Chapter 34

During the late spring and early summer, Xu Jiangmian would come to the shack when he was free. Although Lu Jingyun was glad that he came, he did not dare to play with him like the last time. A naive person may not even be a friend. But when Xu Jiangmian was busy with the final exam and couldn't leave the school at the end of the semester, he returned to the house at night and looked at the place where the man had lain, and he always remembered the situation when he was leaning over him that day. From that perspective, Xu Jiangmian looked like a It is a shining pearl clam, which is tempting to be picked and tempting to eat.

With such an unforgettable scene, and the weather is getting sultry, the young man will inevitably have a fire of love. Late at night, he thinks about how he has managed things. The next day, he feels sorry for himself, but he can't restrain himself for a while, and he simply misses him strongly. Go with your heart.

The government issued a new cargo order a few days ago, delimiting specific streets for handover, and there are also restrictions on the time period. Lu Jingyun can no longer walk around the alleys near Liaobei Middle School, and can only go to Yurong Street. In fact, he also sells ginseng on his back. It's almost done, I've saved a lot of tuition and travel expenses, and when the goods are cleared, it's time to find other jobs.

The weather in northern Liaoning is always dry, the longest spring rain will not last more than two days, and the summer rains come and go quickly. The puddle shrunk indistinctly, and within a few hours, there was no trace of wetness in the city.

There was a boy about the same age as Lu Jingyun who was standing under the city wall across the street selling smoked fish fillets. He seemed to have traveled a long way to get here. bottomed out.

Because he is tall and strong, Lu Jingyun noticed him, but he has never been sociable. When he has nothing to do, he sits on the roadside and reads a book, and has never spoken to him. The boy also turned his head curiously when he saw him reading a book. He seemed to see that Lu Jingyun had a cold temper, so he didn't go over to disturb him.

The red light of the setting sun illuminated the entire street beautifully, and the densely packed terrain and strongholds on the pages of Lu Jingyun's book were also illuminated by the light. This time, he felt that those mysterious and tense distant places seemed to come alive, dragging him into artillery fire. In the endless battlefield. At this time, there were no inquiries from customers. He kept seeing the sun go down, and then he stood up and felt a little hungry. When he looked up and saw that the boy was still there, Lu Jingyun took out a few gross receipts from the book and left. to his car.

"How many pounds are you here?" The boy was very enthusiastic, with a strong Northwestern accent.

"I don't need a few pounds, I'll take two or three pieces to fill my stomach." Lu Jingyun said.

"Take this to fill your stomach?" The boy looked at him in astonishment. "It's not fun!"

"Isn't this smoked fish fillet?" Lu Jingyun was also stunned.

"Well, this is the best Jincheng tobacco leaves!" The boy was dumbfounded.

Lu Jingyun leaned in front of the car and took a sniff, sure enough there was a smell of smoke, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen this thing, I just think it's very similar to our smoked fish fillets in northern Liaoning."

He turned around and walked across the street, and the boy pulled him back again, "O see you've been reading, are you reading Sa?"

"Documentary of Lin Dong's Bandit Suppression by He Zigang."

"Russian has been looking for this book for a long time, can you borrow it from Russia after reading it?" The boy's eyes also lit up when he heard He Zigang of Chen'an Army, "I want you to eat in the dark room!"

This northwest boy's name is Gao Lin. When he saw that Lu Jingyun had this book, he entangled him. The two went to the restaurant nearby to order beef casserole and rice, and they chatted while eating. It turned out that he also had a dream of joining the army. lad.

The Guoan Military Academy is located in Xijing, very close to Gao Lin's house. Lu Jingyun asked him how he came to northern Liaoning, and Gao Lin scolded him coldly. It turned out that he had a distant relative in northern Liaoning, saying he knew him here. What officer could introduce him to the military academy. He foolishly said goodbye to his parents and came here. He brought the money saved by his family over the years, and also pulled a cart of good tobacco leaves. When he arrived in northern Liaoning, the relatives took his The money ran away, and he was penniless, so he had to sell the tobacco leaves and then slowly find a way to go back.

Both of them wanted to go to a military academy, but they had no money or background, so they naturally chatted. Gao Lin had a straightforward temperament, and Lu Jingyun also felt that it was quite pleasant to get along with him. Seeing that his clothes were worse than his own, he would go first after eating. Bought the order.

Gao Lin was not happy. "You can do it very well. Next time I will ask you. Hey, where do you live? Tomorrow I will move in with you and save some money."

"That won't work." Lu Jingyun said, "I have a friend who is going to North Liaoning Middle School... When he finishes his exams, he may come to me."

Gao Lin looked at his expression and smiled narrowly, "Oh? A friend? Isn't this girl very beautiful and full of energy. Look at you!"

"He's the son of my former employer."

"Boys are afraid of falling." Gao Lin was helpless, "You can't just sleep on a kang. I thought you wanted to secretly do that with a woman."

"Forget it, it won't work." Hearing him say that, Lu Jingyun's face became a little hot, "It's natural for us to work together to find a way, but forget it."

"That's fine." Gao Lin patted the remaining tobacco leaves on the cart, "Let's go, see you tomorrow."

After saying goodbye to Gao Lin, Lu Jingyun went to Liaobei Middle School. Tonight, the school was very lively. It seemed that the students could come out to play after their exams. He waited in the corner for a long time, but did not see Xu Jiangmian. Thinking that there might be something wrong with him, he went back to the hut silently. When he went to wait a few days later, a thin boy with glasses who claimed to be Xu Jiangmian's roommate came over and handed him a letter.

Xu Jiangmian kept his words short, only saying that he had to go back to deal with some matters at home, and he would come to the city to find him in a few days, without mentioning the specific reason. In fact, this is understandable. Lu Jingyun felt that he was afraid that he would not like to hear about Xu Mansion, so he avoided talking about it, but he still hoped that the letter would be longer. It was only a few sentences, and for some reason it always meant alienation.

Gao Lin often came to look for him in the shack, sometimes he brought roast chicken, and sometimes bought some milk chews, these things should not be cheap for his current situation, but Gao Lin was very willing to share with Lu Jingyun, Lu Jingyun Growing up, didn't have any like-minded friends, but felt that got along well with this Northwest doll. At first, he regarded Xu Jiangmian as a friend, but later he wrapped him in the softest corner of his heart. He didn't know what he was, but he only knew that if Xu Jiangmian was a girl, he would definitely try his best to marry her.

In the blink of an eye, the hottest season of the year, Gao Lin did not know where to find out the news that there was an artillery regiment commander surnamed Sun recruiting family members, and he urged Lu Jingyun to go with him, "Otherwise, where would you know each other? People in the army, don’t go to military academy, go straight to low-level soldiers, and become human bombs on the battlefield, Russia doesn’t want them, and Russia’s family doesn’t lack the money to work hard no matter what.”

Lu Jingyun frowned, he hesitated, "But in this way, if you have the opportunity to join the army, you will definitely become his minions. Have you thought about it?"

Gao Lin retorted, "Do you have any other way? We were born in the same year. If we don't do it today, we won't have a chance. Besides, the Russians have been in the military school for three or four years, and there are still many variables here."

"It would be treachery to go to the other side in the future." Although Lu Jingyun admired his courage to act, he could not agree with Gao Lin's point of view. The disputes within the army always reminded him of his father, who was Lu Ruxing at that time. The chairman of the Ludong Chamber of Commerce, but after the incident, the group of people in the Chamber of Commerce dispersed faster than anyone else, and there were not a few people who fell into the trap.

"Even if Russia is an axis in the group of babies in Ermen County, why are you more axis than Russia?" Gao Lin scratched the top of his short shaved hair, "Ordinarily there shouldn't be a letter of introduction, but what do you have? The way to do it, you have to follow other people's rules."

Lu Jingyun was silent, and then he planned to force himself: "But I don't know how to be flexible."

The two made up their minds, so they packed up neatly and went to the housekeeper of Sun's house to sign up. Because they were all good-looking, it was natural that they had passed the selection process. They were going to move to the house in the next few days. Lu Jingyun kept thinking about Xu Jiangmian, so he returned to the shed. When he was packing things in the house, he also left a letter explaining where he was going. Xu Jiangmian had the key here, and he could see it if he came here. When he was writing under the oil lamp, the sound of the zither came from somewhere in the distance. It was the song "Spring Light" played by Xu Jiangmian. Although it had a different flavor from the piano, it disturbed his heart. He took out a package from the cabinet and opened it. Inside was a dark green Taoyan. When the Lu family had not yet fallen, his father gave him this excellent Taoyan. At that time, he was just learning to study ink. , Lu Ruxing joked: "In the future, when you grow up and marry a daughter-in-law, just ask this inkstone to accompany you both."

Ever since he saw Xu Jiangmian's painting, he had long wanted to give him something, but it was the only thing around him that he could handle, plus the meaning of his father's jokes, this inkstone pinned his secret feelings even more.

When he learned to dig ginseng at Uncle Yu's place, there was a grandfather in the warehouse who liked seal carving. He also took time to learn some methods. He borrowed tools to carve the scene of them standing side by side on the Songjiang River, and carved a "" Jiang" character.

How many times we will meet again in the future is unknown. He has some words of exhortation he wants to tell, but he is not good at words.

Captain Sun's eyes are very vicious. Among the so-called "home men" he chose, he fell in love with Lu Jingyun and Gao Lin at a glance, especially Lu Jingyun, this boy is determined and steady, not afraid of tiredness, can endure hardships, and has some military knowledge It can be said that the reserves on the top of the army are the materials for joining the army by nature. Colonel Sun wants to be a brigade commander within five years. He must outperform Colonel Zou of the Third Regiment in all aspects, but because of his not very good background, he got to this position by military exploits and came out of the regular military academy. The old Zou is still far behind, and his influence in the Guoan Military Academy is naturally much weaker. Every year, the people under his command are not very satisfactory, and he urgently needs to develop his own talent team.

After a few training camps, Captain Sun had already made up his mind to write letters of introduction to Lu Jingyun and Gao Lin. Even if their grades in the culture class were poor, he would find a way to send them in. Now he needs them to be clearly loyal to him. , and signed a secret agreement with him. He had asked them to have dinner together, Gao Lin seemed to be a bit wise, and he also expressed that in private, but Lu Jingyun kept his face.

If this was an ordinary person, Captain Sun would have rudely kicked him out, but the overall quality of this kid is really good, and Captain Sun is also a talent. He called him over alone and made it clear, if Lu Jingyun didn't sign the agreement , he will not send him to the military academy.

"The letter of introduction cannot be opened in vain. I naturally understand that. I can use my personal subsidies and military capital to repay the principal with interest, but I can't accept the terms in the agreement." After these days, Lu Jingyun also told Sun The head of the regiment had an understanding, and seeing some extravagant behaviors in his life, he decided that he was not a good master.

Head Sun heard the sound of his words, and couldn't help but burn with anger, "Oh! A poor boy with no wealth, he really treats himself as a character! Why, don't you want to have a relationship with my old grandson? You and him Motherfucker, get out of my way!"

Lu Jingyun didn't hesitate, turned around and went back to the house to pack his bags. He was also holding back his anger. In fact, he had foreseen such an outcome long ago, and he shouldn't have come to Sun Residence with such a fluke mentality.

Seeing this, Gao Lin scolded in a hurry, "You coward, bend down a little bit, can you kill you?"

"Forget it, I decided to start from a low-level. I really can't accept the form of a letter of introduction." Lu Jingyun remembered that his father had a knot in his heart, and because of his personality, he planned to give up this shortcut.

"You are crazy, being a low-ranking person is like giving up on yourself! If you don't want to stand in line and join a party, then you can open a letter of introduction from the Supreme Military Commission. No one dares to force you again! You are not big, and there are so many things to do!"

"Lin Zi. When you arrive at the military academy, you should study hard, learn something famous, and change the atmosphere in the army." Lu Jingyun put the package on his back, patted Gao Lin on the shoulder, and turned to leave the house.

Gao Lin was stunned. He watched him go around the corridor and disappeared. At this time, the sky was gloomy, purple lightning split the thick clouds, and the thunderous thunder came from far to near, making the heart numb.