Li Chengye wiped his nose and spoke with a hint of hostility: "Who said that if you have a job, you can't join the army?"

Chen Ji didn't tolerate him and kicked him: "I'm not your punching bag, why are you angry with me?"

Li Chengye, who had been kicked, grimaced and raised his hands in surrender. "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was wrong. I chose to join the army because I wanted to escape from my mother. I sold my job. I'm only telling you this, don't tell anyone else."

Chen Ji knew Li Chengye's mother. Her personality was really hard to get along with. She treated a temporary worker like a king and always felt that no one was worthy of his son.

"If your mother knew, she would definitely not agree."

Li Chengye is the only son in the family, and his mother treats him like the apple of her eye. If she knew that he was a soldier, she would definitely turn the family upside down.

"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know?"

Chen Ji is not a talkative person: "I definitely won't tell you."

Although Li Chengye sold his job, he still worked in the factory.

He was afraid that his mother would find out, so he told the buyer that he would work until the day he officially left.

That's also why.

That's why his mother didn't notice anything unusual.

Until the night before leaving.

Mrs. Li noticed two luggage bags in his room and then asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Chengye lied with his eyes wide open: "I didn't go anywhere, this is a package I sent to a friend."

Li's mother believed it and asked, "Who was it sent to? A man or a woman? I'm telling you, if you want to find a partner, you must get my approval, understand?"

Li Chengye nodded, looking very obedient: "I know, mother has good taste, and the one you choose must be the best."

These words praised Li's mother so much that she forgot to ask about the luggage. She walked out of Li Chengye's room humming a red song.

The next day at noon.

She realized something was wrong when she heard from people in the factory that Li Chengye did not go to work.

She rushed to Li Chengye's room and opened the closet, leaving none of her usual clothes behind.

She almost collapsed: "Where are the clothes? Where did that brat take them?"

Li's mother cried anxiously.

As she was crying, she found a letter on the table.

She is not very literate.

I couldn't understand what was written in the letter at all.

She took the letter to her next-door neighbor and asked her to help read it.

The neighbor read it according to what Li Chengye wrote.

Parents:

Hello!

When you see this letter, I will be on my way to join the army.

Choosing to join the army was not an impulse, but a well-considered decision.

As for work.

I sold it.

Temporary workers are not as good as regular workers and were only sold for four hundred and fifty.

The money was placed where my mother usually hid it.

The money and goods have been paid, so don't bother the buyer.

I'm leaving, so please take care of your health at home.

Don't worry.

Li Chengye.

After hearing the contents of the letter, Li's mother broke down and burst into tears, holding her head. "Li Chengye, you bastard, how have I ever wronged you? Why do you treat me like this? Ahhhh... Being a soldier is so dangerous. What if, what if..."

The more Mother Li thought about it, the more frightened she became. She felt as if her whole body was soaked in ice water, freezing cold to the bone.

Seeing that something was wrong with her, the neighbor patted her on the shoulder and said, "Sister Li, are you okay?"

Li's mother snatched the letter from her hand, rushed to her own house, closed the door, found the money left by Li Chengye, counted it, and found it was exactly four hundred and fifty, not a penny more or less.

Thinking that Li Chengye had very little money, she burst into tears again. She cried so hard and heartbrokenly that it shook the world...

Cried for a long time.

Maybe I'm tired of crying.

She fell asleep on the bed.

When her husband came back and saw the money and the letter on the bed, he was a little confused. After reading the letter, he felt like the sky was falling.

He woke up Li's mother and roared with bloodshot eyes: "How could you let Xiaoye go to the army?"

Mother Li was already annoyed enough, and now she had to take the blame. Her features twisted with anger: "My son, whom I carried for ten months and risked my life to give birth to, I feel so bad for him if he falls. Do you think I would let him join the army?

Damn man, can you use your brain when you speak? "

Father Li also knew that this story was untrue. He was just furious: "Why would he join the army when he was fine?"

Mother Li said hoarsely with red and swollen eyes, "How would I know? It's hard to be a mother when your child grows up. I've experienced it firsthand."

Father Li ran to look at the enlistment list.

I saw Chen Ji’s name on it.

I felt strangely balanced.

…

Li Chengye on the train had no idea what was happening at home.

He looked at Chen Ji sitting across from him and felt that the two of them were truly connected. "Are you going to Su Province too?"

Chen Ji thought Li Chengye had some connections too, so he gave him a thumbs-up: "I thought your family were just ordinary employees, but I didn't expect you to be so capable."

Li Chengye looked confused: "What do you mean?"

Chen Ji covered his mouth with one hand and leaned over to ask softly, "You were able to go to Su Province to join the army. Wasn't it because your parents used their connections to arrange it?"

Li Chengye only then remembered that Shen Yuebai was also in Su Province. He shook his head: "No, my parents don't even know that I signed up for the army."

Chen Ji envied this luck: "You are so lucky!"

Liu Yi, who was sitting next to Chen Ji, heard them speaking in dialect and interrupted, "I'm also going to the Jiangsu Provincial Army."

Chen Ji stared and shouted, "Wow, this is such a coincidence! Not only are we from the same town, we're also from the same army. Oh my god, this is incredible luck."

The three of them were of similar age and from the same place, so they became closer immediately.

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