My name is Liu Ping. My family fled to Heping Commune from other places during the famine years.
Not long after I came to Heping Commune, my parents died of illness one after another. I grew up in the brigade, eating at hundreds of families, and I was familiar with every household in the brigade.
I fell in love with Pei Qingshan probably because his parents were the people who showed the most kindness to me and often invited me to their house for dinner.
I would also help those people with small favors to the best of my ability, sometimes picking up firewood, sometimes picking mushrooms and digging wild vegetables. In short, my parents taught me that if others help me, I must not accept it with a clear conscience.
I went to Pei Qingshan's house more often and we became good friends. He told me that he wanted to join the army in the future.
At that time, I didn't know what being a soldier was for, so I asked him why he joined the army, and whether I would never see him again after he joined the army?
Pei Qingshan, who was still very young at the time, said: "As a soldier, I get food, a salary, and can go out and catch bad guys!"
"Is it really so good to be a soldier? Will the food be provided?" I was full of longing to join the army at that time, and kept asking Pei Qingshan about the information of the army.
Sometimes he would answer me patiently, and sometimes when he became impatient with my questions, he would talk to me more patiently. It seemed that he had never known how to lose his temper or refuse since he was a child.
His emotions are really too stable. I have eaten at hundreds of restaurants and seen quarreling couples smashing bowls and pots. Many times I thought, if anyone marries Pei Qingshan in the future, they will definitely not experience such quarrels, right?
Later, as I grew up, Pei Qingshan was really going to join the army. I hung out at the village party secretary's house every day, saying in words and deeds that I wanted to join the army.
He asked me why a girl would join the army. He said that only boys serve in the army and it is too hard and tiring for girls to serve.
I don't care about that, I have to go.
I said to the village party secretary, "Grandpa, please let me go. Pei Qingshan told me before that the army provides food, clothes, money, and all kinds of tickets. After I serve in the army for a few years, I will come back to be filial to you."
The village party secretary looked at me for a long time, and his stare made me feel very uncomfortable.
He sighed leisurely, "I didn't think about it that much. You have been a strong-willed child since you were young. After your parents passed away, you never ate for free at other people's houses. As long as I am the village party secretary, no one can take the house you have allocated to me. I will help you get a place for military service, but if you fail the physical examination, you are not allowed to ask for it again."
I was so happy that on the day I received the notice to go for a physical examination, I took out all the money I had saved over the years, bought a lot of things, and delivered them to the families of the people I had dined with before.
The ones who gave the most were definitely the village party secretary's family and Pei Qingshan's family.
Pei Qingshan's mother felt sorry for me and asked me why I should join the army. I was so capable that any man who married me would love me.
I had an idea and made a joke with her: "Mom, I will marry Qingshan then. You ask him to love me more and you love me more too."
"Okay, okay, you marry him. It just so happens that my family knows you inside and out. That's great. Unfortunately, you have to go to the army now. If you two are assigned to the same place, you have to help each other a lot. Maybe you can really get married."
She didn't seem to take it seriously, but responded to me very sincerely. When she prepared clothes and food for Pei Qingshan on the road, she also prepared some for me.
"You silly girl, you've spent all your money, haven't you? You saved so much with great difficulty, but you didn't save any. Go ahead, you two should take care of me on the way, and write to home when you have time."
I feel so sweet in my heart.
Although I grew up eating at many people's homes, the number of people who truly cared for me, selflessly, and treated me like their daughters could be counted on one hand.
They are all truly kind-hearted people.
From that day on, I became determined to achieve a goal - I want to marry Pei Qingshan, I want to be his wife, and I want to officially become a member of his family!
On the way there, I talked more frequently than usual. I didn't know if we would be assigned to the same unit in the future, or if we would see each other often. Maybe I wouldn't see him for a long time. Although he was a little impatient, he kept forbearing it on my face.
After I chattered for a long time, Pei Qingshan suddenly asked me seriously, "Liu Ping, are you a little scared?"
"Ah? What are you afraid of? I'm not afraid." I didn't know what he meant, but I was indeed not afraid. I was so happy that I could go to the same place with him and get to see the moon first because I was close to the water.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly hugged me and said, "Don't be afraid, we will always be very close. If you have any problems, you can always come to me and I will take care of you."
I suddenly became quiet and stopped finding excuses to talk to him.
I thought, there is a long time to come. We are not just soldiers for one day. We don't know anyone there. He only has me, and I only have him. We are destined to be together.
After joining the army, the female soldiers and male soldiers were of course not together, but our camp was very close to theirs, and we often had training marches.
That is to say, after this period of recruiting, I might see him often.
The older sisters in my class were all very nice. Since I was the youngest in the class, they all took good care of me, except during training.
They said that if they were lenient with me during training, then I would always be worse than others when I went out on missions in the future. They would be stricter with me if they were nice to me.
I expressed my understanding. When I first entered the military camp, I had back pain every night and couldn't sleep. The next day, I had to get up and endure the pain and train hard.
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