1972年末的一天,我放学回家一进门就大声嚷嚷:“妈,今年征兵开始了,有部队来我们学校征小兵,我够条件,我想报名去当兵。”母亲半天没吭声,脸上也不见泪花。那一刻,时间仿佛凝固了,她似乎在思索怎样答复我,又像在克制呼之欲出的眼泪。过了好一阵儿,她低着头用颤抖的声音说:“去吧,只是你哥当兵还没回来,你又要走,唉……”她口气沉重且坚定。对于母亲压抑情感而作出的允诺,我高兴不起来, One day after the end of 1972, I came home from school and shouted loudly: “Mom, the conscription started this year, troops came to our school and recruited soldiers. I am qualified, and I would like to sign up for the army.” “My mother did not say anything for a long time, I saw no tears on my face At that moment, the time seems frozen, she seems to think about how to reply to me, and like restrained tears. After a short while, she lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: ”Go, but your brother is not returned yet, you’re leaving again, alas ..." Her breath was heavy and firm. I am not happy about my mother’s promise to suppress her emotions,