Since the last time Chen Chen, who had a battle of will, resigned and went home, Chen Chen, who had been at home for a few months, found a job serving dishes in a restaurant, and went out early and returned late every day to do this job with no future, enduring the surprise and slight contempt of his neighbors, doing the work that they thought was the next job, and from time to time he deliberately took his own children, pointing out that he taught their children not to grow up like him.

Cleaning up the tableware and garbage left by the guests in the restaurant, Chen Chen repeated it mechanically, for several months, Chen Chen once again endured all kinds of blank eyes, but since he understood those things, Chen Chen no longer became impulsive, but he was more forbearing.

"Now I have a message for you, the annual winter conscription is about to begin, and anyone who meets the age in the following documents can sign up for the army, I ......"

Looking at the news of joining the army on the TV in the hotel, Chen Chen suddenly felt an impulse, and then Chen Chen, who calmed down, knew that maybe this was his only way out. Chen Chen, who was full of thoughts, returned home, and watched his mother busy in the kitchen, Chen Chen was a little speechless and stopped.

As if sensing that her son had something to say, the mother asked, "What's the matter, do you have something to say?" ”

"Hmm." After thinking about it, Chen Chen was still ready to say what was in his heart.

"Mom, I want to be a soldier!" Chen Chen's words were categorical, and his tone was extremely firm. The mother, who had never thought that her son would become a soldier, was a little stunned, looking at her son's determined gaze, the mother paused for the kitchen knife in her hand, and then said, "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Well, think about it, talk to your dad at night and listen to his opinion."

"Yes, got it." After helping his mother cook, watching his hard-working father pushing a dilapidated tricycle and pulling the baked sweet potatoes that had not yet been sold, Chen Chen suddenly felt a little sad, he felt sorry for his mother and father.

Chen Chen, who was at dinner, suddenly became a little silent, he didn't know how to say it to his father, he just buried his head in the food.

"My son wants to be a soldier." As if seeing her son's uneasiness, Chen Chen's mother then said to Chen Chen's father.

It is said that the son Mo Ruomu, Chen Chen heard his mother say what was on his mind, and once again felt his cowardice and incompetence and deep guilt.

The father stopped the chopsticks in his hand, then looked at Chen Chen and said, "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Yes."

"If you think about it, then do it, I won't go out tomorrow, take the Heilanzhou and Wuliangye you brought back, and go to your uncle's house with me tomorrow."

"Yes, got it."

Chen Chen didn't sleep all night, he was thinking about it all day long, he understood how difficult it is to get ahead in today's society, and not to mention that in such a trivial matter as being a soldier, it seems that this society is complicated and sinister.

Chen Chen, who got up early the next day, didn't tell his parents that he hadn't slept all night last night, but he was a little nervous when he saw his parents in his heart, he knew that whether it could be done this time or not was still unknown, although his brother-in-law was very capable.

When he arrived at the residential building of his uncle's house, Chen Chen's originally nervous mood was inexplicably quiet, what he didn't expect was that this time he went to his uncle's house was unexpectedly smooth, not only did his uncle confiscate the gift he gave, but agreed to his request to be a soldier without saying a word.

Chen Chen didn't know why his uncle-in-law agreed so happily, but thinking of his cousin's days in the army, Chen Chen suddenly understood, and finally Chen Chen smiled, this was the first time he had really laughed in so many years.

Looking at his uncle-in-law, Chen Chen insisted on leaving what he brought, and then said thank you to his uncle-in-law.

"Xiaochen, this kid is good, it's good for our son, you must do this, and if their brothers can be assigned to a unit, they can take care of each other, and we won't have to worry about our naughty son."

"Well, I'll leave this matter to me, don't worry, Xiao Chen's child is as bad luck as his father, if he can seize the opportunity, he will definitely soar into the sky in the future, although our son became a soldier earlier than Xiao Chen, but the cultural level is not high, the future will still rely on Xiao Chen's child, this child will not forget our kindness." The sister-in-law said a little incomprehensibly.

"Alas, I hope this child can have a good future, and my sister will be able to survive at that time."

Chen Chen, who had been speechless all night, once again felt a little excited, this was a feeling that he hadn't come for a long time. Excited, apprehensive, anxious, and uneasy emotions made Chen Chen's heart not stop exercising vigorously all night.

"Old Wei, how's it going?"

"Well, it's okay, this kid is very lucky, it just so happens that today is the last day, and this time the quota happens to be a rich kid who was brushed down, it is said that the place where he went is still a soldier from Weinan, Shaanxi, which is a little closer to the company you went to."

"The soldiers of Weinan?" Chen Chen's father frowned, looked at his son, and then sighed secretly: "This time I will trouble you, I will invite those leaders out to have a meal together, and let them take more care of the army, Xiao Chen, this child is very stubborn, I am afraid that I will provoke those who should not be provoked to wear small shoes for him." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this."

After nightfall, after medical examinations, home visits and other procedures, Chen Chen received a military uniform as he wished, which meant that he would become a new soldier.

"Company Commander Wang, I won't say much nonsense, I am also a soldier, I have been a soldier, I have carried a gun, I have fought, I crawled out of the pile of dead people, I have done this glass of wine, everything is wooden, I will hand over this child to you, I hope you can take good care of him, if there is anything wrong, you can teach you a lesson, just don't let this stubborn boy cause trouble for you." After speaking, Chen Chen's father drank this glass of wine, and then toasted several other military leaders.

"Lao Chen, don't worry, my surname Wang is here today, if I still don't educate this child well with my conscience, you will take this gun and blow my head!" Company Commander Wang is also a veteran, although he has been a soldier for many years and is still a company commander, but there are really many people in the army who know his prestige, and after knowing that Chen's father is also a veteran of the Vietnam War, he even fell in love.

"Son, when you get to the army, you must listen to the commander, don't be petty, you know, you have to be more patient in everything, you also know, there is something for your Uncle Wang, remember, don't make trouble for your Uncle Wang, you want to fight for your Uncle Wang, you know?"

"Mom, I know, don't worry, I won't embarrass Uncle Wang and my mother and father."

The cold winter made the family members who were standing full of send-off looks extremely bleak, and these children who are about to embark on a military career hug their heads and cry with their parents.

"Okay, my son is leaving, you don't have to cry anymore, it's a joke for people to see."

"You said it well, my son doesn't know how much he will suffer when he leaves, and you are also a soldier, don't you know." The mother ignored the father, and just blindly hugged Chen Chen and cried bitterly.

"Okay, sister-in-law, the car is about to leave, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Xiaochen, I will let him call you if I have time, goodbye!"

Company Commander Wang saluted his parents with a military salute, and his father reflexively returned a military salute, which attracted the attention of those who saw him off.

The parting convoy was finally about to leave, Chen Chen looked at his slightly old parents, and couldn't help but secretly shed tears, for fear that others would see the joke.

"Xiao Chen, behave well when you get to the company, don't live up to your mother and father's expectations, your father told me a lot, I know the bitterness in his heart, you have grown up, you must learn to be considerate of your family, and you can no longer be willful."

"Uncle Wang, no, chief, I understand." Chen Chen wiped his tears and saluted a military force that was not yet standard, he understood that from today onwards he would be a soldier, and what he was shouldering was no longer his own business, and at the same time, there were also the expectations of his father and mother, and the expectations of Company Commander Wang.