Walking alone on the bustling street, my heart is full of sadness. Today is an ordinary day, but for me, it is a gloomy day, as a special soldier, a national super strongman, falling to this step of the field, there is too much sadness and helplessness, although my heart is full of grievances, I have too many feelings for cultivating my own troops, there are too many attachments and reluctance, but as a soldier, to obey orders as my duty, I can only obey. I am an orphan, I grew up in an orphanage, I was specially recruited into the army at the age of 12, and I have been in the army for 11 years, so I am also a veteran. I usually don't have any expenses, and my salary over the years, plus some bonuses when I perform special tasks, adds up to a lot of money, but since I have chosen to live in a metropolis like Haiyun, it is definitely not possible to sit on the empty side, and I have to settle down first, and then find a job is serious. I pondered, and soon blended in with the flow of people.

I found a smaller hotel and stayed for 150 yuan. I put down my luggage and took out a few pieces of clothing from it, which were among the few casual clothes I had since I joined the army. I want to take a shower first, this is a habit I have developed for many years, no matter how busy and tired I am training, I always have to squeeze out some time to take a bath to relieve my physical and mental fatigue, and I have maintained this habit for 10 years. Lying in the steaming bath, I thought about the future path of life, I am a special soldier, except for blood and fire, I have no other strengths, but in the real society where money is supreme, the competition is so fierce, no skill is definitely not good, how can I gain a foothold in the society?

After taking a shower, I changed into what may have been outdated for a long time, cleaned my face with a razor that I had been using for three or four years, and dressed myself. Looking at the handsome face in the mirror, a sense of pride still rises slightly in my heart, 23 years old, although I am still alone, but now I am much more mature, at least psychologically, this is all gradually accumulated in the baptism of blood and fire over the years, this will be the wealth of my life. Well, now the top priority is to find yourself a temporary place to live as soon as possible, as for the job, you can take your time, fortunately, you still have a little savings, which can support some time.

I left the hotel, asked for a bowl of beef ramen at a roadside restaurant, and browsed the city tabloids to see if there were any useful job postings on it, so that I could settle in early. The newspaper is some recruitment housekeeping, service, driver, security guard, cashier and other work, I put these with my own number into the seat, I feel that the security guard is particularly in line with my conditions, there is no physical problem, but also can play a three-fist two-kick, but the salary is far from their expectations, of course, the driver can also, my driving level is absolutely first-class, in addition to not piloting an aircraft carrier, other means of transport (including aircraft) are all fine, these are the necessary skills of a qualified special forces, of course, If I use these driving skills to support my family, it will be overkill. Out of the restaurant, I walked slowly down the street alone, looking at the endless flow of people, and I felt a great sense of loss. I joined the army when I was young, I have been in the army for more than ten years, I have no social experience, and now I have suddenly returned to society, and I really don't know how to face my unknown life. Fortunately, I have developed a tenacious and unyielding character since I was a child, and everything is difficult at the beginning, so take your time.

I went into an Internet café, looked up the rental information, and after repeated selection, I fell in love with a two-bedroom apartment that was a little older, because the rent was relatively cheap and not too far from the city, which was convenient for future life. Without further ado, I immediately contacted the landlord and after some haggling, finally settled on the house at a rent of 1,300 yuan per month. The house is located in a small community, only 4 staircases, more than 100 households, two security guards, I set the house in Room 602, Building A, fortunately, this house has been rented before, the tenants in front of it have just moved out, the daily necessities inside are quite complete, basically you don't need to add anything to live in directly. I don't have many personal belongings, just a travel bag, and I don't have to pack much, although it is relatively simple, and now I have a "home" of my own for the time being.

From the stressful life to the sudden leisure, the physical and mental exhaustion can be imagined, I once had a record of sleeping for three days and three nights after high-intensity training. Today, too, with half a bowl of beef ramen in my stomach still in my stomach, I fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept, but when I was shuttling through the jungle with my comrades in my sleep, I suddenly heard the crying of a child outside the door, and the sound was particularly harsh. I got out of bed barefoot and looked out through the cat's eye on the door: a young woman was carrying a little girl on her back, holding her clothes in her hands, closing the door, and the little girl was crying with her hands around the young woman's neck, and was about to slip down due to lack of strength. My heart trembled, it seemed that the little girl was sick, and the young mother was going to take the child to the hospital, and she was in a hurry because of the suddenness of the incident. I slammed the door open and lifted the little girl's sliding body from behind. The young woman was obviously taken aback by my sudden appearance, and looked at me vigilantly, her face full of anxiety, she hesitated slightly, but still rejected my kindness: "Oh, no need, I can do it alone, thank you!" While listening to the young woman's conversation, I touched the little girl's forehead with my hand, ah, the little girl's forehead was hot, at least 40 degrees. "Eldest sister, the child has a high fever, which is very serious, and it is easy to cause other symptoms, and it needs to be sent to the hospital immediately, eldest sister, you wait for me for 5 seconds." Without waiting for the young woman to answer, I flew back to my room, put on my shoes, grabbed my coat, took the two hundred dollars on the table, turned around and went out, and as soon as I went out, I turned off the light. The young woman's anxious face flushed, she had obviously not fully recovered from my overly enthusiastic actions, but the child came first, and she accepted the help of me, a stranger. "Thank you so much, let's go." The young woman, apparently aware of the seriousness of the little girl's condition, began to urge me. I nodded, didn't speak, took the baby from the young woman's back, cradled it in my arms, and ran downstairs. I was too anxious to think about anything else, and out of instinctive reaction, I stepped down the 10 steps almost in one step, and a young woman exclaimed from behind. The young woman was so frightened by my actions that she thought I had fallen by accident.

Rushing out of the community with the child in his arms, he slowed down for a while, and wanted to wait for a taxi to go to the nearest hospital. But I waited a full minute, and there was not even a shadow of anyone, let alone a taxi, before the young woman ran out of breath. "Sister, how far is the nearest hospital here?" The young woman gasped for breath and hurriedly said, "It's not too far, follow the road all the way forward, about 3 kilometers or so, and the road is on the right." I thought about it briefly, the 3-kilometer journey I hold the child is at most 10 minutes, if you wait for a taxi here, I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey!" Sister, I see that there are very few taxis in this place, and I don't know when to wait! Sister, do you think this is good, I'll go first with the child in my arms, you follow behind, wait for the rental while walking, and when we arrive, we will sit, and if we can't wait, we will walk, okay?" The eldest sister obviously had no idea at this time, and nodded quickly. "Okay big brother, you take Xinxin and go first, I'll follow behind, and I'll chase you when I get into the car. Thank you, big brother!" Under such circumstances, the young woman did not forget to say words of gratitude, and I said "no" and rushed towards the hospital.

The 3km journey was too easy for me, we usually train with 50km of heavy loading, and the little girl in my arms is less than 10 kg at most, which is almost negligible for me. But when I actually ran, I realized that it wasn't really like that, the little girl was not an object, and she couldn't be treated like an object, so it affected my speed a lot, and even then, my speed was amazingly fast, and it took me about 10 minutes to get to the hospital that the young woman said. I rushed into the emergency room and quickly handed the little girl over to the paramedics, and that's when I let out a sigh of relief.

After examination, the little girl was an ordinary viral flu, which caused a high fever, as long as the temperature was lowered, it would be fine, but if the treatment was not timely, it was easy to cause meningitis and other diseases. Watching the nurse hang the hanging bottle on the little girl, the stone in my heart finally fell to the ground. The little girl had already fallen asleep, watching the liquid flow drop by drop, I felt a little relieved that I had done such a meaningful thing on the first day I returned to society, and I was a little excited in my heart.

Soon the young woman came to the ward in a hurry, and since it was about twelve o'clock in the morning, and there were not too many people to see the doctor, she found us at once. Looking at her anxious look, I nodded to her and gave her a reassuring look: It's okay. The young woman was relieved to see that the girl who was hanging on the water was sleeping quietly and breathing well. Just now, the doctor gave the little girl a fever-reducing injection, and now she has been infused with fluids, and she should be fine soon.

The young woman saw that the child was okay and called me outside the ward. "Big brother, this is 200 yuan, it's a little bit of my sister's heart, thanks to you tonight, thank you so much." Looking at the young woman's sincere expression, my heart felt sour. "Eldest sister, don't be like this, this is a very small matter, this little favor can be changed to anyone will help." Seeing that the young woman wanted to give me more money, I took the money and stuffed it into her hand. "Eldest sister, let's not talk about this first, now the child is still hanging water, and I will have to pay the fee in a while, I came out in a hurry, I didn't bring much money, I don't know if the money you brought is enough to pay the fee." The young woman's face turned red, and I knew that my words were in her heart.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of the moment, I said to the young woman, "Sister, you look at the child, I'll go out first." Without waiting for the young woman to respond, I got out of the hospital. I did come out in a hurry just now, I only have 200 yuan on me, and I want to take some money out for emergency use. Ahem, this is a poor mother and daughter, just help if you can. I took the money and went back to the hospital again, Xinxin Shui hadn't hung up yet, but I had woken up, I was in good spirits, and the mother and daughter were whispering something. I didn't bother them and went to the toll office to pay the medical fee of 330 yuan. There is still half a bottle to hang up, and if there is nothing to do, you can go home in a while.

I sat silently on the stool in the corridor alone, thinking that I want to find a job as soon as possible, although I still have a lot of money on my card, and it will definitely not be a problem to live a stable life in a few years, but it is definitely not okay to sit and eat like this.

I was thinking about my future when suddenly the young woman appeared in front of me: "Good brother, you are really a person, how can you pay for the medical expenses, this is already enough to trouble you, how can you still make you pay?" As she spoke, she handed over a few hundred-dollar bills, looking very uneasy. I stood up, didn't take the money, and immediately asked, "Is the water hanging?" How is the child? Are you alright? The young woman said, "Xinxin is fine, the fever has subsided, and she will be able to go home soon, good brother, thanks to you tonight, otherwise I really don't know what to do." Big brother, you take this first, it's enough to trouble you, I can't let you pay anymore, good brother, give, you take this first, sister has money. The young woman said, handing over the money again, and wanted to put it in my coat pocket. Of course I won't ask for it, so I stopped the young woman's hand and said to her: "Eldest sister, this is also my fate with Xinxin, I met her on the first day I moved here, so it can be regarded as a meeting gift for her." But the young woman insisted that I put it away, and insisted on putting the money in my pocket. "Eldest sister, if you really feel sorry for it, then I'll go to your house for a few days, do you think it's okay." I said half-jokingly. When the young woman saw that I really didn't accept it, she stopped holding on. "It's okay, but it's okay, you must come then!" The young woman said with some embarrassment. I smiled and nodded.

After observing in the hospital for a while, seeing that Shin Shin was completely fine, we accompanied Shin Shin out of the hospital.

When I went back, I was not so anxious, I held the sleeping Xinxin, the young woman took the clothes, while walking and waiting for the taxi, it was 3 kilometers away, there was no need to take a taxi, in fact, it was not so easy to take a taxi, after all, it was already the second half of the night, and the hospital was relatively remote, so the taxi would not waste time here. The young woman was no longer as restrained as she had just now, and warmly asked me to call her Sister Shan. We introduced ourselves as we walked, it turned out that the young woman's name was Ye Yingshan, who was the wife of a soldier, broke up the year before last, and now works in a small company, relying on a meager salary to support this incomplete "home". I couldn't interject, let alone ask them why they broke up, and I listened to her silently. I also briefly introduced myself, just saying that my name is Dongfang Chuyun, a veteran, and I plan to make a living in Haiyun City. I didn't dare to say it deeply, for fear that she would be taboo when she heard the word "soldier", after all, her ex-husband was a soldier and had just broken up.

It took about half an hour for us to get back home, and I put the sleeping Xinxin on the bed and came out, after all, it was already late at night, and it was inconvenient for a man who was still a stranger to enter and leave a young woman's bedroom. Sister Shan covered Xinxin with a quilt and came out, of course she also knew the reason why I came out. "Sister Shan, then I'll go back, you can rest quickly, it's dawn in two hours." I opened the outer door of her house and said to her.

"Alright then, good brother, remember to come over for breakfast tomorrow morning." Ye Yingshan saw that I was leaving, and hurriedly said to me. "Sister Shan, no need, I still want to sleep in, I'm leaving, good night." I smiled at Sister Shan, and without waiting for her to say anything, I hurried back to my rental house.