No one knew about Qi Yu's ambitious plans, but on the other hand, the Xiang family was in turmoil because of a letter.
Xiang Lihua would insist on sending a letter every month when he was in the army. Although sometimes he would be delayed for a while due to changing military camps, it would usually not exceed two months.
But this time, I haven't received a letter for two and a half months.
Zhang Jidi was so anxious that he wrote a letter to the military camp, wanting to ask what was going on.
If the military camp mentioned in Xiang Lihua's last letter was not very far away and it would take several days and nights to get there by train, Zhang Jidi would not have been able to abandon his whole family and would have probably taken the train to see what his son was like.
Xiang Mianmian, who was standing next to him, probably guessed where the fourth brother was. 1968 was the year when the Soviet Union and China fell out, and the situation on the border must have been very tense at that time.
Soldiers obey orders from their superiors and go anywhere for the safety of the motherland.
As soon as they hear the words "The time has come for the Party and the people to test you", they will know that this life no longer belongs to them.
But since there had not been the ten years of turmoil, this parallel universe might not have caused the hostility between the Soviet Union and China, so she didn't dare to express her guess.
Besides, my mother was already going crazy with anxiety. Wouldn’t it be stupid of her to come up and say that Fourth Brother might go to attack the State of Su?
Xiang Lihua had joined the army before to increase the number of troops to resist the US and aid Japan, but as a rookie he had to train a lot, and by the time he finally mastered his marksmanship, the war was already over.
In other words, he never made it to the front line, so Zhang Jidi could still rest assured.
If we really fight with the Soviet Union this time, it will be a real fight with real guns and swords. It will make my mother anxious to death if I tell her about it.
The letter was not delivered to my home until the end of the year by the postman on an ordinary day.
In the evening, Xiang Mianmian returned home and read the letter to Zhang Jidi. She opened it with trembling hands, fearing that the letterhead was a suicide note.
Fortunately, this letter was just like every previous one, full of interesting things that Xiang Lihua encountered in the army. I don't know where he got so many new things to say.
He said that there had been no news from him these days because he had gone to a military camp in the border area to train with others. He was bragging about how awesome the competition was and whatnot.
My handwriting is much better than when I first joined the army. At least I don't have to write and draw at the same time.
This is because the military has set up literacy classes. Some people did not study hard when they were young and became soldiers relying on their own muscle talents, but they could not escape the fate of studying.
They even teach Russian. When Xiang Lihua came back to visit his family, he said that the treatment was quite good.
He wrote three pages of letter, and when he read the last sentence, Xiang Mianmian's pupils shrank: "... Mom and my brothers and sisters, please take good care of your health. I will come back to visit you next year."
She finished reading to her mother with a calm expression, handed over two sheets of letter paper that had been read with her left hand, kept the last sheet in her right hand, and glanced at the brazier at her feet.
The red-hot charcoal was burning fiercely, sending sparks flying in the air from time to time.
Xiang Mianmian pretended to hand the letter in her hand to Zhang Jidi, but accidentally dropped it, and the last piece of letter fell into the brazier and quickly burned.
She panicked: "Oh, it's Fourth Brother's letter!"
As he reached down to fish it out, he got a blister on his fingertips, but he couldn't save the letter.
Zhang Jidi had no doubts about her youngest daughter. While applying burn ointment to her daughter's hand, she said, "Forget it. You're stupid. What's the point of picking up a piece of letter paper?"
She checked the first two pieces of letter paper. The handwriting was the same as the brat's, and it was not trembling, so he should not be injured.
Seeing her youngest daughter working so hard for a piece of letter paper that her hand was burned and had a big blister, she felt so distressed.
Xiang Mianmian had to force a smile and say that she was in a hurry and didn't notice there was a brazier below, and let the matter go.
He ate and washed as usual, then went back to his room to sleep.
She closed the door, and her face suddenly became panicked.
Xiang Mianmian began to call System Xiao 6: [What's going on? Didn't you say this was a parallel universe? The ten years of turmoil are over, so why are there still hostilities between the Soviet Union and China?]
[This isn't something we should be focusing on. You should think about when you can accept the mission.]
Xiang Mianmian's face was filled with anger and worry: "He's almost dead on the battlefield. I can't help him here. How can I accept the mission with peace of mind?"
The last sentence in the letter was: "The Northeast Campaign was won. I suffered a minor injury. Please don't worry about it. I will burn it after reading it."
As we all know, minor injuries to the troops are minor injuries as long as they don’t kill anyone!
Otherwise, why would they ask for it to be burned after reading? It was obvious that An's family was concerned, but they couldn't reveal the news.
Although this brother is not often at home, and when he comes home to visit his family he behaves like a soldier, Xiang Mianmian can't bear to see a soldier injured or even killed on the battlefield!
Even if System 6 has the emotional section loaded, it still cannot understand the complex emotions between people: [I cannot control how the parallel universe develops.]
Seeing that the system was of no help, Xiang Mianmian was so anxious that he kept refreshing the system mall, wishing he could move the modern heavy armored combined brigade directly to the 1960s.
With modern advanced technology, a few shots can make the Soviet Union question its life.
Unfortunately, there is still no sign of weapons.
She sat dejectedly on the bed, wondering how great it would be if it was bound to a weapon system.
There is no if. No matter how much you stare at the system mall interface, System Xiao 6 is still the 996 office worker system and cannot be transformed into a weapons sales system.
Xiang Mianmian could only go to bed with regret.
The next day, a shocking news came from the street. Mingsen was engaged to the daughter of the deputy director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, and they would get married on the eighth day of the next Lunar New Year!
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