After the telegram was sent, Zhang Xinlan seemed to have been drained of all her strength and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Su Qingyun had quick eyes and quick hands and caught her.
The three of them could only help the distraught Zhang Xinlan back. After arriving home, the three of them looked at her worriedly.
Li Xiulian: "Xinlan, don't think too much, Congwen must be in school."
"Yes, second sister-in-law, let's not scare ourselves." Qin Ying also comforted.
Although they said this, they all knew in their hearts that there was a high possibility that Congwen would go to war. Otherwise, how could they have left home in such a hurry.
Zhang Xinlan didn't say a word and returned to the room silently, looking extremely lonely and sad from behind.
Li Xiulian and Qin Ying looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes. They sighed softly. What would happen if Congwen really went to the battlefield to fight?
"What are you doing standing here stupidly?" Wu Guixiang and Su Dalin, who had gone out to visit, came back and asked strangely when they saw the three of them standing in the room.
Li Xiulian and Qin Ying turned around and stopped talking.
"What's going on?" Wu Guixiang was even more surprised and looked at her, "Where is the second daughter-in-law? What time is it, why haven't you made dinner yet?"
"It's in the house."
"What are you doing in the house? Tell her to come out." Wu Guixiang frowned, "I'll call her."
"No." Qin Ying quickly grabbed her, "Mom, didn't you listen to the radio just now?"
"What's the broadcast? I didn't listen carefully. Who can remember such a large number of blessings?" She and Su Dalin were chatting happily with someone just now, and they didn't listen carefully to what was said on the broadcast.
Li Xiulian's face was filled with sadness, "Mom, there's a war outside. Congwen... Congwen may have gone to the battlefield."
fight? On the battlefield? Wu Guixiang's expression was stunned. After reacting for a long time, her body trembled. Su Dalin, who was smoking, choked suddenly.
"What? What did you say? Congwen went to the battlefield?" Wu Guixiang didn't want to believe it, "How could it be? Didn't he go to school?"
"We are not sure yet. We sent a telegram to Congwen's school. If there is a reply, then there is no reply. If there is no reply, then..." Li Xiulian only said half of what she said, but everyone understood what it meant.
If there is no reply, then Cong Wenbajiu will follow the army to the battlefield.
"Second sister-in-law couldn't bear it anymore and went back to her room. Let her be quiet for a while," Qin Ying said.
"How come? How come?" Wu Guixiang sat down on the chair and murmured, "Congwen is still a student, the country allows him to go to the battlefield?"
Su Qingyun lowered her eyes. Her second brother was a student majoring in combat command. This was a talent that was very lacking on the battlefield. Moreover, she remembered that in this war, many recruits and military school students were used. Young people rushed to the front to defend their homes and the country. And more troops are staying in the rear, vigilant and guarding against other countries taking advantage of the situation.
Su Dalin frowned, with deep grooves between his brows, and his body was trembling slightly, "Congwen is a student, but he is a soldier first."
"If the country lets him go, he will definitely have to go." Su Dalin said these words very slowly, and his voice was a bit difficult, as if he had used all his strength to say it.
In the past, he was indeed proud that he had a grandson who was a soldier, but now that he really knew that his grandson was on the battlefield, he felt completely different. No pride or pride mattered anymore. He just wanted his grandson to be peaceful. Be safe, don't get hurt, don't have anything happen to you.
"Where are you going!" Wu Guixiang suddenly raised her voice, "That's a war! There are so many guns and artillery, if Congwen, if..." She couldn't go on, there was a hint of crying in her voice, and tears fell down .
This was the first time that everyone saw Wu Guixiang crying so emotionally. They felt uncomfortable and worried about Congwen. For a while, no one spoke in the room.
"Mom and Dad, come and see what we have harvested today. There is a pheasant that was frozen to death not long ago."
"There was another rabbit that was digging a hole, but Aimin and I caught it."
When the three brothers of the Su family returned home carrying today's harvest, they saw such a silent and frozen scene.
The smiles on the three people's faces stopped and they looked at everyone strangely.
"What's wrong?" Su Aimin approached his wife.
Qin Ying frowned, not knowing what to say.
Su Aimin looked up and saw Wu Guixiang's red eyes. He was shocked, what happened? His mother, a strong-willed female hero, even cried.
Su Aiguo and Su Ai Dang were also confused and confused.
Su Aimin's eyes turned around and landed on Su Qingyun, "Yunyun, tell me, what happened?"
Su Qingyun slowly raised his head and looked at his second uncle Su Aidang, "Second uncle, Uncle Fu said on the radio this afternoon that our country and Vietnam are at war, and there is a war on the border."
"The army has dispatched a lot of troops. Second brother...second brother may also have gone." She finished the sentence with difficulty.
"How could that happen?" Su Aiguo's eyes widened.
Su Aimin's pupils shrank, realizing the seriousness of the matter.
When Su Aidang heard this, he instantly became unsteady and swayed. He licked his lips and shook his head in disbelief, "No, Congwen won't go, he won't go..."
He kept repeating this sentence.
"It's all you!" Zhang Xinlan suddenly rushed out of the room, roaring at Su Ai Dang with red eyes, "When he wanted to be a soldier, I said I didn't agree! You just had to agree to let him become a soldier, He came together to sign up without telling me, telling him to let him go and asking me not to interfere with his choice!"
"It's okay now, the war is over! Your son has gone to the battlefield! You can only say useless words here now. What Congwen is facing are those guns and cannons." Zhang Xinlan almost shouted at the top of her lungs, "I told you If there is anything wrong with you, Su Aidang, or Congwen, I will never end it with you!"
Su Aidang covered his face, tears streaming from his fingers. He couldn't say a word. He only had endless regrets in his heart. His son wanted to be a soldier. He wanted to fulfill his son's wish, but he didn't expect that this would happen.
During the war, Su Aidang was at a loss. Wasn't he living a good life? Why is there a war?
"Second daughter-in-law, if you want to blame me, blame me." Su Dalin slowly spoke with an old voice, "I told Congwen not to embarrass our old Su family and to perform well in the army. He listened to my words. Went in."
Zhang Xinlan whimpered in pain, tears streaming down her face. Who could she blame? Who can she blame now? As long as Congwen can be safe, she is willing to do anything she is asked to do.
The whole family was silent, and the depressive atmosphere spread.
"I'll go cook." After some time, Li Xiulian stood up.
"I don't want to eat." Zhang Xinlan returned to the room after saying that, and Su Aidang followed in.
Qin Ying said: "I can't eat it either."
Wu Guixiang held on and said, "Forget it, stop working so hard, just do it when you want to eat."
"Um."
No one had the appetite to eat. That night, the family tossed and turned without falling asleep.
The next day, Zhang Xinlan moved a chair and sat in front of her house, waiting for the postman to deliver the telegram. On such a cold day, everyone advised her to go inside and wait. She didn't say anything, just sat there stubbornly. It was useless to try to persuade her. , like a snowman piled up in winter, motionless, looking into the distance.
But she sat there all day long from dawn to dusk, waiting for nothing.
The same was true on the third day. From morning to night, she didn't wait for anything. The family became more and more uncomfortable. The longer they couldn't wait for Congwen's reply to the telegram, the greater the possibility that he would follow the army.
Zhang Xinlan's whole person's vitality quickly declined, and she sat there with dull eyes, looking as if she had aged more than ten years, and she felt sad just looking at it.
Su Congjun and Su Congwu were in the city and were better informed. Naturally, they heard more news about the war. They almost subconsciously thought of Congwen who was a soldier and hurried back home.
"Mom." Su Congwu looked at the lifeless Zhang Xinlan and felt sad in his heart, "Don't be like this. Brother will be fine. Otherwise, your body will collapse before brother comes back."
He was holding a bowl of hand-made noodles in his hand, "Mom, would you like to have something to eat?"
Zhang Xinlan didn't speak. She sat on the bed and looked somewhere in the void, wondering what she was thinking.
Su Congwu spent all his time, but he didn't get a reply from her. With a look, he could only retreat silently.
"The second daughter-in-law can't continue like this." Wu Guixiang's frown never relaxed, "Don't wait until there is no news from Congwen, she will not be able to bear it anymore."
"The main reason is that she can't listen to anyone's words now." Li Xiulian said, "I think Xinlan will go crazy if she doesn't know the news about Congwen anymore."
"That's right." Qin Ying also said.
The two of them can also understand the heart of being a mother. If they put themselves in his shoes, they would go crazy if they joined the army or something like this.
"We can't get in touch either." Su Aimin frowned and thought carefully, "There is no reply from the school, and we don't know the specific number of the unit. If Cong Wen really goes to the front line, we will be even more unable to get in touch. If It would be great if I could ask someone to find out?"
But he was just talking, who could they ask for information?
Su Qingyun's eyes lit up, with a thoughtful look on his face.
In the afternoon, the family did not notice that Su Qingyun went out alone. She walked to a remote place in the village, stopped, looked around to make sure there was no one around, and then said: "Trouble, the person following me, Can you come out for a moment?"
No one spoke, only the sound of the wind blowing.
Su Qingyun paused, raised his voice, and repeated it again.
She looked around, but there was no one. Just when Su Qingyun frowned and felt frustrated, a figure silently fell behind her.
"Miss Su." The voice of the speaker was steady and strong.
Su Qingyun turned her head suddenly, with some surprise in her eyes. It was indeed the man who appeared at the market last time! Sure enough, he was always with her!
