In the spring of 2007, my uncle's urn flew from Taipei to Nanjing, and his Taipei son and his wife were escorted back to his hometown. That morning, I went to the Nanjing Airport with my parents to pick him up.
The uncle was 86 years old, born in Shuyang, Jiangsu, and died in Taipei. When he was young, his uncle was a battalion commander in the old Kuomintang army. In the autumn of 1948, he went to Taiwan with the Kuomintang army. Before leaving, he rode a fast horse back home and bid farewell to his wife and four-year-old daughter. At that time, his uncle said to his aunt, "Huahua waits for me, I will definitely come back!" At that time, his uncle was 26 years old and his aunt was 22 years old. His aunt said tearfully, "No matter how long I wait, I will wait for you to come back!"...
My uncle has no news for 50 years after he left, and his aunt has turned white when she waited for him.
In 1997, my family received a call from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Municipal Bureau of State, saying that uncle Liu Kun from Taiwan was transferred to Hong Kong to visit his relatives and asked us to go to Nanjing to pick him up tomorrow. Our family was very excited. My mother quickly called the news to notify her cousin who was in Lianyungang . My aunt had no phone number, so my mother rented a car overnight to Xiaoliu Village in Shuyang to tell my aunt.
Early the next morning, I took a van arranged by the municipal government to pick me up the plane with my parents. My mother recognized my uncle at a glance in the waiting hall. At that time, my uncle was wearing a red suit and was surrounded by a very fashionable woman in his 50s. My uncle introduced that this was his wife in Taiwan, named Ke Jing, and I was named Aunt Jing. In the car, my mother and my uncle were telling the past. The car soon arrived at my uncle's hometown, Sangxu Town, . My uncle said he still had an impression, especially the river. When we entered Xiaoliu Village, we could see an old man at the entrance of the village, dressed in gray clothes, covered with silver hair and small feet, and tied his trousers. The mother said to my uncle, "This is my sister-in-law. She has been looking at the entrance of this village for 50 years..." My uncle cried, and as soon as he got off the car, he rushed up and hugged my aunt and said, "Huaihua, I'm back, I'm sorry for you and my daughter..." The whole family cried in a whole group. It took a long time for the eldest aunt to cry out, and she said, "Da Kun, you are back..." This "Da Kun" contains the aunt's call to her uncle for countless nights and many affectionate expectations.
came to the low house in my hometown. My uncle solemnly introduced Aunt Jing to my aunt and cousin. Aunt Jing was a traditional woman. She knelt down to my aunt according to the old traditional etiquette of our country and said affectionately: "Sister, you have suffered over the years!" My aunt happily pulled Aunt Jing, and my cousin also brought the child to recognize her mother and call her grandma.
All of us sit together to tell our hometown, family affection and past events. My uncle asked, "Huaihua, how did you get through so many years?"
"After you left, our New China was established. The government distributed us land and life was a bit harder. I could still support it. Many people advised me to remarry, but I didn't agree. Later, many people in the village moved to a town with good conditions under the arrangement of the government, and the village also came to mobilize me. I didn't agree. I was afraid that if I left, you wouldn't find your home. In 1960, our country's natural disaster was severe, and our family had almost no food. I dug some wild vegetables to fill my hunger. That year, I had lung sap and had no money to treat it. I gave my daughter Xinhua to her aunt's house. After I got home, I found pesticides and drank it. I lay quietly on the bed and prepared to turn into a soul to find you. In a daze, I suddenly heard your call: Lotus Flower! Lotus Flower! I suddenly got up and went out of the house to look for you, but I could not see your shadow. I realized that I couldn't die. I promised you to wait for you to come back. I climbed to the water tank and drank it. A lot of soapy water and pesticides were vomited out. I slept for two days, maybe two days after I died. Later, your brother-in-law got streptomycin from the army to treat me. Thanks to my younger brother-in-law Zhou Ji over the years, my illness was cured and my life was settled... My daughter grew up and married to Lianyungang. My daughter and son-in-law came to pick me up wherever I lived many times, but I refused. I want to wait for you to come back at home. This yard, this old house, this old tree and this water tank remained the same. My daughter wanted to flip the old house many times. I didn't agree. I was afraid that you would not recognize your home when you came back..." My uncle and aunt Jing cried into tears.
After my uncle came back for half a year, there was still industry to cook in Taipei. My son there called me many times to urge me to go back, so my uncle had to go back. Over the years, he has been transferred to Hong Kong and went home.
In 2004, my aunt got sick, and my uncle and aunt Jing came to take care of her. Because she was seriously ill, she finally died in my uncle's arms.
At the Nanjing Airport, my parents and I were waiting for a direct flight from Taipei to Nanjing. The plane arrived at noon. In the waiting hall, Aunt Jing was covered in filial piety. Her son was holding his uncle's urn and portrait in his arms. He was guided by us to get on the car.
As soon as we entered the village, we saw that the whole village was standing there, and the loudspeaker in the village was playing Fei Xiang’s song: Clouds in my hometown.
The uncle's soul returns to his hometown.
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