Chapter 7: A Country Boy
The others walked in to the cafeteria in an orderly manner, and they felt like hungry wolves.
Li Chengjing saw Leng Chuxian's position at a glance this time, there were still two girls sitting next to her and diagonally opposite, and the position opposite was still empty, thinking that she wanted to keep it for herself.
Li Chengjing was hungry, took a meal, sat down, didn't bother to chat with them, first ate quickly and in a big gulp, the military academy training was painful, but the food was not cold at all, three dishes and one soup, the taste was also bright and fat.
Leng Chuxian sandwiched a few pieces of meat to Li Chengjing, "You train so hard, eat more, anyway, it's a waste if I can't finish eating." ”
Leng Chuxian looked at the small amount of food, it was really small, they had eaten together for the past two days, and she couldn't finish the same amount of food herself. Li Chengjing smiled at all the meat she sandwiched, and felt warm in her heart.
"I don't have enough to eat, I still have it here." Wang Xiaoyan also wanted to clip two pieces of meat to Li Chengjing, but Li Chengjing immediately stretched out her chopsticks to resist and refused with a smile: "No matter how hungry you are, you can't become a big fat man in one bite, and I can't eat it anymore." ”
Wang Xiaoyan asked again, "Chengjing, what are you all training?" Can you say this? ”
Li Chengjing said: "It's running thousands of meters with sandbags, climbing mountains, and squatting for up to 40 minutes in the sun. ”
"I'm scared when I think about it." Wang Xiaoyan knew that he couldn't do anything when he heard it. Li Chengjing was afraid when she saw her innocent face become gloomy, and said: "We have all said, these are the most basic. ”
Wang Xiaoyan was a little frightened when he heard this, and he didn't even dare to think about it anymore. Seeing that she was scared and asked more, Hu Yuanlan said warmly: "Not everyone can be Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying, let's study foreign languages well." ”
Wang Xiaoyan sighed, "I just think it's a pity, Cheng Jing is so beautiful, training like this every day, it doesn't have to be tanned." ”
Li Chengjing said with a smile: "If you have to give, you must get something, and how many things can be both." ”
After returning to the dormitory, Li Chengjing went to take a bath first, and when she came out, Leng Chuxian handed her a box of rouge-like powder, "This is a sunshade cream, you apply it on your face and neck every day, it will block your exposure to the sun to a certain extent." ”
Li Chengjing glanced at it strangely and didn't reach out to pick it up.
"This one doesn't smell like it smells, so it won't affect your training." Leng Chuxian opened the box as he spoke, and handed it to Li Chengjing's nose, the taste was light, but it was not as rich as rouge.
Li Chengjing looked at it again, the cream in the box was full, it was not used by Leng Chuxian, she gave herself a new one, no longer postponed, and took it. Looking at Leng Chuxian's white cheeks, he asked with a smile, "Is this what you usually use to keep your skin white?" ”
Leng Chuxian said: "I'm not like you, I'm going to train under the sun, I only use it occasionally, and I brought two bottles from home, just when you need it, I'll give it to you." ”
Li Chengjing sincerely thanked: "Thank you, we have only known each other for the past two days, and you care about me so much, not only giving me your own rations, but also giving me the things you brought out." ”
Leng Chu smiled engeniously: "Then you can be kind to me in the future, for example, you are studying infantry, and you have to protect me from being bullied when you go out in the future." ”
Li Chengjing clenched her fists, "Okay, if anyone dares to touch a single hair, I can't spare him." ”
Leng Chu smiled heartily, as bright as a lily......
In the clear evening sky of summer, the stars in the sky are densely displayed and shining like pearls. Use your imagination to break them up and connect them together like a kaleidoscope that can manifest a myriad of forms.
There is a small place called Pingle Town in the southeast of Guicheng, which is not a place where soldiers must fight, and is not even valued by merchants, and every inch of land can maintain its original simplicity, and the villagers live in peace and joy. The sky is even more vast, and the stars are even more vast.
When the two teenagers are bored on Chinese New Year's Eve, they like to lie on the lawn together and count the stars, the two of them count separately, and then add up the total, although they never count the day, but they still refuse to admit defeat and count down.
“100,101,102······”
"Chen Zui, I have something to tell you."
Chen was drunk and counted well, and he was interrupted in this way. Originally, they were lying on the lawn together, Duan Shaoling suddenly sat up, and called him so seriously, fortunately, Chen Zui still had some concentration, otherwise he would be frightened.
"Let's go to military school."
"Going to military school?"
No matter how simple a place is, there are good and bad people, poor and rich. Leaving Pingle Town, Duan Shaoling's family background is insignificant, but in this generally poor place, the Duan family can be regarded as landowners. Master Duan Wenqi can also be called a benefit to the township, and the private school can't afford to hire a teacher in the city, so Master Duan spent money to invite a learned teacher from the city who has drunk foreign ink to teach children to practice.
Master Duan is a righteous person, and invited such a teacher, Duan Shaoling is under the influence of his ears and eyes, and his thoughts are naturally not to sit in and watch the sky, and when he understands the current situation that China is in, he feels patriotic.
"Uncle Liu, our housekeeper, has already gone to the city to inquire clearly, the Guicheng Military Academy is now recruiting students from all over the country, and now there are still ten days before the military academy opens, and it is still too late to enter the city in two days.
Chen Zui would always hear his patriotic feelings from time to time, and it seemed not impossible for him to say that such a decision would be made. "You've already figured out how to sign up."
"It's not me, it's us."
"But I never thought about it."
"Then start thinking about it now."
"But I don't have any money."
"I'll take care of all your expenses."
"But my dad ······"
"I'll let my father take care of Uncle Chen, your father's side, I'll go with you tomorrow morning."
"But ·····"
"No, what's the use of counting the stars in the sky here? That's far from the tip of the iceberg, it's time to see what the sky looks like beyond the sky.
Chen Zui was sure that he was hard-hearted, he was just emotional, and he had never been so straightforward and decisive as he said today.
Seeing that Chen Zui was hesitant, Duan Shaoling said again: "Chen Zui, I know that all you have been asking for is idle clouds and wild cranes, a peaceful and stable life. But do you know that China is now a country that is unstable, how can you and I, as good men, only try to be in a corner of peace, even if the ants shake the tree, at least we must do our best for the country. ”
Chen Zui was indifferent: "You said it very generously, but I admit that I am not as patriotic as you." ”
"It's not that you can't compare, it's that you don't want to love. You are generous and righteous, but you are actually very concerned about the people around you, and you should try to share this love with the country and the nation. In addition, with the current situation in China, the warlords in various places are divided and obey the new government on the surface, but in fact, they are secretly keeping their heads in obscurity, waiting for the opportunity, and the war may break out at any time. What can we do to defend our homes and our families? ”
Chen Zui looked up at the endless starry sky in the sky, and the evening breeze blew the countryside with fragrant countryside, will someone really come to destroy all this one day?
Chen Zui finally said with difficulty: "Shaoling, if this is your choice, I will accompany you."
Duan Shaoling raised his right hand, and the two shook each other with one hand, smiling brightly. Duan Shaoling's father has seen the world and knows the national situation quite well, and since Duan Shaoling wants to join the army, since he has this heart, he believes in his son. The most important thing now is to convince Chen's father to agree to this matter.
Chen's father was an ordinary farmer in the countryside, living on the grains he grew and was self-sufficient. Suddenly, the two of them told him that he was going to study in the city and go to college, and he was so shocked that he stood up from his chair, "Young Master Duan, you said you want Chen Zui to go to college in the city with you?" ”
Chen Zui knows his father very well, he has been a farmer all his life, and he can't see the chaos of the outside world, and he can't care about it, and it is useless to tell him that those national righteousness are useless. If he directly told him that they were going to study in a military academy and would join the army in the future, it would be absolutely fantastical for him, and he would not be able to oppose it to the death, and he would only have a chance to leave if he compromised and told him that he was going to go to college in the city.
"Uncle Chen, didn't I say it, don't call me Young Master Duan, just call me Shaoling, you sit down first." With her hands on his shoulders, she helped him sit down.
"Uncle, what a smart person Chen Zui is, you have seen his academic performance every time, he is strong in everything, do you really want him to stay here and grow crops for the rest of his life? Is it really going to bury his cleverness forever in the countryside? Chen Zui never mentioned it himself, and Uncle Chen never thought about this, and his expectations for his son were just that he could marry a daughter-in-law in the town in the future, and then continue to guard his crops and live this life peacefully.
Duan Shaoling persuaded again: If you study outside, you can find a good job in the city, and the money will be earned faster, and then you can buy a big house, and then take you to the city. ”
Uncle Chen also knows that his son has sharp hands and feet, and his brain is bright, and he is not worse than others at all. Even compared with Duan Shaoling, he is only inferior to his family background, he is a farmer, and Master Duan is a rich man, and the rest he knows that Chen Zui is not worse than him. As soon as they said this, whether he enjoyed himself or not was secondary, and he really should have planned for Chen Zui. Gritting his teeth, "That's okay, Chen Zui, we'll take the harvested rice and sweet potatoes and sell them for money to pay you tuition." "Stand up again.
Duan Shaoling appeased again: "Uncle Slow, I'll give this money first, and your rice should be kept for you to live by." ”
"How does this work?" Without waiting for Duan Shaoling to help him, he had already stood up very stiffly, "Master Duan takes care of the township very much, and Chen Zuiping Suri has also gained a lot of benefits from you, how can we take such a big advantage of you again?" Then he was about to go out to sell his crops.