I want to be a soldier

  I want to be a soldier

  Zhao Guodong stroked the big tree at the village entrance, as if Gao Lianchang was still standing here, speaking with passion and fervor. His words were still stirring his no longer young heart, full of excitement and glory.

  "Let's go and see what's going on. A big truck has arrived at the village entrance, and it seems like some big shot is here."

  "Really? Let's go take a look."

  More and more people ran to the village entrance to see that big truck, a rare object that had not been seen in the village for decades, what it looked like.

  Gouwa and Zhao Guotong also had no heart to work in the fields, putting down their work and running after them.

  "Look, that person under the big tree is a lieutenant colonel, a pretty high-ranking official." Someone in the village who had seen the world explained.

  Gouwa and Zhao Guotong couldn't squeeze to the front, so they had to crouch on a broken earth wall to look into the crowd.

  "Fellow villagers, I am Gao Jiancheng, a cadre specially dispatched by our province to recruit soldiers in this county, and a regimental officer." Captain Gao gave a salute to the crowd around him.

  "Gao Lianzhang, what a big official are you? Is the village chief bigger than you?" The onlookers asked Gao Lianzhang, causing bursts of laughter around them.

  Gao Lianzhang also smiled, "I'm not an official, just a partner. But I am a partner who serves the masses." Gao Lianzhang waved his hand behind him, and a group of soldiers wearing steel helmets brought out bags of rice, flour, and pork.

  "This time I came, there are two tasks. One is to distribute some comfort goods in the village and improve the villagers' diet. The second is to select some recruits from your village to serve the country."

  "Hey, Gao Lianchang, are you not a soldier? Can't you get us these grains and flour?" The Chinese people have always had their share of those who try to take advantage. Dog Wa sat on the earthen wall, casting a disdainful glance at the person asking the question. "How shameless." Zhao Guodong looked at Dog Wa with some surprise, "My mother always said that without putting in effort, there's no reward. These people just think about taking advantage." Zhao Guodong was also curious to see how Gao Lianchang would respond.

  "Of course, whether to be a soldier or not depends on everyone's willingness. I've brought all these things here, but it's too far to take them back, and they're also heavy, so we can only leave them here." Commander Gao's words triggered waves of applause from the villagers, after all, who wouldn't be happy about getting free rice and flour, something that's hard to come by even once a year.

  "Fellow villagers, our country is facing a threat, our peaceful land will soon be littered with corpses, our loved ones, brothers and sisters will all suffer at the hands of the enemy. The moment of national subjugation and family destruction is approaching, those wars that were far away from us will also descend upon our own heads. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of every individual, we have no time left, you don't want to see yourselves homeless, wives separated from husbands, children scattered. Perhaps you'll say, what does this have to do with us? Isn't there an army? Now I'm telling you, you're not defending some person, you're defending your own homes, defending your own loved ones. Young people, since ancient times, achievements and fame are just a step away, who doesn't hope to bring glory to their family gate? If you defend your own home, you'll be heroes, you'll receive the admiration of all." Gao Lianzhang's face was flushed with excitement, his pale complexion had turned red, his whole body was like a sword about to be unsheathed, ready to charge forward.

  "I'm willing."

  "I'm willing."

  "I'm willing too."

  Suddenly, many people were shouting, wanting to become soldiers, wanting to protect their homes and defend the country, wanting to make their families proud. A group of inexperienced people wanted to elevate it to protecting their homes and defending the country, but they didn't have that ideological awareness yet. Zhao Guodong was also moved by Gao Lianzhang's words, he could imagine himself being invincible on the battlefield, admired by the people, becoming a general commanding thousands of soldiers and horses, just like the legendary Yue Fei.

  "I also want to go, will you take me?" A childish voice pierced through the crowd, and everyone turned their heads to look at Zhao Guoqiang and Dog Wa squatting on the broken earth wall.

  "What are you looking at? Can't I be a soldier too?" The little kid, who was stared at by so many people for the first time, shouted in discontent, even making Zhao Guotang feel embarrassed.

  "You're still young and can't join the army." Captain Gao said with a mixture of laughter and tears.

  "Why?" The puppy stood with its paws on its hips, very angry. "Didn't you just say that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world? Why can't I go?"

  "You're still a kid, the rise and fall of the world is an adult's affair, wait till you grow up, I'll be very welcome." Gao Lianzhang felt somewhat helpless towards this child. "Alright, each household send one representative to that side to receive rice and flour, those who want to join the army come here to sign up, then tomorrow at this time, we set off from here."

  Everyone rushed up and surrounded the big tree in three layers inside and out.

  "Guo Dong ge, do you want to go there and be a soldier?" Dog Wa pulled at Zhao Guo Dong's clothes as he was lost in thought.

  "What? Oh, go! Why don't you go?" Zhao Guotang clenched his fist tightly and said, "I must join the army."

  I am a divider

  Zhao Guotang patted the big tree, nearly 30 years have passed, and the big tree has also become somewhat old, losing its former grandeur, just like his own self, with a heroic spirit of wanting to be a soldier.

  Looking at the words carved on the tree by myself and Dog Wa when I was young, they have become somewhat blurred. Time is indeed the best tool to wear everything away. Only inadvertently can we discover a hint of that time.

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