Chapter 220 Raising the Flag
The sky is slightly cool, with a gentle breeze blowing on my body, which feels very comfortable.

There were already many people around, looking at the red flag above with solemn expressions.

Seeing the soldiers raising the flag, they put down the flag from the previous day and folded it carefully.

The sun rises slowly and shines on the railings of the national flag, as if with a warm glow. In the eyes of those watching the flag raising, it is like holy light.

At this time, no one spoke, and the solemn atmosphere affected the people around them.

Those who were wearing hats all took off their hats.

The time came soon. I listened to the marching music and watched the soldiers lined up neatly holding the national flag and walking step by step to the flag stand.

The two grandfathers stared closely. As the national anthem played, the national flag slowly rose from the railing, and the bright red slowly flew into the sky.

The gusts of wind blowing the national flag are like returning to the time of the war.

The eyes of the two people were already full of tears. Thinking back to those days, every time they saw this touch of red, infinite fighting spirit would emerge in their hearts.

Today, the national flag is raised high, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. This is the new China that countless soldiers are looking forward to, and it is slowly getting better.

After the flag-raising ceremony, the two old men couldn't calm down for a long time. They sat there and watched the red flag flying.

Gu Xue stayed quietly beside the two old people. She had not experienced those days and could not empathize with the two old people's feelings.

But she has been a member of this country for her two lives, and she knows best in her heart that she has no regrets about entering China in this life, and will be a Chinese in the next life. This is what everyone wants.

After a while, the two old men recovered and felt a little embarrassed.

They were still crying in public, which was very rare for people of their age.

Just now, the two of them seemed to have met their comrades who fought side by side again. They said goodbye to them and looked at New China with a happy smile.

After recovering, the two of them excitedly went to visit the Forbidden City and even talked about climbing the Great Wall.

What can Gu Xue say?

Old children, old children, as they get older, their personalities become more and more like children. As a junior, they can be pampered well.

Gu Xue first took them to wander around the Forbidden City. Many places in the Forbidden City were locked, and there were not many places to play.

Unlike the future, many places have been rebuilt and repaired, and there will be more open places.

The Forbidden City is very antique, and every inch of the building represents the country's historical heritage. From beginning to end, Gu Qianshan and Zhang Jianguo were amazed.

Gu Xue suddenly remembered something. When he was in school, he once heard a story about the relocation of cultural relics from the Forbidden City to the south.

During the war, the Forbidden City people wrapped up every treasure and took all the treasures out of the Forbidden City before those people broke in.

After the founding of New China, they sent the treasures back without any damage. This is how we have the cultural relics and antiques we can see now.

It didn't sound like much at the time, but now seeing the Forbidden City, Gu Xue felt an inexplicable sense of admiration in her heart.

When it was so difficult back then, none of the treasures in the Forbidden City were damaged and they were all returned. How much energy and ability it took to bring back all the treasures in the Forbidden City was beyond words.

After visiting the Forbidden City, Gu Xue took two people to climb the Great Wall.

Gu Xue pushed Zhang Jianguo with a small backpack on the back, carrying some water and food. The things sold by the stalls on the Great Wall were too expensive.

The repair area of ​​the current Great Wall is not very long, and the protection on the outside is not that good.

Many small vendors will climb up from the edge halfway up, and then sell some water and food on top, but my prices are very expensive. When Gu Qianshan arrived at the gate of the Great Wall, someone was selling tickets at the gate.

It says: Great Wall ticket, two cents each!
There were three of them, and Gu Xue bought three tickets directly.

The conductor looked at the combination of three people strangely. After all, no one was going to climb the Great Wall, and there was a person in a wheelchair with him.

Suddenly, Gu Qianshan seemed to have thought of something and said to Gu Xue: "Axue, please refund these two tickets first. Your grandpa Jianguo and I have veterans' certificates, which say veterans free."

Gu Qianshan pointed at the small words on it. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see these small words at all. Gu Qianshan only saw it because of his sharp eyes.

Gu Xue quickly went to refund the other two tickets, then took two veterans' certificates and asked for two free tickets.

When the conductor saw the two veterans' certificates and then looked at the two old men behind him, the impatient expression on his face immediately turned serious.

"It turns out that the two old people are veterans, so they can get free tickets here. We also have stamps here. These two stamps are given to the two grandfathers."

People in this era have a very profound filter for retired soldiers. After all, they are the soldiers who once protected their homeland and the country. They built the new China with their own blood.

Enjoying the peaceful times, I admire these soldiers very much.

Gu Xue looked at these two stamps, with stamp codes on them.

If I remember correctly, this stamp will be hard to find in the next few decades.

There are even some better-numbered ones that can sell for millions.

Even just one card instead of a series of consecutive numbers.

The main reason is that they only made one issue of this edition of stamps, and they never made it again.

Gu Xue's eyes lit up when she looked at the stamp.

"Miss conductor, can we buy this stamp ourselves?"

The conductor obviously didn't expect anyone to ask, and nodded stumblingly: "Of course, it costs one yuan per edition, and there are thirty sheets in one edition. I have two bags here, about 20 sheets. How many sheets do you want?"

These stamps were actually given as gifts to those who bought tickets, but later I felt it was unnecessary, so I put them directly at the conductor's place to see if anyone would buy them.

If no one buys it, it will be invalidated.

The conductor basically just gave away one or two if they liked it, and didn't take it seriously at all.

After all, no one is a fool now. Spend money to buy stamps, and there are not so many letters to send at home.

Gu Xue nodded: "Give me all these, there are 20 editions in total, then I will give you 20 yuan."

As he said this, he took out two large unity sheets from his small bag and handed them over.

The conductor obviously didn't expect it, and he didn't react.

Looking at the two big unity, I felt a little confused.

"This... so much? Do you really buy it?"

With that said, he quickly opened the push box and took out three bags.

"Hey, I actually have three bags here. I'll give you all the 20 yuan. Do you really want it?"

Gu Xue nodded and took another Great Wall stamp from his hand. There was a series of stamps on it and a strong scent of ink.


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