Today's "Window of Military Literature" broadcasts the essay "Acacia Across the Sea", telling you the love story of Cai Mengjiao, a primary school teacher in Leshan, Sichuan Province, and her husband Yang Jun, the head of the radar squad of a certain Guantong station of the Navy, and feeling the warmth and sweetness of military love and military marriage. Author: Zhang Rongyao, Wang Xuejun; Broadcast: Xiao Rui; Editors: Hao Zhihong, Xiao Rui.
It was windy and the voice on the phone was intermittent.
On the island, Yang Jun, the head of the radar squad at a certain Guantong station of the Navy, called his wife Cai Mengjiao, who was far away in Leshan, Sichuan.
On the other end of the phone, Cai Mengjiao talked about the carefully planned New Year's Eve activities, and her tone was very excited. Being on a distant island, Yang Jun tried to interject several times but held it back in his stomach.
Looking at the distant sea, Yang Jun's eyes appeared like a movie when his wife spoke, sometimes laughing, sometimes frowning... Yang Jun really didn't know how to say the "I'm sorry."
Yang Jun's heart was full of guilt.
For the New Year's Eve in 2022, the couple planned for a long time. According to the plan, Yang Jun took a vacation, and then the two of them went to the mountains in western Sichuan to watch the meteor shower. They have been married for 5 years, and the time spent together is countless.
(Illustration: Wang Erdou)
Cai Mengjiao is an elementary school teacher. Every New Year, the WeChat circle of friends is a picture of family celebration, but Cai Mengjiao can only look into the distance and imagine the lights on the distant island.
There is always a light that lights up for you, so it becomes a habit to look. In the heart of this military sister-in-law, the lights on the island were the most dazzling shooting stars in her life.
Every time she looked, Cai Mengjiao's eyes always flashed with starlight. She believes that where there is starlight, there is concern. She believes even more that when her husband Yang Jun watches over the frontier of the motherland day by day and year after year, and stands guard for the motherland, his gaze will definitely meet his own gaze at a certain moment. It was the warmth that came with watching each other, and it was also the motivation for him and her to persevere.
Cai Mengjiao and Yang Jun's hometowns are in Leshan, Sichuan. Since marrying Yang Jun, Cai Mengjiao's travel destination has become the coastal city where Yang Jun is stationed.
Looking at the sea, Cai Mengjiao's eyes were full of thoughts. So far, the two of them have never crossed the New Year together. The 29-year-old sister-in-law has always wanted to fulfill a wish: to take a photo of the two people in the same frame on New Year's Eve. She said the couple in the picture should look in one direction together, rather than across the sea.
The calendar was turned over one by one, and on the first day of December last year, Yang Jun and Liu Jie, the station manager of Guantong Station, talked about the idea of going home to visit relatives on New Year's Day, and the station manager agreed to it simply. In the evening, when she heard the news, Cai Mengjiao was very happy.
Who knows, in the middle of December, the Guantong station suddenly came to the support task, and the superior had to dispatch several backbone cadres to other units to assist in completing the task. Yang Jun and the other two veterans are all professional backbones, and Yang Jun is the radar operator who focuses on training in the station, and when such a task comes, all three of them will definitely have to go.
Without waiting for the leader to assign the task, Yang Jun found Liu Jie: "Station master, I have participated in major tasks many times, and this time I cannot be left behind." ”
Walking out of the station master's room, Yang Jun scratched his head, thinking about how to explain to his wife Cai Mengjiao.
In Cai Mengjiao's eyes, Yang Jun is a careful person. They first met at the end of the year. It was the penultimate day of December, and they met. That year's cross-Chinese New Year's Eve, Cai Mengjiao had to accompany her parents and a large number of relatives to dinner, and the day after the New Year, Yang Jun would embark on a journey back to the team. In a hurry, Yang Jun prepared a box of desserts for Cai Mengjiao.
Later, they got married. That year, Yang Jun did not take a vacation for almost a whole year. Across the Chinese New Year's Eve, the couple cooked porridge on the phone, talking about the scene of the first acquaintance of the year, they felt that "everything is the best arrangement", and any regrets are for a better future. At that time, they agreed that "we must celebrate the New Year together."
Soon, it's Chinese New Year's Eve night of 2020.
On this side of the island, Yang Jun and his comrades guarded the radar screen. On the other side of the shore, thousands of households are brightly lit, and Cai Mengjiao and her relatives sit around the table to celebrate the New Year. Fleeting fireworks in the sky and the faint sound of firecrackers in the distance signal the arrival of the Chinese New Year.
The happiness of others spending time before and after the moon and staying with them day by day is doomed to be out of luck with them. However, the distance can not block the truth, at noon on the first day of the Chinese New Year, Cai Mengjiao took away the worry on the phone: "Was the duty tired yesterday?" ”
At the end of the phone, Cai Mengjiao's slender right wrist was wearing a shell bracelet, which was a New Year gift sent by Yang Jun from the island a few days ago.
From acquaintance to acquaintance, every festival that cannot be gathered, Yang Jun will carefully prepare a gift for his wife, just like the "box of desserts" for the first acquaintance. This time, Yang Jun made a bracelet out of a shell and sent it to a distant lover.
Putting on the bracelet, Cai Mengjiao's mind came up with the appearance of the "military brother who is tall and tall". "I hope to be able to celebrate New Year's Eve next year." On the phone, Cai Mengjiao's voice was sweet, but tears swirled in her eyes.
The young couple was always careful not to mention getting together, for fear of touching the sensitive nerves in their hearts.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year, Cai Mengjiao chose to go to the island to circle with Yang Junjun. From her hometown in Sichuan to the military camp, Cai Mengjiao took 4 kinds of transportation and took 3 days. "I set off early in the morning, drove for 16 hours, and took a boat for a long time, I thought I had finally arrived at my destination, and I had to go up the mountain." The first time she went to the island, Cai Mengjiao knew the island and was even more distressed about the people who guarded the island.
On the island, Cai Mengjiao walked the mountain road with Yang Jun, and together they painted the two big characters of "Shoujia" on the slope of the camp gate in red. During this time, Cai Mengjiao understood the weight of the two words "shoujia".
The mid-autumn moon is full, coinciding with Yang Jun's duty, and the station considers his family to come to the team, planning to coordinate the change of shifts. However, after Yang Jun consulted with his wife, he still went to the position on duty.
"Sister-in-law..." The young voice sounded outside the window, and Cai Mengjiao opened the door, only to see five or six pairs of thick hands next to a delicate cake. A pair of hands, tightly clinging to the cluster of candlelight on the cake, in the candlelight, is a bright smile.
"Happy Sister-in-law's Day! The squad leader was on duty and we made a cake to bring to you. That festival, Cai Mengjiao remembered the sweetness of the cake, and even more remembered the smiling faces of the warriors.
Last year, Yang Jun was awarded the third class merit for his outstanding performance, and the unit beat a gong and drum to deliver the honorary plaque of the "Third Class Meritorious Family" to the doorstep of his home. At that moment, Cai Mengjiao also received the glory and pride of this exclusive military family.
The scenes of the past appeared in front of her, and Cai Mengjiao's eyes were full of tears.
The seeds of understanding have already taken root in Cai Mengjiao's heart. Girls who would choke up when they first made a phone call learned to be strong little by little.
This time, hearing that Yang Jun could not go back, Cai Mengjiao's clear voice floated out of the phone: "Well, it's okay, you keep the home over there, I guard the home here, we 'guard the family' together, this is also a reunion." ”
On the small island, Yang Jun listened to the phone, the sea breeze whistled in his ears, but his heart was warm.
Source: Yangguang Military
EDIT: Raw
Editor: Yang Hong, Zhu Dongyang, Wang Yuanyuan, Yang Chenxuan
Editor-in-Chief: Jussidi
Producer: Lu Xicheng Sun Li Tan Shuhui
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