Section III

"Xiao Wuzi, how did your brother die?" This question is what Li Xiulian wants to know the most. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Xiao Wu told Li Xiulian about Xiao Shenghan's murder, especially the tragic situation of being killed by bandits in the end, Xiao Wu did not reserve it, he felt that as Xiao Shenghan's wife, she had the right to know all this more than anyone else, and there was nothing to hide from her.

Li Xiulian burst into tears when she heard this, gritted her teeth with hatred, clenched her fists, and trembled all over. She didn't say a word, she endured the pain in her heart, just crying, Xiao Wu was very distressed, and understood her pain at the moment, so he said to her: "Heartache, you just cry, there are no outsiders here, don't hold back any problems." ”

At the beginning, when the staff of the civil affairs department delivered Xiao Shenghan's sacrifice certificate to her home, Li Xiulian was shocked all of a sudden, she couldn't believe that it was true, and she received a letter from Xiao Shenghan before, telling her that she would be home in a few days. How can the mother of the raw man bear it? It's better than the mother-in-law who lost her sight a long time ago, and she can't see this certificate of sacrifice, otherwise, can the sickly mother-in-law withstand the heavy blow of losing her son? As soon as she thought of this, she decided to hide it from her mother-in-law, and let her bear the great pain alone.

Whenever her mother-in-law asked why Shenghan hadn't arrived home yet, Li Xiulian always used various reasons to prevaricate, and in the end, she simply said that there were not enough bandits in the army, and the organization did not allow him to leave the army. The mother-in-law will be suspicious and ask when she will come back to visit her relatives. Li Xiulian replied that the letter said that when all the bandits there were eliminated, they could come back. Only then did the mother-in-law believe it and stop bothering her.

During that time, she was afraid that her mother-in-law would find out, Li Xiulian could only hide in the quilt and cry, the endless pain made her unbearable, she decided to go to the army before Shenghan's death to participate in the suppression of bandits and avenge Shenghan, only in this way can she be worthy of Shenghan, worthy of her own heart, and worthy of her elderly and blind mother-in-law. One day, she said to her mother-in-law, since Shenghan can't come back, can we go to see him? The mother-in-law was very happy to hear it and agreed very much, how nice it would be to be able to go to see her son with Xiulian! However, Xiu Lian said again, the road is so far, the car and boat, plus there are bandits fighting, an old man, and his eyes can't see, it's inconvenient! Mother-in-law thinks about it, she can't walk a few steps by herself, how can she go so far? In the end, the two discussed and decided that it would be up to Xiu Lian to go by herself. Xiu Lian entrusted her mother-in-law to the care of her relatives and came to Dragon City alone.

Finally met Xiao Wuzi, in this unfamiliar place, that is also the closest person, the pain and grievances of the past, like a flash flood, at this moment out of control, all poured out. She lay on Xiao Wu's shoulder, wailing and crying, tears wetting Xiao Wu's shoulder.

"Cry! Cry! Cry out! It's good to cry out. Xiao Wu hugged her tightly, patted her back gently, and gave her a little comfort with a solid heart, which was the only thing he could do now.

Li Xiulian finally calmed down, pushed Xiao Wu away embarrassedly, and said, "I said Wuzi, I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet and empty, and my sister-in-law will help you wash them." ”

"It doesn't matter, who is the two of us." Xiao Wu smiled, Li Xiulian also smiled, Xiao Wu's words reminded her of the scene of fighting together when she was a child.

The two walked and talked.

"Is that the bandit who killed the living man? I'll have to kill him with my own hands to get rid of my hatred. ”

"I figured it out, that bandit leader is called Mo Tong, and he is a subordinate of Guo Lian, a famous bandit leader here. Lianzi, you can rest assured, my little Wuzi will definitely want his life and avenge his brother. ”

"Okay, I'm going to kill him with you."

Xiao Wu heard Li Xiulian say this, and thought of the task given to him by the head of the regiment, so he had to change the topic: "Are you okay at home?" ”

"My father-in-law didn't get it two years ago, my mother-in-law is not in good health, but I miss Shenghan, I didn't dare to tell her, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it, I only said that the army needs people to suppress bandits, and stay in the army."

"Alas!" Xiao Wu sighed, "This brother! He didn't even have to tell me about such a big thing as my uncle's death. Saying that, Xiao Wu knew that Sheng Han was afraid of affecting his work and causing him trouble, Sheng Han was such a person, and he was afraid that it would affect Xiao Wuzi's future. Xiao Wu knew that his brother had great expectations for him. "Sooner or later, I have to tell the old man about my brother's sacrifice, where are you going to do this?"

"At least I can't say it now, I can hide it for a day, and I will talk about it later."

The two chatted all the way back to the Flying Tigers and went to meet Bai Jiansheng together.

As soon as Bai Jiansheng saw Xiao Wu leading a woman dressed in the countryside to walk in, he didn't need to ask, he knew what was going on, this was Wang Shusheng throwing the burden to him, this "hot potato", he Bai Jiansheng didn't take it, who else could take it? It's impossible to leave your martyrs in the wild, right? This is not what we Communists do.

"Come, come, come! Sit here! Bai Jiansheng poured a cup of tea for Li Xiulian, "Have you eaten?" Bai Jiansheng looked at his watch, and the time was approaching dinner.

"I'm not hungry, chief." Li Xiulian took the teacup and glanced at Bai Jiansheng gratefully, saying that she was not hungry, but in fact, her stomach was already making trouble.

"This is the captain of our Flying Tigers, and this is Comrade Li Xiulian, the wife of my brother Shenghan." Xiao Wu hurriedly introduced. Originally, he thought that when he saw the captain, the captain would definitely scold him when he saw him bring a woman back, but the captain didn't, he was polite to the lotus seeds, he thought of what the regiment commander said, "Your captain will handle it", and couldn't help but admire the regiment commander's foresight, he seemed to be a roundworm in the captain's stomach, he knew everything, and he really deserved to be an old comrade-in-arms who knew the roots! This made Xiao Wu can't help but think of the old squad leader, his best brother Shenghan.

"I said Xiao Wuzi, if you want me to say, your captain is much stronger and better than the head of the regiment just now, you see, this person has to have a good look, he has a figure if he wants a figure, and he is a handsome guy at first glance." Li Xiulian is a straightforward person, she doesn't think about it so much, she doesn't think about what she feels, and she doesn't care about what others think.

Xiao Wu is different, after all, this is in the army, and the captain and regiment commander are his superiors, so they can't comment indiscriminately. Xiao Wu hurriedly interrupted Li Xiulian's words and said, "What are you talking about? They are all my leaders, what are the questions about whether they are handsome or not? ”

"I'm telling the truth, this brother is handsome, do I like it?" Li Xiulian said, deliberately holding Bai Jiansheng's arm, standing with Bai Jiansheng, looking proud, making Xiao Wu helpless, and said bluntly: "I said lotus seeds, this is in the army, pay attention to the influence, this is our leader, don't make trouble, let go!" ”

Bai Jiansheng also sighed, why did Wang Shusheng rush to throw the burden to him, this female comrade is too difficult!

At this time, Chen Lanwei happened to walk in, and when she saw this scene, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and asked, "What's going on?" How did it come in pairs? Could it be that she is ......"

Li Xiulian saw a female comrade coming in, so she hurriedly let go of her hand and walked to Xiao Wu's side.

"Deputy captain, this is Comrade Li Xiulian, the bereaved family of Xiao Shenghan, the old squad leader sent to our team by Captain Wang." Bai Jiansheng introduced.

"What is the Flying Tigers? Who are all sent here, and they still call us to suppress bandits? See what it looked like? Pull and pull, not like words! Chen Lanwei said unceremoniously, and said that Li Xiulian, who was not afraid of the sky and the earth, was a little frightened, and quickly hid behind Xiao Wu, I really didn't expect that there were people in this world who were much more powerful than herself?

"That's it, Captain! Comrade Li Xiulian was also hungry, so you took her to the canteen to eat, and told the comrades in the cooking class to fry two more dishes, and not to treat the comrades who came from afar, let alone the martyrs of the army. Bai Jiansheng commanded.

"Yes!" Xiao Wu led Li Xiulian to the dining hall to have dinner.

Bai Jiansheng looked at their departing figures, and said in his heart, it seems that this problem is not easy to solve all of a sudden, and he can't be in a hurry.

When Xiao Wu led Li Xiulian into the dining hall, all the eyes in the dining hall were on the two of them, which made Xiao Wu feel uncomfortable, and sat down at the dining table.

"Captain, your daughter-in-law, right? Don't introduce to everyone? Zheng Tuo, who was at the same table, asked.

"Don't talk nonsense! This is my sister-in-law, named Li Xiulian. ”

Sister-in-law? Where did a sister-in-law come from? The comrades are a little unconvinced, what is my sister-in-law doing in the army? What's more, the troops are about to be pulled out, what do you mean by getting a woman back? The eyes of the comrades were full of doubt.

"What are you staring at? I said, "Haven't you ever seen a woman?" Li Xiulian asked Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu didn't speak, helped Li Xiulian cook, and also filled a bowl herself, and buried herself in eating.

Li Ling was at a table with Xiangmei, Yumei and other female comrades, and when she saw that Xiao Wu was embarrassed and it was inconvenient for a female comrade to eat in the man's pile, she put down the bowl, walked over, and said to Li Xiulian: "Sister, go to our female comrades' table to eat, and our female comrades can have a good chat together." ”

"I'm right, I don't have any energy to eat with you men." As he spoke, he picked up the dishes and chopsticks and went to Li Ling's table.

Li Xiulian didn't care to speak, on the one hand, she was indeed hungry, and on the other hand, there were so many meals on the table, which she had never eaten in the countryside, so she devoured them.

"Eat slowly, don't choke, the meal is there." While speaking, Li Ling was holding the dishes for Li Xiulian, looking at her hungry appearance, it is estimated that she was hungry along the way, and the female comrades at the table did not move their chopsticks much, silently watching Li Xiulian almost quickly sweep away the dishes on the table, fortunately, the female comrades ate less, one more meal and one less meal, it doesn't matter.

"Full!" Li Xiulian put the bowl in front of her, hiccuped, looked at everyone with satisfaction, and asked puzzledly: "I said, why don't you eat it?" ”

Xiangmei smiled: "It's all eaten by you, what else do we eat?" Li Xiulian reacted at this time, and said embarrassedly: "I said, I'm sorry sisters, it's a big deal for the next meal, I'll give you my share." ”

"You're welcome! As long as you are full, we sisters will be happy. Li Ling smiled.

The troops are really good! Brothers and sisters are like a family, and Li Xiulian felt the warmth of this big family for the first time.

Li Xiulian's appearance, for Xiao Wu, the troublesome thing is still to come, this has to be said slowly.