Three Stones and Nine Mouths' Novel "Pride Meets Pride" No. 50 Li Li (middle)

During her tenure in Tibet, Li Li served as the commander of the four platoons of the communications company directly under the Tibet Military Region, but because the veterans had just retired from the army at that time and the new recruits were still in the training period, the shortage of soldiers in the company directly under the organs of the Tibet Military Region was very common. Speaking of platoon commanders, Li Li's four platoons, a total of sixteen people, so communication support, combat readiness duty, equipment replacement, Li Li is both the leading cadre commander and the front-line combatant, busy can be imagined.

　　Although Li Li was full of energy every day, lack of oxygen, loss of love, missing Wang Lei and Zhao Xingxing, worrying about her parents' body and the academic performance of her sister who should take the university, all of this made Li Li lose weight quickly.

　　After arriving in Tibet, Li Li still insisted on writing letters to Wang Lei, but the letters were still mud cattle into the sea or were returned intact. Slowly, Li Li accepted the reality of losing Wang Lei, and her correspondence with Zhao Xingxing increased.

　　After a period of time, the new recruits were added to the company, the number of soldiers was more, Li Li's workload began to decrease, and she also put most of her energy into the military training and political construction of the team, and selected six technical backbones, through the help, so that they became communication technology experts.

　　More than a year after coming to Tibet, near the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Li received the order to take a vacation. When her civil aviation flight landed at Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, Zhao Xingxing greeted her with her parents and sister Li Xinyu.

　　At this time, Zhao Xingxing had graduated from a prestigious university in Beijing for almost two years, and although he was placed to work in a state investment company under the Liaoning Provincial Department of Finance, he was very fashionable to open an import and export agency in Dalian with several classmates, so he basically lived in Dalian.

　　Since the plane landed at five o'clock in the afternoon, the family did not go home, but went directly to a restaurant. Zhao Xingxing insisted on doing the east, one was to welcome Li Li home and give her the wind and dust; the other was to congratulate Li Li's sister Li Xinyu on her successful admission to Harbin Institute of Technology, and in a few days she would open the school and become a college student.

　　At this dinner, Li Li's father said to Li Li in front of Zhao Xingxing: "Girl, I and your mother and your star brother know that you have liked someone before, but time has changed, we all know that you have not been in touch for a long time." Your star brother is three years older than you, twenty-six years old this year, although you are still young, but twenty-three years old has also reached the legal age of marriage in the country. Your mother and I don't urge you, but we can't say the length, let alone delay your star brother's lifelong event. Your mother and I are considering letting your Uncle Zhao and Aunt Xing come to Dalian tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to settle the marriage for the two of you. Because Lily is in Tibet, it is really inconvenient to get married, and as for when you will get married, I will talk about it later. Hearing Li Li's father's words, Zhao Xingxing looked at Li Li and said very seriously: "Sister Lily, I really like you." I also want to spend my life with you, but I don't know what you think. You can also reject me, if you can accept me, I will inform my parents of my idea now and let them come to Dalian. ”

　　In the more than a year that Li Li has been in Tibet, her complexion has obviously turned red, and after listening to the words of her father and Zhao Xingxing, her face has become even more red. She hesitated for a moment: "Elder Brother Xingxing, thank you for your concern and care for me over the past two years, and even more grateful for Uncle Zhao and Aunt Xing's kindness to me." Let's eat first, I'm tired and my heart is very confused, give me a little more time to think about it. All right? ”

　　That night, Li Li had been sleepless all night. From her memories of her girlhood to her first acquaintance with Wang Lei, her mind was full of Bits and Pieces of Wang Lei. Later, when her mind was tired, she got up from bed, took out Wang Lei's letter from the suitcase, and read the letter while shedding tears.

　　In the early hours of the morning, Li Li got up from bed, found a box of matches in the drawer, and prepared to burn Wang Lei's letters, but she rubbed the matches again and again, and she was reluctant to light the letter paper. Looking at the burning matchsticks on the ground, Li Li, who had dried her tears, sat down in shock until her mother called her to get up.

　　At breakfast, Li Li calmly said to her father: "If Brother Xing Xing comes over in the morning, you ask him to inform Uncle Zhao and Aunt Xing, they can come, they can't come, our family will go to Shenyang, I and Xing Xing are engaged." ”

　　After listening to Li Li's words, Mom and Dad breathed a sigh of relief and said yes. Li Li's mother asked her daughter again in disbelief: "Girl, are you serious?" Tell your mother that your parents will not ignore your feelings. ”

　　Li Li smiled stiffly and said, "Mom, get engaged." Then he lowered his head to eat and did not speak again.

　　The next day, three days after Li Li arrived home, Chief of Staff Zhao and his family arrived in Dalian before lunch in a military SUV. The commander,political commissar of the Dalian Military Sub-district and the chief of staff of the Dalian Military Sub-district, who had been waiting for a long time, all came to Li Li's home to congratulate him, and then everyone witnessed the simple engagement ceremony of Li Li and Zhao Xingxing.