reborn as an official

Chapter 84 The Simple Jin Family

Hearing Jin Baoguo's plain words, Xu Li didn't know what to say for a moment.How could Jin Baoguo, as a father, not grieve when his son died?However, in order not to cause trouble for everyone, the family even refused to come to He Lian, and just asked to bring their son's ashes back to their hometown for funerals!

"Let's go, we'll talk when we get to the Jin family!" Xu Li felt that he was indeed a bit small compared to the Jin family, and he really didn't know what kind of landscape brought up people like the Jin family and his son.

Knowing that Jin Baoguo was still somewhat reserved in front of Xu Li, Zhao Guoqing dragged Jin Baoguo into his car.A police car opened the way ahead, followed by Zhao Guoqing, Xu Li, and Zhao Peng in three vehicles. The convoy went straight to Jinxin's hometown, Tian'an County, Wanbao City, Sanjin Province, but the convoy was taken down after leaving Helian territory. Siren, so as not to disturb passers-by.

Tian'an County is located in the south of Xidu City, Shanxi Province, with an area of ​​more than 2600 square kilometers, but a population of only about 16. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the central and western parts are loess hilly areas.It was an old revolutionary base area back then. During the Anti-Japanese War, the county had a population of less than 10, but nearly 2 people participated in the revolution. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, only a hundred people remained.Especially in the later period of the Liberation War, the county has been continuously delivering troops, food, feed, meat, vegetables, military shoes and other materials to the party and the army for many years. At that time, there was a famous saying in Tian'an: a grain of grain should be used as military rations, and a piece of cloth should also be made Military uniform, the last son will also be sent to the battlefield!After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the central leaders once said: Without the people in these old areas, there would be no new China!

But such an old revolutionary base area, nearly 50 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, has become a nationally impoverished county, and the per capita income of farmers in the county is less than 1500 yuan.

When Xu Li and the others drove into Tian'an County, Xu Li and the others couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. This is a county, and it's not even as prosperous as an ordinary town in Helian.When the special vehicle got off the main road of Tianan County and drove into Zhaocun Township, Jinxin's hometown, trucks full of sand and gravel passed by Xu Li and others on the road, crushing the road that should have been neat. Wa, Xu Li and others smelled the dust along the way, endured the bumps, and suffered a lot.

After all, this is not the area under his jurisdiction, so Xu Li could only shake his head and sigh at these overloaded cars.The convoy quickly got off the road and drove into a loess road. After driving along the dirt road for more than two hours, they entered a small ravine, which is the destination of this trip, Quyu Village.

The motorcade stopped at the open space at the entrance of the village, but Xu Li saw that most of the people here actually lived in earthen cave dwellings built against the mountain, and from time to time someone was driving a donkey with two large buckets on top of the donkey.

At this time, Jin Baoguo also got out of the car with Jin Xin's ashes in his hands, and said, "My house is in front of me, but the car can't drive through."

"Let's go, let's take a look together!" Seeing the surrounding scene, Xu Li could already guess the living conditions of Jin Baoguo's family.But when everyone followed Jin Baoguo to the Jin family, they couldn't help but feel worried about the living conditions of the Jin family!

The Jin family also lived in a cave dwelling built against the mountain, but this cave dwelling probably has a history of more than ten years, and it looks crumbling.Compared with here, I am afraid that even the most difficult people are rich people!

"Damn it, I'm back!" Jin Baoguo shouted loudly as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard.

Hearing the shout, a woman walked out of the cave, followed by two girls in their twenties and a young man in his sixteen or seventeen.Everyone knew that this must be Jin Xin's mother and his younger siblings, but Jin Xin's mother's gray hair seemed to be in her 60s, not a middle-aged person in her 40s at all!

As soon as the woman came out of the cave and saw Jin Baoguo holding the urn in his hands, she couldn't help crying: "My poor son!" Stumbling all the way to Jin Baoguo, two little girls supported Jin Xin's mother on the left and the right. .Jin Xin's mother rushed in front of Jin Baoguo, reached out and carefully took the urn, and hugged it tightly in her arms, but her legs were weak, and she sat on the ground with tears streaming down her face!The two little girls and the young man couldn't help crying when they looked at the photo of the eldest brother on the urn.

At this time, Jin Xin's grandfather also walked up to Jin Baoguo step by step with a cane, and said loudly: "Don't cry, there are still guests! Our child did not embarrass our old Jin family!"

The old man had absolute authority in the Jin family. Jin Xin's mother didn't even dare to cry loudly after hearing what the old man said, but this silent choking made people even more sad.

Jin Baoguo gently helped his wife up, and persuaded him, "My son, our son is gone, but we still have to live, don't we? Don't cry!"

The arrival of Xu Li and others has already alarmed the folks in the village.After all, in this small mountain village, an outsider would make everyone curious for a few days, but today four high-end off-road vehicles came all at once. Surrounded outside the Jin family courtyard to watch the excitement.

Jin Baoguo didn't tell the villagers about the news of Jin Xin's sacrifice. He originally wanted to go and connect with his son's ashes this time and bury them in his own cemetery. Soon the word spread throughout the village.

The village head, Zhao Baotian, pushed aside the crowd and walked in. Seeing the Jin family crying sadly, he also stepped forward to persuade him: "Brother Baoguo, sister-in-law, I heard that your eldest son is gone, don't be too sad, you There are still two girls and a son, and your old Jin family is still alive!"

Having said that, aren't those children the parents' darlings?Especially in the Jin family, if it wasn't for Jin Xin's hard work all these years and sending his salary back home every year, it would have been impossible for Susukada to be able to solve the problem.But now Jin Xin is gone, and Jin Baoguo and his wife know that they are sorry for their son. If the family conditions are not good, how could their son be a soldier with his excellent grades, how could he be sacrificed?Thinking of this, the old couple and the three children looked at Jin Xin's posthumous photos even more sadly.Even Mr. Jin quietly wiped away his tears.

"Comrade Baoguo, Sister-in-Law, Comrade Jin Xin sacrificed on duty. It's a good job. We didn't protect him well. As his leader, I'm sorry to both of you!" Zhao Guoqing stepped forward and said.

"I don't blame you! This is the child's life!" Jin Baoguo Zai Helian once saw Jin Xin's funeral with his own eyes, and he was very fond of his son!Although he hadn't seen much of the world, thousands of people would come to see him off at his son's funeral, and it was not in vain that his son had gone through this world. "Okay, baby, don't cry, the leader is still here, let's bury the child first!"