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"What are you thinking?" Fugui asked when he walked to Zhang Chengliang with a deep face.

Zhang Chengliang seemed to wake up from a dream, standing there staring blankly at the distance that was gradually darkening, muttering: "What a beautiful scenery!"

Fugui sat down beside him, looking at his face and joking: "I see that you are not admiring the scenery, but thinking of someone in the distance, right?"

Zhang Chengliang looked into the distance silently and stood blankly. The breeze gently lifted the corner of his clothes. He seemed to be unaware of it, and a hint of sadness appeared on his face.

Fugui lit a cigarette, silently watched the blue smoke rise, and then was mercilessly blown away by the autumn wind and disappeared into the empty Gobi Desert.

After a long time, he looked at Zhang Chengliang who was still standing in a daze and said, "What? I'm in a bad mood?"

Zhang Chengliang raised his hand and pointed to the vast distance in the twilight and said, "Do you know, go east along here, and the distant place is my hometown."

Fugui sat down. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and it was dark everywhere, with only scattered stars flashing faintly. The direction he pointed was also hazy, and he couldn't see the specific direction clearly.

"If I hadn't been here, I would have been discharged from the army this year." Zhang Chengliang sat down, his eyes still looking at the moon rising in the distance: "That would be possible to reunite with his family. However, I chose this place at the beginning. I haven't known the news about my family for a year. I really miss home! I was very naughty when I was at home and didn't like to listen to my parents, but now I want to hear my mother's nagging." He turned to look at Fugui and smiled and said, "People are weird. Sometimes I think, if I could see my mother now, even if my mother nagged my ears out of calluses, I still hope to be by my mother's side." After a pause, I suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, there is also my father's slap, hey, it hurts to hit her on her butt, but now I really want to be beaten up by him."

Fugui felt very uncomfortable when he said something. He turned to look at Zhang Chengliang. In the hazy night, he could see his eyes flashing with light, which was particularly crystal clear under the hazy moonlight.

Zhang Chengliang asked Fugui for a cigarette. At the moment of lighting, Fugui saw tears on his cheeks.

Zhang Chengliang spat out a long sip of cigarettes and said, "When I'm fine, I like to come here alone. Through the smoke-filled mountains, I look at the location of my hometown, quietly wondering what my mother is doing now, and whether she is thinking about her son as well. Especially at this time, the family should have lights, thinking about the whole family talking and watching TV, I feel particularly relaxed. And my brother, who is three years older than me, and now he should have a son. Alas, Fugui, my brother has often fought with me since he was a child. When I see his son, the first thing I do is to lift him up and slap him hard on his butt, haha, and make him cry. By the way, when I go home, I must buy him a lot of toys to let him chase me every day."
Chapter completed!