Chapter 24 Tamura and Su Xiaoxiao

The relationship between Tamura and Su Xiaoxiao became unusual, and the substantive progress of their relationship is not unrelated to what happened later. There is no permanent banquet in the world, and the half-month field training of the Thirteenth Division is finally over.The troops received an order to end the training in the early morning. The soldiers were fully armed at the sound of the trumpets, just like when they came to Xiematun, and the villagers walked out of their homes again.Different from the situation when we first arrived, after more than half a month of getting along with the soldiers and civilians, the fish and water situation has been sublimated. The villagers saw that the soldiers were about to leave, and they were emotionally inseparable for a while, and some women even wiped their tears.They called one after another: children, when will you come again.

When several soldiers from the police communication company left Su Xiaoxiao's house, they did not speak.Tian Cun really wanted to take another look at Su Xiaoxiao, but he didn't dare to raise his head, for fear that he would not be able to control his tears when he raised his head.Su Xiaoxiao stood in front of them, tightened the soldier's bag tightly, tugged at the hem of the other soldier's clothes, and when she walked to Tian Cun's side, she looked at his face and said, "Does it still hurt?" Tian Cun shook his head and said in a low voice: Xiematun, I remember you.

When the six soldiers left, Su Xiaoxiao's mother waved at the soldiers and said, "Children, come back and see when you have time." Ma'am, we must come back-- The voices of the warriors hovered slowly overhead, dew-soaked echoes damp with moisture. Su Xiaoxiao followed the soldiers, as if she was a member of this team.They came to the gathering place of the police communication company, which was already full of people seeing off. The company commander went to the front of the team and spoke: I just received the notice from the headquarters. In order to cooperate with the militia training of the Xiematun brigade, the headquarters ordered us to send ten people to help the militia training. When we will go back, we will wait for the notice.Below, I announce the list of those who will remain.

The company commander took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and both Tian Cun and Liu Dong stared at the list in the company commander's hand.This was a sudden decision. When they heard the news, they were shocked. They thought of Su Xiaoxiao at the same time.When the two looked at Su Xiaoxiao, she was hiding in the crowd, nervously observing the changes in front of her.She had that look of surprise and joy. When her eyes met Tamura's, her eyes had turned into longing, as if asking: Can you stay? The company commander announced the list in a loud voice: After the branch researched and decided, the following personnel will continue to stay in the Shematun brigade-first platoon leader Liu Dewang.

A platoon leader, Liu Dewang, replied loudly in the queue: yes. Then I read a group of soldiers Miao Yulu, and someone in the queue answered "yes". When the company commander clicked to the end, Tamura felt that there was no hope for him. At the beginning, he still looked at Su Xiaoxiao. At the end, he seemed to see her eye circles were red, and turned his head away. When the company commander arrived at Tian Cun, he didn't come back to his senses for a moment, and the soldier standing by elbowed him, and he hurriedly answered "yes", and then looked for Su Xiaoxiao with his eyes, and found her The expression is also surprised and happy.

Disappointed, Liu Dong closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them again.At this time, the company commander announced again: Comrades whose names have been called out, come out. A platoon leader with ten soldiers lined up neatly in front of the company commander.The company commander arranged: Your tasks are in the charge of Staff Cui of the headquarters. At this time, Staff Officer Cui came out from behind the company commander and issued a password to the troops.Others walked away amidst singing and slogans.The fellow villagers chased the team, shouting non-stop: My son, if you want to be a godmother, please send me a letter, don’t forget your godmother.

Soldiers can't speak in the queue, they can only bid farewell to fellow villagers with tears. Staff Officer Cui came to the threshing ground with the soldiers left by the police company. Their task was to train the militiamen in Xiematun.This was the only request made by the militia company of the brigade before the troops withdrew, and it was quickly approved by the headquarters, so the task of training the militia was handed over to the police company. After the large army left, these ten soldiers became the focus of the villagers, and they all scrambled to let these junior soldiers live in their homes.This one shouted: Staff Cui, let the child live in my house.That one shouted not to be outdone: My house is big, so go to my house.

Su Xiaoxiao was also standing in the crowd. How she wished these soldiers could live in her home.The situation in front of him made Staff Cui in a dilemma, so he searched in the crowd, and finally saw Captain Xing in Xiematun, and said as if asking for help: Captain Xing, you are familiar with the situation in the village, so you should decide. Captain Xing walked out of the crowd, looked into the crowd with his eyes, and the villagers rushed to shout again. At this time, no one thought that Su Xiaoxiao walked straight to Captain Xing from the crowd, and said: Captain, you know the situation of my house, you can live in my house, my house is spacious.

After finishing speaking, she walked towards the team, reached for Tamura's backpack, and left without looking back. Captain Xing shouted: Hey, Su Xiaoxiao, don't grab it! Seeing Su Xiaoxiaoyi's relentless look, he could only agree. The platoon leader ordered two more soldiers and arranged them to Su Xiaoxiao's home.At this time, the crowd had become a mess, and everyone ran forward one after another to grab the soldiers' backpacks. Su Xiaoxiao walked in front, she walked confidently, without looking back, Tian Cun was finally snatched back by her.Holding Tamura's backpack in her hand, she was a little moved by her behavior.When she reached the door of her house, she turned her head and saw Tian Cun walking behind her with two other soldiers. She smiled, tilted her head at everyone, and said, "Go home."

Su Xiaoxiao greeted everyone to come in, and shouted into the courtyard: Mother, come out and see who is back. The aunt fumbled out of the house, and said happily: "The soldier didn't leave?" Tian Cun hurriedly supported the aunt, and called out: "Auntie, I am Tian Cun."We will stay here for a few more days to help the militia train. The aunt heard it, and said in a repeated voice: "Well, my daughter is also a militiaman, and she even hit the tenth ring when shooting a target a while ago." Su Xiaoxiao teased her mother angrily: "Mom, don't make me ugly. They are all real soldiers. What are we militiamen?"

After finishing speaking, she went to help the soldiers untie their backpacks, but the soldiers refused to let her, so she had no choice but to untie Tamura's backpack.While struggling to untie it, she said with a smile: Brother, if I knew you wouldn't leave, I wouldn't let you pack this backpack. It will take a lot of money. Tamura said honestly: I thought I couldn't stay, but the company commander finally picked me up. The soldier next to him said: If I hadn't stabbed you, you wouldn't have answered "yes". Su Xiaoxiao in the inner room tidied up the quilts of the soldiers, got off the kang, sighed deeply, and said: "Okay, from now on, I will be in your charge." After finishing speaking, imitating the way of soldiers, he saluted the three of them and said, "Report, Su Xiaoxiao, a member of the women's platoon of Xiematun militia company, is reporting to you." Tian Cun and the others laughed when they saw Su Xiaoxiao's serious look.It was at this time that Tian Cun and Su Xiaoxiao started their first love. After that, Su Xiaoxiao ran to the threshing ground in the village to gather with the three soldiers every day.The assembled militiamen were divided into two columns of men and women, each led by a group of soldiers from the police company to be responsible for training. There are a total of five female militiamen led by Tian Cun with Su Xiaoxiao. Su Xiaoxiao is the leader of the female soldier group, appointed by Tian Cun because she is very active in training.Although she is the youngest, she quickly grasps the essentials of movements. Sometimes Tamura asks her to tutor others, and she stands aside to give instructions.During the rest, she still pestered Tamura to ask this and that. Most of her questions were about the army, and sometimes she would ask about the situation of Tamura's family.When she asked what Tamura's parents did, Tamura casually said that they were soldiers. Su Xiaoxiao clapped her hands and laughed loudly after hearing this: Are they still serving as soldiers at such an old age?Is it the army commander or division commander? Tamura laughed along with him. Su Xiaoxiao began to care more about Tian Cun. Seeing that his clothes were dirty, she took out a handkerchief to help him dust, and found that his clothes were wrinkled, so she went to stretch them for him.When she did these things, Tamura's heart was warm, and he could feel that she liked him. Several female militiamen in the same group also saw the signs of it, and they said jokingly: When Instructor Tian leaves, you can go to the army with him. The militiamen all call ten soldiers instructors to show respect.When Su Xiaoxiao heard everyone's jokes, a red cloud immediately flew up on her face, and she pretended to be ashamed and chased after him. Tian Cun stood aside, watching them laughing and making a fuss, feeling a little bit of happiness in his heart, feeling like a paradise in a trance. After dinner, before it was too dark, the ten soldiers walked out of their fellow villagers' homes, walked across the village street, and walked up the hill behind the village.There are verdant trees on the mountain, and all kinds of unknown wild flowers bloom all over the hillside. People walking on the mountain, smelling the elegant fragrance of flowers, feel very comfortable. One day, when Tian Cun was walking up the mountain alone, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly appeared behind him and shouted: Brother-- Tian Cun stopped, and Su Xiaoxiao chased after him.The sunset glow from the sky reflected on her face, making her face look as bright and dazzling as a peach blossom in full bloom.She said out of breath: Brother Tian, ​​I want to walk with you. The two walked up the hill side by side.They sat down on a gentle slope. The fragrance of weeds mixed with the fragrance of flowers was refreshing. The intoxicated Tian Cun closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.Seeing Tamura's fascinated expression, Su Xiaoxiao blushed and asked softly: Brother, do you like this place? Tamura opened his eyes, looked at her sincerely and said: I like it, it's great here. Then you stay here from now on.After Su Xiao finished the novel, he lowered his head and kept fiddling with a small pale yellow flower in his hand. Looking at Su Xiaoxiao, Tian Cun suddenly had an impulse. He stretched out his hand and grabbed her hand. The two hands were quickly clasped together, and the two hearts were beating like drums.At this time, Su Xiaoxiao's face was already radiant, and Tian Cun was also extremely happy. This was the first time he really touched a girl's hand. Su Xiaoxiao's simplicity and kindness moved him, and made him the first love Passionate. It was dark, dark again.Tamura's body moved, Su Xiaoxiao raised her head, saw his bright eyes, and heard his gradually rapid breathing.Su Xiaoxiao couldn't control herself anymore, she threw herself into his arms: brother, I like you. He hugged her too, but quickly pushed her away.She was a little surprised, and said with a choked voice: Brother, you don't like me? He turned his head away, not daring to look into her eyes: no.Our troops are disciplined, and soldiers cannot fall in love locally. After speaking, he stood up in a panic. She asked with some puzzlement: Who stipulated this? Tamura replied: It is the superior. real?What about your demobilization? Tamura said seriously: Demobilization is of course possible. His answer encouraged her invisibly, and she boldly looked at him in the dark and said: Then I will wait for you and wait for your demobilization. After speaking, she ran away until she melted into the night. The next day, the soldiers and militiamen started another day of training at the threshing ground.A row of long-pressed groups checked the training situation, and when they walked to Tian Cun's group, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly stood up and saluted the platoon leader: report to the platoon leader. After returning the salute, a platoon leader asked: What do you want? Su Xiaoxiao pulled the platoon leader away from the crowd, and asked in a low voice: "Platoon leader, I want to ask you something." Come on, why are you so sneaky? Tamura and several female militiamen looked at her inexplicably, not knowing what she was going to do. Su Xiaoxiao said seriously: "Platoon leader, does your army really have a rule that soldiers are not allowed to fall in love locally?" The platoon leader immediately became alert: Yes, what's the matter? Your army's regulations are really good.She laughed. The expression of the long line became serious, and he stared at Su Xiaoxiao: Comrade Su Xiaoxiao, what did you find?you tell me.If our fighter shows signs of this, I will report to the superior to punish him. Su Xiaoxiao said with a serious face: No, no. Why are you asking this? The other day I heard you soldiers memorize this article, so I just asked casually. The first platoon leader heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said: That's good. At this time, Su Xiaoxiao said mysteriously again: When I find out who has signs, I will tell you. After speaking, he turned and ran back to the queue. A platoon leader said to her back: Thank you for supporting our work. Sure enough, Su Xiaoxiao has restrained a lot since then, and when she saw Tian Cun, she was the same as meeting others. Instructor Tian and Instructor Tian shouted shortly. During a training break, Su Xiaoxiao secretly stuffed something in Tian Cun's trouser pocket.Tian Cun reached out and touched it, and found that it was two ripe apricots. He peeked over and found that she was also staring at him. In those days, Su Xiaoxiao and Tian Cun became the happiest people in this team.Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help singing when she had nothing to do. She sang "Wan Shan Hong Bian" and "Embroidered Gold Plaque". The most popular song was "Ode to Yimeng". Tian Cun also wanted to sing during those days, but he didn't expect that he would meet his first love in Xiematun.This secret love affair made him feel both excited and nervous.In the happy days, he learned to suffer from insomnia, and often lay on the kang, listening to the singing next door excitedly.Su Xiaoxiao in the room is always doing needlework under the lamp while singing the beautiful song "Ode to Yimeng". Because of Su Xiaoxiao's existence, everything in Xiematun has become better in Tian Cun's heart. The sky is so blue, the clouds are so light, and the mountains and rivers here are so beautiful. He even wants to be demobilized in the future. Marry and live with Su Xiaoxiao here. The training of the militiamen is going on step by step. After the queue training is over, there will be firearms training, live ammunition shooting, and bombing, and then the training should end.The day of parting is getting closer and closer, and there is more sadness and melancholy in the eyes of Tian Cun and Su Xiaoxiao. The soldiers of the police communication company and the militiamen of Shematun ushered in the last training subject--live ammunition shooting and bombing.These live ammunition are provided by the local armed forces. Shooting and bombing are done in groups.Before the team of Tamura started bombing, he had repeatedly talked about the essentials and precautions of bombing in front of the queue.Su Xiaoxiao was the first to throw the bomb. When the first grenade was in her hand, Tian Cun demonstrated the essentials of the action of uncovering and pulling the string again, and said to her repeatedly: Don't be nervous, just throw the grenade hard.The other people present were lying in the bunker more than ten meters away. At that time, Su Xiaoxiao was not very nervous. She even asked Tamura: Are you going to leave tomorrow after the bombs are cast? In just two days, our mission has been completed. Su Xiaoxiao asked again: Then when will you come back? There was a ray of melancholy in Tian Cun's heart before parting, and he told her affirmatively: I am demobilized, so I came to you. At this time, Su Xiaoxiao had already held the grenade in her hand for some time. She made preparations before throwing the bomb as she did during training—uncovered the cover, hung the detonating ring on the little finger, then swung her arm and threw the bomb vigorously.But the moment she let go, Su Xiaoxiao said "ah": My hair... Tamura didn't notice Su Xiaoxiao's hair, he kept watching the trajectory of the grenade going out, but he didn't see the grenade flying out.When he looked back, he saw that the grenade was hanging on Su Xiaoxiao's braid for some reason, the grenade had already been pulled off, and it was emitting green smoke.Tamura yelled "No!" and rushed forward. He grabbed the grenade that was about to explode on his braid with both hands, but he couldn't get rid of it. Su Xiaoxiao was already frightened, and she kept yelling: "Tian Cun, hurry up... As soon as Tian Cun exerted force, the grenade finally separated from Su Xiaoxiao's braid and landed at Tian Cun's feet. Tian Cun had no time to pick up the grenade, so he could only kick it away with all his strength, and at the same time picked up Su Xiaoxiao and fell to the ground. When throwing the grenade, the person was standing in a natural depression. At that time, it was considered that this depression could be used as a shelter, but at this time, precisely because of its obstruction, the kicked grenade did not fly far and exploded. Tamura let out a loud cry as the grenade exploded.When a platoon leader and the others rushed over, Tian Cun was still pressing on Su Xiaoxiao's body, his body was already dripping with blood.After the large troops withdrew, there were no health workers left behind, let alone a stretcher, so they could only carry him on their backs and ran down the mountain. Su Xiaoxiao stood there blankly, her mind was blank, she didn't wake up until people rushed down the mountain with Tian Cun on their backs, and she cried out heart-piercingly: Tian Cun-- Hearing that the People's Liberation Army was injured, Xiematun suddenly exploded, and the fellow took Tian Cun to the nearest commune health center in a carriage.Su Xiaoxiao who was rescued frantically chased to the carriage and climbed into the carriage.A platoon leader blushed and shouted: Su Xiaoxiao, you don't want to go. Su Xiaoxiao hugged Tian Cun's head in her arms regardless, she lost her mind and cried to a row of longmen: He is my savior, why don't I go? There was no time to argue, the soldiers ran under the car, the fellow driving the car drove the carriage, and a group of people rushed to the commune health center in a hurry. Su Xiaoxiao, who was hugging Tamura, cried over and over again: Tamura, wake up...  Tamura opened his eyes, forced a smile, and said intermittently: Don't worry... I won't die. While shedding tears, Su Xiaoxiao blamed herself: It's all my fault, I'm so stupid. The carriage was jolted so that Tian Cun took a breath in Su Xiaoxiao's arms, and she said to Uncle Yu who was driving the carriage: Uncle, slow down, Tian Cun is in pain. Uncle Yu, who was driving the car, said: "Girl, you hold him well, the car can't be slow, it's important to save your life." The horse ran fast, and the car bumped violently. Su Xiaoxiao simply lay down and hugged Tian Cun on her body.The platoon leader under the car kept shouting: "Tamura, you have to hold on. I will call the army when I get to the commune and ask them to send an ambulance." The conditions of the commune health center are limited, and the doctor simply treated Tamura.During this process, Su Xiaoxiao stayed close to Tamura. She grabbed his hand and said, "Tamura, you must hold on. The platoon leader has already called the troops." A long line of people waited at the intersection for the ambulance dispatched by the army, and finally, the car blew its whistle and drove like lightning.When Tian Cun was carried into the ambulance, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to get into the ambulance, but was stopped by a platoon leader.At this time, she had lost her mind, she cried and begged: "Platoon leader, just let me go, he is my savior!" A platoon leader said seriously: Comrade Su Xiaoxiao, we have doctors and nurses, so you don't want to go. She didn't seem to understand what the platoon leader said, and struggled to get into the ambulance.Tamura opened his eyes slightly, and wanted to raise his hand, but he dropped it again because of the pain. He said in a hoarse voice: "Don't go, I will come to see you when I recover." A platoon leader forced Su Xiaoxiao out of the car, and the car drove away like the wind. Su Xiaoxiao chased the car and ran forward, until the ambulance disappeared, she was still in tears. A platoon leader and soldiers surrounded her and comforted her: Tamura will be fine, don't worry. The platoon leader was worried that Su Xiaoxiao would blame himself too much, so he said seriously: Comrade Su Xiaoxiao, don't be sad and blame yourself, it is Tamura's responsibility to save you, and every one of us will do the same in such a situation. Su Xiaoxiao looked up to the sky and mourned, "Tamura, I'm sorry for you-- The next day after this incident, the first platoon leader was ordered to withdraw the team, this time the unit sent a truck to pick them up.A lot of folks from Xiematun came to see them off, and they waved goodbye to the soldiers while shedding tears. Su Xiaoxiao didn't come, she lay on her kang and cried.Seeing her daughter's sad look, the mother also wiped away her tears. She sighed: Xiao Xiao, remember that Tamura is your benefactor. If he is paralyzed on the bed, you will serve him for the rest of his life. We can't do that. The kind of ungrateful person. Su Xiaoxiao had imagined the situation of parting with Tamura countless times, but she never expected such a result.Tamura was injured to save her, which made her feel happy in her heart, but it was more of a sting.She didn't dare to face a long line of them leaving, she was afraid that she couldn't bear such a scene, there should be Tamura among them.She thought that when Tamura left, she would hide in the crowd after waving to him, and then find a place where no one was there to cry quietly, but it was a sweet parting, but now, Tamura's life and death are unknown, she can only secretly mourn for him Sad and heartbroken. Why wasn't the damn grenade thrown out?Thinking of braids, she seemed to have found something to vent her anger on, got up, found out the scissors, and cut off the long braids that had been in place for more than ten years.