When Zhang Xudong walked out of the village, the bell for work had just rung.
Zhang Xudong didn’t care much about what happened yesterday. Everything is determined by fate.
If we can get along, we can get along; if we can't, we can break up. Everyone knows the principle of gratitude and resentment, but such stories often appear among people.
When you realize that your kindness has been used on the wrong person, the most important thing is not to count how much you have spent on that person, but to stop the loss in time.
Zhang Xudong was thinking about random things as he walked, and it was not yet seven o'clock when he was almost at the military family compound.
Zhang Xudong put a piece of pork weighing more than two kilograms and three kilograms of rice in his backpack early in the morning.
No matter whether Captain He was happy or not, he always looked dissatisfied with himself on his face.
If I go there empty-handed again, won't the dissatisfaction spread from my face to my heart?
Zhang Xudong staggered over to the soldier standing guard at the door.
When the sentry saw someone coming, he saluted with a "click" and then asked:
"Excuse me, comrade, are you looking for... Oh, isn't this our little cliff-jumping hero?
Are you here to see Captain He or your girlfriend?"
Zhang Xudong felt uncomfortable when he heard this.
"Brother Bing, can we get over the cliff jumping incident? Or could you just use a different word?"
"What are you changing? Heroes who can jump off a cliff are true heroes. Look at those five brave men from the mountain. They were so brave and heroic."
When Zhang Xudong heard this, he said, "Okay, you can shout whatever you want. If you keep talking like that, we'll be engraved on the stone tablet."
"Okay, okay, my dear brother, you are right. I am going to check He Jingxian's wound now. Please tell me what procedures I need to go through."
"Why are you still going through the formalities? Captain He has already told you to go directly to his house when you arrive. Turn left after entering the gate, and his house is in the fifth courtyard.
He keeps yelling that his daughter is going to be taken away by a wolf, and now he lets a wolf into his house. Does he want to take her away or not?
Zhang Xudong walked into the yard amid the muttering of the sentry, turned left and walked towards Captain He's home.
These rows of small courtyards all follow the same pattern. The main hall has three large rooms, and two side rooms to the east serve as kitchens and utility rooms.
The southwest corner is the toilet, and the rest of the space is free for use. Some people use it to grow vegetables, while others use it as a training ground.
"Knock knock" Zhang Xudong walked into a yard and knocked on the door.
Dong Xiulan opened the door and saw that the young man she liked more and more had finally come.
But there is no need to worry that no one will want my own Tiger Girl.
"Dongzi, you're finally here. Come in quickly. Auntie just prepared the meal. Come in and have a meal."
"Xiao Jing, Lao He, look who's here? Lao He, you haven't eaten yet, right?
If you haven't eaten yet, go back to your unit. There should still be some vegetable soup in your cafeteria."
Zhang Xudong walked into the living room in front of Captain He, whose face was full of gloom, and was pushed by Aunt He onto the chair that Captain He had just left.
"Dongzi, please sit down and eat. Your uncle He is in a hurry to go to work and has no time to eat. It would be a waste if no one eats it."
Zhang Xudong watched with trembling heart as Captain He walked out of the house with a face as stern as Bao Gong.
My dear aunt! Are you sure you're not trying to draw hatred from me?
At Aunt He's urging, Zhang Xudong finished a bowl of sorghum and sweet potato porridge, and then after taking out the gift, he was sent to the tiger's den, no, it was He Jingxian's boudoir.
"Xiao Jing, Dongzi is here to check your wound. You two can chat. I'm going to work.
Dongzi brought a piece of meat. I'll make braised pork for you guys when I get back at noon. I'll give you a good nourishment today."
After saying that, He's mother slammed the door shut, and the sound of footsteps fading away was heard outside.
"Auntie, are you leaving now because you're afraid it will affect my ability to check your wound?"
"What are you thinking about? My mom works in the logistics department. It's almost time."
"Oh, Auntie, you have to go to work so early every day. It must be very hard."
"What's so early about that? She has to go to work at 8 o'clock, so it's only 7:05 now... Oh, my mom did go to work a little early today."
He Jingxian glanced at the time as she spoke, and her voice softened. She was being sold out by her own mother again.
"Xiao Jingjing, did any classmates or friends come to visit you during the holidays?"
Zhang Xudong was just making small talk.
He Jingxian rolled her eyes at Zhang Xudong before saying, "You know I don't like playing with delicate girls."
"As for boys, the ones in the compound who are about my age are scared because of me beating them up and they dare not come here.
When the kids outside see my dad's face, they tremble with fear and run away. How can anyone come to play with me?"
"Hey, that's great, little girl. How did you scare them?"
"What else can we do? Every time we get excited about beating them, we just keep beating them. Some of them stayed in the hospital for three days, and some for two days." He Jingxian said in a low voice.
Zhang Xudong finally understood Aunt He's feelings. It would be difficult for such a fierce girl to marry.
"Then their parents won't bother you?"
"Looking for trouble with me? The first thing they did after being discharged from the hospital was to get beaten up again by their dad.
Every time I’ve had a fight, the first thing my dad would say when he sees the other guy’s dad is: Old X, your kid is too weak. He can’t even beat my daughter. Why don’t we practice together?
A boy couldn't even beat a girl, and his father felt ashamed, so how could he have the nerve to come and cause trouble for me? In the end, my mother went to pay the other party's medical bills and settled the matter."
"So you said you were lenient when you beat me up before?"
"I didn't hold back at first, but then I saw you were getting tougher and tougher, and it didn't give me any sense of accomplishment, so I just stopped hitting you hard."
"And you're the only one who wasn't sent to the hospital after being beaten over and over again by me."
"You're a girl, so how come you're so good at fighting?"
"My parents were both in the army, and my brother and I traveled around with them since we were little.
When the troops were marching, we would run along with them. When we couldn't run anymore, our parents would carry us for a while, and then we would continue running after we had recovered.
When the troops were stationed, we had nothing to do, so we just learned how to drill, bayonet, and fight from the soldiers.
Some uncles and aunts secretly taught us how to shoot. I heard from my mother that when my brother was nine years old, that is, in 1944 or 1945, he participated in the last battle with the Fuso people.
"Your brother is really amazing, what does he do now?"
"He's a soldier! Now he's in the southwest, watching over Ah San."
Zhang Xudong had a bad feeling when He Jingxian said his brother was in the southwest. Ah San had been very rampant in recent years.
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