Qiu Aihua agreed with Tang Shu's statement that only by establishing a factory and realizing a one-stop service from picking to production to sales can the benefits of the coffee industry chain be maximized, and farmers here find a new way to make a fortune.

All six graduate students stayed in Yun Province to support the cultivation of local coffee trees. Qiu Aihua planned to let Tang Shu return to Ningcheng first, while he planned to visit Jincheng County on the way. Tang Shu knew that was the rear area of ​​the border.

While having New Year's Eve dinner at Xia's house, he heard Xia Yan's third aunt Song Yueru say that his brother-in-law Xia Junhai's army was stationed there for repairs.

"How about I go there too, just to comfort my brother on Xia Yan's behalf."

Seeing Tang Shu following him shamelessly, Qiu Aihua wanted to drive him away, but there was no good reason. After all, the inspection went very smoothly. Tang Shu asked for half a month's leave from the school. Now there are six days left.

From Pucheng City to Jincheng County, it wouldn't take long to take the train back to Kuncheng, so we simply asked him to come with us.

Along with the twists and turns of the mountain road, the long-distance bus arrived safely in Jincheng County. After getting off the bus, the two felt that the atmosphere here was completely different from other places. There were not many ordinary people walking around in the city, and there were military green trucks everywhere.

From time to time, a group of heavily armed soldiers would pass by with a sense of solemnity, leaving the entire county shrouded in the heaviness of an imminent rain.

Through inquiries along the way, the two finally found the station location of Xia Junhai's company. When they heard that family members of soldiers visiting relatives came outside the station, the company commander Qiu Dongsheng immediately prepared to ask the guards to stop them.

"What time is it now? Our company is about to take the lead. At this time, family members are coming. Wouldn't it shake the morale of the army?"

Seeing that the company commander was about to drive people away, the guard responsible for delivering the message still stood still: "Company commander, the two people outside said that they... they are relatives of Xia Junhai."

"Xia Junhai's family?" Hearing this name, Qiu Dongsheng felt a little dizzy, "Forget it, you bring them to the company headquarters and I will receive them personally."

A moment later, Tang Shu and Qiu Aihua arrived at the company headquarters office under the leadership of the guards. Seeing that people had been brought there, Qiu Dongsheng waved to the guards and immediately asked them to sit down, while he was busy pouring water for them.

"Excuse me, are you two from Xia Junhai..."

"I am his second aunt. I came to Yun Province on business this time and was entrusted by his mother to come and take a look." Qiu Aihua briefly introduced himself and took the water glass handed over by Qiu Dongsheng with a smile, "

Actually, you don’t have to receive him in person, we just come to take a look, say a few words and then leave.”

Qiu Dongsheng didn't mean to call Xia Junhai over. Instead, he pulled a chair and sat down next to the two of them. He sighed quietly before telling the two of them what happened before, with a hint of anger in his tone.

heavy.

"Half a year ago, that is, in September last year, Comrade Xia Junhai's squad was ordered to escort a group of refugees who had escaped from the frontline battlefield and crossed the border to a safe location. No one expected that there were enemy rebels among these people.

During the break, a suicide bomb exploded in the team, leaving only two of the seven people in their class."

Qiu Dongsheng only spoke half of his words. Qiu Aihua's body trembled: "Jun Hai died? Impossible. Didn't my family receive a letter from him a few years ago saying that the troops are now stationed in Jincheng County? Otherwise we wouldn't be able to

Come find me."

"Sister, don't worry. Jun Hai didn't die. He just saw that the comrade who was talking and laughing a quarter of an hour ago was gone. He and the other surviving comrade became red-eyed in an instant. Two bullets were fired.

They were all beaten out, and none of the Vietnamese civilians who escaped escaped."

"Although it was later confirmed that there were at least eight rebels in this group of poor people, it was always an established fact that the two of them shot dead Vietnamese people. They were unarmed at that time and escorted back to Jincheng County to await punishment orders from above.

"

Tang Shu sneered: "Do you still need to be merciful when dealing with these people? I think my brother-in-law did a great job."

"What you young man said is right. Men must avenge themselves, but we are soldiers. Since we are wearing this military uniform, we must obey orders. We cannot point our guns at civilians. This is discipline and the bottom line.

,Xia Junhai was too impulsive at that time."

"Xia Junhai violated military discipline, what are the consequences? Is it possible that he will be shot to pay for the lives of those civilians?"

Seeing Qiu Dongsheng's head lowered, as if he had something unspeakable, Tang Shu and Qiu Aihua looked at each other, their faces already filled with horror: "Is it possible that Jun Hai was really executed on the spot?"

"No, but..." Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Qiu Dongsheng could only stamp his feet and stand up from the chair, with a bit of sadness in his eyes, "Come with me."

Already aware that Xia Junhai's situation was definitely not good, Qiu Aihua, who was a little weak, was almost supported by Tang Shu before he could barely keep up with Qiu Dongsheng. He turned a few corners in the station and saw the flag of the field hospital not far away.

Drifting in the wind, Tang Shu felt something was wrong.

When she really saw Xia Junhai and another soldier lying unconscious on the hospital bed, Qiu Aihua's legs softened. If Tang Shu hadn't been holding him on the chair beside him, she would have collapsed directly to the ground.

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Tang Shu's eyes were filled with angry flames: "Have you abused them in lynching them? Is there any royal law?"

"How is that possible?" Qiu Dongsheng retorted, "We are people's soldiers, how could we do such a thing to our comrades, but they have always violated discipline. Some time ago, a batch of baggage was transported to the front line and needed to pass through a minefield, so

…”

"So what?" Tang Shu's patience was exhausted. He didn't want to continue talking to the unknown company commander in front of him. "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. Don't mince words."

Qiu Dongsheng hesitated for a long time, and then he grabbed his hair under Tang Shu's roar. The pain on his face was not fake at all: "In order to allow the truck troops behind them to get out of the minefield smoothly, they used their bodies to draw the thunder.

, both people were seriously injured by the explosion."

"What?" Tang Shu suddenly took a step forward, stretched out his hand to grab Qiu Dongsheng's collar, his red eyes were about to burst into flames, "Is there such a thing as demining? You are looking at human life. Do you know that he is

Who? Do you know who his grandfather is?"

"Of course I know! His grandfather is Commander Xia Quanzhang of the Ningcheng Military Region, and his father is the political commissar of our brigade." Qiu Dongsheng had tears welling up in his eyes, "But what can we do? The order comes from Political Commissar Xia himself.

The two of them are guilty. In order to avoid greater casualties and losses to the troops, Xia Junhai and another comrade are willing to sacrifice themselves. This is the soldier you despise. Comrade Xia Junhai is worthy of this.

clothes."

Tang Shu was stunned.

He has never experienced war and cannot imagine the cruelty of war. It turns out that the so-called real information is only presented to the public after editing and beautification, in order to let everyone understand that the good life now is hard-won.

, the real bloodshed is entirely borne by our soldiers.

He never expected that the soldiers would actually roll their bodies across the road to detonate the mines buried underground, and die heroically just so that the troops behind them could pass smoothly.

Tang Shu could not imagine what kind of mentality the soldiers would use to face their own death when they received such an order. Is it unwillingness, fear, or another kind of generosity and heroism that makes me laugh at the sky with my sword across my sword?

Have they ever thought about the fact that they still have elderly parents, a lover who lives alone in an empty house, and young children at home?

"Okay, stop arguing, Tang Shu, let's see if Jun Hai's injury is serious."

"Yes." After being taught such a lesson by Qiu Aihua, Tang Shu returned to his senses. Just when he was about to lift Xia Junhai's quilt, his wrist was grabbed by Qiu Dongsheng: "Don't look at it, Xia Junhai's injury is very serious, but

The medical conditions in Jincheng County are so poor that it is impossible to arrange surgery. All we can do now is try to help him relieve his pain."
Chapter completed!