Chapter 38: Return to Base
At 10 p.m. I came home from the LTTE station, and my mother was busy in the kitchen. "Mom, I'm back, what did you cook tonight?" I said and walked into the kitchen.
"Mom makes all the food you like, braised pork, steamed fish. Hurry up and take a shower, see you smell of sweat, and you can eat it right away. With that, he pushed me out of the kitchen.
"Well, then I'll go take a shower first. ”
By the time I came out of the shower, my mom had already brought the meal to the table. "Hurry up and sit down and eat, how about you eat there at noon today?"
"At noon, they really ate at the station, it was very nutritious, and you also know that the high-intensity training food must keep up, otherwise the body will definitely not be able to stand it. But the taste is not as good as what you make Mom. "I took a piece of braised pork and put it in my mouth.
"It's going to make my mom happy. ”
"Really, the food in their station is nutritious, and the taste is not very good, similar to me in the army, they don't pursue any taste, as long as the nutrition is rich and balanced. ”
"For the past two days, my mother has been cooking it for you every day, so that you can eat enough. "My mother said happily that I was cooking every day in the first few days when I came back, and I thought that it was not easy for me to come back, and I could do as much as I could for my mother, and I would do my filial piety, and I might not be able to come back next time.
"I can't get enough of Mom's cooking. It's delicious!"
"Eat slowly, no one will rob you, there are so many more. "The habit I developed in the army was to eat fast.
"Well, I'll slow down, I'll slow down!" he said as he slowed down, and dinner ended in this atmosphere.
Time always passed imperceptibly, and I came back on the afternoon of the seventh day.
"Mom, I have to go back to the army. ”
"It's only been a few days since you're back?"
"Mom, the army has a total of seven days of family leave, isn't it time? ”
"Yes, you're back for the seventh day, and you're leaving. But ......" said the tears and left them.
"Mom, what are you doing here, I'm going back to the army and not going to a place where I can't come back, I'll be back again after a while, don't worry!" I hurriedly comforted my mother.
"Mom is not worried that you haven't come back for so long, and you will leave in a few days after you come back, Mom is reluctant to let you go!"
"Mom, this is the rule of the army, and I can't help it. Besides, Mom, you have also been a soldier, and you should also know that military orders are like mountains. Mom, I'm a soldier, and I'm going to obey orders. My return this time was specially approved by the chief. ”
"Mom knows, Mom knows everything......" she was a little speechless.
"Mom, don't cry. If you continue like this, I won't be able to go back. It's going to be confined. "I can't help it, so I have to say it.
"Mom doesn't cry, Mom doesn't cry. Then you should hurry up and go, don't delay the time to return to the army. As he spoke, he wiped his tears. I knew that if I said that, my mother would definitely urge me to go back to the army.
"Mom, I'll go back. ”
"Well, let's go quickly, don't delay the time, don't go back late and let the leader punish you. "That's what urges me again.
"Then mom, I'll go back to the army. ”
"Let's go, don't be too late. ”
We went downstairs together, I walked very slowly just to be able to stay with her a little longer, and I don't know when I will see her again next time.
"Mom, go back, I'm leaving. ”
"Well, go back, mom go back. ”
I drove away from this home, from this home where I had lived for more than a decade. I didn't feel much when I first became a soldier, I wasn't particularly homesick, and I felt very uncomfortable when I left home this time, and my nose was sour. Maybe I used to just feel family affection in my memory, but now I feel my mother's care for me and feel family affection that I haven't felt before. Now I really think of myself as her son, and I used to just remember and affect feelings.
I drove very slowly, and when I turned around, my mother was still standing on the side of the road waving to me. Suddenly I felt something on my face, and I touched it with my hand and felt wet, and it was salty in my mouth, and it turned out that the tears of family affection were like this. One last time I looked back at the man standing on the side of the road, the man called Mom. Pressing on the accelerator with his foot, he drove quickly in the direction of the base.
After nearly three hours of driving, we finally arrived at the base when it was almost dark. I adjusted my mood on the way, and now I am in a calm mood, and we also studied psychology to quickly adjust our mood and interrogate the prisoners.
The "drop" horn sounded to announce my return. "The steppenwolf is back. Geng Jihui was the first to come out.
"How is the steppenwolf feeling at home these days?" this is the voice of the hadron, and he heard it before anyone saw it.
"Steppe wolf, do you have anything unsightly to do at home?" knew that this was a paratrooper without asking, and only he would ask such a question.
"Steppenwolf, without you, I always feel that there is something missing. "This is the hygienist.
"Brother Hao, I miss you a little. "This is Xiaozhuang, only he will call me "Brother Hao".
"Welcome back!" Old Cannon's words were always succinct.
"Brothers, I'm back! cheer to your heart's content!" I shouted.
"Steppenwolf, let's go in and say. Geng Jihui said.
A few of us walked into 026 noisily. "Steppenwolf, this is your first time coming home since you joined the army, right?" asked the hygienist.
"Well, the first time I went back. I've never been away from home for so long. "I'm a little emotional.
"Who made us soldiers? Hadron said.
"Actually, we are all the same, all for this country, for the people of this land. "The old cannon is also a little embarrassed.
Xiao Zhuang hadn't spoken since he came in, and I knew he was homesick too. "Siberian wolf, don't be sad, I'll ask my superiors to let you go back. ”
"Thank you, Brother Hao, to be honest, I'm really homesick. ”
Everyone was silent, yes, who doesn't want to go home.