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River Elegy Side Story of Dongdu 2

Suddenly the engine was turned off and the brain was dead. I followed the way and found a yellowed calendar, which clearly recorded that when Guo Mazi fled south (February 2, 193), when he ran away from the south, he kidnapped seventeen male men in Guoyu Village...

I couldn't sleep anyway, and I obviously felt something wrong, because Uncle Zijiu once said that Guo Mazi crossed the Yellow River to fight Japan, which was not a "flee to the south". All the eighteen male members of Guoyu Village volunteered to go to the bank of the Yellow River to assist Leader Guo in the east, and none of them were arrested.

Regarding the issue of Guo Mazi rushing to the east, it can be basically clarified, because the calendar records that Guo Mazi took a ferry to Shanxi. But were the eighteen male men in Guoyu Village "catched" or did they voluntarily assist Guo Mazi in the east? This question involves the characterization of Guo Mazi. In the early days of the national liberation, Guo Mazi was suppressed by the people's government. One of the charges was that Guo Mazi captured seventeen male men in Guoyu Village.

History can be compiled at will. This is no longer new, it has existed since ancient times. Even in modern times, Mr. Ampe (Japan Prime Minister) is still openly denying the history of Japan's invasion of Asian countries? But when I write this, I feel that there is a responsibility to correct Guo Mazi. The man has died and his body has become a pile of loess, not to mention that this person is insignificant in history. Who would like to hold on to the tail of the wind and touch the scars of the mountains?

Outside the window, it was late autumn, and I watched the leaves fall. For a person who had not left any footprints in history, I returned to my hometown and set foot on that mountain road to visit an old man in the War of Resistance.

Rows of apple trees swiftly by, and the apples had been unpacked (in recent years, farmers usually packed bags for apples, and unpacked them more than ten days before picking. The apples were red and fresh, without pollution), and their bright red faces were revealed in the sun. They couldn't help but think of the general Qu Shen (the then deputy division commander of the Kuomintang). It was because of his far-sighted vision that the apples settled in Fengqi. This is a real story. The author has already confessed in "The Fragrant Red Apples". A person cannot change the whole world, but can affect a region. Now the apple industry has become the main source of income for Fengqi farmers. At this point, General Qu Shen has made an indelible contribution.

I don’t know when people were divided into different classes to deepen their hatred. The old social system was overthrown, and this society needed innovation. It was originally the simplest truth, but the Republic took decades to experience it and went back to catch up, which led to the peaceful and prosperous era today. But in that short historical moment, how many people died unjustly?! Today we are clearing the name of a Kuomintang general (not as a general, but at best, just a veteran) not to subvert anything, but more to the future.

The asphalt road reached the end, got out of the car, and followed the familiar path to search for Uncle Zijiu. When his father was buried, Uncle Zijiu staggered and cried on his father's coffin. There were only two veterans of the Kuomintang Anti-Japanese War left in the county. Now another one left, leaving only Uncle Zijiu so lonely. Uncle Zijiu cried and took out a small yellow notebook from his arms and told me that the People's Government now gives him a monthly pension. Although the amount is not so large, it cannot keep up with the money for the day of his cigarette money, Uncle Zijiu regarded it as a treasure because it was the return of human dignity.

But I was one step late. Uncle Zijiu had already set foot on the road to heaven, and a new lonely grave was added to the mountains.
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