Chapter 15 Tamura joins the army

Tamura, who graduated from high school, is already a figure in the military compound.His standard attire is flared trousers, a green military uniform, and toad mirrors. His hair is very long, and he flicks it when he walks.More often, with a tape recorder with two speakers in his hand, he and his classmates went to the woods in the park to dance "disco", the kind of butt bumping and waist twisting dance. Now Tian Cun dares to challenge his father, Deputy Commander Tian Liaoshen. Tian Liaoshen is now the Deputy Commander. The forty-eight-year-old Deputy Commander is neither too young nor too old. He can command thousands of troops, but he cannot tame himself. son.

Usually, Deputy Army Commander Tian is very busy, trying to set things right everywhere. The troops have less political study, but more formal training.Deputy Commander Tian is the deputy commander in charge of the training and management of the troops. There are three divisions in one army, and three regiments under the division. The task is very difficult. He has to go underground to arrange training tasks and check and accept the training results. He has been busy all day. There was no one to be seen at night. Yang Peipei is now the director of the outpatient department of the military agency, and people call him Director Yang and Director.What she is worried about now is not the outpatient department of the institution, but Tamura dangling in front of her eyes.Now she was talking to Tamura in a negotiating tone, after all, she was dealing with a half-grown guy with fuzz on his lips.

When Tian Liaoshen was not at home, Tian Cun looked like he was busy with everything, gobbled up the food at the dinner table, and ran away after wiping his mouth.One day, when he wanted to run away again, his mother stopped him, and she said, "Tamura, can you stay at home for a while and talk to mom."This home is not a scumbag, why are you so unwilling to stay? Tamura threw his military jacket over his shoulders, dangled the toad mirror in his hand, and said with a trembling of his legs: Mom, if you have something to say, say it quickly. What can I say? The mother sighed: I have to say even the third article, you have graduated from high school for more than two months, what plans do you have for your future?

Tamura flicked his hair and said nonchalantly: Whatever you want. The mother looked at Tamura's face and said seriously: Yesterday I registered for you in the street. Director Liu of the street said that the next batch of unemployed young people will be considered for employment first. You... Tian Cun interrupted Yang Peipei's next words, and said indifferently: I know, I can do whatever I want. Yang Peipei was upset and yelled at him: Whatever it is, it doesn't matter?Do you agree or disagree? Tamura ignored his mother's words, said "I'm leaving" to Yang Peipei, and walked out the door shaking his hair.

Standing at the door, Yang Peipei could only let out a long sigh as she watched her son go away.What a child is, until now she has not tasted it.When Tian Cun was young, she was worried that Wang Guixiang would come to her door and take the child away suddenly. Even after she came to the provincial capital, this worry was still there all the time. At night, she would dream of Wang Guixiang coming to her door.After waking up, she was still immersed in the dream, sobbing and crying for a while, until Tian Liaochen was awakened: "It's the middle of the night, what are you fussing about?"

She sobbed: I dreamed that Tamura was taken away by others. Tian Liaoshen said impatiently, "You are so worried", turned around and fell asleep again. But Yang Peipei couldn't fall asleep anymore. She opened her eyes and looked at the dark night alone in sadness.Just like this day by day, Tian Cun grew up and became the young man in front of her eyes, but even now, when she suddenly thought of Wang Guixiang's family, she was still very nervous.She didn't dare to think about it any further, and she couldn't think of how it would end.She can't imagine life without Tamura.

After all, the child is not her own. She always has a sense of crisis. This sense of crisis is always there, like a sharp sword hanging over her head, which makes her feel hard. When Tian Liaochen came back from the army inspection work, as soon as he entered the house, Yang Peipei threw an unknown fire on him.She yelled at Tian Liaoshen: Do you still care about this family? Tian Liaochen said with a strange expression: What's wrong?Was it a house fire or an earthquake? Yang Peipei said bitterly: "There was no fire or earthquake, and Tian Cun has graduated for more than two months, so you just idle around like this every day, why don't you ask?"

Tian Liao breathed a sigh of relief: This matter is easy to handle, let him join the army. Yang Peipei glanced at Tian Liaochen with a relaxed expression, frowned and said: You put it simply, let him join the army, can he be willing? At this time, Tian Liaochen also frowned: He would rather go to college, so can he pass the exam like that?It's not that he hasn't passed the test. If he is sixty or seventy points short, he is not expected to go to college. So what do you think he is?Is it the material for being a soldier? In the evening, the family of three finally got together.Tian Cun was afraid of his father. When he learned that his father was back, he took off his flared trousers and put on a pair of army trousers. He also hid the toad mirror.When the mother saw it, she pointed to his nose and said, "Are you still afraid?"

Tian Cun smiled at Yang Peipei and said, "Mom, don't tell my dad about me, please." When Tian Cun came in, Tian Liaoshen was reading a military training report, and he was writing and drawing there with a pen.Seeing Tamura come in, he pushed the report aside.He looked at Tian Cun up and down, left and right, finally saw his hair, and frowned: What do you think your hair is so long for, is it for food or for beauty? Tamura lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Everyone else is like this, and I'm not the only one." Hearing Tian Cun's sophistry, Tian Liao slammed the table heavily: "Others are others, I don't care about others, I care about you, you are my son."You're going to cut my hair tomorrow!

Tamura lowered his head and remained silent. Yang Peipei brought the food, and the family ate dully.Tian Liaoshen took a few bites of food, and then trained Tian Cun again: When I was eighteen years old, I participated in the Liaoshen Campaign. I first rescued the wounded in the stretcher team, and then I became a machine gun when no one was fighting. Hand... Tamura muttered in a low voice: Dad, you have said it countless times. Tian Liao snorted and said, "I said it countless times, what's wrong?"You are eighteen years old this year, what are your plans for the future? My mother asked me to work, you asked me to be a soldier, you two can figure it out.

Tian Liao glared at Tian Cun, knocked on the bowl in his hand and said: I'm asking yourself! Tamura himself has no plans. He grew up in the army compound when he was a child, and the army no longer has any sense of mystery to him.His dream is the same as that of the children of that era, dreaming of becoming a hero, the all-powerful one.When he grows up, he realizes that this is a peaceful age. The troops have been preparing for war and famine, but they have not fought, and the pride in his heart has long since vented. It doesn't matter.Even if you are employed, you still go to work with your lunch box in your pocket every day. It's boring to hang out with those grown-ups!As a soldier, he yells for training all day long, has no battles to fight, and faces imaginary enemies all day long, so he has no energy.Now he really can't tell what he wants to do, and there are only these two paths in front of him. He is doing nothing now, but he cannot be doing nothing forever, and he understands that.For his own future, he can only let it go with an indifferent mentality.He could only say to his father: I listen to you, you can do whatever you want. My father said: Then you are ready to be a soldier. Regarding the question of making Tian Cun a soldier, Tian Liaoshen and Yang Peipei once had the following dialogue-- I don't think it's good to be a soldier, it's better to let him get a job. Tian Liaoshen disagrees with Yang Peipei's point of view: If you are employed, you will know that you are employed.In the future, he will have the opportunity to be employed, but this is the only time he will be a soldier. It will be good for him to let him train in the army for a few years.No rules, no circle, let him have a circle first, then he can learn to be a man. Yang Peipei could only silently accept Tian Liaoshen's thoughts. Naturally, Tian Cun was given the green light all the way to become a soldier. He took his household registration book to report to the Military Commission of the military compound, and then he had a medical examination. Everything was logical. One day, a military truck took these children who passed the medical examination away from the military compound and sent them to the 13th Division, the most remote of the army.There are three divisions under the military headquarters, the Thirteenth Division is the most remote, on the border defense line, where the conditions are the most difficult.This was arranged by Tian Liaoshen. He wanted the children of these army cadres to be tempered into steel. On the day when Tian Cun was taken away by the truck, he seemed to be a normal person, talking and laughing with the children who were soldiers together, they punched me and kicked you, laughing and laughing. As soon as the car left, Yang Peipei couldn't take it anymore. She had red eyes at first, and finally ran home covering her face. Tian Cun, who had lived in this home for eighteen years, left, and the home suddenly became empty. After Tian Cun left, Yang Peipei was in a trance for a long time, but she didn't feel it when Tian Cun was at home.As soon as the child left, her heart was at a loss.When Tian Liaochen came back from get off work, she entered Tian Cun's room somehow before she got home.The two-speaker tape recorder was still on the table, the bell-bottom pants were draped over the back of the chair, and the toad mirror was lying quietly on the corner of the table, covered with dust.Looking at everything in front of her eyes, Yang Peipei seemed to have returned to the time when Tian Cun was young. She hugged Tian Cun and nursed him, and the room was full of joyous laughter.In retrospect, tears welled up in his eyes bit by bit, and Yang Peipei was immersed in the memories of the past blankly. Tian Liaochen came back, it was already dark, and the lights in the room were not turned on. He looked at Yang Peipei who was sitting in the shadows: What are you doing?what is wrong?Why are you still not cooking at this time? Yang Peipei woke up and went to the kitchen to get busy. During the meal, Yang Peipei was in a daze again before taking two bites, and Tian Liaoshen said: I said, what have you done these days, have you lost your soul? ! I don't know how Tamura is doing in the army? Tian Liao said in a rough voice: Don't worry, the thirteenth division is not going to him alone, everyone else is living well, what can he do? Yang Peipei looked at the rice in the bowl and said quietly: This Tiancun is at home, I don't think he is one more or one less, but now that he is gone, our family is not angry at all. Tian Liaochen's eyebrows were knit together again, he looked at his lost wife, shook his head and said: You, you, let me say how you are.You worry about him when he is at home, and you still worry about him when he is not at home. You really have endless worries. Yang Peipei sighed: He has lived in our house for 18 years. During these 18 years, he has never left the house for a day. Now he just left as soon as he said it. What do you think I feel like? When Yang Peipei said this, his eyes became wet again. Tian Liaochen was also a little moved. He put down the bowl, looked at the empty room, and said with a long breath: "The child will grow up one day. When he grows up, we don't need to protect him. He will go far away." , I went to build a nest by myself. In those days, Yang Peipei would dream every night.I dreamed that she was leading Tian Cun to the park, and the child was running in front of her eyes. She ran and ran and disappeared. She chased and yelled, and woke up after yelling, and then sat up straight away. The emotion continued in the dream. . Tian Liaoshen comforted him with sleepy eyes: Are you dreaming again? Yang Peipei said with a choked voice: I dreamed that Tian Cun was lost, he was lost, and I couldn't find him no matter what. The more Yang Peipei talked, the more sad she became, and she began to cry. Tian Liaochen also sat up, put on his clothes and persuaded: "Dreams are always reversed. When I first joined the army, my mother often dreamed that I was either injured or dead. Didn't I live well in the end?" ?Stop thinking about it and go to sleep. Yang Peipei lay down again under the consolation of her husband, but she couldn't fall asleep again. She suddenly said: I want to see the child. Tian Liaoshen said in surprise: What?He's only been away for a few days, wow, the recruit company hasn't finished yet, why don't you go to see him? Who told me to be a fuck.Yang Peipei said willfully. Tian Liaoshen's tone became tough: No, absolutely not! If I don't become the deputy commander, regardless of the influence, I don't care about you. You can go to see him now.But what does this make the troops think?What do those recruits like Tamura think?Most of those children are rural soldiers, and their parents are farmers, so they don't want children?But how can they have the conditions to see their children? Yang Peipei stopped talking, Tian Liaoshen breathed a sigh of relief, and said: After a while, I will go to the Thirteenth Division to check the work, and then I will just take a look at the child. Yang Peipei could only hide in the quilt and sob. On this day, Yang Peipei, who was at work, received a letter from Tamura.Yang Peipei's hands were shaking with excitement, and it took him a long time to tear open the envelope.Tamura's letter reads: Dad, Mom: Hello! It has been more than half a month since I came to the army. I didn't know what a real army is until I arrived at the 13th Division. It is different from the government compound.This is a real army. I eat and live with my comrades. Only now do I feel what a big family is.Bitter and tiring, it’s nothing, I can suffer as much as the children of workers and peasants can suffer... Yang Peipei cried while reading her son's letter.When she put away the letter, she wanted to call Tian Liaochen, but she had already told the switchboard to pick up Tian Liaochen, so she put the phone down in the end.She went to look at the letter again, and the words "Accepted by Yang Peipei" were written on the cover. She seemed to see the child's youthful face smiling at her. She stroked the thin envelope, as if touching the child. s face. That day, Yang Peipei was very happy, humming songs in her mouth when she had nothing to do, even when cooking. After Tian Liaochen came back, she put the letter in front of him: her son has written. How is the child? Yang Peipei held her head proudly and said: You can see for yourself. Tian Liaoshen read the letter at a glance, and he didn't seem very excited. He calmly put the letter back into the envelope. Yang Peipei stared at his face and said, "You're not excited at all? Tian Liao said in a deep voice: "There's nothing exciting about this, isn't it just a letter to say you're safe." Yang Peipei was in a hurry: I just found out now that my son and his mother are connected, and his first letter was sent to me. What does this mean?In his mind, it is still important for me to be a mother.Tian Liaochen didn't want to argue with her, so he waved his hand and said, "Kiss with you, that's fine." In those few days, Yang Peipei's mood changed a lot.Tian Liaochen fell asleep at night, and she was still writing a reply to her son under the lamp. After opening a few times, she was still dissatisfied. She crumpled up the letter paper and threw it on the ground.Gritting his teeth, holding back tears, he finally wrote the letter: dear son: Mom got the letter.The moment you left home, mom suddenly realized that mom loves you so much. You are part of mom's life, mom can't live without you... When Yang Peipei's letter was written here, she had already wiped away her tears several times. She couldn't control herself, and she wanted to cry when she mentioned her dear son, so she wrote while crying: Son, mother misses you, misses you during the day and at night, even in your dreams at night.People say that the child is the heart and soul of the mother, and when the child is uncomfortable, the mother also feels uncomfortable.Your dad misses you too, he doesn't say it, but I can see it.Mom and dad are looking forward to you, don't discredit our family, your dad is the deputy commander of the army, he hopes his child will be successful, and he will win face for his parents... Tian Liaoshen was also missing his son who was far away in the Thirteenth Division.On the wall of the office is a map of the entire army's deployment. When he is free, he often goes to the wall map and stares at the position of the 13th Division in a daze.He walked to the phone on the desk a few times, picked it up, and put it down again.This time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said to the switchboard: Pick up the Thirteenth Division. When the phone was connected, his heart skipped a beat. Before, he often talked with the Thirteenth Division on the phone, instructing this and arranging that. He had never felt this way before.He was in a daze for a while, until the switchboard of the 13th Division said: Chief, your call is connected, where do you want? Tian Liaoshen came to his senses, and he pressed down the phone vigorously, as if only in this way could he control his emotions. There is no doubt that Tian Cun is not his own son, but when Yang Peipei took the child home, he regarded him as a member of the family.Time is the glue of emotion. For eighteen years, he has seen Tiancun's growth every day, just like looking at a small tree. From the time of budding and jointing, this small tree has grown in his heart, and finally finally When he grew up, he broke through his shelter, weathered the wind and rain, and went to see the world. Tian Liaoshen is happy with his son's progress. In his emotional world, Tian Cun is his hope and future.