Mai Hongcai has been in the army for five years and has been promoted from a private to a deputy battalion commander.

But he still has no idea about the "first-class individual merit" he has been dreaming of.

Mai Hongcai has a total of 18 medals on him, only one of which is his, the others are Mai Sui's.

That piece was the "Second Class Collective Merit" won in Sanbiantun, and the commander-in-chief at that time was Mai Sui.

That was Mai Hongcai’s first time going to the battlefield.

To be honest, it feels pretty good.

Even though he was a little nervous the first time he used a gun to kill the enemy, he accepted it well and did not suffer any psychological trauma.

It is more of a sense of pride in defending our country.

Moreover, fighting with Mai Sui, in Mai Sui's style, the process is a bit fierce, but also quite enjoyable!

The battle of Sanbiantun made Mai Hongcai think that it was easy to make meritorious service, because he saw that for his sister, making meritorious service was as easy as drinking water.

But later, Mai Hongcai's company participated in two more border battles, and this time he was not with Mai Sui.

Without Mai Sui to share most of the firepower, Mai Hongcai discovered that fighting was different from what he had imagined.

And it’s very different!

What is heroic and fearless, what is refusing to obey, is actually not always the case.

What's more, fight if you can win, run if you can't!

During the whole process, either you were chasing me or I was chasing you.

The commander told them that this was normal in war.

The one-sided posture of the wheat ears is an isolated case among isolated cases!

But Mai Hongcai looked at Mai Sui's medal every day and was determined to get a "first-class individual merit" piece.

To this end, he trained harder and always set strict standards for himself.

Lin Junchen, who once defeated him, is no match for Mai Hongcai now.

Even when Lin Junchen and He Fengshou joined forces, they were no match for Mai Hongcai.

Facts have proved that opportunities come to those who are prepared.

In the winter of 1982, Mai Hongcai's opportunity to make a contribution finally came.

This time it is a battle on the border.

Mai Hongcai was not afraid of danger and took the brunt of the attack. He not only saved his good brother Lin Junchen in the battle, but also successfully killed the enemy's highest commander.

This completely reversed the situation and allowed China to turn defeat into victory!

This time, there is no doubt that I will get the first-class merit.

Moreover, this is a military achievement, which is different from other general merits.

After five years of military service, Mai Hongcai finally achieved his original goal!

However, Mai Hongcai was also seriously injured.

A bullet went through his shoulder.

Fortunately, I didn't hit any bones, otherwise it might affect my shooting accuracy in the future.

Not only that, Mai Hongcai also broke two ribs and a leg bone.

His head was also scratched and he seemed to have a concussion.

In short, he was finally carried off the battlefield.

Lin Junchen's situation was not much better than Mai Hongcai's, he was only half dead.

The two of them were originally going to carry out the "beheading" mission together.

However, he did not expect that the enemy was very cunning, and Lin Junchen accidentally fell into an ambush. If it were not for Mai Hongcai, he would definitely not be able to come back.

The two of them were strangers at the beginning, but now they have become friends who are willing to die for each other. They will definitely be good brothers for life.

In addition, there is also a celebration of the harvest.

The three of them have the best relationship in the entire army.

Now, Mai Hongcai and Lin Junchen are both seriously injured and unable to get out of bed, so He Fengshou will have to take care of them.

Although He Fengshou also broke a leg, his arm was not broken, so he could still stew chicken and mushrooms for them.

He Fengshou was also impressed by Mai Hongcai. You said you couldn't just eat the hospital meal, but you had to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms!

This forced him to go to the market to buy a chicken and borrow a stove.

He is also a patient and is also in the hospital, okay!

Lin Junchen, who was usually calm, actually joined in the fun and said he also wanted to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms.

He Fengshou had no choice but to sneak out often to buy chickens.

After Mai Hongcai and other patients' conditions stabilized, the troops transferred them from the Frontier Military Region Hospital to the Southeast Military Region Hospital.

Only then did Mai Laosan and Mai Sui know what had happened to Mai Hongcai.

Upon learning that his only son almost died on the battlefield, Mai Laosan burst into tears as soon as he arrived at the hospital.

He also told Mai Hongcai to just retire from the army.

"Hongcai, the national policies are good now, and our factory's business is getting better and better. Why don't you retire from the army and come back to inherit the family business?

Look, you are already 22 years old this year, and you haven't found a partner or anything.

When I was your age, your sister could already help out with the cooking!

Look at how cute Zhenyin and Zhenrong are, don’t you want to get married and have kids sooner?"

In this era when early marriage is common, Mai Hongcai is still unmarried at the age of 22, and can indeed be considered an "older single man".

Mai Lao San was very annoyed by this and couldn't help urging them to get married every time they met.

Especially this year, all the brothers and sisters of Mai Hongcai's generation, whether cousins ​​or not, got married.

Only Mai Hongcai is left!

Mai Laosan was really anxious!

He also wanted Mai Sui to persuade Mai Hongcai, because Mai Hongcai listened to Mai Sui the most.

But Wheat Ear didn't care.

In her opinion, Mai Hongcai is still very young and it is okay for him to get married a few years later.

Moreover, Mai Sui’s attitude towards relationships is different now than before.

She feels that two people must love each other before they can get married.

Just like her and Shen Xingchen.

With Mai Sui's support, Mai Hongcai felt like he had obtained a royal sword and had a backbone.

No matter what Mai Lao San said, he wouldn't listen.

When Mai Laosan saw this, he suddenly thought of Qiao Da Niu in the village.

I want to let Mai Hongcai meet her formally during the Chinese New Year this year.

Qiao Danniu's mother, Wang Chunhua, had previously taken a liking to Shen Xingchen and Chen Chien, thinking that since they came from big cities, their family conditions must be good.

However, Shen Xingchen and Chen Chien are not interested in Qiao Da Niu.

Qiao Da Niu was very hardworking. After the college entrance examination was resumed, she was admitted to university.

Although he took the exam three times before he passed, he was at least the first serious college student in the village.

The Qiao family can finally be proud of themselves in the village!

Wang Chunhua talks about her daughters every day, mentioning a college student on the left and a college student on the right, as if she is afraid that others don't know.

But it was precisely because Qiao Da Nv was admitted to university that Wang Chunhua became more ambitious.

She always feels that ordinary people are not worthy of her daughter, and that it must be an exceptionally outstanding young man.

But those who are particularly outstanding either already have a partner or just don’t like Qiao.

So, Qiao Da Niu was "delayed" like this.

You know, Qiao Da Niu is two years older than Mai Hongcai and is already 24 years old this year.

But what Mai Laosan was attracted by was the other party's identity as a "college student", and they were both from the same Lianhua Village and he knew him well.

Of course, he didn't know that Wang Chunhua had ever set her sights on Shen Xingchen, otherwise he would definitely not have thought so.

Mai Hongcai originally just followed what Mai Lao San said, as he would just listen in one ear and out the other.

But today, he was a little abnormal, and seemed to not want Mai Lao San to say these things in the ward.

Especially when the nurse Ye Zhenzhen came in, he immediately interrupted Mai Lao San rudely:

"Dad, stop talking!"