Chapter 22: General Zhao
Lin Qiye's brows furrowed, "What do you mean by this?" "
Zhao Kongcheng smiled slightly, and unhurriedly took out a cigarette from his pocket, "Do you mind?" "
"Mind."
Zhao Kongcheng: ......
Zhao Kongcheng reluctantly put away the cigarette again, leaned back on the back of the chair, and a trace of remembrance appeared in his eyes.
"When I was younger, I was just like you."
"Seriously, this opening is a bit old-fashioned."
"……"
"It's okay, you continue."
"When I was six years old, my father died of illness, and my mother worked two jobs by herself, so she barely raised me." Zhao Kongcheng's hand rubbed the cigarette case, and his voice was very calm.
"The pace of those days was very slow, and my mother's expectation for me at that time was to finish junior high school well, and then come back to be a village cadre, marry a little daughter-in-law, have a few babies, and live happily together as a family.
You know, young people, there are always rebellious periods.
When I graduated from junior high school, my grades were not bad, and it would not be difficult to go back to become a village cadre, but I resolutely went to join the army despite her opposition.
In fact, she didn't object, but she seemed a little unhappy. The day I left home, she stood at the door, just silently watching me, I walked to the back of the house, she was watching me, I walked to the village gate, she was still looking at me......
Later, I walked to the station in the city, couldn't let go, and sneaked back to have a look...... I found her still standing there, looking in the direction I was going, in a daze.
Seriously, at that time, I really thought about staying like this and not leaving, but in the end, I was ruthless and went to become a soldier. "
Chief Zhao Kongcheng sighed and continued: "Later, my military rank rose higher and higher, I joined the special forces, and because I was good at hand-to-hand combat, I was transferred to the night watch.
After that, I also took advantage of the holidays to go back home to see my mother, and it turned out that ......"
Zhao Kongcheng said this, and suddenly paused.
Lin Qiye cautiously spoke: "Your mother...... Passed away? "
"No, she remarried."
Lin Qiye: ......
"My mother was too tired from work when she was young, and she wanted me to go back to the village to be a cadre and take care of her, but I didn't expect this at that time and chose to be a soldier.
Later, she couldn't stand it alone, so she got married, at least when she was old, there was someone who could take care of her.
It's a pity that I was already in the night watch at that time, and I couldn't stay by her side for a long time to support her, to be honest, I was really relieved to hear the news of her marriage at that time. "
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "So, what is the purpose of you telling me this?" "
Zhao Kongcheng slowly stood up and looked into Lin Qiye's eyes, "We all had cherished things, but as we grow up, we will subconsciously ignore their existence because of habits, and instead attract all the attention of other things......
I was like that back then, but you are different, Lin Qiye.
You're smarter than me, you're more sensible than I was back then, you have your own ideas, and you want to stay with your family and be with them.
It's really good.
Since you've chosen this path, go ahead.
Protect the world or something, just leave it to us people. "
He turned around and picked up the brown paper on the table and handed it to Lin Qiye.
"I met your aunt just now, in this era, there are really not many people like this, I know the current situation of your family, you take the money."
Lin Qiye didn't hesitate at all, "I don't want to." "
"I'm a night watchman, and I'm not short of money."
"Then I don't want it either."
"This is my one for your aunt, you have to ask for it!"
"My aunt won't ask for it either."
The corners of Zhao Kongcheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Lin Qiye for a long time, and no one gave in.
After a while, Zhao Kongcheng spoke again, "Lin Qiye...... I'm old, and I can't see the regrets that have happened to me again, even if it's in someone else. "
"Then you can close your eyes and not look at it." Lin Qiye's attitude was very resolute, "Although our family is poor, we also have our own bottom line, and I won't ask for the soldier's money."
What's more, my eyes are better, I have the ability, and I won't let regrets happen. "
Zhao Kongcheng opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just smiled bitterly.
"Isn't it fragrant for you to take back this money for your wife and children?" Lin Qiye spoke again.
"As I said, the welfare system of the night watchman is very good, even if I die on the battlefield, my wife and children will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, and they will be able to go to a good university in the future and have a bright future." Zhao Kongcheng saw that he really couldn't convince Lin Qiye, so he could only take the cowhide bag back.
"Then you don't have any dreams of your own?"
"My dream?" Zhao Kongcheng sat back in his chair and raised his eyebrows, "My dreams do exist, I have had them since I was a child. "
"What is it?"
"Become a general in the army! Then with a dazzling medal of merit on his chest, wearing a military uniform, he returned to the village in a beautiful manner, so that those who looked down on my mother would know that my mother's son ...... It's a general! A dazzling brilliance appeared in Zhao Kongcheng's eyes.
Lin Qiye was stunned, for some reason, looking at Zhao Kongcheng in front of him, he seemed to think of Li Yifei again......
They seem to be the same kind of people.
"Are you in charge now?"
"No, it's not even close." Zhao Kongcheng smiled bitterly, "And as a night watchman, you can't go out with a merit medal and swagger, this dream...... After all, it can only be a dream. "
Lin Qiye was silent.
"Alright, in that case, then I should go too." Zhao Kongcheng stood up, walked in front of Lin Qiye, and stretched out his right hand.
"I wish you a bright future, Lin Qiye."
Lin Qiye looked at Zhao Kongcheng's face blankly, it seemed that it was no longer so greasy......
He stretched out his hand and held it tightly together, "I wish you all the best one day, General Zhao." "
Zhao Kongcheng smiled, turned around and walked outside the house.
"Wait, your coat of arms." Lin Qiye stopped him, picked up the coat of arms on the table, and waved it.
Zhao Kongcheng patted his head, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot!" It's my life! "
Zhao Kongcheng took the coat of arms, glanced at it, and seemed to think of something, "By the way, have you seen the next few words?" "
"See."
"How? Isn't it handsome? "
"It's handsome, you wrote it?"
"No, this is the oath we made when we entered the Night's Watch." Zhao Kongcheng threw away the coat of arms like a coin toss, caught it steadily, and put it in his pocket, "But...... I love it. "
"Wait."
"What's wrong again?"
"It's raining out there, and you're holding an umbrella."
"Thanks, I won't return this umbrella."
"Take it, and think it is...... Let's pay for protecting the earth. "
"Interesting, okay, I'm leaving."
"Goodbye."
Zhao Kongcheng took the black umbrella, opened the door and walked out, while Lin Qiye stood by the window and silently watched him leave.
In the rain, his fingers rubbed the coat of arms in his pocket, and he whispered:
"If the night ends,
I will stand before thousands,
Horizontal knife to the abyss,
Bloodstained Sky Dome ......"
……
The rain is getting heavier and heavier.
Zhao Kongcheng sat in the black van with an umbrella in a hurry, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and prepared to enjoy a short period of silence.
At that moment, his headset suddenly rang!
A man's voice came from it.
His hand holding the cigarette trembled violently, and his pupils suddenly contracted!