My sister and I left our parents one after another. Our family is the only one left, and we are taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law. Later, the eldest brother and his family's household registrations were all moved to Hongshan District, Wuhan City, and the whole family settled down in Guangbutun . There were only parents and the second brother in their hometown, and the parents' lives were all borne by the second brother and the second sister-in-law.
At the beginning of 1979, my mother died of illness. At that time, I was in the midst of intense preparations for the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, , and was unable to pay homage to my mother. My mother's funeral arrangements were all taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law.
In 1981, I got married in the army, and my family was located in Wuchang, . Once a year, I would go back to Wuhan to see my father, brother and sister-in-law during family leave.
The children of the second brother are growing up day by day, and the old house is more than 20 years old. They demolished the house built by the eldest brother and rebuilt three large rooms with red bricks, prefabricated boards and red tiles. When my second brother was building a house, I was visiting relatives and had a great time moving bricks and lifting prefabricated panels .
The family is like this. A big family becomes a small family, and the old house is replaced by a new one. After my father passed away in 1988, the three of us brothers were like three small families. The eldest brother lived in Hongshan, the second brother lived in Hanyang, and I lived in Wuchang. No distractions when we are separated, this is what our big family will always adhere to.
