Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 635 - 0635: Painful History 2_1

Chapter 635: Chapter 0635: Painful History 2_1

Feng Qingxue’s nose twitched, "Surely you will live to see our country prosper, to comfort Mr. Li’s spirit in heaven!"

Under the selflessness of generation after generation, why can’t our country flourish? Why can’t there be an era of profound peace and prosperity?

Whether it’s the heroes who have died in battle, or the current border defenders, third-line workers, or people supporting the frontier and many more, they are all holding up the sky for the next generation with their resilience.

The older generation plants trees for the younger to enjoy the shade, no one understands this better than her, a person from the twenty-first century.

"Sister Wang, our country is a dragon that has awakened from a deep sleep, a lion that has risen from slumber. The time of utter devastation is in the past. Give our country some time, and we and our next generation will surely witness the soaring dragon and the roaring lion!" Feng Qingxue continued.

Wang Sanbao nodded, "Yes, time will prove it, prove that our country is gradually flourishing. We are awaiting it! I do not want to see any more scenes where the bodies of civilians fill every gutter and lake!"

"What?" Feng Qingxue was startled.

How horrifying would it be if all the trenches and lakes were filled with civilian corpses? How heart-stopping!

"That happened in your hometown. Aren’t you and Lu Jiang from Huaibei City?" Seeing Feng Qingxue nodding, Wang Sanbao said: "The Battle of Huaibei happened over ten years ago, but I still remember it vividly. I was on the battlefield then and revisited a few times after the founding of our country. When civilians were trying to escape the war, the elderly who couldn’t walk were left behind to let the young ones run far away. After the battles, many people went home, finding bullet shells and shell casings that could sweep up to form a small mountain! Near your Wanglou Village, there is a hill that used to be taller, it was bombarded until its top was taken off, and the trenches to the north and south of the mountain were filled with bodies. The reservoir of your Wanglou Village used to be a flat area, it was created from a deep crater formed by artillery, becoming today’s reservoir."

"I’ve never heard of these things," said Feng Qingxue.

Wang Sanbao sighed: "Those who survived stole their lives from King Yama. I can understand why nobody wants to look back. Perhaps, decades later when the wounds begin to heal, they may bring up the hardship they once suffered. Ask Lu Jiang when you get home, he must remember the scene because he joined the military then. He was in my unit and he also participated in that battle."

Feng Qingxue knew that Lu Jiang had joined the army when he was sixteen, but she didn’t know that the first battle he took part in was the famous Battle of Huaibei. She didn’t bother to brag about her military uniform when she got home that night, but asked him if what she heard was true.

Lu Jiang hadn’t thought about the past for a long time, he was taken aback when his wife asked him.

"Why did you think to ask about this?" he asked, puzzled.

"Today Sister Sanbao talked about the battle. I feel ashamed. Although I live in my hometown, I don’t know much about what happened back then. I think I should find out, I should remember history."

"Right, everything Sister Sanbao said was correct." Lu Jiang played with a giggling Xibao to ease the heaviness of the topic. "Back then, the air raid shelter on West Mountain came in handy. Just because it’s not inhabited now doesn’t mean it was empty then. I remember during the frequent air raids, all the young and old in Wanglou Village hid in their shelters, only coming out when the air raids were over. So, it wasn’t as tragic as it had been in Caohu."