"Tong Hua... I'm so happy that you're here!" I was so excited that I didn't know how to express my feelings.
"Xiaomi... we thought you were so happy to see the old squad leader back that you didn't even know what to say!" Muzi handed the tea cup to Tong Hua.
"Yeah, I'm a little too excited...Sisters, I'm going to treat you to a guest tonight, to welcome Tong Hua and welcome her back to China!"
"Hey, hey, hey... each of you, hold on! Calm down! Don't be so happy as soon as the old squad leader comes back. What, even though I have some, haha..."
"Xiao Wei! I'm just talking about you! You don't have to attend tonight's reception banquet!" I looked at Xiao Wei seriously.
"Don't bother me! Tang Xiaomi, you can't do this...Mimi..." Xiaowei shook my arm flatteringly.
"Xiaomi, Xiaowei, don't be so excited. Tonghua won't leave when he returns to China this time. There will be plenty of time for a meal in the future."
I looked at Xia Xia in surprise and surprise, and then looked at Tong Hua, "Really?! Tong Hua? You won't go abroad?"
Tong Hua smiled happily, "Really! No matter how nice it is abroad, I don't want to go to a place where you don't have rice soup!"
"Tong Hua! You are so good! You are so wonderful! I simply... love you so much!" I was so excited that I kissed Tong Hua on the face.
"Eh~ So disgusting!"
"Tang Xiaomi, you are a soldier now! Hold your head up! Stand out your chest! Keep your belly in! Stand up straight! Look, you kissed me all over the face! How can you make it up to me~?!" Tong Hua pretended to glare at everyone seriously, and then wiped
He wiped the saliva from his face and looked at me slyly.
I hugged her shoulders and replied very rudely, "Of course, I can make up for it in any way you want me to!"
Suddenly, bursts of unbridled laughter came from the room. How long had it been since I had heard such refreshing laughter? How long had it been since I had not laughed so heartily? I don’t know.
Yes, Tong Hua is back. I don’t know why, as long as she is here, my uneasy heart seems to be settled immediately. With her here, I will not worry about anyone bullying me, and with her here, I will not worry about myself.
The problems I encountered could not be solved, but with her here, I felt like I had seen another version of myself.
"Why did you come out?" Looking at Tong Hua standing in front of me, I couldn't help but ask.
"I should ask you! Everyone is eating cake, why did you come out?" Tong Hua didn't care how much dust there was on the steps, he bent down and sat down.
"It's okay... I just want to find a quiet place to think about something alone..." I looked at Tong Hua with a grimace.
"So, have you figured it out?"
"No, there are some things that God is clearly playing tricks on you. How could he let you figure it out so easily?" I picked up the liquor next to me and poured a glass for Tong Hua. "Come on, let's do something for this sad era."
One cup!”
Watching me drink heavily from the bottle, Tong Hua tried to take the wine from my hand, "Don't drink so hard, you'll get drunk. You have training tomorrow!"
"Training? Lao Tang said, what kind of army do you want to join? What kind of soldier do you want to be? Those are all floating clouds! Tong Hua, do you think... are these floating clouds?"
"Xiaomi, no matter what happens, you have to think that this is a test given to you by God. Aren't you unwilling to admit defeat? Then you make a bet with God and see who wins in this bet!"
"Bet? I've been betting for twenty-four years! Still betting?" I looked at Tong Hua's face, which gradually became blurry.
"Twenty-four years?" Tong Hua looked at me inexplicably.
I sneered, and then closed my eyes tiredly, "Yeah. When I was a child, I bet that if Mi Lan couldn't trust me, she would definitely come back to see me, even if she stayed with me for a day. When I grow up, I
It’s still a bet. I bet that even if Mi Lan doesn’t have time to come back to see me, she still loves me in her heart. When I was eighteen years old, I made a bet with Mi Lan. I bet that Mi Lan would never be able to find me. In this way, I
I don’t have to be a soldier. After I joined the army, I still bet that even though I was being controlled by Mi Lan and making harsh remarks every day, she would always put me first."
Tong Hua patted my face and started to sound a little panicked, "Xiaomi... you are drunk and talking nonsense!"
I knocked Tong Hua's hand off and continued, "But, Tong Hua, do you know? After so many years and so many bets, I have never won once. I lost miserably. I am very conflicted and I don't know why.
I am still willing to stay in the army. If I just wanted to prove my strength to Mi Lan, then I would have done it long ago, but now, why do I stay here?"
"Millet……"
"Tong Hua, don't make any noise! You know, I want Mi Lan to care about me and love me well. I searched hard for Mi Lan's fragments to fill in the blanks before I was eighteen. Tong Hua, you know,
Why did I sign up for Red Eagle in the first place?”
"Millet……"
"At that time, I said, Mi Lan, I want to take a good look at you from the place closest to you, and I also want you to take a good look at me from the place closest to you. Mi Lan, you don't understand at all, you don't understand anything.
not understand……"
"Chief... Xiaomi, she..." Tong Hua looked at Mi Lan awkwardly. When Xiaomi started to mention the bet, Mi Lan had been standing here, but he wanted to salute and remind Xiaomi, but was stopped.
"She's drunk, help her back..." Mi Lan looked at her daughter who was drunk in front of her with a deep look on her face. Her heart felt as if a five-flavor bottle had been knocked over, with all the sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty emotions flooding into her heart.
"Yes, Chief." Tong Hua had no choice but to carry me, who was completely drunk, back to the dormitory.
Mi Lan took a deep breath and looked at this huge training ground. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. How much sweat she had shed in this training ground for the sake of the troops and the soldiers, but how much of the sweat belonged to Xiaomi?
This night, I was drunk. I was so drunk that I couldn't remember what happened. I didn't remember that I had said so many things that I had been holding back in my heart. I didn't even know. It turned out that Mi Lan was here that night. She was just quiet.
Listening to me, listening to this heartfelt words from my daughter who is so ashamed of herself.
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