End of meeting.

Chai Shuyao did not return with him, but said goodbye to his grandfather, said goodbye to everyone, and after inquiring about the location of the second battalion of Yuanhuo, he drove the vehicle alone.

I desperately want to tell Chen Ming the good news in person.

The other side.

After a few days, the second battalion of Yuanhuo, which had fought hundreds of miles, received an order from the director's department to stop fighting for five hours on Chinese New Year's Eve, and Chen Ming exhaled lightly.

Jumped from the top of the gun carriage and prepared to rest.

It is no wonder that the intensity of the daily training of the artillery is so high, this is really on the battlefield, whether it is transfer or combat, it is all manual work, especially more than 40 people take care of twelve artillery carriages.

tossed a group of veterans of the second battalion miserably.

As soon as the news of the armistice came, Wang Shuaibing softened, collapsed next to the tires, looked up at the dark night sky, and muttered: "Brother Chen, you said that if we hadn't come to join the army, we would definitely have eaten Chinese New Year's Eve dinner by now, and the braised carp made by my mother, especially the four-hole carp from Weishan Lake, the taste is delicious now when you think about it."

"It's a pity that this year is destined to be unavailable."

"It's quite extravagant." Chen Ming patted the dust on his body with a gun on his back, and also sat down against the car body.

Smiled: "But our family does not eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at this time, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is eaten at noon, at this time the family should all get together to chat and watch the Spring Festival Gala, swallowing melon seeds."

"I came to join the army this year, and I am in the war preparation period, and there is definitely no hope of going back."

"Lunch for Chinese New Year's Eve? Da Mingzi, you're not kidding, are you? Zou Mingming ran over in surprise and asked.

"It's said that it's Chinese New Year's Eve, it must be eaten at night, the whole family sits together, eats and drinks to discuss the harvest of the year, by the way, urges marriage, urges the birth of a baby, and then arranges to leave relatives after the New Year, how do you eat at noon?"

"It's not just our family, it's our village." Chen Ming spread his hands, this is a custom in some places in Pengcheng, he has been in contact with it since he was a child, and he doesn't feel anything wrong.

The other veterans of the second squad next to him heard the two privates talking about their hometown, took out a cigarette from their pockets, walked around, and sat there silently savoring.

On the battlefield, cigarettes are in demand, and the faint smell of tobacco seems to be able to offset some of the nostalgia.

The artillery fire ceased.

The smell of gunsmoke still seems to be lingering.

On the special festival of Chinese New Year's Eve, a group of people temporarily unloaded the burden on their shoulders and quietly missed their hometown.

"What are you doing, with a sad face?" Xi Minghui, the leader of the second squad, walked to the gun truck with a smile.

Take the food, drink out of the box and start shouting.

"Come and come, even on the battlefield, you can't forget to celebrate the festival, complex and complicated, simple and simple, self-heating small hot pot one person one, and juice one person a bottle, take your mobile phone, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, it is our Spring Festival, all call home and report safety."

"Chen Ming, give it, your mobile phone, when the war preparations are over, you can also take time off to go out and buy another one, see if your mobile phone is broken."

"I am reluctant to spend the allowance, so I am saving to marry a daughter-in-law?"

"Thank you, squad leader." Chen Ming smiled and stretched out his hand to take the mobile phone, ignoring the squad leader's ridicule, everyone was still busy filling rockets just now, and in a blink of an eye, the battle was stopped and rested, which made him a little uncomfortable.

Picking up his mobile phone, Chen Ming got up and walked to a slope and sat down, I don't know how long this Spring Festival war will last, and he hasn't contacted his family for a long time.

Thinking about this time, his parents should watch the Spring Festival Gala again, his mother was not in good health when he was a child, and he didn't have any younger siblings or anything.

The two elders are indeed quite lonely at home, usually fine, this is a big holiday, Chen Ming has also grown so big, and it is the first time that he has not stayed at home for the Spring Festival.

A soft sigh.

Chen Ming put aside the self-heating hot pot and juice he had received, picked up his mobile phone and dialed his father's number.

Pengchengwei County, Yanziying Village, Chen's family.

Chen Ming's father, Chen Qianghe, and his mother, Hu Caixia, walked around and returned home after dinner.

Chen Qianghe turned on the light, felt the desertion of the home during the Chinese New Year, looked up at the large plaque of the "Home of the Third-Class Meritorious Hero" in the hall, hung it in the center, and silently took out a bag of "Sequoia Trees" from his pocket and tore it open, took out one and lit it.

The scarlet cigarette butts, coupled with curling smoke, Chen Qianghe coughed several times in a row, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Dead old man, how old are you and still learning to smoke, and you have quit for 20 years, what do you say you want?" Hu Caixia muttered a few words, picked up a thermos and made a cup of tea, and brought it to Chen Qianghe.

"There are a lot of people giving gifts to the eldest brother's family today, so you can run before and after the work, you don't just don't go, it's the same as a donkey, you have to go, and you are uncomfortable when you go, do you say you are looking for your own guilt?"

"I said I wouldn't let you go, you want to save face."

Chen Qianghe was counted a few words by his wife, the wrinkles on his face seemed to be deeper at this moment, he gently put the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it, raised his sleeve and wiped his somewhat frozen face, and sighed.

"I'm not because of this, Kaifei is a good boy, and he does have a future, the eldest brother's family is lively, that is someone else's child is promising, you said that our family Mingzi would be good if he studied hard."

"Even if you can't get into a good university, it's better than not being able to come back for the New Year, the army is hard, and now you can't even come back home, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve this, I know, I'm not worried about Mingzi."

Chen Qianghe said, took out a newspaper from the drawer again, and read it over and over.

This is the military newspaper of the war zone arranged by the armed forces department of Wei County, and it has propaganda news that Chen Ming occupies half of the page.

At that time, when the Ministry of Armed Forces sent it, there were three bags of rice, two barrels of oil, and some pork and other New Year's goods to express New Year's condolences.

But for the two old people, these are far inferior to the children by their side, what they want is to be lively and reunited.

Especially just now, when I returned from Chen Ming's uncle Chen Qiangjiang's house, there was an endless stream of people giving gifts on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the two children greeted the guests with smiling faces, and the room was almost full of gifts.

The house is lively, there are rows of cars outside, and they are ranked first in the entire Yanziying Village.

Chen Qianghe was called over early to help, saying that he was helping, but in fact, he was just watching the bubble tea, scattering smoke, and helping to go to the neighbor's house to borrow some stools and greet guests.

I was busy for more than two hours, I didn't drink the tea, I didn't sit on the chair, Chen Kaifei finally shouted "Second Uncle", Chen Ying's girl, seeing the guests smiling like flowers, saw that he didn't even shout "Second Uncle".

The old man didn't want to continue entertaining, so he came back in a huff, and on the way he had to buy a bag of "Sequoia Trees" himself.

It's not that Chen Ying is angry, as an elder, he won't be as knowledgeable as a junior, but because his home is too deserted during the Chinese New Year, and he feels uncomfortable.

Compared with the eldest brother's family, the door is not stopped, and his own house seems to be full of people and deserted.

It's normal to feel uncomfortable.

Ay!

"Jingle bells! Jingle bells! ”

Just when the two old men were sad, Chen Qianghe's mobile phone rang.

Hu Caixia got up and walked over and grabbed her phone, "If the eldest brother calls, I'll answer." ”

"Don't go to help anymore, that's also called help? I'm busy to show you, it's pretty much the same. ”

"Let's close the door and spend our own New Year, if the baby doesn't come back, it will also be the New Year."

Hu Caixia looked at the mobile phone screen with an impatient face, and when she saw the WeChat page, the "big golden retriever" avatar set by Chen Ming appeared.

Hu Caixia, who was still reluctant just now, her face instantly became excited, and she waved into the distance again and again: "Come here, come on, it's the baby playing video, hurry up."

As soon as Chen Qianghe heard that it was his son, he put down the newspaper with a "brush", quickly tidied up the crumpled cotton clothes, put aside the sad mood just now, and replaced it with a smiling face.

Run over and click to answer.

"Ding!"

The picture of Chen Ming wearing a military uniform and sitting on a slope in the field appeared in front of the two old men through his mobile phone.

"Dad, Mom, Happy New Year."

"Good, good." Chen Qianghe grinned, and his eyes showed a hint of doubt: "Mingzi, I heard from the comrades of the Armed Forces Department that you don't want to fight in the New Year?" Why do you have time to call? Why are you sitting there alone? ”

"No, Dad, I'm not alone." Chen Ming smiled and turned the screen of his mobile phone to his comrades in the distance, as well as the artillery carriage parked aside.

PHL-03A has long been unveiled at the military parade, which is not considered a violation of secrecy, and even many comrades-in-arms sit directly next to the gun barrel to open a video at home.

It doesn't matter if Chen Ming's mobile phone turns, Wang Shuaibing, Xi Minghui, Feng Xiaodong, Wang Baoding, Zou Mingming, and Liu Dazhuang got up and ran over from a distance.

A group of young men in military uniforms, with smiling faces on their faces, rushed to the screen with juice in their hands.

"Uncle, Happy New Year, I wish you a new year and a new atmosphere, eat well, and your body is great."

"Happy New Year, Auntie, Da Mingzi is good in all this, we will take care of him, Uncle and Aunt in the New Year, I wish you a smile and good luck."

"Uncle was very handsome when he was young, and my aunt was so young."

“.”

Seven or eight people rushed to the front, and you said a word to me, trying your best to show that they were very happy here, and they didn't have to worry about it at home.

Chen Qianghe and Hu Caixia looked at a group of half-sized children, they were all so polite, their eyes were moist.

Say yes in a loud voice.

Waiting for his comrades-in-arms to run away, Chen Ming got his mobile phone again and looked at home with a smile.

"Dad, Mom, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine here, you should be good at home, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish my parents a good New Year."

"Okay, okay." Chen Qianghe pursed his lips and smiled, and some unpleasantness just now quickly dissipated.

Even if his children are not as good as the sons of the eldest brother's family, then his children are still protecting the family and defending the country.

The old man was proud again.

Hu Caixia was holding her mobile phone to talk to her son, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a figure flashing outside the gate, so she put down her mobile phone curiously and ran outside to take a look.

I only saw a box of elderly milk powder at the door, and a warm coat, but I didn't see anyone, and I didn't see anyone passing by after waiting for a long time.

Hu Caixia suspiciously lifted the thing into the door, planning to wait to see if anyone had misplaced it.

And the person who put the things was standing at the corner of Chen Ming's house dozens of meters away at this time, watched silently for a long time, gathered his long hair, and left quietly.

It was Jiang Kexin, who she hadn't seen for a long time, she had dinner at home, refused the invitation of her classmates, and didn't accompany her family to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Hearing the blessing of Chen Ming's comrades-in-arms in the house, he hesitated for a moment, but chose to put down the gift and leave quietly.

She has no reason to step through this door.

(End of chapter)