19 It is not easy to be a soldier

The early winter sun shone on the large playground of Phoenix Mountain Middle School, which looked warm.

At nine o'clock in the morning, cars and motorcycles carried groups of neatly dressed young men to this usually quiet venue, and it seemed that the township seemed to be doing some collective activities here.

After a while, Zhang Xiaoqiu, an officer of the Township Armed Forces Department, instructed people to bring a desk and put it on the high platform of the large playground, and people learned that it was probably the Township Armed Forces Department that was going to train the militia.

However, looking at the atmosphere, it is not quite the same. You see, the people who have gathered here are wandering around the venue, some chatting with their acquaintances, some smoking, walking, and some of them are courteously close to the cadres of the armed forces.

At this time, the large playground is like a market and a social field.

After a while, several recruiters in military uniforms arrived, and people realized that there was a recruitment activity here today.

The conscripted black company commander Zhang looked at the roster on the table, and knew that the people from all villages who had signed up to join the army were almost there, so he said something to the people of the township armed forces department, and Zhang Xiaoqiu, the officer of the armed forces, first blew the whistle, and then shouted loudly: "Assemble!"

The lads gathered in front of him in an uproar.

"In order of size, stand in line!" Zhang Xiaoqiu issued the first order.

Ma Renzhong, who thought he was the tallest man in the township, proudly stood diagonally opposite Zhang Xiaoqiu and automatically became a pacesetter. The others lined up to his underside......

The pile of rabble that was chaotic just now instantly lined up in a long line.

"Damn, little handy! what are you doing with being so short, standing so far in front? Go in the back, go in the back, ...... in the back."

Zhang Xiaoqiu was aware of everything and corrected the misalignment between the tall and short ones in the team, "Li Sanhu, why did you hide in the back? What's wrong with being afraid? Today is just a visual inspection, and I haven't let you wear a military uniform to the battlefield?"

"Go ahead, go ahead...... Be careful, you all have to pay attention to your height and find your position. Want to be opportunistic?

Zhang Xiaoqiu stood in front of the team and looked at this uneven Tubalu team with wide eyes, feeling a little funny. It seems, from the common people to the military. The gap seems to be quite small!

Today is just a visual inspection before the physical examination, and these people look so rustic! If you really go to the battlefield, it won't be messy...... It seems that the militia training that I usually catch seems to be in vain?

Our village party secretary and the four people from my village who signed up to join the army hurried to hurry, but they were still late than the stipulated time.

By the time we arrived at the playground, the long line had already been standing, and the village party secretary came to the desk to report to the desk under Zhang Xiaoqiu's reprimand, and then asked a few young men to join the team.

Speaking of a team, I look more like a triangle. The one in front is tall, the one in the back is short, and at the end of the line is the famous dwarf Erdun in the township. Erdun is an orphan and has been raised by the township welfare institute, such a small man, the Ministry of Armed Forces will let him sign up, probably to get rid of this burden and let the army raise him!

"Lizheng!" Zhang Xiaoqiu saw that a few people in our village who were late had inserted into the team, and began to issue a password, "Look to the right, look forward!"

After tidying up the formation, Zhang Xiaoqiu announced the matter loudly: "Comrades, you enthusiastic young people are welcome to sign up for the army. As required, you will be physically examined and visually inspected today. Now, let us welcome Company Commander Zhang's speech with warm applause!"

When the boys heard Zhang Xiaoqiu's words, they began to applaud vigorously. Despite our vigorous clapping, the applause was still scattered on the empty threshing floor.

Zhang Lian walked to the front of the team in stride, looking at the young men in front of him with a look of appreciation in his eyes.

He didn't speak, but pointed to a handsome guy in the middle of the team and told him: "Wang Baoyu, you raise your hand!"

That handsome guy Wang Baoyu is a correspondent in the township, and he is about to eat the imperial grain, I don't know why he still signed up for the army?

Wang Baoyu heard Company Commander Zhang's order and proudly raised his right arm.

I had just arrived and stood below Wang Baoyu. When I saw that Company Commander Zhang asked Wang Baoyu to be the benchmark soldier in the team, I muttered in my heart: Wang Baoyu is my middle school classmate, although he is handsome, and he is a township correspondent, but he usually has the temperament of a soldier from his mother's family, what does Company Commander Zhang mean by letting him raise his hand?

As soon as he thought of this, he heard Company Commander Zhang pointing to Wang Baoyu's arm and burst out with a deafening sentence: "Take Comrade Wang Baoyu as the benchmark, those who stand in front of him will stay and be tested, and those who will be in the back will be disbanded and go home!"

Ahh

Company Commander Zhang's words clearly said that Wang Baoyu's height is the benchmark height, and anyone taller than him is qualified. Those who are shorter than him are all substandard. If that's the case, why don't I stand in front of him?

As a hot-blooded young man, he actively participated in the conscription with the desire to defend the motherland. I didn't expect that before the formal physical examination began, the first level of visual inspection was eliminated!

However, no matter how much dissatisfaction there is, the reality is there. Company Commander Zhang selects people based on their height, and they should be tall and not short. His head is so high, and in the face of the benchmark of Wang Baoyu established by Company Commander Zhang, he can only disband and go home. Don't expect any further steps in the medical check-up.

The qualified ones who remained began military training, and Company Commander Zhang led them to run on the playground. The majestic "one, two, three, four" trumpet resounded in the sky. I left the big playground and started looking for my bike.

At this time, the village party secretary came over to comfort me: "Wenhua, don't be discouraged, this is just Company Commander Zhang giving people a dismissal." You wait, in a few days, maybe something will happen!"

I heard the meaning of the village party secretary: Before the real physical examination begins, the township will set off an upsurge of entertaining and giving gifts, digging up relationships, and going through the back door.

In today's rural areas, although being a soldier is not a shortcut for young people to get ahead, for aspiring young people who want to go out to break into society and see the world through ups and downs, it is much better to be a soldier for a few years than to work in the city!

Therefore, in order to be able to join the army, many people remembered the crooked idea of giving gifts for treats, and some even gave red envelopes to people from the armed forces department and conscripts. In this way, many people are obviously unqualified, but they can also put on military uniforms and mix in the army for a few years.

However, I don't have the idea of giving a gift for this. Because, although I myself am a little lacking in height, I am an excellent disciple who learned stilt Yangge from the Xie family class. If it weren't for Xie Ying rejecting me, I would be the head of the Xie family's class now.

However, I never thought that becoming a soldier was not as simple as I thought. No, Company Commander Zhang's visual inspection poured my blood into my heart.

In the morning, when a few people set out, their blood boiled and they came in high spirits, and now, the three companions remained, but they themselves were eliminated and returned in disappointment.