Past events in Beicheng

This winter, Anna felt that she had become a true friend with the old man. When the winter vacation ended, she hugged him reluctantly: "I will come to see you every vacation."

"Thank you, Anna." Ivan kissed the little girl: "I look forward to seeing you in summer."

By the time Anna returned to Moscow, Ilya had passed his medical qualification examination ahead of schedule, and he proudly showed off his certificate.

"Oh!" Anna ignored him.

"what is this?"

"The medal, Mr. Ivan gave it to me, he got it in the battle of Stalingrad." Anna clapped his hand away

"What, you became friends with the weird old man?"

"He's not a weird old man!" Anna corrected him patiently: "How about it, would you like to go with me this summer vacation?"

Elijah shook his head: "I'm not interested in him. Ah! You! Don't you want to go again?"

Anna nodded, she knew she was fascinated by his story, and she would definitely go again.This summer, they tidied up the study together, sorted and stored those precious letters, and went to the market to choose a new frame for Wang Yao's photo.In the fall, Anna received a package of colored stones in clear glass jars, like candy.Ivan said that he collected it by the lake, and it took him a lot of time. Along with the package, he sent her a photo: Look, Anna, I asked a worker to paint the outer wall, and it was painted brown. Does it look like a new house?

It was indeed like a new house. Anna sent him a letter back, stuffed with a photo of the Beijing Olympics: This is Beijing in [-]. This summer, let's watch the opening ceremony together.

In the winter of 70, two people who were [-] years apart were sitting in the living room watching a video from [-]. Anna held the old man's hand and felt that time and space were a bit chaotic.

"China has become so beautiful." Ivan sighed.

"It's the same in Russia." Anna leaned her head on his shoulder: "Thank you, thank you Wang Yao, because of you, we can live a peaceful life now."

Ivan shook his head: "We are not the ones who ended the war, we were just involved, my dear, contrary to what you think, we cannot bring peace, we are just victims of war. And you, those who were born in peace It's always your choice, people, to want war or peace. Am I a fighting hero? I don't think so. There are no heroes in battle, only sorrow and sacrifice."

Anna stared at him blankly.

Ivan sighed: "Do you know? War will not become less cruel because of justice or victory. Seeing us, you, Anna, as a person in peacetime, if one day you need to make a choice, What choice will you make?"

Anna lowered her head.

Ivan watched the TV, and the fireworks on the screen were dazzling: "Honey, life is fleeting, or it may look like eternity, but no matter what it is, you should not go against the original desire, the simple desire for love. The people in my life, Wang Yao, and me, we are all too heavy, carrying a burden that we shouldn't bear, bearing a weight that we shouldn't bear. The war changed us, made us miss the best years, made us We are farewell to each other. I am a soldier, Wang Yao is a revolutionary, but we are not born to be like this, we are born to be happy people."

Ivan smiled, looking at the peaceful picture in front of him, he knew that the war was over long ago, but everything destroyed by the war lasted his whole life.

"Yes, you are born to be happy people." Anna nodded.

"Will you come this summer? I want to renovate the field and plant bell peppers."

"I will come."

In August, Anna finally came, and together they refurbished the land and sprinkled bell pepper seeds.

"Wash your hands!" Anna put down the bucket, pulled away the wire that tied the handle, and cold well water gushed out.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet! You go to rest! I'm going to pack the farm tools." The young girl ran away briskly.

Ivan flicked the water off his hands, feeling a bit tired indeed, he looked at his sweet pepper field again, then went to the deck chair in the front yard and fell asleep.

August was drawing to a close, and the long night seemed to be coming again, and the still warm weather revealed a trace of tiredness. Ivan felt his eyelids a little heavy, and couldn't help but want to doze off.The unique wind of this season blows very high, bringing a touch of coolness and taking away the clouds in the sky.In his sleep, he knew that he was still waiting, waiting for his return...

Wang Yao,

70 years,

Is the time you made me wait too long...

suddenly,

He heard the crackling of the fence.He opened his eyes and saw Wang Yao open the door, walking towards him with a smile.

"Vanya, I never left."