الفصل 1
第一章 一封信
陈默和苏兰回老家,苏兰在一间老屋发现一封旧信,由此引发奇异梦境和前世今生的联想。
One day in 1937, Chen Shaotang leaves his Sichuan village to join the army. Before he goes, his wife Xiulan gives him a pair of cloth shoes and one promise: “I will wait for you to come back.” Told across seventy years — through unfinished letters, a widowed wife who keeps waiting, and an old wooden box — this gentle historical love story closes in the present, when a young couple finds that letter in an abandoned house and begins to understand what the words really meant. Written for HSK5+ Chinese learners.
陈默和苏兰回老家,苏兰在一间老屋发现一封旧信,由此引发奇异梦境和前世今生的联想。
一九三六年,川北小镇,秀兰在集市卖鸡蛋,遇险被年轻军人陈绍棠所救,两人由此相识。
本章讲述了川军班长陈绍棠与秀兰成亲的经过,婚后他被召回部队。
绍棠归队前与秀兰告别,后来抗战爆发,绍棠随部队离开四川,心中始终牵挂秀兰。
绍棠在行军途中回忆与妻子秀兰的家书往来,并与战友刘大山在江边结拜为兄弟。
一九三八年冬,川军连长绍棠奉命死守三道梁,为掩护部队撤退,他留下断后。
川军断后部队陷入重围,绍棠为掩护柱子牺牲,柱子将遗物交给刘大山。
秀兰收到丈夫绍棠的遗物——一双布鞋、一绺头发和未写完的信。她没有读完信,独自抚养着儿子阿桂,坚强地生活下去。
秀兰的丈夫绍棠为国牺牲,她独自抚养儿子阿桂,用一生守候不愿离开,直至老去。
秀兰在丈夫牺牲后独自养大儿子、送走公婆;战后再见村口烈士碑上的名字,她停止了多年的等待,只剩桂花年年开落。