Chapter 40 Falling Rain Without Traces

Author: Demon Tower Tower

Chapter 40 Falling Rain Without Traces

It turns out that after Xiaoxia and Zhang Daniu separated——

On the way to the transfer with his fellow villagers, he was ambushed by Japanese soldiers and died.

But--

Zhang Daniu did not die.

The first thing Zhu Xiaozhou did when he returned to reality was to find out what Zhang Daniu and Xiao Xia had agreed upon -

After the battle, we will meet under the old locust tree.

It was precisely because of this that I met Zhang Daniu's adopted son.

An old man in his seventies with gray hair on his temples.

Zhu Xiaozhou thought he looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

After asking, he learned that his adoptive father's surname was Zhang Jichun.

His biological father was the youngest soldier in Zhang Daniu’s team. Unfortunately, he later died on the Korean battlefield. At that time, he was not yet born——

When her biological mother was in labor, she learned the sad news that her husband had died in battle, and she was unbearably sad.

"Later, the doctor who delivered my mother said that my mother was lying on the operating table with her mouth chewed up and her mouth full of blood, but she couldn't give birth. They secretly said, 'This baby is bad.

I can’t keep it anymore’.”

Uncle Zhang sat under the tree and talked to Zhu Xiaozhou about the past.

The medical conditions at that time were very primitive.

Unlike now, when medical technology is so advanced, at that time, there were so many women who were dead and giving birth to children.

His mother cried bitterly day and night before giving birth and became very thin.

After struggling for nearly 12 hours, the baby could not be delivered.

The amniotic fluid had broken and the mother was exhausted. The doctor said that the hope of mother and son's survival was almost zero.

At this time, a nurse bowed her head and said something in her ear——

".This is his son. You have to give him a wife."

It was because of these words that Uncle Zhang's mother became furious. She felt a surge of energy from nowhere and gave birth to the child. The screams echoed in the operating room, and everyone who heard it was frightened.

The child fell to the ground, but the mother's bleeding could not be stopped. She glanced at the child and closed her eyes when she heard the child's cry.

Later, his adoptive father, Zhang Daniu, found him after returning from the Korean battlefield——

Adopted him.

In addition to him, Zhang Daniu also adopted two other orphans of his comrades.

"My name is Jichun, my second brother is Shangqiu, and my third brother is Youdong." Uncle Zhang said.

After spring, still autumn, there is winter

Only, there is no summer.

After that year of separation, he lost Xia forever.

So there will be no summer for the rest of my life.

In the days that followed, Zhang Daniu lived alone with three children and worked hard for most of his life. No matter how others persuaded him, he was determined not to find another wife.

He said that he had married and married in his heart.

When Uncle Zhang said these words, tears welled up in his eyes.

They saw their adoptive father's affection in their eyes.

Zhu Xiaozhou once checked a lot of information, trying to find the whereabouts of Zhang Daniu. But he found nothing. He thought that Zhang Daniu had died in an unknown battle.

Uncle Zhang took Zhu Xiaozhou to visit Zhang Daniu.

now--

The young man who once had bright eyes, full of vigor and vitality, has long since become an old man lying unconscious on the hospital bed, and can only barely maintain signs of life with the help of various medical equipment.

"He is too old," said Uncle Zhang. He also hoped that his adoptive father could live forever.

But their adoptive father has been sleeping for too long, and "that day" is only a matter of time.

Zhang Daniu is not dead, but almost dead.

When he came back from the Korean battlefield, he had already lost a leg, and in the next ten years, he suffered a lot because of his background.

After finally surviving all the hardships, twelve years ago, due to an unexpected car accident——

It caused him to fall into a coma to this day.

After he fell into coma, his adopted sons and grandchildren discussed it -

To take over from him, he would wait under the old locust tree whenever he had time. Maybe he could really wait for the person he had been waiting for, maybe.

"Xiaoxia sacrificed her life after she separated from him."

Zhu Xiaozhou brought sad news.

At the same time, she was also wondering——

Zhang Daniu is obviously not dead, but his soul has left his body, along with countless former comrades-in-arms.

Guarding the rare peace.

Uncle Zhang was silent for a long time before saying, "Maybe my father has guessed it a long time ago."

After the battle, Zhang Daniu has been looking for news about Xiaoxia.

But Xiaoxia was never found, so he should have guessed the result.

While talking, Xiaoxia walked in, stood beside the bed, and looked quietly at her old lover on the bed——

Zhu Xiaozhou looked at Uncle Zhang.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhang didn't see this scene. He didn't even know that Xiaoxia was here.

Xiaoxia smiled slightly at the person on the hospital bed.

She remembered everything.

They had agreed that they would get married after the war

"But why have you become so old?" Xiaoxia felt distressed.

The old man on the hospital bed is nearly a hundred years old and has been in a coma for 12 years. Thanks to the filial piety of his descendants, his life can continue.

Even though his soul has left his body, he still remains in this world.

He is still guarding this place, waiting for the girl he has promised.

A drop of tears from the deceased fell on the old man's face and turned into a glimmer of crystal.

"Zhang Daniu" sat up from his body, still looking like the young man he was then.

He finally waited for his girl

"Sister, thank you." Xiaoxia said.

Watching the two of them disappear from the window, the equipment beside the hospital bed sounded a sharp warning sound. Doctors and nurses rushed to rescue them, but——

Zhang Daniu is dead.

Zhu Xiaozhou handed the glazed safety buckle into Uncle Zhang's hands.

It was said that they were entrusted by Xiaoxia's family to fulfill her wish. They asked them to bury this safety buckle together with old man Zhang Daniu——

Holding a black umbrella, I walked through the drizzled path.

Zhu Xiaozhou looked at the people coming and going on the road, feeling like a ghost in a trance.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of Qiyundang's existence.

When I returned to Qiyundang, I checked out the Liuli safety buckle on my grandma's account book.

Three words were written down, "Redeemed."

I closed the book and looked at the rain outside the store. Although I felt regretful, I also gained a long-lost peace.

Maybe--

They will live happily together in another world. Just like they once expected, they will get married, have children, and the family will never be separated again.

More than half a century has been too long.

"What are you thinking about?" Bai Yuan asked her.

It can be seen that Zhu Xiaozhou has grown up after this.
To be continued...