The two came to the outside of the courtyard and sat on the steps of the doorway.

There are few warm suns in winter, but today's sun is very warm, Tao Da Niu's pounding heart has calmed down, and he didn't dare to look at her beside him.

Glancing at the rows of houses in the distance, listening to the faint singing sound from the loudspeaker, the big hands that were nervously clasped slowly relaxed.

He thought that if she was talking about refusing to marry for a while, then he would fulfill her.

The twisted melon is not sweet, he knows, but in his heart, it will still be a little uncomfortable.

In the past, there was no hope, even if it was forgotten, he silently pressed it in his heart, thinking that he would watch her get married in the future, and he would take care of his father and mother for the rest of his life.

But then his father gave him hope again, and he was full of joy to find her to express his heart, and frankly said that he would treat her well for the rest of his life. Thinking about it now, he was still too impulsive at the time, he knew her best, but he was still carried away by joy......

"Brother, why don't you let me go to the army? Now that the motherland needs us, and we are a revolutionary base area, shouldn't we take the lead and do something for the motherland? Tao Bao asked in a low voice.

Tao Daniu didn't expect that what she was going to say was this, so he paused for a moment, and then all the sadness that had precipitated in his heart was gone, and he turned his head to look at her and explained:

"Niu, you're right, my brother shouldn't have stopped you, but I went to the county school to find those teachers and inquired, do you know what kind of place it is?"

Although he asked, he didn't wait for Tao Bao to ask why, and then said:

"That place is not for people, let alone for a little girl like you, where is a big wasteland, there is no room to live, no clothes to wear, no food, what do you think you female soldiers are recruiting for?"

"That dirty place, if you don't have anything to say, the army is full of big men, you women have gone, the time has been long, you have got married and had children, and you will never come back!"

Tao Bao glanced at his eyebrows, this is a little ugly, although it is true that men and women are not tired of working, but they can't say that.

"Do you know how many male soldiers there are? You little girls are gone, and the little lamb has fallen into the wolf's den! ”

Tao Da Niu stood up excitedly, looked at Tao Bao with resolute eyes, and persuaded:

"Niu, brother told you everything I heard, if you still want to go, then brother will go with you!"

Hearing his words, Tao Bao laughed, and said helplessly: "People only recruit female soldiers, not male soldiers." ”

Suddenly remembering that he hadn't known where to recruit for a long time, Tao Bao got up and asked:

"Brother, where are the recruits?"

Tao Daniu was also so anxious that his mind was a little confused, and he didn't wonder how Tao Bao, a person who was a soldier, didn't know where to recruit soldiers.

hurriedly spoke: "Where else could it be?" Xinjiang! Xinjiang, which is far away from us, you won't be able to come back if you go to you! ”

Xinjiang?

Tao Bao was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he frowned and asked again: "Where did you say it was?" ”

"Xinjiang! Don't you know, big girl, let's still ask? Tao Daniu asked strangely, and was about to persuade again, but he didn't expect Tao Bao to directly pick him away, pull out his legs and run to the entrance of the village, and was suddenly startled.

"Big girl! What are you running? Where are you going? Tao Daniu asked anxiously.

Tao Bao raised his hand without looking back, and said loudly: "I'm going to sign up!" I'm going to Xinjiang! ”

What the?! This little girl is not dead yet?

Tao Da Niu panicked, he had never been so panicked, and he was not so panicked when the big girl ran out this morning, because he knew that this little girl didn't really want to be a soldier, but just wanted to find a reason to force him to let go.

But now, whether it was the tone of his voice or the frantic pace, it seemed so firm that it made him panic.

Seeing that her figure was about to disappear from his sight in an instant, the stunned Tao Daniu reacted and hurriedly chased after her.

While chasing, he shouted: "Girl, can you listen to my brother's advice?" Brother, can't you force you? You can marry whoever you want, our business is over, okay! Brother won't force you! Come back soon! ”

However, it was her firm tone that answered him: "Don't stop me!" I want to build the Motherland! I want to dedicate my youth and blood to the motherland! I'm going to Xinjiang......"

The voice was getting farther and farther away, and the words that followed were a little blurred in Tao Daniu's ears, he didn't expect her little girl to run so fast.

In addition to being frightened, he accelerated his pace. But he forgot his foot again, and he hadn't run far, because he ran too quickly, the ball of his foot suddenly spasmed, and the center of gravity of the whole person deviated, and he fell hard.

Tao Da Niu fell to the ground, the sharp stones scratched his palms and arms, due to the severe pain, his facial features instantly wrinkled together, and it took a long time to ease up.

At this time, he immediately got up and staggered to continue the chase.

He was chasing after him, and Tao Bao had already rushed to the open space at the entrance of the village.

Looking at the photos of Lao Zhu and Lao Mao under the banner, Tao Bao smiled, and rushed to the short queue with an arrow step.

The women who were queuing up greeted her warmly when they saw her.

However, this is not the case for everyone, a young woman in her twenties in a red jacket walked towards her from the registration table with her waist twisted.

It seems that the registration was successful.

"Yo, big girl, is your big brother allowed you to sign up?" The woman in the red jacket has no malicious intent, she is gossiping a lot, and she has to know what is going on in anyone's house.

You say that she knows it, forget it, but this is not the end, once she knows any secrets, she will immediately go door to door to preach it to you, which is very hateful.

Tao Bao looked at the women around him, and when he saw that none of them wanted to deal with the woman in red, he knew that this person was unusual.

This woman's name seems to be Shufen, and she also has most of the credit for collecting information before, she is a widow, and Tao Bao still has an image of her.

Tao Bao glanced at her expressionlessly and then withdrew his gaze, not taking her words.

Shufen pursed her lips, but she didn't give up because of this, but walked up to Tao Bao by herself, and said with a smile:

"Don't say it, don't say it, I know, look at the way you were in a hurry just now, you sneaked out, right?"

Tao Bao still didn't talk, just thinking that the person in front of her should move quickly and let her report quickly.

Seeing that she was ignored again, and she felt that other women were secretly laughing at her, the smile on Shufen's face couldn't break.

The smiling face instantly despised it, and sneered: "Fake look, the old lady tells you that the number of applicants is full, and if you want to sign up, you don't know how to come early, tsk~, go and go, too lazy to talk to you old ladies." ”

She said that she was about to leave, but this time the other women did not do it, and a girl of the same age as Tao Bao frowned and shouted:

"Sister-in-law Shufen, you can eat nonsense but you can't talk nonsense! How can it be full? Don't scare us! ”

"Yo! Am I scaring people? Sister-in-law doesn't have the leisure to scare you a little girl, don't believe it, ask District Chief Liu! ”

Shufen is not a person who is willing to suffer, and it is not over to scare the girl back, so she walked to the registration table angrily and asked the responsible women's director, Deputy District Chief Liu:

"District Chief, is there enough people? I kindly reminded them that they still don't give me a good face, that's what, what kind of good heart is a bad heart! ”

She said this funny, she didn't understand and was pretentious, but the women were not in the mood to laugh at her, and stared at District Chief Liu one by one, waiting for her to answer.