Xie Chunxiang said, "What secret?"

The woman lowered her voice and bit Xie Chunxiang's ear and said, "Your son wants to be a soldier!"

"To be a soldier?" Xie Chunxiang was taken aback and asked, "Which of my sons wants to be a soldier?"

"Both of your sons want to go!" said the woman.

Xie Chunxiang knew that the one who wanted to be a soldier would definitely not be the eldest son Chen Huaguo, but the second son Chen Huafu and the younger son Chen Huaqiang. Xie Chunxiang asked, "Is it the second or the third?"

"Second!" said the woman, "your two sons have gone for a check-up, but the third child has not been checked, so the second child has been checked!"

"This disobedient thing!" Xie Chunxiang scolded angrily, turned back to the woman and said, "I won't let him go!"

"Forget it!" said the woman, "my son has grown up, and his thoughts are different, and being a soldier is not a scandalous thing, it is a very honorable thing, but you are a mother, and you can't rest assured, I am afraid that my son will encounter a war when he is a soldier." ”

"That's what I have!" Xie Chunxiang said, "If he doesn't fight as a soldier, I will definitely let him go!"

The woman smiled and said, "If you don't fight as a soldier, what do you need to do with a soldier?"

"That's the same!" Xie Chunxiang also smiled.

It was the first time Chen Hansheng had heard about being a soldier, and it was also the first time he knew that being a soldier would definitely have to fight. Although he still doesn't quite understand the meaning of war, in his opinion, war is the meaning of fighting. It's just that in this fight, it's not a fist, but a gun.

Walking back to his home with Chen Hansheng, Xie Chunxiang saw Chen Huafu who came back from the physical examination. Before Chen Huafu could express his happiness, Xie Chunxiang asked angrily, "I heard that you are going to be a soldier?"

"Yes mother!" Chen Huafu said with a smile, "I have already passed the physical examination, and I am qualified, just waiting to change into a military uniform!"

"I won't let you go!" Xie Chunxiang said with a straight face, "There are many people who want to be soldiers in this world, and there are many of you!"

"If you don't go one by one, which one should go?" Chen Huafu knew that his mother was a reasonable person, but she just couldn't worry about his life, but she still had to tell her mother this big truth.

"I don't care if anyone goes or not!" said the mother stubbornly, "I won't let you go anyway!"

Chen Huafu was in a hurry, and those who led the troops had to visit his home in the past two days, and if his mother did not support him, if his mother resolutely refused to let him go, he might not be able to go. There are only two or three indicators for a brigade, and there are five or six people who have passed the physical examination this time, and others really wish they wouldn't go! Thinking of this, Chen Huafu bluntly said to his mother, "Mother! If you want me to go, I will go, and if you don't want me to go, I will go! I will make up my mind for this soldier!"

Xie Chunxiang said, "I just won't let you go!"

Chen Huafu asked anxiously, "Mother, you have to give me a reason! You are not the kind of unreasonable mother!"

Xie Chunxiang didn't say a word, but there was no accommodating look on his face.

Chen Caomin came out of the room and said to Xie Chunxiang, "It's okay for a child to go out and become a soldier and find a way out! Don't be that old thinking, a good child is not a soldier, and he is so good that he doesn't fight nails! Besides, it's not a war year anymore, and after liberation, there is almost no war, so you just let him go!"

"It's better to think about my father!" Chen Hua said to his mother meaningfully.

When Xie Chunxiang was about to speak, a man in military uniform walked in and asked with a smile that this was Chen Huafu's home, Xie Chunxiang hurriedly smiled and said yes. Chen Huafu had seen this officer during the physical examination, and he was the commander of Guo Company who led the troops. Chen Huafu hurriedly walked over and introduced his parents to Company Commander Guo.

Company Commander Guo asked Chen Caomin with a smile, "Your son wants to be a soldier, do you agree?"

"I agree!" Chen Caomin said positively.

Company Commander Guo turned his face and asked Xie Chunxiang again, "What about you? Do you agree with your son to become a soldier?"

Chen Huafu, who was standing on the side, was so nervous that he was most afraid that his mother would say something negative and affect his future.

Xie Chunxiang asked Company Commander Guo rhetorically, "Are you fighting as a soldier now?"

Company Commander Guo did not expect this family member to ask such a question, and he said with a smile, "It depends on the current international situation! However, to be a soldier, you must have the mentality of being prepared for war!"

Xie Chunxiang sighed and said, "Alas! There is no way to go to war! Becoming a soldier is for the sake of fighting! My son, he must go, and I, as a mother, can't hold him back, so let him progress!"

"That's right!" Company Commander Guo took the opportunity to publicize, "It is a particularly honorable thing to serve the country as a soldier! Maybe in the army, your son can still mix up his personal appearance!"

Xie Chunxiang smiled and nodded, and immediately walked into the stove, while Company Commander Guo was talking to his son Chen Huafu, made a bowl of egg noodles, brought it out, and let Company Commander Guo eat it, she stood aside, and repeatedly begged Company Commander Guo to take care of Chen Huafu all the way.

Chen Hansheng couldn't understand how this grandmother, who had repeatedly opposed his second uncle to become a soldier, suddenly became a supporter?

A few days later, Chen Huafu changed into a military uniform, and the brigade also sent a large piece of good news to his family, which was pasted on the wall of the hall.

Chen Huafu, who changed into a military uniform, has become the object of envy of people, wherever he goes, there are people staring at him, saying that Chen Huafu, who wears a military uniform, has a big face and a fat face, not only like a soldier, but also an official, maybe in the future in the army, he will be an officer.

Because Chen Huafu was going to be a soldier, every household in the wall invited Chen Huafu to eat, and the appearance of taking turns to invite him was as if Chen Huafu was not going to be a soldier, but to be an official in the court.

On the day I went to the troops, the brigade also organized a crowd and held a farewell meeting. The second uncle and two other recruits stood on the stage with a big red flower on their chests. On the podium, the secretary of the brigade first spoke, then the commander of the company Guo who led the troops, and then the representative of the recruits. The representative of the recruits is none other than Chen Hansheng's second uncle. Chen Hansheng, who was still young at that time, was not as tall as an adult, so he could only stand on tiptoe and look up at the second uncle who was speaking on the stage. The second uncle's speech was impassioned, so that the audience listened to it, and applauded constantly, and also made the second uncle on that stage, his spirit flying and encouraging.

After the farewell meeting, a huge contingent of soldiers sent off the troops, beating gongs and drums, rushing forward and back to send the three recruits to the car, and put up the cannons. All of them cast envious, congratulatory and admiring glances at those recruits.

That gaze, that scene, as well as all the attention and respect before, as well as the sense of glory of being a soldier, left a very deep impression on Chen Hansheng, who was still a child at that time.

Soon, Chen Huafu wrote back a letter from the army. Chen Huafu not only reported on the living conditions of the troops, but also specially sent a new photo of the soldiers. The new soldier's photo, the second uncle wearing a collar badge and a slight hat, is majestic and beautiful.

Chen Hansheng secretly swore in his heart: When I grow up, I will also become a soldier!

What Xie Chunxiang didn't expect was that her son, although he was a soldier in peacetime, still encountered war, and it was Vietnam's self-defense counterattack, Chen Huafu of the Air Force, and was sent to Vietnam to attack American planes. In this war, Chen Huafu bravely killed the enemy, he put the machine gun on his shoulder, let the machine gunner behind, knock down an American plane on the soil of Vietnam, set up the battlefield, and because of this, from an ordinary soldier, promoted a company instructor. This exciting news gave the Chen family and even the entire Chen family a strong sense of pride, and also made Chen Hansheng, who grew up later, once again have the idea of becoming a soldier.