Chapter 520: Going Home
Xiaohu stumbled off the cattle cart, and some familiar fellow villagers next to him just came over to catch it, reached out and took the crutches brought back by Xiaohu from the car, and put them on Xiaohu.
Then, the representatives who came out to greet the wounded soldiers in the town began to talk with Xiaohu affectionately, but everyone always revealed an inexplicable sadness in the conversation.
It is not unreasonable for Xiaohu to be called a second stunned, he didn't notice these strange situations at all, he glanced around and didn't find his mother, so he didn't say anything to the villagers, he squeezed out of the crowd in a daze, and limped forward.
As he walked past the mayor standing at the gate of the town, he heard the mayor talking to the officer of the military department who was sending the wounded soldier back.
"Sir, when we recruit troops in the future, can we stop getting the villagers from a township into a company.
Look at the battle after this battle, all the dead and wounded are the villagers in a town, they are all strong laborers in our town, and all of them are the pillars of the family.
Without so many pillars and pillars, leaving a large family of wives and children, how can life be spent in this family, even if there is a pension above, and there is a subsidy every month, but suddenly so many people died all at once, and the morale of these ordinary people in our town is very low. ”
The mayor of the town was heartbroken, and the officer was also uncomfortable when he saw it, so he hurriedly persuaded and said, "Brother, don't worry, what about this matter, in fact, we have noticed it, and reported the relevant situation to the relevant departments of the Ministry of War, and the ministry is discussing with the cabinet, and will definitely come up with a set of practical solutions as soon as possible." ······"
Xiaohu still didn't care about this information at all, and before the mayor and the chief finished speaking, he hurriedly walked past the two of them.
I followed the road in the town all the way to the mouth of my own alley.
"Finally home, I don't know what my mother is daring."
The familiar scene in the alley made him so excited that he hurriedly quickened his pace, jumped to the door with one foot, and slammed the wooden door twice.
The door was shaken back and forth twice by his large movements, and Xiaohu realized that his door was not locked.
This is different from his mother's living habits, I remember that when I first immigrated to the kingdom before, my mother had to lock the door tightly even in broad daylight, and now she doesn't lock the door!
But then, this doubt was replaced by Xiaohu's emotion of missing his mother, he stretched out his hand and pushed, pushed the door open, and then walked in.
"Fluttering ······" The sound startled him, and he subconsciously used the crutches in his hand as a weapon to aim at the place where the sound came from, and Xiaohu found that it was a few chickens who were frightened by him and jumped away with their wings.
"Hey, why do you still have chickens? Didn't my mother say that chickens are easy to be stolen, and they are easy to be remembered by soldiers? Oh, by the way, now that I am no longer home, I have immigrated to China, and I don't need to be afraid of being remembered by the soldiers! ”
Smelling the smell of poultry feces in the yard than before, and then looking at the old tall firewood pile in the yard, Xiaohu was thoughtful.
It seems that during the days when he was not at home, his mother's life was not bad, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
After scanning the courtyard again, he saw a figure he was very familiar with, busy putting something on the dining table in the hall, Xiaohu opened his mouth "Hehe······ smirked, slowed his steps, slowly walked to the door of the hall, and called softly, "Mother, I'm back." ”
The familiar back froze suddenly, and before he even had time to put down the things in his hand, he quickly turned around and looked in the direction where Xiaohu was.
After looking at it for a while, Xiaohu Niang showed a smirk carved out of the same mold as Xiaohu and said, "Xiaohu is back, it's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”
The little tiger girl finally remembered the thing in her hand, turned around and put it down, and then walked over and looked his son up and down.
The man in the family died of illness in his early years, and her eldest son was arrested and killed by the government because of the famine to save his own people because of the famine.
Then, in order to let the family have enough to eat, it was this second son who signed up for the army and received a military salary.
During these days, there were constantly funerals for people who joined the army in the town, and how many nights she was scared to wake up, tossing and turning and unable to sleep.
In the past few days, she didn't dare to go out to greet the wounded soldiers who came home, because she was afraid of the death of his son, so she came back with the wounded soldiers.
Now, when she finally saw her son return safely, she laughed happily all of a sudden, and the little tiger girl's two hands kept rubbing on her clothes, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Xiaohu, have you eaten it? Mother will steam white noodles for you. ”
Xiaohu hurriedly shook his head to stop his mother's busy action and said, "Don't worry, I have already eaten on the road, and a few students have brought cakes, sauce, and fruits for me to eat." ”
While speaking, Xiaohu Niang suddenly saw the crutches in Xiaohu's hand, her face twitched fiercely, her eyes were red, and she unconsciously shed two lines of tears.
Xiaohu, she hurriedly wiped the tears on her face with her sleeve, and said with a grin, "Xiaohu, my mother received a notice that there were wounded soldiers coming back today, but my mother just didn't dare to look at it."
My mother heard that the wounded soldiers who came back were all broken hands or broken feet before they could come back, and my mother really didn't dare to go to see it. Mother is just afraid to look at you inside.
You're the one who broke your foot, right? But Xiaohu, don't worry, it doesn't matter, our family's life is better now, there is nothing missing, as long as you come back, it's good if people come back! ”
Xiaohu listened to his mother and immediately concluded that he had broken a foot, and hurriedly explained, "Mother, this foot of mine is not ·······"
However, Xiaohu Niang didn't listen to him at all, touched the tears that overflowed again, and helped Xiaohu cross the threshold of the hall when she came up, and found a stool to help him sit down.
Then Xiaohu Niang, she also found a stool and sat opposite Xiaohu. She looked at Xiaohu with red eyes, grabbed Xiaohu's hand, and chattered.
"Xiaohu, in the year you joined the army, you have grown stronger, and you look much stronger than your dead ghost father.
It's okay to be lame, my mother is not telling you, really, it's really nothing to be lame, after my mother, I'll recruit a son-in-law for your sister, let him work in our house, I definitely can't tire you, don't worry, ah. ”