Xiao Suizi nodded slightly and glanced away, not daring to look at him.
She knew that she shouldn't ask this question, it was the privacy of the two of them, but she cared about it very much in her heart. She was about to break up with him, and she really didn't want to let go of the feelings that she didn't know how to sort out. It has become more complicated. If she doesn't figure it out clearly, she will definitely lose sleep tonight.
Lin Yue took a step closer, unbuttoned the second button of his shirt, grabbed the collar and pushed it back, exposing most of his shoulders.
Xiao Suizi was startled and instinctively wanted to close her eyes, but she restrained herself in the end. Then she saw what Lin Yue asked her to see, a very deep tooth mark.
"This is……"
She was stunned for a moment before she realized: "Hao Shuwen bit her?"
"Yes." Lin Yue said, "I bit her when I rescued her from the enemy and ran back with her on my back."
He pulled the collar and fastened the buttons.
She said it very casually, but she could imagine how tense and dangerous it was to travel through the enemy-controlled area, and how difficult it was to bring Hao Shuwen and several others who were in a collapsed state safely.
Just like his performance in the art troupe, even on the battlefield, the man in front of him is so dazzling.
"Does it hurt?"
Lin Yue shook his head gently.
This statement is not to say that it doesn't hurt, but to express a sense of relief that it is over.
Xiao Suizi felt that this question was a bit redundant, knowing that he would not say whether it hurt or not. Then she recalled what happened when He Xiaoping came to the art troupe to eat dumplings on the first night. Lin Yue kicked the water pipe and broke it. Water splashed all over Hao Shuwen. When she returned to the dormitory to change clothes, she said that the matter was not over yet and she would definitely come back with revenge. So, did this bite mark fulfill her promise?
"It's getting late. If we don't leave, we won't be able to catch the bus." Lin Yue reminded that the 452 Hospital was a bit far from the courtyard of the Yuan Art Troupe. They stayed at Hao Shuwen's place for a whole day. If you do the math, it would be the time for the last bus to arrive soon. .
"Lin Yue."
Xiao Suizi called him.
"What's wrong?"
"I will accompany you to the 452 Hospital to see Hao Shuwen. Can you...can you also accompany me to see someone?" She said this with obvious lack of confidence: "But...it may be a bit far."
"Tell me, where to go?"
Xiao Suizi named a place.
"Mengzi."
Lin Yue looked at her deeply and said, "Okay."
Xiao Suizi was very happy that he could say this because she could stay with him for two more days, but even so, she found that she couldn't laugh because the place was too heavy.
…
The train ride from Chengdu to Kunming took a whole day, and it took another five or six hours from Kunming to Mengzi.
It was already afternoon when we came out of the train station.
Xiao Suizi looked at the cloudless sky and stretched for a long time.
"You've been riding the train all day, give it to me." Lin Yue took the bag she was holding and walked toward the exit leading to the station square.
"Didn't you also take the train for a whole day?"
"I have more energy than the average person."
Saying this from someone else's mouth would be called bragging, but saying it from Lin Yue's mouth would, at least to the people in the art troupe, feel like it was just stating a fact.
I remember that during the Spring Festival of 1972, the chief of staff asked the cooking team to kill a pig that had been raised for two years. It was a big pig weighing more than 200 kilograms. This thing was placed elsewhere. From catching to slaughtering, the legs were pressed, the legs were pressed, and the body was pressed. It was so stressful that at least five or six people had to work together to get it done. At that time, Deputy Squad Leader Lin and Fang Linkai got the job done. As a soldier, Fang Linkai complained that his hands and back were sore all morning the next day, and Deputy Lin The squad leader has nothing to do. He should buy groceries and chop ribs. His energy is incredible.
Of course, regarding this point, he behaved differently as early as 1971 when he visited the training troops.
There were many similar situations later. In the end, the chief of staff strictly ordered the people in the art troupe not to tell anyone about Lin Yue, because they were worried that the leaders of other troops would find out about Lin Yue and poach him. Where could he find such a capable person? Cooking squad leader?
However, this matter was still known to the superior leaders. A commander of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment came to find the political commissar to recruit people, saying that Lin Yue was wasting his talents in the art troupe. Since his professional skills were not up to standard, it was better to join the regiment he led and rise. The space is worse than being a cooking class monitor in an art troupe.
The political commissar and chief of staff had no choice but to take the regiment leader to find someone. They happened to see Lin Yue playing "Song of the Far Eastern Guerrilla" in the training room. People gathered around outside, and they were all surprised when he learned how to do it. Piano player.
The two of them were very surprised by this, but it just gave them a reason to politely refuse. Who said that his playing skills were not up to par? Being the leader of the cooking class was a part-time job, a hobby, and he was willing to do it like Liu Feng, a living thunderbolt. The comrades are shining brightly. As a musician, look at this piano playing, isn't it quite good?
The band leader saw that there was no chance, so after listening to two songs, he took the car and left. From then on, Lin Yue was no longer just a food manager, but also became a member of the band, although Captain Liao didn't treat him very much until he The military songs he wrote were favored by the commander, and he was awarded the title of the most talented person in the art troupe, but that was a story for another day.
"What are you doing standing still? Let's go."
Hearing the greeting, Xiao Suizi retracted his gaze to the sky, walked out of the train station side by side with Lin Yue, and got into a van.
She originally thought it would cost a lot of money, but Lin Yue once again showed his amazing bargaining skills. After a few words, he actually made the driver agree to only charge gas money. She still remembers that after 1977, people in the group would rush to help. He went out to do shopping, because as long as he didn't delay his work and asked him to help negotiate prices when buying things, he would get discounts that ordinary people couldn't get, and it was especially useful when the stall was for the proprietress, so he became a female boss. He is a favorite in the eyes of the group members. After all, most of the owners of stalls selling women's products are women... This incident made the men in the group very unhappy. Many of them talked behind their backs, saying that he was a pretty boy who only wanted to please old women. , in the future, in the society, the ability to eat soft food will be absolutely first-class.
As the car started to move, people in national costumes and shirts and trousers flew out of the window, and the tires rolled over the potholed road, causing a jolt.
"Have something to eat."
Lin Yue saw that she was silent and kept looking out the window. He took out two hard-boiled eggs from his bag, peeled off the skin and handed them over. She had not eaten well since entering Yunnan. She didn't know whether it was because of the scene or because she was deeply worried. He looked like he had no appetite.
She looked at the cooked eggs handed to her, hesitated for a moment, took them, and whispered thank you, but she didn't eat them. She just held them in her hands and stared at the white and tender egg whites in a daze.
"Why don't you eat?"
Xiao Suizi shook his head: "Do you still remember what happened after your second meritorious service?"
"Um."
Lin Yue nodded. At that time, his superiors were going to ask for credit for him. He didn't ask for it, but he made a request. Because he saw that the doctors and nurses in the field hospital were working too hard, he suggested that people from the art troupe come over to help move and lift, and do what they can. This will also help them create more realistic and emotional works and better serve the unit.
"That incident touched everyone so much."
When he said this, Xiao Suizi's hand holding the egg shook a little.
Lin Yuexin said that it was enough to touch her.
The two of them chatted for a while, and she didn't finish the egg for almost half an hour. After the van arrived at the destination, the driver looked at them with a complicated expression, and really only took a few cents and drove away. .
A gust of wind blows, and the leaves of the birch trees sway gently. Not far away is an open field, with tombstones standing one after another on the cement-painted ground.
This is where Xiao Suizi is coming, the cemetery where his dear comrades are buried.
"Where's the stuff?"
Hearing Lin Yue's question, she opened the zipper of her bag and took out a bunch of colorful flowers. She picked them on the mountain behind the Yuan Art Troupe compound and carried them all the way from Chengdu to Mengzi.
"Let's go." Lin Yue lit a cigarette and walked towards the solemn place.
