In May 1949, when the last battle was over, the complete victory of the revolution was announced, and a brand new China was about to be born.
In a small courtyard house in Beiping, several children were playing a game of "war" with homemade wooden guns. The leader was a man named Cheng Qingrui, who was seven or eight years old, slightly taller than his peers, and looked like a good boy. Good-looking, but his personality is completely different from his appearance. He is a well-known leather monkey nearby.
"Come on, defeat Little Japan, occupy the No. 1 highland, and march towards the dawn of victory!"
"Zhang Gaofeng and I attacked from the front, Sun Bing from the left, Ding Hao from the right, and others flanked from behind."
Cheng Qingrui commanded skillfully, and the friends followed his instructions, and soon surrounded the "No. 1 Highland". The so-called highland was just an old stone mill full of traces of use under the ancient locust tree. That's all, at this moment they were standing on the stone mill "raising their arms and shouting", this is what Cheng Qingyu saw when he came back from school.
Cheng Qingrui saw his brother jump off the stone mill with a "huh", and shouted as he ran, "Brother, you are out of school!"
Followed by a group of small tails.
Cheng Qingyu took the cannonball-like leather monkey with his arms outstretched. Due to the excessive impact, he took a step back when he was hit. He smiled helplessly, "Have you had enough fun? Go home and eat when you're done."
Although the two brothers are only four years apart, Cheng Qingyu is much more stable than his younger brother. He has already entered junior high school ahead of schedule. He loves studying, reading, being polite, and always comes first in exams.
The little tails obviously also like this smart big brother very much, and they all enthusiastically called "Brother Qingrui".
Cheng Qingrui had already played to the fullest. Hearing that he was about to go home with his brother, he turned and waved to his friends, "I'll go back first. Let's come out again when it gets dark. This time we will play differently."
As for the different method, I don’t have time to elaborate on it. The friends also arrived at the meal time, and they all replied, "Okay, don't forget, we are still waiting here after eating."
After finishing speaking, each went back to each house, each looking for each mother.
The two brothers Cheng Qingyu and Cheng Qingrui are the children of Li Jingran and Gu Shengmin. Qingyu was born in September 1939. He is only eleven years old. He is already in the first grade of junior high school. Take him as an ignorant child, and it is generally believed that he will have a bright future when he grows up.
Qingrui was born in four or three years. Li Jingran was very disappointed after the birth, because she always wanted a daughter but gave birth to two sons one after another.
Li Jingran is now working in the Women's Federation as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department. In her thirties, she behaves elegantly and generously, and is as fragrant as a ripe fruit. The years have not left any traces on her body, but she has changed because of her comfortable and happy life. More beautiful and moving.
Normally, she doesn't need to work overtime, she can go home and cook for the children when the time comes, while her husband, Gu Shengmin, is a bit busy, having meetings at least three days a week, and going on a business trip once a month. With so many things on the right track, he doesn't need to do everything by himself. Li Jingran has reservations about this, and doesn't believe that he will have a day of leisure, unless he retires someday.
The names of the two have not been changed. In addition to being used to it for so many years, there are also reasons for changing it. It is quite troublesome, but the children have inherited the old surname, and even named them from "Qing" according to their seniority. They can be regarded as Gu Shengmin. An explanation to the ancestors of the Cheng family.
After they left Yan'an, they got in touch with their family members in Songshi, and went back to see them twice. The family has changed a lot. The biggest change is that time makes people old. The elders have white hair and wrinkles, and they no longer look like they were in their prime. The same generation gets married, has children and enters middle age, and there are more and more juniors who don't know each other. It is also the first time that she knows that her eldest cousin has changed. He didn't get married until he was thirty, so his child was many years younger than Li Jingran's.
The cousin's child became a cousin, and the cousin's child became a cousin. It was an interesting story, but Li Jingran was still very sorry. On the contrary, it was the cousin who told her not to take it to heart, because he had no affection for Zheng Minzhi, pure strangers.
He is a forward-looking person. He has never regretted or lost because of missing her, but is glad that he met his current wife.
When the two brothers arrived home, Li Jingran had just finished cooking, and her husband was not sure when he would come back. The family was used to not waiting for him to eat first, but would set aside a portion for him.
"Mom, I'm back."
"Mom, let's go back."
The two brothers spoke at the same time, the first sentence was yelled by Cheng Qingrui, and the second sentence was uttered by Cheng Qingyu, the characters of the two were completely reflected in it.
Li Jingran patted the younger son's head and asked him to wash his hands first. The elder son has passed the age of being touched on the head, and refuses any behavior from the parents to treat him like a child.
She often thinks that her eldest son is not only smart enough to skip grades, but also arrives in the second year of puberty ahead of schedule.
Today's dinner is very rich, steamed sweet-scented osmanthus fish, sauced beef, boiled shrimp, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and radish soup. It took less than two hours to prepare all the meals, and the efficiency can be imagined.
"Mom, whatever you cook today is my favorite."
Cheng Qingrui doesn't like meat, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't eat it for a day. His brother Cheng Qingyu is not like him, but he is picky eater, and he doesn't eat anything with two legs, which is poultry like chicken, duck, and geese, so there are few on the dining table in their house These will appear.
Li Jingran once joked with her husband that the food expenses of the two sons are enough to worry about. Fortunately, they have a solid foundation, otherwise they will definitely suffer from poverty.
"Where will I cook it specially for you? I also like these dishes."
Then, the two brothers quarreled like elementary school students. Of course, Cheng Qingrui was a primary school student.
Li Jingran, on the other hand, ate without surprises. The four members of the family mainly focus on warmth and harmony. They don’t talk about those imaginary things, and there is no rule of "no talking when eating or sleeping". The couple's education of their children relies on "leading by example" , the so-called "follow the order if the body is upright, and do not obey the order if the body is not upright", there are very few people who are educated with sticks, so Cheng Qingyu is so outstanding. As for Cheng Qingrui, even if he is lively and mischievous, he is only thinking and well-founded Mischievous, not the nonsense kind.
Sure enough, the two exchanged a few words and it was over. During the meal, the elder brother peeled the shrimp for the younger brother, and the younger brother returned a piece of beef. Li Jingran smiled and shook her head when she saw it. The two children were a little embarrassed, but agreed He picked up the food for her.
It's fun.
The bicycle of "Dingling" sounded, followed by the sound of opening the courtyard door. Cheng Qingrui put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran out. Sure enough, he saw his father pushing the bicycle into the door. He rushed over like a cannonball again. Gu Shengmin stopped him with a smile Waist, hugged him up.
It is rare for such a big child in the compound to be hugged by his parents. Cheng Qingrui is definitely the only one. When he was lifted up by his father, he was proud and shy. The two emotions mixed together, combined into respect and admiration for his father.
For a boy, the best role model is his father. For Cheng Qingyu and Cheng Qingrui, Gu Shengmin is such an existence.