That morning was no different from other mornings, the military horn for the army to work had just been blown, Director Wu was stepping on the sound of the military horn and leaving the house, Li Ping knew that the lonely day had started again, the eldest girl had gone to school, the eldest girl was very sensible, her room had been cleaned before going to school, everything seemed to be in order, the only thing Li Ping could do was to clean the other two rooms, it didn't take long to do all this, and the rest of the time, she touched here and looked there. When she was confused, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard gate, and it was rare for anyone to come at this time before, and the political commissar's house, as well as the regiment leader's house, came to visit the door, never knocking on the door, but shouting outside the door. Li Ping pushed open the door of the inner room and walked out, and saw a young soldier standing outside the door, his face was red, a pair of eyes flashed to look at her, and he held a stack of books in his arms, and he called softly: Sister.

She looked at the little warrior, and for some reason, her heart was "fluttering and stunned" for a while, and she hurriedly opened the door. The soldier said solemnly: "Sister, it was Director Wu who asked me to send you a book, my name is Wang Xiaomao, and I am an orderly and news reporter in the Political Department.

She hurriedly stretched out her hand and asked Wang Xiaomao to please inside the house. Wang Xiaomao looked a little shy, but he still came in, sat in the corner of the dining table, put down the stack of books, and then said with a red face: Sister, this is the book I picked out for you in the reading room. Then I showed a local copy to Li Ping. Finally, he stood up and said, "Sister, then I'll go first, and I'll send you new books in two days."

After speaking, he saluted Li Ping, turned around and left. Li Ping kept sending Wang Xiaomao to the yard and watched his figure disappear. Only then did she smile in her heart, thinking that this little warrior was strange and cute, he called her sister, and called her so naturally, she recalled that sister, and her heart was strange and comfortable, and she had a strange feeling.

After Wang Xiaomao left, she began to flip through those books, which are all old books, "Lin Hai Xueyuan", "Song of Youth", "Defending Yan'an" or something, some of which she had read when she was in high school, and some of which she hadn't read, and her days with books had a taste. When she flipped through those books, the back of the cover was the library card in the reading room, who borrowed the book in what year, month, and year, and she saw Wang Xiaomao's name on the library card of each book, and Wang Xiaomao's name sometimes appeared twice in a book, that is, Wang Xiaomao read it more than once. When she was reading, she had a strange feeling in her heart, thinking, these are all books that Wang Xiaomao has read.

The days of reading were very fulfilling, and her troubled heart was much more steady. When Wu Tianliang came back at noon or night, her face was not so sad, and sometimes she would smile at Wu Tianliang, and there would be a lot of communication between them when they were eating or lying in bed.

She asked: How old is that Wang Xiaomao?

She also asked: Where is Wang Xiaomao from?

She asked again: What kind of work does he usually do in the army?

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She learned from Wu Tianliang that Wang Xiaomao was one of the few high school graduates in the regiment, a native of Luoyang, Henan Province, who usually cleaned up in the office and assisted the propaganda officer in writing news reports the rest of the time. Wu Tianliang finally said: Don't look at Wang Xiaomao, who is only 22 years old this year, he publishes more press releases in newspapers than propaganda officers in a year.

In Wu Tianliang's description, she knew a little about Wang Xiaomao, and she remembered Wang Xiaomao's appearance when she called her sister, and she smiled in her heart.

That day, she said to Wu Tianliang: Hey, I've finished reading all my books, and let Wang Xiaomao help me find a few.

Wu Tianliang said: You can't just read books, you have to have someone to talk to you, I know that you and those family members are not the same kind of people, and there is no common language, in the future, Wang Xiaomao has time, I will let him come over to talk to you.

She listened to Wu Tianliang's idea, her heart was very warm, and she remembered Wang Xiaomao's appearance again, but she didn't say anything.

Since then, Wang Xiaomao not only helped her borrow and return books, but sometimes came straight to her, and said when he entered the door: Sister, is there any work at home for me to help?

Of course, she won't let Wang Xiaomao do any work, she has already finished the work that should be done, and for the rest of the time, she will let Wang Xiaomao sit at the dining table and talk to her. The two really have a lot of common language, they graduated from high school in about the same time, although one is Changchun, the other is Luoyang, but the experience is similar, the two even talked about some of the toys and methods they played when they were children, and they both looked at each other and smiled when they said this.

Once, Wang Xiaomao suddenly asked: Sister, how old are you this year.

Li Ping said: 24, why are you asking this?

Wang Xiaomao blushed and hurriedly said: It's nothing.

Wang Xiaomao didn't seem to be able to find the words, and used his fingers to pick at his pocket.

Li Ping hurriedly brought the topic to reading, and she asked: Have you read all those books?

Wang Xiaomao was natural this time, he nodded and said: When I was in school, I was not very good at other homework, that is, I was good at Chinese, and the teacher asked me to write an essay, and others wrote one, and I wrote two, sometimes three.

When Wang Xiaomao said this, his eyes lit up.

Wang Xiaomao then said: I had an idea when I was in high school, and I was determined to be a writer at that time.

Li Ping hurriedly asked: What about now?

Wang Xiaomao raised his head and said: Now I think the same way.

When Wang Xiaomao said his hobbies and ideals, Li Ping's chest was slammed into it, how could Wang Xiaomao's ideals not be his own ideals? When Wang Xiaomao said this, she looked at Wang Xiaomao in a daze, and when Wang Xiaomao finished speaking, she hadn't woken up yet.

Wang Xiaomao lowered his head and said: Sister, what's wrong with you?

It was only then that she came back to her senses and hurriedly said: I am just like you.

The two of them had strikingly similar hobbies and interests, which made the distance between the two people close all of a sudden, both of them said that the books they had read, and the books they had read were similar, and when the two talked about the details of their common interests, they were also strikingly similar, and then they laughed together, and after laughing, they calmed down, and then their expressions were a little unnatural. Wang Xiaomao looked at the watch on his wrist and said as if he remembered something: It's not early, let's see if there's anything in the place.

After Wang Xiaomao finished speaking, he stood up, and then said: Sister, don't send it, I'm not a guest.

When he said so, she would still send him out of the hospital, he walked a few steps, beckoned to her and said, "Sister, go back." And then he trotted all the way away.

With Wang Xiaomao, Li Ping's life is much more fulfilling. The smile often hangs on the face, and when I cook, I am also in the mood, and I often change some tricks. Wu Tianliang naturally saw Li Ping's changes, he was also happy, and then said: You will slowly adapt to here, your main problem is that you are afraid of loneliness, so let Wang Xiaomao accompany you more in the future.

Wang Xiaomao really came more often, sometimes in the morning and in the afternoon, they seemed to be old acquaintances, as if they had known each other since they were born.

One day Wang Xiaomao said: Sister, you are really like a classmate of mine in high school.

Li Ping said: Is your classmate beautiful?

Wang Xiaomao said: Beautiful, similar to you.

Li Ping smiled and said: Are you interesting to others?

Wang Xiaomao sighed and said: What's the use of being interesting, I visited my family last year, and they got engaged to the son of the secretary of the municipal party committee.

Li Ping said "oh".

After a while, Wang Xiaomao suddenly asked: Sister, why did you marry Director Wu, was introduced by someone else?

Wang Xiaomao asked this, Li Ping's heart sank, she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart for a while, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Wang Xiaomao knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly added: Director Wu is very good to us, and he is a very high-level leader.

When the two talked about such a topic, the language became difficult, for Wu Tianliang, Li Ping's mood was complicated and hazy, he had only met him once before marrying him, it can be said that he married him without knowing anything, of course, he couldn't talk about feelings. Since coming to the army, he has been called Director Wu's "family", he should be good to her, he has always thought that he is ashamed of Li Ping, so he has a tolerant attitude towards her. Except that he is older than her, has a child, and the place where the garrison is not good, Wu Tianliang is still okay. She doesn't know what love is, and she can't tell love. She even thought that marriage was love. That's how my parents came over, they have been noisy all their lives, they are still noisy after retiring, and then they are running around for life, and the essence of life makes love escape.

At that time, she put the small note in the cigarette case, just to pray that a man with slightly better conditions could take her away from real life and away from the sorrow of the family, and now Wu Tianliang brought her out, but from one reality to another, she couldn't tell which reality was more suitable for herself, she could only accept her fate.

These days, Li Ping has also been sorting out her mood and thoughts, she knows that she can't escape reality, and she can't tell which reality is better, but she is still troubled. The endless troubles made it difficult for her to see her for what she was. In the days with Wang Xiaomao, she temporarily forgot her troubles, she talked and laughed with him, and she even had more fantasies about life. When she had Wang Xiaomao, she didn't even think about how she should live without Wang Xiaomao.

Wang Xiaomao's appearance has indeed changed Li Ping's life, including her attitude towards Wu Tianliang. She willingly washed and cooked for Wu Tianliang, accepting the existence of the eldest girl. She didn't think there was anything wrong with the eldest girl, she didn't cause her any big trouble, she added an extra handful of rice when cooking, and an extra scoop of water when washing clothes. Anyway, she has time now, so she doesn't care about doing more or less. What made her unacceptable was that when the eldest girl called her mother, she was unwilling to face it again, but fortunately, the eldest girl couldn't call twice a day, and when she came back at night to eat, she quietly hid in her own room and didn't come out.

After lying in bed and intimacy with Wu Tianliang at night, Wu Tianliang said the most: You don't care, I can't let you have a baby.

Until now, she really hadn't thought about having a child, and every time Wu Tianliang asked, she shook her head in the dark. Wu Tianliang took a long breath, then held her hand, and said happily: "I found you in this life, and it is really a blessing from the previous life." Wu Tianliang is very satisfied with his happy life.

Li Ping lay next to Wu Tianliang, and suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, and then she thought of Wang Xiaomao, who was only two years older than him. She didn't know why she was thinking about it. When I think of this, my mind drifts far away, and I will lose sleep for a long time.