Chapter 104
“We’re in no hurry then We’ll wait until the veterans are done being discharged”
“Also” Shi Lei sighed softly, “The veterans have already sealed their boxes and handed over their work They all want to wait for you to come back to say goodbye before leaving Which day do you think is appropriate?”
A month before the veterans’ discharge, they finished their work, handed over their guns and ammunition to the battalion headquarters, and could no longer participate in any meetings, training, or stand guard on the island
In order to prevent the leakage of the latest secrets, as soon as they leave the island, all the defenses on the island will be changed again
It’s not against them, and it’s not that they don’t trust them, it’s just a routine, just in case
Lu Yuanzheng nodded and asked, “The new recruits are on the island?”
“They just came a week ago, and are still in intensive training these days”
“The day after tomorrow then! Trample the veterans tomorrow”
Shi Lei nodded, “I guessed you would do that, I’ve already talked to the companies, the pigs and sheep are all ready”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded without saying anything
Shi Lei saw that Lu Yuanzheng’s mood was a bit low, he patted his shoulder, “Say something more about the good news”
Lu Yuanzheng looked up, not very interested
“In order to take care of the physical and mental health of our soldiers who stay on the island This year we have an extra month of vacation”
“Huh?” Lu Yuanzheng looked up
“The leaders also know that guarding an isolated island has a big impact on everyone’s psyche That’s why they’ve given us two months of vacation, one month every six months, including travel Unmarried men get ten days less each time”
Generally, married soldiers get ten more days than unmarried ones, and twenty more days every three years
But there was a requirement for these twenty days, which was that the parents of the man and woman were from different places, and it was called family visitation leave
Those like Lu Yuanzheng, who only Xu Wen had relatives, did not have this leave
Lu Yuanzheng’s first reaction was to look at Xu Man
Sure enough, Xu Wen had already raised the corners of her mouth, “Really? That’s great”
Lu Yuanzheng picked up the water cup and touched it with Shi Lei, “When are you leaving?”
When he came back, it was Shi Lei’s turn to take his annual vacation
Shi Lei also looked at Song Boying first
Song Baoying’s color was a little light
Shi Lei withdrew his sight and spoke, “How can I wait until the veterans are discharged and the change of defense is over?!”
Song Baoying’s face suddenly changed, twisting her head and questioning him, “You clearly said that you would accompany me back when Lu Ying and his sister-in-law came back! Liar!”
Shi Lei pacified her, “I didn’t lie to you I’m the chief officer of this island It’s also right in the middle of the veterans’ discharge and defense change, so I can’t not keep an eye on it When things are straightened out and the island goes into routine, I will definitely accompany you home”
Song Baoying stood up with a flourish, the stool dragging an ear-piercing sound on the floor
Song Bo Ying, who had always spoken in a thin voice, suddenly became shrill and emotional, “It’s like this every time! Just because your job is a job, my job is not a job? Now that school has begun, I’ve already taken a vacation, and you’re not going to make me take another one? You’re always the one who has to do what you have to do! I’ll always have to accommodate you! If you want to stay, I’ll go home with Wenwen tomorrow! We’ve been doing just fine without you!”
After saying that, he turned around and walked upstairs
Wenwen burst into tears
Song Baoying fell back and held Wenwen together to go upstairs
Xu asked, “”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
The two men looked at each other, both looking confused plus embarrassed
Shi Lei was even more embarrassed, he looked upstairs, then at Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man, “Sorry! She’s not targeting you guys, it’s me who made her suffer”
Lu Yuanzheng got up, “You go coax people first We’re all brothers, there’s no need to talk about this I’ll go on duty later”
Xu Wen followed Lu Yuanzheng and left Shi Lei’s house
Walking out a long way, listening to Song Boying’s hysterical cries, Xu Man didn’t even try to understand why Song Boying exploded
It looked like the kind of person who had suffered a lot of grievances and had reached the stage of not being able to take it anymore, and was directly crushed by Shi Lei’s words
It was like a bubble that was so big that it burst with a light poke and a pop
“Are they feelings bad?” Xu Wen turned back frequently
Usually hearing Shi Lei talk about Song Boying, the two should not have a bad relationship
“It’s not bad feelings” Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly, “Our profession requires the woman to bear too much”
He hooked his hand on Xu Wen’s waist, “You don’t even know how fortunate I am to have met you!”
The next day, the farewell banquet for the veterans was still in the evening
It was still the beach, and still a barbecue with buffet
Early in the morning, the companies’ cooking squads rushed the pigs and sheep to be slaughtered wailing, interspersed with the slogans of the new recruits’ training
Xu Man sat on the swing in the yard and looked curiously toward the beach
Previously, the island was full of veterans, and every day was just a daily training routine, and most of the time they were laboring
It always gave Xu Man a sense of going to work and leaving work at the same time
But the new recruits don’t have this treatment, Xu Man feels that they seem to have no time for themselves, no matter what they do, they are all neatly organized in a team
In the morning, they run drills in formation, then go back in formation to wash up and go to breakfast in formation, and then go to the training ground in formation
Even to the commissary are in line together
Veterans do not have to, and often walk together in twos and threes talking and laughing, but not hooking shoulders, everyone is back straight
Even when they were walking idly, the frequency and length of their steps were surprisingly consistent
Xu Man curiously asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Is this bullying the newcomers? Do soldiers have to be given the first warning?”
Lu Yuanzheng, who happened to be buckling his belt at the time, snorted softly, “What kind of a disrespect is this? This is how we all came to be, in order to cultivate their tacit understanding and neatness”
Xu Wen gave an oh-so-slight snort and thought for a moment, “Then I don’t want Dongsheng to become a soldier in the future”
Lu Yuanzheng: “???”
“It’s too hard”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
“This is going to record the training process and show it to their parents, which parent would still be willing to send their child here?”
Even if people in the sixties and seventies were a generation capable of suffering, they weren’t this capable of suffering
In the middle of the day, the recruits were bare-chested, and a few of them were carrying a piece of wood soaked through with seawater, and running on the beach, puffing and puffing
Xu Wen passed by and saw a layer of blisters on their backs
Lu Yuanzheng spoke in silence, “Someone has to suffer”
We can’t all stop being soldiers, so who will protect the country
Xu Man only spat a few words, but in his heart, he also understood this reasoning
Just like that saying, the years are quiet, it’s just that someone is carrying the weight for you
Nodding his head, he finally just said, “Your profession is indeed the greatest profession!”
“Military wives are even greater in the hearts of soldiers!” Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head and lightly kissed Xu Wen on her forehead, “Let’s go, you don’t have to wait for me to eat at noon!”
There were too many things going on in the battalion in the past two days, and Lu Yuanzheng was basically out of the house except for sleeping
After the sun went down, the largest piece of beach on the island was once again surrounded by a dense crowd of people
Unlike in the past, lighting is no longer a problem today
Soldiers pulled wires over and used bamboo poles to hold up tall light bulbs
Although the whole island is not as bright as day, dim light, vision is not a problem, do not have to point to the flashlight lighting as in the past
This time is different from the past is that the whole surrounded in two circles, the veterans in the center, the others in accordance with the company in order to line up around the outer circle
The family members also broke up and followed beside their men
Xu Man sat beside Lu Yuanzheng and inevitably saw Song Baoying again
When Song Baoying saw Xu Man, he apologized to her in embarrassment, “I’m sorry, sister-in-law, it was my fault last night! Inviting you to be my guest resulted in ”
Xu Wen shook her head, “It’s okay”
She finished in silence
I wanted to ask, “Are you okay now?” But for fear of bringing up her sadness again, he didn’t open his mouth
Song Bo Ying took the initiative to help her out, “No matter what, I shouldn’t have lost my temper in front of you guys You guys are guests, besides I should give face to Lao Shi I don’t know what’s wrong with me, obviously very accustomed to things, yesterday it sounded unusually harsh, so I didn’t control myself at once”
“Don’t blame you” Xu Wen comforted her, “Sometimes it’s true that they are bad and often let people off the hook I can understand!”
Other than that, Xu Man wasn’t sure, but judging from the words Song Baoying said when she broke out last night, it should be Shi Lei who had promised to send Song Baoying back
Primary and secondary schools across the country started at about the same time, usually just after the fifteenth day of the first month
Now it’s past the 20th day of the first month, Song Baoying still stayed on the island, should have already taken a vacation
Shi Lei should have promised her that he would leave when Lu Yuanzheng and his family returned to the island, so Song Baoying called them to the house for dinner so impatiently
As a result, after half a day’s work, Shi Lei opened his mouth and said that he would not leave until a while later
It looks like he didn’t discuss it with her beforehand, but just informed her
Any other female would be unhappy
“Not often” Song Bo Ying smiled bitterly, “It’s all the time From the first time I met him on a blind date until now, he has never once honored his promise It’s always me giving and me backing down ”
Song Baoying’s voice, though not loud, sounded like she was crying, as she had accumulated too many grievances
Probably due to her professional upbringing, her voice was still gentle and soft even when she was complaining
Song Baoying and Shi Lei were introduced by a matchmaker
At that time, she had just graduated and was assigned to be a teacher at an elementary school in the county
Everyone respects the soldiers, especially the girls, who don’t have a dream of being a hero in their hearts
Like Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng, Song Baoying and Shi Lei’s families are in the same county, not far from each other
Before Shi Lei’s vacation home, the matchmaker first organized a meeting with both parents
Shi Lei’s parents are very satisfied with Song Baoying, which is equivalent to the marriage is set for the most part
At that time, Shi Lei was in his last year of military school, and also had summer and winter vacations
When Shi Lei came home, the two people met
At first glance, Song Baoying fell in love with the tall and upright Shi Lei
“He was wearing a green military uniform and stood straight Just the look I’ve been longing for” Song Baoying couldn’t help a smile from the corner of her mouth as she recalled when they first met
Song Baoying was a military fan, not obsessed with the military, but liked men who were soldiers
The upright Shi Lei happened to grow on her aesthetic point
“Moreover, he’s especially considerate He would consciously walk on the outside of me as we walked down the road, and would stretch out his arms to protect me when cars or people who weren’t riding properly passed by Say it once and remember my preferences ”
The first time they met, Song Baoying’s impression of Shi Lei was simply too good to be true
Both people have reached the age of marriage, and after meeting each other, they jumped directly to talk about marriage
Shi Lei’s profession is special, if you don’t get married that year, you have to wait for the second year
Since both sides are satisfied, also enough age, Shi Lei parents urged them to get married earlier
Song Baoying’s family felt that the wedding was rushed and a little reluctant But she was determined that Shi Lei is her good man, can not wait to marry him
It was really the happiest time for Song Baoying
The two of them bought wedding supplies together
They went to the bookstore to read books together, and went to the movie theater together
Once when Song Baoying was waiting for Shi Lei, she met a few hooligans, just as Shi Lei rushed to the scene, and beat them away
Song Baoying at that time how to look at Shi Lei how to look at the eye, proper dream lover
The wedding was organized in a hurry, but Song Baoying should have respect
Xu Wen did not hold back a tsk, “So they have the custom of flash marriage!”
It seemed like he had already heard from several of his sister-in-laws that they all got married in a hurry
“Flash marriages?” Song Bo Ying was puzzled
“It’s when two people get married straight away without knowing each other for a long time or without seeing each other for a few times”
“Right” Song Bo Young nodded, “With their careers, they don’t have time to take their time in dating And getting married is especially troublesome When we got married, he telegraphed home a few times I went to the village to get it stamped again, and then to the police station to get it stamped It was so troublesome!”
Xu Wen hadn’t really experienced this before, she and Lu Yuanzheng got married, partly because Lu Yuanzheng ran it himself, partly because Xu Wen helped her, she didn’t do anything
She comforted Song Boying, “Actually, the trouble was all good Lu Yuanzheng was recalled on our wedding day! The wedding wasn’t even finished”
Song Boying nodded vigorously and said indignantly, “They’re just like that! You’re not the first sister-in-law to be like this Many sister-in-laws have gotten married alone At that time, I didn’t know any of this and thought that marrying a man like this made my life complete”
Although Xu Man couldn’t bear to interrupt Song Boying’s beautiful memories, he was also curious as to what their problem was and followed up with, “What happened afterward?”
“Then I married him and became a widow Before I got married, I only thought about what to do with Shi Lei, and I didn’t get along with his family a few times After getting married and suddenly living under one roof, I was especially uncomfortable The eating habits of our two families are completely different, and so are all sorts of living habits” Song Boying frowned
At that time, Song Bo Ying was young and didn’t know that life was the most difficult and testing part of a marriage
At that time, she only thought that happiness was at her fingertips, and her eyes were full of anticipation for the future
The in-laws’ house is a two-story self-built house with six rooms
In-laws live on the first floor of the three rooms, including the living room and dinner
The second floor is for her and Shi Lei
At the beginning of the marriage, Song Baoying, like all first-time wives in the world, wanted to treat Shi Lei’s parents as if they were her own parents
Song Baoying has a cleanliness fetish, every day to pick up the house clean
But the in-laws are not a good person, and even a little slovenly
When Song Baoying was with Shi Lei, she noticed that Shi Lei was also a very hygienic person and thought that his house was the same as her own
Later, she realized that many of Shi Lei’s habits were developed only after he went to the army
At the beginning of the marriage, the tolerance is also big
In-laws cooking and washing dishes are not too hygienic, Song Baoying some not too accustomed to, but also embarrassed to say anything, can only grab cooking and washing dishes, so that hygiene can rest assured
However, the disharmony in life has just begun
Mother-in-law also likes to enter Song Baoying’s room without authorization, rummaging through things
In a good way, it is called Song Baoying as a family not to see the outside, in a bad way, it is not to take her seriously and do not respect her
She married Shi Lei, left some melon sugar cubes, in-laws without her permission to turn away to Shi Lei’s nephew
She does not care about sugar, but by the way turned away and her clothes
A dress she especially liked but didn’t want to wear
Song Baoying came home from work, saw his big aunt wearing the same clothes as his own, thought it was the same model, went upstairs and found that the closet was turned
The original stacked neatly closet was turned into a mess, the bed also threw a few pieces of clothing, it seems to be worn and taken off
Song Baoying home parents will not mess with her things, her first time to suffer such an aggrieved, eyes then red
But also feel that if you rush down to find the in-laws aunt, but also appear to be too shrewd
Wash your face, a long time to calm down the emotions, the results of the downstairs dinner, see the big aunt on the dress or red eyes, did not hold back and asked, “Mom, you turn over my closet?”
My mother-in-law said, “Oh, yes! When I took the candy, I saw your closet, and your sister said she had no clothes to wear, so I let her pick one”
Song Bao Ying just got married, thin-skinned, embarrassed to turn the other cheek, could only hold back and argue, “Mom, that was when I got engaged to Shi Lei, he bought it for me I didn’t even bother to wear it”
“It’s just a dress? Your sister is not an outsider, she can wear the clothes that Lei Lei bought!”