In a provincial capital city, the inpatient department of the Military Region General Hospital.
The garden below the inpatient building was full of people wearing hospital gowns, moving their hands and feet, and some were being pushed in wheelchairs to bask in the sun.
In a secluded corner of the garden is a pavilion built next to an artificial rockery. The pavilion looks a bit old, and the red paint on the pillars is obviously fresh. The scarlet red color contrasts with the faded top of the pavilion, which makes it look a bit scary. .
The pavilion is surrounded by green willows and there is an artificial pond, which can be regarded as being surrounded by mountains and willows.
In the turquoise water of the pond, there are koi carps with thick arms. They are not afraid of people and swim around unscrupulously. When they see people on the shore, they dare to get out of the water and open their big mouths to beg for food without shame.
There is a chess board placed on the terrazzo round table in the pavilion. It is made of wood, the edges and corners are worn away, and the patina is shiny. The carved lines on the board do not look like machine carvings, they are not exquisite, and they are even a little crooked like being carved. It looks like it has been gnawed by a dog, but there is a hint of hand-made thickness and simplicity in the lines.
The most glaring thing is that there is a place on the chessboard that seems to have been smashed or pierced by something. It was polished and balanced with wood and then repaired. It looks different from the color of the surrounding wood.
This chessboard is too old.
Just like his master.
Private Shao Xiaoqian sat opposite the master of the chessboard, Old Man Wang, and smiled like a flower. Her voice was crisper than an oriole: "Uncle Wang, you are dead, surrender!"
Old Man Wang didn't have many hairs on his head, but he was in good spirits. If it weren't for the wire-like thing running through the slightly open collar of the hospital gown to remind others, it would be hard to tell that he was a patient.
"Treading on the Stars"
"Never surrender!" Old Man Wang was sweating profusely, and his tiger eyes like copper bells were staring at hope, like staring at a battle map.
"In the dictionary of the People's Liberation Army, there is only death in battle, not surrender!"
Shao Xiaoqian stopped laughing, pouted, and reminded Old Man Wang: "Uncle Wang, this is not a war. You can't be too excited. You still have a pacemaker! I'll make you angry, and I won't do it to the dean." I can’t explain it.”
Old Wang was stunned for a moment and was brought back to reality by Shao Xiaoqian's words.
Hearing the word "surrender" just now really stimulated him, and it suddenly brought his mind back to the era of heavy artillery fire on the peninsula, and heard the charge that made the enemy frightened...
He looked around.
There was a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the years were quiet, and the war was long gone.
Old Man Wang breathed a long sigh of relief, reached out and wiped his bare forehead with a scar, and said apologetically to Shao Xiaoqian: "Little girl, I'm sorry, your uncle, I was a little distracted just now..."
After saying that, he suddenly became stunned again.
Those fallen comrades flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.
Old Man Wang's eyes became wet for no reason.
Seeing this, Shao Xiaoqian stood up, went over and patted his back gently, and said softly: "Uncle Wang, do you miss your comrade again?"
Old Man Wang nodded, moved his lips several times, and finally said: "I really want to play another game with them... This chessboard... was made by the clerk Xiao Dongbei..."
He touched the patched place on the chessboard as if touching the hand of a comrade-in-arms, gently, tremblingly, and reluctantly.
"We stayed on guard for three days and three nights... The enemy charged me countless times. I thought I would die. Only me, Xiao Dongbei and the instructor were left on the position. Everyone else was gone. The plane came again and there was no time to get in. The air-raid shelter is closed, we are going to die anyway, it’s just the three of us, let’s fight... The bomb fell near me, Xiao Dongbei rushed over and pushed me, I survived, but he died..."
The more he spoke, the more tears filled his eyes, and finally they fell down.
"The shrapnel penetrated the chessboard and entered his chest. I couldn't stop the bleeding. I couldn't save him..."
Seeing that Uncle Wang was a little excited, Shao Xiaoqian became anxious.
You know, Old Man Wang not only has a pacemaker, but also a heart rhythm monitor, which is connected to the above equipment. With this excitement, the heart rhythm curve on the above monitoring equipment will probably dance to a disco.
In desperation, she hesitated, wiped the tears from her eyes, put on a pretty face and said, "Uncle Wang, you are the chief, and the chief is not in the mood to cry, especially if someone sees it..."
After finishing speaking, he leaned into Old Wang's ear and whispered: "There are a lot of people and people here."
This statement is indeed true.
Old Man Wang quickly raised his sleeves and wiped away all the tears.
Soldiers, you can't cry like a pussy in front of the people. This sentence was said by his instructor, and Old Man Wang remembered it for his whole life.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
His panic is as interesting and slightly childlike as a child admitting it after doing something wrong.
It is true that the older a person gets, the more like a child he becomes.
Shao Xiaoqian drew his attention back to the chessboard: "Hurry up, you are about to lose, you can't get away by crying."
Old Man Wang said: "Who do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who wants to cheat when I lose at chess?"
After saying that, he stared at the chessboard for a long time, picking up different chess pieces again and again, probably simulating how to break through.
In the end, he found that he was indeed dead. He was double-checked and couldn't move at all. He was dead anyway.
"I'm going to die! I'm going to have someone on my back before I die!"
After saying that, he very stubbornly and cutely ate one of Shao Xiaoqian's chess pieces, and then put the chess piece aside.
"I have fought until the end!"
Shao Xiaoqian chuckled, gave a thumbs up to Old Man Wang and said, "Well, Comrade Wang Zhongyi is a great hero!"
Old man Wang burst out laughing, feeling as if he had drunk honey after being praised by the pretty girl in front of him.
"Come on, come on, have another plate!"
Old Man Wang was in a good mood and began to place the chess pieces again.
Shao Xiaoqian also followed suit, but while playing, she glanced at the mobile phone next to her several times.
Suddenly, Old Man Wang said: "Girl, you are absent-minded and don't like playing chess with me?"
Shao Xiaoqian waved her hands quickly: "No, don't worry too much, I just..."
Old Man Wang said: "Are you worried?"
Shao Xiaoqian finally nodded: "Yes."
Old Man Wang said, "Is he your college boyfriend?"
He knew a lot about Shao Xiaoqian.
"Well, he went to Devil Week for training. I haven't called him for a long time." Shao Xiaoqian sighed: "It would be great if I could also go to the special forces! I can work for the public good for my own benefit."
Old man Wang set up the chessboard, put his foot on Erlang's leg, looked at Shao Xiaoqian and said, "You're a girl, and you want to go to the special forces? That's a job for men."
Shao Xiaoqian immediately despised Old Man Wang: "Hey, comrade Wang Zhongyi, just after I praised you, you are so proud and lagging behind? Women can hold up half the sky? Who said that?"
Old Man Wang was stunned for a moment: "***..."
Shao Xiaoqian said: "That's right, many special operations forces now have female special operations members."
Old Man Wang said: "I couldn't bear to see female dolls go to the battlefield. At that time... I saw a female soldier from the art troupe being attacked by an enemy plane. She was bombed while crossing a river. I went to rescue her and tried to drag her when I got there. When I got to the shore, I pulled back only half of my body..."
As he spoke, his expression darkened again.
Shao Xiaoqian said: "But if you admit it, our female dolls will not lose to your male soldiers on the battlefield!"
Old man Wang nodded silently, holding two chess pieces and knocking them gently in his hands, knocking...
Finally, he suddenly said: "I said that if you want to go to a good unit, you will be afraid of being criticized by others, but if you want to go to a difficult place like the special forces, why can't you still go?"
Shao Xiaoqian said: "That's not true...but my mother thinks that I can't bear the hardship, so she always pours cold water on me. Even my father doesn't dare to provoke her...Oh...I'm so fed up!"
Old Man Wang played the chess pieces a few more times and suddenly asked Shao Xiaoqian: "Do you really want to go?"
Shao Xiaoqian's eyes lit up: "Do you have any idea?"
Old Man Wang was very proud: "Who am I? What did you call me just now?"
"Chief!" Shao Xiaoqian chuckled again, but soon the smile disappeared: "But I heard that the current women's special forces team is full, and they need to be adjusted, and they have to wait for the veterans to retire. After all, the number of personnel is very small and very small. few."
Old Man Wang said: "Of course you can't go to the old one. There are many new special operations brigades recently. I know that one special operations brigade plans to build a women's special operations class. Do you want to go?"
Shao Xiaoqian stood up from her chair excitedly: "Really?!"
Old Man Wang suddenly sighed: "Well, if you leave, I won't find anyone to play chess with..."
