Old soldiers are often ill, new soldiers are often confused. Recruits loved to write letters when they had nothing to do. With the triangular stamp of " military free of charge ", letters could be mailed all over the country. This was the country's preferential treatment and care for conscripts. The warriors were very good at using this power and wrote letters whenever they had time. He wrote eight to ten letters a day, with the most being twenty letters a day. Every day, his mailbox was filled with letters.
Ah Hui wrote to her father, reporting her situation in the army. His father had wanted Ah Hui to go to university to change the history of his family where there were no scholars. Unexpectedly, Ah Hui had become a soldier. He was a little disappointed, but he was also very happy. He hoped that he would have a future. She wrote to her brother that her brother, Ah Wu, was currently serving in the army in Beijing.
He wrote to his family and asked if the upstream river in the east of the village had been thawed.
He wrote five or six letters to his classmates, including Tang Xiangrong, Gong Yaoyong, Liu Naizhong, and Zhou Bin.
I'll write to my aunt's house. Ah Hui had four aunts. Eldest Aunt died young. Third Aunt treated Ah Hui the best. When she was young, her aunts would come home to visit her grandmother for a few days during the Spring Festival every year. Ah Hui loved to be naughty when she was young. Her mother was busy, so she had a lot of work in the fields and had little time to take care of the children. Besides, with her brother, Ah Wu, in charge, there was naturally less of Ah Hui's business. Therefore, Ah Hui's clothes were disheveled every day. Her hair was unkempt and her face was dirty. She was sloppy and did not look like a child. When Fourth Aunt saw this, she said,"What is this?”A pair of strange eyes. When Third Aunt heard this, she immediately pulled Ah Hui to her side and stroked his head.
This wasn't the first time. Therefore, Ah Hui had been good to Third Aunt since she was young, but she was still brooding over Fourth Aunt.
When Ah Hui came out of the army, she stayed at her third aunt's house for a night as a way of saying goodbye to her. When she left the next day, Third Aunt gave Ah Hui two yuan. Third Aunt was a simple, kind, gentle, and amiable person. She liked Ah Hui, and Ah Hui knew that. Therefore, Ah Hui could not forget to write to Third Aunt. However, Third Aunt was illiterate, and her cousins had never studied before. He did not know what they thought of Ah Huixin. Anyway, she did not reply to Ah Hui at all.
Wen Nu was a girl that Ah Hui couldn't help but miss. However, it had been two years since they broke up in class E. They had not contacted each other at all. They did not know her situation or her state of mind. If he wrote it, what if he didn't want to read it? Ah Hui was in a difficult position. Sigh, he could at least tell her about being a soldier! Hence, he sent a short message. Although the content was short, Ah Hui's heart was extremely eager for a reply. If only she had written a letter, all the misunderstandings and doubts would have been eliminated. However, a month or two passed, and there was no news. Ah Hui was very disappointed. "She's really not interested in me at all. Sigh!" From then on, he no longer missed her.
On the east mountain of Lushunkou, after passing Baiyun Mountain Cave, there was a village called Dragon King Temple in a small ravine on the right. Hundreds of families were scattered in two adjacent small valleys. There were roof ridges, tile-roofed houses, and thatched huts. The walls were all made of stone, not bricks. This was a half-farming and half-fishing village at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. Fishing was coastal fishing. Beside the village was the sea, the Yellow Sea. Agriculture grows corn, sorghums, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. There were a few hills at the foot of Mount Baiyun. A large area of the slow hillside was the slope farmland of the Dragon King Temple. This village was very close to Lushun Dalian Daliandu. A road passed by the village, making it very convenient for people to enter the city. In addition to catching fish and farming, many villagers also worked in the city.
There were workers in every family, and the worker-peasant alliance led a good life. Just after the Spring Festival in 1959, a group of navy recruits suddenly moved into the village. They were all wearing brand new navy blue military uniforms, and they were all handsome and unrestrained. The officers were two first lieutenants, and they were even more valiant and handsome. They were the 6th Company of the 2nd Company of the training regiment that Ah Hui was in. They were here to carry out production tasks.
It turned out that the Great Leap Forward in 1958 and the spring of 1959 had already smelled the scent of the " Three Years of Difficulty " period. The leader of the training regiment responded to the call of " do it yourself, have enough food and clothing " and sent the sixth squadron to the Dragon King Temple to engage in production to solve the problem of food for the troops. The village was in Xigou and Beishan, leaving two plots of land for the troops. The troops dug a deep well and a pond for the army and the people to use together. It was also mutually beneficial. The soldiers lived in groups of three to five. The squadron leader and the kitchen were in Old Gao's courtyard. When it was time to eat, a small rail was hung on the pagoda tree. The soldiers came from all directions to get food. He squatted down at a random place and returned to his residence after eating.
The five soldiers from Tang Shan lived in the house of a master surnamed Li. Master Li was a worker at Lushun Shipyard. He was in his forties. His wife worked in the production team and had a child in primary school. His mother was nearly eighty years old, but she was in good health. The family was living a good life. There were three tile-roofed houses and a large courtyard. In front of the south gate stood a steep cliff and a green mountain. Not far from the east was the sea, which stretched as far as the eye could see. The master's family lived in the west room while the five recruits lived in the east room. Lying on the brick bed at night, he could hear the sound of the waves crashing against the rocks.
As for Master Li's family, there were three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. They had three small rooms and two living rooms. They were not well-off. However, they happily accepted the village's arrangement for the soldiers to stay. Moreover, ever since the five recruits moved in, they treated them like family. Master Li said to his mother," The east room is a cold room. The brick bed is cold.”
" I've been thinking about it for a long time. I bring it with me every day," the old lady said.
Every night, the old granny would burn the brick beds for the soldiers. With a pot of hot water, the soldiers could even wash their feet. The soldiers were very touched by Master Li's family's enthusiasm. Later on, Ah Hui composed an allegro song," The Landlord." When she was reporting the performance in the troupe, Zhao Bowen performed it and won the first prize for creative performance.
Soon after, in order to reduce the trouble caused to the villagers, the superiors decided that the soldiers would live in a barracks at the foot of the mountain. It was the barracks of the coastal artillery company, which was empty. On the day of the move, Mr. Li went to work, his wife went to the fields, his children went to school, and the old lady was alone at home. She walked the soldiers to the door slowly.
"Go back, granny."
"Earlier, we were at war here. I've seen Japanese soldiers and Russian soldiers. Now that you're here, foreigners won't dare to come!”The old granny stood at the door. The sea breeze blew her white hair, and tears flowed from her eyes as she watched the recruits leave her home. What a lovely and kind old woman. Ah Hui's allegro song, Landlord, was singing praises of her.
The Dragon King Temple member said that this old lady was not only good to us recruits, but also to all the soldiers who had come to live in the village. She was so kind, warm, and enthusiastic. Once, when the new barracks of the shore artillery had no water, she took water from her own water tank and sent it to the soldiers. Her ancestral home was Wendeng, Shandong Province. In her early years, she traveled across the sea with her parents and came to the Dragon King Temple. She had been there during the 1894 - 1895 War and the Russo-Japanese War. She had seen with her own eyes how the foreign invaders treated the Chinese people. Therefore, she loved the People's Liberation Army. She knew that only the People's Liberation Army could protect the people's stable and happy lives.
After moving into the barracks, everyone's life became much more convenient. When they came back from work during the day, they could wash their hair and feet in the barracks. They could also organize studies and discussions on rainy days. More importantly, they could reduce the burden on the common people. Just imagine living in the old lady's house and letting the family of five, including three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, sleep on the same brick bed. How troublesome was that? The commoners of Dragon King Temple were really too kind.
Xiao Wang, the medic of the squadron, came to the barracks every night to check on everyone's health. One day, he said,"You are all marines. After studying in the training group for a year, you will all board the ship and go to the sea." The sea was covered in mist, and the sea and sky were one. It was very important to protect your eyes. Trachoma is a common disease and is the most harmful to us. Therefore, the regiment has recently arranged to carry out a prevention and treatment of Trachoma. How to prevent it? It was just some eye drops. Then, he took out a bottle of medicine from the medicine box and held it up." It's this eye drop. It's a special secret medicine that specializes in treating Trachoma. Every night, I'll give everyone some medicine. Those who don't have Trachoma can prevent it, and those who have Trachoma can treat it."
"This medicine is good. How do I order it?"
"You guys lie on the bed. I'll take you one by one. However, I have to tell everyone first that the moment the medicine enters your eyes, it will feel a little uncomfortable. You have to endure it. That is the battle between the medicine and the bacteria. It won't hurt your eyes. After he finished speaking, everyone lay down one by one and he began to apply the medicine.
Ah Hui, move to the side and follow Ah Hui first. When the first drop of liquid entered his eyes, it was like chili water. There was a special kind of pain that spread through his nerves to his feet. His feet couldn't help but kick. However, he knew in his heart that no matter what, he could not say that it was painful, nor could he be afraid of pain. He could not affect the next person or affect his work. He thought of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The ancient heroes were not even afraid of scraping their bones to treat poison. What was a drop of medicine? Moreover, the health worker had already told him that it would not hurt his eyes. Ah Hui held on very calmly. The medics successfully finished the drip for him. In less than an hour, the first district team had finished the drip.
This was the first time he had used eye drops. The second and third times didn't hurt as much. After a week, he felt that it was very easy to accept. Even after this job was done, he felt that it was good to drip the medicine before going to bed at night. Why didn't he come? It could be seen that there was a process of getting used to and adapting to everything.
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