1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 240 Deserter? Hero? Ye Xin's evaluation.

The headquarters of the sharp knife company.

A ten-member art troupe came to perform a consolation show.

The female soldiers of the art troupe danced on a stage made of simple wooden boards. Their dancing moves were graceful and full of youthful energy.

offstage.

The soldiers stared at them intently, occasionally letting out a few hoarse cheers and some running along to sing along.

He had just come down from the front line two days ago, but now he seemed to have forgotten the war and was immersed in the performances of the young and beautiful female soldiers of the art troupe.

Tuanjie Lu was very puzzled. How could there be people who could do things so easily like them?

Just thinking of the countless bullets and shells flying towards the position, the splashing of mud and sand, the scarlet blood and the flying limbs, would scare him so much that his whole body went limp and his limbs became powerless.

"What are you thinking about?"

The company commander, whose arm was wounded, asked gently.

"nothing……"

Cheng Lu replied dryly, and then added, feeling it was impolite, "I just felt a little panicked."

He didn't dare to speak out because he was afraid and worried about being laughed at.

In response, the company commander just smiled. He reached out and patted Cheng Lu on the back of his head, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we veterans will protect you."

"Ah."

Cheng Lu nodded. He remembered that it was that old bastard Chen Laoer who pulled his legs out from the pile of dead bodies in the hail of bullets, like pulling a carrot.

When you think about it this way, he's actually quite nice.

"Don't have any psychological burden... We are doing this for the people behind us. If we survive, we are heroes, and if we die, we are martyrs."

The company commander turned his head to look at the stage and gave a serious reminder.

"Is this so..."

Cheng Lu glanced at the package at his feet. It was just delivered by Old Huang, the company's logistics manager. He said it was something sent from home.

"Captain, I have something to do. I need to go out for a while."

"Go."

The company commander said without turning his head.

Cheng Lu found that the company commander was staring at the performance on the stage in a daze.

To be precise, it was the lead dancer, a young girl with two big braids, tall figure and outstanding appearance.

"Does the company commander like lesbians like this?

I didn't expect that a gentle, mature and reliable company commander would have unrequited love."

Cheng Lu was filled with emotion. He took a quick glance and turned away.

The performance was going on at this time, and the camp was very quiet except for the training ground.

The moon was obscured by clouds, so he found a secluded corner with light and sat on the ground.

The worn cloth shoes on the soles of his feet and the small stones on the ground made a squeaking sound.

Cheng Lu opened the package wrapped in soft blue-gray cloth, and inside was a letter and a piece of clothing.

His eyes lit up, this was something his mother sent him.

So I couldn't wait to tear open the envelope and read it.

"How have you been doing in the army these past few months? Are you eating well and wearing warm clothes?
It's autumn now, so please keep warm and don't catch a cold.

Mom made a piece of clothing for you. Remember to try it on when you receive it.

It must be very warm, it's stuffed with cotton, it cost several dollars, but it's the first time mom made it, the style is average... Don't be disgusted, do you hear me?"

Seeing this, Cheng Lu lowered his head and rummaged through the package.

A black cotton coat appeared in front of me. It looked a bit ugly, with an asymmetrical collar and the buttons on the front were crooked, but the stitching was very dense and the workmanship was clumsy and detailed.

"Of course I don't mind."

Cheng Lu smiled and put on his cotton coat. A faint, familiar smell rushed into his nostrils, making his heart tremble.

This is the smell of my mother.

The uneasy heart in my chest soon calmed down.

But the smell slowly dissipated into the air after the clothes were spread out and put on.

He sniffed it reluctantly, not caring about anything else but wrapping his clothes tightly to slow down the smell's dissipation.

Except for clothes and some nagging household chores.

In the letter, his mother asked him if he continued to write in his diary, and if so, to remember to send it back for her to see.

He also mentioned that the girl next door sent a letter back from the countryside and asked about him.

"Should I send her a letter?"

This question lingered in Cheng Lu's mind, and he hesitated a little but finally put it aside.

In the army, he died at some unknown time.

In this battle, the spearhead company and several other companies suffered a total of nearly 200 casualties.

Who knows, it might be him next time.

Suddenly, everything went dark.

He looked up subconsciously and found that it was the girl that the company commander liked.

Those dark eyes sparkled beautifully in the dim sky.

The two long black braids twisted into a pigtail looked as smooth and shiny as silk under the night light.

"how?"

"Hey! What's your name? I heard from your company commander that you can play the piano, why don't you come over and help us?"

The girl found him and hoped he could go and help.

Cheng Lu hesitated for a moment, and was forcibly dragged towards the stage by the female comrade.

"Don't drag me...you're using so much strength...don't tear my clothes!"

"If you tear it, I'll compensate you! Stop dilly-dallying!"

He was pulled and scolded by the girl.

Following behind him in a somewhat embarrassed manner, he looked at the new clothes on his body with heartache.

How can there be such a bold and daring lesbian?
And our company commander likes you!

In the end, he helped despite his mild nature.

He wrote in his diary that it was the first time he met her, but... I would rather not meet her.

……

The performance was very successful. Sitting in front of the piano stool, he seemed to have forgotten all the pain and fear. Sitting under the light, he looked like a prince in a fairy tale.

"My name is Lin Suisui. I didn't expect you to be so capable! You seem to be much more confident now..."

Lin Suisui, a bold and aggressive girl, kept looking at him with her two round black eyes, as if she was looking at some treasure worthy of her attention.

The straightforward gaze did not make Cheng Lu feel uneasy, on the contrary he was very calm.

"By the way, can you teach me to play the piano?"

"Uh...I don't think...I have time to teach you."

Cheng Lu wasn’t very good at refusing people, so he had no choice but to say this.

"It doesn't matter. We can write letters. I will leave tomorrow. You can come and see me off tomorrow morning, and then we can exchange letters."

When Lin Suisui smiles, she has two dimples on her face, and even Cheng Lu can't find anything wrong with it.

It's just the tone of voice, too...

Could this girl be...

But she and the company commander?

Cheng Lu looked hesitant.

"Then it's decided."

The girl frowned and made the decision for him, then she turned her slender waist and left.

The two braids began to spin as the movement progressed, and the soft hair brushed against Cheng Lu's face, causing him pain.

This is such an unreasonable girl. This was his first impression of her.

But...it's not offensive.

He didn't get up the next day, so Lin Susu excitedly ran into the dormitory and pulled him out of the quilt.

So strong.

So the two exchanged letters and said goodbye.

Cheng Lu acted a little timid because the company commander was also there.

In this way, the two became pen pals.

Because there was no war for the time being, Lin Susu often came from the art troupe to mend his clothes, shoes and socks, and he taught her to play the piano and write.

Cheng Lu feels like he is in a relationship, but Lin Susu refuses to admit it.

But the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious.

During that period, he seemed to have forgotten the past, forgotten Beijing, forgotten his childhood sweetheart in a production team, and forgotten that the company commander was caught in the middle.

After all, young people always regard the place where they live as everything.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second year and their relationship became better and better, with a sense of intimacy, but Cheng Lu always kept a certain distance from her.

He still didn't know what the relationship between the company commander and Sui Sui was, and she wouldn't tell him when he asked.

"Idiot! I won't tell you unless you tell me about the one you grew up with..."

She always looked at Cheng Lu with sidelong eyes and spoke quietly.

Of course Cheng Lu didn't agree.

At the end of the second year, war broke out suddenly.

The spearhead company was at the forefront, relying on the terrain to block the thousands of enemy troops crossing the river.

This time, Cheng Lu was determined to survive, and with red eyes he fired with a machine gun.

call out--

A piercing scream sounded at this moment, coming from far away and rapidly getting louder. "Get down!!!"

The company commander's voice came from a distance, and then he pounced over and pressed Cheng Lu under him.

"boom!"

The huge explosion was deafening, and the world before his eyes was shaking.

"Whoosh..."

He lay on the ground, his mind was blank, and he only felt that the clothes on his back were soaked by a hot liquid.

The pungent smell of gunpowder and blood poured into his nose, making his nose sore.

He suddenly realized something and turned over with all his strength.

A face covered in mud and blood appeared before my eyes.

"Company Commander?!"

"No...it's okay, ahem...I...I'm going to die?"

"It's okay! It's going to be okay."

Cheng Lu's eyes were sore and he looked helplessly at the blood gushing out like a spring behind the company commander, his voice hoarse and trembling.

"I don't want to die... I still have Sui Sui... I have to take care of He He..."

The company commander's throat, which was blocked by blood, made an unpleasant sound like an old man who had been coughing for many years. When he mentioned Lin Suisui, his eyes suddenly burst into dazzling light.

"Take good care of her, my sister."

The company commander seemed to have a last burst of energy. He tensed his body, stared at Cheng Lu, and patted the back of his head with his trembling hand.

Just like when they first met.

"it is good."

Cheng Lu finally understood their relationship.

But now the sky fell.

He smoothed the company commander's eyes, then put on a hard face, picked up his gun, and charged with his comrades.

The battle was won.

The spearhead company retreated to the camp to rest and regroup. Due to the huge difference in numbers, they successfully resisted the arduous task of the enemy crossing the river and held out until reinforcements arrived, thus winning a large-scale battle and recovering lost territory.

Out of the 120-man spearhead company, only twelve soldiers survived, and they were awarded first-class merit for both the entire company and the individual.

Cheng Lu killed dozens of enemies and became a combat hero.

But he couldn't be happy at all, and felt heavy and anxious.

A week later.

Twelve soldiers including Cheng Lu and Chen Laoer went to the General Military Region for recuperation and medals. At the same time, the art troupe held a grand welcome ceremony and performance.

After the performance.

"Where's your company commander? Why isn't he here?"

The girl with big braids and wearing a military coat bit her lip, her eyes red as she stared at him intently.

"I, he..."

"Why you, why him? Wuwuwu...Brother."

She covered her face and cried.

a long time.

"Are you going to tell your boss that you want to be transferred to the art troupe?"

"Ah."

"Coward! Coward, I hate you! Remember this, I hate you!"

……

Since then, Lin Suisui never spoke a word to him or gave him a good look.

When he was leaving the team, Chen Laoer looked at him with complicated eyes, but he didn't say anything to persuade him to stay. "Although you are planning to leave the team, you are qualified. I said it. It's not your fault..."

"Is... is that so? Hehe."

Cheng Lu, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, had a dazed look in his eyes and an empty heart.

Have you passed?

really?
He knew that was not the case, he was a deserter, that was the truth.

……

Military dormitory.

The dim light illuminates the entire room.

Cheng Kaiyan sat at the desk, blue ink constantly flowing out of the pen in his hand. The first volume was finished here.

A cowardly and weak boy gradually grew into a qualified soldier and a combat hero who could kill dozens of enemy troops after being tempered in the army and war.

But the tempering of the body is only temporary after all.

If the spirit and soul are not tempered, they will never be perfect.

Only by experiencing sorrow and suffering, love and hate... can one grow both physically and spiritually.

From a cowardly boy, he grew into a real man.

If the first volume is about the tempering of the body.

The second volume is an interweaving of pain and suffering, love and hate, and the soul will grow in the process.

Finally returning to the battlefield, in the flames of war, the beauty of youth blossomed with blood and tears.

"What are you writing?"

Ye Xin and Jiang Zilong were so hot that they were shirtless and stood behind Cheng Kaiyan.

One left and one right.

One is full of flesh, the other has a solid and straight body.

The two of them stared at the words pouring out of Cheng Kaiyan's pen, amazed in their hearts.

Is this the legendary inspiration flowing freely and writing as if inspired by god?
However, I saw words related to war, troops, and art troupe appearing repeatedly on the paper.

Ye Xin and Jiang Zilong looked at each other and swallowed subconsciously. They could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Isn't this a novel about military subjects?"

Judging from the thickness of the manuscript paper, this should have been an inspiration that he had before he went on the field trip.

What a coincidence.

None of them spoke up to disturb her, but waited until Cheng Kaiyan wrote down the five words "Complete First Volume" before they spoke.

"You two are really scary. I'm writing something. What's wrong?"

Cheng Kaiyan came out of her immersed state and almost fainted when she suddenly heard the two people's voices.

"How about letting the two of us take a look at you?"

Jiang Zilong did not answer, but looked at the thick pile of manuscripts on the table with a curious look on his face.

This first volume has tens of thousands of words, right?
No wonder everyone in the class says this guy can make money. His novels are hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of words, and his royalties are only ten yuan per thousand words. How can he not make money?

"Okay, the first volume is finished, you can read it if you want, and just give me some suggestions for revisions when the time comes."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded, sorted the manuscript on hand into order, and handed it over.

"Okay, we'll help you take a look."

Ye Xin and Jiang Zilong nodded in satisfaction.

First of all, to give Cheng Kaiyan some advice.

Secondly, they have never thought of writing about military themes, and this can also be used to see Cheng Kaiyan’s ideas.

"Rock-paper-scissors."

"I won, Lao Jiang, haha."

Ye Xin sat neatly at the head of the bed, leaning on the quilt and pillow, quietly and attentively.

When he saw the title of the novel, he thought for a moment, then laughed and said, "Fang Hua, this is a good name. Isn't it the one Liu Xiaoqing sang in the play Little Flower..."

"There is a beautiful flower in the world, that is the blooming of youth?"

Jiang Zilong's eyes lit up and he started singing.

"Yes! That's it! Lao Jiang, we're going to the bathhouse. Take your time to look at it."

Cheng Kaiyan smiled and nodded, then said something to the two of them, took her spare clothes and went out with Jiang Zilong to take a shower.

in the room.

Ye Xin slowly immersed himself in it. The story took place in Beijing in 1974. A teenager of fifteen or sixteen chose to join the army during the wave of going to the countryside to work and study. The background of the times and the characters gave people a natural sense of immersion.

The story begins with him joining the army, his family is poor.

On the day of farewell, the mother took out her only money to buy roast duck for her son and almost missed the train. This vividly portrays the image of a mother who is gentle but has a little temper and loves her son very much.

But it was this half roast duck that embodied the mother's love that caused the mother and son to miss their last meeting.

Seeing this, Ye Xin couldn't help but applaud, "The image of this mother is so well written!"

The army was strict and cruel, and the boy was thin and weak, with a soft temper.

A natural conflict was created.

Ye Xin guessed in his mind that this should be the story of the young man's growth.

He joined the army for training, was assigned to the sharp knife company, was bullied by the wretched and slippery Chen Laoer, was taken care of by the gentle and caring company commander, received a letter from his mother, was lively and generous, and had a strong personality Lin Suisui...

Everything comes alive on the paper.

"The first volume alone has a very different style, which is quite different from previous military works."

"From a weak and cowardly boy, he was tempered by military service, family, comradeship, and love... from a deserter, he eventually grew into a combat hero. What a unique article. Is Cheng Kaiyan going to create some new theme again?"

After reading the first volume, Ye Xin felt deeply moved.

This unfinished "Youth" has the aura of a masterpiece.

At the same time, a sense of urgency arose in my heart.

"We have to work harder too!"

(End of this chapter)