Section 1: The Past of Youth

Picking up the past of his childhood and recalling his childhood dreams made the boy feel that these were all meaningful pasts, and they were all so flavorful. The dream of being a soldier has been repeating in my mind, dreaming of when I will be able to wear this long-awaited green uniform, and the dream of being a soldier has always been in my heart, and it is the infinite motivation for the boy to fight forward in life. The dream of being a soldier has been with the boy throughout his childhood, I remember that at that time I often led the neighbor's children, playing war games with wooden sticks in my hands, playing all day, and even to the point of forgetting myself, even to eat not to go home, my mother came to the boy with a feather duster to eat, and he had no choice but to go home! This ideal is also what most people will have, young ambition and dreams.

He is the son of a farmer, the protagonist of the story is called Meng Liuyu, is a child with a family of five, because his father also has a patriarchal feudal traditional thinking, so the boy has two older sisters, I remember listening to my mother, the original economic situation of the family was very good, but when the boy was born just in time for family planning, the father wanted him, the family was punished by the village for little left, and then the days began to become poor. Although the family lived a little poor, the boy did not feel the pressure of life at all, and he gradually grew up under the care of the whole family. It seems that Meng Liuyu's dreams always have a distance from him, or pass by. At the age of thirteen, he had the desire to be a soldier, and he was determined to carry a pen to make contributions in the military camp, with the spiritual motivation of appearing in the mission, and expressing the infinite passion full of vitality.

But reality seems to have played a joke with this hot-blooded boy, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in 2013, his mother called: Old son, you are the first time to go out so far away, have you left home for so long and missed your mother? It's the New Year, has your second sister bought all the New Year's goods? It's a pity that you won't be able to eat your mother's tofu stewed carp anymore! Meng Liuyu felt that his mother was a little different from usual, but he couldn't say what was different, his mother was silent for a while, and there was a faint sobbing sound on the other end of the phone, and Meng Liuyu asked anxiously at this time: Mom, what's wrong with you? The mother on the other end of the phone endured the pain and replied: Mom, it's okay, I just think about what you think, and I'm a little excited. The boy didn't have a taste in his heart, so he could only hide his sadness deep in his heart, and tried to comfort her old man and said: Happy for the New Year, pay attention to your body, and I will go home to see you after the New Year. After hanging up the phone, Meng Liuyu couldn't calm his mind for a long time, he knew what he was thinking, but he couldn't say what was sour.

Alone, just in time for the festive season, this is the first time Meng Liuyu has come to a strange Beijing, and he knows that this is not what I want, because his ideals are not here. Every day, I look at the soldiers in green uniforms, walking neatly past Tiananmen Square, and my blood is stirring and boiling in my heart, but what can I do! You can only face the fast-paced life here with a normal heart. April is a busy time, but the cruel reality knocked heavily on the boy's head, after dinner, when he was about to go to bed, the phone suddenly rang, the boy picked up the phone, it turned out that the eldest sister called, a hurried voice: Little brother, mom is dying, I want to see you for the last time, come back quickly! Doodle...... Dudu ......, after the phone hung up, the boy stood by the phone for a long time, and at this moment, Meng Liuyu was desperate or desperate, looking at the ceiling of the shed. He had no intention of sleeping this night, thinking of his mother who was far away, and said to himself: Why don't you wait for your son! Tears poured out of my eyes instantly, and I wanted to fly home immediately, but I ....... This long night was a kind of torment for the boy, and the second sister Meng Liutong walked out of the bedroom, stood behind Meng Liuyu and whispered: Brother, tomorrow you go buy a train ticket and go home! The second sister is busy here and can't leave people for the time being, remember, after you go back, let our mother see the good side of you and make her old man happy. The boy understood what the second sister meant and nodded. Meng Liutong took his brother's hand and said: Go to bed early! You're going to have to take the train tomorrow! Meng Liuyu didn't answer, just followed the second sister back to the bedroom, Meng Liuyu and the second sister Meng Liutong, one lay on the lower bunk, one lay on the top bunk, in fact, the two sisters didn't have the heart to sleep at all, and they both hoped that the dawn would come sooner in their hearts.

As soon as the day dawned, the second sister Meng Liutong sent her younger brother Meng Liuyu to the train station, and when she boarded the train, she told her younger brother to take care of her mother when she went back, so that she could spend this time comfortably. The roar of the train broke the clouds, Meng Liuyu lowered his head and was silent, because he didn't sleep last night, his eyes were a little red and a few bloodshots appeared, and he looked out of the car window in a trance, the clouds in the sky were still clouds, and he could only see the houses and the earth outside the window, and his heart was hesitant and anxious, Meng Liuyu leaned on the seat and closed his eyes, recalling the eighteen years with his mother, raising himself with hard work, no matter in the hot summer and wind and rain or in the cold winter and ice and snow, he worked tirelessly to mend clothes and make shoes for me, Washing and cooking and covering quilts for me regardless of fatigue, and running around to borrow books for me cheekily, she worked day and night without asking for anything in return, and only one wish was to hope that her children could grow up in a worry-free environment. Thinking of this, Meng Liuyu felt that he owed his mother too much, and he couldn't finish it in this life, but now! The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt that he had failed his mother's expectations and fell into deep self-blame.

Unknowingly, the train entered the station, Meng Liuyu hesitated for a while, and slowly walked off the train. I don't know when the sky began to get overcast, Meng Liuyu walked out of the station through the crowded crowd, the raindrops hit his face, he stood still and looked up at the sky, but he couldn't see a glimmer of hope, the rain gradually became heavier, it seemed that the pain of the raindrops on his face was not as good as the pain in his heart. He was thinking about how to face his mother, and Meng Liuyu thought of this and began to adjust his emotions. Try to make yourself happy, because you can see your mother, the boy got into the bus and drove home, everything was familiar from the window, there was a sense of intimacy that reminded Meng Liuyu of some innocent and interesting things when he was a child, how nostalgic his carefree childhood was, and there was no trouble growing up. The rain outside the car window was still falling, and the grass on the side of the road was getting more and more happy. The number of passengers on the train had to be reduced by two every time they arrived at each station, because the vicinity of the station was the passenger's home, and it was not until Meng Liuyu was left alone in the passenger car that he felt a little lonely, and wanted to go home quickly, return to his mother's side, and snuggle in his mother's arms.

The sun could be seen through the dark clouds, the rain gradually subsided, the wind gradually stopped, the bus drove into the village of his hometown, and Uncle Zhang, who was driving cattle on the side of the road, waved to the boy, and he nodded vigorously in response. The car stopped, the door opened, and a long-lost breath came to his face, Meng Liuyu walked off the bus with the luggage on the side, and hurried home, getting closer and closer to home, getting closer and closer to his mother, the mood at this moment is difficult to express, and the mood at this moment is only known to the boy himself.