At the age of ten.
"Lin'er, remember, when you grow up, you must protect your home and country, and be a man who stands tall between heaven and earth."
"Mom, you're really annoying. You've told me this so many times, I'm going out to play."
At the age of eighteen, at the train station, the young man dressed in military uniform, wearing a red flower on his chest.
"Lin'er, from today you'll enter the army. No matter what difficulties you encounter afterward, remember that a soldier's duty is to protect his home and country," his mother, her temples graying, earnestly instructed him in front of the train station.
"Okay, don't nag anymore. I'm leaving now."
The young man waved his hand and stepped onto the train heading for the military camp. As the train started with a rumble, amid his mother's tearful eyes, the young man officially became a soldier and left his hometown, leaving his mother's side too.