Chapter 17: Brother Eighty Soldier 17

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year is drawing to a close, and farming is about to begin.
Before planting in the spring, the land must be loosed. The cattle on the commune are limited. The Xishan brigade has not won it this year. It can only rely on the members of the to turn over. This is a work that can be done by strong labor.
Zhao Nan also went to the ground, and the cents he earned went to his family. But he couldn't do it for a few days, and it was the nineteenth of the first lunar month in a blink of an eye, and he would go back to the army immediately.
That night, Jiang Rui knits a sweater under the light, with only one cuff left. Let him wear it tomorrow.
Zhao Nan finished washing and sat aside to watch her.
Jiang Rui talked to him one after another, "Did you go and talk to your dad? You have to drive the car tomorrow. He gets up early in the morning and goes down to the ground, so he may not be able to touch him.
"Say, just came from my parents' room."
"The younger brother and younger sister are not at home. When you pass the county town, if you have time, just go and take a look. The next time you meet will take another year."
"Okay," Zhao Nan nodded, "Do you want to say goodbye to your father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Jiang Rui thought for a while, shook his head, "Forget it, when you leave, I will go back and say."
Wang Tonghua loves face. The last time Zhao Nan saw the quarrel at home, her face was a little uncomfortable. If she visits again in the near future, it will only make her uncomfortable.
"Okay." She finished knitting the last step, shook the sweater, picked it up, and looked left and right. She thought it was OK, symmetrical left and right, with fine stitches. Then she said to Zhao Nan, "Wear it and see if there is anything If it doesn't fit, I will change it again."
Zhao Nan took off his coat, inside it was a thin sweater, which was worn next to the skin, and outlined the strong muscles of his chest and arms. With his movements, the muscles undulated and swelled, full of beauty of strength.
Jiang Rui looked around, and suddenly stretched out and pinched his chest.
Zhao Nan's head was still covered in the sweater, and his body shrank back suddenly. One hand grabbed her errant hand, and the other hand pulled down the sweater collar, finally showing his face and looking at her helplessly.
"Okay, okay, just don't tease you, just put it on and let me see it." Jiang Rui took his hand back and said, Xiao Mimi said.
Zhao Nan shook his head and tidied the clothes leader and hem.
This is Jiang Rui knitting sweater for the first time, but it fits well. Her eyesight and comprehension are naturally incomparable to ordinary people. The last time she made her own cotton-padded clothes, she did it once. She felt that she might be able to do it in the future. Can be an excellent tailor.
The clothes were very warm, and the whole body was warm after putting them on. Looking at the appearance of Jiang Rui looking around him, Zhao Nan suddenly reached out and hugged her.
"I'll report when I get to the army." He said this a few days ago, and said it again today.
"I know, I'll wait for your news at home." Jiang Rui put his arms around his waist, rubbing his face against his shoulder.
Zhao Nan stopped talking and did not let her go.
Jiang Rui went upstairs with him for a while, and said: "The bed is messy and everything has been confiscated. Let me clean it up first."
"I'll come." Zhao Nan finished speaking, and waited again, before letting go and pressing her against the table, and quickly cleaned up the woolen scissors and other debris on the bed.
It was late at night, and everyone else in the Zhao family had fallen asleep. Zhao Nan was lying on the bed, but he still didn't feel sleepy. In the past, when he went home to visit relatives, although there was some melancholy of separation before leaving, he had never felt this kind of worry about him.
Don't worry about her being at home, worrying that if he is not there, she will be uncomfortable in an unfamiliar environment, and even worried about whether her family will bully her. If he can, he almost wants to take her with him when he leaves tomorrow.
"Why don't you sleep? I have to get up early tomorrow." Jiang Rui said in his arms.
Zhao Nan folded his arms and took her into his arms. The body in his arms was soft and smooth. He almost wanted to rub people into his body with great force, but was afraid that a little effort would hurt her.
The two got too close, Jiang Rui simply turned over, lay on his chest, and asked softly, "What are you thinking?"
Zhao Nan looked down at her, bowed his head and kissed her on the forehead, then said, "Don't be restrained at home, just like your own home."
Jiang Rui probably guessed his thoughts and chuckled softly: "Don't worry about me. Our family is very good. My parents love me, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law are also kind. But you, take care of yourself when you are alone. Obediently wait for me to find you."
"Yeah." Zhao Nan nodded.
"Can you sleep now?" Jiang Rui yawned and was about to get off his body, but his slender waist was firmly held by two big palms.
"Huh? Do you have something to say?" She raised her head and looked into Zhao Nan's dark eyes.
"Go to bed later tonight..." The two palms slowly moved up and down.
The next day, when Zhao Nan woke up, it was still dark. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Rui’s sleeping face. He wanted to get in touch with her and kiss her. He was worried about waking people up, so he stared intently for a long time. Get up lightly.
Zhang Liyun is already awake and is burning in the stove. The orange flames danced and danced, and she saw God when she watched it, until a mother awakened her.
She raised her head and saw Zhao Nanzheng walking in. Through the door of the stove, she could see that the sky outside was still dark blue.
"Why don't you sleep longer? I was on the road two days later, but I didn't sleep peacefully."
"Full of sleep." Zhao Nan moved a bench and sat beside her.
Zhang Liyun looked sideways at this son. He left home for the first time more than ten years ago. She also got up before dawn, boiled egg pancakes, and asked him to take them on the road. He also sat quietly like today. By his side, in a blink of an eye, the slightly immature boy has become an indomitable man.
"Away from home, take care of yourself, don't worry about family affairs. Baoqin is a good boy, diligent and sensible, and I watch him, so she won't be bullied."
"She's young, please mother bother."
Zhang Liyun glared at him, "You still want to tell me? She is my daughter-in-law, who bother me? You stinky boy, are you worried that I will bully your daughter-in-law, eh? I have lived for almost 30 years. Once I talked to your mother in a polite way, just for the new daughter-in-law. In your heart, I am a bad mother-in-law?"
Zhao Nan couldn't figure out why he got angry with a single sentence, and in line with the principle of saying more and wrong, he had to shake his head and stay silent.
Zhang Liyun read a few more words, remembering that her son was going to leave in a while, she felt uneasy, and gradually muted her voice.
"Mom, you and Dad must take care." Zhao Nan said suddenly.
Zhang Liyun turned his head, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said gruffly: "I also use you to say, your dad and I can count on you to wait until you are a hundred!"
Zhao Nanzheng nodded, "I will."
After breakfast, Zhao Nan left without letting his family deliver it.
Standing on the dam of the reservoir, Jiang Rui watched him carry a duffel bag and walked farther and farther until he couldn't see it before returning home.
There were only Li Xiaoe and Zhao Xiaobo in the room. The children felt a lot. Zhao Xiaobo had just got up and learned that his second uncle had already left and was eating glumly.
"Sister-in-law, where's mom?" Jiang Rui looked at the room but didn't see Zhang Liyun.
Li Xiaoe pointed to the room and whispered: "Every time my second brother leaves home, Mom is in a bad mood. Let her take it easy."
It was almost noon before Zhang Liyun came out of the room, and it seemed to be about the same as usual.
She called Jiang Rui and said, "Anan didn't tell her mother-in-law before leaving, Baoqin, let's go home in the afternoon."
"Okay." Jiang Rui responded and walked to Du's house after lunch. When she met someone on the road and asked her why she was alone, she smiled and said that Zhao Nan had already returned to the army, and someone asked why she didn't go with him. She also said one by one.
Du Youfu and Du Baoqiang both went to work on the farm. Du Baozhen went back to school. Du's family only had Wang Tonghua, Zhang Xiaohua and Xiaoshan Haw.
When Jiang Rui came in, Wang Tonghua was feeding the rabbits in the yard, "Mom, I'm back."
"I'm back? Have you eaten yet?" Wang Tonghua looked behind her, saw that she was the only one, and asked, "Why didn't Anan come together?"
Jiang Rui took over the job of feeding the rabbits, "I have eaten, and Anan has already set off for the army in the morning. Because it was too early, it was still dark, so I didn't come to tell you."
"You left so early? You have only been married for a few days." Wang Tonghua frowned slightly, "I said before that I can join the army, when should I cash it out?"
"He needs to report back to the army first, Mom, how about Xiao Haw? Is the cold better?"
Wang Tonghua fed the last blade of grass to the rabbit and patted the ash on her hands, "Well, I haven't been crying much for the past two days. I am sleeping in the house now, and your sister-in-law is with her."
Jiang Rui glanced at the room and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law and brother have not quarreled these days, right?"
"Stop noisy, tired to death every day, there is no energy to noisy."
After watching Wang Tonghua for a few days, she almost understood. Her daughter-in-law was arguing there. In fact, it was not necessarily because she was given too much work, but was so angry that Baozhen did not work. Baozhen went to school these two days. Not in front of her, there was still so much work at home, but she didn't see her noisy.
She looked at the eldest daughter who lowered her head to feed the rabbit, and her heart was mixed. When Baoqin was at home, why was no one making any noise? It was because she did most of the things alone. She has always known that this daughter is well-behaved and diligent, which has been regarded as a habit for so many years. Now that she has gone out, she knows how much trivial and hard work they used to say that they used to be diligent.
It's a pity that it's too late. Her most diligent daughter has become someone else's daughter-in-law. Her own daughter-in-law is competitive and unwilling to suffer. The other daughter, like her husband and son, only cares about her own one-third of acre. , I can’t pretend to be anything else, or that I don’t want to pretend to be anything else.
Zhao Nan took the train back to the army for two days and one night. Zheng Bin heard the news of his return and immediately came to call in, "Lao Zhao, you are finally back! How is it, did you look at the other girl?"
Zhao Nan responded to him casually, before he had time to sit down, he went out again.
"Hey, where are you going?" Zheng Bin chased out the door.
"Go to the political department to find the director."
"What do you want the director for?" Zheng Bin asked again.
Zhao Nan quickly turned around a corner, and he was no longer visible. Only the voice came from afar, "Report with the army."
Zheng Bin staggered and almost fell, "Old Zhao! You are too fast!"
When Zhao Nan came back from the Political Department, Zheng Bin came again. He didn't hear the gossip he wanted, and he was itching.
"Quickly tell me, is the younger sibling the last girl?"
"It's her." Zhao Nan ran a little hot, took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.
Zheng Bin patted him on the shoulder, "You are so lucky, hey, this sweater hasn't seen you wear it before. It feels soft to the touch. Newly bought? Or did my aunt beat you?"
Zhao Nan looked up at him, and said word by word: "I love it."
Zheng Bin was stunned. He lifted the hem of his coat and pulled out a sweater inside, yelling: "What are you showing off? You! Your spouse will knit a sweater for you, my spouse will stop knitting? You see Look at me, look at me. The sweaters I wear are all knitted by your sister-in-law. They have been worn for years. Have you seen me show off!"
Zhao Nan took a close look at his sweater, then at his own, shook his head and said, "Your ugliness is mine."
"..." Zheng Bin took a deep breath, still couldn't bear it, and suddenly broke out: "Old Zhao! You have to be a face, Old Zhao!"
Zhao Nan ignored him. He had to think carefully about how to arrange the house assigned to him by the army. It didn't matter if he lived alone in the past. Now he can't be too casual.
He is busy decorating the house, and the house is not idle.
The fields on the farm have been plowed, filled with water, and good seedlings have been bred. In the past two days, early rice planting began.
Almost all members of the brigade have gone to the ground. The five adults of the Zhao family only need to leave one at home to do housework. In previous years, this person was mostly Li Xiaoe, because Zhao Xiaobo was still young in the previous two years and needed her to take care of him. This year, Jiang Rui was added.
Compared with planting rice seedlings in the ground, although the housework is trivial, it must be a lot easier. Jiang Rui took the initiative to say: "Sister-in-law must take care of Xiaobo, let me go."
Li Xiaoe really didn’t want to go to the ground. Not only was the wind blowing and the sun, but she had to bend her waist all day, and her back would be broken when she came back at night. However, she would be tired if others did it. Jiang Rui took the initiative to take care of it. , But she had to be polite, so she hurriedly said: "Waobo is so big, no one needs to watch it. I'll go."
Jiang Rui smiled and said, "It's not a good thing. My sister-in-law has to fight with me. Why don't we go together and let mom cook for us?"
Before Zhang Liyun spoke, Li Xiaoe hurriedly agreed: "This is a good idea. Let Mom cook. We all have good food."
"What's so good?" Zhang Liyun was very happy, and her face was fierce: "I don't want to serve you. You two don't have to fight. Let's take turns every day. I must go, regardless of my age. Great, you young people are hand-crafted, and you may not work faster than me."
"Mom is not too old at all, and people say we are like sisters when we go out." Li Xiaoe said with a smile.
"Nonsense," Zhang Liyun scolded with a smile, "I and you are sisters, is it possible that your man has to call you aunt?"
Li Xiaoe blushed, and everyone in the family laughed.
The next day, Jiang Rui went to the ground first.
She has never done the work of planting rice seedlings, but this kind of thing is not very difficult.
As Li Xiaoe said, the most tiring part of transplanting rice is the waist. I usually stand up and rest after a while. Jiang Rui's body is getting fairer and more delicate day by day, looking soft and weak, but his physical fitness has long been tempered by spiritual energy and is very tough, which can hardly be measured by ordinary people's standards, and he can't feel tired.
Zhang Liyun was in the land next to her. At first, it was interesting to see her daughter-in-law with a stern look. After seeing it a few times, she suddenly found that she didn't seem to have rested.
Working in the brigade is based on the number of days. A day’s work is so many centimeters and less is so many centimeters. Some slippery people learn to be lazy and work hard. According to them, it is to work for the public anyway, and the one who is not lazy is stupid.
Although Zhang Liyun can't understand such people, she doesn't want her wife to suffer too much. When the time comes, she will be exhausted and her body will be her own. So she whispered to Jiang Rui, "Baoqin, take a break and drink some water. ."
"Mom, I'm not tired." Jiang Rui tilted his head to look at her, and planted a few more seedlings without stopping.
"You stupid boy." Zhang Liyun suppressed her voice again, "I'm not tired now. Some of you cry at night. Wash your hands. Mom is thirsty. Go get our kettle."
"Okay." Jiang Rui put down the seedlings on her hands, washed her hands in the field, went to get the teapot on the ridge, and when Zhang Liyun finished drinking the tea, she sent it back.
The Du family was planting rice seedlings in the field opposite them. When Wang Tonghua saw Jiang Rui walking up the ridge, she stopped what she was doing and called her.
"Why are you, their eldest daughter-in-law?"
Jiang Rui wiped his face with the towel on his neck, "Sister-in-law is cooking at home, we will take turns and change her to the ground tomorrow."
Wang Tonghua's expression was a little better now. She thought that the Zhao family looked at Du Baoqin as being cute and bullying, so they were partial to the older daughter-in-law. She glanced around at the corner of her eyes and saw no one was looking over, she whispered: "Be smart, don't always rush to work."
"I see, mom, don't worry." Jiang Rui smiled.
Wang Penghua muttered, "Why haven't Anan written yet? You don't have to work with him earlier."
"It should be soon." Zhao Nan walked for nearly a month, but Jiang Rui was not in a hurry.
The two of them didn't take a long rest, and they separated after a few words.
A few days later, the captain of the team suddenly came to Zhao's house with a few people. It turned out to be a comrade in the county. Because Zhao Nan applied for his family to join the army, they came to do the review and asked many questions.
After a while, the notice to allow the army to be accompanied finally came down, just as the spring ploughing ended, and Jiang Rui began to pack his bags.
Zhang Liyun specially called Zhao Bei back and asked him to carry 30 catties of grain, and with the letter of introduction issued by the commune, he went to the grain station to exchange for the national food stamp.
If there were no food stamps, rural people could hardly move and would not dare to leave their hometown.
Jiang Rui said goodbye to the two families, and telegraphed Zhao Nan again, stating that he would be there someday, and got on the train.
Before departure, whether it was Zhang Liyun or Wang Tonghua, they had explained to her many times, asking her to collect the money and food stamps, and again and again instructed not to listen to strangers easily, not to walk with strangers, after the train arrived at the station , You must wait until the troops come to pick you up. In short, neither of them can rest assured of her.
No wonder they are worried. She is a woman alone, she is beautiful, and she is conspicuous wherever she goes. Fortunately, in those days, most people were enthusiastic and honest, and when someone came to talk, she would say a few words politely. If someone asked in depth, she just smiled and didn't talk, and others would understand and stop interrupting.
After bumping on the train for forty hours, I finally reached the destination. Jiang Rui walked down the carriage with the flow of people and looked around on the platform. He did not find a familiar figure, nor did he feel Zhao Nan's breath. Thinking about whether he was late, I heard a voice behind him hesitatingly asked: "Is this Comrade Du Baoqin?"
She turned around, and two soldiers stood in front of her. The one who took the lead, looking at the age of 30, with a thin face and a smile on his face, looked very kind.
Jiang Rui smiled: "Hello, I am Du Baoqin, may I ask you who are you?"
Zheng Bin breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, when he saw Lao Zhao's lover just now, he didn't dare to recognize it. When he saw the photo before, he was surprised. There are few such fair and beautiful girls in the countryside. Who knows that the real person is even more amazing. No wonder the old Zhao is like that.
"My name is Zheng Bin. Just call me Old Zheng. I am Comrade Zhao Nan's comrade-in-arms. He can't get away because of something. Ask me to pick up Comrade Baoqin."
"Then trouble you." The smile on Jiang Rui's face became more obvious.
This is not a place to talk. Zheng Bin told the truth when he got in the car. It turned out that Zhao Nan couldn't walk away because of something, but he couldn't walk at all now. He was injured while performing the task a while ago, and he is now in the hospital.
"Does it matter?" Jiang Rui frowned.
Zheng Bin said hurriedly: "There is no life-threatening, but the leg is injured. It may not be convenient for one or two months to move. Xiao Du, Lao Zhao is this." He gave a thumbs up, "This mission, the troops have decided to grant He is second-class. You came here today. He actually didn’t know. A few days ago, your telegram was sent to the army. Several of us saw it and discussed it privately. We decided to pick you up without telling Lao Zhao, and then go to the hospital to give him one. Surprise, what do you think? By the way, are you tired? Or I will take you to the guest house to rest first?"
Jiang Rui shook his head, "No, let's go see him directly, please."
Zheng Bin waved his hand straight, "Don't you, you, you see my old Zhao, Zhao, Xiaodu, Xiaodu, you can just call me Lao Zheng, otherwise I will be more happy to call me Zheng."
"Brother Zheng." Jiang Rui smiled lightly.
"Hey!" Zheng Bin responded happily, but thought in his heart, the old Zhao's wife called his brother, doesn't it mean that old Zhao called his brother? Hey, this is so cheap. He couldn't wait to see, when Lao Zhao suddenly saw his wife appearing in front of him, what kind of expression would appear on that dead man's face.
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PS: One cub mentioned that military marriages need to be reported. Yes, in fact, military marriages are not that simple. They have to go through strict political review and military approval. The family members are also with the military. But for the plot needs, I put all those Save it, everyone just pretend to have that process~