The family visit leave was over. The soldier Xiao Wu embarked on his return journey. The train slowly started. Xiao Wu looked at the scenery outside the window and calculated the time to return to the team. The suitcase was full of hometown specialties, including red dates. Walnuts, peanuts, and a bottle of good wine. Before going home, Xiao Wu promised to bring good food back to treat everyone.
“You are a soldier, boy?”
“Yeah, what’s the matter with you?” There was a white-haired man opposite Xiao Wu Cangcang old man
“Nothing. A few days ago, there was a dangerous situation in the Yangtze River. My hometown was hit by a disaster. I heard that several soldiers died during the disaster relief. At a young age… “
“Old man, why are you telling me this, young man, don’t mind,”
“It’s okay,” Xiao Wu smiled awkwardly. I laughed, hearing the news, Xiao Wu felt a trace of bleakness in his heart. I remember that if the squad leader hadn’t grabbed him tightly during the emergency rescue last year, I’m afraid he would have become a floating corpse in the flood. There are lingering fears.
After a few hours of driving, I finally returned to the army. The sky was full of stars, and the bright moonlight was serene and calm. The size of this army was small, only a few barracks Xiao Wu came back. The light-off signal has already been blown, but it doesn’t matter. I called and asked the monitor to pick it up. Not long after that, a light appeared in the dark, but it was strange how the light was blue, floating in the wind like a lantern. “Xiao Wu, you are back.”
“Squad leader, you can jump off me, the cyan light, you are really ahead!” Xiao Wu looked at the squad leader. His face was a little pale, and his hair was wet.
“Squad leader, are you sick? It depends on your face!”
“It’s okay, there have been a lot of tasks recently , You might as well go home and hide away, but you have kept the brethren busy.”
“Sorry, to apologize, I brought home local specialties and some A good bottle of wine.” The monitor took the luggage and walked towards the dormitory with Xiao Wu. Only a few candles were lit in the dormitory, which felt a little strange.
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“Squad leader, why don’t you turn on the lights, what about the others?”
“You will know when you enter the room “Xiao Wu looked confused and didn’t know what medicine was sold in the monitor’s gourd. Xiao Wu opened the door and placed a big cake on the table in the dormitory. He walked around and lit a circle of candles. “Happy birthday” watching the comrades who are getting along day and night. On his birthday, Xiao Wu feels that he is the happiest person in the world. Xiao Wu’s family is Ping Han and lived to be in his twenties. This is the first time he has eaten his birthday cake in his life.
“Thank you everyone, I…” Xiao Wu choked with excitement, “Everyone is his own, don’t say anything if you are polite, and make a wish firstCake, finally wipe out the souvenirs you brought. “Before Xiao Wu could speak, a few soldiers were not polite, and ate the local specialties that Xiao Wu had brought.” Pay attention to the image, save me some walnuts, don’t eat them all. “The deputy squad leader said, putting walnuts in his pocket.
“Squad leader, Xiao Zhang, grab my red dates, you don’t care. “Stop making trouble, come over to eat cakes, Xiao Wu, make a wish first!” “I hope we will always be good brothers, cheers!” “Xiao Wu, tell us a joke.” “No problem, my jokes will surely make you happy forever, oops, I’m sorry to go to the bathroom first, and wait for me to come back.” “Xiao Wu picked up a newspaper and ran towards the toilet. From the toilet, there was half a newspaper left in Xiao Wu’s hand. A piece of news from the faint light in the toilet made Xiao Wu’s soul fly away.
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“Today’s Morning Post, the remains of the five soldiers who died in the fight against floods have been found. It is confirmed that they are…” The five martyrs mentioned in the newspaper turned out to be their comrades in arms. , Could the people in that room be ghosts… Xiao Wu tried to run, but he stopped, they sacrificed, and they didn’t forget to celebrate their birthday. Even if it is a ghost, it is terrible. Xiao Wu tidied it up. Emotions returned to the dormitory. Seeing the friendly and familiar faces of his comrades, the only trace of fear was wiped out. When Xiao Wu’s story was halfway through, the sad emotions could no longer be controlled, and he cried. Come up.
“Xiao Wu, I think you already know what happened. We are only afraid that you are afraid, so we dare not… In fact, we are all ghosts, twelve o’clock. After that, we will go back to where we should go. Before we leave, our comrades just want to look at you again and give you a birthday! “
“I’m not afraid. Even if you become ghosts, you are still my brothers and my relatives. I have you brothers in my life. It’s worth it in this life. I toast you with this glass of wine , If there is an afterlife, still be my brother, cheers. “Everyone wiped their tears and drank the wine in the cup. “Even if it’s a goodbye, we will leave with a smile. Xiao Wu will tell us the story…”
In a blink of an eye, twelve o’clock was almost here, and when we parted, I said I would not shed tears, but who can be ruthless than the grass and trees, the comrades in arms hugged tightly together, the tears slipped silently like a broken string, a gust of wind blew by, The fate disappeared, and there was only Xiao Wu who was crying in the empty house, and countless meteor showers fell in the peaceful sky. It was the tears of the sky, sad for the dead comrades.
After he was discharged from the army, Xiao Wu would go to his comrades’ homes to send some money and goods every year. On his birthday, he would always leave a few sets of dishes and chopsticks, because he could feel that his comrades were always with him and never left.
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In a blink of an eye, more than fifty years have passed. Xiao Wu once again came to the tombstone of his comrades in arms. The white-haired man was almost at the end of his life. He knew that the day when he was reunited with his comrades was not far away. Sunset westXia Xiaowu calmly closed his eyes relying on the tombstone of his comrades…