Chapter 416: Parting (1st Update)
It's been three days since I went home. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the past few days, Deng Mingshao even has a feeling of being happy.
He looked at the dilapidated house in his house, where there was a lot of grass growing on the roof. The house is too old, too old. So I decided to build a house for my family.
As a lieutenant colonel, he has a salary of several hundred Hanyang a month, and he has accumulated a lot of property in recent years, although a lot of it is used to buy a house in Wuchang City, but in this township, it does not cost a lot of money to build a house.
I had the money, so I started working.
Of course, the house was not built on the old house, but on the small vegetable garden of the house, and in order to build the house, several plots of land around it were bought, and now the foundation of the six main houses is being laid.
This will be like Deng Mingshao completely without the appearance of an officer, he is shirtless, wearing small pants, picking dirt and mud, like everyone else, busy all day.
"Big brother, are you really a commander in the army?"
Deng Mingquan looked at the eldest brother who was covered in dirt, his eyes were full of admiration, he didn't expect that the eldest brother would actually become a military master now, and it seemed that he had become an official.
"Hmm!"
"The kind on horseback?"
In Deng Mingquan's eyes, only those who are big officials can ride horses, just like in the play.
Faced with the question of the third child, Deng Mingshao said with a smile.
"That's right, it's still a tall oceanic horse!"
"Brother, can I be a soldier?"
Deng Mingquan looked expectantly at the eldest brother he hadn't seen for twelve years.
"You?"
Looking at his brother's figure, Deng Mingshao didn't speak, looking at his body, he was barely qualified at best, but even if he was qualified, it was obviously impossible now, because the recruitment of recruits in Henan had ended.
"Brother, since you are a senior official in the army, then when you go back, take me with you, I will lead the horse for you, and there is a second brother at home......"
Looking at the eldest brother with a blank eye, Deng Mingquan only thought that this was a normal thing.
In fact, in the past two days, everyone in the village felt that his good days were coming, as long as he followed his eldest brother to the army, he would definitely be able to become an official in the future, and the eldest brother would still be able to lose his own brother.
The third child's words made Deng Mingshao suddenly have a headache, how could he not know the third child's thoughts? Not to mention anything else, in the past few days, the reason why the people in the village have asked their young children to come over to help build the house is for wages? Most of them hope that they can take them to the army with them, just like in the drama - with the children of their hometown, they will naturally be able to mix in the future.
But in reality, this is not the case at all.
"The third child, lead the horse ......"
With a wry smile, Deng Mingshao said.
"Don't say that your brother and I don't lead the horse, even if there is, who will lead it won't be your brother and me, do you know that there is a recruiting office in the county? All those who want to be soldiers must first go there for inspection, and only those who pass can go to the army. Then these recruits go to recruit training, and then the staff is randomly assigned to the troops, and even if you can become a soldier, I can't let you go to me, because I don't know if you can go to my ......."
"Brother, aren't you the head of the regiment! Isn't it a thousand people? ”
Deng Mingquan said in disbelief.
"I'm your own brother, a father and son soldier in battle, and a brother in a tiger. You don't need me to use anyone. You say yes or no! Not to mention anything else, it is Wang Daheizi from the neighboring village, when he was a long-haired man, the people he brought out were his own brothers. ”
The third child's words made Deng Mingshao just have a headache, and when he heard him mention others, he immediately diverted the topic.
"Wang Daheizi, are you talking about the one that looks like a tower, and is black like a donkey?"
He still has some vague impressions of this person.
"Yes, that's him!"
"I remember when he was a kid, wasn't he a very honest person? How do you think about throwing long hair? ”
"I don't blame him for arriving in the morning, he let those who don't eat pork over there be bullied, and those people know how to bully people, so they believe in that God, and they become long hair."
"And then?"
"Then God got up with the master, and then there was no Ma Bailou, it was thousands of acres of land, all of which were occupied by Wang Dazhuang and Zhao Lou's people, if we were closer to that, our family could also share two acres of land, hey, why don't you say that there are no such people in our family? If there is, maybe I can rob the second brother of a daughter-in-law, you don't know, even Wang Erhan, who has been a bachelor for many years, has a daughter-in-law with a headscarf......"
The words that seemed like a joke made Deng Mingshao consciously laugh. Later, everyone seemed to see the benefits of believing in God -- they could kill non-believers, and then rob other people's women and other people's land.
Religious believers can be seen everywhere in Henan, and even in their own homes, they have spent 200 yuan to "invite" some "portrait of God's salvation" and become so-called "God believers". The two hundred wen bought peace. Those who prayed five times apparently did not buy this peace, but naturally went to another world to have their Lord bless them.
"Brother, are you going to do this?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Listening to his younger brother's words, Deng Mingshao immediately said dissatisfied.
"Besides, what is the righteous army, the army of benevolence and righteousness, the division of civilization, if you are in the army, that kind of thing that loses your conscience, you haven't done it, maybe you will let the gendarmes shoot you dead."
"You promised to take me?"
Seeing that the third child misunderstood his words, Deng Mingshao, who hated him and wanted to slap his mouth, wanted to leave by drinking tea, but he only heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the one riding the horse was a gendarme. Unless there is a border area between the enemy and us, the soldiers usually do not go to the countryside, and there is certainly no good thing in going to the countryside.
"Which of you is Deng Mingshao!"
The military policeman on horseback shouted as they watched the people building houses.
"I am!"
Deng Mingshao replied in surprise.
According to the leave rules, when he arrives at the place of leave, he needs to register with the gendarmerie, which he does at the railway station. Is there anything else? What procedures did you miss?
"Sir!"
The gendarmes jumped off their horses and gave a military salute to Deng Mingshao.
"Staff Emergency!"
Saying that, the gendarmes handed an envelope to Deng Mingshao, and at the same time handed the reins to Deng Mingshao and said.
"According to the order, my military horse is given to you, and you can hand it over directly to the gendarme on duty at the railway station!"
Now there is no need to say anything else, when the gendarmes handed over his military horse to him, Deng Mingshao knew what it meant - this was an urgent call-up, which meant that the troops were going to war!
As a retired officer, he had to end his leave, arrive at the gendarmerie within twenty-four hours of receiving the order, and then return to the unit in the shortest possible time, or he would be a deserter. As an officer, his only privilege was to enjoy the right to use the military horses.
"Sir, you can stay at home for another night......
"No need, I'll go now!"
As the commander in chief, he had to return to the unit before it departed. And this urgent call was not given to him personally, but to everyone! He is only one of the recipients, which means that the army has made a big move.
"Big brother, what's going on?"
Deng Mingquan looked at the eldest brother with some puzzlement.
"Brother, brother is going back to the army!"
"Brother, why is this? Didn't you just come back? ”
Looking at his brother who was a little overwhelmed and reluctant to do anything, Deng Mingshao patted him on the shoulder and said.
"The third child, I love you the most when I beat our mother, and you will take care of our mother at home in the future, I, if I leave, my mother will definitely be reluctant, so I won't tell her, you tell my mother, I am not filial, I am afraid I will not be able to fulfill my filial piety in the future......"
Before he could say anything, tears had already flowed from his eyes, although he knew that the vacation would end soon, but he didn't expect that it would be so soon, and in this way he was reluctant to say goodbye to his mother.
"Brother, big brother, what are you talking about, why can't you fulfill your filial piety?"
He knelt down with a "tom" on his knees, kowtowed in the direction of his home, and said.
"Mother, I'm gone, my son is not filial, and I can't be filial in front of you......"
He kowtowed three times as he said "tom, tom", and then jumped directly on the horse. Turning the horse's head, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he ran in the direction of the entrance of the village.
"Brother......
Seeing the eldest brother leave like this, Deng Mingquan stood there stunned, he didn't even know what was going on, just watched the eldest brother ride away on horseback.
"What's going on?"
Deng Mingquan looked at the soldier with foreign guns and white sleeves beside him and asked.
"Master Jun, this, what's the matter, why don't I say I'll leave."
"Because he's a soldier!"
The gendarme's answer made Deng Mingquan a little puzzled, and there was only one thought left in his heart, how can this be good, how can it be like a mother's explanation.
Riding on the horse, Deng Mingshao only felt that his vision was a little blurred, as a soldier, he knew better than anyone that this kind of order had never been issued, and now receiving such an order, it was not just a war, it was likely to be a big fight.
Who will it be?
Could it be that the lord is determined to go on a northern expedition?
Or do you want to wipe out the Taiping Army?
Whether it was the Northern Expedition to sweep the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Army, he knew very well that as the commander of the cavalry regiment, he must charge into battle with his cavalry.
A cavalry officer has a higher casualty rate than an infantry officer, which means that he can die on the battlefield at any time.
"If you know, you won't come back......"
said this, but the tears were like rain, he was afraid that his mother would cry after knowing that he was killed, if he didn't come back, maybe ...... Maybe my mother won't be so sad.
He was glad that he had finally returned home, at least now he knew that his mother was still alive and well, and his two brothers.
This time I came back, at least, at least if I really sacrificed myself, there will always be a place to pay the pension at that time, right?
At this time, Deng Mingshao faintly heard someone shouting behind him.
"Xiao Shao, Shao ......"
He hurriedly stopped his horse and looked behind him, only to see a stumbling shadow running on the road, although he couldn't see the appearance clearly, but he could still recognize it, it was the mother, the mother with the little feet couldn't run at all, and fell down after running a few steps, but he was still running towards this side, and while running, he shouted his nickname.
"Xiao Shaozi, Shao ......"
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