Chapter 30: Persistence and Emotion
A myth occurred between Liu Shuanglin and Fang Wei, a story about a princess and a poor boy.
Liu Shuanglin is persistent with Fang Wei, and in the two years that Fang Wei went to the nursing school, Liu Shuanglin's legs have run thin. The troops were almost a dozen hours away from the location of the nursing school, and at the beginning, Liu Shuanglin would come to see Fang Wei once a month, on a certain weekend. Liu Shuanglin took the train on weekend evenings and arrived at the nursing school at more than 10 o'clock the next day, and the train back left at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, leaving Liu Shuanglin with only a few hours.
The first two times, when Liu Shuanglin saw Fang Wei, he said that it was a business trip, and the two of them found a small restaurant around the nursing school to sit down, Liu Shuanglin wiped the sweat on his head and said: Let's improve the food today, I know that the food in your school is not good. Fang Wei ordered, and then the two of them sat together and ate lively. At the beginning, Fang Wei really thought that Liu Shuanglin was passing by on a business trip, and by the way, she came to see herself, her expression was very relaxed, and she looked like a warbler singing and dancing.
She said: Thank you, platoon commander, for coming to see me so busy.
Liu Shuanglin smiled falsely and said: Who asked me to be your platoon commander, it should be.
Again and again, many times later, Fang Wei knew that Liu Shuanglin was not passing by on a business trip, but made a special trip to see him. She was really moved, from the school to the army, it took more than 20 hours to go back and forth at a time, and the time left for them to meet was three or four hours. After a night of traveling, Liu Shuanglin obviously didn't have a good rest, but his expression was excited, he took out fruits and some snacks from his schoolbag and put them in front of Fang Wei, he smiled and said: These are your favorite foods.
Fang Wei looked at Liu Shuanglin seriously and said: You are running too hard like this, you can write a few more letters in the future.
I don't know when, Fang Wei no longer called Liu Shuanglin the platoon commander, but changed it to you.
Liu Shuanglin said: I'm fine, I'm idle on the weekend, I'm happy to come and see you.
Liu Shuanglin is really happy, every time he leaves the army, he has to ask for leave, and every time he asks the chief of staff on duty in the regiment, he goes to a place for only one reason: to see friends. At the beginning, others didn't take Liu Shuanglin's actions seriously, and they asked for leave and came back, but after a long time, people found that Liu Shuanglin was in love, and it took more than 20 hours to travel to see a person, and it took three or four hours to meet. In the army, regardless of cadres and soldiers, as long as someone falls in love, it is a very new thing, and everyone talks about it. Guessing who the other party is and what kind of work he does, he makes a comparison in his heart, and they are all in the environment of the army, and everyone is secretly competing with friends.
Every time everyone asked Liu Shuanglin who to see, Liu Shuanglin seemed very reserved. He said happily, "You will know later."
People followed the clues to analyze, analyzed and analyzed, everyone thought of Fang Wei from the Yuanshi Hospital, and everyone's eyes widened, they said: Is it Fang Wei, is it really Fang Wei?
When people asked this, Liu Shuanglin didn't say anything, just smiled faintly: Not necessarily.
As the questioning deepened, Liu Shuanglin acquiesced. People were impressed by Liu Shuanglin. After Fang Wei was admitted to the nursing school, her identity was truly revealed, the daughter of the logistics minister of the military region, the children of senior cadres, and everyone was jealous and excited about the children of senior cadres. No matter what achievements the children of high-ranking cadres make, they can accept it in their hearts, in a word: people are the children of high-ranking cadres. Or, if someone is the daughter of so-and-so, there is nothing, as if before this, people have been divided into three, six, nine and so on, and they have made a difference, which is a matter of course. At that time, the military school had just resumed enrollment, and it was very strange for anyone to be admitted to the military school. When people knew that Fang Wei was the child of a senior cadre, it was not surprising that Fang Wei could go to a nursing school.
What they are surprised is that Fang Wei can actually fall in love with Liu Shuanglin, which is simply the story of a swan and an ugly duckling. Liu Shuanglin's actions won everyone's attention, and they waited to see Liu Shuanglin.
Every weekend, the day Liu Shuanglin set off, he first asked the chief of staff of the regiment for leave, changed the clothes he usually wore during company training, put on a new set of cadre uniforms, and his leather shoes were freshly polished and spotless. With a satchel on his back, he set off cleanly.
Someone asked: Platoon Commander Liu, go wow.
Liu Shuanglin said: Go.
Someone else said: Platoon Commander Liu, you are really hard, you have to write more letters just to meet you for such a long journey.
Liu Shuanglin said: That's different.
Someone else said: Xiao Liu, you are so happy.
Liu Shuanglin blushed slightly, and smiled at people again.
Liu Shuanglin, who is in love or in pursuit, is cute and diligent. As everyone said, he ran thin legs for love.
As soon as Liu Shuanglin left the company, the cadres and soldiers gathered together and discussed.
Some people say: He, looking for a high-ranking cadre to talk to, is it possible, don't shave your head and pick your head hot.
Another person said: When Fang Wei was in the Normal Hospital, he seemed to have a relationship with him.
Someone said: When he was a platoon commander in the recruit company, he took Fang Wei with him.
Everyone said "oh", as if they understood.
They all felt that it was impossible for Liu Shuanglin to have anything between him and Fang Wei, a high-ranking child, who was so beautiful. What is Liu Shuanglin, the young man from the countryside, if it weren't for that accident, maybe he would have gone home to farm a long time ago. In their hearts, Fang Wei wants to be friends, and at worst, he should also fall in love with the son of the military commander, or the son of the secretary of the provincial party committee, only then can they feel balanced in their hearts. Liu Shuanglin is something, isn't this a toad who wants to eat swan meat?
When everyone was suspicious and jealous, Liu Shuanglin's love made unexpected progress.
In the past, Liu Shuanglin looked at Fang Wei, and when the two were about to break up, Fang Wei just politely sent Liu Shuanglin on the bus, one on the bus, the other under the bus, he smiled and waved goodbye to her, and she was also waving. As soon as the car left, she turned around and walked towards the school, he looked at the distance between them, and Liu Shuanglin had no bottom in his heart at that time. But there is a voice that has been encouraging Liu Shuanglin, I must chase after it, definitely. It was another Liu Shuanglin talking.
After coming down so many times, one time, Liu Shuanglin got on the bus again, and when he was about to say goodbye to Fang Wei, he didn't expect Fang Wei to get on the bus too, and she whispered: I'll send you.
In a word, he was very moved, and he said: You go back to rest early, it is time for class again tomorrow.
She said: You come so far to see me, I will take you to the train station What is here.
That time, Fang Wei not only sent Liu Shuanglin to the train station, but also bought a platform ticket to send him to the train all the time. When the train started, she began to wave to him, and she even took a few steps forward until he couldn't see her, waving her arms at him.
In Liu Shuanglin's view, the relationship between him and Fang Wei has a milestone-like commemorative.
When Fang Wei did all this, she was really moved by Liu Shuanglin's spirit, she was afraid of the word "serious" when things in the world happened, no matter what happened, as long as she was serious, she would have a good result. is also the same in love, Liu Shuanglin tasted the sweetness.
Liu Shuanglin was going to strike while the iron was hot, and then he changed it to come once every half a month, and finally he changed it to once a week. But he couldn't take it anymore. Every weekend, he spends time on the train, he has now learned to sleep on the train, whether there is a seat or not, when he leaves, he always has a few newspapers in his satchel, if there is a seat, he just sits down, leans back, he can fall asleep, when there is no seat, he spreads out the newspaper, sits at the junction of the two carriages, and can quickly fall asleep. As soon as I woke up the next day, the car arrived at the station. He got off the train, washed his face in the waiting room, and then, in good spirits, boarded the bus to the military district nursing school.
Although this rush is exhausting, it is exciting. Liu Shuanglin, who was born as a farmer, has developed a hard-working character, which has a place in the pursuit of Fang Wei.
Fang Wei was really moved, every Sunday, as soon as ten o'clock passed, she would appear at the school gate on time, and after a while, Liu Shuanglin's figure would appear in her sight in time. She took a few steps to meet her, and then the two of them followed each other to a small restaurant outside the courtyard, which became a place for their rendezvous, and was solemnly recorded in their love experience.
As a woman, Fang Wei's heart is kind, but also soft, and she feels happy and content to have a man who is so loyal to her. Fang Wei is not a complicated person, her background and her experience are destined to make her complicated. In the process of dating Liu Shuanglin, she didn't think about the other party's status and background, she didn't think about her status and background since she was a child, because she has always lived a very superior life, and she hasn't thought about the hardships and difficulties of life. In other words, Fang Wei in love has not really realized what life is. She can only be moved and experience the feelings of being in love. Fang Wei has been passive from the beginning to the present. From the first time Liu Shuanglin saw her, there was a "conspiracy", being able to get close to Fang Wei was Liu Shuanglin's victory, if he could have something with Fang Wei, it would be happiness.
Liu Shuanglin didn't expect that the relationship between him and Fang Wei would be so smooth, so smooth that he couldn't believe everything in front of him.
During that period of time, Liu Shuanglin traveled between the two cities, and his declaration of love spread to the ears of everyone in the division, and everyone in the division knew that there was a Liu Shuanglin, and knew that it was the daughter of the head of the military region who fell in love with him, and many people wanted to see Liu Shuanglin's demeanor.
In those days, Liu Shuanglin's mind was dizzy and top-heavy, every weekend, he packed himself up, and then put on his backpack like a warrior who went to the battlefield, under the attention of everyone, he walked out of the barracks heroically and tragically, and ran to the next city, where there was the love he was pursuing.
After a long time, the first thing that brought economic problems was Liu Shuanglin, who only had a salary of a few dozen yuan a month, and he had to make four round-trips a month. The cost of each trip is more than ten yuan, and he has to have a meal with Fang Wei in a small restaurant every week, and his salary is beyond his means. Liu Shuanglin's life became tight, a pair of socks were torn, and he mended them again and again, just like Lei Feng back then, and took out a sewing kit and mended it under the lamp.
He also saved every piece of soap and toothpaste, and finally he didn't use soap to wash his face at all, and the toothpaste was squeezed a little bit every time, and there was no foam in his teeth when he brushed it. I quit smoking for a few years. He is not only planning for the rush of love, he has now seen from afar that the sails of love are sailing towards him little by little. The last time he went to see Fang Wei, Fang Wei took the initiative to ask him for a photo. Fang Wei is not for her own retention, she wants to send it to her home and let her parents review it. Although Fang Wei didn't say that he loved him, there is no need to say anything about it, everything is clear. He chose a photo that he thought was the most proud and gave it to Fang Wei, which was taken in front of the camp on the day he was announced to be promoted. He smiled happily at the camera, with the barracks behind him and the slogan "Heighten vigilance, defend the motherland". He considers this photo to be the most energetic he's ever seen.
Next, he is going to prepare for marriage, although it is still far away to see that love is still far away, and he doesn't even have the courage to pull Fang Wei's hand, but he has already seen the banner of victory waving towards him. After falling in love, he is married, and he understands that when he gets married, his family can't help much, and everything has to rely on himself. He wants to save some savings, so as not to let Fang Wei underestimate himself when he gets married. What he is most afraid of is that Fang Wei looks down on himself, this is his weakness, and he has always had a deep inferiority complex in his consciousness, especially in front of Fang Wei's high-ranking children.
His parents are farmers, and they can't be put on the table, and their family background is not good, so to speak, it's nothing to want. However, Fang Wei's family, the family is a high-ranking cadre, the family lives in a small building, and there are guards standing guard outside the building, and those who come out and go in are picked up by cars. What kind of life people live, and what kind of life their own family lives, is simply the difference between heaven and hell.
Liu Shuanglin has always been secretly sad that he was born in such a family, and sometimes hates himself and his own family. Twenty days off a year since Tigan, he seldom went home, returning to the countryside to live in his tattered home, believing it to be a sin. The parents begged for letters to him one after another, describing how they missed their son's words, and at the same time feeling extremely proud that their son has been able to mingle with him today. He was afraid of receiving such a letter, and every time he received a letter from his parents, he secretly read it at a glance and ten lines by himself, and then he tore it up and tore it to shreds, leaving not a single word. Every time he finished reading the letter from home, he was in a bad mood.
There is no way, he has to go home once a year, sometimes twenty days of vacation, he only lives at home for three or five days, and then comes back in a hurry, after he returns home, his mood is not high, his face is gloomy all day, he does all this not to show his parents, but when he sees the appearance of the family, he really can't be happy. Liu Shuanglin's father, Second Brother Liu's body, is not as good as a year, his back is bent, his feet are not good for walking, and he has to hold on to something and catch for a while when he walks a few steps. His parents were happy about his return, after all, their son was born, and he was also an officer, and he was bound to eat public meals in the future. Many people have to come to their house to sit down, and the days when Liu Shuanglin went back were the most glorious days for his parents. Their faces were ruddy, and they greeted everyone with a smile, and Liu's second sister-in-law said: My Shuanglin has come back from the army, come into the house and sit down.
Second Brother Liu said: My son is back, and he is an officer.
Everyone came to sit down and ask about the things in the army, listening to the freshness, so as to pass the monotonous and rigid days in the countryside.
When everyone dispersed, the mother was concerned about her son's affairs.
Mother asked: Shuanglin, what are your personal affairs?
Liu Shuanglin said: As far as our family background is concerned, who wants to follow us?
At that time, there was no hope between him and Fang Wei.
The mother said, "Don't pick it, as long as it's in the city and there's a job."
Liu Shuanglin said: What else to pick, it's good if people don't pick us.
The parents stopped talking, and they were very upset that their family situation had affected their children.
In the end, my mother said carefully: If you think we are rural, you will say that you are an orphan in the future, and you have no father or mother.
Father also said: That is, you should be without us two old things, as long as you can live a good life, we don't have to worry about you.
Having said that, Liu Shuanglin's heart did not feel relaxed at all, on the contrary, it became heavier.
In the end, my mother said: I think the daughter of the branch secretary, Li Yaling, is good, and now she is staying in the city, if you were with her at the beginning, I don't think I could be wrong.
Liu Shuanglin suddenly became angry, and he said to his parents: Don't say anything.
The parents shut their mouths and sighed carefully.
At this time, Liu Shuanglin is no longer the Liu Shuanglin of the past, and the Liu Shuanglin of the past saw that his father's back was tall and could shelter him from the wind and rain. Now, the figure of his parents is getting older in his eyes, and he can no longer do anything for him. He felt sad at the same time, but also felt a little resentment. He resented why his parents didn't give him birth to a family with superior conditions, and he hated why his parents were so incompetent.
When he left home, he didn't even look back every time, and as soon as he stepped on the train back to the army, his heart seemed to be a little relaxed, and then he roared in his heart and said to himself: I, Liu Shuanglin, must be a person!
Every time, Liu Shuanglin walked out of his hometown Fangmagou, he looked tragic and abnormal, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent, he had no way to retreat, he could only straighten his waist and grit his teeth and move forward. But what is his way out, he is now promoted, he has become a platoon commander, there are more than 100 platoons in the whole division, that is to say, there are more than 100 platoon commanders, he has worked in the army for so many years, how many people have been in the platoon cadres, until they have changed jobs, and they have never been promoted to the next level, and in the end they have gone back and forth.
Liu Shuanglin's ability to do so today is completely accidental, if it wasn't for the rescue of the teacher's wife and daughter, he would have returned to Fangmagou to farm. He also wants to express himself, just as when he was a warrior, he wanted to do his job well, and then he could get ahead. However, in a peaceful life, it is simply too difficult to find opportunities to make meritorious contributions and express oneself. Others live like this for eight hours a day, and they live like this, in one day, training and learning, others also train and learn, and they can't do much better than others anyway, in ordinary days, Liu Shuanglin feels mediocre. Liu Shuanglin really hated that he was born at the wrong time, if he joined the army during the war years, for the sake of his future and fate, he would definitely not be afraid of death. But he just lives in a plain and peaceful living environment, and he can't see the way out of the future.
At this moment, Fang Wei broke into his life, like a desperate person, and saw the hope of life again. He wants to pursue Fang Wei's love at all costs, even if he hits his head and bleeds, he will not hesitate to do it. What he didn't expect was that the difficulties were not as big as he imagined, he didn't exert all his strength, and Fang Wei seemed to reveal a victorious smile to him.
The turning point between him and Fang Wei happened on a weekend, and during that weekend, he set off again. He was afraid of hunger on the road, so before leaving, he found two leftover steamed buns in the canteen, wrapped them in newspaper, and put them in his satchel. After he met with Fang Wei, at noon, he only ordered food for Fang Wei alone, he said that he had eaten in the car when he came, and he was not hungry now. In fact, after night after morning tossing, he was already hungry, and when Fang Wei finished eating and was about to send him to the train station, he just stood up, and his eyes were dark, and he fainted.
When he woke up, he found himself lying in a nursing school outpatient bed, with fluids on his hands. That day, he didn't make it, and Fang Wei spent money to open a room for him in the guest house. When Fang Wei took out the two steamed buns wrapped in newspaper and a bottle of water from his satchel in front of him, he blushed and said: I can't get used to the food in the restaurant. Fang Wei's heel circle turned red, Fang Wei took his hand, and said softly: Liu Shuanglin, don't come to see me, you have to see, I will go back to the army to see you next week.
Sure enough, at some point next weekend, Fang Wei appeared in front of the company's door. Her appearance was as sensational as a bomb. The beautiful and noble Fang Wei really fell in love with Liu Shuanglin, who was not good-looking and had a poor family.
The appearance of Fang Wei means that Liu Shuanglin's love has been a great success.
When Fang Wei sent a photo of Liu Shuanglin to his parents, of course, he also reported Liu Shuanglin's situation to his parents in the letter.
The mother read the letter and looked at the photos again, but didn't say anything, and pushed the letter and photos to Fang Wei's father again. The father didn't look at the photos, just hurriedly skimmed through his daughter's letter.
My mother said, "It's a rural person, and I look average."
My father said: What's wrong with the countryside, I'm from the countryside, what's wrong? Don't look down on rural babies, rural babies are kind and can endure hardships.
The mother sighed, noncommittal.
The mother said, "Why don't you let your daughter take him home and have a look?"
The father said: Let's see what we see, it's not to live with us, as long as the child likes it, I can watch it. What kind of society is it, and do you still want your parents to do that?
The father wrote a letter to Fang Wei on the same day, hastily affirming the marriage, and letting the daughter decide everything.
Fang Wei means that she wants her parents to give her ideas, and she really has no idea of her own on the issue of love. Liu Shuanglin is good and loyal to her, she knows it, but apart from these, she really doesn't know what else. She can't talk about love for Liu Shuanglin, some are just moved. Now when she thinks of the two dried steamed buns in Liu Shuanglin's satchel, her eyes are damp. For her and for love, he carried two steamed buns on his back on the road, what a touching act. After receiving his father's letter, the simple and kind Fang Wei decided to marry Liu Shuanglin.
In the year she graduated from Fang Wei Nursing School, she returned to the Normal Hospital as an honorable nurse, and her relationship with Liu Shuanglin was well known throughout the division. That is, in the autumn of that year, Liu Shuanglin was transferred to the division headquarters and became a deputy company staff officer. This is something that Liu Shuanglin did not expect. Liu Shuanglin sighed that his two turns of fate were really right at the right time!
This change of fate, he can be sure, must be related to his love with Fang Wei.
On the eve of New Year's Day that year, he and Fang Wei got married ceremoniously under the auspices of the division commander. When ordinary cadres get married, they can let the division commander come forward, and besides, it is the division commander who presides over the wedding, before this, Liu Shuanglin didn't even think about it. Only later did he know that the division commander had once served as a guard for Fang Wei's father, and the relationship between them was extraordinary. At the wedding that day, for the first time, he justifiably toasted the teacher with a glass of wine, and of course the teacher returned him a glass of wine. The division commander was still in the noise, and whispered in his ear: Xiao Liu, fight for breath, work hard, you are not the Xiao Liu you used to be, you and Fang Wei are now a family. The division commander didn't say the following words, the meaning was obvious, he was already a member of Minister Fang's family.
Liu Shuanglin saw that his future in the army was like a round of the rising sun in the east, and he was about to burst out. Since Liu Shuanglin married Fang Wei, the attitude of the entire army up and down has changed a lot. In the past, when he was a platoon commander, when he came to the division to do business, no one took him, a small platoon commander from the grassroots level, seriously, because the staff officers of the organs had the lowest rank above the deputy company level. Now Liu Shuanglin is already the deputy company staff officer of the organ, and besides, he also has the title of minister's son-in-law, and people admire him wherever he goes. Liu Shuanglin felt good on his wedding day.