On the night he said goodbye to his son, Qiao Jianjun had a nightmare. It's all a nightmare that was once familiar, and after a long time, it's coming back.

He dreamed of a dignified and beautiful girl, sitting under the window, meticulously doing needlework. She bathed in the sunset, demure and warm.

Hearing him come back, the girl smiled gently: "Second brother, are you back?"

In his dream, he heard the girl's hearty laughter, and he saw her looking at the entrance of the village, and she was holding a little baby, shaking her body slightly, and whispering to the little baby.

Suddenly, a bouquet of white flowers fell from the sky, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. The girl ran desperately in the lights, shouting urgently, "Second brother, second brother!"

However, the lights are getting closer and closer, the sound of cars is whistling by, some people are laughing uncontrollably, and the open mouth is like a black hole, and everything is calm in a moment......

"Sunset, Sunset......"

Qiao Jianjun shouted her name and woke up.

The sky is bright, probably the windows are not closed tightly, and the white screens are fluttering slightly.

Qiao Jianjun sat up, he glanced to the side, his wife's hand on his forehead, and he looked at the ceiling with his eyes open. Obviously, she had been awake for a long time, so she must have heard the name she was shouting.

"I'm sorry...... I'm dreaming of sunset clouds again. Qiao Jianjun was full of apologies.

Li Lanzhi sighed and said, "It's nothing, how can I worry about Xiyun?"

In order to thank his wife for her reasonableness, Qiao Jianjun hugged her affectionately. Li Lanzhi slapped his hand away: "What are you doing, the child is still around!"

Jolene slept on all fours on the single bed next to her, and she kicked the quilt to the floor. She snored softly and slept soundly. She is wearing a bear sleepiness, and with this sleeping position, it is probably the best interpretation of "carefree".

"She kicked the quilt, you are awake, why don't you help her cover it?"

Li Lanzhi glanced at her daughter coldly and said, "It's been covered twice, she belongs to a monkey, and she kicked it as soon as she covered it." ”

The old couple fell silent again, but they both knew what was going on in each other's minds.

There is a Xue Dongmei living in his son's heart, and Qiao Jianjun also has a girl in his heart who can't be forgotten, she has a very beautiful name - Tao Xiyun. Of course, she herself is a million times better than this name.

Li Lanzhi asked coldly, "Old Qiao, how many years has Xiyun been gone?"

"After this year, it will be twenty-three years. ”

"Time flies...... At our age, the faces of many old people have blurred, but I still remember the appearance of Xiyun very clearly. At that time, the villagers said that Xiyun was the most beautiful girl in our ten miles and eight towns. Li Lanlan is still not convinced, every time she sees Xiyun, she can put a bunch of rouge gouache on her face, but Xiyun is not compared with her at all, it is clean, refreshing and refreshing, but it is very watery, Li Lanlan can't compare with others. ”

Memories are always wrapped in sugar, Qiao Jianjun has a piece of water vapor in front of him, and said softly: "Xiyun admires you very much, saying that you are her little husband, when you are not working, I will go to you to read and write, she said that you will definitely be a good teacher." ”

"When I was admitted to the normal school, Xiyun made me two pairs of shoes, one pair of single shoes and one pair of cotton shoes. She is very skillful, and the shoes she makes are better than those sold in the mall. Even when I went to the south, everyone like Chen Yun asked me where I bought my shoes. I stayed in the south for a few years and didn't expect ......"

Qiao Jianjun covered his wife's mouth and didn't let her continue. Li Lanzhi was very alert, and at a glance she caught a glimpse of Qiao Lin sitting up.

Li Lanzhi asked in surprise, "What are you doing? Why don't you sleep?"

Jolene's hair exploded, and she seemed to be asleep, very dissatisfied: "You two muttered, woke me up, and asked me why I didn't sleep?"

Qiao Jianjun hurriedly coaxed: "Don't say anything, let's sleep for a while!"

Jolene fell back to bed and fell asleep again.

Qiao Jianjun's voice was lowered: "Now think about the surnamed Wen, I still want to kill him!"

"Are you sure that little girl is his daughter?"

Qiao Jianjun was in a very low mood: "Don't you think she is familiar too? Oh, what did you say back then, you have to pay off your debts? Pay off your fart! They just came to our house to demonstrate! Alas, blame me, blame me! I should have killed all the way through at that time!"

"Old Joe, don't think so. I also think it's strange, if this little girl meets only one person in our family, it is quite normal, and if everyone in our family meets once, it will be suspicious. ”

Qiao Jianjun was a little worried: "Maybe it's a bad fate? My mother-in-law once said that this world is very big, so big that you can't see the edge, but this world is very small, just like the big Li family, going around and around, or looking down and not seeing those people who look up!"

A pillow flew over, followed by a furious rollover of the little girl. Li Lanzhi hurriedly said: "Don't say it, your daughter protested, let's sleep for a while!"

That night, only Jolene slept soundly, and everyone else had insomnia. Because he received his family during the day, Qiao Nan worked overtime until late at night. After all the business was done, he wrote another "Letter to Heaven" and lay down on the bed.

During the day, his mother had made it clear that she wanted to match him with Jinzi. Qiao Nan laughed a lot, but when she looked at her mother's expression, she realized that she wasn't joking.

So he thought about it seriously and said, "I have a good relationship with Jinzi, but it's not the kind of good person I talk to." If this relationship is broken, we won't even be good friends. ”

"I went to see Dongmei with her a few years ago, and she told me a lot of things, if a girl doesn't have you in her heart, how can she remember your affairs so clearly? I think, because she is a good friend of Xue Dongmei, so she can't pass the hurdle in her heart, so she doesn't dare to confess to you. ”

Qiao Nan's heart was full of waves, but he said: "Mom, in the past two years, I want to focus on my career, and let my personal problems go first." In my mind, Mr. Li is a good comrade who loves his career, and he is definitely not in such a hurry to hold his grandson. So, can you let me go for two years?"

Li Lanzhi was anxious: "Since you went to college, everything has depended on you, you should also consider me and your father, don't just think about yourself." ”

Stubbornness is another kind of selfishness, which Qiao Nan knows best. But he doesn't intend to compromise, he's still young, he still has a lot of ambitions, and he doesn't want to rely on outside help for his love life. After all, he grew up, and he was no longer as tough as before, but explained his thoughts very gently: "Mom, don't worry about me, I haven't lost hope." On the contrary, I worked harder than anyone else to live. Whether it's my career or my relationship, I haven't given up. Don't worry, give me a little time, and I will definitely find you a daughter-in-law with a hundred points. ”

"Mom is not in a hurry to hold her grandson, but is worried that you are too hard alone, if there is a confidant who can talk to you often, your heart will not be so bitter. ”

"Then what's there to worry about, I have a lot of friends in the army, and I usually contact Jinzi and them, you can rest assured. ”

Li Lanzhi was very uncomfortable, Qiao Nan took her mother in her arms, and said affectionately: "My mother is so good to me, she thinks about everything for me, I have to live well, or I am very worthy of you!"

Li Lanzhi scolded with a smile: "It's obviously a tough seed, but it's still a flamboyant seed!"

Qiao Nan's life is very simple, and there are very few photos on him, but every one of them is precious. He often used the moonlight through the window to look through the photos of him and his girlfriend watching fireworks together on New Year's Day that year, and he cried and laughed when he saw it; when he was homesick, he would turn out the family photo and say to the sister in the photo: "The puppy is much older than before, and the family photo should be taken again!" He also has a photo, which is a wedding photo with a very sense of age, and the woman in the photo is delicate and beautiful, and her appearance is no less than that of the most popular female star of that era.

When Qiao Nan was very tired, he would stick that photo on his chest and silently call the most gentle and reliable title in the world - mother.

Although she had never heard it, and he had never called it, he believed that in the dark, the most ardent "mother" could cross many barriers, cross life and death, and reach her heart.

In his childhood, Qiao Nan had the same nightmare countless times - a bright light fell from the sky, and the sharp sound of brakes resounded through the heavens and the earth. And he would wake up in horror with his heart pounding. After stumbling upon that past, he never had this nightmare again. However, he was not happy, because if he couldn't live this dream, he wouldn't be able to see his "mother".

On the night of sending off his family, Qiao Nan's brain was excited, and he couldn't calm down. In a trance, he returned to the desolate border, and the scene before him was still a fierce firefight...... In this half-asleep state, he often couldn't distinguish between dream and reality, and he even dreamed that he had put up a bayonet, indomitable like a martyr, and as he retreated, he suddenly remembered that a sniper was still lurking. When directing the battle, he neglected one or the other, and even forgot about him completely. He has no supplies, no command, and has been forgotten by the commander, he should be desperate, right? Qiao Nan was cold, and shouted desperately: "Where's the ham? Which of you has seen him?!" and his loud voice was exchanged for a fierce artillery attack......

Qiao Nan couldn't breathe and struggled desperately before he woke up. The comrades-in-arms around him were all there, and the sound of even breathing came and went, conveying a sense of stability. Qiao Nan did not forget the "ham" lurking alone, and he did not shout uncontrollably, let alone hit them with mortars. They were victorious, and fortunately, the squad he led, a few people went and a few people returned, wounded, but not killed.

After experiencing a real battle, especially a real battle with casualties, it usually takes a long time for the psychological impact to be relieved. This time I went to the border and the plateau, but Qiao Nan still found a small withered flower, hid it in his chest and brought it back.

He believes that his deceased "mother" and girlfriend are protecting him in the dark. In those nightmares-haunted nights, in the suppressed dreams that were so breathless, they could always be seen. Even if they didn't speak, just a gentle figure was enough to calm his fears.