"There's no point in saving me...save Ronaldinho..." Zhang Yuliang coughed a few mouthfuls of blood and said inarticulately.
"Everyone needs to be saved, everyone needs to be saved, no one can be left behind..." Wang Wenhui, however, was as stunned as a demon. He knelt on one knee, bowed his body, grabbed Zhang Yuliang's skirt with one hand, and threw him over his shoulder. One hand went to support Luo Hongcai again.
Wang Wenhui was short in stature, and with great effort, he finally managed to carry one of them and help another one up. However, after only a few steps, his feet gave out and the three of them fell to the ground again.
At this time, the enemy's shouts and gunshots were getting closer and closer, and they launched a charge.
Zhang Yuliang picked up a standard rifle from the ground, loaded it skillfully, and pointed the gun at Wang Wenhui: "Take Ronaldinho... let's go!"
Wang Wenhui ignored him and crawled towards Zhang Yuliang: "Everyone can survive, everyone can survive..."
Seeing that Wang Wenhui couldn't be frightened like this, Zhang Yuliang put the muzzle of the gun on his chin: "Brother... I can't survive. If I keep going through this, none of the three of them will survive."
Wang Wenhui was stunned for a moment, and Zhang Yuliang said again: "My daughter... will be your daughter-in-law."
Finally, Zhang Yuliang cursed: "Fuck the Vietnamese monkey, I won't be a prisoner until my death!"
Then, under Wang Wenhui's eager gaze, Zhang Yuliang pulled the trigger.
Wang Wenhui howled and crawled over, knelt beside Zhang Yuliang's body, and howled a few more times, like a wounded wolf.
Soon, Wang Wenhui steeled himself, picked up Luo Hongcai and ran away.
After not running far, three enemy soldiers suddenly jumped out from the thick grass that was as tall as a person.
Luo Hongcai lay on his back, hurriedly stretched out the gun from Wang Wenhui's ear, pulled the trigger, and killed one of them. But the sound of the firearm firing made Wang Wenhui dizzy, staggered, and fell to the ground again.
Before Wang Wenhui had time to struggle, he was hit hard by the enemy's rifle butt on his forehead.
Before he lost consciousness, Wang Wenhui saw Ronaldinho lying on top of him and blocked a bayonet for him. Then, he heard the cry of killing from his own people.
At least, I won’t be a prisoner anymore...
Wang Wenhui had one last thought and then passed out.
Wang Wenhui got his wish and found himself in his own field hospital when he woke up. However, the dead Zhang Yuliang and the unrescued Luo Hongcai made him fall into silence again.
His comrades told him that the situation was chaotic and the personnel who rescued them were not strong enough. Luo Hongcai was shot in the leg and stabbed twice in the back. He sniffed in a hurry and found that he was not breathing, so he only carried him on his back. return.
But when the battlefield was cleaned afterward, Luo Hongcai's body was not found. Luo Hongcai might not have died at the time, or he might even have been rescued by the enemy and passively made a prisoner.
Measuring your nose and breathing may not necessarily confirm death. Wang Wenhui knew this very well.
After Wang Wenhui recovered, it was like a changed person. Not only did they request to return to the battlefield, but they also issued a report requesting to change their positions from health workers to combatants.
His superiors were fully aware of his ideological changes and inner thoughts, and Wang Wenhui's unit had returned to the country at this time. Therefore, the superior's response to Wang Wenhui's request was only four words: not approved.
The superiors thought that as long as Wang Wenhui was not allowed to return to the battlefield, it would be a kind of protection for people like him and the tragedy could be avoided. However, they neglected one thing: Wang Wenhui was a health worker and had the opportunity to come into contact with the wounded soldiers among the prisoners.
Killing prisoners has always been a taboo for our army, let alone at home.
After seriously challenging the bottom line of the unit, even if the superior leaders understood him and wanted to protect him, the final result still had to order him to demobilize.
There is a difference between demobilization and job transfer.
Demobilization means that military officers, civilian cadres, and volunteers retire from active service and transfer to local areas, where the state makes unified work arrangements. Demobilization means that after military officers, civilian cadres, and volunteers retire from active service, they return to the area where they joined the military or where they served. The state does not assign work.
At the same time, although Wang Wenhui was only a volunteer, he had been on the battlefield and was in the big ring at that time.
Under such circumstances, as long as you stay safe, it will only be a matter of time before you are raped.
But Wang Wenhui doesn't care about this at all.
The first thing Wang Wenhui did after he was demobilized was to run to Zhang Yuliang's hometown, Yimeng Mountain.
After a trip there, Wang Wenhui decided that his son must marry Zhang Yuliang's daughter from now on. Because that place is so poor.
Of course, in Wang Wenhui's view, the only prerequisite for completing this marriage is that Zhang Yuliang's spouse and daughter are willing. As for whether Wang Qianshan will be willing in the future, it seems that he does not consider it.
As a family member of a martyr, Zhang Yuliang's spouse, He Chunhua, could be assigned a job by the state, but in that mountainous area, there were no job opportunities or positions except mountains.
Moreover, it was difficult for He Chunhua to even write her own name. After racking their brains to implement this policy, the local government could only arrange for her to clean the courtyard of the county government agency.
But Zhang Yuliang has an elder and a younger one, and the whole family lives in a mountain shack. They have to walk 20 to 30 kilometers of mountain road from the county government compound, which makes it extremely inconvenient for He Chunhua to commute to get off work and take care of the family.
Therefore, He Chunhua not only chose not to work in a government agency, but also refused to apply for the pension from the state. She also said that the men in her family died on the battlefield not so that their family could become parasites of the country. Then he continued to stay in the mountain valley, choosing to support himself with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky.
As Zhang Yuliang's child, Zhang Jiwen can also enjoy relevant preferential policies for schooling. But where their family lives, there is no serious school within a dozen kilometers.
The county government said it could arrange for Zhang Jiwen to study in the county town, but the problem was that Zhang Jiwen was only six or seven years old at the time and had no ability to live independently. Therefore, this policy could not be implemented at least when Zhang Jiwen was in elementary school.
When Zhang Jiwen reached the age of junior high school, he was unwilling to continue going to school.
Outdated teaching facilities and an unstable teaching staff made Zhang Jiwen's academic performance disastrous, incomparable to that of children in the county.
After he was promoted to junior high school, the local government arranged for Zhang Jiwen to study in the county middle school. But after Zhang Jiwen attended class for a few days, he felt like he was listening to heavenly scriptures. Then he remembered that the farming season was about to begin, and his mother would be in great need of help during the autumn harvest.
Then, she told the school. Even if the school disagreed, she turned a deaf ear and walked out of the school and returned home, preparing to help her mother with farm work at home.
The school teacher initially visited her home, but despite her mother's scolding and the teacher's persuasion, Zhang Jiwen remained indifferent. She always believed that instead of dozing off in class at school, it would be better to help her mother with more work at home.
He Chunhua and the teacher had no choice but to let it go.
In this way, Zhang Jiwen, who graduated from primary school, has been farming in the Yimeng Mountains.
When Zhang Jiwen was 21 years old, Wang Wenhui took 18-year-old Wang Qianshan to Yimeng Mountain to visit He Chunhua, who was seriously ill. The heavy burden of family and long-term fatigue finally crushed the body of this stubborn woman. After letting her parents-in-law enjoy their old age, she herself collapsed.
This was the first time Zhang Jiwen met Wang Qianshan.
Wang Wenhui would come all the way to pay New Year greetings to Zhang Yuliang's parents every Chinese New Year, but he always came alone.
When Wang Wenhui first arrived in Yimeng Mountain, he was shocked by the poverty and backwardness of this place, but it also strengthened his intention to stay and fulfill Zhang Yuliang's filial piety to his parents.
Zhang Yuliang's parents rejected Wang Wenhui's kindness and persuaded him to go back, but Wang Wenhui refused to listen. He Chunhua only used one sentence to tell Wang Wenhui to pack his bags and get out immediately, and he would not dare to stay at her house for a long time every time he came here.
He Chunhua said, "There is a lot of trouble in front of the widow's house, and the melon fields and plum blossoms are very scary. If you really want to help Zhang Yuliang, don't let my family go out and have their backs stabbed."
This sentence made Wang Wenhui give up his original plan.
After Zhang Yuliang's parents passed away, Wang Wenhui would still come every year to visit their parents' graves.
Therefore, Zhang Jiwen is naturally no stranger to Wang Wenhui.
but
This time, when He Chunhua was seriously ill, Wang Wenhui brought Wang Qianshan here, and the meaning was naturally different.
He Chunhua on the hospital bed seemed neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the handsome Wang Qianshan. She only ordered Wang Wenhui and his son to go out first, leaving Zhang Jiwen alone.
Facing his mother's questioning gaze, Zhang Jiwen said shyly: "I listen to my mother's arrangements..."
He Chunhua knew her daughter's thoughts well.
Although Wang Qianshan was lame, he had a bookish air, looked gentle and elegant, and spoke well. This made Zhang Jiwen admired by Zhang Jiwen who had been sleepy since he was a child.
Therefore, the mother and daughter had no objection to Zhang Yuliang's suicide note.
Let’s focus on Wang Wenhui and his son again.
Judging from Wang Wenhui's temperament, after demobilization, he undoubtedly became the "dictator" of his family. He alone has the final say on all matters big and small, including children's education and marriage.
In Wang Wenhui's view, since He Chunhua and Zhang Jiwen raised no objections, it became a definite fact that Wang Qianshan would marry Zhang Jiwen.
But during the communication process with Wang Wenhui, Zhang Jiwen said timidly: "Qianshan looks like a scholar at first glance. I'm afraid I'm not good enough for him."
Wang Wenhui naturally patted his chest to comfort her, saying that this was all a minor problem and you shouldn't think that he was very good at studying. He failed to pass the college entrance examination this year.
This made Zhang Jiwen seem to feel at ease a lot.
Zhang Jiwen's unintentional words reminded Wang Wenhui.
There seemed to be differences between the two people who were about to form a new couple: Zhang Jiwen had only graduated from elementary school, while Wang Qianshan had graduated from the college entrance examination that year and was about to go to college. Although academic qualifications and diplomas do not mean anything, nor can they determine a person's quality and future, they can indeed affect a person's way of thinking and values.
