Chapter 4 I want to join the army

She made up her mind to be a soldier because Qiao Nianchao was also going to be a soldier, and Nianchao was her lover.In her eighteen-year-old relationship, this was her first love and the most important part of her life. She couldn't let go of this emotion at this time, and she would follow her wherever she went. When Qiao Nianchao learned that Fang Wei's mother disagreed with her joining the army, there were only two days left before the deadline for registration.At the entrance of the family committee in the military compound, a big red paper was posted, and the names of every school-age youth who signed up were honorably written on it.Qiao Nianchao was the first to report his name. His father, Deputy Chief of Staff Qiao, did not encourage him, and of course he would not stop him. Three of his four children are already in the army. Nian Liao, Nian Ping, and Nian Huai are all glorious soldiers of the People's Liberation Army. up.They all joined the army after graduating from high school, and my father felt that all this was taken for granted, and there was nothing to make a fuss about.When it was Nianchao's turn, everything went with the flow, just like their mother gave birth to them. When Nianchao was born, Deputy Chief of Staff Qiao was still working in the office building. Shi Sheng finished reading and returned home.After entering the room, he poked his head on the bed and asked only one question: Did you give birth?Mother nodded.He asked again: Is it a boy?boy!Mother answered.It's as simple as that, everything just falls into place.Qiao Nianchao graduated from high school. In his mind, he was expected to be a soldier. He left as soon as he said he wanted to. He was no different from the previous three children.

When Qiao Nianchao learned that Fang Wei's mother did not allow her to join the army, Qiao Nianchao's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect that someone would stop Fang Wei from joining the army. Fang Wei had no idea at all at this time, she could only wipe tears in front of Nian Chao.As soon as Qiao Nianchao saw Fang Wei's tears, his heart became confused.He loves Fang Wei and likes her. Originally, he wanted to join the army with her, the two of them were in the same army, and then promoted together.Unexpectedly, Fang Wei had a problem at this time. He said: Your mother won't let you go, so why don't you go?

She said: My mother won't give me the household registration book, so what can I do. He said: You won't steal the household registration book? She said: The household registration book is carried on my mother, how do you think I stole it? Qiao Nianchao stopped talking, he imitated Zhang Weiping and began to think. In the past two days, he secretly bought a pack of cigarettes at the military service agency, and when no one was around, he would imitate Zhang Weiping and smoke.At the beginning, it made his nose snot and tears, but he still persisted, especially smoking so chicly like Zhang Weiping, which Qiao Nianchao envied from the bottom of his heart.At this time, he was already familiar with smoking, and with the cigarette in his right index finger, he waved it so chicly. He didn't look like a smoker, but rather like a commander mobilizing before a battle.

When the cigarette burned halfway, he stopped thinking, threw the cigarette on the ground decisively, stepped on it again, and then said: I will help you steal the household registration book. Fang Wei opened his eyes wide in surprise and said: How did you steal it? Qiao Nianchao put his mouth to Fang Wei's ear and talked for a while, Fang Wei's eyes lit up.Fang Wei happily went home to prepare.She first found the key to the tunnel door lock of her own house, put it in her pocket, and began to look forward to the arrival of the night. In the middle of the night, Fang Wei slipped out of his room and sat on the sofa in the living room to wait for Qiao Nianchao.Sure enough, not long after, there was a regular knocking sound at the tunnel entrance, Fang Wei couldn't wait to walk over, and opened the lock on the tunnel entrance.Qiao Nianchao got out, neither of them spoke, Fang Wei pointed to his mother's room.The mother has already slept in a separate bed from the father, and the father has a problem with snoring, so the mother separated because he couldn't bear it.

Fang Wei's mother had just fallen asleep at this time, and her artificial leather handbag was placed on the bedside table.Taking advantage of the moonlight outside the window, Qiao Nianchao quickly grabbed Fang Wei's mother's handbag, and the next step was to take out the account book.The household registration book was obtained, but Fang Wei's mother was awakened when he put it back in the handbag.For a moment, she was stunned, thinking she was dreaming, Qiao Nian was the first to react, and ran into the tunnel.Qiao Nian ran away, Fang Wei's mother came to her senses, she exclaimed: "No, old Fang, there is a thief in our house!"

By the time Minister Fang rushed over, Qiao Nianchao had already disappeared.It was Minister Fang who calmed down first and hurried to call the security department.After a while, someone from the security department came, first checked the front and back of the house, found nothing unusual, and then checked the contents of Fang Wei's mother's handbag.Fang Wei's mother, who was frightened, forgot that her household registration book was missing.After a false alarm, the security department took pictures again, and left the sentries to stand guard, etc. It took most of the night to calm down.During the whole process, Fang Wei had re-locked the lock on the tunnel, and slipped back to his room to sleep.

The next day, Qiao Nianchao and Fang Wei appeared at the conscription office of the family committee. When Fang Wei signed up, the people from the family committee asked, "I heard that a thief came to your house?"Are you missing anything? Fang Wei glanced at Qiao Nianchao, wanted to laugh but held back, and then replied: It's nothing, my mother fell asleep. Fang Wei signed up smoothly, and the two laughed together after they walked out of the door of the family committee. That night, Fang Wei secretly put the household registration book back into her mother's handbag.The next thing will be very smooth, physical examination, political review and so on.In fact, political examinations, physical examinations and so on are all formalities.For the children in the army compound, the army has an unwritten rule when recruiting soldiers, as many as they want, they are soldiers in the military region, and their children should be taken care of when they are soldiers.

Fang Wei's mother only found out when the notice of enlistment was issued.She immediately flew into a rage, threw plates and bowls, didn't cook, pointed at Fang Wei's nose and scolded: You are a little heartless, your brothers and sisters are not with us, I wanted to point out that you are old, but you are fine , want to run too?But don't think about it, as long as I have breath, you don't want to be a soldier. Fang Wei looked at his mother helplessly. My mother was a soldier, fought in battles, and carried dead people on the battlefield. She was not afraid of anything. When she was a local dean, everyone in the courtyard feared her. She was as hot and hot as a man.It's the same at home, she is in charge of everything, from a young age, she has the final say on what to eat and not to eat.The chubby Minister Fang doesn't care about family affairs, and always looks naive every day. In his eyes, nothing is a big deal, and everything is easy to talk about.Judging by his temper and appearance, he doesn't look like a soldier at all, let alone a soldier who has fought in war.On the Korean battlefield, he was in charge of logistics. In order to send supplies to the front line, he led his people to brave the bombing of enemy planes, crossed four blockade lines, and went to the forefront of the position.At a critical moment in a battle, the people on the battlefield were exhausted, and he led the logistics personnel to the battlefield and persisted for more than 30 hours until the large forces launched a counterattack.During the war, Minister Fang looked different, and when there was no war, he looked like this.

Mother firmly disagreed with Fang Wei's enlistment in the army, and she wanted to send Fang Wei's enlistment notice back to the Armed Forces.She did what she said, she really wanted to take the notice to the Armed Forces Department, and her shoes were all put on.Just when she opened the door halfway, Minister Fang spoke, and he only said two words: Enough!It was not loud, like a sigh.The mother stood there, and she looked at Minister Fang in surprise. Minister Fang said to his daughter: Do you really want to be a soldier? Fang Wei is not interested in being a soldier. There are many people who join the army because they don't know the army well and they come for the mystery of the army.She has lived in the army compound since she was a child, and the army has long since lost its allure to her.She made up her mind to be a soldier because Qiao Nianchao was also going to be a soldier, and Nianchao was her lover.In her eighteen-year-old relationship, this was her first love and the most important part of her life. She couldn't let go of this emotion at this time, and she would follow Nian Chao to the ends of the world.When her father asked her that, she gave him a firm nod.

At this moment, Minister Fang turned his attention to his mother, and his father's gaze immediately showed a kind of dignity. He said unhurriedly: There is nothing wrong with the child wanting to join the army.You have to return the notice of enlistment to others, where is your consciousness?Don't forget, you were also a soldier, and you were born and died. Minister Fang stopped looking at his mother when he said this, but looked out the window.The leaves outside the window had already begun to fall, and at this moment, a few leaves were falling in Fang Chang's sight. Mother just stopped there, not knowing what to do for a moment.She glanced at the notice, and then at Fang Wei who was wiping away tears.

Minister Fang said again: If you cancel the notice, what will people think of you?I see that you have lost all your consciousness after working in a local area for so many years. Mother slammed the enlistment notice on the ground, crying and locked herself in the room. Minister Fang picked up the notice of enlistment from the ground, flicked the dust on it with his hand, and said to his daughter: Take it, go to the army, it's no big deal. Fang Wei took the notice and glanced at his father gratefully. The mother said in the house: Go, you all go, even if I die of old age, I don't need you to take care of me. The mother's mood is understandable, the other children are not around, she wants to keep Fang Wei by her side, there is nothing wrong with that in itself. Fang Wei said to his father with tears in his eyes: I will return after serving as a soldier for three years. Father waved his hand and said: Don't listen to your mother, we are still far from old.You can work in the army as long as you want. Two days later, a troop cart pulled the recruits away. Fang Wei's mother did not come to see Fang Wei off, and few parents of the children in these compound came to see him off.Some sent secretaries or guards to help with luggage.They laughed and said goodbye, the army was like their own home to them, it was nothing more than moving from here to there. Finally, Minister Fang appeared. He represented the head of the military region to visit the new soldiers who were about to depart.He spoke a few words on the platform of the train station, and the procession boarded. Minister Fang found Fang Wei at a car window, and she was sitting with Qiao Nianchao at that time.Minister Fang waved at his daughter and said: Come to the army to write a letter. Fang Wei nodded to his father. At this time, a cadre came over, saluted Minister Fang in the car, and waved his hands again: Please rest assured, Chief, please rest assured, Chief. Minister Fang waved at the recruits again, turned around and left. The young cadre looked away from Minister Fang's figure, smiled at Fang Wei and said: Are you the chief's daughter? Fang Wei neither nodded nor shook his head. The young cadre introduced himself: My name is Liu Shuanglin, and I am your recruit platoon leader.After speaking, she stretched out a hand, but Fang Wei didn't, but that hand was held by Qiao Nianchao.Qiao Nianchao took out a box of "Yingchun" brand cigarettes and said: Comrade platoon leader, please smoke.When Qiao Nianchao did all this, he looked sophisticated and unrestrained.