Chapter 31: The First Day of the Recruit Company
After the stuffy tank train stopped somewhere in Henan, the door was not fully opened, and the recruits hurriedly crowded to the door. Before Company Commander Dai could speak, someone quickly jumped out.
Chen Hansheng, who jumped down at the end, saw several military vehicles parked there as soon as he got out of the car, he thought that this was the place where he was a soldier, but he didn't expect Dai Lian to give a password to assemble, so that he hurriedly stood in the untidy queue of recruits.
Company Commander Dai said to the recruits: "We are about to arrive at the recruit company! Everyone should pay attention to their image as a soldier! Obey the command in all actions! Get on the bus!"
Before Chen Hansheng could fully understand it, some recruits began to rush to get into the military vehicle.
The caravan was crowded with recruits, and Chen Hansheng was in the center, and he was almost out of breath, but the recruits began to discuss the whereabouts of the recruit company and the expected arrival time. But everyone has no bottom in their hearts, and they don't even know where the recruits are located.
Immediately afterwards, because Company Commander Dai was not on it, some people began to talk about the arms of the army, and almost everyone had a wish, hoping to be assigned to a good unit, and to be able to join the party in the future.
Chen Hansheng didn't want to think about it so much, he just had a yearning for the army. Avoiding the crowd, he approached a car gang and began to look out at the scenery.
The land of Pingchuan gave Chen Hansheng a strong sense of freshness. The endless crop fields at a glance made Chen Hansheng even more reminiscent, farming in such a place must be easier than farming in his hometown, at least, it is easy to walk with a burden.
There were hardly any big ups and downs on the road, which made Chen Hansheng feel that the military vehicle seemed to be standing still, and there was not much progress.
The military vehicle that was moving suddenly stopped on a large flat field.
Chen Hansheng followed those recruits and jumped down from the canvas liberation like a hanger again.
Before he had time to sort out his clothes, a whistle sounded at the headquarters of the recruit company, and all the recruits lined up in a criss-cross line on the field.
Time is in a hurry, many people either don't wear their hats properly, or the twists of their clothes are not buttoned properly, or the things that should be placed on the back have been moved to the front, or the shoes have just been taken off and vomit stench before they have time to put on the second one, and even the quilt has not had time to be tied, and the backpack straps are still dragged on the ground.
Although no one announced any discipline in advance, there was no recruit in the whole field to speak, in addition to the fact that the recruits were very obedient, the main thing is that these recruits who came out of the mountains have a kind of military intuition, the troops are of course very serious on this occasion, and the troops are not meeting in the production team, and they can do whatever they want.
The procession was silent as if it were dead for a moment, and a man with the appearance of a leader walked to the front of the block, and at once all the recruits looked out with their necks crossed, and there was like a large flock of penguins standing on the wide field.
Chen Hansheng and other fellow villagers are the farthest away from that chief, so the gesture of everyone looking forward to the prime minister makes Chen Hansheng feel even more funny.
Fellow villager Zhou Chunlin avoided the unfavorable factor of his general size by taking advantage of his favorable condition of standing in the front row near the water and getting the moon first; Wang Chunlin, who ranked second, showed a calm and unhurried appearance with his natural condition of being half a head higher than Zhou Chunlin; Li Yunhai was blessed with a unique talent, a tall man of 1.76 meters, standing out from the crowd, as if this was not enough, and Dong Guilai was added to the back, Dong Guilai stood there like a high mountain, but Zhou Dayuan, who stood behind him and was only a little more than 1.5 meters tall. Zhou Dayuan couldn't jump out of the mountains left and right, and occasionally tilted his body out of the queue but didn't dare to look forward, so anxious that he was like a dog drowning a child.
Chen Hansheng knew that no matter what, it would be in vain, so he simply didn't do anything, so he stood there with a heart and started to desert his thoughts.
In fact, what everyone is looking forward to is not the appearance of the chief, although looking at the appearance of a chief can also stimulate everyone's curiosity, but what everyone cares more about at the moment is the voice of the chief, which seems to be related to the future and fate of the recruits! To be exact, we don't know if the team will be disbanded or diverted here again, whether there will be a sudden major change in action, or whether there will be a special circumstance that will make the fate of these recruits take a big turn, although everyone knows very well that their logistics troops have been decided, and no matter where they drag everyone, they will not be able to change this not ideal class. It's just that everyone is still very unwilling to make all kinds of lucky guesses, and Ba Wang's fate can take a miraculous turn.
Recruits in that specific era whose fate is always unpredictable, love to guess is a hobby of everyone, fantasy is everyone's commonality, daring to guess is everyone's characteristic, and cranky thinking is everyone's skill.
Everyone didn't seem to hear what the vague-looking and indistinct chief said. When he left that place, the other called for disbandment.
Everyone had just disbanded, and were about to discuss what the chief had said, when the lean and lean Company Commander Dai blew his whistle, and the sharp whistle evoked the recruits' animal-like reflexes, and some recruits even peed a little in the crotch of their pants because of the sudden nervousness.
After everyone stood in a corner of the field and rested for a while, Company Commander Dai patrolled everyone with a pair of green cat eyes. Those eyes were naked sharp and deep, like the eyes of the devil, as if they were the eyes of God, and those eyes were terrifying and irresistible at the same time. Although everyone knew very well in their hearts that this Commander Dai, although important, would not play a decisive role in our fate, everyone who was full of illusions still relied on him more than fear. So, while trying to avoid it, everyone finally waited for Commander Dai's speech like devout believers. Only Chen Hansheng, who is relatively calm, thinks differently from others, and he even deserts his thoughts, and he misses his grandmother a little.
After reading everyone, Company Commander Dai said to everyone in a very serious tone, "This is the official recruit company! Everyone will train and study here for three months! I hope that everyone will make better performances in these three months, and do not disappoint their parents, the people in their hometown, and the organization!"
Company Commander Dai's three in a row should not be disappointed, which made everyone's already nervous heartstrings even tighter.
After the team was disbanded, everyone took their positions according to the arrangement of the recruit company. The newly arranged shift suddenly dispersed the idea of the recruits wanting to be with their fellow countrymen, and also made the entire recruit team begin to appear in a strange state.
But almost all the recruits, after settling in, began to look for their fellow countrymen.
Recruits from several provinces and different ethnic groups not only speak differently, but also speak in different local dialects, and even do not understand them at all. Therefore, when I see my fellow countrymen, there is even more cordiality.
However, these are just superficial phenomena, and if you want to find your fellow countrymen, you can boldly say what is in your heart, including your feelings and thoughts. If you are worried about some of your true thoughts in front of outsiders, will the other party be regarded as a handle with bad thoughts?
For this reason, almost all the recruits are on the first day of this recruit company, and the first thing they do is to find their fellow countrymen and talk about their hearts.
Chen Hansheng is a recruit who doesn't pay much attention to his personal political performance, he just likes things that pique his curiosity. When he first arrived, he felt that the scenery of this recruit company built on a large farm was a little monotonous, but it was also very open. He had a poetic freshness to the other place, and he didn't want to participate, nor did he want to participate in the too much discussion of the future of the recruits, but just wanted to take a good breath of fresh air here, and feel the atmosphere of this empty plain farm that can be seen at a glance.
Just when Chen Hansheng was feeling the scenery and atmosphere here, a piano sound suddenly sounded in his ears. He followed the sound of the piano and saw a recruit standing in a clearing by the river, facing the big river, bending his neck, pulling a tune that Chen Hansheng didn't understand, but felt particularly good.
Chen Hansheng listened very carefully.
The pianist saw that Chen Hansheng was listening so seriously, so after playing the tune, he put down the piano and talked to Chen Hansheng.
"What's your name, and where are you from?" the man spoke in a thick Wuhan accent.
"My name is Chen Hansheng!" Chen Hansheng replied in the authentic Xishui dialect, "Are you from Wuhan?"
"Do you know that I'm from Wuhan?" the Wuhan recruit asked with a smile.
Chen Hansheng said: "When I was in the first grade of junior high school, a teacher in Wuhan taught me books!"
"No wonder!" said the Wuhan recruit.
"What is your piano called?" Chen Hansheng asked curiously.
"My name is violin!" Wuhan recruits always like to bring a "yet" when they speak.
Chen Hansheng then asked, "What is the song you played just now?"
The people of Wuhan looked at Chen Hansheng and said, "What about my name called 'The Glory of the Red Sun Shines on the Hearth'!" What do you think?
"It's good!" Chen Hansheng said, "It's really good!
"What?" the Wuhan recruits saw Chen Hansheng's thoughts, "What do you want to learn?"
Chen Hansheng shook his head instinctively, even a little flattered, he felt that this thing was too advanced and not something he could learn.
"If you want to learn, I can teach you!" said the Wuhan recruit.
Chen Hansheng was almost moved, but he still felt that there was an indescribable sense of distance between him and this matter.
"Can you play another piece of music for me to listen to?" Chen Hansheng asked tentatively.
"Yes!" said the Wuhan recruit, who lifted the piano and clamped it around his neck.
Chen Hansheng found the instrument quirky, but was soon fascinated by the new sound.
When Chen Hansheng was listening with relish, the Wuhan recruit suddenly stopped the sound of the piano and said to Chen Hansheng, "The company has sounded its horn, and it's time for dinner!"
Chen Hansheng ran with the Wuhan recruit to the recruit company.
At dinner, almost all the recruits were talking about the same question, when they would get their collar badges. A chief who had finished eating first came over and asked everyone what they were talking about, and everyone had to say the question, and the chief smiled and said, "Soon!
When I heard that it would not be sent until the end of the recruit training, everyone was a little frustrated. It seems that they came here from their hometown to get these two things. Of course, more importantly, for these recruits, the collar hat is not just a small thing, but a symbol of a regular soldier!
At night, after the lights out, Chen Hansheng couldn't fall asleep. In his mind, in addition to the slight expectation of the collar and hat, there is also the influence and yearning of the beautiful violin sound.