Chapter 106

Song Baoying did not reply, as if he did not hear

Shi Lei’s eyes are red, he is not unaware that Song Baoying is becoming more and more distant from him, more and more polite

The eyes of the people who look at him have not been hot, like looking at a familiar stranger

The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for it More or less

Do you say you don’t know what you owe her? That’s unrealistic

Every soldier here can weep at the mention of their parents, wives and children

They are not ashamed of their green uniforms, but they are all ashamed of their parents and children

Their parents have worked hard to bring them up, but they have just become independent, and without giving anything back, they carry their backpacks to the army, leaving their parents with nothing but their backs and worries

Parents day by day hair gray, they have not done filial piety not to mention, may not be parents have to white hair to send black hair person, or not be able to go back to see the last of their loved ones

They marry a girl they have never been with, fail to take care of her, fail to cherish her, and leave her alone to integrate into their own family, which is completely unfamiliar to the new daughter-in-law

Nine times out of ten, she would miss the birth of her child

As for the baby who was his own blood, from the time he or she was born to the time he or she learned to speak, toddled, and went to school, he was the one who was absent

He was always the absent one, and every time we met, the first thing he said was, “You’ve grown up a lot!”

I have not fulfilled the responsibility of the father, this “dad” is not a good taste to hear, the child and they are not close to the occasional home children are resistant to the same bed

I know, can’t change any status quo, also never know how to make up for it

You can only try to be nice to her every time you meet

But I didn’t realize, now, she really doesn’t need him

Xu Man also saw this point, it is estimated that if it is not divorce is not prevalent, Song Baoying has long been divorced with Shi Lei

She is not unable to tolerate loneliness, nor is she afraid of suffering, but she understands that it is not easy for Shi Lei, considerate and tolerant

Shi Lei does not know her grievances, did not comfort, or comfort is never on point, at least not really understand her

For a while this corner of the air is depressing

Xu Wen wanted to say something to break this atmosphere, but did not know what to say

Advise Song Bo Ying?

She couldn’t say it

There was once a saying that was popular on the internet, “Don’t advise others to be good without their suffering!”

She hadn’t suffered from Song Baoying’s suffering and couldn’t stand on the moral high ground to advise her to be more tolerant and patient

For a long time, Shi Lei suddenly raised his hand and gave himself a slap

The force was heavy and the sound was loud, causing everyone around to look over

Lu Yuanzheng raised his head and swept his gaze in a circle, “What are you looking at? Slap a mosquito!”

In unison, the warriors withdrew their gazes again, resuming the movement from earlier

They weren’t stupid, they would have to have a father-killing grudge against a mosquito to shoot such a commotion

Also, now there are lights, the light is better than ever, there are sharp eyed warriors saw a reddish slap mark on their instructor s face

This hitting mosquitoes is also too much!

But, the chief officer is not something they can discuss, pretending not to know and not seeing is their only choice

After a long time, Xu Wen raised his hand and lightly patted on Song Boying’s hand, “Sister-in-law, why don’t I treat you to dessert tomorrow?”

Today’s occasion was not suitable for an in-depth chat

Song Boying nodded, “Then I’ll be blessed! I’ve always heard that the desserts you make are especially delicious!”

The topic was just like that

No matter how much Song Baoying was aggrieved, she and Shi Lei were husband and wife on the outside, so she still had to give face

After a few sentences of small talk, the atmosphere eased a little and fell into another kind of sadness

There is a word called parting

This night is a farewell banquet, meaning the first two words, life and death

The veterans all switched to white bowls of wine tonight, and drank as much as they wanted

Over the years of enlistment, tonight is the only night they can drink freely in the barracks, without having to abide by any rules

The obvious contrast is the new recruits

The new recruits were all honestly sitting upright on the matzah with their backs straight and their legs straight

Their backs were straight and their legs were shoulder-width apart

Whether they could drink or not, they had no part in it

They were quietly under the leadership of their instructors, like a group of spectators, jerking off and watching the veterans drink and cry

Xu Man saw a lot of new recruits face flashes of confusion, now they are still about very difficult to understand the mood of the veterans now

At first, the atmosphere was still very cheerful

With bowls in one hand and skewers in the other, the veterans ate meat and drank loudly and dejectedly

“Labor will go home tomorrow! Going home! Are you guys envious?”

“Wife and kids in a hot bed! I’ll be able to sleep as long as I want!”

“I don’t have to wake up at the whistle anymore, and I don’t have to fold the quilt into tofu cubes No, I won’t fold my quilt anymore!”

“The main thing is that I no longer have to listen to the sound of artillery fire! I don’t even allow firecrackers at home on New Year’s Eve!”

The soldiers who weren’t retiring from the army also smiled and said congratulations

“Envious! Especially envious! Give my regards to my sister-in-law!”

“You’re thinking beautifully! You don’t have to work when you return home? You don’t have to earn any points? You’ll still have to get up at the right time, and you’ll probably get up earlier and go to bed later than we do”

“When I get out of the army and go home, I won’t fold quilts either!”

“May there be no more war! Cheers!”

After a few bowls of long drinks, the style of conversation changed

The veterans each had tears in their eyes, and the soldiers who were not discharged from the army also had tears in their eyes and even bawled

“I don’t want to be discharged! What can I do if I don’t go back? The old man at home is retiring and insists that I go back to take over!”

“If I leave, I won’t be able to come back! I’ve been wearing these clothes for sixteen years! I can’t take it off, you know?”

“I don’t dare to go back! After twelve years, I’ve developed a lot of habits Our place is different from the outside world! I’m afraid I won’t be able to adapt But if I don’t go back, my girl will be old enough to marry! I haven’t even hugged her properly!”

“I was forced to come here by my family My family thought I was too much of a jerk and said they couldn’t control me When I first came here, I didn’t even make my own bed, and I dreamed of going home I’ve been looking forward to it every day, and I’m looking forward to it today Then I regret! I regretted the day my application for discharge was approved! In this life I don’t have a second chance to wear these clothes again!”

The warriors left behind still have to be consoled in reverse

“Go back! Go to work on time and get off on time every day If you have nothing else to do, you can go fishing and skateboarding, it’s easier than now, isn’t it?”

“When you wore this uniform, you still had to fight Now there is no war in the era of peace, where it is the same! Go home and rest, spend more time with your wife and children”

“That’s right! If you don’t go home, I’ll even find you a son-in-law! What a good little girl! Go home and teach your children well”

“What are you crying for? You’re the one who cries the loudest all day long! You’re always yelling about being discharged from the army Go home and be a young master! When you were a new recruit, you gave me a lot of trouble! I’m your squad leader, not your babysitter, and I’ve been serving you all day long, and I want to throw you out!”

The veterans were drunk and drunken, laughing and cursing incoherently

They couldn’t let go of the uniform, couldn’t let go of this group of comrades, and were afraid to reintegrate into the environment once again, exactly afraid of no longer being able to integrate into the world of ordinary people

Soldiers do not have a ban on alcohol, but Rainbow Island limited alcohol, can only be shallow, comforting the veterans to be discharged

Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei were also called over

The veterans that they had once led had given them a toast

After the toast, they started to scold them

They said that Lu Yuanzheng was a bad guy back then, and that the training was really hard, treating them like animals!

Lu Yuanzheng was still indifferent and raised his eyebrows, “If I don’t treat you hard, can you still stand here and scold me?”

The grave grass had to be one person high

One of them cried out as he cursed, “I seldom have birthdays, and I seldom remember my own birthday But I remember my first birthday after I got out of the company! It was raining that day, very hard! We were cold, hungry and tired after training outside!”

Most recruits are about eighteen years old when they enlist, right at the age when they can’t get enough to eat or grow any meat

At the end of a training day, they are indeed tired and hungry

However, the training of new recruits often embodies the words of Mencius, “Starve their bodies, labor their bones, suffer their minds, and empty their bodies

The slogan is “Sweat and bleed without tears! Lose skin, lose flesh, do not fall out!”

The truth is, there are real recruits who cry and shout slogans while training

If it weren’t for the fact that they are no longer free after enlistment, many recruits would have turned around and gone home

But they do not have the opportunity to regret, can only grit their teeth and practice

The rain was pouring down and they still had to stand in military posture

That day happened to be the first birthday of this veteran after enlistment I thought I was going to go back to my class hungry as usual, but the whole class was taken to the cafeteria

A steaming pot of choked noodles

In fact, the noodles had been soaking for a while and were limp

But all the people in the class gobbled it up, including him

He was crying while eating that bowl of noodles

He touched the bowl with Lu Yuanzheng, “Camp Lu, those were the best noodles I’ve ever eaten in my life! They don’t even know that I have a poached egg in my noodle bowl!”

“Are you being silly? Everyone knows” The others dismantled the stage, it was customary, everyone was the same

Lu Yuanzheng actually didn’t remember this little episode anymore, every year there were new recruits There were also a few thousand that he had personally brought in

Every new recruit was given a birthday the first year they came to the team

Even on the battlefield

But if it wasn’t necessary, the battlefield didn’t need the new recruits on it

Don’t look at the fact that sometimes the veterans often bullied the new recruits, calling on them to run errands, such as helping to buy cigarettes or doing the laundry

On the battlefield, the veterans were like hens protecting their chicks, protecting the recruits at the back; if they didn’t fall, the recruits would be safe

In Lu Yuanzheng’s memory, that bowl of noodles on a rainy night was just routine, but it became a lifelong unforgettable memory for a soldier

Shi Lei was more or less the same, in fact he was more senior than Lu Yuanzheng and had led more soldiers

The reason why Lu Yuanzheng was promoted to the same level as him is because all of Lu Yuanzheng’s military medals were exchanged for his life on the battlefield

It is the accumulation of real military achievements

Shi Lei is a little bit worse than Lu Yuanzheng, adding a little bit of points to his seniority

Of course, it was limited to comparing with Lu Yuanzheng, and compared with other people of the same rank, he was also the best

Xu Wen turned his head to see Song Baoying staring blankly at Shi Lei in the crowd, a light flickering vaguely in her silent eyes

Perhaps she had remembered the teenager who had made her heart flutter when she was young

Xu Wen wanted to ask her if she wanted to go home, but he didn’t say anything when he saw the situation

Has been that group of people to almost, only then opened his mouth

The families had already evacuated one after another

Such an occasion for the families is also to come to eat, this is the men’s farewell banquet

They couldn’t substitute very well and could only do so without disturbing them

On the way back, Xu Man still opened his mouth, “Sister-in-law, is it because you think that such an Instructor Shi is something you’ve never seen before?”

Song Boying still nodded

“He gave his good side to the country to his comrades, leaving you always with his back I know that without having experienced the suffering you went through, saying anything is like standing around However, I still want to say, perhaps if you stay on the island for a few more days, many of the obsessions in your heart may have an answer”

Song Boying didn’t balk

Xu Wen looked back at the men still bustling on the beach and thought about inviting Song Boying, “Why don’t you go to my house and play for a while now? Anyway, Instructor Shi and the others won’t be back for a while”

Song Bo Ying subconsciously shook her head, “Wenwen will not be able to find me”

“It’s okay, I’ll have Dongsheng tell her later”

Song Boying curiously said, “I noticed that you and Lu Yuanzheng don’t care much about Dongsheng Letting him run around and play around”

“Dongsheng is a very good boy he won’t go to dangerous places” Xu Wen remembered the last time Dongsheng ran away from home and corrected what he had just said, “Generally, he won’t go Besides, the child is just small and not stupid He has his own friends and places he wants to play We always use the name of worry to tie them around Your own tired child is also a lot less fun”

Song Boying was thoughtful

“My house is here, sister-in-law come in and sit down! It’s not too bad for a while Don’t worry, this island is safe”

Song Boying nodded with a slight hesitation and followed Xu Wen back home

As soon as she entered, she looked around curiously

She had always felt that she counted herself as a cleaner, and also preferred to clean up, making the cabin cozy enough, and compared to Xu Man, it felt like her house was like a thatched hut

“No wonder everyone praises you, your place is so nice!” Song Boying praised from the bottom of his heart

The most common adjective used to praise other people’s wooden houses was cozy

If Song Boying were to use one word to compliment Xu Man’s home, she would choose the word cozy

There was no particularly ornate furniture or decorations, it was just comfortable

Visually comfortable, psychologically comfortable as well as physically comfortable

There is a bamboo rocking chair under the window sill, the coffee table looks like a large root sculpture, the sofa chair is covered with a thick cushion, and next to it there is a thing that I don’t know what to call it but at a glance it is used to sit on

It is very soft and comfortable, and can be made into various shapes

Xu Man happened to come out with two cups of milk tea and noticed Song Bo Ying’s gaze, taking the initiative to explain to her, ”This is called a bean bag You can try it, it’s very comfortable!”

Song Bo Ying had been well-taught since she was a child and would rarely be rude when she arrived at someone else’s house, but she still didn’t resist the temptation of the bean bag and sat on it

“Ah!”

The bean bag was too soft, Song Boying was startled by the lack of precautions, and then touched it like a child who had found a new treasure

Xu Wen pushed the cup of milk tea he had given Song Boying in front of her, “Sister-in-law, I made my own milk tea, try it? I didn’t know if you could drink iced ones, so I filled a separate bowl with some ice cubes You can add it yourself”

Song Baoying was in a bad mood at night and didn’t eat much, smelling the sweet milk flavor, there was also an appetite, after saying thank you, she followed Xu Man’s example and added some ice cubes to the enameled jar, and brought it to her mouth to taste it, her eyes lit up, “It’s so good!”

“Right?” Xu Man narrowed his eyes, chewing on the strong pearls, “Sweetness can make one’s mood pleasant”

Song Boying heard that Xu Man was consoling himself and thanked him, “The happiest thing about coming to the island this time was meeting you!”

Xu Man laughed softly, “If you say that, Instructor Shi will have to cry with sadness”

“He doesn’t care”

Xu Man shook his head, “It’s not that he doesn’t care, he just doesn’t know how to express it I’ve been on the island for almost a year Because of Lu Yuanzheng’s relationship, I’ve dealt with Instructor Shi more often Every time he came to our house for dinner he would always mention you and Wenwen, saying that he missed you guys”

Song Boying didn’t say anything, such a Shi Lei she hadn’t seen before

Xu Man remembered something and asked Song Bao Ying, “Sister-in-law, you said that you gave birth to a child and Instructor Shi couldn’t make it back?”

Song Baoying nodded and hmmmed, “Said he was on a mission”

What exactly he was doing was beyond her knowledge

“Then did he come home later to see what you said to the child? Like didn’t he say anything about being particularly remorseful and guilty?”

Song Bo Ying shook her head without even thinking, “No! Never said anything! If he would have said such heartbreaking words, I wouldn’t be living like a whiny woman right now”