"It's not that I'm fast, it's that you're eating too slowly." Xu Ping continued to walk forward briskly.

"Huh." Guo Yanfang pinched his shoulder, attached it to his ear and said in a low voice: "At noon, I heard that the captain is going to have a separate meeting, Lao Li and they said that someone just asked for leave at noon, and when someone comes back, bring something, do you want to come something." ”

"Smoke." Xu Ping said without thinking about it: "My one is almost over." ”

"You're smoking faster, save a little, and you'll have a cigarette money for a month." Guo Yanfang said speechlessly.

Xu Ping shook his shoulders twice and shook the hand he was holding on his body: "It's exaggerated." ”

"Don't you want anything else?" Guo Yanfang continued to ask.

"No, you don't." Xu Ping continued: "I basically don't need to buy it, so I will keep it for the baby when the time comes." ”

As soon as Xu Ping finished speaking, a hurried shout sounded behind him: "Xu Ping! Xu Ping! Come on, call home. ”

He turned his head to look over, and it was Lao Li, who was running with a red face, and his flushed cheeks were full of eagerness.

Jiang Futing looked at the other party's expression, and didn't feel like a good thing, so sure enough, Xu Ping rushed to the office with his legs pulled.

When he connected the phone, Jiang Futing clearly felt that Xu Ping's heart was beating in a panic, and the soles of his feet were a little weak, "Hey! ”

"Ping'er, it's Mom, come to the military hospital! Xiaowan was born prematurely! The mother's eager voice came over the phone.

Xu Ping didn't even have time to speak, hung up the phone in a hurry, quickly took leave with the team, and rushed out of the army.

When the footsteps were running, they were full of dust and sand.

He ran through three streets stubbornly, only to see a few taxis parked at the intersection, did not care about picking, did not care about bargaining, directly opened the door of a nearby car, and shouted out of breath: "Go to the military hospital!" ”

The taxi drove very fast, Jiang Futing could see that the master's sturdy calves were almost trembling when he stepped on the pedal, the air conditioning was not turned on in the taxi, the four windows were all wide open, the hot wind was constantly blowing past his ears, and the movement speed of the scenery on both sides continued to accelerate.

Xu Ping still urged very eagerly: "Master, please hurry up!" My wife is about to give birth in the hospital! ”

"Okay! Good! When the master heard what he said, he directly pulled another block.

When he arrived at the gate of the military hospital, Xu Ping took out the crumpled five pieces directly from his pocket, and without waiting for the master to look for it again, he quickly rushed to the hospital.

The quiet and shady hospital corridor echoed with Xu Ping's heavy and eager running sound, and many people sitting in the corridor gathered at him with dissatisfied eyes.

Xu Ping didn't have time to care, his brain ran to the point of almost lack of oxygen, and only the face of the woman who had been with him for several years was left in a daze.

"I'm sorry!" He accidentally bumped into a nurse with a plate, apologized without replying, and continued to run forward.

Behind him, a nurse complained as she walked away

The voice: "Slow down, this hospital!" ”

When they arrived at the door of the operation, two old men with some gray hair were waiting anxiously with a sad and uneasy face.

"How's it going?" Xu Ping stared at the three words in the operation with the lights on, and asked the two old men eagerly.

The two old men didn't speak, just sighed, and after a while, his mother slowly said with red eyes: "It's been almost an hour since I went in, and I haven't come out yet, and no doctor has come out to say anything." ”

"Then how could she be born prematurely, hasn't she always been in good health?" Xu Ping paced back and forth at the door of the operating room, the expression on his face as messy as his brain.

He touched the cigarette case in his pocket, then remembered that this was the hospital, suppressed the urge again, pulled out his bare hand, and stared at the door of the operating room in a daze.

"Hey, it's also my fault, I didn't take a good look at her." His mother wiped the corners of her eyes reproachfully, "I'm cooking, and she's afraid that I'm busy and will give me a hand, but isn't there a threshold in the house, and she accidentally tripped there...... and fell. ”

"I don't blame you, Mom." Xu Ping walked over and hugged her helplessly, patted her back, and sniffed: "If she's okay, find time, we'll tear down the threshold." ”

His mother was buried in his chest, sobbing with self-reproach.

Jiang Futing could feel the shirt on his chest being wet, the quiet and dull atmosphere lasted for another while, and the door of the operating room behind him was "clicked" open.

Xu Ping hurriedly turned around, and a stretcher cart slowly pushed out of it, with the medicine bottles being infusion still hanging on the shelf on the side, three or four doctors pushing the cart on the side, and a doctor holding a ball of cloth in his arms in the back.

You can hear the cry of a baby that is not too loud, although it is not particularly loud, but you can also hear the struggle and strength in the sound, as if you have come to this world for the first time, trying to survive and breathe.

This is the first time Jiang Futing has seen the birth of a life with his own eyes, this feeling is indescribable, even if there is no relationship between them, but this sudden start from nothing still makes his heart soften.

After Xu Ping confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the people on the stretcher, he slowly walked towards the doctor holding the baby.

Jiang Futing felt that Xu Ping's hands were trembling excitedly, and his heartbeat in his chest was about to jump out, just like after he had just run.

Happy, excited and curious.

The steps were light, as if they were trapped in a huge cotton.

Xu Ping was a little at a loss when he walked up to the doctor, and he looked at the baby wrapped in cloth.

Suddenly, I don't know how to touch it, I don't dare to touch it, as if I am caring for a toy, and I feel that I will be damaged by myself if I am not careful.

I'm afraid of hurting him, I'm afraid he's too soft, I'm afraid I'll be too hard when I hold him, I'm afraid he'll be pinched, I'm afraid I'll accidentally get him to the ground.

I was very excited, and I was a little scared beyond words.

He was stunned, looking at the little face, all the emotions gathered together and rushed to the brain, and the tip of his nose was a little sour

, the corners of his eyes are a little wet, this is his son, the son of blood after blood!

Jiang Futing followed his gaze and saw the baby, the skin was slightly yellow, probably because it didn't grow, twisted together, wrinkled, a bit like an old man.

It's really small, and that face may not be as big as the palm of your hand.

He suddenly felt that it was amazing, life appeared like this, but such a small thing was like a faint light in the dark, suddenly lit up, and then slowly grew up under the care of his parents.

I can walk, I will talk one day, then I will be naughty, I will start going to school, making friends, taking exams, meeting rebellion, and finally growing into what I am now.

"Hug me, my son!" The doctor looked at Xu Ping, who was still stunned, and urged.

Xu Ping nodded his head a little stupidly, raised his two arms very clumsily, and his agility in fighting fires, climbing ladders, and going down the well was suddenly thrown out of the clouds.

His hands trembled and took it, so soft, not only to look soft, but also soft to the touch, it would really be accidentally pinched.

"No, you can't hold the baby, come and hold his neck with that hand...... The other hand was wrapped around him...... Oh, yes! Relax, it's okay! The doctor was so frightened by his actions that he was afraid that he would suddenly let go, and kept watching him from the sidelines.

It wasn't until Xu Ping finally got used to this strange and strange touch that the doctor relaxed.

Xu Ping walked very carefully, very slowly, and then handed it to his parents.

The two old men were so excited that they couldn't speak at all, Xu Ping's father was a little better, and the mother stretched out her hand, crying and laughing and poked the baby's face, laughed for a while before thinking of something, raised her head and asked the doctor standing on the side: "This child was born prematurely, is there anything to pay special attention to?" ”

"It's not a big problem, although I was born two weeks prematurely, I have just checked the development of the child's organs and is quite healthy, you have to observe more in the past few days, there is no problem, and you can be discharged from the hospital with the mother when the time comes." The doctor took off his mask and gave them a reassuring smile.

"Thank you, thank you!" Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there was nothing big about it, and bowed again and again.

The holiday in the squadron itself is not easy to invite, and Xu Ping, who is rushing to give birth to a baby, only invites two days of rest.

On the day he left, the baby's little hand held his fingers tightly, which made his heart soft and itchy, and he was even more reluctant to leave, and his eyes looked back several times, until he remembered the cute and small face in his mind, and he couldn't wave it, so he reluctantly left.

Xu Ping has been busy for a while, as the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the probability of frequent fires in summer is also relatively high, after entering July, there are many fire alarms, and the time to go home is much less.

In the middle, because the unit went out and went straight out, a photo studio was opened on the main road, which made many people excited.

There are few stores in this kind of place, and no matter what store you open, you can talk about it for a long time, let alone a photo studio.

It's a bit expensive, five dollars for two, both are one inch in size, if

If you want to exchange photos, you have to take more photos.

Xu Ping and Guo Yanfang took a group photo directly in line with the principle of saving money, and then one by one, taking pictures is very fresh, until the photo is in their hands, both of them are still very excited.

Under the leadership of Guo Yanfang, Xu Ping bought a pocket watch that could be used to put photos, so as to preserve the sincere friendship between the two people.

Jiang Futing recognized the pocket watch as soon as he saw it, the performance on Xu Ping's hand was still very new, although it was an old bronze, but the entire pocket watch, including the chain, was shining with a bright metallic luster.

It's the same as the one he picked up.

In this long memory, Jiang Futing went from the resistance and uneasiness at the beginning, to the habits that followed, and even completely adapted.

Accustomed to this city in the late nineties, accustomed to looking at the narrow and simple roads, these simple people, there are not so many towering buildings, everything around is sober and peaceful.

It's like a real life experience, imprinted in my memory, a part of myself, and lingering.

After breakfast, it is customary to inspect vehicles and equipment.

After Xu Ping finished inspecting the vehicle he was responsible for, he just turned around and saw Guo Yanfang coming from the side: "Finished checking?" ”

(End of chapter)