Outside the southwest camp, there was a lot of commotion and crowding.

At the entrance of the big tent, a recruiting point was temporarily set up.

"Anyone who has attained the age of eighteen, is in good health, and is a man, may enlist in the army. "A sign made of white wood is clearly written in ink. But there were still people who kept coming in droves to ask about the situation.

"Master Jun, do you want me like this?"

"Master Jun, my eyes are a little slanted, can I join the army?"

An officer looked at the queue to register and explained to the questioner over and over again.

In the crowd, a short, black-faced young man was also crowded in the group, he was very tattered, it was already early winter, his strong body was only covered with a brazen ragged coat, there were no shoes on his feet, and his bare feet were large and thick.

He stood in line for a while, chanting: "My family is poor, I can sign up, I don't need to pay any money, right?"

No one answered him.

He was not at ease, he looked left and right, there was a medium-sized peer standing behind him, the black-faced guy looked at it a few times, and felt that this young man was still good-looking, and everyone else had impatient expressions, noisy and shouting, this young man seemed very quiet, dressed very ordinary, dressed in a rough gray cloth shirt, standing in the crowd was very inconspicuous, the black-faced young man suddenly had a good impression in his heart, and tried to talk: "Hey, you say, will this recruitment be the same as last time, or do you have to secretly stuff money for the official to go to the door, in order to have a good place?" ”

The partner behind him shook his head and smiled lightly, "I don't know either." ”

The black-faced guy saw that this person was more honest and timid than himself, and suddenly felt that the two of them were closer in his heart, "My name is Wednesday, what about you? ”

"Black and white. "The young man behind him is still very calm. But the sound is very magnetic, and it's very nice.

Wednesday didn't mind the slight indifference of the other party at all, he was familiar with people, and pulled a black and white arm very actively, "The name is really interesting." Your surname is not good, black, you are not black at all, but I should have the surname Hei! But your name is very good, Xiaobai, well, your skin color is indeed whiter than mine. ”

The little friend named Hei Xiaobai gently broke free of his arm from Wednesday's hand and touched his face, "The name was given by my father." Since it was given, there is no reason for us to change it again. ”

"That's it. Wednesday felt that it made a lot of sense, and he was happy that he had made a friend in a short period of time, although he was a little cold, but he didn't seem to dislike him.

It was Wednesday's turn.

After reporting the name and place of origin, the body was checked.

A couple of veterans came over and fiddled around Wednesday with their arms and legs, beating their chests with their fists, "It's okay, it's just a little shorter." ”

Wednesday was anxious: "Being short doesn't prevent me from going into battle to kill the enemy, I have the strength in my whole body, and I don't blink an eye when I kill a Moro soldier." ”

The inspection officer sneered: "At your size, I'm afraid that you have already made cannon fodder before you rush to the front of the battle." Let's go, next. ”

Hei Xiaobai stepped forward steadily, stretched out his hand, and a piece of paper was revealed in his palm.

The inspection officer looked at it and his eyes lit up, and the silver ticket.

They are very familiar with this, since they served as the recruitment and acceptance officer, they seem to be dealing with military members all day long, but in fact, they are really dealing with silver.

But the little brother named Hei Xiaobai in front of him should be in the same physical condition, and he will definitely be able to enlist in the army, why do you want to send silver?

Hei Xiaobai Nuzui, "Master Jun, that Wednesday, my brother, okay, take him in." ”

The inspection officer was happy, and that's right, it turned out to be a road for Wednesday.

He skillfully collected the silver ticket and shouted, "That Wednesday, come here!"

Wednesday was already disappointed, frustrated to the side to watch others happily queue up. He thought in his heart how to explain to his wife when he went back, his son who had no ability didn't want to join the army.

Unexpectedly, the military master shouted to himself again, and Wednesday was surprised and ran over.

"You, stand over there. The officer pointed to a door.

Wednesday was like a dream, and after entering the gate in a daze, he looked back at the crowd waiting for acceptance like a long snake, and he was convinced that he had really won the election.

He muttered: "I actually joined the army, I have to eat military rations, and I can earn military salaries, mother, in the future, my son will send military salaries back every year to buy rice and noodles for you." ”

When he walked into Yuanmen, a familiar figure was also among them, "Hei Xiaobai, you have also been hit, good thing, you should have been in the middle - we will be good brothers fighting side by side in the future!"

Hei Xiaobai didn't say anything, just reached out and pinched Wednesday's shoulder.

After entering the barracks, the first thing is to pull down the casual variety of clothes when being a common person, the unified military uniform was quickly sent down, Wednesday was the most excited, and quickly put it on, and from then on there was no need to be barefooted, he had military shoes to wear. He happily dressed up and looked back at Hei Xiaobai, who was not excited at all, and was slow to swallow.

Zhou couldn't help sighing: "Alas, I see that you are a poor child like me, but your family conditions are definitely better than mine, at least you still wear shoes, I don't have shoes to wear in winter." Running barefoot in the snow, my toes were frozen and cracked. ”

Wednesday's euphoria didn't last long, followed by detachments.

Someone took the roster, shouted the names one by one, and the ones who shouted the names stood out.

"On what basis, why are the people shouting out who seem to be well-off?" muttered Wednesday.

Hei Xiaobai didn't bother to look around, and stood in the line with his head bored. In fact, he didn't know that the people in the southwest camp had been used to playing tricks over the years, and the officials and old men usually made a fortune and were corrupt by deducting military salaries, and when it came to the war years when they needed to expand the army and recruit troops, they naturally did not miss the opportunity to loot from every person who joined the army.

Wednesday looked at it with two eyes, seeing that those who were white-faced, rich, obviously well-fed and well-dressed at home, and who had not suffered any crimes, the children of rich families were all picked out.

At a glance, the rest of the people around him can be seen to be poor sticks who can't afford to give silver.

"Hei Xiaobai, what does this mean, I didn't expect that the barracks were darker than the legends outside, I thought that when I came in, I would be able to eat and wear warm clothes, as long as I could go into battle to kill the enemy, you see, this is obviously bullying. ”

Hei Xiaobai is still wilting, "We are the A team, they are the B ugly team." ”

Sure enough, an officer announced: "The one on the left is assigned to the B Chou team." The rest are all incorporated into the Koko team. ”

"You're god—how do you know?" Wednesday shouted quietly, and at the same time couldn't help but look at this wilting black and white with admiration, looking very boring, and knowing a lot.

After dividing the team, followed by the squad, Hei Xiaobai was assigned to be a chief.

Hei Xiaobai has not yet expressed his position, and raised two arms in agreement on Wednesday.

Hei Xiaobai did not shirk, slowly came out of the ranks, and led a team of people belonging to him to start training.

Life in the barracks was fresh at the beginning, but after a day, I couldn't stand it anymore on Wednesday, and quietly muttered to Hei Xiaobai, "My stomach is barely full, and I have shoes to wear, but training like this for a day is too hard, and the most important thing is that I am not free." ”

Hei Xiaobai stared at Wednesday with good-looking eyes, and it took a long time before he came up with a sentence: "Eventful." ”

Wednesday shook the back of his head, "Hei Xiaobai, I found that you kid is really good-looking, you are actually a beautiful man, right?

Hei Xiaobai ignored him, squatted on the ground and looked at the sky above him, and muttered, "Grandpa, where have you gone?"