his father was on weekends and at home, he would always take him fishing.

Life was very comfortable at that time. Four years later, his mother became pregnant. It was the late autumn and early winter of 1948. After Wang Zhan knew about it, he never left his mother's side and always stayed by her side. His mother always smiled and said, "When it snows, you will have a little sister, right?"

His father looked at his mother in surprise and asked, "How do you know it's a girl?"

His mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "How could I not know what's in my belly?"

Wang Zhan was also looking forward to it. Finally, when the first snow was about to fall, his sister came into the world. Wang Zhan looked at the tiny wrinkled baby and asked his mother, "Mom, why is my sister so ugly?"

The mother smiled and said, "All newborn babies are the same. You were like this when you were first born."

At that time, Wang Zhan, in addition to helping his mother with work, took care of his sister every day. He felt that his life was very happy now.

But an unexpected change occurred. On the day of the heaviest snow, a man suddenly broke into his house. When the man entered the door, Wang Zhan saw the astonished expressions of his parents, but then his mother asked him to carry his sister to the inner room and told him not to come out without her consent and asked him to take good care of his sister.

On that day, when his father called him out, Wang Zhan saw his mother tenderly taking the child from his arms with tears in her eyes, hugging her daughter tightly, with reluctance, sadness and guilt in her eyes. Wang Zhan was a little overwhelmed. At this time, his father also asked his mother reluctantly, "Why don't you stay and I go by myself?"

The mother wiped her tears and said firmly: "No, I must go."

It was also on this day that my father had his first serious talk with Wang Zhan. I remember what he said, "Zhan'er, you have been obedient and sensible since you were young. This time, as a father, I am really talking to you like an adult. I know you are a little uneasy. Your mother and I are going on a long trip together. From today on, you are the adult of this family. When we are not here, you have to take good care of your sister and support this family, understand?"

Wang Zhan understood a little, but was a little confused. He asked his father, "Dad, when will you come back? Wherever you go, can't you take me and my sister with you?"

The father, who never smoked, took out a cigarette from somewhere, lit it, took a deep breath, and said, "I shouldn't have told you this, but, maybe..."

My father paused, took another deep puff of his cigarette, and said, "Your mother and I are going to Shanghai. No matter what, you have to take good care of your sister. If, I mean if, you have no food to eat here, remember there are two silver dollars under the stove. Take the money and take your sister to Peking, find the army there, and find a man named Li Wenbo. That's your Uncle Li. He will take care of you. Remember?"

After the father finished speaking, he showed a very painful expression, while the mother held my sister from beginning to end, tears constantly flowing.

(End of this chapter)