Chapter 420: Going to the Grave
Ma Liu's long-term dazed finally made the old lady notice where Ma Liu's sight was. After looking at the photo frame, the old lady's heart moved, her smile became more and more kind, and she asked again with a smile, and Ma Liu came to her senses.
Tickling his head and looking at the old lady's simple outfit, Ma Liu felt a little close to him, and secretly wondering if this old lady was Zhou Shangen's wife, she would be considered her senior. She smiled respectfully and said, "Grandma, Zhou Shangen, is Grandpa Zhou here?"
The old lady was stunned, her eyes dimmed a little. She nodded, shook her head again, and sighed, "It's a pity that you are late. He has passed away half a year ago."
Ma Liu had known this result for a long time, but when he heard this, he was a little sad. He immediately said, "By the way, grandma, are you Grandpa Zhou Shangen's family?"
"Yes, who are you?" The old lady's expression slowly returned to calm, as if decades of baptism of wind and rain had completely made her look down on everything.
Ma Liu immediately told him about his origin, not talking about his previous generations, but only said that he was called Ma Liu, but he was commissioned by Mr. Qin to come over to see. The old lady asked Ma Liu to sit down and poured Ma Liu a cup of boiling water. Seeing that Ma Liu and Alisha were dressed decently, she was a little hesitant when pouring the boiling water. However, when Ma Liu raised her head, she saw that the boiling water in the glass was completely drunk. She immediately felt very happy and poured another cup of Ma Liu. This time Ma Liu didn't finish drinking it again, and she drank a few sips before thanking him.
The old lady said, "So you were sent by Brother Qin. Thanks to Brother Qin's care over the years, otherwise our orphanage would not be able to be completed now. Okay, let's not talk about it. Didn't you say you want to see your Grandpa Zhou's grave? I'll take you there!"
Ma Liu nodded, and the three of them left the office door together. Ma Liu first went to the car to take out the incense wax paper candle and a pot of soju that had been prepared in advance. The old lady was stunned, and her heart moved slightly, but she didn't say anything, and walked straight to a grassy field behind the tiled house.
He pointed to the earthen tomb in a corner of the vegetable field from afar. The old lady stood under the locust tree and did not move forward, saying, "It's there, you can go by yourself!"
Ma Liu agreed to let Alisa go away now, and said that she had something to tell Grandpa Zhou. When she went to the grave, Ma Liu lit incense, wax paper candles, and then burned firecrackers. Then she squatted in front of the grave. Looking at the lonely grave without any monument, she poured a glass of wine on the open space in front of the grave. Ma Liu said with a dim expression: "Grandpa Zhou, Grandpa Qin and Grandpa Qin are both my grandfather's soldiers back then. You also saved my grandfather's life. Although Grandpa eventually died in North Korea, you are still the benefactor of our old Ma family. Don't worry, I will fulfill your last wish for you. You are in the nine springs. If you see my grandfather, you say that he has a grandson named Ma Liu, who misses him very much. You are all heroes. Tell your grandfather, and you say that one day Ma Liu will go to visit him for the grave, and I have always been proud of having a grandfather like him."
The fire slowly rose, shining on Ma Liu's dim face, his eyes slowly became a little red and swollen. Ma Liu stood up, sighed, and toasted a few glasses of wine. Finally, he turned around and saw that the old lady under the old locust tree was already crying in tears. Alisa on the side held her, and her face was a little sad.
Ma Liu quickly walked over and held the old lady. The old lady grabbed Ma Liu's arm and said excitedly: "Are you the grandson of Company Commander Ma?"
At this time, the old lady was using pure Mandarin, and Lao Xie couldn't help but fall off. Ma Liu quickly nodded and said yes, and advised the old lady not to be excited. The old lady was helped back to the office, and then she told the story of the past.
It turned out that the old lady was a medical officer when she was on the Korean battlefield. Later, Zhou Shangen met her because of an injury. At that time, Zhou Shangen was a famous sharpshooter in the army. After two years, they fell in love. Later, they got married in an air-raid shelter. It was the main marriage of Company Commander Ma. After the victory of the Korean War, Zhou Shangen, who returned to the court, survived the disaster. He could have been rewarded for his merits, but later, because he insisted on changing his career, he left the army together. After he came to Bazhong, he opened this orphanage. The couple had been operating for decades. At first, it was quite acceptable with government support. However, after more than ten years, society has been changing, and officials have changed one after another. Later, few people gradually paid attention to them.
But there were quite a few children in the yard, with more than 100 people. In the most difficult time, Mr. Qin sent money every month and donated some promising children and caring people from the orphanage, which allowed the orphanage to be successfully run. But life could be a little harder, but the three-story building became a dangerous house. The old lady originally wanted to take her military medals to the government to solve the problem, but Zhou Shangen refused, saying that she could not cause trouble to the government. The old lady also said that she would ask for help from Mr. Qin, but Zhou Shangen also refused. Later, Zhou Shangen looked for social funds with illness, but unfortunately, she died of illness not long after, and this dangerous house has always existed, becoming a great regret and heart disease before Zhou Shangen's death, and also the old lady's biggest wish now.
The old lady said that when the old man died, he said that he had two great regrets in his life. One is that this dangerous building has not been solved, and the other is that he has been looking for the descendants of the hero Captain Ma, whom he admires the most, and there has been no result. Therefore, when he sees Ma Liu, the old lady is so excited that she burst into tears. When he heard the old lady’s talk, Ma Liu felt particularly sad. He immediately told him about the fact that he is the boss of Qingfeng Pharmaceutical, and said that he would pay to build a building in the city to specialize in orphanage. He also asked a teacher to expand the first to third grades here to sixth grades. Then, all the tuition and living expenses of the orphans here’s junior high school, high school and even universities are borne by Qingfeng Pharmaceutical. Finally, he even said that he would invite a kind-hearted person in society to be the dean, so that Old Lady Du would enjoy some youthful blessings.
The old lady was obviously very happy, nodded constantly, trembling with excitement, pulled Ma Liu and praised him, and finally asked, "Do you know Qingqing?"
Ma Liu was stunned and said, "Qi Qingqing?"
The old lady nodded, pointed to the photo frame, and said, "Don't you know her?"
Ma Liu quickly said, "I know, by the way, Qi Qingqing is here?"
"Yes!" the old lady sighed and said, "If you want to talk about this Qingqing, you are such a good girl, caring and patient, and you are very good to the children. It was probably a few months ago. She said she was traveling to Bazhong, and finally found this place. Not only did she donate a lot of money, she also took the initiative to stay and said to help the children teach. I can see that this girl's family is in good condition, but she has always been willing to live here with us. She is such a good person!"
Ma Liu was ashamed. He admitted the rest, but Qi Qingqing would be patient. He really didn't believe this. Think about how popular and fierce that girl was originally! Will she be gentle? Will she be patient? If she doesn't believe it, she will never believe it.
After looking at Alisa on the side, Ma Liu said, "Grandma Du, why don't we go back to the city first, I have to ask the leaders of the municipal party committee to report this situation first. Then I will see you, can you?"
The old lady was stunned and said, "If you don't dislike it, just have lunch before leaving!"
Ma Liu smiled and said of course he didn't dislike it. He was about to ask Alisa to go back to the hotel first, but a ringtone rang outside the door. The old lady smiled and said, "You go out and wait for Qingqing first, and let her take you to the cafeteria for dinner. The food was a bit crude. Can you endure hardship, right?"
How could he say no? Ma Liu agreed and left the office with Alisha. He only saw more than 100 children appearing downstairs on the third floor. Two or three teachers came downstairs together. Ma Liu did not see Qi Qingqing. He saw these children in groups going to the empty tiled house on the left just now. The tiled house that was originally uninhabited was now fragrant. The temporary stools were already placed. After the children entered, they lined up in a long queue under the teacher's support, beat the room together and then brought it to the small stool on the side to eat. Not far from Ma Liu and Alisha, the children were a little surprised that they could actually see the aunt with yellow hair and blue glasses that appeared on TV here. They were only shocked and discussed together timidly.
Finally, the girl walked out of the three-story building was a girl who was pretty but dressed very simply. She was holding a few children in her hand, chatting while walking. Suddenly, she looked up and said, "Isn't the girl Qi Qingqing?" Qi Qingqing's body was shocked, and she asked the children to go to have dinner first, and then stared at Ma Liu like a ghost."
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Qi Qingqing's eyes gradually became a little ugly. She walked to Ma Liu step by step, and then said to Ma Liu with a cold face: "Where is the little fish?"
Ma Liu did not answer, but just called Qingqing softly.
"Who is she?" Qi Qingqing pointed to Alisa on the side.
Ma Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Alisa."
"It's her? I know her." Qi Qingqing's face became even more ugly in an instant, and she became a little excited, and her voice suddenly became louder: "Didn't you say you hate her? Am I not allowed me to mention her? Why are you with her? What about Xiaoyu? Are you worthy of Xiaoyu? You are so heartless, you Chen Shimei, ah, I'll bite you to death!"
Qi Qingqing seemed to be suddenly crazy, screaming in shock. She frightened the child who was eating and watching the fun, and the other two middle-aged female teachers who were much worse in figure and appearance than her, so scared that they almost threw away the plates in their hands. The old lady finally appeared at the door of the office, frowned, but didn't say anything.
When he rushed to Ma Liu, Qi Qingqing seemed to be suffering a great grievance. His eyes were red and he bit Ma Liu's wrist, causing Ma Liu to hurt. A blood groove immediately appeared on his wrist. Two neatly-tied tooth marks appeared on Ma Liu's wrist. Qi Qingqing let go, then turned his head, ran into the room next to the office, and then slammed the door.
The scene was as quiet as death!
Chapter completed!