When Su Qingyun left the family courtyard, she saw her brother already standing outside waiting for her.
"Second brother, are things done?" Su Qingyun asked.
"Yeah." Su Congwen was a little absent-minded.
"Then let's go back quickly, it's getting late."
"good."
On the way back, Su Congwen kept frowning. Seeing that he was in poor condition, Su Qingyun did not disturb him.
"You're back?" Qin Ying asked her daughter as soon as she got home, "How are you? Have you been to Ji's house?"
Su Qingyun nodded, "I'm going, Uncle Ji and the others are fine."
"That's good." Qin Ying was relieved, "But I must still be thinking about Ayue." The child is not around, not to mention that the New Year is not like the Chinese New Year, even in normal times, it will feel deserted.
"We're going to eat soon." Zhang Xinlan greeted, "Congwen, today Mom made your favorite bamboo shoots and meat slices."
It's rare for Su Congwen to come back, and he can't stay at home for long, so during this time, the dishes at home are all based on his favorite taste.
"Thank you, mother." Su Congwen replied, "I'll go back to the room to rest for a while." After saying that, he returned to the room.
"This kid, after eating, why should he rest?" Zhang Xinlan muttered, but she didn't notice anything strange about her son.
Su Qingyun looked in the direction of Su Congwen's room and frowned, feeling a little worried.
It didn't take long for her worries to come up.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the family was happily eating.
"Congwen, you and I will go back to your grandma's house today to see your uncle and the others." Zhang Xinlan said while eating, "It's not easy to come back now. You should go and see everything."
After she finished speaking, she carefully looked at Wu Guixiang's face, fearing that she would disagree.
"What do you want me to do?" Wu Guixiang frowned, "Isn't it natural for my grandson to visit grandma?"
Although Zhang Xinlan's mother often stayed away from other people's affairs, she still cared about Congwen and Congwu's two grandsons, and she could not stop Congwen from doing so despite the fact that she had to bear the word "filial piety". Let him go to see his grandma. If he says this, no matter how the Zhang family is, others will only say that Wu Guixiang is unreasonable.
However, Wu Guixiang still warned, "You can handle the things at home, I know them all."
"Of course, of course." Zhang Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief and promised, "I won't take more."
She no longer cares about her mother's family. After all, she has done too many thankless things. She should be a fool to understand. She will naturally do what she is supposed to do, and she will do what she is not supposed to do. Don't think she can do it.
It's not that her mother has never come to see her, but Zhang Xinlan is too busy with her own affairs now, and she doesn't want to worry about her mother's family. She found that she has become a different person. After Mrs. Zhang failed to persuade her, she directly cursed. Zhang Xinlan did not say anything back. It's just that my heart feels even colder.
Su Congwen paused with his chopsticks and looked at the large table of family members. He hesitated and said, "Grandpa, grandma, parents, and everyone else, I'm going back tomorrow. I've already bought the train tickets. Let me tell you." .”
The whole family fell silent and stopped using their chopsticks to look at him.
Zhang Xinlan's smile was still frozen on her face. She was stunned for a long time before saying, "Why are you leaving after only ten days? Didn't you say you could stay at home for half a month?"
"Yeah, what's going on, Congwen?" Su Aidang was also stunned.
Neither husband nor wife expected that their son would be leaving again after only coming back for a few days. How should they accept this?
"The time I mentioned before was only an approximate time. There were some temporary arrangements from above that asked me to go back early. This is not something I can decide." Su Congwu said slowly, his expression as usual.
Su Qingyun lowered his head slightly. The second brother said he was going back twice, but he didn't explicitly say he was going back to school, so he was probably... going back to the army.
What needs to be returned to the army so urgently? The answer is self-evident, Su Qingyun sighed inwardly.
The Su family does not have a radio or subscribe to newspapers. They don’t know much about important family and national affairs. They have no idea what is happening on the border or what Su Congwen’s departure means. Now the Su family just feels that time In a hurry, the child has only been back for a few days and has to leave again. I don’t know when he will come back next time, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
Su Qingyun looked at this slightly depressing scene, her lips moved, and she wanted to say something, but suddenly she met Su Congwen's eyes. Su Congwen shook his head gently, signaling her not to speak.
Su Qingyun finally swallowed the words that came to her lips. She didn't know whether it was right to hide this from her family, but since her second brother chose not to say anything, she might as well remain silent.
The man is determined to leave his hometown, and she respects the second brother's decision.
"Since it is an order from above, we must abide by the order." Everyone was silent for a long time. The first person to speak was Su Dalin. After saying this, he sighed, "Second daughter-in-law, you and Congwen are here today." Go back to your parents’ house to have a look, and when you come back, pack up his things and bring everything you can for him.”
Su Dalin rarely said so many words, and it is not difficult to hear from these words his reluctance and concern for his grandson. But since he has chosen to serve the country as a soldier, he must obey all orders. His family members should support him. Don't hold your child back.
Knowing that there was no way to keep the child, Zhang Xinlan tried her best to smile and said, "Okay."
Wu Guixiang also sighed and looked at Li Xiulian, "Boss, please take down the bacon and pickled fish from the beam later and bring them to Congwen. Let's bake some leek and egg pancakes. Congwen likes to eat them." , bring it to him to eat on the road."
"Okay, Mom, I'll go make some noodles later." Li Xiulian nodded quickly.
Hearing that his family members were moving because of his departure, Su Congwen's eyes turned slightly red. Looking at his family members, at this moment, he was a little shaken by his inner thoughts, but he thought of the suffering people on the border and himself as a soldier. Su Congwen strengthened his determination.
From the day he decided to join the army, he was ready to go to the battlefield. This is his responsibility, obligation and honor as a soldier. He should strengthen his belief and move forward indomitably!
Su Congwen looked at Su Qingyun's face and knew that his sister had already entered the scene and guessed why he left early. After all, she was so smart. She might have guessed it from the day she heard the news on the radio, but she never did. When she opened her mouth, Su Congwen didn't want her to say it, because if she did, it would only make the family worried and make him more concerned. It was better to simply not know anything.
"Okay, let's not look sad before Cong Wen leaves." Seeing that everyone was in a bad mood, Wu Guixiang said, "Do you hope that the last thing Cong Wen thinks of is the sad faces of us people?"
"Mom is right, it's not like Congwen won't come back. I can come back when I have a holiday later." Su Aimin raised a relaxed smile.
When he said this, the depressing atmosphere at home finally relaxed. Everyone changed the topic and talked about other things to dilute the sadness of the upcoming separation.
After the meal, Zhang Xinlan took Su Congwen back to her parents' home. The family began to work, preparing things for Su Congwen. They brought everything they could for him. They couldn't accompany him, so they just let the things at home follow him. .
The day passed in a hurry, and soon on the second day, Su Congwen walked out of the house carrying a huge package, and the Su family followed him out.
"No need to send it off." Su Congwen turned around and called his family back, "It's cold, don't freeze. I'll just go to town by myself. Come back quickly."
"It's okay, just take a few steps to keep warm." Zhang Xinlan said firmly.
Her eyes were full of reluctance, and her heart was extremely uncomfortable. Now that the child was gone, she didn't know when she would come back.
"Don't give it away. I'll go alone and write a letter home when I get there." Su Congwen said helplessly.
"Okay, don't give it away." Wu Guixiang stopped, "The more I give the child away, the more uncomfortable I feel. Let's stop here."
"I'm leaving." Su Congwen finally smiled at his family. His smile in this ice and snow was like the warm sun in winter, warm, clean, and pure.
"wait me back."
Everyone also stopped and waved reluctantly.
Su Qingyun stood beside her parents, watching Su Congwen leave step by step. He was facing the road ahead, his back straight and his steps firm. Her heart was sour and her eyes were filled with tears. Only she knew that when her second brother left, they would meet each other. What is right.
She only felt a big hand holding her heart tightly, and the feeling of being unable to breathe almost made her suffocate.
Su Qingyun couldn't bear it anymore and ran towards Su Congwen.
"Hey, Yunyun, what are you doing?" Qin Ying was stunned and shouted.
"Why is this kid running away in such a hurry?"
Su Qingyun turned a deaf ear and caught up with Su Congwen as quickly as possible. She shouted from behind: "Second brother, second brother!"
Su Congwen listened to the footsteps, turned around, looked at Su Qingyun's blushing face, and wondered, "What's wrong?"
"Second brother, please promise me that you... you must come back safely!" Su Qingyun's voice was filled with tears when she said this. She looked at Su Congwen with her eyes, insisting that he answer.
Su Congwen was stunned, looking at her red eyes, he felt sour in his heart.
After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Okay, second brother promises you, I will come back safely, I will!"
Su Congwen's tone increased, telling Su Qingyun, and also telling himself that no matter what difficulties and obstacles he was about to face, no matter what terrifying hail of bullets, he would definitely come back!
"Okay." Su Qingyun nodded heavily.
The two youngest children in the family made an agreement with their backs to the family.
"Second brother is gone?" Su Congwen tried his best to smile.
"Okay." Su Qingyun held back tears.
She watched Su Congwen leave again, facing the road ahead just like before, with a straight back and firm steps, moving forward indomitably!
Su Qingyun is extremely confident that the second brother will keep his promise, make a glorious triumphant return, and return home safely!
