However, Huang Ren shook his head and said, "No, Brother Chen never lies. If he says there is, then there is!"
"Sigh …" The other party also felt helpless.
In the end, they returned to the beginning, when Huang Ren had just joined the army.
"Amitabha." Fangzheng understood everything when he saw this. Of the two old men's lives, one had protected him all his life, while the other had searched for him all his life to repay his kindness!
This was a promise between two veterans, men, and brothers!
But in the end, Chen Dashan still lied to Huang Ren. Huang Ren persisted in searching for the nonexistent Fish Dew Village. It was not that he was stupid, but that he had never given up on his promise to Chen Dashan. He would continue searching even if there was zero hope. This was a stubbornness that bordered on foolishness.
"Master, they are all fools." Red Boy cursed again, but his eyes were a little moist. He didn't care about a person's life or death, nor did he care who died. As a Great Demon King, he believed in the law of the jungle, where the weak were prey to the strong. However, what Chen Dashan, Huang Ren, and their comrades displayed was beyond the law of the jungle. This was something he did not understand. It even went against the laws of the forest. It looked very silly, so silly that he wanted to curse! However, it also made him sad. An emotion that he had never felt before grew in his heart. It was a very uncomfortable feeling, and his eyes were a little sore.
Fangzheng ignored him and came in front of Huang Ren's bed. He bent down slightly and whispered, "Huang Ren, you have returned to the team."
Hearing this, Huang Ren's eyes suddenly lit up. His dilated pupils focused once more. Vaguely, he seemed to hear the signal to assemble, as well as the sound of training that he hadn't heard for a long time. One, two, one! One, two, one!
Huang Ren looked carefully. There was another person in front of him. He was tall and straight like a mountain. He looked a little old-fashioned, but his eyes were gentle. It was Chen Dashan!
"Brother Dashan …" Huang Ren had been suffering from dementia for so many years, and this was the first time he had called out these two words with such accuracy.
The person in front of him was naturally not Chen Dashan but Fangzheng. Fangzheng used A Golden Millet Dream to let the elder see Chen Dashan again. This was something that could not be helped. Chen Dashan had no family, so how could he find them? Based on Huang Ren's personality, he would probably find his way to death … At the very least, he would leave this world with regrets.
"Huang Ren, did you really not find my family?"
When Huang Ren heard this, he immediately burst into tears. With great difficulty, he said, "I'm sorry … I couldn't find it … sob sob sob …"
An old man's face was covered in tears, and he instantly cried his eyes out!
As for this scene, Huang Xinghua and Huang Zhenhua could not see it. They had also been sent into a dream by Fangzheng. All they could see was Fangzheng standing there in a daze. The two of them were very curious as to what the monk was doing.
"Alright, stop crying. Think again. Did you really not find my family?" asked Fangzheng.
Huang Ren was taken aback as he looked at Fangzheng and the box.
Fangzheng took the box and took the key from Huang Ren's neck. He opened the box and inside was the tiny cloth bag that Chen Dashan had given Huang Ren years ago. Inside was a military medal. After so many years, it was still very new. Obviously, Huang Ren had preserved it very well.
He looked at the military medal and then at Chen Dashan. Chen Dashan smiled at Huang Ren. The scenery around the two of them began to change. The torrential river surged, and the two of them stood beside the Songhua River …
However, Huang Ren did not feel that it was strange. It was as if everything was supposed to be like this.
Fangzheng looked upstream along the Songhua River. The mountains rose and fell like black dragons. These scenes were not conjured by Fangzheng, but what Huang Ren wanted to see the most. Fangzheng was only going with the flow. At that moment, he handed the dream to Huang Ren, allowing Huang Ren to see, think, and think.
Fangzheng asked again, "Did you really not find my hometown?"
Huang Ren looked up into the sky and suddenly sang.
"My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast,
There are forests and coal mines,
And the soyabean sorghum that covers the mountains.
My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast,
There are my compatriots,
And my aging parents.
"9/18," "9/18,"
When he reached this point, Huang Ren suddenly knelt on the ground as though he was wailing at a grave. He wailed and shouted the words "9/18." Tears streamed down his aged face as he kowtowed. Although he did not say it, Fangzheng could hear that he was shouting that he was guilty! He had failed to protect his family, causing them to suffer! Although he had repelled the invaders, he was still grieving!
"From that tragic moment,
"9/18," "9/18,"
"From that tragic moment,
I left my hometown,
I abandoned the endless treasures,
I wandered! I wandered!
I spent all my days in the pass, wandering!
Which year, which month,
Only then could I return to my adorable hometown?
Which year, which month,
Only then could I retrieve my endless treasures.
Father and Mother, Father and Mother,
When did it happen,
Only then could we gather together happily? "
Towards the end of the song, Huang Ren knelt on the ground, unable to calm down. And Fangzheng, who was beside Huang Ren, was similarly unable to calm down. He was also a child who had grown up on the plains. He could not imagine the tragedy of his homeland being pillaged by the invaders. Many heroes like Huang Ren and Chen Dashan had stepped onto the battlefield to protect their homeland. Eventually, they died without being able to find their homeland. They could not even find a burial ground. They could not even leave their names behind! Why did they die? For benefits? Thinking of their patched-up clothes, their days of starvation, and the poverty of having no medicine for their colds! Names? Who would be able to remember that small army of peasants? Who could remember Chen Dashan and his comrades inside? Who could remember the soldiers who had stayed behind to provide cover for the evacuation of the masses time and time again? Thinking back to how the three thousand-strong army had been reduced to fifty or so soldiers … Fangzheng felt his heart clench up.
Fangzheng could not help but ask, "Why did you join the army back then?"
"To protect the country!" Huang Ren enunciated each and every word. Then, he stood up and puffed out his chest! At that instant, Fangzheng seemed to see Huang Ren on the final battlefield. He looked heroic!
After Huang Ren shouted, he looked at Fangzheng and said, "Brother Dashan once said that the top of the word for man is the field, and the bottom is strength! At home, the field is the land. Men use their strength to plow the land to support the family! Outside, the field is the sky. Men use their strength to hold up the sky and defend the country! If the war is won, those with homes will return home. Those without homes will return home. Those without countries will establish a nation! "
"Then where is Chen Dashan's home?" asked Fangzheng.
Huang Ren stared at Fangzheng and pointed to the mountains and rivers in front of him. "This is his home! This is his home! This is his home! " Huang Ren's roars grew louder and louder. Finally, the scene in front of him shattered.
Huang Ren, who was lying in bed, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were extremely bright! Although his body had just undergone surgery and was lacking in strength, he still asked with great vigor, "Venerable One, is there something you need?"
Fangzheng smiled. "Amitabha. Congratulations, Patron. This Penniless Monk is fine. Farewell. "
At the instant Huang Ren opened his eyes, a familiar voice sounded in Fangzheng's mind.
"Ding! Congratulations on completing the Formless Door's mission. Rewarded with a Buddhist scripture, Diamond Sutra! Rewarded with a hundred merit points! "
"Only one sutra?" Fangzheng asked unhappily.
"One sutra? Many people can become Buddha just by studying one sutra their entire lives! This is Mount Numinous's collection of sutras. It's not a sutra from the mortal world, much less the sutra you read on your cell phone. There are many differences in the contents. This is the true sutra! Back then, Tripitaka experienced eighty-one tribulations to obtain the true sutra. You obtained it instantly. What else do you want? Do you want to ascend to heaven? "
"Fine, since you said so, I'm content, alright?" Fangzheng had only said it in passing. He knew very well that the System's products were definitely excellent! Although there was only one sutra, it was definitely worth the price! Furthermore, there was a hundred merit points. It was already a huge gain.
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