A word, serious and firm, like a promise, like an oath.

"The time is almost up, uncle, I'm leaving, I feel a lot less pressure now, my heart is very relaxed, thank you for listening, and I'll come to see you before the next Qingming Festival."

After the words fell, Zuo Xue collected her emotions, her face was calm, and after looking at her watch again, she stood in place, her body was straight, she stood in a military posture, raised her right hand, and then saluted Zhou Pingyuan, a veteran in the black and white photo, and said goodbye softly.

Outside, the cold wind howled.

Inside the house, bathed in the yellow light, the military salute is dignified, standard and solemn.

After three seconds, Zuo Xue put down her right hand, her heart was calm, she picked up the backpack and door lock key placed on the desktop, and turned to leave.

Close the door, lock it, and return the key to the third pot under the flower bed in the windowsill and return to its original position.

In the windowsill, a total of five pots of flower beds are placed, one pot of ordinary camellia, two pots of shallots, and two pots of small peppers, which were planted when Zhou Pingyuan was still alive.

The key is placed under the camellia bed, this is what Zhou Hai told her when the two went to the veteran's barbecue stall to have dinner and drink after the college entrance examination, Zuo Xue has an excellent memory, even if there is an interval of a year and a half, she remembers it clearly.

It was dark and the wind was bittersweet.

Outside the door.

"It's been almost half a year, I've missed you, how are you doing this time, are you on some secret mission......"

Zuo Xue, who put the key, stood still for a few seconds, holding the third-class merit medal he carried with him, and there was a faint color of longing in the depths of his eyes, and his mind was full of the picture of the two people in Shuangliu Airport embracing each other a year and a half ago.

It was the first hug, warm and down-to-earth.

The words fell, and they did not speak.

Taking advantage of the short leisure time, after cleaning the house for Zhou Hai and paying tribute to his uncle Zhou Pingyuan, the whole person held a heavy backpack, walked steadily and firmly, and silently faced the darkness ahead.

The night has come, but as long as you persevere, even if you move forward with a load, the dawn before dawn will eventually come.

She firmly believed in this and never thought of giving up.

Now, Zuo Xue is sure and affirms her feelings for Zhou Hai, is willing to endure the incomprehensible loneliness of ordinary people, and is willing to wait for a four-year appointment that seems ethereal in the eyes of ordinary people until it ends.

She is waiting, waiting for the four-year appointment to come, waiting for the two to end their future boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, officially become boyfriend and girlfriend, become a pair of ordinary lovers, waiting for the holy marriage, pointing to eternity.

Soul mates, there is only one in a lifetime, and there can only be one.

The same is true of feelings.

Leaving this ordinary house in the style of the 80s, Zuo Xue gradually faded away.

On this trip, I returned to Star City, studied for my graduation defense, wrote a thesis on aircraft design, and prepared to take the most difficult master's graduation examination.

Once passed, she will break the record of the fastest graduation of a master's degree student from the National Defense University of Science and Technology, become the youngest female master's degree in the history of the country and be recognized by the state, a scientific research seedling with the name and honor of "genius", work in Chengfei, worship under Academician Yang Wei, and embark on the road of military scientific research with silent dedication.

The night is getting deeper, dotted with stars, gorgeous and psychedelic.

March was unusually cold, bitterly cold.

The evening breeze was blowing gently.

……

The days have passed, and a few days have passed.

South, Quang Cheng Naval Port.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Accompanied by the sound of two thick and elongated ship whistles, the Cangyun freighter, which had experienced the tempering of the short war, gradually approached the container port unloading dock under the full operation of the two port tugboats, ending the long sea journey of more than 20,000 kilometers.

The efficiency and progress of returning home by boat is slow, but it is necessary for safety reasons.

"Finally back home."

Zhou Hai, who put on his military uniform again, wore a military hat and a luggage backpack, stood on the edge of the ship, looked at the port wharf that was getting closer and closer, looked at this familiar land, and exhaled softly.

The twenty-three and a half days of returning home finally came to an end after a small pirate incident.

However, arriving in Guangcheng is not completely finished, and the instructor team and ground service squadron in Afghanistan still need to return to the Huangtianba base to report for duty.

"I don't know what the content of the surprise is, and whether it is the same as what I analyzed and guessed."

Zhou Hai thought silently in his mind, and he couldn't wait, wanting to meet Lin Jian, the deputy team leader, to verify the surprise content that he said during the previous puffer fish psychological enlightenment.

Could the so-called surprise be the result of your own guess?

This problem has been bothering Zhou Hai for more than half a month.

In addition to learning the real content of the surprise, in addition, I also need to reply to the Pengcheng base to pet the J-10D wife who has not been seen for more than half a year.

As a weakened version of the J-10C, the flight experience and performance of the FC-20X 'Qingjiao' are far inferior to the ultimate version of the J-10D 'Fire Dragon'.

If the two Typhoon fighters had been flying the J-10D, the Blue Bird piloted by Rosal, might not have been shot down.

After the Cangyun docked, all the members disembarked from the ship, came to the dock, which was under high martial law and secrecy, took a ready military vehicle, quickly left the port, and went straight to the Guangcheng Air Base, which was more than 100 kilometers away, according to the formulated itinerary.

An affordable Y-9 tactical transport aircraft is waiting for everyone.

Of course, this is a real private flight, not the familiar one.

Soon, about an hour later, the convoy carrying everyone arrived at Guangcheng Air Base, entered the base after strict inspection, and saw the most familiar Y-9 on the tarmac.

Get off the bus and get on the plane.

The whole process was quiet and orderly, and after everyone entered the cabin, they found a position that was not a position and sat down casually.

Although it is a special plane, there are no comfortable seats, and there is intimate service from beautiful flight attendants in uniform.

As a military transport aircraft, the Y-9 can not talk about these bells and whistles and close to comfort things.

After all the temporary passengers boarded the plane, the number of people counted was confirmed, and the entire Y-9 that had been inspected before take-off immediately started four turboprop engines, taxied out of the tarmac, obtained take-off permits and ground parameters in accordance with the standard process, accelerated taxiing on the base runway, and took off with its head up.

After climbing to an altitude of 5,000 meters, the Y-9 flew out and headed to the northwest and the Huangtianba base in Rongcheng, 1,300 kilometers away, with a time of two hours and 20 minutes.

"Captain, Shuilian, Zero, after going back this time, I don't know when we will be able to meet again, I am very happy to carry out the mission with you and spend half a year of coaching time together." In the noisy cabin, Lychee, who wore the second-class pilot logo on his chest, had a smile on his face, and his eyes turned to the four of them, saying goodbye before leaving.