"When you go to war, you have no eyesight, and some of you will lose your life. It's all life!" The old man of the Chen family said with emotion, "When the fifth son of our family went to serve as a soldier, his mother cried until she died. I say you too
Stop crying, he deserves to die, you can't live if you cry anymore, he deserves to have this wealth, and he can come back despite the swords and fires. We fishermen originally didn't know if they could come back as soon as they went to sea. It was just in order to survive in the past.
I went to sacrifice my life, and now I can sacrifice my life for wealth."
As he spoke, he pointed to the corporal who was entertaining everyone: "Xiao Fazi came back from vacation this time. My family asked me whether I should apply for retirement. I said it was not necessary. Our family's huge property must be protected - we can't just rely on others."
As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at a middle-aged couple in the distance who were entertaining others to eat and drink. He seemed to be a little disdainful, but also seemed to have some pity, "I am old and can't go to the sea, so I can only sit at home and pretend.
.If I were ten years younger, I would also like to go out for a trip."
As he spoke, he asked the village chief: "I heard that recruitment of immigrants has started again?"
"Yes, that's right," the village chief said, "We will discuss this matter when we go back to the commune for a meeting. Those who are willing to go will give money to the officials and land..."
The stationed police officer looked mysterious: "This matter has not been officially notified yet..."
The village chief said disdainfully: "What's so mysterious about this? Many people have immigrated in the past two years. The house your brother lives in was originally allocated to Zheng Laolv. His family went to Jeju Island.
There are not many people in the village who know how to look after animals, but he is one of them. I heard that he was taken away because he didn't want to go." The village chief said the last half of the sentence very quietly, as if he knew some dirty secret, and he felt uncomfortable as soon as he said it.
Okay, here are two Fubo sergeants, who can be considered half of the leaders.
"It's okay even if he is arrested." The militia captain didn't care. "You can go there crying, but now he is laughing. He went to enjoy his life! Some time ago, the militiamen were doing target practice, and we happened to be teaching the cavalry
Together with the team, I heard that the immigrants from Lingao to Jeju Island all became cadres, were given houses and food, and were responsible for raising horses. There were more women than men there. It is said that a group of women were chosen for them during the blind date. He, an old man
Happy bachelors!"
As soon as this topic, which men like to hear, was mentioned, everyone immediately became agitated. Everyone began to use their imaginations and even told jokes about the chief of the planning folk choosing a life secretary. The air was filled with
A happy atmosphere.
Just when the topic was heading towards tea at the Political and Security Bureau, Tan Shuangxi intervened in time: "Have many people immigrated in the past two years? I'm not just talking about our village, but also other places."
"There are so many," said the accountant, whose face turned red after drinking. "The positions of the chiefs have expanded so much, and they all need people to serve as officials. Where can we get cadres? Of course, they must be the most trustworthy people. Lingao is from the Senate.
In the land of Longxing, every one of them is a disciple of the Dragon. Everyone knows about Sanya, so I won’t talk about it. In the first two years, I mainly went to Taiwan and Jeju Island. At first, I went to work. After a long time, I even brought my family with me.
After that, he will not come back. A poor scholar who came to Kaohsiung with me came to Kaohsiung. He started teaching in the quarantine camp, and then he was sent to what is it called... Kaohsiung! Later he came back and talked to me about the move, and said
The construction there is pretty good, with more people who can do hard work and fewer people who can manage things, so there are more opportunities for promotion, so I simply signed up to immigrate. I saw his name in the newspaper a few days ago, what a guy... from Kaohsiung National School
He is now the vice-principal. In Lingao, do you think he with a Class A diploma can teach in Fangcaodi? Our village has also left a few people, Zheng Laolu... The village chief has said it, and that person at the east end of the village has gone to Hong Kong.
I became a minor official in the Key Fishery Cooperative and married a local woman. I think she will probably never come back."
The militia captain took a sip of tea, used his index finger to stick up the fish fillet crumbs in the oil paper bag, put it into his mouth and sucked on it. He looked at several people staring at him in ecstasy, and said with satisfaction: "I heard it's good.
more than one."
Everyone laughed together, and then became quiet for a while.
"I heard that this recruitment of immigrants is going to the south. What's it called... I didn't remember it. Anyway, it's in the direction of Hongji. The conditions given are quite good. They will give you a moving fee first and then give you a hundred acres of land. The house will go there.
Build it yourself, and the bricks, tiles, and wood are all free." The militia captain lowered his head, looked at the wine in the cup and murmured to himself, "If I weren't so scared of escaping... I would almost want to go."
"It's not too late for you to go. I heard that people who go to Nanyang can circle the land as they please, and it belongs to you. You can plant as much as you can. Just don't exhaust yourself to death."
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The sun gradually fell into the horizon, dyeing the blue of the sky deeper. The golden afterglow illuminated the clouds in the sky, and also coated the beaches, buildings and people on the seaside with gold. The returning birds began to appear in the sky.
The sky above the village was even more noisy than before, and women holding arbors to block the sun were calling their children to go home for dinner.
Isn't the south the sea? Tan Shuangxi never thought that one day he would move to a distant foreign land, but at this moment, he felt that the place he didn't even know the name must be as beautiful as the village at this moment.
The silence lasted for a long time. The person who broke the silence was Chen Kefa, who had not spoken for a long time: "You earn your life by yourself."
Without looking at the crowd, he picked up a piece of fried dried fish with his chopsticks, took a sip of wine in a leisurely manner, and continued to talk to the fish heads on the plate with his head lowered.
"Is it good to be an official in Jeju Island? Yes, you can be an official, but you have to command a bunch of people who can't even understand the language to work. Is it easy? It's not easy. Those are... not even Miao Yi.
People, I don’t know when they started to go crazy and use the knife. They will not show mercy at all. You all remember the Jin siblings in the newspaper. Is it good to be an official in Taiwan? Yes, but the miasma of land reclamation also killed many people. This
I heard what the sailor said on the boat: Hongji is good, good. I heard that there are more women than men there. You can marry as many as you want as long as you can afford it. But when it comes to mining coal, one day the mine will collapse.
Not even a corpse can be found. You all think that fishing can make a lot of money, and that’s right, but all fishermen know that as soon as we go to the sea, we will have one foot in the door of hell. Go to the sea on a sunny day, and go to the local fishing net.
Before the boat was released, there was a strong wind and a strange wave, and the boat capsized. In our family, which generation has not suffered several deaths at sea? Half a year ago, our fourth cousin also died at sea. His hand was pricked by a fish and he didn't care. He waited until he started to have a fever.
I rushed back, but I lost my temper when I didn't see the shore. There is no easy job in the world. If you want to live a good life, you have to earn it with your own life. Besides, you still have options, right?"
"If you ask me, what is the difference between today's life and the past? That is, you can sacrifice your life to earn a good life, go to Jeju Island, go to Taiwan, go fishing, and serve as a soldier... In the past, if you wanted to sacrifice your life, there was no way.
Did the place ask you to change? When I joined the army, did I want to risk my life to gain some wealth? No, my family is really poor and I can’t open the pot, so I have no choice!”
I don't know if it was because of the wine, but Chen Kefa's eyes started to turn red. He took the bottle of wine and drank two glasses of it. Night had enveloped the village, and a slightly cool sea breeze blew through the yard. A gust of sea breeze blew in kerosene.
The light of the lamp swayed with the wind and flashed across the corporal's face. Two tear tracks flashed between light and dark.
"Is it good to be a soldier? Well, I can eat well, wear warm clothes, travel around a lot, and learn some skills. Besides, this day can be regarded as being fought by us with guns, and I don't regret it. But I am just afraid.
, I’m afraid that one day I won’t be able to come back, and what’s even more afraid is that if I come back, my brothers on the team won’t be able to come back. As soon as I get home, I’ll get on the boat and go to sea. I’m afraid that Sister Li will come to me. You’ve been to Li Anze’s house.
Only then did I dare to return to the village. I was afraid that Sister Li would ask me why my brother didn’t come back when you came back. Even if she didn’t ask, someone would always ask in my heart..."
At this point, he couldn't talk any more.
There was silence all around, and even the children who were playing around during the banquet fell silent. Seeing the serious atmosphere, the village chief quickly smoothed things over: "Life and death are destiny, wealth is in heaven! Don't think so much. Work hard in the army.
That's it! If you can secure your career as an officer in the future, your family will be proud of your ancestors!"
Chen Kefa's face turned a little red, and he sneered: "It's natural to honor your ancestors. You can be honorable when you're alive, and you can be honorable when you're dead. There's nothing wrong with that. I admit it."
There was something wrong with these words. Tan Shuangxi was afraid that something unexpected would happen next and ruin the situation of sending the new recruits out for the expedition, so he immediately came out to answer the question: "What are you talking about, life and death? Our Fubo Army goes out to fight. Where can we go?"
This time it was not that we were devastated, but the wind was blowing. That is to say, when we suppressed the bandits later, the casualties were higher. Now the task of suppressing the bandits has been handed over to the National Army. We have set up a battle array and never been at a disadvantage..." He said with a blushing face.
Yes, I almost said something like: "The possibility of dying in battle is very small."
This was a bit embarrassing to say, so Zhang Laicai immediately added: "Brother Chen is right. In the past, we just sat back and waited for death, without even a way to survive! Since the Senate came, everyone has a way to survive, right?"
Everyone around quickly came to smooth things over, and the happy atmosphere quickly returned to the table. However, Tan Shuangxi vaguely felt that Chen Kefa still had something in his heart that he had not said. But he knew one thing, that is
Chen Kefa will not apply for discharge, he will return to the team.
The Milky Way stretches across the sky in the night sky, extending from Scorpio and Sagittarius in the south to Altair and Vega on the zenith. In the southeast, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars also decorate the night sky. Under this vast sky, the endless black water
They surged up to the beach again and again and then returned to the sea. The night wind swayed a kerosene lamp, and the weak light illuminated several figures frozen in time for a long, long time.