He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 2: The Excited Chief

"Brother, I'm 18 years old now, and Sifangping Vocational and Technical College will start school in a few days."

"But I want to join the army directly. Four years in military school is too long."

"If you are promoted from a soldier to an officer, your promotion speed should be much faster."

"Brother, what do you think? If you don't agree, just eat this egg tart and I'll take it as you don't want me to join the army."

Lu Qinglong blinked twice, and stared at the box of egg tarts in front of the tombstone with his gaze like a hunting lion.

"I'll count to three. If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your consent."

"three."

"two."

"one!"

When the countdown ended, Lu Qinglong suddenly grabbed a box of egg tarts on the ground, opened his bloody mouth and put the egg tarts into his mouth.

"Thank you, brother! I knew you would agree to my joining the army!"

"By the way, when I told my mother about this today, she still disagreed. Let me ask you."

"Brother, you are 27 and still haven't found a wife. If you can persuade our mother that I can successfully join the army, I will burn a 2D paper film for you later."

"No, one is not enough. I'll burn three for you!"

After saying this, for some reason, even though it was the hot weather in August, Lu Qinglong felt a chill and sneezed subconsciously.

"What kind of weather is this? Why is it so hot and cold?"

Lu Qinglong touched his nose and stood in front of the tombstone and chatted a few more words about recent events.

After chatting for more than half an hour, I said goodbye to my brother.

"Let's go, Mr. Gao."

Before leaving, Lu Qinglong knocked on the window. Grandpa Gao, who was watching a video of a young lady dancing in the security room, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly put away his phone and nodded to Lu Qinglong.

By the time I jogged back home from the suburbs, it was already past seven o'clock and it was dark outside.

We live in an old, run-down house, which was allocated to my father when he was working at his previous company. We have lived there for more than 20 years.

Although most of the people living there are elderly people, the security is very good and even theft has never happened.

As soon as I opened the door, I found Lu Ma sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at me without saying a word.

"Mom, I'm back. I just went to see my brother."

Lu Qinglong said with gritted teeth.

Mother Lu did not speak. She just stared at Lu Qinglong in silence for a while before she slowly spoke:
"You really think about it?"

"You know, your brother doesn't want you to join the army, and neither does your father or me."

"But you are an adult now, and you can make your own decisions on some things."

Lu Qinglong looked at the skin on his mother's face that was once smooth and delicate, but now it was covered with traces of time. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes seemed to be marks left by time.

Her hair was no longer as black and shiny as it used to be, but was mixed with a few strands of silver.

Only that gentle yet firm look has never changed.

"Mom, please let me join the army. I will definitely avenge my brother!"

Lu Qinglong felt a little sour in his nose and gently held Lu Ma in his arms.

"You kid, you've grown so big without me noticing."

"I still remember that when you were six years old, you were only a head taller than me."

"Okay, now that you've grown up and Mom can't control you, you should just join the army."

"But I told you in advance that you have to consider my feelings before doing anything. You can't be as reckless as your brother again."

"Mom only has you..."

"mom!"

Lu Qinglong hugged his mother a little harder and forced his head up to look at the ceiling to prevent his tears from flowing out.

"Okay, I'll talk to your Uncle Li from the Armed Forces later. Go back to your room and get some sleep first."

Mother Lu patted Lu Qinglong's arm, and Lu Qinglong quickly let go.

"Then mom, I'm going back to my room first." "Go ahead."

When the door of Lu Qinglong's room closed, Lu's mother rubbed her shoulders.

"This kid is getting stronger and stronger."

……

Li Haoze, who was sitting in the Armed Forces Department and was busy dealing with the recruitment of soldiers, suddenly received such a call.

"Excuse me, is this Chief Li? I am Lu Weiguo's wife."

A familiar female voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Sister-in-law, you are too polite. Just call me Xiao Li."

"Sister-in-law, are you looking for me?"

The chief asked, somewhat confused.

"Hey, Commander Li... I want to send my son Lu Qinglong to join the army... Do you think it's too late this year?"

The voice of Lu Ma on the other end of the phone sounded a little hesitant.

"Oh, send them to the army? I'm afraid it won't work this year, because their pre-service training has already ended, and most of the places to go to various places are full..."

Chief Li refused subconsciously.

These days I'm busy with the conscription work and I'm exhausted every day. I wonder how many parents want to send their children to the army.

The office phone basically keeps ringing every day because of these things.

However, this is the first time that someone has made a personal phone call to ask his child to join the army.

"Ah? Is it too late this year?"

Mother Lu's voice suddenly lost a lot of strength, but she still asked tentatively:

"Then Chief Li, can you please be flexible this year and give my Qinglong a..."

"Who?!"

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute! It's your Lu family's second son who wants to join the army, right?!!!"

The chief suddenly stood up from his seat, holding the phone tightly in his right hand, and quickly interrupted Lu Ma and asked.

"Uh...right."

"If there really are no vacancies, then forget it. Sorry to bother Chief Li..."

“There is a spot!”

The chief interrupted again, his voice trembling with excitement.

"what?"

Mother Lu was stunned for a moment, as if she was doubting whether she had heard it wrong. Why did the other party's attitude seem to have taken a 180-degree turn?

"There is a spot! It's so much of a spot, sister-in-law!"

"Sister-in-law, you are at home now, right? Can you send me the address?"

"Your child joining the army is a big deal. I think we need to talk about such a big thing in person!"

"Uh... ok."

Mother Lu sent the address to the leader.

"Prepare the car! Go to this address!"

The chief asked the driver to step on the accelerator all the way, and less than ten minutes later, he knocked on the door of the Lu family.

"Sister-in-law! Long time no see, sister-in-law!"

"Is Brother Lu okay? Here are the rice and cooking oil we just distributed as a gift!"

As soon as the door opened, Chief Li excitedly shook Lu Ma's hand and quickly put the things in his hand on the ground.

Faced with this sudden enthusiasm, Lu Ma nodded somewhat at a loss:

"He's fine. He's still focusing on the army like before. After all, he's very busy and can't come back for a few times in a year or two."

(End of this chapter)