A Father-Son Conversation at Night
"Dad, our cow fell into the well, what should we do?"
Suddenly, a voice came from above her head, which was undoubtedly a timely help for Feng Le Tian. Seeing that she was only 20 meters away from the top, if she shouted loudly, the people upstairs should be able to hear her. So she hurried over and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone upstairs? I need help."
Sure, here is the translation:
As expected, the people upstairs heard it and listened to their conversation.
"Dad, there's a girl down there crying for help, should we go and assist her?"
"You should, you'd better hurry up and call someone."
It's unnecessary to talk about the rescue process, let's just talk about what happened after Peng Jianjun and Liao Dongfeng arrived at Xi'an City Hospital.
The diagnosis result came out, Peng Jianjun had thirty wounds on his body, but he was thick-skinned and this injury didn't matter much. However, Liao Dongfeng was different, with a fractured right scapula that required rest. The hospital also paid special attention to the sent-down youth, and later notified his family.
For three consecutive days, Duan Lao and Li Chongliang stayed by the bedside. Especially Duan Lao kept saying guiltily: "It's all my fault, I just let you go to Huangling without thinking about the internal danger. You're back now, that's what matters, we'll discuss it later."
To be honest, this time's adventure, the team's expenses were all borne by Duan Lao, and he wasn't very mobile either, so many times it was Li Chongliang who completed things.
Li Chongliang is an old intellectual with a rather feudal and conservative mindset, completely excluding foreign things, so the equipment currently in the work group is basically domestically made, can't withstand use at all, and is also clumsy to the point of being useless.
At that time, the domestic situation was quite chaotic. The Red Guards' investigation of every household was also very harsh. Anyone with foreign connections would be beaten to death, so Duan Lao didn't dare to show off even if he had a connection.
Duan Lao also recalled three members of the original work team, namely Liang Tao from Zhengzhou, Henan, Du Yiliang from Tianshui, Gansu, and Tang Yuan Chao from Dongcheng, Beijing.
Liang Tao, 24 years old this year, was the youngest member of the original team. He has a slightly introverted and closed personality. Although he is young, he has a wide range of experiences and knowledge. His ancestors were all merchants, so they were brutally oppressed. This time, coming out should be considered as escaping disaster!
Du Yiliang, 30 years old, looks like an older brother, is a loyal and honest person. He does whatever others ask him to do, and he takes care of everyone with great attention to detail. He is also one of the people that Liao Dongfeng respects later on. The reason for this respect is actually quite simple: since his arrival, the quality of food in the team has improved slightly. Liao Dongfeng is picky about food, and he's not used to the flavors of Shaanxi cuisine, but Du Yiliang can cook very well, which solves Liao Dongfeng's long-standing problem of not wanting to eat Shaanxi dishes.
Tang Yuan Chao, 29 years old, has a similar background to Liao Dong Feng. His father also dedicated his life to the revolution, but was suppressed and became an extremist in his later years. Tang Yuan Chao himself has always been fascinated by ancient Chinese culture since he was young, which is why he followed Duān Lǎo through connections for 7 years now.
This person's character is a bit strange, always giving people an unapproachable feeling. But after spending more time with him, it was discovered that he had heart disease and not long after, the reason being his father was reported by his own brother who had been through life and death with him for many years. Due to this, he began to be unwilling to trust anyone.
On this day, Old Du came to the hospital with food and happened to meet Liao Haiyang who had come to visit his son. But Liao Haiyang didn't come alone this time either, he was followed by an old man, no one knew who leaked the news, Duan Lao learned that the person who came with Liao Haiyang was actually the second leader of a certain military region, and they came this time to ask Liao Dongfeng to join the army.
That night, Liao Haiyang and his son chatted all night. He said that the problem with his organization had been cleared up and he had now resumed his original position.
Also, he didn't want his son to suffer, so he asked someone to pull strings and let Liao Dongfeng go to the military camp for training.
He didn't know that Liao Dongfeng actually rejected him outright after hearing the story, citing the reason that his grandfather was still missing to this day.
Liao Haiyang's face also looked unpleasant after hearing this, after all, it was the first time his son had refused him, and if it were usual, he would have blown his beard and glared at him.
However, he also knew that he had been estranged from his son for a long time. Liao Dongfeng had always lived and eaten with his grandfather, and the relationship between them was already deep-rooted. Even if eight big horses were used to pull him back now, it would be impossible to make Liao Dongfeng turn back.
So by the time dawn broke, Liao Haiyang finally gave up his original plan. However, he had always wanted to know why Liao Dongfeng came to Shaanxi to join the team this time. Because of his own recent troubles, many things were not clear, so now he must find out carefully.
When his father asked about these, Liao Dongfeng finally took out the little red notebook and opened it to find that it recorded all of Liao Yang's adventures when he was young, as well as some gains and losses afterwards. The records in the book stopped after the adventure in Pamir, and Liao Yang also wrote the whole process with a red ballpoint pen.
Later, Liao Haiyang found that there was no more mention of adventure in the book. The later records were all about Luban locks. It wasn't until he flipped to the last page that he realized Liao Yang's footsteps had never stopped. He had solved so many Luban locks because he wanted to know what was hidden inside the ghost mask lantern, but before he could figure this out, a fire broke out.
As soon as Liao Haiyang handed the small notebook to Liao Dongfeng, he heard Liao Dongfeng ask: "Dad, do you know why I came here now?"
Liao Haiyang nodded and said: "You want to rewalk the path that Grandpa has taken before, maybe he is waiting for your arrival in a place unknown to you, right?"
"You're right about half of it, I don't just want to inherit everything from my grandfather, but I want to find him because he doesn't have much time left. After what I've seen and heard during this period, I'm convinced that something must have happened to Grandfather, and this may be related to his life safety. I don't care about anything else, no matter how much suffering I endure, because Grandfather is the most important person in my life, he has given me thousands of times more than you have."
At this point, Liao Haiyang lowered his head in shame and said after a while: "Actually, I knew what your grandfather was doing all along, it's just that..."
"It's just that you're afraid he'll hold back your progress, you're afraid of losing what you've already got."
Liao Haiyang's face looked even more unsightly, he didn't know what to say, so the conversation between father and son ultimately ended with his father's silence.
Liao Dongfeng didn't know when he fell asleep, but he knew that while he was sleeping, his father held him and cried. His father was repenting for having forgotten and ignored the two generations of ancestors.
It wasn't until lunchtime that Liao Dongfeng learned from Duan Lao that his father had left, and before he left, he had entrusted Duan Lao to pass on a few words to Liao Dongfeng, which was that he would use the remaining time to make up for the mistakes he had made.
Liao Dongfeng's inner world also began to repeat his thoughts after listening, but at this time a sudden event stopped his thinking.
