Longing, Lingering Through the Long Years

Source-stated date: 3 November 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

牵挂，留在长长岁月

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Published3 November 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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牵挂，留在长长岁月 ■张晓君 1932年，江西省于都县车溪乡坝脑村，大樟树下。刚刚结婚不到20天的段桂秀，送别了奔赴前线的丈夫王金长。王金长对她说：“我至多离开三五年。你照顾好家里人，一定要等我回来……” 从那天起，这棵大樟树就成了段桂秀目光的锚点。每当想念丈夫，她就走到树下，望着土路延伸的方向出神。一年年，枝丫抽了又落，落了又生，树干上的纹路像被时光刻下的深深浅浅的念想。 21年后，段桂秀等来的，是一张烈士证明书。可她始终不愿相信，直到2019年，101岁的段桂秀，终于在烈士英名墙上找到了王金长的名字。名字很高，她够不到。她先是一怔，然后一下子伏在英名墙上，失声痛哭……那一刻，段桂秀才真正相信，自己的金长哥哥再也回不来了。 2026年8月23日，这位赣南苏区最后一位红军烈士遗孀与世长辞。等了一辈子，她终于和金长哥哥团聚了。距于都县坝脑村100公里的瑞金市叶坪镇华屋村后山，有一片苍翠挺拔的山林。1934年秋，这里多了17棵松树。种树的是村里的17位青年，他们一人种了一棵。他们要出远门，不知道什么时候回来，不知道还能不能回来。这17棵松树，是17位青年留给家里的念想。他们中，有的是儿子，有的是丈夫，有的是父亲；他们中最大的39岁，最小的只有15岁。见松如见人，他们约定要一起回家，万一有人回不来，活着的人就替他照看家小，也照看好这些树。在华屋村，有个习俗——松树是种在墓地旁边的。或许从种树的那一刻起，他们就在心里做好了准备。家里的亲人，等啊等啊，等到老母亲走了，等到妻子青丝变成白发，等到孩子长大成人，又有了自己的孩子……几十年后，家人等来5个字——“北上无音讯”。 “北上无音讯”，是多少个活生生的人，最后的音讯。当年他们走上的路，叫长征。他们倒下的方向，是队伍前进的方向。17位青年是在哪里倒下的？身旁可也有挺拔的青松？没有人知道。只有那一棵棵树，替他们扎根故土，陪伴亲人，守护山水。 90多年过去了，华屋村人明白父辈义无反顾去革命的理由。北上无音讯，但闻凯歌传——他们早已化作了满山青松，化作了吹过这片土地的风，化作了我们脚下这条路。当年栽下的17棵青松，如今已遒劲挺拔。斑驳树影里，藏着华屋村几代人未说出口的惦念，也藏着这片红土地最朴素的信仰。江西省井冈山市茅坪镇神山村的红军无名烈士墓，曾经来过这样一位老人。据当地工作人员回忆，老人年纪很大了，祭拜完烈士后，久久不愿离去。工作人员上前询问，得知老人是第一次来井冈山。老人的父亲跟随红军离开家乡的时候，她还没出生，父亲从此就再也没有回过故土。家里很早就收到了父亲的烈士证明书，可这么多年来，经多方打听，她始终不知道父亲牺牲在哪里，也不知道父亲葬在哪里。老人说，这些年，只要经过烈士陵园，她总会去祭拜。她说：“万一我的父亲，就在这里呢？” 烽火里的出发、奋战与牺牲，刻在一代又一代人的牵挂里。那些毅然转身远去的背影，从来没有真正地离开。那些没来得及说出口的话，那些没来得及圆的梦，都已经变成了我们今天的烟火寻常，变成了每一个平凡安稳的清晨与黄昏。

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