In August 2001, the college entrance examination was imminent.

In order to have a good job in the future and completely walk out of the mountains, the senior high school students of Binhai No. 1 Middle School are nervously engaged in the review of the college entrance examination one by one with their books.

However, Ming Yan from Xiafang Village didn't take it seriously, and his dream has always been to wear that heroic green uniform, a mighty military posture, a neat pace, and that grappling fight to defeat the enemy.

When he told his family about this idea, his father did not object, on the grounds that the child liked to fight and cause trouble at school, and he should be allowed to go to the army to exercise.

Ming Yan knew in his heart that this was not his father's intention, and his father also wanted to let him go to college, but in the final analysis, it was because his family was poor and could not afford him to go to college, so he would say this for the sake of face.

In contrast, my mother's idea was much simpler, she said to her father that Xiao Yan became a soldier, and no one would dare to bully our family in the future.

Yes, the three generations of the Ming family have been passed down, the ancestors moved here from the end of the Qing Dynasty, and they are unique in the village, and there are three sisters on the father, after the sisters got married, the parents also died one after another, and the father became a "lonely man", but whenever there is a good thing in the village, it will not be his turn, and the bad things will fall on the head of the Ming family, such as the family field, there are always people who deliberately cut off his water source, or throw some glass fragments of pesticide bottles in the field......

The trees on the mountain were stolen and cut down every now and then, and they finally came up with some idea to get rich - raising loaches, but they were drugged overnight, and a large area was killed as soon as they died......

Later, my father took my mother to work in other places, and this was six years, and when I came back, the lock of the family house was picked, some antiques left by my grandfather were gone, the area of the fields overgrown with straw was greatly reduced, and the trees on the mountain were also cut down to become bald mountains.

"Xiao Yan, our family will count on you in the future. Father took a deep puff of his cigarette and looked at him expectantly.

Ming Yan looked at his father, mother, and fifteen-year-old brother, patted his chest and said, "Dad, Mom, I won't let you down." ”

Mom didn't speak, but her eyes were wet.

When one person is a soldier, the whole family is glorious.

The banner in the village was hung up early, this year the village was only divided into two places, there are three people who are eligible, in addition to Mingyan, the other two are college students, one is a college student, as a high school student Mingyan has no advantage, and there is a danger of being eliminated at any time.

On this day, Mingyan went to the commissary at the entrance of the village to buy cigarettes for his father as usual, took out a banknote and two pieces from his pocket and gave it to the eldest Liu, exchanged it for a pack of welcome pines, and also found five cents, put the cigarettes and money in his pocket and was just about to turn around, the eldest Liu smiled and asked: "Xiaoyan, has the matter of being a soldier been settled?"

Ming Yan shook his head.

"It's nothing, even if you can't go to the army, it doesn't matter, how can we be a big living person who can suffocate to death with a pinch of urine, you see those young people in our village who went to work in Guangdong, which one of them didn't come back by plane, so ah, don't care too much. ”

"Hmm. Mingyan nodded, compared to those fellow villagers who like to mess around behind their backs and deliberately stumble, the relationship between the eldest Liu and his father is not bad, so Mingyan will say a few more words to him.

"Oh, by the way, Nizi has a letter for you here. Elder Liu stopped Ming Yan, who was about to turn around and leave.

Ming Yan immediately turned around, "Nizi replied?"

Nizi is the daughter of the eldest Liu, the big name is Liu Meng, because the eldest Liu and his wife don't know a few big characters, the name Liu Meng is still Mingyan's father helped to take it, Nizi is one year older than Mingyan, and when she went to school, she was one level higher than Mingyan, this girl grew up with Mingyan and studied together, Mingyan was bullied when she was in school, and she stood up for Mingyan for the first time.

Nizi's grades have been good, it's a pity that she went to Shanghai to work before graduating from high school, mostly because of the poor economic conditions at home, and her mother was sick in bed all the year round.

Now that he heard that Nizi had a letter for him, he was a little carried away with excitement, and stepped forward to grab the rough hands of the eldest Liu: "Uncle Liu, when will Nizi come back? Is she doing well? I have sent so many letters before, has she received them?"

The eldest Liu took out an envelope from the drawer and handed it to Ming Yan, watching Ming Yan hurriedly tear open the envelope, he smiled from ear to ear, Nizi and Ming Yan have played the best since childhood, he knows this, in fact, he especially hopes to marry the Ming family, the Ming family is the duty, and it is her blessing for Nizi to marry in the past.

Ming Yan didn't know his little thoughts, after seeing the lines of small characters in Na Juanxiu, he was both happy and sad, and even a little angry.

Happily, Nizi cares about herself.

Sadly, although Nizi has been reporting good news and not bad news in the letter, Mingyan can feel that she is not doing well.

Angry: Nizi said that she wrote a lot of letters to him, and it never stopped, but Mingyan has not received them in the past six months.

"Yo, the Ming kid is buying cigarettes for your dad again?"

On the way back, Mingyan met Guo Jian from the same village, and with two social youths with long hair, Guo Jian and Mingyan are generally big, because the relationship between the family jumped two levels, after graduating from high school, he went home after studying for more than a year in junior college, and he was half a college student, but his personal conduct was too bad, and he did some unreliable things during that time at home, and it is said that he threw broken glass bottles and medicinal fish into Ming's field.

Ming Yan didn't want to talk to him, so he walked around directly, Guo Jian stretched out his hand to stop him, his eyes were full of contempt: "Why are you in such a hurry, maybe we will be comrades-in-arms in the future, what's the matter, we should also make a cigarette when we meet." ”

Ming Yan looked up at him and said coldly, "Welcome Song, do you want to smoke?"

Guo Jian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at the two followers: "What am I talking about, this Ming family is a broken family, and they actually smoked a five-year-old welcome pine?" The attendant let out a mocking sound in accord.

"Who do you say is a broken household?"

"Say you, what's wrong?"

Ming Yan was so angry that his eyes were full of sparks, and his fists were clenched, but he still held back, the Ming family was already weak in the village, and he didn't want to cause trouble for his parents who had always been honest, so he moved to the left and wanted to walk past them, but was blocked by two followers, Ming Yan looked at Guo Jian: "What do you want?"

Guo Jian said coldly: "This is Xiafang Village, brother doesn't dare to do anything to you, so that people will say that my brother Guo bullied you, but my brother advises you, the word soldier has nothing to do with you, you will die of that heart, you are not that piece of material, and your Ming family does not have that life." ”

"You don't care if I have that life or not. ”

"Yo, this has just come from my father-in-law's and has a good temper, look at you with a dead face, did your little daughter-in-law run away with someone?" Guo Jian said with crooked eyes.

"your, get out of the way. ”

"I haven't received a letter for more than half a year, right? In my opinion, your daughter-in-law must have run away with the big boss, you elm pimple, if it were me, I would have gone to buy a bread and would have died head-on. ”