Daily Life of Pig Farming in 1970

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When passing by the department store, Su Cheng remembered his wife's words about taking his sister to the department store, and said to Su Yaoyun: "Yaoyun, do you want to buy some clothes? Buy something that you girls like."

　　Old Zheng also agreed, "Yes, Sister Yaoyun, our army station is far away from the county. If you want to buy anything, hurry up. It won't be easy to get out next time."

　　"Thank you, brother! Thank you, brother Zheng! No, I don't have anything I want to buy. I just want to go back and see my little niece."

　　After several days and nights of driving, Su Yaoyun felt that he was smelly and wanted to find a place to take a shower and lie down comfortably for a while. And it was hard to think about shopping for clothes with a few grown men.

　　Song Zhen looked back at Su Yaoyun, whose face was slightly tired, and said, "Old Su, why don't you go back and have a rest first? There is always a chance to bring Yaoyun here another day."

　　Su Cheng and Song Zhen have been good brothers for many years and have a tacit understanding. He tilted his head and saw the barely perceptible redness in the corners of Su Yaoyun's eyes and the tears on the sides, and naturally knew what he meant. He secretly sighed that he had lost his foresight.

　　"Okay! I'll take Yaoyun back to have some rest. The same goes for you, Old Song. After all, you are not young anymore." Su Cheng did not forget to tease his good brother.

　　"However, Lao Zheng and Lao Song should come to our house tonight to welcome Yao Yun."

　　Song Zhen twitched his lips, thinking to himself what it meant to repay kindness with enmity. Su Cheng perfectly interpreted it.

　　Old Zheng didn't know what he was thinking about. He looked back and forth between Song Zhen and Su Yaoyun, and said to Su Cheng cheerfully, "Would you like to have a drink tonight?"

　　"What's the problem? Let's do it!" It was a rare get-together, so Su Cheng agreed quickly.

　　Su Yaoyun suddenly felt his nose itchy and wanted to yawn. He wondered if his parents missed him.

　　After sitting for an hour and still not reaching the army, and feeling the increasingly bumpy road beneath the car, Su Yaoyun finally understood why her second brother and Lao Zheng had just advised her to go shopping. She felt that she might not go out for a while.

　　Fortunately, Zheng Zong seemed to hear her inner torment, and when he turned a corner he saw the army’s gate.

　　Looking through the car window at the magnificent main entrance and the sentry standing upright and saluting at the entrance, a sense of honor suddenly emerged as a young generation grateful for being born in China.

　　He just kept looking at the soldiers in training along the way and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

　　"Old Song, go back and have some rest. Don't be bent over your desk all day long. And remember to come tonight!"

　　"Thank you, Lao Zheng, for today. You must come tonight as well."

　　Song Zhen and Lao Zheng said, "You guys go back and have a good rest first, and we'll come over to help you cook in the afternoon."

　　Su Chengle said: "It's easy if you want to work, you won't be left without any help!"

　　Su Yaoyun and Su Cheng stood at the gate of the staff quarters to see off Song Zhen and Zheng Zong. When they saw the car driving out of the gate again, they asked in confusion, "Brother! Your dormitory is outside? Why are you driving the car out?"