Chapter 71 Section VIII

In the afterglow of the evening, Zhang Lei sat on the climbing building of the college and played the harmonica. The tune he played was "Farewell" written by Master Hongyi. Liu Xiaofei and He Xiaoyu sat behind him. He Xiaoyu sang softly to the melody of the harmonica: "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, The grass is green and the sky is green; The sound of the willow flute is left behind by the evening wind, Sunset outside the mountains. The end of the sky, the end of the sea, half-hearted acquaintances; A jug of turbid wine fills the rest of the fun,

Don't dream cold tonight. ..." Ethereal singing knocks on the gates of heaven. The sound of Zhang Lei's harmonica gradually weakened. As he looked at the vast mountains in the distance, tears slowly flowed out of his sunken eye sockets.In a week, he lost a lot of weight.The originally sharp-edged face looked even more hard as a rock. The harmonica was sent by Fang Zijun to He Xiaoyu, and a note from her: "This is left by your brother, you should keep it." Not signed. Zhang Lei is very familiar with this harmonica. He started learning the harmonica with his brother at that time.

Their brothers have been versatile since they were young, and they are stars in the eyes of girls no matter in the compound or in school.Zhang Lei admired his elder brother very much. His elder brother was so outstanding that he couldn't tolerate the fact that his elder brother fell in love with girls when he was a boy, and even thought of various ways to destroy it.Because he felt that such a girl was not good enough for his brother, and his brother belonged to the kind of perfect girl that only appeared in novels... Yes, Fang Zijun is such a girl. Only she is worthy of her brother. But my brother died, in the depths of the tropical jungle.

Leaving her broken heart wandering in the world. My brother is gone, really gone. Zhang Lei closed his eyes, letting the tears flow down. Liu Xiaofei put his hand on his shoulder. Zhang Lei didn't look back, but just turned back and held his hand: "I'm fine." "We are still together." Liu Xiaofei said hoarsely, "We are brothers." Zhang Lei nodded. He Xiaoyu also reached out and put his hand on theirs: "We are brothers too." Zhang Lei smiled, and tears flowed out again. "Kowtow to brother." Liu Xiaofei said. The three got up, and Zhang Lei put the harmonica on the edge of the building in the south.

He Xiaoyu took out a pack of soft Zhonghua: "Sister Zijun told me that your brother likes to smoke this cigarette the most." Zhang Lei nodded, opened the cigarette, took out one and lit it, and inserted it into the crack in the brick in front of the harmonica. Liu Xiaofei also lit one and put it next to Zhang Lei's cigarette. Even He Xiaoyu, who never smoked, lit one and stuck it on the other side of Zhang Lei's cigarette. The three smoke curled up with blue mist, rising in the afterglow, blending into one with the green hills in the background. The military caps were all taken off, and the three of them put the general caps beside them, and slowly knelt down.

"Brother, we kowtow to you." Zhang Lei said. "Brother, Zhang Lei and I will be brothers from now on, we will never be separated regardless of life or death!" Liu Xiaofei said solemnly. "Brother, I kowtow to you for Sister Zijun..." He Xiaoyu bit her lip, trying not to cry. The three young soldiers, facing the south, facing the invisible tropical jungle, facing the vast hot land where loyal souls are buried, used the oldest and most solemn ceremony of the Chinese nation to commemorate their elder brother, the bravest group of warriors of this nation one of them.

The eagle that disappeared into the night and never came back. Zhang Lei was lying on the roof of the building, digging the cracks of the bricks with his fingers, his forehead was pressed against the cold bricks, and his back was twitching.When the cry came out, he could no longer control his longing for his brother, so he burst into tears. Heart-piercing cries echoed in the sky above the climbing building. I just don't know, can my brother in heaven hear it?