The sixth day of the first lunar month was Li Huai's birthday, and Zhao Qinglan did not forget to help her husband celebrate.
However, Li Huai was not very happy and just forced himself to celebrate his birthday with his family.
Zhao Qinglan only remembered that the war took place after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but could not remember the specific day.
Therefore, after entering the first month, Li Huai's mood was a little anxious every day.
But his anxiety could not be expressed to anyone except his wife.
People around him, such as orderlies and colleagues, all feel that he has become more and more cruel recently.
When I went down to check the training status of the soldiers, they were also very ruthless and got angry several times.
Even Sun Shengli called Li Huai over and asked him if he had a fight with Zhao Qinglan or if he was under too much pressure.
Sometimes knowing too much is also a pain and burden.
In this regard, Zhao Qinglan couldn't help her husband much. She even regretted telling her husband that there would be a war.
Apart from making the husband worried, what purpose does it serve?
Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Mrs. Sun and her little daughter went to the city to celebrate the festival together and did not come back.
Zhao Qinglan made the Yuanxiao herself and invited her sister and brother-in-law to come over and eat together.
Knowing that the war would break out after the 15th, even if it was a holiday today, he still couldn't bring a smile to Li Huai's face.
Zhao Qingzhu couldn't help but bump into her sister secretly.
"Sister, what's going on with my brother-in-law these days?"
"It's okay, don't worry about him, he's a little troubled." Zhao Qinglan smiled helplessly.
Seeing that her sister was not worried, Zhao Qingzhu stopped asking.
The family gathered together to celebrate the festival. When they lay down at night, Li Huai, who was not sleepy, suddenly turned sideways and looked at his wife.
"Qinglan, if war breaks out, I will definitely go to the front line if possible. I'm sorry."
He is a soldier. Although he also longs for peace, if there is a war, he still wants to go to the battlefield.
Zhao Qinglan smiled helplessly. "I understand." Although she wanted to say not to go for the sake of me and the children.
But she didn't want her husband to regret it for the rest of his life.
Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Huai and the others received an order from the military region and entered a state of emergency. They were just close to the north, and they were prepared for a sudden attack from the northern powers whose relations were becoming increasingly tense.
On February 17, 1979, the self-defense counterattack began.
In addition to the troops on the border who have joined the fighting, the rest of the troops across the country are on emergency standby.
Li Huai and his regiment are also waiting for orders from above at any time.
Except for Zhao Qinglan and Li Huai, no one in the group thought that a war would break out in this era.
No one knew how long this fight would last or how big the scale would be. Except for the children who were inexperienced in the world, everyone was obviously nervous.
Who knows whether this time it will be another years-long tug-of-war.
Who wants to go to war when they can live a good life, especially military relatives who have soldiers at home.
They are most afraid of war. They are afraid that their relatives will go to the battlefield, and they are even more afraid that they will not come back if they stay there.
When Mrs. Sun learned that there was a war, she was so frightened that she temporarily closed the snack bar and came over from the city with her little daughter.
There was no way she could help it. Both of her sons-in-law were soldiers. At this juncture, how could she think of opening a shop to make money?
At this moment, Zhao Qinglan, who had been a little anxious before, seemed the calmest, because she remembered that the fight did not last long this time, which was about a month.
In this emergency, neither Li Huai nor Zhou Jinsheng went home.
The women in the family are also more worried than the other.
I often see military families in the family area gathering together to talk regardless of the cold outside.
In Zhao Qinglan's house, there are always Mr. Sun, Zhao Qingzhu, Zhao Qingju, and Wu Mei sitting there.
At this moment, everyone is in the same mood.
The military primary school has started.
When the children come to study, they are not as cheerful as before.
In the office, Zhao Qinglan always listened to the teachers talking about the war in the south.
In addition to normal daily work, eating, drinking, and defecation, everyone seems to be inseparable from the topic of war the rest of the time.
Even though he knew that this battle would end soon, Zhao Qinglan still felt very sad when he saw and heard reports about the casualties and fighting conditions.
There are also some enthusiastic young people and students who actively ask to join the army and fight on the front lines.
More than twenty days after the war broke out, Li Huai and others suddenly received orders to go south.
This was originally a secret matter, but with a large number of military vehicles and people leaving, how could the people in the family area not know about it at all.
On the night when the troops marched south, many people in the family area could not sleep all night.
Among these people, Zhao Qinglan probably slept the most soundly.
Because she knew the time of this battle, her husband and the others had just gone south. She doubted whether they could reach the front line before the end of this battle.
Since we can't go to the front line, what danger can there be?
Indeed, as she expected, Li Huai and his group rushed to the south and finally reached the south. Before they reached the border fighting zone and were waiting for orders from above, news suddenly came that the battle was over.
As soon as the news was announced, the whole country cheered.
Zhao Qinglan and his army's primary school had a half-day holiday. No one was in the mood to go to school and celebrated in various ways.
As soon as Zhao Qinglan and her daughter returned home, they saw their mother and sister with happy faces.
"Qinglan, you said we won't fight anymore. Li Huai and Jinsheng will be back soon, right?"
"Mom, that's for sure. Otherwise, what would they do if they stayed in the south all the time?" This march is out and they don't need to live or eat.
The frowning family members in the family area also showed smiles that they had not seen for many days.
Zhao Qinglan was right, Li Huai and the others came back five days later.
Although Li Huai and many of his comrade-in-arms soldiers felt sorry for not going to the battlefield, they were also happy that the war was over.
After that, the troops and combat heroes who performed well in this battle were commended.
Zhao Qinglan and the others read the newspaper news and listened to the radio every day, and their blood boiled with excitement.
Many people wrote letters to the fighting heroes, and there were also young girls expressing their love for him.
Sun Wen took a bus back to the capital before he was fifteen.
He called back and talked about the reaction of people from all walks of life in the capital to the battle. He was very excited.
If the phone bill hadn't been so expensive, Sun Wen would have loved to tell the story of his day and night.
Even Wei Hong wrote a passionate letter to Zhao Qinglan.
After this hurdle passed, Li Huai finally saw a smile on his face.
Because of many days of worry and traveling back and forth, he had obviously lost a lot of weight.
Zhao Qinglan felt a little distressed when she saw her husband. As soon as her husband came home on time, she started to replenish the food with various kinds of soups, vegetables and meat.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingzhu and Zhou Jinsheng were able to come over and have a meal, but Wu Mei's family next door was suffering terribly.
In order to celebrate the victory, their snack bar offered discounts for three days, which was a way to express their joy with a little bit of their own heart.
Zhao Qinglan and the others were very happy, but the Li family in the capital was becoming clouded again.
After staying at home for a few days to celebrate the New Year, Li Wei returned to the army.
After the war broke out, their troops quickly received orders and rushed to the front line.