Before Qiu arrived, the postman came to Dafang Village.
The bicycle bell rang.
"Zhao Yuan—Wan Qingliu—your letter!"
There were two letters in total. The one from Zhao Yuan was sent from home, and the one from Wan Qingliu was sent from Hua Jingmin who was far away in the army.
Hua Jingmin joined the army at the age of eighteen, and it has been twelve years now.
When he joined the army, his family's life was better, but he still sent back every penny of his allowance.
At first it was six yuan per month, but Wan Qingliu didn't want it and sent it back.
At that time in the 21st century, the economy was still booming. Wan Qingliu made a lot of money and bought a lot of bacon in Modern and sent it over.
Hua Jingmin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and finally kept the allowance for himself. His family would send him some money from time to time, fearing that he would be in financial difficulty.
After all, it was only six yuan at the beginning. If the food in the cafeteria was not good, you would not be able to eat many meals in a state-owned restaurant.
Later, Hua Jingmin wrote a letter home, stating that life in the army was very good, he didn't have to spend money on food and drink, and his allowance was several dozen yuan, which was more than enough for him to spend. His comrades envied him very much.
But the old couple Wan Qingliu and Hua Tiansheng missed their son so much that they felt like something was missing if they didn't send him some money, so they continued to send money as usual.
The eldest and the third brother are in the county town, and I can see them from time to time. The second and the fifth brother are at home, and I see them every day. Only the fourth brother has been in the army for twelve years and has never returned home once.
The old couple are worried!
Normally, soldiers are entitled to home leave every year, and Old Yu's son comes back every year, but Hua Jingmin has never come back. If it weren't for the letters he received from time to time, Wan Qingliu would have thought something had happened to him.
After all, as a soldier, it is still dangerous to carry out a mission.
As soon as the letter arrived, Wan Qingliu couldn't wait to open it when he got home.
After watching it, Wan Qingliu's mouth twisted. Hua Xuguo had never seen his mother like this before, and he was a little scared:
"Mom, you look like you had a stroke, please don't scare me. Did something happen to the fourth child?"
Before he could be happy for two seconds, Hua Xuguo's words successfully made his mother angry, and she opened her mouth to curse:
"Just give me some hope! If you can't say anything auspicious, shut up!"
Hua Wanchi next to her blinked her eyes. Her father was not like this usually. She suspected that her father was deliberately trying to anger her grandmother.
Hua Wanchi put on a childish voice and asked:
"What did Third Uncle say?"
Wan Qingliu's anger subsided a little, and he said happily:
"Your third uncle said he's coming back!"
…
Hua Jingmin felt a little guilty as he sat on the train back home.
In theory, there is home leave every year.
But there was a reason why he hadn't been home for so many years. Every time when he was about to go home to visit his family, a mission would come. He didn't know why he was so unlucky.
But it was a blessing in disguise. He was given more missions and was promoted very quickly. In twelve years, he was promoted from an ordinary private to a battalion commander.
Although there are higher positions above the battalion commander, as an ordinary person, he feels that he is already fast enough to become a battalion commander before the age of 30.
While Hua Jingmin was thinking about saving more money to return home in glory and take care of his parents, he was seriously injured in a mission. It was his good brother who spent a lot of money to get him a hundred-year-old ginseng that saved his life.
This ginseng has almost consumed his good brother's savings. How can Hua Jingmin accept this calmly?
As soon as he woke up in the hospital, he took out the money from his wallet and returned it to his good brother.
Because of his serious injuries, he could no longer stay in the army, and the ginseng consumed most of his savings. To be honest, he only had a small amount left because his mother sent him a lot of money.
Now, he had lost his respectable status and his money, and he could only board the train home with tears in his eyes and wounds all over his body.
Alas, discharge from the army is secondary. I wonder how worried his parents will be when they see all the injuries on his body.
The doctor said that it would be better for him to stay at home and not do heavy work. It would be even better if he took ginseng as a tonic every day, and maybe he could recover his health.
But which good person can afford to eat ginseng every day?
Hua Jingmin vaguely remembered that his family seemed to have become much richer before he joined the army, and they even built a new house, but he was afraid that it couldn't withstand his daily consumption of ginseng!
So, in other words, he might not even be able to do farm work at home in the future, and his future is getting darker and darker the more he thinks about it!
I wonder if he can still get married like this?
After all, he was injured on duty, so his superiors at least arranged a sleeper berth for him. After two days and two nights on the train, he finally arrived at the station.
After receiving the letter, Wan Qingliu had already asked Hua Xuguo and Hua Qingping to ride their bicycles to the county railway station to pick him up.
Several people stretched their necks to look left and right, and finally saw a tall and thin figure in the crowd, but Hua Jingmin's face did not seem to be in good health.
Wan Qingliu couldn't describe the feeling. Her heart suddenly ached and she couldn't help but burst into tears. She cried and hugged him.
"Old Four, why are you so thin?"
Hua Xuguo and Hua Qingping also looked at their brother whom they had not seen for many years. Hua Jingmin was very thin when he left, and he was still thin after returning twelve years, and looked a little haggard.
Hua Jingmin's voice was a little weak:
"I just got a little injured, let's go home and talk first!"
Hua Xuguo immediately patted the bicycle seat: "Fourth brother, sit here, I'll carry you! Mom, you take fifth brother's bike!"
Hua Jingmin stared at the two bicycles in amazement and asked, "Are these bicycles borrowed?"
Is Dafang Village so rich?
There are actually two families who can afford bicycles!
Hua Xuguo was very proud. All of this was brought about by the blessings of his daughter.
"They're not borrowed, they're our own! Two of them!"
Hua Jingmin was dumbfounded: "Is our family so rich?"
With his previous salary, it would be easy for him to buy a bicycle, but the key is that his home is in the village!
A village might not even have one bicycle, and even if there was one, it would definitely belong to the team leader's family. As a result, his family suddenly had two, which was a huge impact.
Wan Qingliu urged, "Stop dawdling and get in the car!"
On the way, Hua Jingmin remembered that the previous letter said that there seemed to be two more children in his family, one named Chi Chi and the other named You You, and the fifth brother also got married.
He suddenly felt a little sad.
Lao Wu, that boy, already has a wife, but he is still single.
His family still doesn't know that he has retired from the army.
I have to find a chance to tell you now.
The old man was waiting under the pomelo tree at the entrance of the village, looking anxiously.
I don’t know how long I waited, but finally I heard the pleasant sound of bicycle bells, and four figures on bicycles came into view.
He was a little excited. He hadn't seen his son for twelve years and didn't know how he was doing.
When Hua Jingmin saw his old father, tears welled up in his eyes. He quickly jumped off his bicycle and shouted:
"dad!"
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