Hanjing Nancheng District, an ordinary community, is the family of high-ranking officers of the Republic.

"Hansheng...... Your daddy's phone! ”

In Building 601, Building 02, Family Area, a middle-aged woman in her 40s was holding a phone and said to her son who was sitting on a sofa watching TV in the distance.

When Chen Hansheng heard this, he bounced up from the sofa, quickly turned off the TV that was broadcasting the group game of the National Football Professional League, and ran over to take the phone.

"Dad!"

"I'm watching a football game again, huh."

On the other end of the phone, my father's voice came, a serious, serious tone, as if he was training his subordinates.

"I heard from your mother that you've finished your college courses, you've earned enough credits, and you've got honors, right?"

"Yes, yes." Chen Hansheng secretly complained to himself, this is the end, this is only a junior, is he going to be forced to go to the army.

"Well, that's good. You don't have to go again in your senior year, and I'll let your mother keep the graduation certificate for you. Prepare yourself and take part in the recruitment assessment of tank soldiers. ”

"Dad......"

"If you can't pass the test, you will change your surname to Lao Tzu, and you are not allowed to have the surname Chen, and you will go with your mother's surname."

The other end of the phone hung up with a bang, leaving Chen Hansheng with a bitter gourd face.

"Mom, didn't you say you shouldn't tell Dad yet? I graduated early to join the flying club, and now it's okay......" Chen Hansheng was extremely depressed, so he had to complain about his mother next to him. He finished his college homework in advance in order to spend a year participating in the flying club and learning to fly and pilot, and he thought that after he became an excellent pilot in a year, the old man would probably stop him.

As an old man, he is actually very admired, but he is too domineering, and he has been afraid of him to death since he was a child.

Chen's mother on the side saw her son like this, she was distressed and helpless, "Hansheng, you have to be considerate of your father, he is sitting in Mongolia, facing hundreds of thousands of troops of the Soviets, the family affairs are small, the state affairs are big, which soldier under his command is not born and raised by the father and mother?" Watching someone else's son fight on the battlefield, how could he allow you to be an exception. ”

"Mom, I, I'm not not a soldier, I have to be a soldier, but I want to go to the Air Force."

Mother Chen shook her head, "You don't know your father's temper, he is a lieutenant general of the Republic Army, so he naturally values the army the most, you have been smart since you were a child, and you have caught up with the good times, he hopes that you will have a great achievement in the future......"

Chen Hansheng drooped his head, like a frosted eggplant, yes, other people's general father may be extra gracious, but his own father is unwilling to give in, just because his name is Chen Jun, he is a big man in the republican [***] world, and a lieutenant general who leads millions of troops.

Since he was a child, Chen Hansheng has been very afraid of his father, and he is even more cautious in school, for fear that his father will bring trouble because his father is a senior general. Like most of the children of high-ranking officials and generals of the republic, after kindergarten, he went to an all-round ordinary school, and his classmates did not know that his father was a lieutenant general.

In the three years of college, he has been immersed in various scientific careers, in the second generation of the Republic [***], the second generation of officials, he is a well-known genius, whether it is studying, or sports, he is the first, even the combat subjects taught in the school and the military martial arts subjects promoted by the experimental surname in the children of the high-level children of the republic, he can take the first, he wanted to sign up for the flying club a long time ago, but the family did not agree, he had to think of this method, and now, this method does not work.

After thinking about it, he could only do it, but there was one thing in his heart that he couldn't let go. After a long time, Chen Hansheng finally walked up to his mother, "Mom, I want to talk to you about something......"

The next day, early in the morning, Chen Hansheng got on the train to Yucheng with an army-green canvas bag on his back, and sat in front of the window, holding an envelope with the sender's address clearly written on it.

Yesterday, Chen Hansheng told his mother that if he really wanted to take the recruitment examination for the tank unit immediately, he wanted to meet a female classmate, and he took the initiative to show her a large number of letters.

Looking at her son's flushed face, Chen's mother, who had read the letter, smiled happily and encouraged him, "Go ahead, your father has me and told him to postpone it for a few days before signing up." You have also grown up to have both the responsibilities of your generation and the right to pursue the happiness of your generation. However, you must remember that you can't force everything, let alone use your identity to oppress others, the world reveres your father and recognizes his contribution to the nation, and you should show the backbone of a man and pursue others with your own performance. ”

The girl's surname is Zhao, her single name is a Ming character, she is a native of Yucheng, a student of the College of Agriculture of Hanjing University, and Chen Hansheng's acquaintance, or in the library study room, a difficult probability theory problem stumped Zhao Ming, but Chen Hansheng, who had been attracted by her beauty for a long time, easily solved this problem.

Both of them have a good impression, but they have kept a considerable distance, Zhao Ming told Chen Hansheng that now it is her biggest dream to focus on learning, learn knowledge, serve the motherland, and serve her hometown.

As the son of a lieutenant general, Chen Hansheng, who is very concerned about the general situation of the world, also knows that it is a matter of time before China joins this unprecedentedly huge war, and if he does not meet Zhao Ming before joining the army, once the war about China breaks out in an all-round way, he does not know when he will have the opportunity.

The speed of the train was not slow, and at 3 pm the next day, the train arrived at Yucheng Station.

It is not the first time that Chen Hansheng has come to Yucheng, when he was still living in the southwest, he had an aunt who married into Yucheng, and he and his mother came to visit several times.

"I haven't been here for a few years, and Yucheng has changed a lot."

Walking out of Yucheng Railway Station and looking at the bustling streets of Yucheng, there is a landmark building of about 40 floors high in front of the railway station, which is particularly eye-catching.

Yucheng, like Hanjing, fully adopted the method of traffic lights and manual labor as early as 1935 as a road traffic management tool.

In addition to the largest domestic car brand Zhonghua brand cars, there are also a large number of other cheap family cars, such as Guoli Motors, Longteng Automobiles, and Shenzhou Automobiles. The cheapest private car model, the price of the car is more than 300 new yuan, compared with the hundreds of dollars Ford Model A that was once popular in the United States, but it is much stronger, and many wealthy families like it.

When leaving, his mother stuffed him with 100 yuan and more than a dozen yuan of change for the first time, in addition to letting him spend, the main thing was to let him have the money to buy some expensive gifts for other girls. In her opinion, her son's visit this time, regardless of success or failure, is a matter of heart, China's participation in the war is a matter of time, it is difficult to meet in the future, although a hundred yuan is a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but it can also be taken out for the lieutenant general's family, not to mention the son's big event, in fact, the girl named Zhao Ming, she has long known that the two do have affection for each other. The son is also an adult, let him do something he likes, it's nothing to go far away, today's republic is the best era, many places are described as the road does not pick up the road and do not close the door at night, and he knows his son's skills, the first-class student of the school's martial arts class, even if it is from last year, 1940, the military martial arts course that has just been promoted in the high-level internal promotion, he also got the certificate of the junior third-level cadet.

A green-skinned Shenzhou taxi stopped in front of him, and the driver thought he could pull a passenger.

"I'm sorry, I'm waiting for the bus."

Just now, Chen Hansheng has inquired with the traffic administrator, and you can go directly to the long-distance bus station by bus No. 102, which only costs 5 cents for taking a bus, and at least 5 cents for a taxi. This pair of Chen Hansheng, who is used to saving, how can he be willing to spend.

Finally waiting for the bus, Chen Hansheng lined up to get on the bus, bought a ticket, and was about to sit down, but saw an old man coming up from the door, so he took the initiative to give him a seat.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Hansheng arrived at Zhao Ming's hometown, a place called Linjiang County, and slept in the county seat.

Although the county seat is not big, but it is full of vitality, in addition to the Hanjing specialties carried in the canvas bag, Chen Hansheng bought three catties of fruit, two packets of rock sugar, a bottle of Wuliangye, in order to go to Zhouchang Township, he easily squeezed into a privately operated minibus. Although it is relatively dilapidated, it can provide transportation from the county seat and various towns several times a day along the township road.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Chen Hansheng's mood is very good, it is March, all parts of the southwest are a scene of flowers, on both sides of the country road, in addition to the wheat seedlings and various cauliflower in the fields, you can also see many brick houses, some even two-story small buildings.

"Young man, it's an outsider, right?"

An old man next to him saw that Chen Hansheng looked like a reading baby, so he took the initiative to talk to him.

"Yes, uncle, I'm from Hanjing, to visit a classmate, and I'll have fun by the way."

"Well, we're not bad." As soon as the old man opened the chatterbox, he wanted to take out a cigarette stick, but in a moment he remembered that it was in the car, "These houses are all built by the political axe organization." In the past, although every family had a little money, no one was willing to tear down the earthen house and rebuild it, but later, the political axe carried out nationwide house renovation. Knocked down the dilapidated houses, under the guidance of technical personnel, each village concentrated on firing kilns to make bricks and tiles to build new houses, and every family contributed to the house, which was built in a few days, and it took less than half a year for a village and a township to complete the transformation. ”

A few years ago, natural disasters occurred in many places, and the phenomenon of mud-walled houses collapsing was very serious, so the Republic decided to carry out a comprehensive renovation of dilapidated houses. Ordinary families and wealthy families will unite to burn bricks and tiles, and the government will organize cement factories to provide cement, and local village governments will organize families to help each other repair houses, move out of dangerous areas, and concentrate on building new houses.

"The policy is good now, compared with 20 years ago, it is a heaven and an earth. Like you reading babies, you should study hard, and it was said on the radio that knowledge changes New China, and science and technology are the primary productive forces, right. Uncle Jiang's words made Chen Hansheng a little surprised, but he didn't expect that the old farmers in the countryside also had this kind of insight, it seems that the popularization of radio is indeed a great thing.

chatted all the way, and after more than 20 minutes, the conductor on the minibus shouted: "Zhouchang Township has arrived, and the sleeping person is about to get off." Chen Hansheng said goodbye to the old man, got out of the car, and walked for a few minutes according to the direction of the old man Jiang to Zhouchang Village.

Today's Zhouchang Township is also a small scale, and Chen Hansheng easily found No. 18 Zhouchang Township, a small courtyard with couplets on the door.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"It's coming!"

A young girl wearing a beige coat lined with a small pink sweater opened the door, at that moment, Chen Hansheng was almost stunned, and said that at school, Zhao Ming was like a lotus flower that was not stained with dust, but she didn't expect that in her hometown, in this landscape environment, she looked more beautiful.

The moment she saw Chen Hansheng, Zhao Ming was a little distracted, she almost didn't come back to her senses, half loud, her face was crimson, "You, why are you here......"

"You kid, what are you doing standing at the door, and you won't let the guests come in and sit." A middle-aged man hurriedly walked over and saw a young man at the door.

"Dad, this is my classmate, from Hanjing, his name is Chen Hansheng."

"Come, come, come in. Xiao Chen, come in, come in and sit! Look at you, so far away, what else do you carry. Hearing that Chen Hansheng was from so far away from Hanjing, Zhao Benqiang was a little surprised, and immediately greeted him warmly. At noon, when I got home from work to cook, I didn't expect to meet my daughter's 'classmates' who came from thousands of miles away, and the first impression was that Zhao Benqiang felt pretty good.

Watching Zhao Ming's father limp in front to lead the way, Chen Hansheng realized that his left foot was disabled and his calf bone was gone.

Zhao Ming's house is not bad, the two-story small building is not a bare brick wall, but painted with cement. In the middle of the first floor is the hall, which has two sofas.

After the three of them sat down, they chatted casually, and Zhao Ming's father said, "Han Sheng, you have come all the way here, I really embarrass you." Ha ha...... In the morning, our family Mingming told me that she wanted to go back to school early. ”

Zhao Ming was a little shy and sat next to him without speaking, Chen Hansheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Uncle Zhao, originally Zhao Ming and I were in the same grade, but I passed the graduation exam ahead of schedule, and I won't go to school when school starts." I used to hear her say that her hometown was beautiful, so I came to have fun and stop by to see her. ”

Zhao Benqiang smiled heartily: "The young man has a talent, and he can actually graduate early......

The two chatted casually for a while, and Zhao Ming next to him was very surprised and sudden because Chen Hansheng said that he would not go to school at the beginning of the school year, but he was still embarrassed to speak, and he helped his father and Chen Hansheng make tea a few times halfway. Her heart was bright, Chen Hansheng came from thousands of miles to see her, and she knew very well what it meant. As for the father, of course, it can be seen.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Benqiang liked this young man more, although he could see at a glance that the young man in front of him was thinking about his daughter, but he was not an old-fashioned person, although his daughter was still a junior, but according to the view of twenty years ago, now if he has a niece, he can go to buy oil and vinegar, and people come from thousands of miles, at least he has a heart. And from the conversation, it can be seen that this child has a tutor, is educated, polite, and is a very smart and polite young man.

"Xiao Chen, after graduation, do you have any ideals?"

Chen Hansheng's eyes at this time stayed on a photo on the opposite wall, on the photo carefully framed with a glass photo frame, there was a person who made him very familiar, but the photo was not big, he didn't see it clearly from a distance, and there were several medals pasted in the frame, and when he heard the question, he immediately replied, "I, I'm going to join the army." World War II broke out, and Mongolia in the north was also at war, and I wanted to serve my country as a soldier. ”

"Being a soldier? It's good to be a soldier, I think back then, when I was a soldier, I fought British devils and French devils. It's just that you haven't beaten the Soviet devils, but let you catch up. Hearing that Chen Hansheng was going to join the army, Zhao Benqiang couldn't help but say happily, and then sighed again, "Hey, I didn't have that life, I accidentally ate a bullet from a British devil and broke my foot, and this soldier will come to an end." I think back then, my old company commander even praised me personally, saying that I was a good soldier, and if I had done it until now, I was afraid that I would be an officer. Alas, I don't know how the old company commander is doing now. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Benqiang's eyes were a little moist, he turned his head and looked at the photo, which was a somewhat yellowed group photo, a group photo of about a dozen people, but after some processing, it looked like it could be preserved for many years.

"Uncle is actually a veteran soldier in the southwest period, which is really amazing." Hearing Zhao Benqiang say that he had beaten British devils and French devils, Chen Hansheng was a little surprised, what year was this? The veteran of that year was definitely an old qualification, and he had made military exploits, if he hadn't been disabled and discharged, he would have been at least an officer now.

"Dad, don't be sad." Looking at the important photo of his father's most precious and proud, hanging in the hall, Zhao Ming was also proud of his father. It was the greatest asset of the whole family, and it was also the tool that her father taught her from a young age.

"My father is also a veteran, and he often talks to me about the army, and he often talks about the past." Chen Hansheng said with emotion that a person who has been a soldier has the deepest feelings for the army and memories of the years.

"Your father is also a veteran? Is it the Kuomintang or the original Southwest? After cleaning up his mood, Zhao Benqiang asked casually.

"My father is a veteran of the Southwest period."

"Huh? Veterans of the Southwest period, if your father enlisted early, maybe he and I would still be comrades-in-arms. "Zhao Benqiang's curiosity came, and about the army, not to mention whether it was a comrade-in-arms, even if it was a regiment or a division later, it was also an intimate relationship." He, which number he was in the Southwest period, do you know? ”

Zhao Ming was afraid that Chen Hansheng wouldn't know how to answer, so he said on the side, "Hansheng, my father was a soldier during the Southwest People's League. ”

"Yes, Han Sheng, don't look at my uncle's lame leg now, I'm a really qualified veteran of the militia, come, look at it, this photo, this is the proof." I'm afraid that Chen Hansheng won't believe it, after all, the old man in the militia period is definitely a great hero of the republic, and in fact, Zhao Benqiang is indeed a well-known war hero. He walked under the photo frame and said proudly, "This is the photo of our squad and the company commander after winning the first place in the camp training competition." He's a great guy now. ”

Out of politeness, Chen Hansheng also walked over, looked at the photo, and finally saw the person above, the person standing in the middle of the first row, who was not his father, it was his father more than 20 years ago.

Moreover, it seems from the photos that his father when he was young is strikingly similar to himself, handsome and handsome, which can also be seen from the old photos of his father seen in Pingyue. Chen Hansheng can even foresee that when he wears a military uniform, he is not much different from his father.

"Huh?"

Zhao Benqiang looked at the photo, then looked back at Chen Hansheng, a little puzzled, turned to his daughter and said, "Mingming, look at it, how do I think the company commander looks very similar to him." ”

Zhao Ming stepped forward, looked carefully at the company commander in the photo, and then at Chen Hansheng, and suddenly found that the two were really very similar, "Dad, really, really alike." Hansheng, what do you say? ”

"Chen Hansheng?" Reading this name, Zhao Benqiang subconsciously asked, "What's your father's name?" ”

Chen Hansheng hesitated slightly, but was moved by Zhao Benqiang's military feelings, and directly admitted, "My father's name is Chen Jun!" He was a veteran of the militia in the southwest period, and he was the commander of the second company at that time. ”

"He was wounded, he was injured during the militia period." Zhao Benqiang asked tentatively.

"Yes, my father was injured in his eyebrow bone, and in 1919, during a live-fire exercise, he was hit by an exploding stone on his left eyebrow bone, leaving a scar." Chen Hansheng is very clear about his father's injury history, and his mother often talks about it.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, yes, I saw with my own eyes that the company commander was hit by a stone on the eyebone, and I and my two comrades-in-arms took turns carrying him and running back to the regiment headquarters." Zhao Benqiang was instantly overjoyed.

"Your father is a lieutenant general of the Republic? Lieutenant General Chen, who is now leading the army to fight the Soviets in Mongolia? Zhao Ming asked unexpectedly, she never knew about Chen Hansheng's family, and once she accidentally asked, Chen Hansheng simply said that his father was a soldier and fought in the north.

"Yes."

"Hahaha...... Great, great. Zhao Benqiang laughed loudly, his heart was ecstatic, he didn't expect that after a long time, this young man who was interesting to his daughter was actually the son of the old company commander, and the things in the world were really fate, and in addition to coincidence, there were also some inevitabilities.

For him, the first thing he cared about was the son of the old company commander, and the second was the son of the lieutenant general of the republic, he took Chen Hansheng's hand and sat down, and asked with embarrassment, "How are the old company commanders all these years?" I haven't seen you for many years, and I've never seen the old company commander on this TV at home. During the military parade of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the military parade of '38, I was twice invited to Hanjing as a first-class meritorious hero, but the company commander was entangled in military affairs and did not meet a group of old brothers in our second company. Oh, alas, alas. ”

"He's fine, I just spoke to him on the phone before I came, and he's now fighting the Soviets in Mongolia." Chen Hansheng also sighed a little, although the life circumstances are different, the fate of the individual will be different, but the original feelings will never change with the years, "My father came home very little, basically in the army, there were a few Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, he also said, thinking of those brothers in the second company period, said I miss you very much, I must see you when I have the opportunity." ”

This is true, Chen Jun never drinks in peacetime, only drinks at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and when he goes to the teacher's house to pay New Year's greetings, and every time he gets drunk at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, every time he gets drunk, he will mention his former comrades-in-arms, especially the second company period, the most difficult period, those comrades who are most impressive.

"Alas, the company commander is still thinking about us brothers. He, like the regiment commander, is a nostalgic person. Zhao Benqiang said with emotion that although the company commander did not see him, he met the regiment commander twice, went to Hanjing twice, and met the chairman twice. The head of the militia regiment back then, and now the chairman of the committee, two big celebrations, the veterans of the southwest, especially when the veterans of the militia go to Yanjing, he will hold a veteran party, and drink and talk with the old men who are sitting in a hall.

You must know that veterans of the militia regiment who are about 40 or 50 years old will already be an officer if they are not discharged from the army, and it will be difficult for them to be discharged. And once discharged, it must be because of disability. Therefore, there will not be many of them, in addition to the dead, there are only two or three hundred people who survived, among which there are even fewer people who have made meritorious contributions in the early years of the militia and received Zhang Shusheng's personal awards, and Zhao Benqiang is one of them.

Chen Hansheng has seen Zhang Shusheng a lot of times, and he used to see a lot in the southwest period, and later he would be invited to Hanjing Mountain with his parents every year to congratulate the chairman of the committee on the New Year.

You must know that Zhang Shusheng is Chen Jun's real teacher, and even Chen Hansheng's name was given by Chairman Chen Jun's teacher.

The three chatted for a while, Chen Hansheng then knew that Zhao Benqiang also had a good work arrangement, taking care of his status as a retired disabled soldier, and later Zhao Ming's mother decided to go back to his hometown to be a doctor at a township medical station, and when he saw a doctor for his father and fellow villagers, he was indifferent to fame and fortune, and chose to directly receive the annual war meritorious disability pension and returned to the township to work. If not, then at least he was a fairly high-ranking cadre, and even though he was disabled, he was never forgotten by the republic.

Judging from the situation at home, there are large items such as TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., which are much richer than ordinary people, and are not far behind the ordinary urban population, but in fact, Zhao Benqiang receives a lot of disability pension every year. threw his head and spilled blood back then, and now he can be regarded as living a good life.

Zhao Benqiang left enough time for the two young people to cook with his wife who came home from work, so he let the two talk about each other.

Chen Hansheng told Zhao Ming about the situation again. The two have long had a relationship, but Zhao Ming has never wanted to delay her studies, otherwise she might have been together a long time ago.

"Han Sheng, for example, if you go to join the army, is it difficult to meet......

"Yes. Mingming, I'm ......"

In the hearts of the two, they are both at war with heaven and man, if they don't care about each other, Chen Hansheng won't come to see her from thousands of miles away, and if they don't care about each other, Zhao Ming won't write a letter to him for three days in just one winter vacation.

Chen Hansheng stayed at Zhao's house for two nights, and only decided to leave and return to Hanjing on the morning of the third day.

During this period, the two talked a lot about the past, present, and future, but neither of them mentioned anything about whether they were together and what to do in the future.

One is afraid of rejection, and the other is too shy.

When Chen Hansheng packed up his baggage, but he didn't see Zhao Ming, seeing that parting was imminent, he only thought that Zhao Ming was sad and not good to come to see him. After bidding farewell to Zhao Benqiang and his wife, and accepting a letter from Zhao Benqiang to his father, he left the Zhao family.

When he came to the entrance of the village, Chen Hansheng was stunned, under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, there was actually a pretty girl standing, looking at herself with a smile, and a suitcase at her feet~ "Mingming, you, what are you ......" Chen Hansheng asked with some surprise.

Zhao Ming stood there and said, "Actually, I, I also passed the assessment for early graduation." Originally, I wanted to sign up for the flying club with you, but now I have decided to go back to Hanking with you to see my aunt first, and then ...... Then sign up for the army together to ......"

"Mingming, I, I love you......"

Chen Hansheng was overjoyed, dropped the canvas bag, walked over, and couldn't help hugging Zhao Ming, he knew that from this moment on, this woman would be inseparable from him for the rest of her life.

(To be continued)