After four years of marriage, the military officer husband came back

Lu Jingzhe stayed in the martyrs' cemetery for a long time and said a lot of things before slowly standing up. Before leaving, he looked at "Su Xiangnan" on the tombstone again.

I promised him in my heart that I would take good care of Su Luo and Luo Su just like I did to Lu En, and I just wanted him to wait for me there with peace of mind.

Before leaving, Lu Jingzhe stood straight, raised his right hand and saluted him, which represented the Chinese people's gratitude to the martyrs.

From then on, on this land that they had exchanged for with their blood and bodies, the people could live and work in peace and contentment, free from the suffering of war.

After putting down his hand, Lu Jingzhe turned around and strode towards the distance, where Xia Qingning and the children were waiting to greet him.

Behind him, there is a tombstone without any inscriptions, standing side by side with Su Xiangnan’s tombstone. Together with all the martyrs here, he is guarding the mountains and rivers of China.

This tombstone was erected by Lu Jingzhe for himself on the day Su Xiangnan was buried eleven years ago. At that time, he had already made up his mind to die and decided to go to the border to join the war.

If he also sacrificed his life for the country like Su Xiangnan, he would be buried here with him.

In the end, God treated Lu Jingzhe well, allowing him to fulfill his promise and return to his Aning. After all, he was luckier than Su Xiangnan.

*

Decades passed in the blink of an eye, and Xia Qingshu and Xia Guyu later gave birth to a pair of twin sons.

At that time, Lu En was already grown up, so Guo Yumei went back to take care of her grandson. Both children were eventually admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University, and Su Yang became their mentor.

Xia Qingcao and Su Wan got married at the age of 28 and had a girl, but her personalities were very different from those of the two girls, even more so than Lu Xiaoxue when she was a child.

After Lu Xiaoxue found out that Xia Qingcao and Su Wan were dating, she made a big fuss and swore that she would find a man who was ten times more handsome than Xia Qingcao and marry him.

Originally people thought she was just saying that out of anger, but a few years later, she really brought a blonde, blue-eyed Russian friend home. They were so in love that they got married soon and had a mixed-race little boy.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Jingzhe, Xia Qingning and Luo Ya have become white-haired old people.

Over the years, Xia Qingning has never given up her dream of becoming a well-known designer. Through her unremitting efforts, the clothes she designed eventually went beyond China and became internationally popular, winning many international awards.

Her name is well-known even in the Paris fashion industry.

Brother and sister Lu En and Su Luo have grown up and have started their own families and careers.

Lu En is now an Air Force general, and Su Luo became a diplomat with his eloquence.

Luo Su realized Luo Ya's unrealized dream, graduated from Jiefangjun Art College, and became a soprano singer.

After Lu Jingzhe retired, the few elderly people who didn't want to burden their children decided to move into the courtyard house that Xia Qingning had bought in North City when she was young.

Occasionally, the older brothers and sisters-in-law from both sides would come to visit and stay here for a few days.

The house is big, with many rooms, and the yard is full of flowers and plants. It is so comfortable to live in. Xia Qingning and her family's children and grandchildren come to visit them on weekends and tell them about the latest news and experiences.

The other elders were all very interested in what they were saying, but Xia Qingning seemed uninterested.

One time, the youngest grandson asked Xia Qingning curiously:

"Grandma, why don't you play this competitive game? I taught Grandpa how to play it and he had a lot of fun."

Xia Qingning looked around and whispered in her grandson's ear:

"What you are playing with now are all leftovers from my past games. Grandma got tired of them decades ago."

The little grandson pursed his lips, obviously not believing it.

At this time, Lu Jingzhe came out. Although his hair was white, his back was very straight. That was the demeanor engraved in the bones of a soldier. He looked at his grandson and said:

"Your grandma didn't lie to you. These are indeed her leftovers."

The little grandson looked at Lu Jingzhe with eyes full of admiration, but he did not believe what he said and whispered:

"Grandpa is a grandma-con man. I'm afraid you would believe what grandma said about her being from outer space."

"Don't disbelieve it. Your grandma might really be from outer space." Lu Jingzhe said to his little grandson.

The little grandson did not refute, but just walked away silently, as if he was used to his grandfather's preference for his grandmother.

After his grandson left, Lu Jingzhe couldn't help but hold Xia Qingning's wrinkled hand, and called her affectionately as he had done for decades:

"A Ning." Then he said seriously:

"Thank you for 'landing' beside me that year."

"I want to thank you too." Xia Qingning looked at Lu Jingzhe and smiled as gently as she did back then:

"Returned to me from the battlefield."

Lu Jingzhe promised her that he would "dedicate his life to the country and his heart to you", and he did it, and he did it very well!

The sunset outside the window was so beautiful. Xia Qingning gently leaned her head on Lu Jingzhe's shoulder, looking at the clouds in the sky. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on their white hair, which was warm and beautiful.

How lucky you must be to grow old together with the one you love!

*

Luo Ya sat at the table wearing reading glasses, unfolded the letter paper, spread it flat, and then began to write the letter with a pen.

"To the south, the message is good.

The weather is very good here today. It is evening now. The clouds in the sky are beautiful, and the onions and garlic seedlings I planted have also grown taller.

When I fried fatty pork at noon, I used the garlic sprouts that I grew myself. Qing Ning and the others said it was delicious. Su Luo ate three bowls of rice in a row, and I was afraid that he would be too full.

Haha, he is still as greedy as he was when he was a child. It’s up to you in that regard.

Because I had made fatty pork in a pot, I didn’t make braised pork again. I told him I would make it next time he came. Well, actually I didn’t make it on purpose so that he would always remember it and come over often.

Xiangnan, I am now very good at making braised pork. When I come over, I will cook it for you.

Recently I found that my hearing has become worse. It's the same as getting older. There's always something wrong here or there.

But don't worry, they are just minor problems and nothing serious.

You don't know that since your fourth brother retired, he has treated Qing Ning and me as his soldiers, "training" us all day long and urging us to exercise. We can't even be lazy if we want to."

At this time, outside the yard, there was a sudden shout of "Sharpening scissors - sharpening kitchen knives". Luo Ya looked outside and wrote on the paper:

"Okay, Xiangnan, that's all for today. There's a knife sharpener outside, and I'm going to go sharpen our kitchen knife. A few days ago, when I was cutting meat, I felt that the knife was blunt, and the knife sharpener never came, so I finally met him today.

Xiangnan, I'm going to the kitchen to get a knife. I miss you. "

Luo Ya wrote down the date, put the written letter in an envelope, stood up, took the letter, opened a wardrobe, and put the letter in.

Then she quickly walked out of the room and was about to go to the kitchen. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Xia Qingning had taken the lead and walked out of the house with the blunt kitchen knife, going to find someone to sharpen it.

So she turned around and went back to the room. As soon as she walked in, she found letters scattered all over the floor. A white cat, like a child who had done something wrong, ran away from her feet guiltily.

Maybe she was in such a hurry to go out that she didn't close the closet door, so the cat jumped into the closet and knocked the letter over.

Luo Ya was not angry. She bent down and picked up the scattered letters.

But there were too many letters, thousands of them. After picking them all up, arranging them by date, and putting them in the closet, she was so tired that her back and waist ached.

Even I couldn't help but sigh, how come I have written so much to Su Xiangnan over the years...

After everything was packed up, she took out the letter she had just written and continued writing below:

"Qing Ning went to sharpen the knife. When I came back, I found that the cabinet door was not closed. Yun Duo had spilled all the letters I wrote to you on the floor. I picked them up for a long time and was exhausted..."

Her handwriting was beautiful. She didn't tell him about any national affairs, but only about ordinary daily life. She knew that this was what Su Xiangnan wanted to see.

Over the years, she has been his eyes, watching the lights of thousands of homes that he exchanged for his life. Even if she can't hold hands like Qing Ning and Lu Jingzhe now, so what?

It doesn't matter to her whether she sees him or not, because to her, he is always alive, living in her heart.

She wants to live a good life, love the world he loves, see the reunion he has never seen, and witness every day of this prosperous era, so that his courage and his efforts will not be in vain.

Luo Ya looked up at the sunset in the sky, and Su Xiangnan's figure seemed to appear in the clouds.

He was wearing a military uniform, looking so young and energetic, and he looked at her with a smile on his face, just like he did back then.

The text is finished.

Salute to the martyrs, may the country remain safe and fireworks continue as usual.

ps: The main text is finished, and there is a special chapter.