Chapter 18 5. After 13 years in purgatory, Lu Dingyi finally embarked on the road of visiting relatives

Golden autumn of 1980.The sky is clear.A silver eagle stretches its huge wings, and shuttles through the vast sea of ​​clouds from north to south. In the cabin, a rare old man, Youyou Xin, is rushing towards his relatives at a speed of 100 meters per second.With a bright head and a dragon bell, the deeply wrinkled face engraved by the sharp blade of time is as firm as a rock, but also as quiet as a rock, and the thoughts in his chest are like the sea of ​​clouds lingering outside the window strings. Lu Dingyi, who has just finished his 13-year life in purgatory, can't wait to embark on a trip to visit relatives, and will meet his 46-year-old son who has never met.Memories are like clouds and smoke, vast and boundless. Today, 46 years later, a wish has finally come true! 46 years, years of ups and downs...Minxi!A family of three in Guitian Village, Sidu Township, Changting County: Disabled old Red Army Fan Qibiao, Cong Xiumei and his wife, and their boy Fan Jiading, depended on each other to send off one cold and one hot summer after another...

There was one thing that surprised the young Fan Jiading: During the holidays, his parents took the trouble to put an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks on top of the dinner table.And that seat is always empty... The ritual has become a routine, a habit. Another New Year's Eve, Fan Jiading, who grew up and became more sensible, placed the bowl and chopsticks on the dinner table as usual.The old man Fan Qibiao solemnly asked Fan Jiading to stand in front of the table.He had a solemn expression, and when he spoke, he was already sobbing.Fan Qibiao told Xiaoding's life in detail, and found out the relics of his biological mother.

When people see things, they miss their relatives even more--my relatives who gave birth to me and gave me flesh and blood, where are you? He wept bitterly... Tossing and turning, twists and turns... The search is so difficult.The clues are finally here!With the help of Li Jianzhen from Guangdong, Tong Xiaopeng from Beijing and other comrades, Xiao Ding learned that his father was related to a national leader who is well-known and respected throughout the country. The fog that shrouded the years is about to dissipate.However, a bigger and thicker fog came over——China, 1966, suddenly plunged headlong into the countercurrent of the "Cultural Revolution".

At the beginning of the turmoil, in the head-on turmoil, the national leader was the first to bear the brunt and was knocked down as the head of the "Hall of Hades". After that, he was imprisoned for 13 years in a flash!The silver eagle passing through the sea of ​​clouds landed slowly at Fuzhou Airport.The old man who got off the plane was the father that Xiao Ding (Fan Jiading) was looking for - Lu Dingyi, former vice premier of the State Council, head of the Central Propaganda Department, current member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

And Xiao Ding's biological mother was the martyr Tang Yizhen—"Tang Yizhen" was her homophonic pseudonym at the time. The hands of Mr. Lu and Mr. Fan Qibiao are tightly held together, and the four hands covered with old spots are pulling the hearts of half a century. "...Finally, I finally brought the child to you, Mr. Lu!" Fan Qibiao said in a trembling voice, "Before this, I let the child take my surname, and now it's time to change it back to Lu."" No!" Elder Lu hurriedly said, "During such difficult and dangerous years, you adopted and raised the child, and you were truly life-and-death friends! You are the child's reborn parents. The child will continue to stay with you, and the child's surname will remain the same. There is no need to change it." The two old men argued and argued, and they were at a stalemate.Mrs. Lu pondered for a while, and then said: "Let's do it according to the wishes of the child's mother. Yizhen said: The child belongs to our two families. If you want to change the child's surname, change it to 'Lu Fan'. I think this It is a surname that symbolizes the unity of workers and peasants, and it is also a surname that commemorates martyrs. I hope this surname will be passed down from generation to generation in the future!" In the vast night, a half-bright and half-dark moon rose.

To tell your life experience, you must first tell your thoughts.Mr. Lu told his son: "You have a sister who is 3 years older than you. She... is still missing!" Immediately, the half-bright and half-dark moon rose in Lu Fan's family's heart: ah, sister, where is she? In this world, we were originally two bitter melons on one vine!Where are you now?You must be more bitter than me! "Father, since I have a sister? So what are you waiting for, let's find it quickly!" Lu Dingyi was silent, his scarred heart was bleeding again, "I have been looking for decades, if she is still there, It should be more than 50 years old..."