In the early spring of 1977, although there was still some cold air in the air, many trees in the south of the Yangtze River were already green and green, showing the full color of spring. The doctors at Dongjiang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital were busy. Suddenly, a baby's cry came from the delivery room.Lu Huaicheng, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, couldn't wait to open the crack of the door and look inside.The door opened, and a nurse appeared in front of him: "What are you doing?" Her face was full of professional seriousness that people are used to.

"I am the father of the child, and I want to take a look at the child!" "This is the delivery room, men are not allowed in!" the nurse was about to close the door after she finished speaking. "Hey," Lu Huaicheng grabbed the door, "Boys and girls?" "Girl." Lu Huaicheng begged: "Comrade, let me just take a look, okay?" The nurse didn't mean to be accommodating at all: "Didn't I tell you? This is the delivery room, and men are not allowed in!" Lu Huaicheng turned around helplessly, walked to the chair in the corridor, and shook a small rattle in his hand. On the rattle was a warship painted by himself.

Suddenly, a battle siren was faintly heard from the pier... Lu Huaicheng opened the door of the delivery room again, facing the serious face just now, he begged anxiously: "Comrade, our ship is about to go to sea, just let me take a look at the child, okay?" ?” "Daughter-in-law, you still go to sea after giving birth?" the nurse asked puzzled. "I'm the ship's navigator. Have you ever heard of the navigator? I'm responsible for the safety of warships at sea. I can't ask for leave!" The nurse obviously didn't understand what the navigator he was talking about did. She had a suspicious look on her face, but her body moved out of the way.

Lu Huaicheng stepped into the delivery room, raised his eyes and saw his wife Gao Mingyan on the bed with a tired face, and hurried to the bed.Seeing that the mother and daughter were all safe, Lu Huaicheng finally felt relieved.Time was running out, Lu Huaicheng had no time to say more, he smiled apologetically at his wife, and asked his wife to take good care of her daughter, then turned and walked towards the door. Zheng Ji, the captain of the Dongjiang base survey ship, came to the hospital with his wife Xu Xinfang on his bicycle. Xu Xinfang jumped out of the car with a can of freshly boiled chicken soup in her hand. Get out of it.

"Huaicheng, is the baby born?" Xu Xinfang looked concerned. Lu Huaicheng said, "Here, girl!" "The alarm is raised on the pier, are you leaving?" Zheng Ji asked before his bicycle was put away. "Yes, sister-in-law, Mingyan and the child will be taken care of by you." Lu Huaicheng turned around and left after speaking. Zheng Ji pulled off the bicycle chain lock that was not locked: "Huaicheng, I'll see you off!" The wharf was full of ships, and the officers and soldiers were busy going back and forth, making various preparations before going to sea.Under the dim streetlights at the pier, Zheng Ji drove Lu Huaicheng over by car, and Lu Huaicheng said, "I will entrust Mingyan, mother and daughter to you two."

"Don't worry! Do the two of us still need to talk politely?" Lu Huaicheng smiled: "I'll buy you a drink when you come back!" "I want to drink Moutai!" Zheng Ji said. "Moutai? I haven't seen it before! Steal it for you?" The two couldn't help laughing... Arriving in front of Ship 293, Lu Huaicheng jumped out of the car and ran to the ship. Zheng Ji shouted behind him: "Moutai!" It's not bad." Zheng Ji put his legs on the bicycle and stretched his neck: "Anyway, your wife and children are in my hands, so we can figure it out!"

Lu Huaicheng smiled, turned around and boarded the ship. It's been almost a month since Lu Huaicheng went to sea, this morning, Xu Xinfang made chicken soup as usual and brought it into the house.Gao Mingyan shook the rattle to tease the child, and when she saw Xu Xinfang coming in, she hurried up to greet her: "Sister-in-law, it's already full moon, you don't need to cook chicken soup for me every day." "It's a big deal for a woman to have a baby, and she can't lose her body." Xu Xinfang said as she handed over the chicken soup. Gao Mingyan took the bowl with gratitude in her voice: "Huaicheng is not at home, you and Captain Zheng have worked hard this month."

Xu Xinfang scolded: "You're being polite to us! Drink it while it's hot!" Turning around and picking up the child, "I'll take her out to bask in the sun and replenish calcium." Gao Mingyan looked at Xu Xinfang's back when she went out, and was very moved. In the yard, Zheng Ji stared at a row of colorful diapers on the clothesline, "What are you looking at?" Xu Xinfang came over and asked puzzled. "Check hygiene!" Zheng Ji didn't turn his head. Xu Xinfang smiled, and said to herself: "You have never cared so much about your own son."

"Huaicheng is defending the motherland at sea, we have to relieve them of their worries!" Zheng Ji turned his head and saw Xu Xinfang holding the child in his arms, and said happily: "Let me see..." squatting down and staring at the baby, "Who do you think she looks like?" "Now it looks like there are many bright places." "When she grows up, she must be like her father." "Forget it! Don't be like him. A sullen face can scare a squad to death. You soldiers are all so virtuous and serious." Zheng Ji yelled: "What is fake seriousness? That's the majesty of a soldier!"

"Slow down! You're scaring the child!" Xu Xinfang gave him a dissatisfied look.Zheng Ji laughed and said nothing. At this time, their son, six-year-old Zheng Yuanhai ran in with a wooden toy gun: "Mom, I'm hungry!" "The clothes just changed in the morning are so dirty, where did you go crazy?" Xu Xinfang asked while patting the dust on his body. "Play a charge with the children." "Win or lose?" Zheng Ji looked at his son. "I lost!" Zheng Yuanhai lowered his head as if he had done something wrong, "The second strong team has a lot of people."

"If you lose, you still have the face to go home for dinner?" Zheng Ji suddenly became serious, "Comrade Zheng Yuanhai listen to the password! Stand at attention, turn back, and walk in unison!" Zheng Yuanhai followed the password and walked towards the base of the wall. "Stand still! Stand in a military posture against the wall, and reflect on yourself!" Xu Xinfang was afraid that he would scare the child in her arms, so she reminded him again in a low voice: "What are you shouting about? Can't you keep your voice down?" Zheng Ji replied: "When you give a password, you have to speak loudly, clearly, and not in a low voice!" Turning to Zheng Yuanhai, he said, "Remember, you are the son of a soldier, you can't win a battle!" Zheng Yuanhai shouted loudly Said: "Yes! Chief!" Xu Xinfang sent the child to Zheng Ji's arms: "A father doesn't look like a father, hold me, I'll cook!" Turned around and went into the house. Holding the child in his arms, Zheng Ji did not forget to teach Zheng Yuanhai a lesson: "Do you remember the battle motto I told you before?" "Remember!" "Recite it again!" "There are only champions on the battlefield, no runners-up, and there are only our troops on the territorial waters, and no enemy troops!" "What to do next?" Zheng Yuanhai said solemnly: "Report to the chief, we must win the battle next time!" "Okay then! I'll spare you this time." Zheng Yuanhai ran over, looked at the girl, Zheng Ji asked his son, "Do you know who she is?" Zheng Yuanhai bared his teeth and smiled: "My wife!" Turning around and running into the house, Zheng Ji stared at his back: "Hey, you're welcome!" China is a large oceanic country with an ocean area of ​​more than 3 million square kilometers and a coastline of more than 18,000 kilometers.The old China had no defense against the sea, and was opened several times by the strong ships and guns of the foreigners. The shame and pain gnawed at the national dignity of the Chinese people, especially the Chinese navy soldiers. The nightmare of humiliation and memory was thrown into the Pacific Ocean.In the 1980s, with the deepening understanding of marine economy and energy in various countries, the competition for maritime rights and interests became more and more severe, and the Chinese navy was also facing an unprecedented major test. Sea area No. 8 is located more than 40 nautical miles outside China's territorial waters. It is densely covered with hidden reefs and the seabed terrain is complex. From ancient times to the present, almost no large ships that strayed into this sea area can sail out safely, so it is customarily called the dead sea area.In the past, this area was considered to be a natural barrier to defend our territorial waters, but with the continuous changes in the strategic awareness of the sea, this barrier has also become an invisible mountain that hinders the Chinese navy from light blue to dark blue strategic conception.Finding the waterway and opening up the No. 8 sea area is of great strategic significance, and it has become a top priority for decision makers. It was against this background that the survey ship "Hongyuan" received the order to explore the sea area. One morning, when the sun was shining over the military port, the "Hongyuan" was ready to sail and was ready to anchor. Zheng Ji stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sea ahead, full of thoughts.Before he graduated from university, he watched the movie "Jia Wu Feng Yun" by chance, and since then he gave up the opportunity to enter a big city and came to the Navy's Dongjiang base.His goal is to become the captain of a destroyer one day, to patrol the territorial waters, and prevent the tragedy of Deng Shichang's generation from repeating itself.Unexpectedly, the academic structure of Chinese naval officers was still relatively low. The leaders of the Dongjiang base attached great importance to him as a college student, and gradually trained him to become the captain of a survey ship. This somewhat deviated from his ideal of driving a combat ship. , so every time I talk about these with Lu Huaicheng, I can't help feeling a little regretful. Gao Mingyan's voice interrupted his thoughts: "Captain, Gao Mingyan reports for duty!" Zheng Ji looked back at Gao Mingyan with a puzzled look on his face: "What are you doing here?" Gao Mingyan looked at him and smiled: "Let's go to sea! I'm a member of this ship! Do you even need to ask?" Zheng Ji looked around and said, "You are on maternity leave..." Gao Mingyan interrupted him: "The child is already full moon. Sea area No. 8 is known as the sea area of ​​death. It is very difficult to measure. I must go this time!" "Because it is the sea of ​​death, if something goes wrong, how can I explain it to Huai?" "I'm also a soldier, so I don't need to explain to him." Gao Mingyan continued, "I'm the leader of the surveying and mapping team. When the ship is employing people, can you let me stay at home at this time?" "Where's the child? Are you at ease?" "With your sister-in-law taking care of it, I have nothing to worry about!" Gao Mingyan waved her hand towards the pier. Zheng Ji turned his head and saw Xu Xinfang pushing a baby carriage on the pier and waving to them.Zheng Yuanhai beside him was waving and shouting: "Dad, come back early." Zheng Ji waved to his son. A cadre ran over and said, "Captain, my ship is fully equipped and ready to sail." Zheng Ji looked at his watch and said, "Notify all departments that the anchor will be lifted in five minutes." The cadre responded and walked away. Zheng Ji turned to Gao Mingyan helplessly: "Go to your battle position!" "Yes!" Gao Mingyan agreed, turned and ran away. The people who saw them off on the shore waved to the survey ship, and the survey ship blew its whistle and slowly left the shore. On the pier, Xu Xinfang hugged her child and looked at the surveying ship that was drifting away. Zheng Yuanhai was still waving his little hand towards the ship... In a blink of an eye, Zheng Ji has been leading the survey ship out to sea for almost a week, and Xu Xinfang is at home taking care of her two children every day. Xu Xinfang put the child on the bed and turned to enter the kitchen. After a while, the cry of the child was heard, and Zheng Yuanhai shouted from the room: "Mom, my sister is crying." "Come, come!" Xu Xinfang came in with the bottle and handed it to Yuan Hai, "Yuan Hai, feed my sister, I'll go to the kitchen to watch the pot." Zheng Yuanhai put the bottle on the girl's mouth.Sure enough, the girl stopped crying, and began to eat with her little mouth moving. Zheng Yuanhai licked his lips, watched his mother go out, took the baby bottle from the girl's mouth, put it on his mouth and drank it quickly, and put the empty baby bottle on the girl's mouth again after drinking.The girl cried again with the empty bottle. "Mom, she's still crying after drinking the milk." Xu Xinfang came in and looked at the empty bottle: "Why did you finish drinking it so quickly?" Zheng Yuanhai looked serious: "She can really eat." Xu Xinfang looked at the milk froth on Zheng Yuanhai's mouth, and couldn't laugh or cry. The girl cried for a while and fell asleep. Xu Xinfang fanned her lightly. Zheng Yuanhai lay on the side and watched, and said, "Look, she can still laugh when she is asleep!" "She must have dreamed of her mother!" Xu Xinfang replied. "Mom! I miss Dad!" Zheng Yuanhai raised his head. "Soon, your father and her mother will be back in a few days!" Xu Xinfang smiled and stroked his head. At night, there was a mist on the sea, and the survey ship had already entered the high seas, and was slowly approaching the No. 8 sea area.In the cockpit, everyone held their breath, unable to tell whether they were nervous or excited. Zheng Ji stared at the sea ahead, and gave orders to maneuver the ship from time to time.Suddenly, news came from the sonar room that an unknown submarine appeared in front of the channel.Zheng Ji raised his binoculars, and soon, under the guidance of the searchlight, he spotted the submarine that was surfacing.At this time, the deputy chief walked up to Zheng Ji and said, "Obviously, they want to prevent us from measuring the No. 8 sea area!" The political commissar said angrily: "It's too domineering. Isn't this equivalent to blocking the road and preventing us from leaving the house?" Zheng Ji smiled slightly on his face, but an unspeakable anger suddenly rose in his heart. He remembered the scene of Deng Shichang's ship hitting the "Yoshino" in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. It was the helplessness and tragedy of a soldier.But today, he is no longer helpless, but the tragedy is more or less surging along the blood vessels to the whole body, and has been pouring into the brain, and the eyes are also unconsciously widened: "Go up!" The voice is not loud , but firmly as deep and unstoppable as a meteor crashing into the wilderness.Everyone on board was infected by Zheng Ji's voice, and the survey ship seemed to understand it, and bravely sailed towards the submarine... "Captain, there are many hidden reefs in this area, it's too dangerous!" Gao Mingyan rushed in, telling her with the unique caution of a woman, this is not a battlefield, what is needed is calmness. Zheng Ji turned around and said, "The national flag is planted on the boat. I would rather sink it than be frightened by them." Gao Mingyan looked at the people in the command room, walked up to him, and said in a low voice, "Zheng Ji, don't be impulsive, we are non-combat ships..." "Comrade Gao Mingyan, return to your battle position!" Zheng Ji turned to the engineer soldier, "Two cars enter four, advance at full speed!" The survey ship drove towards the submarine, getting closer and closer. Gao Mingyan, who returned to the work cabin, packed all the data collected in the past few days into plastic bags and tied them up. She was preparing for the worst. In the command room, a pair of stern eyes stared at the looming submarine under the searchlight ahead. The survey ship rushed towards the submarine at high speed. Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and closer, the submarine finally became timid, and slowly turned around to let the survey ship out of the way... There was cheering in the survey ship. Gao Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief, and sat weakly on the chair. Although he knew that Zheng Ji had already seen through the opponent's submarine and had no guts to hold on, and would definitely retreat to get out of the way, an ominous omen still lingered in his heart, and he waved for a long time. Do not go.She didn't know whether it was because of the danger of the No. 8 sea area or Zheng Ji's impulsiveness. "Sonar report, there is a reef 60 meters ahead!" The urgent voice from the loudspeaker suddenly sounded. "Stop! Stop!" Zheng Ji shouted.The engineer pulls down on the joystick. Zheng Ji yelled into the intercom: "Why did you report it?" "The channel was blocked by an unknown submarine just now. They avoided the sonar to get an echo." Zheng Ji was so angry that he punched the console. Under the water, the propeller stopped in an emergency, but the boat moved forward under the action of inertia... "Bang!" There was a dull loud noise, people staggered to and fro, and the materials and other things on the table slipped to the ground. Before Zheng Ji could stand still, another voice came from the loudspeaker: "Report to the captain, the bilge is flooded!" In the bilge, sea water rushed in like a huge fountain, and the officers and soldiers were desperately plugging the leak. Zheng Ji rushed down the gangway, saw the scene in front of him, and froze there. The "Hongyuan" survey ship finally failed to plug the leak. Zheng Ji gave the order to abandon the ship in desperation, and the political commissar organized officers and soldiers to board the lifeboat one after another. In the command cabin, Zheng Ji, who was drenched all over, sat there silently, his eyes were blank, and sadness welled up in his heart. The deputy chief rushed in: "Captain, the ship is sinking, get out!" Zheng Ji didn't move, and the deputy chief stepped forward and pulled him: "Go!" "Let go!" Zheng Ji threw off his hand violently. Seeing that Zheng Ji's eyes were filled with tears, the deputy chief quickly said, "Now is not the time to be sad. You are the captain and have the responsibility to bring everyone back safely!" Zheng Ji stood up for a long time, turned his head and walked out. The hull of the ship has been seriously tilted, and the crew members have boarded the lifeboats. The political commissar is shouting loudly with a loudspeaker in his hand: "All boats count the personnel, and leave the big ship quickly." "Political commissar, Gao Mingyan is gone!" a crew member shouted from the lifeboat, and Zheng Ji, who had just stepped onto the deck, stopped at the sound. "Gao Mingyan! Gao Mingyan..." the political commissar shouted through the loudspeaker. Zheng Ji turned his head and walked back, the deputy chief grabbed him and said, "I'll go!" Without saying a word, Zheng Ji pulled him hard and pushed him onto the lifeboat under the big ship, and the deputy chief fell onto the lifeboat. Zheng Ji turned around and rushed into the sinking cabin. Waist-deep water had flooded the cabin.Gao Mingyan waded through the aisle, came to the front of the working cabin, and pushed open the cabin door with all her might. The water in the working cabin was up to the neck, and various items were floating on the water surface. Gao Mingyan threw off the life jacket on her body and dived into the water. After several efforts, she finally opened the cabinet containing the materials. "Mingyan, Gao Mingyan..." Zheng Ji yelled while wading through the water looking for him. The materials sealed in plastic bags emerged from the water, followed by Gao Mingyan. "Mingyan, hurry up!" Zheng Ji stretched out his hand to pull her up, grabbed the plastic bag with one hand, turned and walked out.The two passed through the passage and were about to walk out of the last hatch when suddenly Gao Mingyan's feet were caught by the cables. "My feet are tangled." Zheng Ji turned around and dived down to help Gao Mingyan untie the rope on her feet... The boat was sinking rapidly, Gao Mingyan bent down and reached out to grab Zheng Ji's life jacket, and dragged him out of the water: "It's too late, you go..." Zheng Ji yelled, "I can't leave you... "After speaking, I will dive again. The boat sank to the surface, and the roaring sea water smashed down on the two of them. Gao Mingyan yelled: "Tell Huaicheng to take good care of my daughter..." She used all her strength to push Zheng Ji out of the hatch... At the sinking place, a huge whirlpool surged on the surface of the water. "captain……" "Gao Mingyan..." Anxious shouts echoed on the sea under the night, and some lesbians cried anxiously. Suddenly, the plastic bag containing the survey data popped out of the water, and then Zheng Ji also floated up from the water. He saw that his survey boat had disappeared on the sea surface with Gao Mingyan, and he punched his fist hard in remorse. hit the water... The survey ship sank, and the Dongjiang base blocked the news from the outside world. Xu Xinfang, who was staying in the family courtyard, knew that it was two days later.Two nights later, when the children fell asleep, Xu Xinfang sat under the lamp and sewed clothes for the girls. Zheng Ji, who had been inspected by the Ministry of Security after landing, returned home. Xu Xinfang looked at her husband with a tired face and bloodshot eyes, an ominous expression appeared on her face: "Zheng Ji, what's wrong with you?" Zheng Ji sat slumped on the sofa, his eyes glazed over. "Where's Mingyan? Why didn't Mingyan come back?" Zheng Ji shook his head, his voice was full of guilt: "She... can't come back!" In the corridor of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Dongjiang People's Hospital, Mei Degui crouched in a corner with her head in her arms, her hands constantly grabbing her disheveled hair.When the doctor came over, Mei Degui hurriedly stood up and went to meet him: "How's the doctor?" "It's not out of danger yet, it's too late!" The doctor told him regretfully. "Doctor, please, please save her. I came here after traveling more than two hundred miles. I know that doctors in big cities are skilled. You will definitely be able to save her..." The doctor comforted him: "We will do our best." "Didn't it say that if you don't want children, you can save the lives of adults?" The doctor didn't continue talking, and turned to leave. "doctor……" The doctor looked back at Mei Degui expectantly: "Go in and see your wife!" He turned and left. It took Mei Degui a long time to come back to his senses, and with heavy steps, he pushed open the door of the ward. The medicine in the infusion bottle was dripping drop by drop. Mei Degui's wife, Wang Fengying, was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her face pale. Mei Degui held his wife's icy hand, and his heart immediately became cold, as if he fell into an ice hole in an instant. I don't know how long it took, Wang Fengying opened his eyes with difficulty, a trace of joy flashed across Mei Degui's face, and he said quickly: "You're awake!" "Where is the child?" Wang Fengying was as angry as a silk. Mei Degui hesitated to speak, he couldn't bear to tell her that the child had died, so he could only lie to her and say, "The child is fine, don't worry about it." "Hold me over and let me have a look?" Wang Fengying's face was full of longing and joy. "My child...the child is being looked after by a nurse! It's very good." "Is it a man? Or a woman?" "Ah...a man, a man, he looks...remarkably like you!" Mei Degui tried to comfort her. A happy smile appeared on Wang Fengying's face: "We have a son!" "Yes! We have a son, mother, for the sake of the child, you must hold on!" "It's expensive, I want to see the child!" Mei Degui faltered, trying to hide his painful emotions. Zheng Ji's mood was extremely low, and he didn't think about food and tea for several days, curled up on the sofa and smoked.Xu Xinfang was not persuading, nor was she not persuading, so she had to take the two children to a park not far from home, and let Zheng Ji be alone at home.But she was worried, and when it was almost noon, she asked Zheng Yuanhai to watch the girl, and rushed home alone to see Zheng Ji. After Xu Xinfang left, a group of friends ran to the park to play hide-and-seek, Zheng Yuanhai couldn't hold back, and left the girl lying in the stroller to join the group of friends.An hour later, when Xu Xinfang returned to the park, Zheng Yuanhai was nowhere to be seen, only the stroller was there.Xu Xinfang hurried over, and couldn't help being surprised, the girl in the car had disappeared... The girl had already been picked up by Mei Degui who happened to pass by the park. In the hospital, Mei Degui excitedly ran to the ward with the girl in his arms, shouting as he ran: "Mother, look, our child, our child..." Pushing open the door of the ward, she was stunned. The nurse was covering Wang Fengying's face with a white sheet. Lu Huaicheng knocked Zheng Ji down on the beach with one punch, all of this happened so suddenly, his face twitched a little with anger, he just came back from the sea and couldn't believe it was true, but he had to believe it was true Yes, I was so sad and angry that I didn't even look at Zheng Ji who was lying on the ground, turned and left. Lu Huaicheng came to the office of Chen Jingguo, deputy chief of staff of the detachment, and the first sentence he said when he entered the door was: "Deputy chief of staff, I'm here for Zheng Ji's business!" His face was still full of anger. Chen Jingguo was silent. He understood Lu Huaicheng's anger at this moment. It is impossible for anyone not to hate Zheng Ji when this kind of thing happened. He wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to say it. "I want to know how to deal with Zheng Ji in the organization?" Chen Jingguo had to say it, with a comforting tone: "'Hongyuan' sank for a reason. We considered many things before reporting to the party committee to deal with Zheng Ji lightly and demobilize the soldiers. I hope you understand..." "That's not what I mean, I hope to give Zheng Ji a chance..." Chen Jingguo looked at him in surprise, he didn't know that the anger on Lu Huaicheng's expression was so different from what he was thinking in his heart. Lu Huaicheng went on to say: "He is doing his duty as a soldier and safeguarding the dignity of the country. He has bullied us to the door. If it were me, I would also hit those bastards!" "But he forgot that he was driving a non-combat ship, and Comrade Gao Mingyan reminded him." The positions of the two were instantly reversed. "Zheng Ji and I have been comrades in arms for many years. I understand him. His ideal in the army is to be the captain of a destroyer, but you just let him be the captain of a survey ship..." "He's the only college student in the whole base. If you don't let him be the one? Can you go to your educational level?" "Because he is a college student, the army needs such a person, and judging from his consistent performance, he is a rare talent. I hope that the organization can reconsider and give him a chance..." "The army is about discipline, he is a university professor, and he must take responsibility for mistakes." Chen Jingguo's voice became passionate and irrefutable. "Objectively speaking, he shouldn't bear this responsibility alone..." Chen Jingguo looked at him, and finally uttered a word of doubt in his heart: "Huaicheng, he ruined your family, and you still speak for him?" Lu Huaicheng was silent, and Chen Jingguo sighed: "Don't talk about the things that have been decided on the organization..." For two days, Lu Huaicheng lay on the bed without getting up, staring at the ceiling for a whole day, so that his eyes had hallucinations countless times, sometimes his wife looked at him and smiled, sometimes his daughter stretched out her little hands and asked him to hug him, and sometimes he was crying. It was the wife who came to him with the child in her arms... On the third day, he felt that he had something to do, so he got up, bought some dishes from the office cafeteria, bought two bottles of Moutai, put them on the table, and sent soldiers to call Zheng Ji, who wanted to buy him a drink , not to thank him for taking care of his wife Man Yue, but to finally talk about the friendship of many years.When the food was cold, the soldier came back and told him that Zheng Ji's family had returned to their hometown in the countryside last night. Lu Huaicheng lowered his head and remained silent, his mood was as complicated as an overturned five-flavored bottle, and he kept repeating in his heart: "Zheng Ji, I don't blame you at all, Moutai is ready for you..." Zheng Ji has been ill ever since he returned to his hometown in the countryside. Xu Xinfang refused to take him to the hospital several times, so he had to ask a Chinese doctor in the countryside to prescribe some herbal medicine for him.Zheng Ji's health improved slightly, so he went out to look for Lu Huaicheng's daughter. He traveled all over half of China for more than half a year. Whenever he heard that someone had adopted a little girl, he must go to see it no matter how far away. Economic conditions are getting tighter.In the process of searching for Lu Huaicheng's daughter, he met a four-year-old girl who was abandoned on the street. Thinking of Lu Huaicheng's daughter, he was moved with compassion, took her home, and took her with her. The name is Zheng Xiuzhu, and she is treated like her own daughter.Zheng Ji fell ill again, his weak body and poor family made him unable to go out to find Lu Huaicheng's daughter... As the saying goes, the children of the poor are in charge of the family early. After Zheng Yuanhai returned to the countryside, he followed his mother to work in the fields and went up the mountain to collect firewood.He also knew that he caused a catastrophe and lost Uncle Lu's daughter. Although he was beaten up by his father, he quickly forgot about it after the pain. After all, he was just a child who hadn't gone to school yet. One day, Zheng Yuanhai got into an argument with a group of playmates. "My father is the captain of the People's Liberation Army." "What captain, your father committed a crime and was expelled from the army." A child retorted loudly. "Nonsense, my father is a hero." Zheng Yuanhai's face flushed red, as if his loud voice could convince other children that what he said was true! "Bear!" "Don't talk nonsense about my father..." "Who is talking nonsense, if you don't believe me, go home and ask your dad..." The other children also shouted: "Your father just committed a crime!" "Your father is a bear." "How dare you talk nonsense..." Zheng Yuanhai grabbed the leading child. A group of children came up to tear Zheng Yuanhai apart: "Beat him!" "Hit him!" Zheng Yuanhai roared loudly and broke free: "I'm not afraid of you..." Six or seven children surrounded him... "A soldier cannot defeat a battle!" Zheng Yuanhai shouted and suddenly pulled out a hatchet from behind, and the children turned around and ran away in fright... "Ah..." Zheng Yuanhai raised his legs to chase after him, and suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, his face was bleeding, but he looked very strong. Zheng Ji lay powerlessly on the bed, his eyes glazed over. Zheng Yuanhai came back angrily from outside, and yelled as soon as he entered the door: "Dad, are you still the captain of the People's Liberation Army?" The tone of the question surprised the whole family. Zheng Ji glanced at him and didn't make a sound, Zheng Yuanhai didn't understand, and continued to shout: "People say you committed a crime, you are a bear!" "Yuan Hai, don't talk nonsense!" Mother Xu Xinfang came to stop her. "I'm not talking nonsense, people say my dad is a bear." Xu Xinfang slapped Zheng Yuanhai on the face in a hurry: "I'm telling you to talk nonsense!" Zheng Yuanhai was stunned, he touched his face and remained silent. Zheng Ji spat out a mouthful of blood...Xu Xinfang hurried over: "The child's father..." When Lu Huaicheng saw Zheng Ji again, he had turned into a cold tomb. A wooden tombstone reads "Tomb of Sailor Zheng Ji". Everyone in the village knows that Zheng Ji made a mistake in the army. No one can tell how big the mistake is. They only know that a promising officer in their village turned into an ordinary soldier when he came back. The word "sailor" on the tombstone also confirms that Contrary to the guesses of the folks, he is no longer an official. Of course, if he is an official, he will not return to a poor mountain village.To die is to die as a wimp, this is a common saying among the villagers.Everyone in the village thinks that if you go from a sailor to an officer, you will be honored and proud of your ancestors. If you go from an officer to a sailor, it will be embarrassing. Before Zheng Ji died, he wrote this wooden tombstone for himself, with the word "sailor" Suffice it to say he pleaded guilty. Only Lu Huaicheng understood the meaning of the word "sailor". Zheng Ji died with peace in his eyes. If there is an afterlife, he will still be in the navy. There was no sign of the Zheng family in the village. Lu Huaicheng inquired about N kinds of theories. Some said that Xu Xinfang took her two children back to her natal family; some said that Xu Xinfang took her children and remarried; He paid off the debts that Zheng Ji owed during his lifetime, took the children out to beg for food, and so on. Lu Huaicheng returned to the army with a sigh.