Chapter 316 Enlistment
When Lin Guoqing drove Lin Shu to the city for inspection, Ma Dexiang was still patting his chest and telling Chen Chunhua and Liang Shengdi that he would definitely not be able to get in.
As a result, when he came back in the evening, Lin Guoqing came back with his child with a confused look on his face.
"Spring flowers..."
Ma Dexiang came out faster than Chen Chunhua, "You guys are back? Didn't you pass? Did you eat?"
"They said the second son has good physical fitness and has passed the political review. They will come to pick him up after he passes. They want us to pack his things first."
Political review? Their Lin family had been poor peasants for eighteen generations. If it weren't for Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing working so hard to make money, even in their best years, when they worked for the landlords, they could still have enough to eat.
Lin Guoqing is now the director of a village-run factory, and Chen Chunhua is a major taxpayer, driving common prosperity for the people around them. Their family is now very prosperous, so whether they are reviewed or not is just a formality. How could it be rejected?
Everyone in the room stood there stupidly. The silence was broken when Liang Shengdi reached out and pinched Ma Dexiang, causing him to scream in pain.
"Isn't it that..."
"Grandma!" Lin Shugan interrupted his grandma who was about to scold his uncle with a smile.
"How many people are eager to join the army but can't get in! Passing the physical examination means I'm in good health and the country respects me!"
"One person serving in the army brings honor to the whole family"
"It just so happens that I'm not good at literature, so I'll see if I can learn martial arts. If I really make military achievements, my future will be saved!"
"Do you think military merit is so easy to achieve?"
Liang Shengdi suddenly sat down on the ground. Her old eyes were cloudy but her tears could still be seen clearly. She was from that era and had seen too many tragedies.
"War is about lives! Military merit is earned but not enjoyed! We have finally had a better life, and we don't want you to gain glory by making military achievements..."
"grandmother!"
"mom!"
A group of people hurriedly stopped her from saying anything more. Lin Guoqing squatted beside his mother and sighed, "It's a peaceful time now. There won't be so many wars to fight. It's not certain that there will be casualties."
"Besides, this is a boy's duty. You can't just enjoy someone else's protection and then not want to give anything when the time comes, right?"
Liang Shengdi sniffed her nose, she was unhappy. Her second grandson was such a sensible and obedient, upright and handsome boy, he looked like a talented scholar, and now you say you want to throw him into the military camp?
Lin Shugan also sighed and squatted on the other side of his breast, "Then I didn't pass the exam to become a scholar!"
"Grandma, really, you should be happy. We have everything we want now, isn't it because of the good policies from above? The country helps us ordinary people so much, and we don't have much to pay back. I can also help earn foreign exchange after graduating from university.
Isn't it just right for me to go and defend my country since I can't get into college? Even if a war really breaks out, wouldn't you feel more at ease knowing that I'm protecting you? "
"ah!"
Three or four hands slapped Lin Shugan's back at the same time, yelling angrily,
"Why should we be so relieved? Why should we fight for such a war? Don't be such a pessimist!"
Being a soldier is an honor, but no parent would be completely at ease and happily send their child to join the army. Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua just didn't express it like Liang Shengdi.
When Lin Shuchao returned home from get off work, Chen Chunhua was already helping his brother check the luggage he was going to take with him.
"Second brother!" Lin Shuchao rushed forward, "Are you really going to join the army?"
Lin Shugan scratched his head. "I have to get the enlistment notice before I can really go. I should also go through the political review and other things in the next two days."
"Then you'll be a soldier in the future!" Lin Shuchao's eyes sparkled with envy, and he looked at Liang Shengdi with a slap on his face. "Wait for me. In two years, when I'm an adult, maybe the enlistment requirements will be lowered, and even myopia will be allowed!"
Lin Shugan: "...I don't think it's likely."
Lin Shuchao waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, we'll see when the time comes!" Let him hold on to hope for now.
…
When the enlistment notice came, all seven members of the Lin family were present. After comforting each other for a few days, they had calmed down a lot.
Lin Shugan held the notice and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he pressed his brother's shoulder and said, "After I leave, you will be the only boy in the family. You should help your parents with more work and stop arguing with your little sister. How old are you two?"
As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Lin Shumei with red eyes.
"Little sister, you're going to take the college entrance exam in two years too. If you have the time to argue with the third brother, you might as well spend more time reading. When you get into college, you'll have plenty of opportunities to laugh at him."
Lin Shumei burst out laughing when she heard what her second brother said, while Lin Shugan's face was full of resentment.
"...Then what can I do if I fail the exam..."
"Then just work hard!" Lin Shuying spat unhappily from behind him. "I heard from Brother Chuanguo that you're really resentful at the electroplating factory."
"How could I!" Lin Shuchao firmly denied it. "How could my master be like this! He even complained to you?!"
"What are you complaining about? I just met him at the village entrance and asked him a question. Stop putting the blame on others every day!"
…
This is probably the advantage of having many children in the family. Any little emotion can be smoothed over by a few little jokes.
Half a month later, a unified truck will come to pick people up.
In the past half month, Lian Liang Shengdi didn't let her second grandson do any work. Whatever you want to eat, grandma will go out and buy it for you today.
Chen Chunhua asked around for advice. Has anyone's child gone to the military? What else should they bring besides clothes? Money? There was plenty of money, so she stuffed some into every nook and cranny.
Lin Shugan had never lived such a life of eating and waiting to die in his life. In the end, he couldn't stand lying there anymore and thought it would be better if the army came to pick him up earlier.
On the day of picking up the people, it was almost like a scene in a movie. The new recruits wore military uniforms and red flowers, and lay on the car floor to wave goodbye to their relatives and friends who were seeing them off.
Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing had brought their son over early in the morning, and Liang Shengdi, who was preoccupied with something, arrived a little late. There were seventy or eighty new recruits on the train, and with so many relatives and friends coming to see them off, she was left at the very back.
Chen Chunhua originally wanted to go back and support her mother-in-law, after all, she was old and she was afraid that she would be squeezed to death.
As a result, Old Lady Liang took the lead and squeezed into the crowd, rushing to the front. Before the car started to speed up, she stuffed an oil-paper bag into Lin Shugan's hand.
"Eat it on the way! Don't go hungry!"
"Call home when you have time! If you're out of money, ask your dad to deliver it! Ask him to bring you anything you want to eat!"
"Got it! Grandma! Stop chasing me!"
“Eat well!”
"The same to you!"
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