Chapter 34 Tamura Shilan Liu Dong

On the day Tian Cun returned to the team, he never thought of going with Shi Lan. He saw her at the ticket gate of the station.Shi Lan had already passed through the ticket gate and was looking into the crowd. When she saw Tamura, she waved to him enthusiastically. Tian Cun squeezed through the crowd and asked Shi Lan, "Are you really going back to the Thirteenth Division?" She smiled and said, "Where are you going if you don't go to the Thirteenth Division?" The two people's tickets were not in the same carriage, but Shi Lan turned around and changed her own ticket to the seat next to him.As far as Tamura is concerned, he has no objection to walking with Shi Lan.

Shi Lan brought a lot of food and set up a table colorfully.The two chatted while eating, and the topic ranged from the teacher's hospital to the police, but they didn't mention the blind date.Along the way, both of them were very happy and excited, as if it was a pleasant trip. After Tian Cun came back, he had another thought. To be honest, he liked the two girls very much, but when he put them together, he felt that they were so different--Su Xiaoxiao was simple and pure, while Shi Lan was warm and friendly. Charm, like two flowers of different qualities, alternately reflected deep in his heart.

Not two days after returning to the company, Yang Peipei called. She first described Shi Lan's cuteness on the phone, and then asked, "Have you dated Shi Lan?" Listening to his mother's aggressive questioning, Tamura couldn't answer for a while, he faltered on the phone.The mother ordered: After all, she is a girl, how can a girl take the initiative in this matter?You are all cadres now, love is also allowed, so go see Shi Lan more when you have time. He vaguely agreed on the phone. He knew that if he didn't agree to his mother, he wouldn't be able to put down the phone for a while.Tamura, who put down the phone, fell into deep contradiction and confusion.He thought of Su Xiaoxiao for a while, and Shi Lan for a while.At this time, Shi Lan was very close to him, but Su Xiaoxiao was far away.

After Liu Dong graduated from the teaching team, he was appointed as a news officer in the propaganda department.People can often see him with a camera hanging around his neck and a notebook under his arm, coming and going in a hurry. That time, Tian Cun saw Liu Dong downstairs in the division office, and Liu Dong stood still when he saw Tian Cun. Tian Cun looked Liu Dong up and down, and said nonchalantly: You kid can do it, and you will become a government official in just one change. Liu Dong looked very conceited. He felt that he could be equal to Tamura now, so he didn't answer, but looked at Tamura with a smile.

Tamura waved his hand: Mr. Liu, please be busy, I can't afford to waste your time. Liu Dong also waved his hand and said: Tamura, come to the office if you have time, we haven't seen each other for a long time.After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked into the office building of the division organization with the footsteps of an officer. Looking at the back of Liu Dong walking into the building, Tian Cun felt very uncomfortable.When Liu Dong didn't mention his role, he even felt aggrieved that a soldier like Liu Dong couldn't be promoted. Now that Liu Dong has been promoted and entered the agency, this makes him feel a little empty.

On the second day after Liu Dong returned to the army, he received a set of cadre uniforms from the Military Supplies Division.At that time, there was not much difference between the cadre uniform and the soldier uniform, except that the jacket had two extra pockets.The biggest difference between cadres and soldiers is the two pockets.The pockets on the clothes clearly marked the difference between soldiers and officers.What's more, officers can wear leather shoes, the kind of leather shoes with three truncated heads, which are called "kicking dead cows".This name means that the shoe is strong enough to kill a cow with one kick.

After Liu Dong received the new shoes, he followed the example of other officers and ran to the shoe repair stand outside the courtyard, nailing iron palms on the front and back soles.At noon that day, he put on the cadre uniform and the shoes with iron palms. When he stood up, he found that he was much taller than before.He stood in front of the mirror, looked at himself carefully, and said in his heart: I am a young officer now. Then, he walked out of the dormitory with his feet high and light, and only put his feet on the ground when he was outside.New shoes, new palms, stepped on the ground clangingly, the sound of his feet surprised him, he tried to take two steps, the sound was clear and rhythmic, and his waist straightened naturally.He imitated the appearance of other officers in his memory, walking with his head held high, and the iron palms hitting the concrete pavement made a crisp sound. Soon, he found the feeling in the sound.At noon that day, people saw a confident young officer walking excitedly in the empty compound.From that moment on, Liu Dong experienced a qualitative leap in his heart.He said to himself over and over in his heart: Liu Dong, Liu Dong, you are an officer now.Thinking of this, he raised his head up again.When he walked into the single cadre dormitory building again, he no longer held his feet lightly, but walked back to the dormitory in a sonorous and forceful manner like everyone else.

On the eve of the teaching team's graduation, he finally got Shi Lan's understanding.After that, he appeared downstairs of the nursing training team every now and then, calling Shi Lan's name in a low voice but eagerly.Sometimes Shi Lan would come out to accompany him for a walk in the yard, chatting about the new books they each read, and more often, Shi Lan would stick her head out and say to him: Liu Dong, I'm not free today.After finishing speaking, before Liu Dong had any reaction, he retracted his head again.Liu Dong was a little disappointed, looked at Shi Lan's window for a while, and then walked away with his head drooping.He found that since he met Shi Lan, he has been in a passive situation.When the police were in contact, it was Shi Lan who came to look for him, and when he heard her call his name, he ran out in a hurry; now that he is looking for Shi Lan, whether Shi Lan goes downstairs depends on her mood .For this reason, he always had a feeling of desolation in his heart, but he didn't know what it all meant.

Now he is the official news officer of the 13th Division's Propaganda Department, and he wants to find Shi Lan with confidence.The task of the news officer is to conduct interviews. During the interviews, news is discovered, and the time is flexible. That afternoon, Liu Dong fully armed himself. The camera around his neck is indispensable. This is the weapon of a news officer, and pens and notebooks are also indispensable.So, with his camera and notebook under his arm, he appeared in the corridor of the division's hospital.In the nurse's duty room, he easily saw Shi Lan who was on duty. Shi Lan was also dressed for work, wearing a white coat and a snow-white mask on her chest.

As soon as Shi Lan looked up and saw him, she asked in surprise: "Why are you here?" He shook the camera around his neck and said: Let me see if there is any news from your hospital, and I will also come to see you. Shi Lan smiled at him with red lips and white teeth: there are no patients in the duty room.Liu Dong walked in and leaned against the desk in the duty room. Liu Dong asked in a low voice: What do you do after get off work? Shi Lan looked at him puzzled and said: It's nothing, what's wrong? Liu Dong took out two movie tickets that he bought a long time ago, waved them in front of her eyes and said: I want to invite you to the movies.

Shi Lan was even more surprised: You invited me to the movies, aren't you afraid of people making irresponsible remarks? Liu Dong said very tactfully: "What are you afraid of? We are all cadres now, and our contacts are normal." Shi Lan stopped laughing, and she said solemnly: You can give the ticket to someone else, I'm not free. Liu Dong's eyes widened in surprise. Shi Lan was busy with other things soon, Liu Dong stood there awkwardly for a while, then turned and walked out.After leaving the teacher's hospital, his heart was a little empty and a little bit lost. He thought it would be easy to ask Shi Lan to go out to watch a movie, but unexpectedly, he got frustrated.He stopped and looked back at the teacher's hospital. At this moment, his heart was gray, and the invisible and intangible oppressive feeling made him feel uncomfortable again.He shook his head, sighed softly, and left the division hospital. The change of identity greatly increased Liu Dong's self-confidence.On the issue of love, he has made plans to move forward bravely, and he does not believe that he will not be able to pursue his own happiness.After thinking this way, Liu Dong straightened his waist again, and walked forward sonorously. At this time, Shi Lan's view of Liu Dong has obviously changed. At the beginning, she and Liu Dong were out of interest and curiosity. A new soldier published an article in the military newspaper before the recruit company was over. Something deeply attracted her.With the passage of time and her own changes, this kind of curiosity gradually disappeared, and the aura that shrouded Liu Dong also faded away, and the scene of Liu Dong running in the nursing training team was completely on a whim. A farce. Later, through further understanding of Liu Dong, she found that she and Liu Dong were not the same kind of people at all, and she couldn't tell what the difference was.She and him can only find common ground when exchanging literary works, and more often they can't talk about it. He even makes her feel a little heavy and depressed.Liu Dong kept a straight face all day, neither humor nor sunshine, as if all the misfortunes and responsibilities fell on his shoulders, being with him made people feel suffocated.On the contrary, she didn't feel this way when she interacted with Tamura. She was relaxed and happy, and there was always a kind of excitement and vitality in her heart. She knew that Yang Peipei took Tian Cun to her house that night.When her father asked for her opinion, she neither agreed nor disagreed. She just laughed and said to her parents: What age is it now, and the media is still pulling the strings. From the bottom of her heart, she was eager to see Tamura, and she hoped to pierce the paper between the two of them in this way.For Tamura's choice, she gave up her job in the outpatient department of the military region and resolutely chose to be with Tamura. The window paper between her and Tamura was torn, but Tamura didn't take the initiative to come to her, which made her a little puzzled and a little bit disappointed. On Sunday, Shi Lan came to the division compound.She walked around the yard and easily saw Tamura.Tamura was having a heart-to-heart conversation with a soldier. They were sitting on the basketball court. At this moment, Tamura also saw Shi Lan. He stood up and rushed over to Shi Lan and said, "Why are you here?" Shi Lan deliberately asked him: Have you seen Liu Dong? Tian Cun shook his head, he didn't expect that Shi Lan came to find Liu Dong instead of himself, his expression was a little unnatural, he scratched his head and said: Officer Liu may be out for an interview, he is a very busy person and can't stay idle of. Shi Lan made a very disappointed look, and said regretfully: I wanted to ask him to watch a movie, and the movie tickets are already bought.After speaking, he took out two pink movie tickets and shook them. Seeing the movie ticket in Shi Lan's hand, Tian Cun felt jealous.Shi Lan saw it in her eyes and smiled in her heart, she said casually: Anyway, the ticket has already been bought, why don't you accompany me to see it? Tamura pretended to refuse: Is this not good?You bought the ticket for Liu Dong. Shi Lan made an angry look and said: Don't pull it down, I will go by myself. After speaking, go forward.Tamura hesitated for a moment, but still chased after him.Shi Lan deliberately ignored him and walked forward quickly, and he followed behind while explaining: Are you really angry?Just teasing you. After hearing this, Shi Lan slowed down and walked forward side by side with Tian Cun. Coincidentally, Liu Dong was walking towards him, with a camera hanging around his neck like a signboard, and he had just returned from developing the photos.To Tamura's surprise, Shi Lan acted as if she hadn't seen Liu Dong, and walked forward talking and laughing with herself. Liu Dong walked by, and Tamura whispered: Isn't that Liu Dong? Shi Lan tugged at his sleeve: don't look back, go forward. The two walked together very intimately. Liu Dong stood there, staring blankly at their retreating figures. Before arriving at the movie theater, Tian Cun saw through Shi Lan's trick, and he didn't say anything, but his mood immediately improved.He and Shi Lan walked together, and their movements became much more natural. At the beginning of the movie, they stopped talking and looked intently on the screen.However, Tian Cun's thoughts were in a mess. At this time, he somehow thought of Su Xiaoxiao again. It seemed that Su Xiaoxiao was sitting in the back row, looking at him.His face was a little hot, and he closed his eyes hard, and the Su Xiaoxiao in his heart disappeared.He stole a look at Shi Lan, and found that Shi Lan was also eyeing him.The blood all over his body immediately accelerated, and Shi Lan walked into his heart all at once.For a moment, her figure and smell covered him heavily. Their hands under the chair somehow touched each other, and he froze there, not moving.For a moment, he moved, and the soft hand seemed to be waiting there, and he grabbed it at once.The movie was over, and the interlocking hands never separated. During this period, the two of them didn't say a word.It wasn't until the end lights came on that they reluctantly parted their hands, their expressions a little unnatural under the lights. When they got outside, Shi Lan said with a smile: "Tamura, you really know how to pretend." What, what am I pretending?Tamura also laughed on purpose. The two did not go back directly, but turned into a park.Not long after entering the park, in the shadows behind a tree, he hugged her.She seemed to have been waiting for his embrace for a long time, she closed her eyes gently, and threw herself into his arms happily. Yang Peipei still keeps getting calls. What she cares about is the progress of Tamura and Shi Lan's relationship.The first thing she said to her son every time was: Have you seen Shi Lan recently? Seeing that his mother was in a hurry, Tian Cun deliberately told the truth: Mom, why do you keep asking me to see her.She is busy with hers, and I am busy with mine. What's the point? Yang Peipei lost her temper on the phone, and then said to Tiancun: Tell your son, I just like Shi Lan. If you don't marry Shi Lan, I will never end with you. Tamura also laughed and said: Mom, then you can marry her. Yang Peipei changed her tone and said seriously: Son, be serious, tell mom the truth, did you go to find someone? Tian Cun pretended to say: You can ask her. From then on, Tian Cun began to date Shi Lan frequently, mostly after dinner.So, the two of them strolled along the roads of teachers' hospitals and government agencies, often you would send me off once, and I would send you off again, endlessly.During that time, their intimate figures became a landscape of the Thirteenth Division.Everyone knew that Tian Cun and Shi Lan were in love, so everyone gave them smiles and blessings. Only Liu Dong was frowning.During this time, he rarely went back to the dormitory, because another young cadre in the dormitory was also in a relationship, and the two often talked affectionately in the dormitory.He didn't want to be a "light bulb", so he had to come to the office.He sat there, wanting to read a book or write a manuscript for a while, but he couldn't calm down, and the intimate figures of Shi Lan and Tian Cun were always swaying in front of his eyes. After he got in touch with Shi Lan again, he wanted to find an opportunity to express his thoughts, but he didn't expect that Tian Cun took another step ahead.Regarding Tamura, he has an inexplicable feeling. From enlisting in the army to now, no matter what happens, Tamura always takes the lead, as if Tamura is the nemesis in his life.So, he cursed Tamura again and again in his heart.When he calmed down, he felt that Tamura had done nothing wrong, that his progress and love did not hinder anyone.The only one hurt is himself. Liu Dong was depressed for a long time, until he got used to seeing Tian Cun and Shi Lan in pairs, and his heart gradually calmed down a little.He can only accept his fate. More often, he will think of his own background and the current situation of his family. When he thinks of these, he will inevitably feel inferior.After calming down, he knew clearly that Shi Lan would be happier with Tamura than with himself. Liu Shu came suddenly, wearing the military uniform Liu Dong gave him.Since Liu Dong was promoted, he gave his brother the military uniform he had when he was a soldier.Brother dreams of being a soldier, so naturally he likes military uniforms.Brother looks very energetic in his military uniform. People who don't know him think he is a veteran.But when brother appeared in front of Liu Dong, he still surprised him.He looked his brother up and down, and his brother also looked him up. He said: Brother, why are you here? Liu Shu didn't speak, rubbed his eyes, looked at his face, then at his clothes, and said, "Brother, you're really working hard." Liu Dong led Liu Shu to the guest house.After entering the room, Liu Shu stretched out his hand, touched the pocket that marked the officer's cadre uniform, and said dreamily: Brother knows that you have done it, but I just can't believe it is true. Liu Dong looked at Liu Shu, not understanding what was wrong with him.That night, he stayed with Liu Shu in the guest house. Liu Shu said some inexplicable things that night, and the topic never left the topic he mentioned. Brother said: brother, that's great.You've really done it, it's not a dream. The elder brother said again: Brother, if you are promoted, you don’t need to be a farmer in the future. The most unpromising people in this world are farmers. Brother also said: brother, if something happens to brother, it will not affect your progress, right? At that time, he didn't realize that his brother was secretly making a decision. After hearing what my brother said, he said: Brother, look at what you said, what can happen to you? Brother got serious, walked to his bedside, stared into his eyes and said: What if what brother said is true? He still didn't realize anything, but just explained: It's different now, and if one person has an accident, others won't be implicated. Brother let out a long breath, calmed down, lay down on the bed again, looked at the ceiling and said: Mom also wants to see you, she always misses you, and sometimes calls your name in her dreams. When he mentioned his mother, Liu Dong's heart became a little heavier. He said to his brother: When you are not busy, you can come and stay with my mother for a few days. It's fun. The elder brother said: Brother, you should quickly find a partner, and you must find someone in the city.When you get married, take your mother over. She has suffered all her life in the countryside, so let her enjoy the blessings for two days. He nodded at his brother, at this time he subconsciously thought of Shi Lan again, and felt a burst of sadness in his heart. My brother left the next day, and he sent him all the way to the station.Before getting in the car, brother turned around and hugged him, tears streaming down his face.Brother said in his ear: brother, remember you had such a brother.He still didn't understand why brother said this.Brother looked very sad when he left, weeping all the time, and said some words about life and death.He thought: brother must be in a bad mood.After he waved his brother off, those words from his brother made him feel sour.