Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 120 Soul Returns to Heaven (Final Chapter)

On the south bank of the mountain city, there is a row of stone beams protruding from the river, shaped like a dragon gate, splitting the rushing Yangtze River in half.The half outside the stone beam is still turbulent, with snow waves churning; the water veins inside the stone beam surge across the center of the river, circling in silence, shaped like a crescent moon, and smooth like a mirror.It's amazing how it moves inside and outside.

Every time the sun goes down, the fishing boats that have returned to their old appearance due to the disappearance of the Japanese invaders’ military planes come back with a full load of fishermen singing loudly, and can be moored in the bay. In the dark, another day.

Fengjiu has entered the labor period, and Qiaozhi said happily that she finally had the opportunity to deliver the baby to her nephew or niece.Of course, Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng are looking forward to having another daughter. Two sons and two daughters are so nice and evenly matched, but Feng Jiu has a premonition that he might be another bald boy—in the old Ning's house, there are back and forth, left, right, left, and right sides. All counted, the number of girls in each room is pitifully small.

Today is the afternoon of August [-]th. It should be an ordinary day, but no one with eyes will doubt that the pattern of the war of resistance for many years has been completely changed, and victory is only a matter of time.

Last year, a professor who sneaked out from Peiping and applied for the chair of National Central University moved in next door to Fengjiu's house. He said that the Japanese army knew that it was about to be destroyed, and their morale was extremely low. The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in North China chased and fought, and they could no longer be as brutal as before.

There are even some Japanese soldiers, similar to those in the famous "First Abandoned Division of the Imperial Japanese Army" - those who "pretend to be sick at any time and don't listen to what they say" in the Fourth Division composed of Osaka people who are famous for being good at business Like our Japanese colleagues, because they couldn’t get enough to eat, they scrambled to do farm work for the landlord’s family in the Beijing suburbs of Hebei in exchange for food. Such strange things were heard from time to time as the war came to an end.

Unexpectedly, through this person, Fengjiu also accidentally learned of the whereabouts of Wu Ma's long-lost husband: when this honest but stubborn countryman from Haicheng fled to Peking, Wu Ma and her daughter Aquarius had already followed her. Ning Zheng's family moved away, and within a few years of the fall of Beiping, he took part-time jobs to earn a living, living a life of a subjugated slave who was hungry and full. For a while, he did some rough work for the professor's family. He introduced himself as his daughter-in-law She was Mrs. Ning's nanny, so he immediately thought of this person when he saw Feng Jiu.

Later, due to the tense war, neither the Japanese invaders nor the Chinese people could eat, and the Chinese could only eat the old miscellaneous grains mixed with soil, mouse feces, stones and other things that could not be named. The old, the young, and other frail people all suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and there were many people who passed out on the streets. They were quickly discovered by Japanese soldiers who were afraid of causing a plague and collecting patients along the streets. The most horrible thing is that even the Japanese were forced to exhaust the last effort to dig the pit by themselves...

Feng Jiu didn't know how to tell such news to Wu Ma and Bao Ping who had been thinking about her husband and father.

Feng Jiu, who has given birth to three children, did not cancel all activities because of her labor. This afternoon, she even refused the company of Ning Zheng, who returned home earlier than usual, and left Gele Mountain to do business at the bank in the main city of Yuzhong. ——Prices have been soaring recently, and Ning Zheng's salary has long been stretched to cope with such a large family. Feng Jiu had to ask his father and elder brother in the United States for help.

She didn't want Ning Zheng to know about it.

How far can prices rise during wartime?Some people joked that when you eat noodles in a noodle shop, you must pay the bill first, or you will not find out until you finish eating and check out, and it will only take a while, oh, the price has increased again.

After she finished her work, she saw a few American soldiers rushing out of a cafe from afar, shouting, and making the gesture of victory popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the world during World War II, "V "; There were bank staff and college students in the crowd on the street... I quickly understood it, and immediately translated it to everyone consciously for them: "The American soldier said-'The war is over! We have won!'"

The crowd was dead silent, and several American soldiers looked at the Chinese people all over the street wonderingly. Suddenly, someone made the first roar of splitting their forks, and soon, the crowd on the whole street began to rush like waves. , everyone shouted excitedly, straw hats, top hats, student hats, military caps... all flew into the sky, some people were laughing, some were crying, and many restaurants, teahouses, and coffee shops announced on the spot Everything is free today, Feng Jiu was stunned, and immediately stopped a car from the "San Chung" taxi company, and drove home.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the house, she hurriedly got out of the car, her heart was pounding, and her full-term pot belly could not stop her footsteps.Ning Zheng happened to be disturbed by the growing movement on and off Gele Mountain, and was walking out to wait and see in front of the house, when he suddenly saw Feng Jiu who was running in quickly, so frightened, he ran up to her, frowning and complaining to her.

But after hearing the news Feng Jiu told him incoherently, Ning Zheng couldn't calm down anymore. The couple first hugged each other tightly. After a few laps, Feng Jiu tilted his head back and let out a hearty laugh that has been seldom heard for many years.

Soon, a window on the second floor opened, and three vigorous heads appeared, looking at them curiously; Zhi Changsheng and his wife also came out... Immediately afterwards, the whole mansion became a paradise .For those people from the Northeast, it has been a full 14 years since "September [-]".Behind the yelling children, the couple hugged each other, looked at each other, smiled, kissed from time to time, and quietly shed tears of joy.

That night, there was a big banquet in the mansion, and the gentlemen drank a lot of wine. Ning Zheng and Zhi Changsheng, the old officers and old subordinates, were all drunk, and they hooked their shoulders and talked about the old sesame seeds and rotten grains. Ning Jun's past glory and final romance were scattered, and when it came to sadness, the two hugged each other and cried.

Cecil drank so much that her eyeballs couldn't move anymore, she grabbed Yaya with straight eyebrows and poured out her love in one sentence, Yaya who was unprepared was not embarrassed - she could drink as much as she wanted. After seeing his mother, a glass of fruit wine was already on the table, and he couldn't understand what the British boy was talking about; Longsheng's drinking capacity was unfathomable, and his expression was the same as usual. Thin quilts are covered to avoid catching cold.

Although Feng Jiu couldn't drink alcohol, she was a little drunk. She vaguely saw Long Sheng staring at Ya Ya for a while, then lifted her playful pointed chin, closed her eyes, and kissed her tenderly. On her wine-red lips.

However, the news of victory was too exciting. Fengjiu still started it in the early morning. Fortunately, Qiaozhi was at home. With her help, Fengjiu successfully gave birth to the couple's fourth child. As expected, it was another boy. Although the two were also very happy, there was still a bit of regret that couldn't be hidden in the look at each other.

Qiaozhi, a delicate person, saw the hidden thoughts of her brother and sister-in-law at a glance, hugged the newborn and smiled: "Look at how beautiful we are... Yaya will be in trouble in the future. The eldest sister will go ahead, followed by a line of guards, How grand!"

Yes, this prospect made the two of them excited again.

Ya Ya, who has always had the right to name his younger brothers, played super-level this time, and chose an extremely pleasant and traditional cultural name-"Tu Su", this kind of medicinal wine drunk on the first day of the first lunar month in ancient times, has the effect of exorcism. The effect of cold and evil spirits, I hope that from then on, China will never be trampled on by the Tartars, and it will always maintain its grandeur.

On August [-], Emperor Hirohito, Japan's biggest war criminal, delivered a speech at noon, expressing that he would abide by the "Potsdam Proclamation" and formally announce his surrender.

The Chinese people's 20-year war of resistance, which began in the 14th year of the Republic of China, ended in victory.

However, peace has not come since then, and the shadow of civil war once again enveloped the suffering China. The enemy was wiped out while the iron was hot, and the billowing smoke that was so thick that it could not be ignored finally reappeared.

On August 25th, Feng Jiu had just sat in the middle of her confinement, and Ning Zheng was teasing Tu Su with her in the room. The other family members happened to be out of the room, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.Zhi Changsheng's wife, Wen Xiuzhi, went to answer the door, and when she saw someone coming, she was instantly horrified, she put away all her smiles, and immediately dialed the phone to ask Ning Zheng to come down.

There are several people behind this person, all in black copy silk clothes and black top hat on a hot day, it looks boring.

When Liu Bing'an saw Ning Zheng, he looked a little embarrassed. After saying hello briefly, he said that he was ordered by the commissioner to invite the deputy and his wife to stay in Chengdu for a while.

When Ning Zheng just saw his former guard, he knew that there was no hope in his heart, and his heart was desolate, but he just raised a gentle smile, "Is it just us and my wife?" Liu Bing'an said awkwardly: "Yes. , Ling Qianjin, Mr. General Ji, the young British son, and your sister can all stay here. But, don’t communicate for the time being.”

"And Tu Su, don't go with us either." Feng Jiu walked over gracefully, just now she had heard the shock in Wen Xiuzhi's voice, she immediately got up and listened for a while at the stairs.

Ning Zheng turned to look at her, Feng Jiu met his gaze with warm eyes - don't worry about me, big wind and big waves, haven't we all been here these years?
Ning Zheng calculated inexplicably: the woman in front of him has been married to him for 19 years, and he saw the girl in red spinning around like a gust of wind on the ice of Wanliutang. In the never-ending turmoil, he has grown into the calm and calm appearance he is today.

When we first met, her mind was very shallow, like a transparent crystal, no matter how naughty and cunning, it was just a trick of a little girl; but now, she is like the emerald that Chinese people have loved for thousands of years, The warmth accumulated for many years is as smooth as silk, and the emerald color is not too thick or too light. When you look at it in your hands, its appearance can withstand the most rigorous tasting.

On October [-], [-], the Baijia mansion on Sanqiao South Road, Chengdu.

Feng Jiu came down from the second floor into the study room and saw Ning Zheng turned over the desk and was painting by the window. It was gloomy outside the window. Since they came to Chengdu nearly two months ago, the sky here has not been very sunny.During these years in Chongqing, in his spare time, he also followed Feng Jiu to learn to draw Chinese paintings. Feng Jiu felt that a smart person may do everything smoothly. In a few years, his paintings also have a bit of his own style. .

At this time, what he concentrated on sketching is a mountain with abundant water and grass, on which five cows are grazing; the last four must have eaten delicious food, so their expressions are upright and relaxed; but the front one is obviously huge. , The bones are stretched, but the nose is strangled with an embarrassing nose ring, staring at the tiger, and the angry nostrils seem to be spraying angry heat.

This is the work of Han Huang in the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as the red knife on the sky and the sphere in the traditional Chinese paintings-"Five Bulls". Ning Zheng singled out this painting to imitate, which shows his state of mind at this time.

Feng Jiu hugged him tightly with open arms from behind, and pressed his face against his increasingly generous back, whispering: "Ruiqing, soon, there will be a result, no matter what happens, we are together."

Ning Zheng untied her arm, turned around, and hugged her tightly, breathing in and out, full of gloom.

It was as if Feng Jiu's words had been overheard. At noon the next day, Liu Bing'an respectfully invited Ning and his wife back to Chongqing.Feng Jiu knew that the 43-day Chongqing negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had come to an end.The Military Control Bureau no longer has to worry about CCP leaders in Chongqing trying to meet with former Northeast leader Ning Zheng, so they can go back.

In fact, as early as [-], shortly after Ning Zheng’s family arrived in Chongqing, Times Criticism and Popular Life published consecutive articles on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the “September [-]th Incident” calling on Chairman Jiang to respond to Jin’s actions. It was the appeal of Yan Baichuan, Bai Jiansheng of the Guangxi line, and other Kuomintang veterans to let Ning Zheng take up an important military post and play a greater role in the war of resistance, instead of just being an insignificant director of the anti-virus department of the Military Supply Department.Unexpectedly, when Lao Jiang was interviewed by the reporter, he would casually say that it was Ning Zheng's own intention, but when the reporter found him, Ning Zheng could only keep silent.

Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu returned to the Geleshan mansion, and the children rushed forward cheering when they saw their parents, whom they hadn't seen for many days.Feng Jiu hurried upstairs to visit his poor little son Tu Su, who had to be separated from his mother only half a month after he was born, Qiaozhi hugged her happily, and kept saying that Tu Su was fine, please rest assured.

They were secretly imprisoned again, as if it had never happened. The Ning Zheng family still went to work, school, and life step by step, but everyone knew that they were monitored again, and there were plainclothes wherever they went. Following, Yaya also said that she had wanted to go to Grandma Sun's house to learn piano, but was immediately stopped by a plainclothes man who respectfully asked, "Miss Ning, go home and don't come again in the future."

Feng Jiu understands that the Chongqing negotiations are more for the United States and the Soviet Union who hope that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can coexist peacefully. After all, the Asian battlefield has just subsided, and no one wants to see the flames of war again.

But according to her understanding of the Jiang Committee, civil war is inevitable. Even if the CCP retreats again and again, trying to form a coalition government with the Kuomintang, and recognizing Jiang's "partial dictatorship," it is futile.After all, during the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang didn't even care about fighting the Japanese as much as annihilating the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. Now that he has freed up his hands, one can imagine what he will do.

Their hometown, the Northeast, is bound to become the focus of attention again—the Northeast produces half of the country's coal and steel, and has the largest arsenal. In order to attack the whole of China, the Japanese invaders did not wreak havoc on the Northeast. If the Northeast is captured, it will occupy the most favorable conditions for continuously providing logistical supplies.

The great man once said that other places can be lost, but as long as we have the Northeast, we will have a strong base that can support our army from being swallowed up.

Soon, four months after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, mainstream newspapers such as Shenbao and Wencui successively published articles such as "Respect the will of the people in the Northeast and support General Ning in governing the Northeast".

Feng Jiu obviously felt that Ning Zheng's mental state was different, although he forcibly suppressed it, he still showed some excitement.In fact, since the moment of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, which of them in the Northeast has not secretly thought that maybe they can finally return to their hometown after 14 years of absence?

Ning Zheng's old friend, Mr. Zhou, in the "Third Meeting of the Chongqing Political Consultative Conference", in order to avoid civil war, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, he clearly put forward three demands and eight supplementary demands to the Chongqing government, including letting Ning Zheng return to the Northeast. Politics, and proposed that "without the 'recklessness' of the two generals who promoted the Anti-Japanese War, there would be no National Rejuvenation Festival celebrated throughout the country today."

This sentence may have instantly raised Jiang's vigilance.

Subsequently, a large number of influential newspapers and magazines such as "Wenhui Weekly", "Chinese and Foreign Spring and Autumn", and "Seven Days Talk" published articles one after another, demanding that Ning Zheng lead his troops back to the Northeast and release General Yang's family.However, despite the turbulent public opinion, the song disappeared and the banquet ended, and there was no more content.Ning Zheng's thoughts also gradually settled down, and finally returned to normal.

Feng Jiu said to him: "'If you don't want to be strong', we don't ask him."

Ning Zheng laughed, and said that what his wife said was to have no desires or desires, let's see what else he can do.

In January [-], Ning Zheng accepted the summons and went to the Huangshan official residence to have a secret talk with Chairman Jiang.

"The Anti-Japanese War is over, but you can also see that the war with the CCP is about to begin. This negotiation is just a way to delay the attack. Recently, domestic public opinion is very loud, asking you to return to govern the Northeast. But I hope you can command a How about sending an army to expel the CCP that has taken root in the Northeast, can it be done?"

Ning Zheng frowned deeply, and it took him a long time to raise his head and calmly look at the current Supreme Commander of China who had been calculating all his life in front of him. I still say the same thing, the Chinese don’t beat the Chinese.”

"...Hmph, so many years have passed, Duan Na has changed and left China; Zhang Wenbai has changed, Li Delin has changed, and they are more and more inclined to the Communist Party. Only you, Ning Ruiqing, are stupid and true, and you are still a muscle .Okay, don’t be perfunctory, this is exactly your advantage. I listen to you. Then, I hope you leave China, go to Europe, the United States... Whatever you want, in short, don’t be here, I don’t want them to force you to order Princes."

Ning Zheng was not surprised to hear this sentence. If he really accepted Jiang's request, then he would turn pale with shock, and then perfunctory until he clearly refused.

In fact, what Jiang meant was that he was afraid that the Northeast Army, which had been disintegrated, would regroup under his call to cooperate with the CCP, thus hindering his grand plan of civil war again.

"Also, in case...you have to promise me that you will never cooperate with the CCP. Don't forget, you owe me this."

Ning Zheng was too lazy to argue with him, "What about Yang Zhongxiang? Can the committee release him?"

Jiang Boran's face changed, "You still dare to mention him?! If it wasn't for him, how could you have such determination to turn against me?! His death is not a pity, he deserved it!"

There is really very little that Ning Zheng can do.He shook hands with Jiang coldly to bid farewell. The pair of sworn brothers never saw each other again.

It is said that Jiang Zeng, who was in Taiwan in his later years, regretted not sending Ning Zheng back to the Northeast to take charge. Perhaps, the situation at that time was completely different-his complete defeat began with the loss of the Northeast.But with his heart, how could he do such a generous move?Perhaps, a person with such a heart, structure, and vision is destined not to be able to lead the country for a long time.

The once bustling city gradually became quieter, and the vast majority of "Xiangjiang people" left homesickly and took their families with them when the situation stabilized.The originally bustling streets became empty, restaurants, dance halls, movie theaters... a large number of them poured out, Wu Nong's soft language, difficult Hokkien dialect, Shanxi-Shan dialect with frequent repetitions, humorous Northeast dialect... dialects from all over the world gradually It is becoming more and more difficult to hear, but there are still some foreigners who stay here and regard Chongqing, which has provided them with shelter for many years in the cruel war, as their hometown.

Just after the Spring Festival in the 35th year of the Republic of China, the family carried simple luggage, and Ning Zheng held Tusu in his arms. They were standing on the bank of the Chuqimen River, looking at the Haitang Creek opposite.Four and a half years ago, they set foot on the steps of this mountain city from here.

The stream winds and flows north into the Yangtze River.At this time, it was drizzling, light smoke mixed with mist, transpiration, layer upon layer, like a dream, covering the winding ravines, arch bridges, long stone steps, and several stilted buildings without haste people on the road.

There are a large number of begonias planted by the stream, among which are the Xifu begonias that are common in Fengtian. Each of them blooms in the misty rain, like shy and timid beauties who are trying new makeup for the first time, with a graceful figure. Reflected on the stream, there are endless ways of beauty and charm, secluded and hidden.

This famous "Begonia Misty Rain" is also a famous beauty on the south bank of the mountain city. It is no regret to see it again before leaving.They finally moved, got on the ferry, crossed the Haitang Creek, and took a flight to Jiangbei Airport. They hugged and cherished each other with tears in Qiaozhi who insisted on staying.

Because of the weather, the visibility was low, and the plane made several turns over Chongqing before heading west, as if reluctantly saying goodbye.

Farewell, our motherland.Hope this is only temporary.

Three years later, ten days before the liberation of Chongqing, General Yang Zhongxiang, his youngest son, youngest daughter, and secretary Song Qiyun's family of eight were secretly murdered by Lao Jiang in the field outside the Zhazi Cave in Gele Mountain. , Even the "little carrot head" Song Zhenzhong who was only eight years old was not spared.

"The mountains and rivers in the northwest are high and long, how can a man stay in his hometown..."

This patriotic general who was born as a swordsman in Shaanxi failed to wait for the dawn he was looking forward to.

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Ning Zheng's family arrived in the United States, and their lives were on the right track.

Originally, when they first arrived in the United States, both Ning Zheng and Fengjiu were very cash-strapped, because almost all their money was donated to the Anti-Japanese War.Ning Zheng originally planned to bite the bullet and borrow some money from his father-in-law and brother-in-law to fight in the stock market, but Yin Yage didn't give him this chance.

It turned out that before the "Xi'an Incident", he who had been in charge of purchasing arms still had a sum of money in his hand that had not been touched, and it had been kept in the bank. Yin Yage didn't dare to give it to Feng Jiu, for fear that the wife would donate it again.Only then did Ning Zheng and his wife feel at ease.

When Tu Su was just one year old, Feng Jiu went to Harvard to study for a Ph.D., but did not continue to study comparative literature. Instead, he studied under the famous Sinologist Fei Zhengqing and worked as a research project at the East Asian Cultural Research Center under his leadership. ——Probably because during those years when Ning Zheng was imprisoned, she also accompanied her to read "History of Ming Dynasty" and "History of Tang Dynasty", and reaching middle age is the turning point of a person from "external vision to introspection". Bong-koo became more and more interested in the history of his country.

Ning Zheng admires his wife's persistence - she has finally realized her girlhood dream, and she can be said to do what she says.

After Fengjiu graduated, he was hired as a lecturer at Columbia University. Because of his outstanding achievements in Sinology research, he was hired as a tenured professor in just six years.She then began flying around as a visiting professor at Sinology Institutes, Asian or East Asian studies centers at prestigious universities across the United States.

The reason why Feng Jiu declined his mentor’s invitation to stay at Harvard was because of irreconcilable academic differences between them—Professor Fei believed that it was the invasion of Western whites that forced old China to modernize a little bit. This kind of academic orientation is full of Western racial superiority and excuses for persecutors, and intentionally or unintentionally severing the natural "parent-child" relationship between modern times and pre-ancient times, making modern China a rootless tree and a sourceless spring. Finally, this pair of teachers and students who had a good relationship had to part ways. [3. Chen Youbing; American Sinology Studies ([-]) [J/OL];
In the 50s, anti-communist and anti-leftist "McCarthyism" began to prevail in the United States, suppressing dissidents, making whistleblowers popular, and framing people... He was suspicious of everything related to China, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. Feng Jiu had quit academia for many years because of this.Later, this kind of unhealthy trend gradually receded, and she continued to study Chinese history.

Feng Jiu highly respects the approach of Mr. Ge Kunhua, the first former official of the fifth rank of the Qing Dynasty to teach at Harvard. Every time he attends classes, he wears clothes that are not only in line with the theme of the lecture, but also suitable for his own identity and age in various historical periods in China. Clothes—Of course, these exquisite costumes were all made for her by Qiu Sheng.Fengjiu laments that Qiusheng's unique skills are not known to the world, and has repeatedly suggested that she start her own clothing company, but Qiusheng said that in her life, she only wants to make clothes for the girl and her relatives--a deep love for the rich Chinese culture. With strong self-confidence, coupled with rich and detailed teaching content and skilled skills, Fengjiu's courses have become popular recommended courses by various universities once they are launched.

Fengjiu took advantage of the innate advantages of the Chinese people, and quickly made a name for himself in the American Sinology circle, which is full of talents.Whenever Sinologists from all over the world hold annual meetings, Ms. Ning Tang Fengjiu is often very quiet. Everyone knows that this is because there are no topics that interest her.

If someone's question happens to arouse Ms. Ning's fighting spirit, her eyes, beautiful enough to "light a coachman's pipe", will light up immediately, and then she will undo the iconic small square scarf tied around her neck. Open, tied to the thin white wrist, with the same famous phoenix bracelet, and ready to fight, so the other sinologists watching will be inexplicably excited - they will soon hear a wonderful academic debate.

A doctoral student who admired her once commented on his supervisor: she is so beautiful that there is no need to be so knowledgeable; she is so knowledgeable that being so beautiful seems to be a waste.

Celebrities have many eccentricities. Madam Ning also has a very well-known habit in the Sinology circle, which is her teaching assistant: During her 21 years of teaching, other professors may have changed how many assistants; but she has always had only one fixed person. , who was older than her, happened to be Chinese, and also happened to have the surname Ning. It was only later that everyone realized that this handsome man with a slender figure and a military look despite his age was her husband.

It is said that Mrs. Ning was very reluctant to report to the school at the beginning, applying for her husband as an assistant. Originally, the East Asian Institute of Columbia University did not agree, but later some faculty members who are very familiar with China were surprised to find that this Mr. Wei Ning has done a lot of research on "History of the Ming Dynasty", not to mention that he was the number two figure in Chinese politics for more than ten years, so he must be responsible for many secrets of modern Chinese history.

This bait tickled the hearts of the professors in the research institute, so they passed the qualification review of Assistant Professor Ning without saying a word.

Ning Zheng insisted on condescending to be his wife's teaching assistant, of course there was a reason for it - he followed him to a class, and immediately found that most of the boys were staring at his wife obsessively.Ning Zheng, who has always been rumored to be the reincarnation of a jealous vat, can't bear this. Although Feng Jiu is middle-aged, his charm is better than before.

That's okay, Ning Zheng immediately put aside the matter of following Bao Buqu to speculate in stocks - Bao Buqu appeared at their door when Dr. Feng Jiu just graduated, and everyone was shocked. Ya's "Uncle Bao" is a frequent visitor to their house again - Ning Zheng has become his wife's teaching assistant, wishing he could carry his schoolbag to school every day, not to mention being more motivated.

If anything else, the one thing he never misses is the first class of each term, and he's very amused to have the front row all to himself.He likes to see his bookish, bamboo-like wife in the wind stepping briskly towards the podium, gouging himself out calmly, and then using her middle-aged, still elegant and pleasant The voice introduced itself: "Good morning everyone! I am Ning Tang Fengjiu."

Ning Tang Fengjiu, tsk tsk, what a nice name, there is no better name in the world, right?Right!
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The Tang family is a big family. During the war, many people went to the United States, and their contacts with each other increased day by day.In the 60s, some elders in the west of the United States proposed to hold a "Tang Clan Conference". After some preparations, the conference was held in the "Fuchun Pavilion" in San Francisco, which can accommodate hundreds of people. Participants from all over the world There are more than five hundred people.

After all, the Tang family is a collection of poems and books, and Feng Jiugui is the most representative professor with a tenured teaching position in a world-renowned liberal arts college, so she was pushed up by the elders of the clan and asked her to "look back on the past" and publicize it Take a look at the glory of the Tang family since ancient times, and let the younger generation see that the Tang family is full of talents and heroes, so the younger generations need to be more self-restraining, self-cultivating, and governing the world.

As a scholar, Fengjiu sees Tian'er immersed in the vast ocean of knowledge, and the more he learns, the more he feels ignorant. There are four kinds of people's cognitions about themselves and the world: the first one, knowing that they know; The second is knowing that you don’t know; the third is not knowing that you know; the fourth is not knowing that you don’t know.

The fourth type will naturally create all living beings who are "ignorant and fearless", and Feng Jiu thinks he is in the second type.

The vast majority of scholars have their own humble nature, and they don't like bragging and flattery, which is also the consensus of the intellectual circles.

But Zong Lao mentioned it, Fengjiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go up. As she walked up, she wondered what to say, and suddenly remembered that a well-learned person had also been playful in a public place Without losing the appropriate speech, she said in a soothing tone: "Our Tang family." Speaking of this, she first distracted herself to take care of the mood of the gentleman on the left - Ning Zheng's "Republic of China First Class" The title "General" is really scary, so even if he was reluctant, he was invited to sit on the stage-after all, her employee card at Columbia University always read "Ning Tang Feng Jiu", but in order to meet the situation, she had to give the first one first. Although Ning Zheng was a little annoyed when the surname was removed, he had to hold back and listen to his wife's nonsense:
"The prosperous Tang Dynasty is named after our surname; overseas Chinese settlements have always been called 'Chinatown'; there are many heroic and invincible ancestors of the Tang family, and there are so many of them. Just mentioning it briefly, there is--'Ancient Five Emperors Tang Yao', Song Dynasty There are five "Wuzhi Tangmen" who are upright and upright Yushi, Tang Yin, a master of calligraphy and painting, and Tang Tingshu, a leader in the Westernization Movement..." It sounds very true, but there is no moth about Fengjiu, but tightly clasped On the topic, Uncle Tang, Tang Du, and Big Brother Tang all nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at the elders of the Tang family, all of whom smoothed their beards and smiled, complacent, looking proud.

But soon the topic changed, and what happened next was not quite right, "There is also the 'Tang Monk' who can subdue the magical Monkey King by reciting the magic spell, and the knight who fought against the windmill in Spain' Don Quixote'......... In addition, there is also Disney's 'Donald Duck' which is popular all over the world... Our Tang family can be said to be magnificent, high-quality, talented, and glorious ancestors hahahaha, uh ..."

The hundreds of clan members below were stunned for a moment, and then roared with laughter.

Half-truth, half-fake, half-serious and half-humorous, she didn't show off the face of the elder Zong who proposed, but also took care of her status as a scholar who should be respectful and respectful. She was not vain, humbled, and took care of all aspects. The elder Zong was not easy to talk to her Really angry... This has become a good story that has been passed down for many years.

After leaving the Fuchun Pavilion, Ning Zheng looked at her with a smile, and stretched out his hand to scratch the bridge of her nose, "After so many years, how can you still be so naughty?"

Feng Jiu leaned her head on his shoulder, "It's not something you're used to."

The five people who came out couldn't take it anymore, "Old couple, don't act like this every day, okay?"

The one who spoke was Ya Ya, who was already in her forties. She had already completed her Ph.D. degree from MIT, and she was majoring in computer science, which required an absolutely outstanding mathematical mind.Less than ten years after graduation, I started my own company, selling products related to information security such as computer encryption algorithms and digital signature schemes. The customers I face are major banks and other companies that require high confidentiality of communication information. The company is known as the leader in the information security industry.

Ever since I saw the difference engine in England when I was a child, and then read the works of the computer grandmother Ida, who would have thought that she would have such a strong interest in the complicated and clumsy automatic calculation at such a young age, and planned to make a contribution to it? What about the struggle for life?

Walking next to her was a tall man who looked like Tang Fengxian and laughed at her with his hands on his mouth: "It seems like where is the elder sister? You are in front of your older brother, isn't it the same?" A handsome boy next to her Following the booing, another star-like man tugged at his neck, telling him to calm down so that he would not be beaten for a while.

The one who spoke was An An, who had been at odds with her since she was a child. The other two were naturally Tu Su and Tan Buer. Buer quickly retracted his head.

"Hey, sister, I came back after a long time, and it's fine if I don't say a few nice words, but you still dare to mislead me?" She nodded, "It's me, the eldest sister, who is not well-bred to let you be so presumptuous... "Yaya then nimbly killed the two men, stretched out her hand and twisted the ear of one of them, the movement has been tempered and practiced, so that they all bent over, begging for forgiveness.

"Okay, it's almost done." A gentle voice came in, it was Long Sheng who had been quiet all this time.He is the financial director of his wife and the general manager of the company. He graduated from the Stanford Wharton School of Business. Fengjiu never thought that his adopted son would be interested in doing business. Later, Long Sheng told her that Ya Ya's temper was tough, and that She seemed to be subservient to others, and I'm afraid he could only be his own boss; then he had to learn how to do business, lest she be cheated again.

Tears welled up in Fengjiu's eyes, saying that you never let go of your mother's infatuation, and learned everything.

Long Sheng smiled faintly: "Godmother, it is my blessing to be able to guard her all the time."

... Well, what kind of pot matches what kind of cover, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer.

At the beginning, because Yaya insisted not to follow in his footsteps to Stanford after coming to the United States, the two had an awkward fight for a while.After Yaya patiently told him the reasons for wanting to go to Mari, he reluctantly accepted.

Unexpectedly, it was Yaya who regretted it later, always thinking of calling Longsheng, and would not let go of it for a long time, and it was her who was jealous at every turn, but Longsheng adapted well.

As for the love history between the two of them who thought it would be a matter of course, but actually had constant turmoil, it was another memory that made people smile knowingly.

Cecil stayed in the United States for another two years, and finally returned to England in frustration, but it would be a big mistake to think that he would stop there and not go to the United States again.This son of a nobleman later became a well-known Shakespeare actor and had his own troupe, performing all over the world. He was also the first troupe to perform in China after the restoration of diplomatic relations with the West.

No one would have thought that the shy Tanbuer actually liked acting. Four years after barely finishing his major in electronics, he went to England and joined his brother Ruoyu. The younger sister of Cecil's wife, and became brother-in-law with Cecil, this made the iron-blooded Ning Zheng so angry that he was not allowed to enter the house for several years, and the relationship was eased until he had a grandson.

Hey, what is unpredictable...

An An also followed in the footsteps of her brother-in-law, went to business school, followed Uncle Bao to manage a fund company with oil options as the target on Wall Street; For military-related projects, he obeyed obediently.

Even though Ning Zheng is in the United States, he always pays attention to the domestic situation.

When he saw that the People's Liberation Army, which had just finished fighting the civil war, was exhausted, ragged, and equipped with all kinds of equipment. In the "Korean War", it did not show any weakness against the strong and powerful United Nations Army. It destroyed the reputation of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur I, After dejectedly stepping down, he nodded to Feng Jiu, pointed to the report on the "Battle of Changjin Lake" in American newspapers that was so heroic and tragic that it could not be described in words, and said: "Look, it still has to be the 'Red Army'. Convinced? This is called invincible."

Ning Zheng is always willing to call the CCP's army the "Red Army", which represents his respect for his former opponent.

Looking at the report, Fengjiu imagined that in South Hamgyong Province at -[-] degrees below zero, the figure of a small volunteer soldier wearing a tattered thin cotton-padded jacket and running quickly with a gun, his eyes finally fell on the little soldier who was frozen into an ice sculpture in the newspaper Looking at the photo, Ning Zheng couldn't help crying, Ning Zheng quickly hugged her, patted her on the back lightly, and wet his eyes.

..............................

Time flies, and almost 20 years have passed.

Among the several concubines back then, Mrs. Shou and the youngest sixth aunt went to Taiwan, while the fourth aunt stayed in the mainland, and they all disappeared without a word.

Even during the war, he never forgot to bring things to Ning Zheng who was imprisoned. He always missed his elder sister of the Ning family. Not so happy.After the founding of New China, Mr. Zhou learned of her recent situation, so he sent someone to take her to Beijing. After a few years of stable life, it was a pity that he passed away not long after.

Stubborn and upright Ning Hongsi, as the founder of the new Chinese navy, failed to survive the well-known catastrophe and passed away in 1970 with regret.

His wife, Feng Ling, has become an outstanding electronic technology expert in New China. She has a very high level of secrecy, so she was not able to go to the United States to meet her sister and brother-in-law's family until she retired for many years and completely declassified.Together with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law Ning Zheng, she has been carefully raising three children, and they have all become very promising people.

The eldest sister with outstanding talents was an early member and backbone of the CCP, and was finally promoted to the deputy state level. Unfortunately, she has been in poor health. She regards Fengling's three children as her own children, and has always been bitter about not being able to preserve Hongsi. Huai, I like to look at the photos of the Ning family brought by Feng Jiu's trustees. There are father, elder brother's family and Feng Jiu's family on it. It looks endless and smiling.

Qiaozhi has never been married. She is the most famous obstetrician and gynecologist in New China. She is famous all over the world. After the 80s, she can often meet with her brother and sister-in-law during meetings in the United States.

Qiao Xin surprised people by marrying Duan Yuhao who had been rejected for marriage, and has always lived a harmonious life with a lot of children and grandchildren.

In [-], Chairman Jiang passed away in Taiwan, and his coffin was temporarily housed in the Cihu Mausoleum in Taoyuan, without landing. The scenery here is very similar to his hometown in Fenghua, Zhejiang.

Feng Jiu knew that Ning Zheng had hope in his heart again, but he didn't want to become the flashpoint of the dispute between the opposing sides of the strait.Not long after, Xiao Jiang, who hadn't heard from him for many years, seemed to hear his heart, and immediately sent a telegram to Ning Zheng: "Is the master planning to write a memoir by hand? Can the old friend's wish come true?"

After all, let it go.

Ning Zheng didn't send any elegiac couplets, but Feng Jiu only saw that he wrote one in his study, which was a copy of the famous elegiac couplet that a certain controversial literati gave to Mr. Da——

"Enemy? Friend? Yu Wei asked himself."

"Prison me, sin me, the public is speechless."

After carefully looking at it from top to bottom, Ning Zheng, who is over seventy years old, calmly tore off the elegiac couplet and threw it into the wastebasket at his feet.

On January [-], [-], Mr. Zhou, a great man of a generation, passed away due to illness. He spent his life full of heavy work to fulfill his promise of "devotion to the Chinese people, and die only after death".When the bad news came, Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng led the children to pay homage to the east, mourning this old friend who had always cared about them.

The second elder brother, Ning Cheng, died in 40. At that time, his body could no longer bear the long-distance travel, just like Tang Fenglin who could not wait for her most beloved little sister, Feng Jiu. Ning Chengkong waited for the third brother for [-] years. Finally passed away with regret.Mr. Mei's second son, Shaowu, who has been with him for many years, sent an elegiac couplet:

"The old man with blue eyes kindly expressed his dissatisfaction,

The saddest thing is that there are still people who have not returned when flying geese. "

A confidant, all understand the infinite regret in his heart.

Fortunately, the children are lucky. There is a harmonious relationship between a large group of cousins ​​and cousins. Yaya, Longsheng and Tang Fengxian are not bitter and not salty. The two children are particularly close. They frequently shuttle between China and the United States, investing, helping students, giving lectures, and doing their best for the motherland.

Bao Buqu began to return to China to visit relatives as early as the 70s, and became the first batch of well-known overseas Chinese businessmen who invested heavily in their hometown after the reform and opening up.

At the age of 55, he officially moved into the home of Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu with a suitcase. Ning Zheng asked angrily, "What's the matter, don't you want to trouble the widow?"

Bao Buqu is also strange. After returning to the United States, he had several relationships with wealthy widows. One of them was even engaged, but died unexpectedly within a few days. This caused Bao Buqu to never think about getting married again.

Bao Buqu didn't care, and said triumphantly: "The widow is good, it's more worry-free than the little girl, don't need to coax."

However, since living with the couple, he has never been in love again.

He once took Ning Zheng into Wall Street, and announced in high spirits that he wanted to "earn Yankee money", and he did it.

One of the pleasures of Ning Zheng in his spare time is to fly his wife and old friends to the sky in Bao Buqu's private jet. The Ya Ya who came sat on the ground and cried loudly, and asked her father to swear on the spot that she would never fly the plane again.Ning Zheng looked at his wife who had cut his knee and arm, and his old friend who had lost a tooth, so he could only obediently surrender.

........................

Bao Buqu nearly choked to death on a piece of rice cake when he was 83 years old.

How old is Feng Jiu? His mind is clearer and his movements are more agile. He made a quick decision and stuffed the long nozzle of the vacuum cleaner deep into his throat. He turned on the third gear, and the piece of rice cake that caused trouble was sucked out immediately, so as not to cause trouble. Bao Buqu suffered from dementia, brain death, and even death due to prolonged suffocation.

Of course, he had to act in a hurry, and it was inevitable that his throat would be broken at the same time, which made him suffer a lot.

Later, at the age of 91, he didn’t escape this time. He died of complications of diabetes: gangrene, his feet were so festered that he didn’t look like it. How about eating and controlling your blood sugar?

He stared at Ning Zheng angrily: Although he could no longer speak, his angry eyes still seemed to be questioning—why couldn’t you die before me? You are almost ninety, and you can live enough In the long run, it's almost enough. How long are you going to bully her? !
Ning Zheng, who already suffered from autonomic disorder, shook his hands, let out a long sigh, and said helplessly, "In the next life, we will compete fairly, and I will definitely not play tricks."

Bao Buyi's cloudy old eyes finally shone with brilliance: After a lifetime of suffering, I finally heard you, an old man, say these words yourself.Small sample, if you want to compete face to face with real swords and guns, I may not lose to you, remember me, little thief!

Ning Zheng understood, and Zheng nodded.

Feng Jiu stepped forward and kissed his brow lightly.

Bao Buqu let out a soft "ho", looking at the woman he had loved for nearly 70 years with nostalgia, no regrets.In his life, outsiders seem to be alone. Even if the wealth is all over the city, so what, he left a will and donated it to his hometown for education. Relevant outsiders have no right to comment.

As a result, An Ran passed away forever.

Someone came from the old Bao's family in Guangzhou and wanted to take the ashes back to the ancestral grave for burial. What should Bao Buqu do if he didn't explain his funeral before his death? He took it for granted, so what?Of course, they still live next door to the couple.

Feng Jiu took advantage of this loophole.Fengjiu had her own ideas. She couldn't bear to leave her hometown for most of her life and finally buried her in another country, so she agreed to the request of Bao's family. Bao Buyi, a patriotic wealthy businessman, finally returned to his hometown.

In [-], Xiao Jiang, who was a few years younger than Ning Zheng, did not survive him and died in Taipei.

Even before his death, Zai Naifu never forgot to warn him not to relax the surveillance, and carefully let the tiger go back to the mountain. The death of the loyal executor of Chairman Jiang's orders finally set Ning Zheng completely free.But the physical condition of him and Fengjiu no longer allowed them to return to their hometown thousands of miles away, especially Fengjiu—the month-long migration in Zhongtiao Mountain actually damaged her health.

With the help of the staff at Columbia University's Oral History Center, he began to leave the truth about this part of Chinese history that he personally experienced, and spent five years in fits and starts.The head of Columbia's Center for Asian Studies is to be applauded for having the foresight to seize such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

A staff member once asked him curiously: "What is your greatest wish?"

"The motherland is unified!" Ning Zheng replied without hesitation.

"What kind of image do you most hope to remain in the hearts of the world?"

"Patriotic!" Ning Zheng said firmly.

"What do you like everyone to call you?"

"Principal Fengda!" Ning Zheng's voice was like a bell.

"What's the most annoying thing?"

"Young commander." Ning Zheng frowned, as if he didn't even like to say it, Feng Jiu snickered beside him.

Today, the Oral History Center of Columbia University only accepts ten people a day for in-situ borrowing of these tapes and dictation materials, and photography, photocopying and recording are not allowed.

In [-], Ning Zheng celebrated his [-]th birthday.

Relatives and friends who came from all over the world, Northeast Lecture Hall, Bong University students, and veteran subordinates of the Northeast Army filled the huge banquet hall to the brim.

When he supported Feng Jiu's hand and walked slowly into the banquet hall, the voices of "Hello Principal! Hello Commander! Hello Commander! Hello Deputy!" made people return to that high-spirited era in a trance.

He saw Ke Weili and Wen Xiuwei, his old subordinates who came to the United States every two years to visit. This Hong Kong justice of the peace has always been respectful in front of his old boss all his life.

He was full of pride, and casually recited a few lines of poetry:
"I am not afraid of death, I am not greedy for money, and my husband is never pitiful.

A man who stands upright and stands upright, he has been upright and bright for the rest of his life. "

Feng Jiu himself passed away peacefully at the age of 95.

In the last few years of their lives, both husband and wife became a little confused, and became indifferent to the world around them. Instead, they lived more and more, and finally lived in their own old world, speaking in Fengtian dialect , It's all the past when they were young, they couldn't tell Zi Chou Yin Mao, only the other party was seen in each other's eyes.

"Nine" is the number of extreme yang, and one is short of it to achieve perfection.

"Nine-nine plus one-nine, the cattle are walking all over the place. Jiuer, do you still remember the 'Nine Songs' in the Northeast? This place is so good, it doesn't even have four seasons." Ning Zheng muttered, expressing his disapproval over and over again. The dissatisfaction of a place like Hawaii with extremely indistinct seasons, in fact, if it wasn’t for his high blood pressure, they wouldn’t have to move to this place; of course, another reason is that there are not many Chinese in Hawaii—they don’t want to always meet For curious compatriots.

Feng Jiu's health was getting worse and worse. She knew it well, and said to Ning Zheng when she was awake: "Oh, it's useless. I wanted to make up the whole thing and live to a hundred, so as to save the child." We can’t remember how old our great grandma and grandma lived... If I leave first, we won’t commit suicide—you believe in God, and you have to wait for his call.”

Ning Zheng, who had just passed his [-]th birthday, was amused by her as usual, and quickly withdrew his smile, responding to her with a half-smile: "I believe in God because of you; what do I want him to do when you are gone?" ?”

Feng Jiu didn't answer, and fell into a coma again.For the past two days, she has been in this state, the doctor told Yaya that it is just now.

Ning Zheng continued nagging without giving up—who would have imagined that it wasn't her but him who nagged more and more as she got older.However, there is one thing that he still has to ask, although it is difficult to ask, "Jiu'er, in the next life, if I reborn as the son of a warlord, I won't bother you anymore; otherwise, I will find you again." You, I want to spend the rest of my life with you, okay?"

"Not good." The old lady who had been unconscious for a long time suddenly woke up, her mind was clear, she grinned with difficulty, and smiled at him mischievously, her eyes were still as clear and blue as a child's. Ning Zheng seemed to see through her eyes again. The shimmering light of the Sili River in Zhaoling, my hometown, "Even if you are reborn as the son of a warlord, I will still marry you."

Ning Zheng trembled uncontrollably, "Really, Qingqing? Is it really possible?" His long snow-white eyebrows twitched, and the withered hands holding Feng Jiu also played the lute.

"Of course, who am I, Ning Tang Fengjiu? .The nearly eighty-year-old Yaya nodded without hesitation, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Fengjiu's heart is relieved, their Yaya, so smart, so outstanding, will always fulfill their parents' wishes.

She exhaled her last breath contentedly, with a smile on her lips, and slowly closed her eyes.

"'Jiuli Fengtian Fengwuyan, a fairy came out'... Qingqing, don't leave me, I can't do it without you..." Ning Zheng put on a stiff face, slowly buried her still warm hands, and muttered softly with.

Surrounding their eldest daughter, son-in-law, youngest son, daughter-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters, grandchildren, great-granddaughters, great-grandchildren, and great-granddaughters who rushed back from all over the world have already burst into tears.

Their other two sons, Tambur and An An, died of illness ten and four years ago respectively.

A month later, on the busy streets of Hawaii, a skinny old man with age spots on his face suddenly raised his head and said to the nurse who was pushing him, "Where is this? Wrong way! I want to go back to the Northeast! That's my hometown... ...Jiu'er has gone back, and she doesn't even wait for me!"

Suddenly he said: "I was wrong, back then, I was really wrong...Jiu'er, tell me, folks in the Northeast, do you forgive me?" With a thumb like dry wood, he unconsciously drew circles, and whispered: "Father, will you forgive me?"

"Of course, you made up for everything later. The people in Northeast China will understand what you did." The Chinese nurse in her 40s had already been told how to deal with it by Mrs. Ji. She was a little impatient, took a break, and looked very professional. Cope with the same.The wife went to change the medicine for the father.

"...I want to go back to the Northeast, I want to find Jiu'er... Old Bao, that old thing, go first. He is many years younger than me, so he must run faster than me... And that Wei Yuanhua, who is younger, She looks so handsome...I'm anxious, I'm anxious..."

Ning Zheng, who lived to be an old man of the century, passed away in a sane state two days later, despite refusing to eat and infusion.

Ning Zheng, as the leader of the Northeast Army, and as the ruler of the Northeast who succeeded Ning, half of the history of the Republic of China was condensed in him.In his magnificent life, he has lived out dozens of times the height, breadth and thickness of ordinary people. His merits and demerits are full of wind and sand, and he will leave it to future generations to comment.

A well-known Taiwanese historian, critic, and writer once commented: "General Ning is a national hero. The greatest thing about him is that he could have been the king of the Northeast, but he loved China—the Northeast has the capital of independence, That is a territory 36 times larger than Taiwan, but he refused to be independent. His father died for this. He himself gave up everything he owned, including the army, family property, and all the glory for the sake of China's sovereignty, independence and dignity Wealthy."

In the second year, 76-year-old Ning Yanqiao and her husband Ji Tailai returned to Northeast China for the second time. They first entered the country from Guangzhou and went to Xi'an to worship the tombs of Ji Songling and Wu Meilan. After the person in charge discussed the matter of moving the grave next time, he returned to the northeast slowly all the way.

They learned the lesson from the last time, and instead of alarming the local government, they quietly returned to Shenyang.

On the first day, regardless of the tiredness of the journey, Ji Tailai was carrying a schoolbag on his shoulders, and he didn't know what was bulging inside. They went straight to the Marshal's Mansion, and bought tickets to visit like two ordinary tourists.

As soon as they entered, they saw a new statue of a general, "Like it?" Ya Ya asked.

"Like, he looks like a father." Long Sheng nodded affirmatively.

"It looks like it to me, and it's quite caring." Yaya nodded happily.

Following the flow of people, they looked around carefully, and sometimes listened to the explanations of several young female guides with sweet voices, all wearing silver-white down-sleeve tops and black pleated skirts during the May Fourth Movement, talking with their mothers. After comparing the words they told them from childhood to adulthood, they confirmed with great satisfaction that the collection and arrangement of documents in the Shuaifu Museum is quite informative.

They whispered, "This is the place my mother said I lived when I was born. Hey, is this the bed where you insist on looking at my hands and feet?"

"It's a long time ago. Little Japan has made a lot of troubles here, saying that it wants to destroy the Feng Shui of Lao Ning's house. This is all restored... However, the first time we met, it should be in this bedroom."

"Oh yes, that's what happened."

"This is the Tiger Hall? No wonder Mother said she was scared when she came in, and I felt panicky too." Yaya shrank her neck.

"Back then, one of the two tigers was given to Tongze Middle School by my father, and the other was missing. Later, when the Shuaifu Museum opened, it was openly solicited from the public, but there was no news of it..."

Yaya and Longsheng looked at the place where their father executed two of their grandfather's cronies, and they felt very uncomfortable-they had lived in peace for too long.

Thinking of his father's experience of so many bloody storms, Lei Zhenjiutian, he couldn't help feeling sorry for him; but thinking of the fact that most of the time, his mother was there to comfort him, and he felt lucky for his father.

Early the next morning, they left the hotel gate together.

Although Ya Ya is so old, she still drives the car in the United States, so in Shenyang, driving is no problem.

She rented an ordinary black Chinese car in advance, drove all the way to the south bank of the Hun River, opened her backpack, took out the white pottery urn she brought back from thousands of miles away, and said: "I brought you back yesterday. Are you happy to leave your hometown?"

Yaya then opened the lid, mixed the ashes of her parents who had already mixed together, and slowly sprinkled handfuls of the ashes of her parents, which were always called "giant current" in the mouths of her parents. He Zhong, the mother of the Liaoning people, seems to always refer to "Shenyang" as "Fengtian".

That's why when Fengjiu was alive, she agreed to someone from the Bao family in Guangzhou to take Bao Buyi's ashes back, because she and Ning Zheng had already planned to sleep peacefully here.

Ya Ya and Long Sheng also knew that Uncle Xu Yong, who passed away in the 80s, returned to his hometown from Taiwan last year and was buried in Longquan Ancient Garden.

But parents, they don't want to have a mausoleum for future generations to look up to; their outlook on life and death is more open-minded.There is nothing else to wish for except thinking that if there is an afterlife, they will be together.

Long Sheng hugged her from behind and helped her support the clay pot in her hand.

Gray and white ashes fluttered in the morning wind, some fell on the grass blades, some on the petals of wild flowers, and more slowly fell on the river surface—mixed with dew, mixed with soil, or soon mixed with river water Miscible, suddenly disappeared.

Ya Ya’s ears sounded the words that her mother said dreamily in the last years: “Ya Ya, when you get back there, just throw us at random... Will the squirrels chew on the fallen pine cones? If it is on the grass stalk, will the hare chew it? If it is on the bug, will it be pecked by the pheasant? If it falls in the giant river, the fish will swallow it? This is good, how good it is..."

Ninety thousand miles... Nine thousand miles... Nine hundred miles... Nine miles, until there is no distance - even if you cross thousands of mountains and rivers, wading through dangerous rapids, wanderers far away will eventually return to their beloved hometown.

Yaya and Longsheng looked at each other—they had stayed together and loved each other for a lifetime—in a daze, they seemed to have turned back into two little dolls again, as if they heard the familiar and brisk laughter of their young parents again.

All gone.

Ning Zheng and Tang Fengjiu, the Fengtian couple who left a deep impression on China's modern history, finally returned to their haunted hometown in this most Chinese way after nearly 80 years away from their hometown.

Their long-cherished wish was fulfilled, and finally merged with countless heroic spirits who sacrificed for the independence and liberation of the bullied motherland, protecting my hometown and my country, majestic and eternal in the east.

And the giant river of time will never stop for anyone, it is still rushing forward forever.

[The main bibliography of this book is——Wang Haichen, Hu Yuhai; The Complete Biography of Zhang Xueliang with the Feelings of the Century [M]; Guangdong People's Publishing House, People's Publishing House; 2001-12]
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