It was inevitable that something should come would come, and Wang Xiaomao was demobilized at the end of the year. A few days before Wang Xiaomao was demobilized, he got the news that he was going to be demobilized, and he came to say goodbye to Li Ping. That afternoon, the two were sitting in the autumn yard. Li Ping knew that Wang Xiaomao would leave the army sooner or later, but he was really leaving, she was still taken aback, and looked at Wang Xiaomao with a pale face. Wang Xiaomao also looked helpless, he lowered his head and didn't say a word.

After a while, Wang Xiaomao raised his head and said very emotionally: Sister, I will leave here in three days. When he raised his head, he showed tears in his eyes, and the softest place in Li Ping's heart moved.

She asked: Is there any other way?

He shook his head and said: Director Wu has already announced that there are too few indicators for staying in the team this year, and I have overserved my service.

That afternoon, the two sat in silence for a while. Later, Wang Xiaomao still left, and took all the books he borrowed in the reading room with him when he left. Because it was borrowed in his name, it is natural to return it when it is about to be demobilized.

Wang Xiaomao walked away with the stack of books, she looked at Wang Xiaomao's back, and suddenly had a desire to cry.

When Wu Tianliang came back in the evening, he saw that Li Ping's face was very ugly, so he asked: What's wrong with you?

She said: Can you not let Wang Xiaomao go?

Wu Tianliang looked at her for a while, as if he wanted to see something from her face, and finally shook his head and said: Wang Xiaomao did it, his superiors did not approve it, he has overserved his service, and there is no reason to stay in the army.

After listening to Wu Tianliang's firm answer, she was deflated all of a sudden, she thought that Wu Tianliang could control Wang Xiaomao's fate.

Wu Tianliang said again: I know you are lonely, Wang Xiaomao has been with you during this time, and you have a good impression of him, which is understandable. Wang Xiaomao is gone, and Xiao Li, let Xiao Li accompany you tomorrow.

Wu Tianliang said it lightly.

The day before Wang Xiaomao was leaving, she proposed to Wu Tianliang to invite Wang Xiaomao to come to his house for a meal, but Wu Tianliang did not object. That night, she cooked a lot of dishes, and when Wu Tianliang got off work, she brought Wang Xiaomao here. Wang Xiaomao was leaving, and his expression seemed to be much more natural than the last time he ate at home. Li Ping found a few more cups and poured wine into them.

Wang Xiaomao controlled his emotions well at the dinner table, he picked up the cup and toasted Wu Tianliang, wishing Wu Tianliang good health and rising step by step. He also touched a glass with Li Ping, didn't call her, only stared at his cup, and whispered: I wish you a happy mood.

That day's dinner was not as warm as expected, Wang Xiaomao said goodbye after eating, and when he walked to the door, he turned around and saluted Director Wu and said: Director, goodbye.

Wu Tianliang said: A good man has ambitions in all directions, go back and find a good job.

He glanced back at her, as if he had a lot to say.

She turned back to Wu Tianliang and said: I'll send Xiao Wang.

After speaking, she walked out with Wang Xiaomao, and when she walked to the gate, she and Wang Xiaomao's shoulders collided, and Wang Xiaomao said in a low voice: Sister, go back.

She didn't say anything, and kept following behind Wang Xiaomao. The path from the family area to the army barracks had no street lights, and it was very dark at night, and there was no one on the road at this time.

She walked forward with him, and she suddenly said, "Hey, what time is it tomorrow?"

He stopped, faced her and replied, "Leave early tomorrow morning."

She also stood still, and looked at him in the darkness.

He shouted: Sister-

She could hear Wang Xiaomao crying.

She couldn't tell where she got the courage, so she hugged him all at once, and he hugged her too.

He cried and said, "Sister, I am reluctant to leave you, I will miss you when I leave."

She couldn't control it anymore, and said with tears in her eyes: I can't bear you either, and I will miss you too.

The two hugged tightly and cried softly, and in the end, Li Ping came back to her senses first, let go of her hand, looked at him with teary eyes and said: Xiaomao, don't forget to write to your sister.

At this time, she heard the courtyard door ringing, and he guessed that Wu Tianliang might have come out.

Wang Xiaomao also whispered: Sister, go back, Director Wu is out, I will write to you.

After saying that, Wang Xiaomao left, and before she turned around, she wiped a handful of tears with her cuffs.

After entering the house, Wu Tianliang still saw something in her eyes, but he didn't say anything, and the two went to bed early. She didn't sleep well all night, she woke up once in a while, and every time she woke up, she thought that Wang Xiaomao was going to leave tomorrow, and her heart hurt a lot. In the morning, the wake-up call in the barracks sounded, Wu Tianliang got up, and he said to her: I will send the veteran to the station, and I will not eat at home in the morning. After that, he walked out of the house.

After a while, she heard the demobilized veterans singing a song, she didn't know the name of the song, it was the demobilized veterans singing goodbye to the troops. There will definitely be Wang Xiaomao's voice in the song, she seems to have heard Wang Xiaomao's singing, and tears flowed out uncontrollably again, fortunately, she was alone in the house, she didn't have to hide anything, tears wet the pillow.

Wang Xiaomao left, she began to wait for Wang Xiaomao's letter with anticipation, she didn't know what Wang Xiaomao would say in the letter, she felt that there were many things to say to Wang Xiaomao.

Two days after Wang Xiaomao left, Wu Tianliang asked a soldier named Xiao Li to send Li Ping a few books. Xiao Li was eighteen or nineteen years old, saluted when he entered the door, then put down the book, and then didn't know what to say, and then asked over and over again: Does my sister-in-law have any work at home? She could only say: Xiao Li, thank you for sending the book, you can go back if you don't have any work. Xiao Li saluted her again, and then left.

When she saw Xiao Li, she thought of Wang Xiaomao again, Wang Xiaomao called her sister as soon as they met, but Xiao Li called her sister-in-law. The distance and proximity are obvious, as soon as she thinks of Wang Xiaomao, her heart is empty, the kind that has nothing to fall into. Whatever she did, Wang Xiaomao's appearance flashed in her mind, and then she wandered and recalled every detail with Wang Xiaomao little by little.

At noon that day, Wu Tianliang put down a letter on the dining table when she came back, as soon as she saw the letter, she knew that it was Wang Xiaomao, and the envelope was written with the words received by Director Wu Tianliang, Wu Tianliang had already opened the letter, she chuckled in her heart, Wu Tianliang didn't say anything, only buried her head in eating, she couldn't help asking: This letter is from Wang Xiaomao?

Wu Tianliang said "um".

Wu Tianliang lay in bed after lunch and took a nap, she lay on the bed and kept thinking about the letter on the table, she didn't know what Wang Xiaomao wrote in the letter, because the envelope said Director Wu Tianliang received, presumably he wouldn't say anything, to write a letter to the army must go through Wu Tianliang, this Wang Xiaomao is clear, after thinking about it, she has a lot less urge to read the letter. Finally, the military horn sounded for work in the afternoon, and as soon as Wu Tianliang walked out, she still couldn't wait to pick up Wang Xiaomao's letter. Sure enough, Wang Xiaomao only called Director Wu at the beginning of the letter, reported that he had arrived home safely, was waiting for the military resettlement office to arrange a job, and said a lot of words to thank Director Wu for so many years of cultivation, etc. just wrote this sentence at the end of the letter: Please bring it to Sister Li Ping, I wish her a happy mood and all the best!

Although it was such a bland sentence, she was still uneasy. The thoughts of Wang Xiaomao kept pouring out. She wanted to hear his true words, which was obviously impossible, and she suddenly had an idea, that is, to go back to Changchun, where she could write to him, and he could also write back to her, and say whatever she wanted. She had made up her mind, and she immediately packed her things, not wanting to stay here for a minute. When Wu Tianliang came back in the evening, she told him the idea of returning to Changchun.

Wu Tianliang only asked: Leave tomorrow?

She replied: I'll leave tomorrow.

He asked: Is there something wrong with the family?

She replied: No, it's just homesickness.

He said again after a while: It's okay to go back, it's been almost a year since you came, and you haven't been home yet, but I can't accompany you back if you leave in such a hurry.

She said: You are busy, I can go back by myself.

The next day, Wu Tianliang asked for a jeep, sent her to the railway station in the county seat, and took out the salary just paid this month and handed it to her. Repeatedly explained, before coming back, let the comrade-in-arms in Changchun call to tell her the train number, he came to the station to pick her up, and asked her to leave the platform until the car started.

At this time, Li Ping hated to fly back to Changchun all at once. Along the way, she wrote letters to Wang Xiaomao in the bumpy carriage, and as soon as she left the army, she relaxed, leaving only Wang Xiaomao's thoughts. After the car arrived in Changchun, she did not go home directly, but went directly to the post and telecommunications office in front of the station, sent the letter to Wang Xiaomao, and rushed home with ease.

After a year away from home, she came back and was warmly welcomed by the whole family, and her parents, brother and sister all inquired, and she said it in an understatement that was similar to the tone of a letter to them. The sister is back, the second brother is also back, and both huts are about to explode. She set up a bunk in the open space of her parents' room, and she was waiting for Wang Xiaomao's letter.

The family's enthusiasm for her for the first two days disappeared by the third day, because her return added a lot of crowding to the house. According to her original intention, she didn't want to stay in this home for a day, so she left here far away to leave a memory for her family. But she had to wait for Wang Xiaomao's letter, she had already said everything she had to say in her letter to Wang Xiaomao, and she told him that she loved him and couldn't do without him. If he wrote to tell her that he also loved her, then she would not hesitate to go to him, if he didn't love her, she could only go back to the army to find Wu Tianliang, and she accepted her fate.