Chapter 20 Thirty years in Hedong, forty years in Hexi

Remember, no matter what you do in the future, don't forget that you are Old Joe's son.Your father has never done anything shameful, and you won't allow it in the future... Qiao Nianchao didn't fully understand his father's words at the time, but he already felt the weight on his shoulders. He didn't know that in the future, for his father That sentence, he will pay a lot. Fate is so dramatic, but Qiao Nianchao did not understand the feeling of going from hell to heaven.He felt that things were a little unbelievable. When he fed the pigs, he didn't have any utilitarianism at all. He just wanted to finish the process of being a soldier perfectly. He didn't care if others said that he had been a soldier for three years and fed pigs for three years.He doesn't feel that feeding pigs is inferior to others.This dramatic result really caught him by surprise, and he could only deal with it with calmness.

Before reporting for duty at the Army Academy, he went home once. This was the first time he went home after being away from the military compound for more than two years.Everything is so familiar, but people have changed.When his father saw him, he looked at him for a long time without speaking, and he saw tears in his father's eyes.During the meal, his father made an exception and took out a bottle of Moutai. What surprised him even more was that his father, who was the deputy chief of staff of the military region, poured him a glass, and his hand shaking slightly while holding the glass.

Father ordered: Do it. He did it, the strong liquor rolling hot into his stomach. The father said: Boy, you are a grown-up now. His father filled him another glass.Qiao Nianchao knew that his father was happy because of his performance in the army. The father said again: Remember, no matter what you do in the future, don't forget that you are the son of Old Joe.Your father has never done anything shameful, and you will not allow it in the future. The father drank the glass of wine alone, and he drank the wine in the glass like his father.Father stopped talking, quickly finished his meal, put down his chopsticks, and went about his own business.Qiao Nianchao didn't fully understand his father's words at that time, but he already felt the weight on his shoulders. He didn't know that in the future, he would pay a lot for his father's words.

Fang Wei also went home at the same time. She and Qiao Nianchao met at the entrance of the auditorium of the military area.That day, a movie was playing in the auditorium of the military region, and Qiao Nianchao wanted to go to the movie when he had nothing to do. Unexpectedly, he ran into Fang Wei here.Since that time, he has not seen her again, and even forgot Fang Wei, saying that it is impossible to forget, and he can feel the humiliation every moment.When he thought of this humiliation, he felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart. Fang Wei didn't seem to be aware of all this. When he saw him, it seemed like nothing had happened. He exclaimed: Qiao Nianchao, you're back too?

He replied lightly: I'm back. She said: Do you know? I was admitted to the nursing school, and I heard that you were recommended by the division to go to the Army Academy? He said: I'm a pig feeder, it's the same if I don't go to school. Fang Wei blushed slightly, and said coquettishly: Are you still angry with me? Wasn't I joking with you before. He stopped talking and had nothing to say. She said: The movie is about to start, let's go in. He said: I don't want to watch it. After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. She called him behind her, and he walked towards the house as if he didn't hear her.

Qiao Nianchao knew that more than two years of life in the army had allowed him to see through and understand some things.For example, he and Fang Wei, and everything they had before, is over. He realizes that he and Fang Wei are not the same kind of people. Edge is long gone.From then on, he and Fang Wei really broke off contact. At the beginning of September, he came to the Army Command Academy and started a three-year military school study and life. One day, Qiao Nianchao was reading in the library, and a female student boldly sat across from him. He only glanced at her and found that it was a very beautiful girl, so he buried himself in the book again.

The girl stretched out a jade hand, and immediately covered the book he was reading. He saw her hand first, which was white, clean, and round. He looked up along that hand, The girl was looking at him with a smile. He froze there, feeling that the girl in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. The girl said: You have been a soldier for two years, you are stupid, you don't even know me? He stared at her blankly, unable to remember where he had seen her. She said: I am Ma Feila, Ma Quan's younger sister. Now he remembered that the girl with the ponytail in Mafeila, Ma Quan's younger sister, went to the same school as them, three grades below them.He and Ma Quan joined the army in one batch. After the recruit company was over, Ma Quan was assigned to another regiment.

Before leaving the army, I heard that Ma Quan had become the squad leader.He had a phone call with Ma Quan and cursed for a while. He widened his eyes and said: Mafeila, are you here too? She said: I graduated from high school this year and came to the military academy, majoring in communications. Not long after the resumption of the college entrance examination in military academies, they have not recruited a large number of students from the society, but only tentatively recruited some military children. He said: I didn't expect you to be so big. She said: Don't look at people through the crack of the door, aren't you only three years older than me? You still think how great you are.

She spoke loudly, and many students looked towards them. He made a shush gesture at her, and the two slipped out of the library and went outside. He said: Why did you come here to go to school. She said: Why, if you come, don't let me come. He said: No, I didn't mean that. She said: I heard that you are going to study here, so I came here. He smiled and said: Seriously, what does my coming to school have to do with you. She said solemnly: Of course it has something to do with it. He made a face at her, lit a cigarette and said: Is there any news about your brother recently? She said: The ghost believed what he said. He wrote a letter saying that he would join the party at one time, and at another time that he would be promoted, and he has not fulfilled any of them until now.

He smiled at Ma Feila.He understands Ma Quan, he is very happy about everything, and he speaks the impossible as if it were true . She snatched the cigarette from his hand, and he thought she didn't like him smoking, so he thought she would throw his cigarette away.Unexpectedly, after taking his cigarette, he actually held it in his mouth. As soon as he took a puff, he choked up his nose and tears. He hurriedly snatched the flue: no girl smokes, don't forget, you are a soldier now. She coughed and said, "What's wrong with smoking? If you male soldiers smoke, female soldiers are not allowed to smoke?"

At this moment, Qiao Nianchao remembered Ma Feila's nickname, and her nickname was Little Pepper.He is unreasonable and aggressive, just like a boy.When they were young, their eldest child secretly entered the air-raid shelter and refused to let her go, and she refused to obey her life and death.Later, the boy got in, and she got in too, but she couldn't get out and got lost.The soldiers of the guard company were all mobilized, and she was finally found.In this way, she and the boy insisted that they must call her next time they played together. At that time, Xiaojiao was very thin and her hair was very short, almost like a boy, but now it is different, she is really a big girl, she is already a plump and round girl. He added: I didn't expect to meet you here. She said: There are so many unexpected things, and you will know everything in the future. He said: Why are you still the same as before, nothing has changed. She laughed and said, "If I change, I won't be me anymore." He said: But I didn't recognize you at first sight. She twisted his ear all at once and said: Damn you, it seems that you have forgotten me a long time ago. The reason why Ma Feila was admitted to the army school was really because of Qiao Nianchao.She liked Qiao Nianchao since she was a child. In order to attract Qiao Nianchao's attention to her, she ran wildly with Qiao Nianchao like a boy.When she felt this way, she was in junior high school, when Qiao Nianchao had graduated and joined the army.At that time, she made up her mind that when she graduated from high school, she would join the army and go to Qiao Nianchao. Many times, she followed Qiao Nianchao silently, and later she found out that Qiao Nianchao and Fang Wei were in love, and they hid in the tunnel to kiss and hug, and she saw it all.She was very sad then.Later, she watched helplessly as Qiao Nianchao and Fang Wei got on the train carrying recruits and left.At that time, she swore that she would take Qiao Nianchao back from Fang Wei's hands.A girl's vow of love has been buried in her heart for a long time.Later she began to pay attention to the news about Qiao Nianchao. First she heard that Qiao Nianchao had gone to feed the pigs, and then she heard that Qiao Nianchao had made meritorious service and received an award, and then it was that he was coming to the Army Academy to study.Before she was about to graduate, she resolutely applied for the Communication major of the Army Academy, because only this major recruited female soldiers, and she was admitted. She went to the Army Academy just to come to Qiao Nianchao's side. Of course, Qiao Nianchao knew nothing about all this. He still treated Ma Feila as a child who hadn't grown up, and laughed and laughed with her, but he didn't take her words seriously.At a time like this, it was impossible to take her words seriously.With Ma Feila in the army school, the three years of study and life will be lively and enjoyable.