The voice is slow
This article is a short story, and the content is purely fictional, please watch it rationally.
In the summer of 1984, when the recruits reported for duty, I met Li Tian, and at that time we were recruited from the school, and we were in our youth, so our entire battalion was quite active.
Since I was new to the city, I was still very new to my surroundings, so I looked around. At this time, I saw a small figure huddled in a hidden corner.
I looked at him from the beginning, he had messy hair on his head, several patches on his clothes, and he looked very thin in winter clothes.
When I looked at him, he happened to look up and meet me, which was a bit embarrassing to be honest. So I simply walked over to him and said hello to him.
I smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Meng Hai, and I just graduated from high school this year. ”
"My name is Li Tian, hello. ”
To be honest, I could feel his embarrassment in his eyes. But neither of us said anything, and in this way Li Tian became the first person I knew in the army.
In my opinion, Li Tian can be regarded as an excellent soldier, and his cultural foundation is much stronger than mine. I came to the army because I didn't get into college after graduation.
But I always felt that he was not based on my contact with him in the past few days, and his grades could still be admitted to a university. And usually he works hard, when everyone is shouting that he is tired, I ask him if he is tired, and he always shakes his head and says that this is nothing.
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Later, after learning that Li Tian's family situation was not very good, one night we suddenly talked about why we chose to be a soldier. It turned out that Li Tianlai joined the army because his family couldn't afford his college expenses.
His parents have been divorced since he was a child, and his father likes to drink, and every time he comes home after drinking too much, he always goes crazy and even hurts Li Tian and his mother several times.
He said that after his parents divorced, his father accidentally fell into the lake after drinking too much, and the villagers on the side of the road failed to save his father.
So he grew up with his mother all the time, but he said that his father's departure did not cause him any harm.
In order to support Li Tian, his mother went to the market to buy a few sheep and sold mutton and goat milk to support the family. Li Tian knew that his mother's difficulties were not easy, so he worked extra hard in school and always ranked among the best.
Until this summer, everything was broken, and after the college entrance examination, Li Tian felt that he would definitely be admitted to university this time.
On his way home after the exam, he even thought about what major he wanted to study in college, and when he walked to the entrance of the village, a hurried voice stopped him: "Li Tian, why are you still here, go home quickly, your mother fell from the hill today herding sheep!"
Suddenly, Li Tian froze in place for a moment as if he had been struck by lightning, but it was only for that moment that he returned home as fast as he could.
The doctor was called by the neighbor's grandmother for his mother, and the neighbor's grandmother went up the mountain to collect medicine today and happened to hear Li Tian's mother's call for help. When the grandmother looked for the voice, Li Tian's mother said that her leg was broken and she could not walk.
So grandma helped his mother to the house like this, and Li Tian quickly ran to his mother's bed: "Mom, why are you so careless." He said in a trembling voice.
"Xiaotian's mother is fine, don't worry. "But because of the backward medical technology in the village at that time, I couldn't afford to go to a big hospital. Although his mother's leg was connected, Li Tian's mother has been suffering from leg disease since then.
In this way, Li Tian's mother couldn't herd the sheep and sold all the sheep in the family. But Li Tian knew in his heart that these were far from enough for Li Tian to go to college.
But if Li Tian told his mother that he was not going to college, his mother would come to him even if he borrowed money to pay for his education.
Li Tian thought that it would be better to lie to his mother that he was not admitted to university, but if he said this, his mother would be very sad, since he was a child, his mother had brought him up alone, and he didn't want his mother to feel that all the hardships he had endured for so many years had been in vain. What to do?
He walked down the street thinking. It happened that he met Uncle Wu in the village who came back to visit his relatives as a soldier, and his mind turned, and he had the idea of becoming a soldier.
So Li Tian hurriedly stepped forward to ask Uncle Wu how to enlist in the army, and after Uncle Wu finished telling him, he also told him that the army would pay a subsidy every month when he became a soldier. This strengthened Li Tian's thoughts, he must be a soldier, and he must be a good soldier.
After saying this, Li Tian's eyes gradually became moist. I felt the change in his mood, and I felt that he needed to be alone for a while, so at this point I told him that I was tired and rested first.
After listening to Li Tian's story, I sincerely sympathized with him, and I also regretted that I had the opportunity to study and did not study well, wasting my time.
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Later, in the army, Li Tian and I became good brothers. We train very seriously every day, and Li Tian is even more strict with himself, and every time he will train a little more difficult or longer than others. At that time, he was the pacesetter of our battalion, and he would be praised by the battalion commander every time.
But later, I didn't understand what he did, and he, who was top-notch in all aspects, took the initiative to apply to the battalion commander for the cooking class. Because of this, I also had a big fight with him.
"Li Tian, what do you think, you don't know how many people in the cooking class want to transfer you away, and you don't know how bad the various assessment results of the cooking class are, why do you want to go to the cooking class if you are so good?"
At this time, I sincerely thought that the cooking class was all "bad students", and even I looked down on the soldiers in the cooking class. I think they just belong to logistics, and they don't even come to be soldiers.
Li Tian looked at me and said with a very firm gaze: "I don't think that the cooking class is all bad students, I even think that everyone here is not as good as any of the cooking class." ”
I know Li Tian too well, and what he believes will not be easily changed because of other people's ideas. He smiled and joked again, "Then I can go to the cooking class and give them an average grade."
At this time, we looked at each other, and I clearly saw the light in Li Tian's eyes, at this time he was no longer the ragged child who was huddled in the corner for the first time.
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Because the battalion commander has always liked Li Tian, he takes care of him in all aspects. In this way, Li Tian was transferred to the cooking class.
At first, the battalion commander first asked him to be a cook, starting with the most basic stir-fry cooking. In addition, Li Tian has been able to endure hardships since he was a child, and he often helps his mother cook, and his skills have been praised by the entire battalion.
In the cooking class, Li Tian was still very strict with himself. Although he is in the cooking class, his training level is no worse than that of other companies.
Slowly, Li Tian, a cook, became more and more decent, and even decided what dishes to make for the soldiers to eat best according to the climate. After the leader of the cooking squad was discharged from the army, Li Tian became the squad leader under the recommendation of the cooks.
A good team is indispensable to an excellent squad leader, after Li Tian became the squad leader, the dining order of our entire canteen is much better than before.
And not only that, the hygiene of the canteen is also the responsibility of the cooking class, including the amount of food for the soldiers when they are cooking.
Li Tian made a training plan for the whole class. Therefore, under the leadership of Li Tian, in addition to cooking especially in line with the appetite of the soldiers, the cooking class has also continuously improved its achievements, and even surpassed several companies.
Maybe this is what people often say, "Thirty-six lines, the line is the champion". We all see Li Tian's efforts, and we also regard him as a role model from the bottom of our hearts, he is also an excellent pacesetter recognized by all of us, with his own continuous efforts, Li Tian later joined the party in the army.
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Of course, because of his mother's poor health, Li Tian would often go home to visit relatives. The first time he came home, there was a puppy on the side of the road who followed him, and at first he thought it was someone's puppy.
Later, I found out that it was actually a stray dog, and it happened that my mother often wrote to me that it was very lonely at home alone, so Li Tian took the puppy back to feed her mother, and named the puppy Wangwang.
At first, his mother couldn't walk the dog, so she let Want Want go out and run around by herself, and even ran away several times when the village uncle helped send her back.
Gradually, Li Tian's subsidies in the army became more and more, so he took his mother to see his leg with an old disease, and in this way, his mother's leg slowly improved, and now he can go out to walk the dog.
One day, when Li Tian went home to visit relatives, he wanted to walk the dog with his mother, and suddenly met a very beautiful girl on the way. At that time, there were actually many thieves on the road, but it was the first time I saw a thief who was stealing things so openly as I met today.
I saw a black shadow swoop out, "Ah, my bag," the girl hurriedly shouted. Li Tian saw this scene, so he went to help the girl chase her bag, the thief saw that he couldn't run away, so Suo Xing threw the bag and got out by himself.
Originally, Li Tian was going to chase him out, but when he thought that his mother and the strange woman were still waiting for him, he took the bag and went back.
The woman saw Li Tian chasing her bag back, and said happily: "Thank you so much, my bag contains something very important to me, and if you lose it, it will be trouble." She thanked her and looked at her with special adoration.
"My name is Gao Xue, what's your name?"
"Hello, my name is Li Tian. ”
But at that time, Li Tian was going to hurry back to the army, so he didn't stay too long and said goodbye to the woman.
And Li Tian himself didn't know that he had become someone else's light since then.
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After being discharged from the army, Li Tian was organized and arranged to work as a back kitchen in a restaurant. Because he has been a cook in the cooking class for several years, Li Tian's skills are very good and have been recognized by many customers. And he never stops moving forward just because he gets praised.
He's still working hard at the restaurant. At first, the manager heard that Li Tian was a veteran, but he was actually not optimistic about him from the heart, because he was afraid that Li Tian had been a soldier and did things more old-fashioned, but from the first time the manager saw Li Tian, he changed his mind. He even felt that this kid would be designated as the one who made a lot of money in the future.
Because he is a veteran, Li Tian went from the army to the cafeteria. There is no opportunity to socialize, but Li Tian has reached the age when it is time to start a family.
Once, the manager was very angry when he came to the store, and Li Tian could see that he was in a bad mood that day, so he went to ask the manager what was the matter, was there something wrong in the store?
The manager sighed and said: "Hey, it's not about the store, my daughter who is not angry, she arranged a blind date for her but she just didn't go, how old is she now, she only knows how to engage in business." ”
The manager turned his head and clapped his hands: "I'm really old, don't I have a ready-made son-in-law in front of me?"
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When I went back that day, the manager mentioned the blind date to my daughter again, and my daughter was still very impatient and said, "Dad, I don't need to, don't worry about me!"
"Such a big person, can you be serious, don't tell me next time, you have to meet that person tomorrow. The manager said angrily.
At this moment, the manager's wife heard it in the living room, so she asked, "Lao Gao, do you have a blind date again?"
The manager said: "A young man who has just been discharged from the army in my store, a single-parent family, works as a back kitchen in my store, and his cooking is delicious, and his character is good and self-motivated. ”
When Gao Xue heard her father's words, she agreed directly, this was the only person she had agreed to meet in the past few years.
In this way, the manager introduced his daughter to Li Tian. The manager said that it was only when he mentioned to his daughter that Li Tian was a veteran, and her daughter became interested.
When the two met, Gao Xue came very early and kept staring at the door. At this moment, he was happy and scared in his heart, he was afraid that the person she was waiting for now was not the one in her heart.
When Li Tian appeared, both of them froze. It turned out that Li Tian also remembered the very beautiful woman that day, but Li Tian never thought it was her, and in fact, Li Tian also fell in love with that woman at first sight, and he didn't expect to meet her.
In this way, Li Tian took Gao Xue to meet his mother, although his mother had no impression of Gao Xue, but she also liked her very much. So the matter of the two of them was decided.
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After getting married, Li Tian still worked in his father-in-law's restaurant, in fact, he didn't think about changing jobs, but his father-in-law told him that the guests liked his dishes very much, and if Li Tian left, the restaurant's business would definitely not be as good as it is now.
Li Tian thought that he couldn't do this job all the time, so he accepted a lot of apprentices, just like in the army at that time, and Li Tian would like to teach them how to cook.
Under the leadership of Li Tian, these chefs have successfully acquired the taste of Li Tian's dishes. Later, when his father-in-law got older, he said that he would simply hand over the restaurant to Li Tian to manage.
After Li Tian became the manager, he managed the restaurant in an orderly manner, and later Li Tian felt that he could expand the scale of the restaurant again, so he renovated the restaurant. In this way, the popularity of the restaurant is getting higher and higher, so more and more people come to eat here.
A few days later, Li Tian discussed with his father-in-law whether to open a branch of the restaurant, and his father-in-law felt that Li Tian's idea was very good, so he supported Li Tian very much.
With the support of his father-in-law, Li Tian opened two more branches. Later, I asked Li Tian how the so many restaurants were running, and he said that he would first assign the chefs of the main store to the branches, and then ask everyone to teach a new chef, and then return to the main store when the new people could come out. I said to him, aren't you afraid that you can't be busy, he said that there is nothing to be afraid of, and if you fail, you will come again.
I couldn't help but praise Li Tian as a bull who dared to try and was not afraid of failure, no wonder he could become a big boss! He said that this was all his experience in the cooking class, and the two of us were sitting in the branch of Li Tian's restaurant at this time.
I heard that there was a delicious restaurant here, and I thought about coming over to try it, who knew that it was Li Tian who opened such a coincidental restaurant.
I joked, "I knew I was going to the cooking class with you at that time, and now I'm a big boss." Who would have thought that the cook, who I despised the most, has now become the boss of the company with assets of more than 100 million, and sure enough, "gold will always shine"