"Nannan... Mommy doesn't want to hold you back! It's just that we have been separated for so many years, and we have finally been reunited. Now you suddenly say you want to join the army... I don't know how long you will be gone. Mommy, I really can't bear to see you leave..." Yu Wenlin cried and intermittently expressed her deep reluctance and worry for her daughter.
Zeng Qiang said proudly, "My dear, our baby daughter Nannan is so outstanding! Did you know? The conditions for recruiting medical students this time are quite harsh! Not only do they have to pass strict political review, but they also have particularly high requirements for clinical experience. This batch of medical students they recruit will be sent directly to the field hospitals in various military regions to work! Our Nannan was able to stand out from many competitors and was successfully selected. This is simply the supreme honor for our family!" He became more and more excited as he spoke, with pride shining in his eyes.
Yu Wenlin sat on the old wooden chair, her body trembling slightly. Her hands kept wiping back and forth across her cheeks, her fingertips caressing the tear-soaked skin, leaving wet traces. Tears flowed uncontrollably from her reddened eyes like beads from a broken string, soaking the front of her clothes.
Her lips trembled slightly, and she choked with sobs as she spoke slowly, "This child was separated from us the moment she was born. Then she was sent to the countryside. Life in the countryside is so hard. When I think of her in that remote and impoverished place, starving, unable to eat or wear warm clothes, and having to do hard labor with the villagers every day, my heart is torn as if by a knife."
Yu Wenlin's voice choked with emotion as she spoke. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down a bit, but the tears continued to flow uncontrollably. "It's been so hard. After all these years of hardship, we've finally found our way back to a stable life. I thought things would get better and better, but now she's gone..."
Her hands were tightly clenched around the hem of her clothes, her knuckles white from the strain. She said, "I just can't bear to see her suffer. We're going to the border, and there's no peace over there. How can a girl like her handle it?"
Wang Xiaolan wiped Yu Wenlin's tears and said, "Mom, the hardships I endured in the countryside weren't necessarily bad. In fact, they made me stronger. I'm joining the army because the country desperately needs people like us. I wouldn't have been able to bear it if I didn't go. As Chinese, we have a responsibility to go. Since I was selected, it means I'm qualified. You should be happy, Mom. We'll have a plaque on our door frame saying 'Home of Honor'. Wouldn't that make others envious?"
Zeng Cheng, although his eyes were full of worry, pretended to be calm and walked to his mother, gently patting her shoulder which was trembling slightly due to anxiety.
He leaned down slightly, and said in a gentle yet firm voice, "Mom, don't get anxious or scare yourself. You have to understand that my younger sister is a professional!"
Zeng Cheng paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "You always think that the place I'm going to is a scary place, full of dangers. But think about it carefully, I'm not going there to do anything dangerous or scary."
"She wasn't like those warriors charging into battle, fighting the enemy face to face. What she held in her hand was that tiny scalpel! This scalpel is a divine weapon that can save countless lives. In that place, there must be many people suffering from illness, struggling on the brink of life and death, and my little sister is their hope."
"She used her superb medical skills, one cut at a time, to bring patients back from the clutches of death, allowing those desperate families to rekindle hope in life. Mom, you should be proud of my little sister. She is doing something great, to save more people."
Yu Wenlin listened quietly to Zeng Cheng's endless words, and his originally tense mood, like a taut bowstring, seemed to gradually relax a little.
She tilted her head slightly and glanced casually at Zeng Cheng beside her with a hint of teasing in her eyes.
Then, with a slight upward curve of his lips, he deliberately raised his voice, speaking with a hint of reproach: "You're the only one who keeps a low profile. Go away! Look at you. You've grown so big for nothing, as big as a mountain. Look at your little sister. She's a girl, but she's brave enough to join the army and throw herself into the fiery military life, defending her country. And you, you're just hanging around here all day. Why haven't you thought about signing up for the army? As a brother, you're such a bad role model!"
Zeng Cheng's smiling face instantly drooped when he heard his mother's words. His brows knitted tightly together like a "川" character, his face full of unhappiness. He pouted his lips in anger, like a child who had suffered a great injustice.
His hands drooped helplessly at his sides, and he shouted helplessly, "Mom! I really want to go. I've been hoping for this opportunity. I dream every day of joining that team to bring honor to our family and bring you glory. But you don't know, they won't accept me! It's because I'm not the type of person they need! What can I do? I can't just stay and refuse to leave."
Wang Xiaolan smiled and said, "Mom, please don't make things difficult for my eldest brother. He is doing his job well in the rear, which can be considered as a contribution to the country."
Zeng Cheng agreed, "Little sister is right. Little sister understands me."
At this time, Xiaobao's crying was heard from the bedroom.
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