Chapter 155: Enlisting, Farewell
Yun Linhai scratched his head, “That doesn’t mean you should tell everyone you meet that my two boys are going to join the army.”
That would be too embarrassing, making him seem like he was showing off.
“Why not? It’s such an honorable thing. If you ask me, your whole family is too reserved.”
Yun Chendong and Yun Chenxi were surrounded by villagers, gawked at like brightly dressed young girls.
The expressions on their faces were about to freeze.
The most outrageous thing was that there were even matchmakers present.
“You two are at an age where you should be getting married. My niece is so beautiful, and she’s hardworking. When are you leaving? Why don’t you go meet her first?”
“Chendong, I’ve watched you grow up, and we know each other well. I have a niece…”
Yun Chendong & Yun Chenxi: ……..
Save me, save me!
They kept looking at each other for help.
Yun Jiao squeezed in, wanting to help, but she was quickly defeated and fled.
She bravely stood in front of her older brothers and was picked up by the eldest brother.
But in the next second, several hands landed on her, touching her hair, pinching her cheeks, and not even sparing her small arms and legs.
“You two should get married soon, and then you’ll have a baby as good-looking as Jiao Jiao.”
“Oh, her face is so tender. In our village, Yun Jiao’s skin is the most tender and fair. What a good child.”
“Yes, you should get married early. Yun Jiao and Xiao Jiu can also help with the bed-pressing ceremony.”
Yun Jiao QAQ
I can’t win, I can’t win! Brother, put me down quickly, I want to escape!
Yun Chendong, of course, felt for Yun Jiao and quickly let her go.
Good heavens, these grandmothers and aunties are too terrifying.
After they finally managed to deal with this group, the Yun family gradually quieted down, and everyone sat on chairs, completely exhausted.
Yun Chendong and Yun Chenxi looked utterly lifeless.
Yun Linhai wiped the sweat from his forehead, “It’s a good thing we didn’t spread the word in advance.”
Otherwise, could they still live their lives!
Yun Chendong and Yun Chenxi nodded.
Granny Yun, “However, what they said has some truth. You two are at an age where you should…”
Yun Chenxi immediately stood up, “I have something to do, I’m leaving now.”
After saying that, he grabbed Yun Jiao and ran away in a flash.
Yun Jiao, “No? What does it have to do with me?”
Yun Chendong also found an excuse and slipped away.
Granny Yun: ……..
“These two brats, I only said one thing and they ran off so quickly.”
After the two ran far away, they carried Yun Jiao to the seaside where there were fewer people to take a walk.
They were carrying Yun Jiao because they were leaving tomorrow, and they would see less of their younger sister each time.
Yun Chenxi rubbed his sister’s soft, tender little face, “Jiao Jiao, from now on, every year you turn older, remember to send me a photo.”
For the first two, or even three, years of being a soldier, they basically couldn’t go home.
Not being able to see them for three years would be a great regret.
Yun Jiao nodded, hugged her brother’s neck, and snuggled intimately against him.
“Jiao Jiao understands.”
As soon as they finished snuggling, Yun Jiao was taken by Yun Chendong.
The two older brothers carried Yun Jiao and returned home as it was getting dark.
The next day, they both changed into army-green military uniforms, looking energetic and very handsome.
The whole family went to see them off.
The group of new recruits joining the army was very lively. They all wore big red flowers and talked with their relatives.
Some cried as they spoke.
Infected by this atmosphere, Yun Jiao, who was reluctant to part with her elder brothers, also had red eyes.
“Everyone, gather, gather, the train has arrived.”
Even with great reluctance, they had to leave eventually.
Yun Jiao watched her two brothers leave to line up and watched them board the train. Tears finally couldn’t bear the weight and fell down one by one.
“Wuwuwu… Eldest brother, second brother.”
The other Yun family members also had red eyes, some crying, and all watching them board the train with longing.
Fortunately, they sat by the train window and stuck their heads out.
Yun Jiao, held by her father, finally hugged her brothers’ necks, her chubby little face pressed against their cheeks.
“Be good, Jiao Jiao, brothers will write to you.”
Yun Jiao’s tears fell freely, and she sniffled.
“I, I will also study hard to recognize characters and write, to write letters to my brothers.”
“Good, Jiao Jiao, you’re amazing.”
Parting is the most hurtful, and the sound of the train began. No matter how much they cried with reluctance, they could only watch the train leave.
The relatives ran after the train for a distance, crying and shouting, and finally could only see the tail of the train speeding into the distance.
After seeing the two off, the entire family was dispirited upon returning home.
They had lived together for so many years, and their sudden departure, even though they knew they were heading for a bright future, still made them reluctant to let go.
They would miss them, they would think of them.
“Alright, when they settle down, we’ll take the train to where they are stationed to see them.”
Yun Jiao nodded.
“Is XJ far?”
That’s right, both of them were assigned to train in XJ.
“Far.”
They were in the south, and XJ was in the north, so how could it not be far?
“But by train, it will be here soon.”
Two days after Yun Chendong and Yun Chenxi left, the Yun family finally recovered.
Life had to go on as usual.
However, Yun Xiaowu and the others were going to school.
Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu, who were already ten years old, were going into the second grade.
Although they hadn’t attended school before, they had Yun Sansan, Yun Chennan, who liked to teach and was a gifted student, at home.
He had already tutored them through the preschool and first-grade curriculum.
It’s just that they might not have learned very well.
Yun Xiaowu was a definite poor student, while Yun Xiaoliu’s grades were a bit better.
But it was not a problem to test into the second grade.
Yun Xiaoqi and Yun Xiao Ba were in the first grade.
Yun Xiaoqi studied well, and Yun Xiao Ba didn’t study very well either.
He was always impatient with homework and instead liked to draw strange things in his homework book.
Then he would be held by the ear and spanked by Wang Mei.
Shen Yunlian worried, “Why is it that none of my sons have good academic performance?”
Only Yun Xiaoliu was a bit better, but he was only in the upper-middle tier. Not very good, but not bad either.
Yun Xiaojiu was going to preschool, and it was still unclear how he would do academically.
But he was the type who didn’t like doing homework.
“Your Chennan and Chenshu will definitely be able to go to university in the future.”
Why couldn’t she give birth to a smarter son herself?
Wang Mei, “The eldest and second sons have joined the army, I envy that.”
“Sigh, it’s so unbalanced. If it could be a mix, it would be good. Most of your boys are mischievous and have good stamina. Look at my boys, like the fourth one, he’s busy with his woodworking all day. The third one likes to stay home and read, I think he’s almost possessed.”
Shen Yunlian complained, “I’m very smart. I was even first in school back then. Those children must take after their father.”
Wang Mei agreed enthusiastically, “My sons’ dullness must also be from their father.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, walking past not far from them: ……..
Fine, it was all their fault.
