In the spring of 1975, a training ground of a certain army in the north

"What? Dongzi, is there another letter from home? Li Hongfa quietly touched up from behind, and when he was about to make a surprise sneak attack on Tie Dan'er, he was still discovered by Tie Dan'er sitting under the basketball hoop.

"What's the matter, are you envious? No matter how envious you are, you will only be greedy. Tie Dan'er carefully folded the letter he had just read and stuffed it into an envelope and put it in his chest pocket, and after carefully pressing it, he said a few words to his comrade-in-arms Li Hongfa.

"Cut, who is rare! I said, Dongzi, did you tell your daughter-in-law at home? As long as you believe in it, it will not fall behind every month. "It is impossible not to envy, not only him, but who in the entire field brigade is not envious. After three years in the army, there is no one like Wang Weidong, who does not need to send the allowance home every month to help the family, not to mention, he can receive letters from his family every month, and he can also receive some things from his hometown from time to time to taste the taste of his hometown. Therefore, while many comrades-in-arms are envious, jealous and hateful, they are also wondering, does this kid Wang Weidong have a little daughter-in-law at home? Otherwise, where did you get so many letters, no matter how good the relationship between the family is, it won't be left behind!

"Who is looking for a daughter-in-law? I'm just looking for how old I am, I agree, my mother still doesn't agree, your family told you that your daughter-in-law is almost the same, and I'm working hard now. When he was in his second year as a soldier, he applied to go back, wanting to see his family, and also wanted to see his little brother who had never been seen since birth. As a result, after going back, the eight women in the village were like cats smelling fishy, and they came to the door every day, not talking about this girl, but about the niece of that family or something, annoying him, and not looking at how old he was. If it weren't for Zhao Cuilian's woman, where would he be able to stay. In the end, the woman laughed at herself, hum, anyway, didn't the woman let herself focus on her career, then let's talk about it in a few years, it will definitely not be me who is anxious at that time.

"Hey, I'm curious, don't you all advocate early marriage and early childbearing in your rural areas? Ouch, if my mother can be as open-minded as your mother, I have recently received letters from home, urging me to go home to meet my daughter-in-law, you say, this is about to do a drill, where do I dare to ask for leave! Li Hongfa complained on his lips, but he was a little itchy in his heart, but he heard a letter from his sister-in-law, this time his mother gave him a good daughter-in-law, that strip, that body, that face, he was very moved, but unfortunately, he couldn't go back. When I go back next time I have time, I don't know whose family such a good daughter-in-law is.

"Who said that you must get married early in the countryside, I don't have this at home, and my mother still expects me to find a daughter-in-law in the city to go back." What do you have to worry about, with your ability, perform well in this exercise, strive to make a meritorious service, and do you still worry about no family leave and no daughter-in-law after you look back? Tie Dan'er couldn't understand Li Hongfa's sorrow, was he so anxious to marry his daughter-in-law? Do you need to be so worried? As long as the age is reached, the family will say one, and you can apply for a vacation and go home for a wedding.

After listening to Tie Dan'er's words, Li Hongfa really stared at Tie Dan'er with a blue face for a while and a blushing face, and saw that the other party didn't feel anything at all, so he could only lean on the other party's body in frustration, looking at the sky speechlessly.

Tie Dan'er just stands and talks without backache, how can he understand the sorrow of being an older leftover man?

Because in order to allow Tie Dan'er to enter the army as soon as possible and not be affected by the outside world, Tie Dan'er's age was changed by two years, and according to the actual age, Tie Dan'er has just reached the age of 18 this year. And Li Hongfa is already a 26-year-old leftover man, how normal it is to think about his daughter-in-law. Moreover, because of his high personal quality, Tie Dan'er won the second place in the military region's big competition in the first year of entering the army, which can be regarded as a meritorious service to the regiment, and the regiment was approved with the honor of third-class merit, plus in the second year, he was selected into the field brigade as the sharp knife of the military region. So, how can he understand the needs of those who can't be promoted and must be discharged from the army and return home?

"Dongzi, where is meritorious service such a simple thing, in peacetime, even if it is a drill, not making mistakes is the best performance. Although our field brigade is said to be a sharp knife unit of the military region, the requirements for our brigade are also high. So an excellent fighter, placed in which other regiment is not among the best? In the end, I didn't go home to the army. Hey, it's time, it's time to go, it's time to go. Or your kid has a good life, his personal skills are good, and he has earned good results for your regiment, and your regiment leader is also real, directly a" Li Hongfa basked in the sun, looked at the sky, and his eyes were confused. If there are no troops in wartime, how can we make meritorious contributions and stay in the troops?

"Yes, if you don't make meritorious service, you can't do it, and you can't stay in the army for a long time. Like us in the countryside, what can we do when we go home after being discharged from the army, it's not like digging in the field with our back to the loess facing the sky. Although the conditions of the family are good now, but it is not earned by himself, the woman in the family is now pregnant with another one, plus the dog baby and Dandan, counting him, there are three sons in the family, no matter how much the family property is divided, who has how much. Moreover, he doesn't want to rely on his family, he still wants to develop well in the army. In the past, his vision was narrow, and all he saw was a piece of land around him, but now he has been in the army for three years, and he has seen a lot and learned a lot of knowledge. Therefore, how to fight for the opportunity to make meritorious service, he has to think about it carefully, this is the third year of compulsory service, if he has not won the opportunity to make meritorious service this year, then he is facing either to transfer to the volunteer army and stay for a few more years, or to go home, these two paths are not what he wants.

"Dongzi, have you heard that after this exercise, the military region will select a group of outstanding personnel to study for a period of time, and those who come back from study may be promoted?" Li Hongfa sat up and turned his head to look at this comrade-in-arms who was several years younger than himself, but taller and stronger than himself.

"I haven't heard, what do you mean?" In fact, Tie Dan'er hadn't heard of it anywhere, but not long after the plan for the exercise was decided, his old company commander dragged someone to talk to him. Indeed, as Li Hongfa said, after the exercise, if the victorious side wins, the military region will recommend a few people to go out to study, and after they return, they will be entrusted with heavy use. It must be done. However, he is not a person who speaks everything to the outside, Li Hongfa has been in the army longer than he has, and he understands many unspoken rules of the army better than himself, so he just sat up straight and looked at the other party with surprise.

"It seems that you really don't know yet, too, you've only been here for a few years. I heard one of my fellow villagers in the organs say that after this exercise, the military region recommended them to go out to study, and when they returned, they were promoted to cadres, and then they were to be sent to various companies to serve as the backbone, and the military district had to raise the results of the entire training by a cut. In the military region, this news is no longer a secret, as long as there is a little way, you can find out. Therefore, this exercise must have been extremely ferocious. How? Brother, fight with my brother? If it can be done, we can both stay and do it, if not, my brother should go home this year to marry his daughter-in-law. Li Hongfa looked at Tie Dan'er, stretched out his right hand, and waited for the other party's response.

The reason why he chose this kid as his partner was that Li Hongfa thought about it for a long time. Looking at the entire brigade, although this kid is a little smaller, his physical fitness is not bad, the explosiveness of fighting, the accuracy of shooting, and the endurance of armed off-road are all good. The most important thing is that this kid is still very smart, very smart, and does not panic in case of trouble, and when cooperating with such comrades-in-arms, they will only be strong. As long as they are not too unlucky, they will definitely be able to get a good result if they play normally. In this way, the evaluation of the army looks good, so do you still have to worry about the recommended places?