"Haha, stinky girl!" Looking at his little daughter who was suddenly surprised and funny, Jiang Defu shook his head and smiled, but when he looked at another letter from Suning's family, his face suddenly became ugly, "No? That's all?"

"Yes! That's all!" Jiang Yaning looked at his father strangely, "Brother is just saying that he is safe."

"Okay! I understand!" Jiang Defu suddenly felt that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and realized that his eldest son Jiang Changyi was still separated from them, "That's right! Yaning, after dinner, you can put your two brothers

Show all the letters to your aunt."

"Yeah! I understand."

...

Suning enjoyed the monotonous life of the recruit company. Occasionally he would go out for a walk during weekend breaks. First, he would put on his few casual clothes and walk alone on the rural roads in the 1970s.

Looking at the antique charm of the village in front of him, Suning felt a little relaxed and happy. The old houses all revealed the beauty of the Jiangnan water town, and the stone roads on the country roads were covered with moss.

The corners of Suning's mouth turned up slightly, and she unconsciously closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Is it the sea breeze? Is it fishy? And...

Suning closed her eyes and kept twitching her nose. Was it salted fish?

When Suning opened his eyes, he saw a smelly salted fish that Hou Chengnan had gotten from nowhere and placed it under his nose, "Hou Chengnan, are you seeking death?"

"Hahahaha! Brother, does the salted fish taste good?"

"Hmph! Where did you get the salted fish?"

"I went to the market to buy it. Brother, aren't you reading in the company?

Why do you have time to come out?"

"Yeah! I'm going to the Xinhua Bookstore in the small town ahead to buy some books."

"Ah? Brother, the four classics our company distributed are not enough for you to read?"

"I'll buy something else!"

"Oh! Then I'll go with you!"

"Uh? Didn't you just come back?

No need to accompany me."

"fine!

I'm worried that you don't know the way, what if you get lost?" Hou Chengnan looked at Suning with a worried expression.

Looking at Hou Chengnan who was waiting in front of him, Suning could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and then went to the town with Hou Chengnan holding the salted fish. Looking at the salted fish in Hou Chengnan's hand, Suning couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Chengnan, haven't you eaten enough salted fish on the island?"

"Huh? How can I have enough of such a delicious salted fish?" Hou Chengnan said with a naive smile, "Also, I found that the smell of this salted fish is very similar to the one made by my mother."

"Huh?" Suning knew that Hou Chengnan was homesick.

"Okay! Don't bring the salted fish back to the company for a while." Suning put his arm around Hou Chengnan's shoulders, and then arranged the salted fish with a smile, "I'll buy the books later, and I'll treat you to a restaurant, just in time

Let the restaurant chef help you process it."

"Ah? Is that okay?" Hou Chengnan was pleasantly surprised at this time.

"Haha, of course!" Looking at the surprised silly boy, Suning couldn't help laughing, "If you can't finish it, you can take it back to the company to eat slowly, and you don't have to bother the company's cooks."

"Well, brother, what you said makes sense."

Suning and the silly boy Hou Chengnan arrived at a market town more than ten miles away, and then went straight to the Xinhua Bookstore in the town. First, they asked Hou Chengnan, who was dressed in military uniform, to take a look around, and Suning started looking for it by himself.

Suning wanted a set of textbooks for junior high school and high school. After all, it had been a long, long time since he had read these books. Traveling through the vicissitudes of time had also made him a little nervous, so it was safest to review them in advance.

Arriving at the textbook area of ​​Xinhua Bookstore, Suning picked directly from a pile of books and quickly collected all the textbooks. When he was about to pay and check out, a nice female voice suddenly came to his ears, "

Comrade, do you want to buy textbooks?"

Hearing such nonsense, Suning quickly looked up, and then there was a simple and concise face. It could not be said to be very pretty, nor could it be said to be ugly, but it was much more comfortable to look at than the girls with heavy makeup in later generations.

Looking at the unfamiliar farm girl in front of him, Suning blinked strangely, "Yes! Buy a book!"

"Comrade, the books here are too expensive." When the girl saw Suning's answer, she whispered in surprise.

"Huh?" Suning looked at the peasant girl strangely, because he thought she was a speculative little book seller.

The defense in Suning's eyes was very obvious, and the farm girl suddenly felt a little angry, "Comrade, where are you thinking!"

I have a set of unused junior high school and high school textbooks, and I want to transfer them to you at a low price."

"Oh? What a coincidence?

I thought you were a dedicated bookseller."

"Hmph! Do you want it?"

"Huh?" To be honest, Suning didn't want to quarrel with the other party, and he didn't care whether the textbooks were expensive or not. But when he found her clothes covered in patches, he realized that she might have encountered some difficulties.

"Okay! Your home is not far from here, right?"

"Haha, not far!" Seeing that Suning didn't even ask about the price, the farm girl was pleasantly surprised, "It's not far from the next door."

"Well! Let's go then!" Suning put down the textbooks directly and only picked up a dictionary, an English-Chinese dictionary, and a teaching aid for the mathematics, physics and chemistry series.

Seeing Suning going to check out, the farm girl's eyes were full of curiosity. She felt that although Suning didn't look very good, she gave people a very comfortable feeling.

Hou Chengnan, a confused man in military uniform, followed the peasant girl to her home. Suning could easily feel the girl's fear when she looked at Hou Chengnan's clothes.

"Haha, comrade, don't be afraid." Looking at the frightened farm girl, Suning quickly explained with a smile, "We are the People's Liberation Army, we just went to your house to buy books."

"Oh! This is my home, please wait a moment."

The girl did not invite Suning and Suning into their home. Instead, she ran in alone. Soon the girl took out a large pile of textbooks. Although they were all used, they were still very well maintained. It can be seen that the girl is a book lover.

person.

"How much?"

"Two pieces!"

Suning looked at the other party in surprise. It was not because her price was cheap, but it was exactly the same as the one from Xinhua Bookstore. This made Suning feel dumbfounded.

"Comrade, is this the low price you're talking about?"

"There are not only textbooks in it, but also notes I took during class." The peasant girl was not worried about Suning's questioning. Instead, she had already prepared a set of excuses, "Did you see the top two notebooks?

That is my many years of hard work, if you can open it and take a look, it will definitely be worth your money."

Suning wasn't even interested in opening it, so he counter-offered bluntly, "One dollar and a half!"

"ah?"

"Is that okay?"

"Okay! One and a half is one and a half!" The girl didn't think about it for long, and agreed with an expression of gritted teeth.

Suning didn't care about the fifty cents, but she also wanted to experience the joy of bargaining. At the same time, she didn't want to buy this set of books at a high price and then go back feeling depressed.

Suning happily paid one yuan and a half and left directly with Hou Chengnan without saying any nonsense to the girl. After all, she would only be a stranger.

"Brother, why did you buy these textbooks?"

"We need to strengthen our studies. Your father was the battalion commander during his lifetime, right?"

"Yeah!" Hou Chengnan felt a little depressed when he mentioned his father.

"Chengnan, your father's generation doesn't have high standards of education, but our generation is different. You should also know how much I sacrificed to become a soldier." Looking at the depressed Hou Chengnan, Suning smiled.

explained, "So, if we want to get ahead in the army, we must work harder than others and learn more knowledge."

"Brother, I understand what you mean." Hou Chengnan is just a little honest, but he is not stupid, and he easily understood what Suning meant, "Brother, just like your dad went to the military academy, so he can become a

Commander."

"Yes! It's for this reason." Suning showed a childish expression, "In the past, the previous generation could still be leader without education, but now our generation can't."

"Yes! I will definitely study hard." Hou Chengnan nodded vigorously, then looked at Suning expectantly, "Brother, are you willing to teach me?"

"Haha, sure!" Suning nodded in agreement, "You can use your rest time to study, and you don't have to go everywhere to buy things from fellow villagers. The saved allowance can be used to buy Ningbo rice cakes for your mother."

"Haha, great!"

I took Hou Chengnan to a small state-owned restaurant and randomly ordered roasted eggplant and shredded pork with green peppers, and then ordered a lot of rice. Originally, they wanted steamed buns, but they really don’t have this in small towns in the south now. Suning

He Hou Chengnan could only give up in frustration.

Suning only ate a small piece of the salted fish processed by the restaurant chef, and asked Hou Chengnan to pack the rest and eat it slowly. After all, the food in the army was too poor, and now he had some salted fish to go with it. Hou Chengnan's

Life will be easier.

...

The two returned to the recruit company again. Suning trained as hard as ever, and soon became the shadow of the future soldier king. Not only did the company commander and platoon leader of the recruit company be happy, but he also made all the comrades in the recruit company admire him.

Hou Chengnan may have been inspired by Suning. He became more and more attentive in training and was no longer the careless person he used to be. Under Suning's training, his shooting skills also improved rapidly.

During the break, Hou Chengnan stopped running around. Instead, he devoted himself nervously to studying, and then made rapid progress under Suning's guidance.

"Chengnan, your handwriting is too ugly." Suning looked at Hou Chengnan's handwriting and felt really miserable.
To be continued...