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I'm Lei Dehou, an 18-year-old guy from the countryside. In the autumn of 1976, I was filled with excitement and enlisted in the ranks of the People's Army.
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The three-month recruit training was like a merciless baptism, which wore away our unruliness and tempered us into a slightly immature but high-spirited recruit barbarian.
After the training, my comrades and I were assigned to a remote mountain company. In order to deepen the friendship between the military and the people, the higher authorities arranged for us to rest for a month at the homes of local rural villagers. Two other comrades-in-arms and I were arranged to live in the courtyard of the Zhou family.
The Zhou family is really hospitable. The old couple took care of our daily life diligently, and their eldest daughter Zhou Yuwen was even more enthusiastic and cheerful. For a young girl, she is too lively and always takes the initiative to help us take care of our daily life.
Her enthusiasm and heartiness made me, a rustic rural guy, feel novel and a little shy. That night, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, probably because I drank too much water at noon, and my stomach suddenly cramped in the middle of the night.
I had to get up and go to the dry toilet to solve my urgent needs. The dry toilet of the Zhou family is located in the depths of the courtyard, and it is very simple......
To avoid disturbing others, I rushed into the rudimentary aqua toilet and didn't even have time to close the door. I hurriedly took off my pants and was about to squat, but suddenly there was an exclamation in the darkness in front of me!
"Ah...... Why are you here!"
I was taken aback by that exclamation, and when I looked closely, it turned out that it was Zhou Yuwen who was sitting there to relieve my hands! My arrival seemed to startle her. Her screams of terror were especially piercing in the night.
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"Yes... I'm sorry, I ...... I—" I stammered and took a few steps back.
Zhou Yuwen was stunned for a moment, then blushed, and went to cover his skirt in a panic. I was immediately stunned by the scene in front of me, my mind went blank, and I stood there speechless.
"You... Get out of here!" Zhou Yuwen seemed to realize the embarrassment of this situation, his face was full of embarrassment, and he was busy scolding me.
I came back to my senses, hurriedly put on my pants, and ran out as if I were running away. It wasn't until I left the dark toilet that I let out a breath of turbidity, and I leaned against the courtyard wall with palpitations and gasped.
Since then, Zhou Yuwen has begun to avoid me, intentionally or unintentionally. Even in the same compound, she tried not to meet me. As soon as she saw me, a shyness appeared on her face that was almost imperceptible.
This embarrassing situation lasted for two days, until the early morning of the day before we were to leave Zhou's house and return to the company. Zhou Yuwen suddenly took the initiative to come to our residence and stuffed a neatly folded note into my hand.
I was so surprised that I didn't react for a moment, but just took the note in a daze. It wasn't until I returned to the company that I carefully opened the note, and there were five big words written on it: "Compensate me for a skirt!"
When I looked at this line, I was stunned for a moment, and then I couldn't laugh or cry. I thought that this Zhou Yuwen was naughty enough, and he actually gave me such a "heavy canon". But soon, I was impressed by her natural boldness.
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So on my next vacation, I bought a new dress with a good texture and sent it to Zhou's house along with a handwritten explanation letter.
In the letter, I said: "We were all frightened in the toilet that day, and I was the first to do wrong, and since you want me to pay you a dress, I will gladly pay for it." It's just a small thing, and I hope we won't be alienated because of it..."
A month later, I received a reply from Zhou Yuwen, in which she said that she had received my gift and was very happy with my candor. She used the word "bold" to describe me and invited me to come to the house on my next vacation...
Since then, Zhou Yuwen and I have started a unique correspondence. She is a very interesting girl, honest and bold, whether she complains about the life in the barracks or describes the countryside in her hometown, her sunny personality is revealed between the lines.
Every time I read her letters, I feel a sense of freshness, as if a ray of sunshine penetrates the harsh and boring life in the barracks. She used unpretentious words to outline the beautiful paradise in her hometown.
I can almost see the fields crisscrossing Qianmo, the weeping willows by the pond, and the wanderers fishing under the old elm trees at the entrance of the village...... And when I replied, I also wrote down all the interesting things about life in the military camp without reservation.
With no enthusiasm, I finally confided in the letter countless fantasies about military life before joining the army, and how I challenged myself again and again and grew a little bit under the actual rigorous training.
In this way, the two of us opened our hearts like old friends reunited, and exchanged life experiences and inner feelings freely in the letters. Sometimes I even put a joking signature of "your future husband" at the bottom of the letter, just to make her laugh.
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We face each other in the letters, gradually closing the distance between each other, as if two lonely planets meeting in the vast universe have discovered each other's unique gravitational pull, and thus began to orbit each other.
Finally, one day, the long vacation I had been waiting for came for a long time. I bought a train ticket and went back to Zhou's village in high spirits. Who knew that when he got out of the car, he didn't see Zhou Yuwen's figure waiting. I was a little disappointed, so I had to carry my luggage and walk towards Zhou's house.
I didn't think about it, as soon as I walked into the yard, Zhou Yuwen rushed over like a gust of wind and gave me a bear hug without warning! I was amazed by her enthusiasm and a little overwhelmed.
And she just giggled in my ear, saying that she just saw that I didn't wait for someone at the station, and deliberately hid at home and waited for me. I was amused by her childlike playfulness, and I couldn't help but reach out and rub her hair, teasing her if she could grow up.
When she heard this, she grinned and shook my arm to be coquettish: "Isn't this big enough? You'll just wait and see......"
In this way, I came to Zhou's house again and spent a pleasant long vacation. In the few days I was with Zhou Yuwen, I felt like I had a wonderful dream, and I felt the warmth and joy of home for the first time in a long time......
At the end of the long vacation, I had to return to the barracks and leave this paradise of the Zhou family. Before leaving, Zhou Yuwen took my hand, and his eyes flashed with anticipation.
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"Will you come back to see us often?" She asked me.
I nodded, and said with a poor smile, "Of course, just as you are my dear relatives here." But when I become an officer, I won't necessarily have many opportunities. "
Zhou Yuwen pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "That's not good, if you become an officer and forget about us, I won't forgive you!"
I waved my hand again and again, solemnly promised: "Don't worry, I swear that no matter where I am in the future, I will always remember the awkward and interesting fate between us!"
Only then did Zhou Yuwen put his mind at ease, nodded heavily, and a bright smile bloomed on his face. In this way, although the encounter between me and Zhou Yuwen was really awkward and a little dirty, this interesting story formed a wonderful marriage for us.
In the future military career, as long as I have the opportunity, I will always take the time to return to Zhou's house, just to see that lively and enthusiastic girl. She is like a warm ray of sunshine, waiting for me at the end of that small village in my hometown.
And I also longed to return to my hometown one day and settle in that paradise forever.