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A hasty farewell to the watery river, and there was no chance to see each other for several days.

Shaotang and his troops assembled back to the camp that day, and after two days of rest, they went to nearby towns such as Caijiapo to help with harvesting and disaster relief. The gates guarded by soldiers came in and out every day with large trucks full of officers and soldiers, and the dust was flying.

Both father and son of the Meng family were silent for several days, each with their own worries.

Meng Jianmin recalled the previous confrontation with the machete-wielding peasants at the factory gate.He was in an extremely bad mood that day and was hit. He left He Shaotang and turned around and left. He was quite unhuman and rude.Thinking about it now, I feel a little regretful that I couldn't help the other party, and didn't pay more attention to Shaotang.At that time, he didn't even have a chance to look at the other person, but now he recalled that He Shaotang's shirt was covered in blood, and it seemed that someone had cut his back.

No matter how cultivated a scholarly gentleman Meng Jianmin is, he still has the weakness of human nature. He has been emotionally depressed and sentimental for many years.He considers himself a talented young man with a bright future, but he has been living in a remote village for so many years, wasting ten years of his youth, depressed and hopeless.Facing He and Duan, the two cadre children with profound backgrounds, and the huge and insurmountable identity gap, for a moment, Meng Jianmin couldn't find his psychological balance, and he also felt hatred...

It's been two or three months before I think about this. After all, he saved his son!Meng Jianmin is a kind person by nature, but he is also indecisive. After thinking about it, he can't let it go. At this moment, he really wants to give himself a slap.

The child Wang Meng Xiaobei in the compound was also in a dull mood and absent-minded, and the "death squads" who beat the devils were collectively idle and depressed.

A group of children surrounded their leader.The little fat man with the closest relationship with Xiaobei, named Shen Dawei, said: "Xiaobei, you said that the People's Liberation Army was so handsome! So handsome! We saw what happened upstairs! "

Meng Xiaobei sat on the red brick wall, with one leg curled up and the other dangling gracefully: "You've never seen a handsome man, have you?"

Shen Dawei amused himself, and described how the crowd turned into a long dragon that day, how he dragged Squad Leader He out of the muddy water, and how Shaotang swam out of the vortex with his neck crooked and a box on his shoulders.

Meng Xiaobei said: "Shen Dawei, look at you, is my Uncle Shaotang as ugly as you?"

Shen Dawei's jaw twitched: "I don't look like the People's Liberation Army?!"

Meng Xiaobei rolled his eyes and said, "Take two more mustaches, you look like a mountain sculpture."

Shen Dawei: "Meng Xiaobei! You bitch!"

Meng Xiaobei: "Shaotang is a dragon out of the water. If you fall into the river, it will be a fat pig out of the water. No one can catch you, so I won't go to catch you."

Shen Dawei: "Meng Xiaobei, you, you, you!!!"

Meng Xiaobei squinted his eyes narrowly, and laughed aloud: "I don't need to fish you, you are just a blown buoy, and you will definitely be able to float in the whirlpool by yourself."

In the words of the aunts in the yard, Meng Xiaobei is just a cheap mouth in front of outsiders, and looks like a petty scum, this kid is really embarrassing.

Meng Xiaobei didn't care whether the aunts and uncles in the courtyard liked him or not, he didn't bother to greet outsiders, and he never flattered the aunts, he didn't flatter and didn't like to do things.

The shirt he was wearing was old clothes that Shaotang had piled up for their family.At that time, children in every family wore old clothes that were resized from adults' clothes, and few could afford new ones, nor could they buy good materials.The materials of military uniforms are of the highest grade.Shaotang's light green long-sleeved shirt was washed out, and there was a big gap in the hem, which couldn't be mended, so he saved it for Meng Xiaobei.Ma Baochun cut off the gap, shortened the shoulders, and shortened it, just so Meng Xiaobei could wear it.

Meng Xiaobei is very concerned, and wears this light green shirt every day, because it seems that this is the only shirt in the family, and everyone assumes that it belongs to the boss completely!You don't have to fight with your younger brother to change clothes.Meng Xiaojing, a melon, doesn't understand the handsomeness and class of military uniforms at all!

At such a young age, Meng Xiaojing already had thoughts of beauty. He was already beautiful, with long eyelashes. He secretly applied Ma Baochun's clam oil skin care cream in the bathroom every day, exuding a thick aroma of inferior oil.

Meng Xiaobei didn't have such thoughts, on the contrary, he didn't even bother to wash his face when he was crazy, what is skin care cream?

Ma Baochun taught the two brothers to brush their teeth before going to bed every morning, and Meng Xiaobei was lazy, saving twice to get up early to brush their teeth.

Ma Baochun said: "You have to brush before going to bed at night!"

Meng Xiaobei said: "I don't see anyone when I go to bed at night, and I have to see my teacher and friends when I wake up early. I only brush my mouth when I have a bad mouth."

Ma Baochun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You son of a fool, you only need to brush before going to bed to protect your teeth!"

Meng Xiaobei quickly bared his neat and clean teeth, showed his mother, and argued, "Tsk, which one in our family has the whitest and best-looking teeth?!"

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A few days later, Squad Leader He in military uniform finally came to visit.

He Shaotang came out from the hospital next door to them, carrying a plastic bag of medicine, and in the other hand, something for the Meng family.

When Meng Jianmin opened the door, he saw that it was Shaotang, and was so stunned that he was a little speechless.

Shaotang became darker and thinner, with thin edges and corners on his face and chin, and his eyes were slightly sunken.This man's shirt button is always missing one button, revealing his collarbone. Meng Jianmin can even judge from the shape of Shaotang's protruding collarbone. In times of natural disasters and man-made disasters, their troops really don't treat soldiers as human servants, but as livestock.

Shaotang didn't need to be polite: "Where's your Xiaobei?"

Meng Jianmin said: "I was playing with a group of children in the back of the compound. Maybe I went to the coal pile to play. Do you want to call him back?"

Shaotang: "Oh...forget it, no need, just look for you."

He Shaotang handed it over readily: "I brought it to your Xiaobei."

In fact, Meng Jianmin already knew what to bring, and said sincerely: "Don't, Shaotang, you keep the good things for yourself, don't give it to the child."

The two pushed and gave way at the door, arguing for a long time.He Shaotang said that it was specially brought for your children, and Meng Jianmin said that the brat is not worthy of eating such high-end food!You don't have to hurt him so much!

He Shaotang's eyes were dark, showing sincerity: "Meng Xiaobei is growing up. Doesn't he like to drink milk? He can't usually drink it. Your cooperative doesn't sell this milk powder and malted milk essence."

Meng Jianmin said, "Then you don't need to make up for it yourself? You can take it back."

Shaotang suddenly became serious, and said lightly: "Jianmin, let me tell you the truth, I didn't eat less of these things when I was young, and I don't lack my mouth."

Meng Jianmin: "..."

Shaotang said with a relaxed smile in a flash: "Besides, I'm already a big boy, and I'm not even tall enough. I don't worry about getting calcium supplements now, why don't I hurry up?"

"Make up for Xiao Bei, look at his small size!"

"He's the leader of a group of kids in the compound all day long, so stupid, he's the shortest among the group of bald boys in this courtyard!"

Shaotang laughed heartily, turned around and waved his hands, the voice still echoed in the corridor, and the person had already run downstairs and disappeared...

Meng Xiaobei missed Shaotang's visit, so he was anxious to go home and yelled at his father.

Meng Xiaobei said: "Uncle Shaotang came to our house, Dad, why don't you call me?"

Meng Jianmin looked at him: "Your father, I still go to the other side of the coal pile to call you?"

Meng Xiaobei: "Uncle Shaotang is looking for you or me?"

Meng Jianmin: "Is he your father or am I your father?"

Meng Xiaobei muttered: "Then it's different..."

Meng Xiaobei then ran to the army to ask to visit the camp.All the guards in the reception room knew this kid.If an adult comes here, he is not allowed to enter indiscriminately. When he saw that it was the child, he was accommodating and registered his name, so he was allowed to enter.

Meng Xiaobei was familiar with the way, trotted straight to the company dormitory, someone shouted in the corridor, "Tangtang, get out of here, your son is here to see you!"

He Shaotang was lying in bed, reading a book, his face turned slightly red.

Meng Xiaobei got sick a lot when he was young, and he got used to it.This was the first time for him to see Shaotang sick!

Adults are sicker than children, especially those who are usually strong and strong, and the illness comes like a mountain.Shaotang had walked to Meng's house to deliver things before, but when he came back, he stopped cooking and lay down, feeling hot all over.

Shaotang slept on the lower bunk.Meng Xiaobei was not too polite, he slipped into bed, and sat under the mosquito net on Shaotang's bed, as if sitting in a sedan chair, sitting on the other's lap through the quilt, as if that thigh was prepared for his buttocks.

Shaotang said: "My master infected you."

Meng Xiaobei said: "I have immunity, my body is indestructible."

Shaotang smiled, and turned Meng Xiaobei's face: "Let me see the immunity on your face."

Xiaobei smiled with his eyes closed, and his cheeks showed two funny creases.He Shaotang subconsciously counted the number of chickenpox scars on the kid's nose.

It was rare for He Shaotang to get sick, his chest felt soft on the pillow, his voice was soft, and his throat was slightly hoarse.

After fighting against the flood for several days, Tiehan couldn't hold on to such tossing, and became sick from time to time.The two legs were soaked in the muddy water of the wheat field, and they were covered with ointment and wrapped in gauze.

The comrade-in-arms in the same room made fun of her: "Tsk tsk, He Daiyu hasn't gotten out of bed for a long time, she's so sick, she's coughing and wheezing!"

Xiao Bin, who was sleeping on the upper bunk, also laughed at him: "Pinched the handkerchief, blowing his nose, when Meng Xiaobei didn't come, I could hear that bastard panting under the covers! Now his son Come and see him, he's pretending to be Lao Tzu again!"

He Shaotang punched the upper bed board: "Get lost."

Meng Xiaobei took out his crumpled handkerchief from his pocket, handed it over, and said loudly: "Tangtang, I want to hear your panting."

The whole room laughed.

He Shaotang arched his foot and scolded with a smile: "Whew, you second uncle!"

Meng Xiaobei had a thirst for knowledge and a research spirit, tossing those pills on the table.

Shaotang poked his head out from the bed and said in a low voice, "Hey, don't eat indiscriminately."

"Xiao Bei stinky boy, spit it out for me quickly, you can also take my pills."

Shaotang snatched the big medicine pill from Meng Xiaobei's mouth, squeezed it into two pieces and chewed it and swallowed it. After taking the traditional Chinese medicine, he exhaled a slightly bitter and slightly fragrant taste.

There was a series of valiant footsteps in the corridor.

The soldier on the bed at the door whispered: "Hey, the platoon leader is here!"

A squad of soldiers quickly moved tables and stools, sat around the table, opened their books and put on a show. This was the spare time for political study in the evening.

Meng Xiaobei's shrewd little eyes turned, and Shaotang had already thrown off the bed.The two had a good understanding, no need to communicate with each other, Meng Xiaobei quickly got into bed and covered his head...

The platoon leader's feet in army green rubber shoes wandered around in front of Shaotang's bed, looking inside through the mosquito net.

Xiao Bei covered himself so tightly that he was almost suffocating!I cursed in my heart, why didn't that guy leave!

The platoon leader lowered his head slowly, looked at He Shaotang, and sneered: "Still hiding?"

"I see you two are still hiding?!"

"Little bastard, get out!"

The platoon leader violently lifted the mosquito net, and a wolf cub rolled out from under the bed...