For most people who have served in the army, if they leave the army, they should go back to visit their old comrades-in-arms in the army like visiting relatives, after all, they are brothers who are born and die, although the two of us think so in our hearts, we dare not do it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

From Jiangmen to Kunming need to go to Guangzhou to transfer a train, in Guangzhou sold out of tickets I asked the fat man how much money is left, the fat man counted, there are less than 200 yuan left, this money to remove the money from Kunming to take the car is about 50 yuan, fortunately the road is not far, just enough for our food expenses.

In the 80s, the 50s yuan was enough for an ordinary family of three to eat for a week's food, which was a very considerable amount of money, and the two of us swayed on the train and passed through the night to Kunming, from Kunming to the border town where we were soldiers, although we did not go to meet our former comrades-in-arms, seeing this familiar place, there was a strange feeling in my heart.

It's not that it's sad, it's a strange feeling, when we first came here to defend our family and country, although we didn't have this idea at first, but in the end we all did it, and there was an indescribable sense of pride in our hearts at that time. Now that we have indeed come to this place as a tomb robber, there are certain reasons why we dare not meet our former comrades-in-arms, one is that we are afraid of evoking some painful memories, and the other is that we are afraid that things will not be done well but they will be affected.

In this tangled mentality, the two of us arrived at the destination at noon the next day, and wanted to go to the sleepy Longtan, the garrison of the army could not be bypassed, and when we just enlisted in the army, we took a military tin truck, which would make us both want to go into the mountains, and no one was willing to pull us both into the mountains after looking for a small county, that place was not only difficult to walk, but no one helped on the way back, and if the car went in, if it was stuck in the ditch, it was basically impossible for a person to come back.

No way, the two of us had to hike into the mountain, things are too much to carry, each of us is at least 100 kilograms or more, although both of us have been soldiers, heavy cross-country this kind of thing is often done, gritting teeth and the two of them insisted on walking half the way, and then they really couldn't walk, found a big tree in the ground panting and resting, and couldn't speak.

Seeing that it was getting dark, a car drove in the distance, and we recognized it at a glance, it was my car when I was still in the army, and the people in the car also saw the two of us on the side of the road and stopped in front of the two of us.

A person got out of the car, this person was wearing a straight military uniform, and a three-bean on his shoulder had already explained his identity, and the brim of his military hat was lowered and the dim light was so dim that we couldn't see his face clearly, and when he was confused, he spoke: "Who is guarding tonight?" ”

As soon as I heard it, why was this voice so familiar, but I was confused by his inexplicable words, and said, "Are you talking to us?" ”

The man raised his head and looked at us, the two of us almost didn't spray, I didn't count the former comrades-in-arms, this guy was the tall man of a squad when we were soldiers, this guy was the tallest in our class, and he was compared with the later Great Northeast.

The tall man didn't care about the two of us in the car, and the fat man listened to him say that he had a glorious history over the years, full of energy, although I was also very happy about this kind of scene of reunion of comrades-in-arms, but I had a faint premonition in my heart.

In the past few years since I left the fat man, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the troops, first of all, the military region reform, the leaders above have collectively changed blood, young cadres have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, after I recovered, the political commissar of our company concurrently served as the company commander for more than half a year, the big tall and timid, when he was in Vietnam, because of his timidity, the enemy of the other side had just been introduced into a valley, he made a miracle to blow up the mouth of the valley, and trapped the new force of a battalion of the other side in the valley. When I came back, I was naturally placed in my original position.

I asked the tall one, "Why did you come back so late?" What did you do? ”

Gao sighed and said: "The battalion headquarters has a meeting, and there has been no war in these years, every day is study, study, meeting, meeting." If I don't keep myself busy, I'm afraid I'll have nightmares every night, and when I was fighting a few years ago, I watched my comrades fall one by one, and now I still have palpitations."

I think so, it would be great if there was something to do in this unit every day to distract oneself. The tall man asked me how I was doing now, and the fat man and I were a little embarrassed but said in unison, it's fine.

Gao smiled and said to us: "I knew that the two of you would definitely mix well when you went out, and I thought that you two were bold at the beginning, and they had no eyes when they opened the two of you." ”

Seeing that Gao was a little indignant, I hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "By the way, how are the thick eyebrows and dried chili peppers?" I haven't heard from them for years."

The tall man suddenly had red circles in his eyes, and sobbed and said, "Fat brother, Brother Zou...... When we retreated in Vietnam, we were fine, but when Thick Eyebrow's troops were ambushed by the Vietnamese People's Army during the retreat, Thick Eyebrow died at that time, and the dried chili pepper was blown off a leg, and he had already recovered and returned to his hometown. ”

Speaking of this, I felt even more uncomfortable, rubbed my somewhat swollen head, and saw that it was almost time to reach the army station, so I asked the tall man to put me and the fat man down, and the two of us went to the village to find a family to live in for the night, and it was too late for us to stop disturbing the rest of the soldiers, and we would come to him another day.

The tall one said that he couldn't help us, so he asked the driver to send us to find a family, and stayed overnight, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening, and it was dark early in the summer night, and the villagers in the mountains had no entertainment activities, and most of them went to bed early. I asked the driver to take us to a village just five or six kilometers away from the station, and then I sent him back.

I found a house and was about to knock on the door, but the fat man grabbed me and asked, "Who are you looking for so late?" Where else will someone open the door for you? ”

I smiled and said, "Someone else may not open the door, but he will, and he will ask us to stay here for a few more days, and you know this person." ”

The fat man was so confused by what I said that he couldn't remember that we knew such a person.

After knocking for a while, there was a commotion inside, and then a person came out and opened the door, this person was dressed very messily, and even wore a pair of flower pants worn by a woman underneath, and the clothes on the upper body were half passed, revealing that the stomach had not yet come and pulled neatly, and it looked like he had not had time to wear it in a hurry, and his face was full of red light to prove that he had not slept yet.

I looked at him and smiled and said, "Second Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Er looked at me for a while before he came back to his senses: "Xiao Zou, it's you, I thought..."

I smiled and said nothing, and the fat man suddenly realized: "Oh... He's the one you're talking about, what are you doing? Why is your face so red? ”

I tugged at the fat man's sleeve and whispered, "Don't fucking open any pot and mention it, let's stay overnight." ”

The fat man sighed: "Yes, yes, yes... Second Brother Li, I'm sorry, the two of us came to you at night just to borrow a place to sleep and leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Li Er hesitated, but still invited us in, their house is not big, in the words of the city, it is a small earthen house with three bedrooms and one living room, which is small and pitiful in the countryside. When I entered the door, I saw that the house was neatly arranged, not at all like where he lived as a bachelor, so I quipped: "Second Brother Li, have you married a daughter-in-law?" Look at your family, there must be a woman in charge of it. ”

Li Er looked at the room with a red face and nodded, and the fat man didn't know if he really didn't know or pretended to be in a hurry and asked, "Which girl let you pick it up?" Call it out and we'll see. ”

Without waiting for Li Er to shout, a woman opened the curtain of the inner room and walked out, although she had already been mentally prepared, she was still a little surprised when she saw her, the fat man's jaw was about to fall to the ground, and he couldn't speak for a long time with his mouth open.

The woman asked Li Er to beckon us to sit down, and poured us tea, we sat together and chatted for a while, this woman is the woman who appeared in the forest with Li Er in the forest at night that year when I and the fat man met her, the famous widow of Kefu and the widow of the king. At this time, the fat man and I didn't know what to call her when we saw her.

Li Er's seven brothers all got married and had children, and moved to other places, leaving Li Er a single person to stay in the old house, and later Li Er's parents also died one after another, leaving him alone, the widow Wang has long been famous in ten miles and eight towns, the two of them can be said to be the same disease, when the war broke out, the two of them were afraid to fight here, the two of them made an appointment to go to the city, no one in the city knew, and it was logical to get married, and then the war ended, The days of the two of them who have no culture and no skills in the city are getting more and more difficult, Li Er still has a few acres of land at home, and the two of them discussed and went back to the mountains.

Widow Wang has long been famous, there is nothing to be afraid of, now with Li Er, worried about causing unnecessary trouble to Li Er, the two of them quietly live in seclusion here, usually the two of them dare not appear on the street together.

Otherwise, Li Er wouldn't be so scared when he saw us, I smiled and said to him: "Second Brother Li, if you want me to say that you are really, the old man is worried about this and that, how difficult it is for Sister Wang to follow you, you two are now legally husband and wife, what is the matter with hiding, as the old saying goes, no one says behind everyone's back, and that person doesn't say anything in front of him." You are a bit responsible, who would dare to chew his tongue in front of you and beat him. ”

The fat man hurriedly chimed in, even claiming that he was right. But in the final analysis, we outsiders will enlighten and enlighten other people's family affairs, and in the end, we have to rely on ourselves. Widow Wang, the daughter-in-law of Li Er, who has drunk tea and chatted with Tianli, well.... No, we can't call the widow right now, she tidied up the room for us, and went back to sleep.