Although Xu Yinguang said all the good things, and even did not hesitate to kneel down in order to leave a way back for his son, but in the end, Xu Dashan was still expelled from the army, and the next day, Tai Jianyou and Xu Yinguang's father left the army.

When Xu Dashan left, Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong were approved to see him off. When they arrived, the car had already started, and Xu Dashan and the others were preparing to board the car.

At this time, Xu Dashan had already changed back into casual clothes. The clothes and luggage issued when he joined the army had already been collected by the people of the People's Armed Forces Department, and he was no longer a member of the army, so of course it was impossible for him to leave one or two of the things distributed to the PLA soldiers as a souvenir. From a distance, Xu Dashan, who was dressed in civilian clothes, seemed to be more godly than Xu Dashan, who was dressed in national defense green, but when he got closer, he found that in just one day, Xu Dashan had lost a lot of weight, and his two eyes were deeply sunken in their sockets.

After seeing Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong, Xu Dashan's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, just forced out a smile.

Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong had already told him about the result of being expelled from the army, and he had already been mentally prepared. At this time, he didn't want to fight with the two eldest young masters, but he only remembered the big mistake, there was nothing comparable between the two sides, and it was impossible for the troops to release water to any soldier in dealing with sudden incidents.

Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong stood in front of him and didn't speak, but silently helped him carry his originally small luggage to the car, and said: "Dashan, take care all the way." ”

Xu Dashan nodded: "You two also take care." ”

Cheng Zhichao smiled, walked up to him, took out an envelope from his pocket, and stuffed it into Xu Dashan's hand. The envelope was bulging and looked heavy, and Xu Dashan's face changed: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"How?"

Xu Dashan moved: "When I get home, I will have money, and you two will have an allowance of dozens of yuan a month here......"

"What do you want?" Cheng Zhichao was angry and funny, "You think it's money?" Beautiful you. After a pause, he said: "This is a letter I wrote, after you go back, you can find a jā named Fang Xiaochen and give it to her according to what is written on the address." If you can't find Fang Xiaochen, jā can also give someone named Liu Xin. Very important family letters, put them away, don't lose them. ”

Xu Dashan blushed and sneered twice: "It turns out that the two of you sent me with ulterior motives, not just because our buddies are getting along, but because you want me to be a free postman for you, let's send one or two envelopes a month, where did this envelope come from?" ”

"Shhhh Otherwise, I would have been able to use you, and I would have sent it back to the post office in Guò a long time ago. ”

The so-called "triangular stamp" refers to the "free mail for conscripts" stamp, which is common to the whole army, and the envelope can be stamped with it, and it can be mailed free of charge through the post office. This kind of triangular stamp is almost every unit, and it is generally kept in the company paperwork, and anyone can take an ordinary envelope to find the document to stamp this stamp, but the management of soldiers in this unit has reached a perverted level, and only one or two envelopes can be issued by a soldier every month, and it is impossible for soldiers to go out to buy stamps casually, so stamped envelopes are rare things in Cheng Zhichao.

In fact, this kind of triangular stamp has also been out of use for a period of time, changed to a kind of 20 points of special stamps for the army, but I don't know why, the stamp was gradually discontinued after only one or two years, and changed back to the triangular stamp. The envelope of the letter that Cheng Zhichao wrote to Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin was not stamped and could not be mailed through the post office, so Xu Dashan had to carry it.

Xu Dashan flipped the letter: "Cheng, I'll help you carry it." Is there anything else you want me to give? ”

"It's all written on paper, and I don't have anything to say for you." The content of the correspondence between Cheng Zhichao and Fang Xiaochen was generally something that was not worthy of outsiders, of course, he couldn't let him know that seeing that the actions here had attracted the attention of others, he hurriedly snatched the letter and stuffed it into Xu Dashan's pocket: "This letter is very important, it must not be lost." ”

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The family letter carrying Cheng Zhichao's infinite lovesickness is moving from the southwest to the northeast with Xu Dashan, and thousands of miles away in the northeast provincial capital, Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin have left Cheng Zhichao behind and are walking on the street with great interest. ,

It's not that these two girls don't want Cheng Zhichao, in fact, when Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin are idle every day, the topics they talk about will always turn to Cheng Zhichao, but now it is an exception, because the annual ice lantern in the provincial capital is grandly held.

Since ancient times, China has had the custom of seeing huā lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and has also left a large number of excellent poems such as "willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk" for future generations to taste, but the environment is different in different places, and the huā lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month are also different. The provincial capital is located in the northeast, and the characteristics of the northeast are the word "cold". Therefore, not only the cities in the north have ice lanterns, but other provinces also hold ice lantern activities on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. Of course, under normal circumstances, it is limited to large cities such as provincial capitals, and some small cities do not have the strength of ice lanterns, so they can only find a bridge to release smoke, which can be regarded as having fun with the people.

Although Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin are different, they both have a common characteristic, that is, they can't stay idle, and when they have nothing to do, they always want to find something to do. The ice lanterns in the provincial capital are more famous than the ice lanterns in the coastal area, and they naturally refuse to let go of such an opportunity.

The entire provincial capital is hundreds of square kilometers, but there are only two places with ice lanterns, one is the suburbs dozens of kilometers away, which is the provincial capital to focus on building a scenic spot, in recent years, some of the provincial capital's heavy entertainment activities are moving to that scenic area, and even the zoo has moved there and changed it into a so-called "safari park". The other is a park of acceptable size in the center of the provincial capital, next to the provincial television station.

The scale of this park is not small, there are mountains and rivers, there are bridges and trees, and it is in the center of the provincial capital, compared with other parks, it has the advantages of innate xìn, and when the scenic spot has not developed, this park is the best choice for the provincial city to hold ice lanterns every year. Although the scenic area has developed, the ice lanterns in this park have a history of nearly 20 years, and out of nostalgic considerations, the ice lantern exhibition in the scenic area has not been canceled at the same time.

This place is not close to where the two girls live, Liu Xin's original intention was to come by car, but Fang Xiaochen's words made her change her mind. In fact, Fang Xiaochen didn't say any shocking reasons, just a problem with parking spaces, and he knocked Liu Xin back.

She has lived in the provincial capital for longer than Fang Xiaochen, and her understanding of the provincial city is deeper than Fang Xiaochen, and she knows the results of the development of the provincial city over the years, in addition to the increasing number of high-rise buildings, there are also more and more cars, and correspondingly, the traffic jam is becoming more and more strict. Not only is the traffic jam getting stricter and stricter, but even parking is a big problem. No one expected that the development of the provincial city would be like this, so at the beginning of the construction, the problem of parking spaces was not taken into account, and when more and more cars were found, it was too late to transform a batch of parking spaces.

In such a grand festival, there must be a lot of people who go to see the ice lanterns, and there must be a lot of people who go by car, and the park is not allowed to drive in, and people who want to go in must park their cars outside the park. Although the scale of this park is not small, but the face is not very atmospheric, dozens of cars are crowded, Liu Xin and they want to find a parking space, I am afraid it will be more difficult than fighting.

You can't go by car, you can only take a taxi. After arriving at the place, Liu Xin found out how correct Fang Xiaochen's mention should be, they realized that they had come early, but when they arrived at the entrance of the park, they were still startled by the bustling crowd. If it weren't for such a festival, the two of them would never have dreamed that the population density of the provincial capital would be so large.

Looking from afar, I saw a large number of people's heads pressed by the black pressure at the entrance of the park, everyone turned sideways, carefully walked in the gap between the large cars and small cars parked at the entrance of the park, and moved slowly and firmly towards the park along the large and wide park like an indomitable flow of water, only to see people entering, not seeing people out. The two girls were secretly frightened, wondering if more and more people would rush in, and this park would be squeezed apart because it couldn't bear it.

Fang Xiaochen's body is not as good as Liu Xin, and as soon as he saw this scene, he immediately retreated: "I said, this place doesn't seem to be very suitable for us, otherwise, let's go back and watch TV." ”

Liu Xin had a different idea from her: "There are so many people, where can you usually see so many people?" No matter how good the ice lantern is, just the handsome guys in the crowd are enough for us to watch, what is there to watch on TV? ”,

"Ouch, when did Miss Liu become interested in handsome guys?" Fang Xiaochen pursed his lips, and said angrily, "I have introduced you to so many handsome guys, none of them you can look at, those enthusiastic aunts in the headquarters have now begun to study whether your eldest lady is physiologically ill, I didn't expect you to be interested in handsome guys at times." ”

"What I like is just handsome guys, those aunts in the headquarters introduced me, which one is enough for the standard of handsome guys? Running in front of me with the clothes on my body and pretending, I stripped the skin, not bullshit. ”

"Foul language, foul language, isn't it?"

"What's wrong with foul language?" Liu Xingge smiled, stretched out his hand to scratch Fang Xiaochen's itch, Fang Xiaochen's face was like dirt, and he hurriedly dodged away, but he didn't mention the topic of going back to watch TV. The two girls walked one after the other, taking small steps and following the flow of people towards the entrance.

The organizers of this ice lantern exhibition did not expect so many people to come to watch, and it can be seen that the preparation work is not very perfect, many ice lanterns have just been carved, and before the lanterns can be hung up, they are forced to meet the world. This is mainly due to a heavy snowfall in the provincial capital two days ago, which can also be said to be the heaviest snow in the provincial capital since the beginning of winter, and it has rained for a day and a night. In the past, when the ice lantern exhibition was held, there was ice and no snow, although it was also very colorful, but in the eyes of some people who yearn for poetry, there is always a shortcoming.

But this year, God opened his eyes and made up for this shortcoming in time, when the ice lantern exhibition opened, it was just when the snow had just stopped and the wind had just settled, and the thick white snow covered the crystal clear ice sculptures, which really looked much more poetic than in previous years. The local introduction of the ice lantern exhibition in the provincial capital is also full of praise for this snow, and with the indiscriminate bombardment of the print media, there are many people who come to watch the ice lantern exhibition.

This park is a free park, and you can enter it directly without selling tickets. Even when tickets were sold back then, it was only five dollars a ticket, which was affordable for everyone. After so many years of development in the city, prices have been rising, but the ticket prices for parks and public jā have not changed much, and even most of the parks have canceled ticket sales, which is an outlier.

Due to the large number of people, Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin had to hold their bags tightly, so as not to be taken advantage of by any "specially trained" brother. If the NV of the big brother of the underworld is cut by the thief and spreads, it will be a big joke.

As soon as you enter the park, you will see a few ice sculpture turtles placed on the grass in the garden, the diameter of the turtle is one meter five or six, and the four thick claws are not round, but the edges and corners are clear, and it is a semi-finished product at a glance. There are only fewer people here, and other places are rubbing shoulders, eager to squeeze people into photos.

What's worse is that because the snow has just finished and the weather is so cold, almost 70% of the people have a big hat on their heads, a big mask on their mouths, and only two big black eyes, like Liu Xin and Fang Xiaochen, there are very few people who only wear hats and no masks, even if there is a handsome guy who is bubbling on the opposite side, he can only see a big mask and a down jacket.

Liu Xin couldn't stop shaking her head and sighing as soon as she entered the garden, and said that the young people nowadays are getting worse and worse, and the seven-foot-tall gentlemen are even more afraid of cold than her, which is really unusual.

Fang Xiaochen turned his head to look at Liu Xin, who was dressed up in a down jacket with cowboy kù and high boots, and his upper body was only dressed in a waist-length down jacket, and he couldn't help laughing. Liu Xin rolled her eyes, knowing that her laughter was ill-intentioned, and she didn't bother to pay attention to her, holding her satchel, and continued to mumble while striding forward.

After walking around for more than an hour in one breath, the two eldest ladies were a little interested, those ice lanterns that looked colorful on TV, more brilliant than the royal palace, once they saw the real thing, they found that it was nothing more than that. Compared with the ice lanterns in the provincial capital and the ice lanterns in the coastal area, there is only one large-scale character to speak of, and there is no too distinctive character, which is really disappointing.

In addition to being disappointed, this time it was Liu Xin who offered to go home to watch TV, but Fang Xiaochen didn't do it: "Just now I said I wanted to go home, you have to come in and watch, but now my addiction has come up, but you say you want to go home, no, go shopping for two more hours." ”

Liu Xin saw sweat on his forehead: "Two more hours of shopping?" ”

"Been shopping around for a while? There are still a lot of attractions that I haven't seen it, I heard that there is an ice lantern this year, it is a Western doll and a Chinese doll hugging and dancing together, I don't know where Ann is, let's go back after seeing that. ”,

"What's so nice about ice dolls? You like dolls so much, when Cheng Zhichao comes back in the future, the two of you will sit in the house and give birth to ten or eight of them, and you can look at it however you want, and they are all genuine Chinese dolls. ”

Fang Xiaochen's face was slightly red: "Who wants to have sex with him?" Just like him, after graduating in the future, finding a job, he can barely support his family, not to mention ten or eight, even two or three can he afford to burn high incense. ”

Liu Xin smiled indifferently: "Then give birth to two or three." ”

"Two or three don't give birth." Fang Xiaochen smiled, took Liu Xin's hand and continued to walk forward, it seems that if you don't see those two dancing dolls today, you can't give up. Liu Xin had no choice but to be dragged forward by her.

Following the flow of people, after turning a corner, the lights suddenly brightened in front of me, and a huge greenhouse-like thing appeared in front of me, and many people walked towards it.

The two girls were very surprised that a greenhouse actually appeared at the ice lantern exhibition, no matter how you look at it, it is an alternative storage zài. Fang Xiaochen and Liu Xin glanced at each other, and they both read the meaning of inquiry from each other's eyes, and couldn't help but lean towards the greenhouse.

When I got closer, I found that it was indeed an out-and-out greenhouse, four or five meters high, more than 20 meters long, and six or seven meters wide. The outside is surrounded by a glass curtain wall, and only one is opened for visitors to enter and exit, there are two people at the entrance of the en, each person has a satchel in front of the xōn, holding a thick stack of tickets in his hand, and from time to time there are tourists who walk up to the two and take out the money to buy the admission ticket and enter the greenhouse. It seems that this greenhouse is different from the ice lantern, it is not open to tourists for free, and if you want to enter this greenhouse, you have to buy a ticket.

Liu Xin looked at Fang Xiaochen: "I heard that there is a huā exhibition on the venue of every ice lantern exhibition in the provincial capital, presumably this is it, can you go in and take a look?" ”

Fang Xiaochen was surprised: "There is a huā exhibition at the ice lantern exhibition, I really have heard of it for the first time, you said that they just need to do a good job of the ice lantern exhibition, why do you want to draw snakes and add feet, nòn such a warm shed, do huā exhibition?" ”

"The park is not allowed to collect tickets, and the organizers want to collect some funds, so they can only make some extra income, and this exhibition may be the purpose."

"Isn't this ice lantern exhibition organized by the government at the expense of the government?"

"It's true that the government pays money, but the people who do things at the bottom also have to take the opportunity to do it, otherwise they will be tired and tired of this ice exhibition, and they won't be able to get any oil and water, who will be dedicated to the next session?"

Fang Xiaochen nodded, feeling that Liu Xin's analysis was quite reasonable, and just wanted to buy a ticket with Liu Xin to go in to see what strange herbs were inside, but he immediately stopped, and his eyes were as alert as the lioness who had only seen a hunting dog: "Forget it, I still won't go." ”

Liu Xin was looking for a wallet in her satchel with her head down and preparing to buy a ticket, and after listening to her words, she couldn't help but be surprised: "What's wrong?" ”

Fang Xiaochen stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said coldly: "It's really a narrow road, and you can even see her here." ”