There are often farewells in life, temporary farewells, small farewells, long farewells and farewells, but farewells in death are the most despairing.
On the day Zhang Jinliang's ashes were sent back to his hometown, Li Muye quietly returned to China.
Xu Jiwei, the old squad leader, led Li Muye and Xiaofen along the winding mountain road into a small town in the Weinan Mountains.
A simple mourning shed was set up in front of the People's Armed Forces Department. Before he even got close, he heard a woman's heartbreaking cries.
"Dad, why are you so cruel to leave!" He cried and shouted: "Leave us little ones and old ones behind, how will we live in the future!"
A cadre from the Ministry of Armed Forces advised: "Ryoko's wife, you should be more open-minded. Your man is a soldier. He died in the line of duty. He is a hero. The country did not let him die in vain. Isn't this a pension? You, Pick up this money and live a good life with your baby when you go back."
"It's such a crappy life. A big living person is gone, so we only give 300,000 yuan. It's not even enough to provide for two old people. The older one needs to go to school, and the younger one needs to eat milk powder. This big person Not to mention how much money it costs to study, but in the future I will marry a woman and start a family, and this little girl will also have to go to school in the future... "
Li Muye glanced at Xu Jiwei and asked quietly: "Didn't I give him one million?"
Xu Jiwei's face turned even more ugly as he said: "What you gave is one million, but this money needs to be distributed step by step from the General Staff, and it will be implemented through the armed tribes at all levels to the lower levels. It will be good to have this amount when it comes to Liangzi's wife."
"Damn it." Li Muye cursed angrily.
Xiaofen interjected: "That's not right. Brother Zhang is paid within the Mink Bear Mercenaries, which is more than 100,000 a month. He is not the kind of person who spends money." He then asked: "Uncle once said No matter what the reason is for you to join the Mink Bear mercenaries, all you do is to put your head on your trousers, so the remuneration cannot be lowered. In addition to the salary, there are bonuses. Brother Zhang covered the uncle twice. , where did all the one million bonuses go?”
"Yes." Xu Jiwei said: "Normally, Liangzi's wife's life should not be difficult."
"It doesn't matter." Li Muye said: "We just came to see what happened after his death. The pension from the official channel was requested by Brother Ah Hui. I originally planned to give more. You can give it directly to his wife later. That’s it.”
"I don't like it." Xu Jiwei said, "This can't be done this way. I don't think Liangzi's wife is that way."
Li Muye stopped talking, and the three of them stood in an inconspicuous place outside and watched silently.
The woman and her relatives went to the Ministry of Armed Forces to make a fuss all day long. It was not until the cadre of the Ministry of Armed Forces proposed to increase the pension by 50,000 yuan in the name of the Ministry of Armed Forces that she paid the money and led the troops to demolish the funeral shed. Xilihulu was loaded into a pickup truck, the older ones got in, and the rest walked. The group of people left the town in great numbers.
Li Muye and his party followed him on foot for a while, then bought two motorcycles in the town and followed him all the way to the village where Zhang Jinliang's home was located. Passing through several villages along the way, people in the front group kept saying goodbye to Liangzi's wife. Li Muye noticed that everyone had received a hundred yuan and left. During this process, a young man always accompanied the woman. Although there was no intimate behavior, he could see from the eye contact and some subconscious actions that the relationship between the two was unusual.
Zhang Jinliang has been in the army for more than ten years and is away from home all the time. It seems that this woman is not idle at home. Li Muye couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. He felt worthless for Liangzi, and also lamented the relationship between men and women in the world. A real man lives in the world. Even if he is a hero, it is inevitable that his wife will be unworthy and his son will be unworthy. This housework is the most important thing. Difficult to handle.
It's almost dusk, and smoke is curling up in the village.
At the entrance of the village, a pickup truck driven by a man stopped. Only two people were left in the team. The two lingered in the car for a while. When they got out of the car, Ryoko's wife straightened her clothes. This detail angered Xu Jiwei. Even before Liangzi's body was cold, this thief was busy stealing people. As Zhang Jinliang's old squad leader and a life-and-death comrade, he couldn't help but feel angry. Seeing the woman getting out of the car and leaving while the man was making a U-turn, Xu Jiwei was so angry that he started his motorcycle and planned to catch up and vent his anger on Liangzi.
"Brother Xu, wait a minute." Xiaofen suddenly stopped him.
Xu Jiwei hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill anyone."
Xiaofen said: "That's not what I meant. Look, is there a boy on the hillock over there? What is he holding in his hand?"
Li Muye also noticed that it was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, hiding on the hillock. He was holding a black long bow, and he was currently bending the bow and aiming an arrow at the pickup truck. As soon as Xiaofen finished speaking, the child had already shot an arrow!
The incident happened suddenly, and no one was mentally prepared.
Xu Jiwei was startled when he saw the moving pickup truck making a U-turn. In a flash of light, the arrow shot through the window that had not been closed before saying goodbye to the woman. The arrow was as fast as lightning, and the pickup truck stopped in response and suddenly stopped moving.
The boy on the mound quickly put away his bow and arrows and retreated like a nimble little beast.
When the woman heard something wrong behind her, she turned around and came to the pickup truck. She just took one look and burst into tears.
"The distance is at least eighty meters, and one arrow hits a fast-moving target. This archery technique is powerful enough."
Xiaofen said in a low voice: "This arrow was shot accurately and hard. I guess that man was choked."
"Go over and have a look." Li Muye started his motorcycle and followed.
"Hurry up and help!" Liangzi's wife, who was still pretty and had a distinctly rustic atmosphere, saw Li Muye and the others and shouted loudly: "Someone's neck is injured." When she saw Xu Jiwei who was following behind, she couldn't help but be stunned. Living.
Xiaofen got off the back seat of the motorcycle, walked to the pickup truck, took a look, frowned and said, "This man is already dead, how can we save him?"
"Oh, my God, isn't this going to kill me?" The woman obviously knew the identity of the murderer, and she suddenly collapsed on the ground, clapped her legs and beat her chest, crying loudly.
Xu Jiwei came over and said, "Brother and sister, do you still know me?"
The woman had long recognized Xu Jiwei, but now she pretended to look at him a few more times before saying, "Aren't you Liangzi's leader in the army? You were here the year we got married."
"When your eldest son was born, we were out on a mission. Later, we caught up with your youngest daughter when she landed. Liangzi drank a lot that day." Xu Jiwei got off the motorcycle and walked to the pickup truck with an expressionless face. He glanced inside and asked, "Brother and sister, what's going on with this man?"
"Brother Xu, don't ask. Everyone is already dead. Please help me figure out how to solve it." The woman sat up suddenly, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, stared at Xu Jiwei with wide eyes, and said: " You are the leader of the army and Liangzi’s eldest brother, you can’t let anything happen to my baby.”
"The person who was shooting arrows on the hillock just now was your son?"
"Isn't this the living ancestor!" The woman looked around in panic and shouted: "You damn little beast, why are you so cruel?"
"If you don't want something to happen to your son, stop shouting." Li Muye glanced into the car. The arrow penetrated the man's neck and embedded itself in the cervical spine. The strength and accuracy were incredible. Especially for a kid that big.
The woman suddenly became silent, looked at Li Muye in panic, and asked, "Who are you? What do you mean by this?"
Li Muye said: "You don't care who I am. Your son got into a big trouble, but don't be afraid. I can save him. First you have to lead us to find the child."
The woman was in a state of confusion. She first glanced at the man in the car and then at Xu Jiwei. The latter nodded to her and said, "Brothers and sisters, don't be afraid. This is our boss. He said that if he can help his eldest nephew, he will definitely help. This Don't worry about it, leave it to us."
The woman looked left and right, her expression panicked, her whole body trembling, and she couldn't help mumbling, "This little god has killed my own mother." She completely lost her bearings and hesitated not knowing what to do. There was a struggle in her eyes. Apparently he was afraid of taking the responsibility of concealing the truth, but he was reluctant to let go of his son.
Xiaofen said: "Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, what else are you thinking about? This is your son. No matter how good this man is to you, can he be more important than your son?"
The woman came back to her senses after hearing this. Her eyes were dull, and she nodded in agreement and said to herself: "Yes, sister, you are right, I can't let them take away the baby. This is all my fault. It's not my fault." It’s okay baby.”
Xu Jiwei said: "Brothers and sisters, don't say anything useless. It's important that you take my boss to find the child."
Li Muye ordered: "Old Xu, I leave this car and people to you, make it clean." Then he turned to the woman and said: "If you don't want your son to be in trouble, just keep this matter in your stomach. ." He sneered and said: "If you feel sorry for this dead buddy and insist on exposing this matter, that's okay... "
"I won't, I won't talk nonsense." Zhang Jinliang's wife completely lost her opinion and waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't know anything, I haven't seen anything, I leave it all to you. Aren't you Liangzi's comrade-in-arms and leader? ?Liangzi is gone. For the sake of your brotherhood, you can't leave my baby alone."
The fact that she still cares about her child shows that this bitch is not completely bad.
Li Muye nodded at her and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. Let's go to your house first to see Liangzi's parents, and then to see your son by the way."
The woman looked at the man in the pickup truck reluctantly and muttered: "Old Jiang, I really can't help you. Don't blame me for being down there."
Xiaofen reminded: "We have been here for a while. Standing here all the time will arouse others' suspicion."
Xu Jiwei got into the pickup truck, pushed Old Liu's body directly into it, started the car, turned around and drove away. It was not difficult for him to create an accident. For Li Muye, it is also difficult to prevent the local public security organs from pursuing this case.
The woman watched Old Xu drive the pickup truck away. She calmed down for a moment, then turned to Li Muye and said, "Don't you want to see my baby? Come with me..." (End of Chapter)