all the way

The National Day Gala and New Year’s Party was an eye-opener for Liu Xia. The seniors singing with guitars on the stage wore flared trousers and long sideburns, very fashionable; the seniors from the foreign language department imitated Teresa Teng’s singing, and the voice was unreal; modern poetry recitation, The ups and downs of the seniors and sisters' voices coupled with the colorful expressions made Liu Xia confused.

What surprised Liu Xia the most was that there were special talents among their freshmen. Mu Weimin, whose glasses were thicker than Zhang Fusheng in dormitory 218 across from them, played a bamboo flute like the music of nature.

And Yun Jian, Liu Xia and the others didn't even know that he was going to perform. The way Yun Jian sang "Katyusha" while holding the accordion and shaking his body gently made Liu Xia feel that he really has the capital to be superior.

The gala brought Liu Xia not only curiosity but also low self-esteem, but Liu Xia’s character is strong enough. When he woke up, his curiosity remained and his low self-esteem disappeared automatically. He asked Zhang Fusheng: “I used to be so nervous about going to school, where did I find the time to learn to play the flute and the piano?” ah?"

Zhang Fusheng didn't know that the students there also started from junior high school, and textbooks and homework almost occupied all their waking hours, and none of his classmates had ever learned any musical instruments.

After the National Day, two fads emerged on campus: reporting to clubs and looking for fellow villagers.

When Liu Xia found 219 in Zhang Fusheng's hometown, hope surged in his heart: Shao Yan might come to him.

Liu Xia didn't know how to find Shao Yan. He was still a little afraid of Jiangcheng, a big city that he didn't know. He didn't dare to go out alone. He should be able to quickly adapt to Jiangcheng and come to him.

Three days later, someone really came to look for Liu Xia, but it was not Shao Yan, but a girl named Chen Qiulian.

Chen Qiulian majored in optical instruments. She took the lead in contacting four freshmen from this year's Central Plains Province for a fellowship party. Liu Xia went there with full expectations. As a result, it was only this one time, and there was no follow-up, let alone Shao Yan.

A male fellow from a county in the south of Xincheng. Although they belong to the Central Plains Province, they are closer to the Central South Province where Jiangcheng is located. The boy said that he only needs to change a long-distance bus to go home from Jiangcheng, so he will go home every weekend. .

Another female fellow is from the west of the Central Plains, and her uncle's house is in Jiangcheng, and she will go to his uncle's house every weekend.

The gatherings of the villagers are basically going to the movies together on weekends, and neither of them are there on weekends. Although Chen Qiulian has a bright and enthusiastic personality, there should be a three-year age difference between her and Liu Xia.

Except for Zhang Fusheng and Mao Jianyong in the dormitory, there were no gatherings among fellow villagers for various reasons.

Zhang Fusheng and Heide were gearing up to learn the guitar after they came back from the Qing Gala. Apart from the poetry club, the school had the most guitar clubs.

Song Yan from 218 across the street told them that Yun Jian had joined a poetry club called "Wandering".

Liu Xia has an admiration complex for classical Chinese poetry, but his understanding of modern poetry is limited to those in junior and high school textbooks, but he thinks the name of this poetry club is romantic and poetic enough.

Early on Sunday morning, Zhang Fusheng and Hei Deqing got up impatiently to buy a guitar, Zhan Wei was in charge of leading the way and interpreting, and Liu Xia, Sha Yonghe followed to join in the fun.

Liu Xia was actually a little itchy in his heart, but when he heard the quotation from the salesperson, he immediately became a full-time spectator.

Zhang Fusheng hesitated for a long time, and the salesman was annoyed, so he decided to buy the 29 yuan guitar.

Hei Deqing simply bought a handful of the most expensive "red cotton".

His family is from Shanxi. Only in the past few days did Liu Xia and the others discover that Hei Deqing's magnanimity is no less than that of Mao Jianyong, but he is bold and has never shown any sense of superiority. A few years ago, before he was ten years old, his family was very poor, and most of the family wore patched clothes, so he felt that he had nothing to look down on others.

After buying the guitar, a few people returned to school happily. Zhan Wei went to the student union to see if his application for membership was approved. Liu Xia and the others went back to the dormitory. They met Song Yan in front of the dormitory building. Song Yan said to Liu Xia : "There is a letter from you, I put it on your bed, go and read it quickly, it is as thick as Mao Xuan."

Liu Xia hurried upstairs, and as soon as he entered the bedroom door, he saw the kind of envelope that Liu Ling's troops often used on the bed.

Liu Xia held the letter, feeling a little excited, it was almost as thick as a magazine, and he carefully opened the envelope.

There were several photos in the thick letter paper, Liu Xia picked one up, his eyes lit up: "Fifth brother is so handsome."

There are three photos, all five-inch color photos, one is Liu Ling looking sideways at people, as if someone suddenly called him from the side, and he was photographed when he turned his face unconsciously.

One is Liu Ling sitting by the bed, wearing a grass-green short-sleeved sweater, giving Liu Xia the feeling that Liu Ling is washing his feet; because he is not wearing a hat, Liu Ling's face is particularly clearly photographed, his thin face is handsome Resolute, with clear and enthusiastic eyes, Liu Xia felt that this was exactly what he imagined Liu Ling would look like now.

The last picture shows Liu Ling standing in front of a gate in a neat suit. Liu Xia saw the words on the gate behind him, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried to read the letter.

His hands were trembling a little, and after reading only two lines, Liu Xia jumped up, waved the letter and shouted: "My brother has been admitted to the military academy, my fifth brother has been admitted to the military academy, ah, my fifth brother is admitted to the military academy!" Going to the military academy, Song Yan, my fifth brother has been admitted to the military academy..."

Yun Jian just entered the door, and Liu Xia, who was waving the letter and rushing towards the opposite bedroom, bumped into the door frame, looked at Liu Xia with the eyes of a madman and yelled at 218 opposite: "What a big deal! As for it? Hey, he say what?"

Hei Deqing and Zhang Fusheng who had just walked to the door said at the same time: "It seems that his brother in the army has been admitted to the military academy."

People from 218 looked at Liu Xia and read the letter to them with a smile on his face: "The place where I am sitting and writing to you now is the student dormitory of XX College in Kyoto. Starting today, I will become an official member here for a period of four Years of life as a military cadet... Ah, Song Yan, it’s not that kind of refresher class, my fifth brother really got admitted to the military academy, just like us, he’s a real college student.”

Song Yan said happily: "You have two college students a year, how happy your family is!"

The 218 dormitory where Song Yan lives is a student majoring in geodesy. Probably because of his name, he happened to chat with him while washing clothes in the bathroom. Liu Xia became good friends with him. Except for the four people in his dormitory, he Song Yan is the person I usually deal with the most.

Because the two dormitories are opposite each other, Liu Xia and several other people in 218 are also very familiar. Like Hei Deqing and Sha Yonghe, they are all about three years older than Liu Xia, and treat Liu Xia as a child.

At this moment, they all looked at Liu Xia's unscrupulous and ecstatic look with great interest. When they got their admission notice, although their hearts were about to jump out of joy, they didn't dare to show it at all. Afraid of being called arrogant and arrogant by the people around me.

Liu Xia was almost done venting, and ran back to his dormitory, sat cross-legged on the bed, and read Liu Ling's letter seriously.

Younger:

I have made you and the rest of the family worry for so long, and today I can finally sit down and write to you with peace of mind. The sound of cicadas outside the window is cozy and lazy, just like my mood at the moment, where I am sitting and writing to you now, It is the cadet dormitory of XX Academy in Kyoto. Starting today, I will become an official member here and start a four-year military cadet life.

I registered here on August 30, along with two comrades who were admitted to this academy from other units of the group army. For students entering the military academy, the military academy has stricter requirements, and our registration in the military academy does not mean that we are a member here.

Every year around the National Day, the military academy conducts a separate assessment for the cadets admitted to the army, from military theoretical knowledge to military skills. Of the four comrades who entered the military academy, only two stayed in the military academy, and the other two failed the assessment and returned to their original troops.

Yaoer, our group army has 10,000+ people, and there are only very few places to apply for the military academy each year, and there are various restrictions. If your military skills are not strong, it is impossible to give you a chance to apply.

When I was in the recruit company, I was found to be better at writing because of accidental reasons, and because of the hard training, the platoon leader who took me was very kind to me. He joked that if I just served as an ordinary soldier and left after three years of service, he They all feel a bit at a loss.

From then on, I began to prepare for the military academy entrance examination. After the recruit training, I was assigned to the best unit of the group army. Everyone said that the recruit company was the most difficult. As long as I survived those three months, It would be nice to join the company, but my experience was not like this.

The recruit company is just a relatively difficult start. The difference between our company training and the recruit company is that the training of the recruit company is arduous and boring, while the training of the company is more difficult, but it makes people excited.

Because there is a good company, because there is a better comrade-in-arms beside me, I have to work harder so as not to be left behind, and what I want is definitely not just to follow behind and not be left behind, I want to be the best The excellent one...

It was my platoon leader Lu Jianguo who found me on the street of Wangning Commune three years ago and gave me the chance to join the army. Find ways to support me, find me books, find review materials, and guide my military training.

He said that he supported me only to help me create the conditions for soldiers to apply for the military academy, and the achievement of these conditions can only be achieved by my own efforts.

Platoon Leader Lu has now been transferred to another company as company commander.

My innate physical condition is not the best, and one of the basic conditions for achieving the best military skills is excellent physical fitness. What I can do is to put in more effort than others.

The training took up almost all of my time, and the army applied for the military academy, and the grade requirements for cultural courses were also very high. I had to find time to review. The comrades in our dormitory were all helping me in order to spare time for me. I adjusted the bed and let me sleep behind the door, because that place was the least likely to be discovered by the patrol team when I secretly used the small flashlight he gave me to read under the bed after the lights were turned off at night;

My deputy squad leader was discharged one year after I joined the army. Before that, he helped me wash my clothes for seven months and brush my shoes for seven months. He is as old as the third brother. The mood to be admitted to the military academy seems to be more urgent than myself. Later I found out that he really has a younger brother who is four years older than me. up.

……

Do you remember the name Chen Zhenbei?Xiaohai should have told you that it was the soldier who saw me on Wangning Street with Platoon Leader Lu. Xiaohai visited me in the army the year before last and returned to Kyoto in his car.

He is my company commander now. He graduated from XX Military Academy last year and came to our army. Company Commander Lu’s father used to be his father’s bodyguard. He found me a lot of books after he knew that I was reviewing for the military academy entrance exam. During the training, he had stricter requirements than Platoon Leader Lu. The fearless training lunatics in our company wanted to make a detour when they saw him.

With the help of these comrades-in-arms, I won the seventh place in comprehensive skills and the first in shooting in the military skills competition of the group army last year. This is one of the most important conditions for me to qualify for the military academy.

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When the exercise was the busiest in the middle, I didn't have time to read a book for a week. When I was so tired that it was difficult to even lift my fingers, I thought about giving up, but I still persisted. Escorting us on the mountain road day after day, year after year, I feel that my hard work for three years is really nothing special;

And you, Yao’er, I used to think, if I put in so much effort but ended up with no results, would it be embarrassing and embarrassing, but somehow I suddenly remembered that you were carrying a basket all over the school and picking up waste paper on the streets Look, you were 11 years old at that time, and it was also a very face-saving age. For the sake of the cat, you were spoiled by the whole family, and you did things that were similar to begging in the eyes of others, but you never tired of it every day. And rejoicing, compared with you at that time, where is my face lost?

Yaoer, at this time the night outside is full of stars and the sky is exactly the same as the sky we saw when we walked on the mountain road in the early morning of winter. I think of my uncle and my elder brother. I have never thanked God from the bottom of my heart like today My fate, let me be born in our family, have such good parents, have such good brothers and sisters-in-law, have such good brothers.

How much God loves us, how lucky you and I are!

Yao'er, out of Liujialing, out of Wangning, out of Central Plains Province, the more places I have seen and the more things I have heard, the more fortunate I feel.

For our own destiny, we walked for nine years on the mountain road from Liujialing to Wangning, but we only walked for nine years that belonged to us. How long did our uncle and elder brother accompany us on the journey?

You walked from Liujialing to Jiangcheng, and I walked from Liujialing to Kyoto. We have put in a lot of hard work here, but my uncle and elder brother spent more time than us and traveled farther than us. Road, but stayed in Liujialing forever.

Let's make an appointment to study hard together. Yao'er, for our family, for our whole family who has been willing to give, and for those who have helped us around us, we must also work hard, not to waste our hard-earned learning opportunities, use Our knowledge and wisdom enable those we love to live a happy life.

The lights are about to be turned off, and tomorrow I will start more difficult training. I will spend the next four years in non-stop training and assessment. The instructor said that I look like a sick guy. It was pure luck to pass the assessment and stay. In the future, the assessment will be carried out at any time, so I am ready to pack up and leave at any time.

I am looking forward to what will happen next, and I will let the instructors watch me get my diploma with the best grades.

I have to stop writing, Yao’er, brother, say it again, you are still young and still growing, don’t be too frugal, let’s not talk about how to dress, you must eat well, don’t save your living expenses, I have family affairs And third brother, you just need to take care of yourself. I will go home this Spring Festival and let fifth brother see how tall you look.

I miss your fifth brother Liu Ling very much

198*.10.2

Liu Xia read the letter several times before folding it neatly, stuffing it back into the envelope, and then looking at Liu Ling's photo. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Liu Ling was handsome and invincible, so he smirked cheerfully.

Zhang Fusheng lay on the edge of the bed and stretched out his hand: "Let me take a look, I think your brother is very handsome just walking around here."

Liu Xia handed him the photo, just in time to see Zhan Wei walking in with a box in his arms, and happily said to him: "My fifth brother has been admitted to the military academy, and he sent me a photo, come and see, I'm a goth handsome."

Zhan Wei put the box on the bed and walked over, Hei Deqing also came over, and looked at the photo with Zhang Fusheng: "Is this really your brother? He's even more handsome than a male celebrity!"

Liu Xia shook his head triumphantly: "A real person is more handsome than this."

Mao Jianyong was lying on the bed eating snacks, and contemptuously said in Wenzhou-style Mandarin: "What's the use? Who wants to be a soldier now? People with a little ability are now going to make money, and those who go to be soldiers are doing everything." You stupid pighead."

There was no sound in the room, and even Yun Jian, who was sitting on the bunk reading a book, frowned and put the book aside.

Liu Xia looked down at Mao Jianyong, tried his best to suppress the urge to jump down and hit someone, and finally jumped off the bed and stood in front of Mao Jianyong's bed.

Mao Jianyong sat up slowly, looked at Liu Xia: "What do you want to do?"

Liu Xia took a few deep breaths, bent slightly and faced Mao Jianyong's face: "The soldier is an idiot pig head, so what are you? Why do you think you can lie here and eat so comfortably?"

Mao Jianyong was actually a little scared, but he insisted, "What do you mean?"

Liu Xia said: "I don't mean anything, I just want to tell you that I don't talk to you normally, it's not because I'm afraid of you.

How is your family rich?If it weren't for people like my brother who guarded the frontier and defended their homes, how could you make money so peacefully?

Let alone your family, it is a country, a country that is filthy rich, without the protection of the army, it is just a fat pig that can be thrown on the chopping board and slaughtered at any time.

You live in a country protected by soldiers like my brother, enjoy the peace they bring, but say insulting words to them, do you know what you are called? "

Mao Jianyong blushed and stared at Liu Xia. He knew what Liu Xia would say next would be unpleasant, but he didn't know how to answer it.

"Hey, unfamiliar dog!" Liu Xia straightened up with a sneer, and looked at Mao Jianyong with a proud face: "You look down on me being poor, and I also look down on your stinky behavior of repaying favors! Today I will give you a warning. Say insulting words to my family in front of me again, once again, I won't just talk nonsense to you so politely and then pull you down!"

Several people in the dormitory were stunned. Looking at the uncontrollable anger on Liu Xia's small face and hearing him scolding Mao Jianyong unceremoniously, they couldn't believe it.

For more than a month, Liu Xia gave them the impression that he was a child who was admitted to a big city from a remote and poor village, so he was happy all day long. He sat upright in class every day, listened carefully, and paid attention Take notes, just like a studious middle school student.

No one expected him to be like this.

Mao Jianyong was also a little silly, he didn't expect that he would anger Liu Xia with a casual sentence, and he didn't expect that he was actually a little afraid of Liu Xia's angry appearance.

He didn't know how to fight back, and as for fighting, he didn't know how to fight at all.

When he came, his father specially told him that northerners are very rude, and they will attack if they disagree with each other; but northerners are also more straightforward, as long as you don’t take the initiative to provoke them, they are easy to get along with, so he should learn to be humble , although he studies well and his family is rich, but he can be admitted to their school with no difference in his studies, so he can't be so arrogant, and he can't be looked down upon by everyone.

But now...

Zhang Fusheng hesitated for a moment, came over and pulled Liu Xia to sit on the edge of his bed.

He was the oldest in the dormitory, and also the oldest among the freshmen in the engineering surveying department, five years older than Liu Xia, and he was still the head of the dormitory, so he had to mediate.

He stuffed Liu Ling's photo into Liu Xia's hands: "Liu Xia, don't be angry, well, Mao Jianyong didn't mean that..."

Liu Xia was still angry, and turned his eyebrows coldly at Mao Jianyong: "Then what does he mean?"

He Deqing said: "Hey, we live in the same dormitory, so we should pay attention to what we say. Mao Jianyong, others don't care what you like, and you don't care what others want to do. You don't like being a soldier, but someone likes it, right? You certainly don't either. I meant to say that Liu Xia was his brother, but what I said just now is really inappropriate, you can just apologize to Liu Xia."

Mao Jianyong argued with a red face: "I didn't mention his brother's name, why should I apologize to him?"

Liu Xia doesn't care about apologies, he said those words, he was already out of anger, he pulled the railing of the upper bunk and climbed into his bed: "You'd better never mention my family's name in the future, or you wait .”

He put Liu Ling's photo in an envelope and put it away, and picked up a copy of "Control Measurement" next to his pillow to look at it.

Most of the courses they teach are basic college courses, which are public courses, but they also offer a few professional courses.

Liu Xia likes professional courses more than basic courses, but he finds that he also likes other people's professional course books, such as Song Yan's "Gravity and Solid Tide". Many times, Liu Xia can read professional course books as recreational novels.

At first, Liu Xia deliberately pretended that he didn't care about it, so he could read the book with peace of mind and showed it to Mao Jianyong, but after a few minutes, he was really completely immersed in the textbook.