What's on Jasmine's mind- My leader, my regiment follow-up

(One)

Ever since I went to see Jasmine that night, my heart has been filled with concern.Since then, the image of Jasmine has really taken root in my heart.

现在滇西远征军的西线反攻战事已进行到了最激烈的关头。11月3日，远征军攻克龙陵。11月20日，远征军占领芒市。12月1日，远征军攻克遮放。12月15日，驻印军攻克八莫。

My heart is still concerned about the war on the Western Front across the river, so during this time, I have been traveling on both sides of the river.Of course, most of the time I would stay on the battlefield on the West Bank, watching my comrades fight bloody battles, watching the fierce competition on the battlefield, and watching the Japanese army retreat steadily.However, now I have another worry in my heart, so I don't dare to stay longer on the battlefield. I will watch it for three or five days at most, and I will definitely rush back to Zenda to see Jasmine and see her. When everything is fine, I leave with peace of mind.

By the end of December, the Chinese army in western Yunnan and the expeditionary force in northern Myanmar had achieved great victories day after day, conquering important towns such as Bangza, Mawang, Laowen, Leiyun, and Pankang. On January 12, 1945, the expeditionary force captured Wanding. On January 1, the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force and the Indian Army joined forces at Mangyou, and the China-India Highway was completely opened.

In late December, I left Zenda again. With the victory of the expeditionary force, I was excited and excited.But whenever I see the casualties of our army several times that of the enemy on the battlefield, I still feel extremely sad and painful in my heart.This time I stayed on the battlefield for a little longer, and it was early January 12 in a flash.It suddenly occurred to me that Jasmine's due date seems to have passed, so she must have given birth, right?Shouldn't there be any danger?While blaming myself for my ignorance in my heart, I hurried back to Zenda.

(two)

As soon as I came to the slope of the sacrificial flag, I saw the veterinarian and Krupp anxiously waiting for me.

"Veterinarian, I'm back. Are you guys all right? Is Jasmine okay? Has she given birth? I'll go see her right now." I casually greeted the veterinarian while paying attention to his expression .When I was not in Zenda, I specially asked the veterinarian to check on Jasmine's condition every day for me. Now, I want to listen to his report first.

"Tuan Zuo, you are back. Why did you go out for so long this time? You just left this time, and within two days, Jasmine gave birth, ahead of the due date. Fortunately, everything went well, God Bless you, it's a boy. Congratulations, you! Mother and child are safe, don't worry!" said the veterinarian.

When I heard that the mother and child were safe, I was more than half relieved and wanted to ask the brothers about their situation.With the progress of the battle ahead, brothers who died in battle need to be greeted and sent away, and the souls of devils who were killed also need someone to take care of them.This period of time should be enough for He Shuguang, Yu Zhi and the others to be busy for a while.

I was about to ask about the whereabouts of Xiao He, Xiao Yu and other brothers, but the fat man started to urge me: "Head, why don't you go and see Sister Jasmine and Bao'er. We heard that Sister Jasmine is That’s what she called her precious son. It’s been ten days since Bao’er was born, and he hasn’t seen his father yet. Hurry up and see him!”

Well, even the fat man is urging me, so I don't want to stay here anymore.

I came to the familiar small courtyard again, but "the closer to the hometown, the more timid", the closer to the happiness in front of my eyes, the more I dare not experience it easily.

I knew that Jasmine was confinement now, so I didn't dare to get too close, so I stayed in the courtyard and looked into the room through the window.In the room, a neighbor aunt was helping, and Jasmine was sitting on the bed, still busy with her needlework.The aunt was persuading Jasmine not to be in a hurry to start sewing, and at the same time she was nagging about a lot of contraindications during confinement.And there was a small cradle next to the bed, and a baby was sleeping peacefully in it.

Although I just watched him from afar, I could see him clearly.I saw his snow-soft skin, like his mother; his chubby face, with no obvious facial contour; and his facial features are very regular and delicate, faintly like Jasmine, he is a very cute little baby.I saw him falling asleep, and suddenly stretched out a small hand to his mouth, and then, sucking a fat finger, a sweet smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that familiar smile, I was taken aback for a moment, thinking about such a familiar smile, where did I see it before?I was dumbfounded for a long time before I suddenly remembered that I seemed to see this kind of smile in the photo that Lao Mai took of me.This is my smile!I suddenly realized.

Looking at Bao'er's smiling face that resembles mine, I feel great happiness in my heart.At that moment, I understood what blood is, what is the connection of flesh and blood...

(three)

As night fell, the aunt who came to help had quietly left, and I was still standing in the yard, unable to bear to leave.I just looked at Bao'er obsessively, and glanced at his mother from time to time, I don't know what kind of thoughts I was thinking, warm, happy, and faintly worried.Until Krupp came to my side and gently pushed me: "Leader, let's go. At Jiqipo, all the brothers are here, and we are waiting for you."

We quietly left Jasmine’s house together and walked all the way back to Jiqi Slope. The fat man explained to me: “Leader, the brothers are waiting for you to come back, that’s the one. As soon as you come back, we will hold a celebration party. God, everyone is busy with this matter!"

"What's the celebration? It's a late party? Who came up with this thing?" I asked.

"Head, we're almost here, you'll know when you go. Hehe!" Pork Belly laughed a couple of times, trying to keep it a secret.

(four)

We came to the forest under the Jiqi slope, and there was a small open space in the middle of the forest, where all the off-duty brothers had gathered.There are veterinarians, Bu La, Snake Butt, Yao Ma, Bean Cake, Kang Ya, Cui Yong; there are Xiao He, Xiao Yu, and several elites from the former spy camp.

Seeing that Pork Belly and I had arrived, He Shuguang came up to welcome him and said, "Leader, brothers want to have fun together tonight and hold a celebration party. One is to celebrate the great victories of our expeditionary force in the past few days, and the other is to celebrate Commander, you are happy to have a son. This child is a descendant of our expeditionary force and the hope of our big guys, so we must solemnly and warmly celebrate his birth."

I gave the talkative veterinarian a hard look, and smiled awkwardly: "It seems that everyone knows?"

"That's right, leader." That idiot Yu Zhi, while covering his mouth for fun, interjected: "Leader, everyone knows about it, and we all went to see Bao'er separately." My son. He is much more handsome than your old man, hee hee. Although your business is not very glorious, it is a good thing. Anyway, it is a great joy for the head of the regiment to have a child! Isn't it Huh? Brothers?"

"Right, right!" The gang echoed in unison, anyway, if a man dares to do something, I'm not so embarrassed.

"That's why we have to celebrate, let's have a big celebration." Bu La, a clown, couldn't bear it anymore, and began to jump out, wanting to sing for us.

Well, well, be happy then!Let us cannon fodder have a hard time.

Everyone sat around together, leaving a small performance venue in the middle.The first one to play was Bu La. He sang to us his best flower drum opera "Liu Hai Chops the Firewood". While singing, he kept winking at me, full of ambiguity.

"Sister Hu, ---ah, my wife ---ah? Who do you compare me to? Luo ho ho. I compare you to a cowherd..."

"Don't be spicy, don't wink, be careful that your eyeballs fall!" I yelled happily at not spicy, I haven't been so happy for a long time.But my yelling was immediately drowned out by the bluffing of my brothers.

After Bu La finished singing a section of Huagu Opera, he began to sing Lian Hua Luo again, causing a lot of booing, only to see He Shuguang and He Mengzi jumping up to the performance arena in one step, knocking Bu La down.

"Brothers, I, He Shuguang, greet everyone. It's not that my accordion is not here, and I can't play a tune for you. However, I have worked hard to practice my skills for today's celebration party. Next I will Whistle 'Suzanne' for everyone."

Following Xiao He's cheerful whistle, the brothers gradually quieted down and listened attentively.Xiao He played really nicely. Under the encouraging and expectant eyes of the brothers, Xiao He played another song "Jingle Bells".I know that these songs entered China along with American movies in the 30s, but most of my brothers in the same robe have never heard of them, and everyone is fascinated by them.

I just wanted to enjoy this moment of leisure and joy for a rare moment, but I didn't expect that someone would still refuse to let me go.That kid Yu Zhi also stood on the stage, but he didn't want to act himself, he gave everyone a bad idea.

"Brothers, let's ask the group to sing a song for us, okay?" Yu Zhi and He Shuguang were arguing on stage.The old cannon fodder in the audience clapped their hands desperately.

(Fives)

In front of these cannon fodder, I seem to have never been so passive.But it seems that today is doomed.

"Tuan Zuo, today is a happy day, it's a day to celebrate your baby's birthday. Why don't you go up and howl! Today, you are the most qualified person to howl." The veterinarian spoke, half sarcastic and half Encourage.

"Okay, then I'll howl." Counting the ball, when was I afraid of it?Isn't it just singing a tune!

"Whoever came from the mountain, oh, two oh, who came from the mountain,

Sanliuershan ah, brother foothu came down from Sichuan...

This child is holding you oh, holding you every day; ah, dreaming every night...

Oh hehe, my heart holds you..."

I sang a Northwest Longzhong folk song "Going to Sichuan", thinking in my heart, since I met the defeated soldiers of the Sichuan Army and became the commander of the Sichuan Army, isn't this the same as going to Sichuan?

After one song was sung, the old cannon fodder finally spared me, because there were still countless people scrambling to perform on stage, and the stage was chaotic in a short while.Bean Cake came up to sing Beijing Opera, Snake Butt sang Cantonese Opera, Kang Ya and Cui Yong competed to sing Henan Opera, and even Old Man Hao came to sing Qin Opera...

In the end, everyone had had enough singing and was tired from the noise, so they all sat staggeringly and did not move.At this time, He Shuguang was the most energetic kid, he was still full of energy.He came up and clasped his fists at everyone again: "Everyone had fun all night tonight. It's almost dawn, and our celebration party should be over. I'm going to present the last song to you. ---Bao Er, the son of Tuan Zuo, the protagonist of today's birthday celebration. This song is for him, let's share it together."

He blew the cheerful and childlike "March of Toy Soldiers", everyone just stared at him in a daze, forgetting to applaud and clap their hands...