Wild chrysanthemums in the outpost

Zhao Hui, 20, was one of two soldiers in the post. Long isolation from the outside world has made his heart grow grass. The other named Jiang Dahai, followed the truck carrying supplies to the hospital to treat a rash, so now only Zhao Hui in the post. It was late at night, and there was no television, no electric light, and except for a telephone, there was a pile of books. Zhao Hui plans to apply for the military academy, he has chosen the Ordnance engineering college. The wind whipped sand against the door and Zhao Hui stared at the telephone on the table in the dark. This is the only way to contact the outside world, but chatting on the phone is against the rules. Zhao Hui had not heard a sound outside for five days, and the Wolf howling in the distance made him feel even more lonely.

Finally, Zhao Hui made up his mind and got up to dial the phone. A sweet female voice came out of the receiver: "Hello, who are you looking for?" Zhao Hui's heart touched his throat and he said softly that he was Zhao Hui from the camp post. He didn't look for anyone but just wanted to listen to their voices. The FEMALE soldier IS SILENT, BUT TWO OR THREE SECONDS, suddenly smiled, said you private telephone, have to be punished, and then said I give you punishment is to listen to my story. Zhao Hui said well with a smile. The female soldier tells the story of a barracks near the camp: the new recruit who just joined the army entered the desolate Gobi desert, and the yellow sand all over the sky made him miss the hometown of clear mountains and beautiful waters. Accidentally one day, the recruits lost their way when they went out, walked for a long time, and suddenly found a depression. To his surprise, there were clumps of wild chrysanthemums in the depression. Without hesitation, he dug down a clump with his hands and loaded it into his pocket with wet soil. The new soldier was found by the veteran, and though he was criticized, his face was smiling. This clump of wild chrysanthemum accompanied the recruits through many hard lonely days. One day, because of the continuous sandstorm, the water was cut off in the guard post. The recruit walked around and saw a few mouths of water left in the teacup in the corner. He picked it up, hesitated for a moment, and poured it into the flowerpot of wild chrysanthemums that had been split open. The recruit soon became dehydrated, but was saved by the timely arrival of the commissariat.

After telling the story, the soldier slowly hung up the phone. Zhao Hui lay down on the bed, feeling very happy. In the dream, he felt that he was the new recruits, can use the life of the last few saliva to water the wild chrysanthemum that person.

After ten o 'clock at night, there are very few phone calls in the communication link. Gradually, Zhao Hui formed a habit, the dead of night, he will dial the telephone communication. He knew that the soldier's surname was Lu, called Lu Hui, from Jiangnan. Lu is very cheerful, often for him to talk about the south of the small bridge running water, about strange folk customs, coconut trees, and the beach. In fact, no matter what she said, Zhao Hui will listen with relish. But no matter how much fun the lecture, Lu Hui always abide by a principle, never more than five minutes. When she learned that Zhao Hui was going to apply for Ordnance Engineering College, she constantly encouraged him, "Come on, Zhao Hui, you can do it."

Because of the five-minute phone call every night, Zhao Hui feels that life is much more colorful, and even the howling of the Wolf at night doesn't sound so shrill anymore. There are four months to the exam, Zhao Hui in addition to duty, is to review lessons. He told Lu Hui that he would go to see her after he was admitted to the military school to see what she looked like. Lu Hui joked, "Maybe our meeting place is not the communication link."

The days passed, and four months passed. When Lu Hui received Zhao Hui's excited phone call, she was very happy. Zhao Hui said he was absolutely certain that he would be admitted. To celebrate, Lu Hui sang him a song over the phone, the only time the call lasted more than five minutes.

Lu Hui spends her days in excitement and butterflies. Strangely, Zhao Hui never called again after that day. A week later, Lu Hui dialed the camp post and received a busy signal. Asking the company, she learned that the post had been dismantled. But where did Zhao Hui go? Why don't you call her and tell her?

A month later, Lu Hui received an offer from Ordnance Engineering College. She was so happy that she stayed up all night. She did not tell Zhao Hui all the time, she also entered for an examination military school, and he is the same university. She wanted to surprise him.

After reporting for duty to military academy, Lu Hui cannot restrain excitement, whether there is a call Zhao Hui in probing new students through all sorts of relations. When the student affairs office said there was a boy named Zhao Hui in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Lu felt her heart jump out of her chest. Is Zhao Hui tall or short, fat or thin? Big eyes or small eyes? They talked for half a year and never asked each other what they looked like.

After class in the afternoon, Lu Hui cleaned herself up and looked at herself again and again in the mirror. Then she went to Zhao Hui. In her hand was the gift she was going to give him -- a pair of earphones she had used for so long, through which they had talked again and again. Standing at the door of the boys' dormitory, Lu Hui raised her hand and knocked on the door. Lu Hui saw a dark and strange face, which was very common. He asked who she wanted. Lu Hui's face slightly hair hot, said to look for Zhao Hui. The boy smiled and said he was. Lu Hui extended her hand generously and said, "Hello, I am Lu Hui from the communication Company."

"Lu Hui?" Zhao Hui looked at her in bewilderment, as if he had not remembered. Lu Hui zipped her lips with a smile and said, "You can't imagine, in order to see you, I also took the examination of this school, this is a surprise, isn't it? "

Zhao Hui was still in a daze. Lu Hui also surprised: just a more than a month did not call, he unexpectedly forgot himself? When Lu Hui asked him if he still remembered the story she told, Zhao Hui was at a loss.

Lu Hui walked back heavily. She had made a mistake. This Zhao Hui was not the Zhao Hui she was looking for. He is from Hebei and has never been camping. But what about that Zhao Hui? He didn't get into military school?

Lu Hui through the phone to inquire about camping sub-post Zhao Hui, finally, she heard the river sea. In the telephone, Jiang Dahai is informed that the other party is the person who often talks with Zhao Hui, his voice choked. After a while, he said slowly. On the second night when Zhao Hui returned to the camp post after taking the exam, the telephone line was cut off due to a violent sandstorm. Zhao Hui hurried to check. The sandstorm got worse and worse, and he got farther and farther away and never came back.

Lu Hui was shocked. "He, he sacrificed?"

"Be."

Lu Hui held the phone and covered her mouth with one hand. Vaguely, she heard Jiang Dahai crying in depression, "I hurt him, because I had a high fever in the middle of the night, fever coma in the past, Zhao Hui was terrified. He was afraid I would die, couldn't answer the phone, he walked to the company a hundred miles away. Before he reached it, he was swallowed by the sand dunes."

Lu Hui couldn't listen any longer and suddenly burst into tears.

On Sunday, Lu Hui found a jeep and went to the camp post with a comrade. The post was lonely and covered with yellow sand, and even tamarisk trees and camel thorns were rare. There is a tombstone in front of the post. It belongs to Zhao Hui. Lu Hui placed a bunch of lily flowers in front of the gravestone.

Pushing open the door of the post, a fine sand came rushing in. Lu Hui saw a purple flowerpot on the windowsill and a bunch of wild chrysanthemums dried up. But there was a time when it had a lot of life. Lu Hui stepped forward and saw an admission letter under the flowerpot. Comrade Zhao Hui had been admitted to the Department of Communication and Information of Ordnance Engineering College. And next to the pot, hanging a pair of strong pen and pen love life, will cherish every weak flower.

Lu Hui burst into tears.