Chapter Twenty-Eight: Soldiering
The conscription for 1974 began!
Chen Hansheng heard the news in November 1973, when it was just a small piece of news, the official news had not yet come down, and there were no advertising slogans about conscription on the streets.
Chen Hansheng was very excited when he heard the news. For him, being a soldier is something he has long longed for. The impression of the second uncle when he was a soldier has always remained in his heart. The second uncle was never demobilized when he was in the army, and became an officer in the army, bringing unprecedented glory to the Chen family. Chen Hansheng has long wanted to be a soldier, but he has not reached the annual order. Last year, he had this opportunity, but because the factory and his hometown did not inform him, and because he and Wang Wenxiu had been in love, he regrettably lost this opportunity. Now, this opportunity has finally come, and Chen Hansheng will catch him no matter what.
I heard that people with trachoma didn't want it in the army, and they couldn't pass the physical examination, so Chen Hansheng went to the county hospital in advance and went to the ophthalmology department for an examination.
The ophthalmologist asked him where his eyes were uncomfortable, and Chen Hansheng said that there was nothing uncomfortable, and the doctor said, "Your eyes are good, what kind of disease do you see?" Chen Hansheng was anxious and said, "I want to see if I have trachoma, I will be conscripted in a while, I want to be a soldier!"
The ophthalmologist who had been transferred from the army to the local hospital took one look at him and said with a smile, "So you still have this examination to become a soldier? Okay! Then I'll have a good examination with you!"
Chen Hansheng was examined by the doctor who had been transferred from the army. The doctor wore a lamp on his head, looked at Chen Hansheng's eyelids repeatedly, and asked Chen Hansheng if there was anything wrong with his eyes. Chen Hansheng said that there is this problem, but it is not too serious. The doctor put down the tool in his hand, took off the lamp on his head, turned it off, and then said to Chen Hansheng, "You are mild trachoma, whether you can pass the test depends on your luck." I'm going to prescribe some medicine for you, and you can take it on time when you get back. ”
When Chen Hansheng heard that there was still a problem with his eyes, he immediately felt cold, he got a small bottle of eye drops and anti-inflammatory drugs prescribed by the doctor, and after he came back, he strictly followed the doctor's requirements, took the medicine on time, and took the medicine on time.
Soon, the official news of the conscription of the army spread, and big red slogans of conscription were posted all over the streets. Chen Hansheng, who was once very excited, was no longer excited, but secretly worried about himself.
When he signed up, Chen Hansheng returned to the brigade and registered with the militia company commander.
The news that Chen Hansheng wanted to be a soldier immediately spread throughout the factory and the whole brigade.
Chen Hansheng's grandmother, Xie Chunxiang, who was most relieved, began to persuade Chen Hansheng, telling him that it was better not to be a soldier, and said that to be a soldier is to fight, and to fight is to die. Chen Hansheng ignored this, which angered his grandmother, who loved him like his life. Looking at Chen Hansheng's iron-hearted desire to be a soldier, Xie Chunxiang scolded with a smile, "I'm afraid that this soldier is not something you can do if you want to be a soldier!
Grandmother's words made Chen Hansheng even more anxious.
A few days later, Chen Hansheng and all the young people who had signed up went to the October district to start a physical examination.
The first thing to be examined is ophthalmology.
Chen Hansheng was so nervous that he didn't know what to do, and his heartbeat was always at a high level. The one who examined Chen Hansheng's eyes was a female military doctor. While examining, the female military doctor asked about Chen Hansheng's family situation, Chen Hansheng's mind was not on this, he just wanted to know the results of the examination.
After the female military doctor finished the examination, she signed two words on a list, handed the list to Chen Hansheng, and asked Chen Hansheng to go to another examination place to pass the customs.
When Chen Hansheng saw the word qualified written on the list, he was so excited that he wanted to shout. With this excitement in mind, he went to another checkpoint.
In the next inspection, Chen Hansheng passed smoothly with almost no obstacles. Until the inspection was completed, Chen Hansheng thought that it had not been done, and continued to be nervous in his heart. It wasn't until the company commander Dai who wore a soldier reminded him that Chen Hansheng knew that he had completely passed the test, passed the physical examination, and he could be a soldier!
After returning home, Chen Hansheng was the first to say to his grandmother Xie Chunxiang, "Milk! I have passed the exam! I can become a soldier!"
"What?" Xie Chunxiang was both surprised and suspicious, and said with a smile, "Your body, which has been rolling in the sick basket, can you really test the soldiers?
"How is it possible?" Chen Hansheng said, "I passed the test one by one!"
Chen Hansheng said, and jumped out to play.
Soon, news came from the brigade that there were a total of three people in the whole brigade, and there were only two indicators, and only one person could not go.
Xie Chunxiang has never wanted her grandson to be a soldier, although she also knows that being a soldier may have a way out, but the fact of being a soldier and fighting still makes her unable to let go of Chen Hansheng, the first grandson. Xie Chunxiang, who was not afraid of 10,000, was afraid of what happened, so he quietly came to Chen Huaguo and said to Chen Huaguo, "Huaguo! You want to be a soldier! Do you agree?"
Chen Huaguo said, "Being a soldier is not a bad thing, it is a very honorable thing, can I disagree?"
"Aren't you afraid that your son will encounter trouble as a soldier?" Xie Chunxiang asked tentatively.
Chen Huaguo heard what his mother meant, and said, "Now is the era of peace, and there should be nothing wrong! Isn't the second brother also a soldier for so many years? Isn't it okay?"
"I don't want him to be a soldier!" Xie Chunxiang said, "Which one can say with certainty whether or not there is a war in contemporary times? Huafu has encountered a war when he was a soldier! Fortunately, he has escaped this catastrophe because of his great life!"
Chen Huaguo further clarified his mother's meaning, and said, "Even if I don't want to, what? Chen Hansheng's character, you still don't know? What he wants to do, no one can stop it!"
"I heard that a brigade only needs two soldiers, and our brigade has tested three! There will be one left, you can either go and talk to the troop leader, or talk to the cadres of the brigade?" Xie Chunxiang prompted.
"It's hard for me to say this!" Chen Huaguo said, "Although I am not a party member, I can't make people think that my thinking is so backward, and it is a very honorable thing to be a soldier.
"There's no way to say that?" Xie Chunxiang asked with great disappointment.
"There's nothing I can do about it anyway. Chen Huaguo said.
Xie Chunxiang wiped his tears and said, "I don't want him to be a soldier, he wants to be a soldier, I will think about it day and night, worry about it, and I can't sleep." ”
Xu Chungu interjected, "It's not that there is no way at all, it's just that this idea can't be said to be what I said." ”
"What do you think, say it quickly!" Xie Chunxiang asked anxiously.
Xu Chungu thought for a while and said, "There is only one way, see if you can keep him!"
"What's the solution?" Xie Chunxiang was impatient.
"Find him a daughter-in-law!" Xu Chungu made a suggestion, "Didn't he just lose his daughter-in-law? Hurry up and find him a daughter-in-law, maybe he will take back his heart!"
"This is a solution!" Xie Chunxiang said, "I'm really anxious and confused, why didn't I think of this earlier? If he had come to this earlier, maybe he wouldn't have gone to the military inspection, and if he hadn't gone to the military inspection, he wouldn't have had this opportunity to be a soldier!"
"Then hurry up and try it?" said Xu Chungu of Chen Huaguo, "Or, you can go to Wang Da'an now and talk to him to see if he has any way?"