Zeng Xiangjun returned to the outpost, and it was already two days later in the afternoon.

The comrades-in-arms surrounded Zeng Xiangjun and asked questions, as if they had gone home, "Apples, raisins!" Someone shouted excitedly

The conditions of the outpost are difficult, usually canned food, dried noodles, compressed biscuits, steamed buns, rarely can eat fresh vegetables, not to mention fruits and preserved fruits, lack of nutrition, is a common phenomenon, at that time the whole country was short of food and clothing, the army is the same, after all, the army can ensure that they are full, as for eating well, that is difficult to ask for luxury.

Zeng Xiangjun took out all the apples and raisins prepared by his mother, piled them on the table, and said to Wu Dahai, the leader of the cooking squad: "Squad leader Wu, these are all brought to you by my mother, she said when I left, she is not only my mother Zeng Xiangjun, but also everyone's mother, I hope these can supplement our nutrition, and we can better defend our motherland!" According to the old rules, let's share it with everyone when we eat dinner! "

This is the unwritten rule of the outpost, every comrade-in-arms who comes back from visiting relatives will share what he brought back from his hometown to his comrades-in-arms who live and die together, this is the real comrade-in-arms!

"Zeng Xiangjun, you are still hiding your secrets, what kind of treasure is this?" Wang Fugui, a comrade-in-arms in the same class, deliberately screamed

Everyone saw Wang Fugui put a bundle of tightly packed things on the table, and someone opened it curiously

"What is this?" Someone is asking

"I don't know, it's a sapling!"

"Let me see, it's a sapling."

"What kind of sapling is this?"

"I think it's poplar saplings, and there are many poplar trees in my hometown, tall and straight, as if they want to burrow into the clouds, so we also call poplar trees drilling!"

Everyone gathered around the sapling, gossiping, and discussed

"Zeng Xiangjun, what's going on with this bundle of saplings?" A person walked in outside the house, about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, medium build, and dark skin, it was Xiang Rongwei, the leader of the third squad where Zeng Xiangjun was located.

Seeing the squad leader, Zeng Xiangjun excitedly stood up and saluted, and told him why his mother let him bring back this bundle of saplings, and what she said to herself.

After listening to his story, the people in the room fell silent, and they all set their eyes on the bundle of saplings.

Xiang Rongwei said at this time: "What are you still doing in a daze, everyone is still dark, hurry up and plant the sapling, this is the mother tree!"

The phrase "mother tree" warmed everyone's hearts, and everyone walked outside the house with saplings, pickaxes and shovels and other tools!

Soon, 10 mother trees were planted around the outpost by the soldiers, and the dwarf and slender branches swayed in the cold wind, so weak and helpless!

"It's too windy, and the temperature is so low, we have to keep the saplings warm." Someone said worriedly

"Take old cloth and old clothes, wrap the trunk of the tree, and dress the little tree, so that it will keep warm."

There are always more solutions than difficulties, and someone quickly thought of a countermeasure.

"Big man, how did you take out your autumn clothes and pants?" Someone asked

The big man is Zhuang Wangcai, a machine gunner in the first class, a native of Shandong, tall and big, burly, very conspicuous in the crowd, everyone calls him "big man".

The big man scratched his head, and said angrily: "This set of autumn clothes and pants is too small, I was originally going to visit relatives and bring it back to my second brother Guodong, but now it is important to keep my mother tree warm!"

The next morning, Zeng Xiangjun carried the water saved by brushing his teeth and washing his face with a half-water kettle, and came to the saplings with colorful trunks such as scrap cloth, old socks, and the big man's cut autumn clothes and trousers, and poured a little water on each sapling.

When the other comrades-in-arms saw it, they also poured the saved water on the saplings, looking at the saplings, as if they saw their hometown mother, everyone's hearts were extremely sweet!