Chapter 102: This Is Our City
As soon as He Yuanchao, He Yang, Suning, and Zhang Yingxue came out of the camp, a light rain began to fall from the sky, and they quickened their pace, ran out of the special road leading to the camp, and rushed to the bus stop on the side of the road. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Under the canopy of the info platform, there were also several soldiers dressed in military divisions, and when they saw them coming, they squeezed each other and made room for them.
"It rains a lot here every summer, and today is the second rain." Zhang Yingxue wiped the rain from his face and complained.
"What is this! It's the rainy season soon, and that's when you know what rain is, 24 hours a day, more than 10 hours of the day, and the sky is also gloomy, wet and stuffy to call it uncomfortable. I don't know if the training will be suspended at that time. He Yuanchao pulled his shirt to prevent the wet clothes from sticking to the flesh, and kept shaking, wanting the wet clothes to dry quickly.
Suning listened absentmindedly to the conversation between the two, turned his head and asked, "Is it raining badly?" ”
"It's not too big, but the drizzle is more annoying. In the past, when I was on the farm, the most difficult thing was the rainy season, every time I went to the field, I was covered in mud, and I was tired from working, and many people were so tired that they didn't have the strength to wash their clothes when they went back, so they took off their wet clothes and hung them up, and the next day they wore semi-dry clothes to go to the field......" He Yuanchao recalled the hard days on the farm, and his eyes were a little confused.
"Then there will be no training." Suning frowned and said lightly.
"What bad luck! I don't dare to hang my clothes outside in this ghost weather, and if I don't keep training, two sets of clothes are not enough to change and wash. He Yuanchao's thoughts immediately pulled back from the memories of the past, with a bitter face and a toothache.
He Yang has experience in the army and comforted: "Don't worry, the superiors won't let us train in the rain, who can stand the rain every day, at least a large piece will fall down when the time comes." I heard that the company commander was discussing with the instructor and said that he had received a notice from his superiors to arrange more indoor physical fitness and shooting training during the rainy season, or to study politics, and that the training in tactical subjects was going to be carried out during the rainy season. Each company will also allocate several washing machines and dryers with automatic spinning to facilitate timely removal. It's really easy to be a soldier here, all kinds of living facilities are complete, we used to train in the country and wash all the mud, not all by hand, how can there be this condition. ”
He was very pleased with the current situation.
lives in a beautiful and comfortable building, surrounded by warm-blooded comrades-in-arms. In his opinion, he is already very satisfied, and his superiors are constantly improving the living and training facilities of the troops, and relieving the soldiers of all kinds of worries.
At the beginning of the month, he was promoted to the deputy platoon because of his hard training and excellent skills.
The instructor told him that this means being promoted in China, and from now on, he will be a professional soldier, and what he receives is no longer a soldier's allowance, but a salary, what basic salary, training allowance, etc., all kinds of messes add up, and he can receive more than 70 yuan a month!
In China, this is already the salary of an assistant engineer!
Now that he has been issued a new military uniform, he puts it on and looks in the mirror, and he feels that he is much more powerful.
For the time being, there is no military rank in the new uniform, and I heard that when the commander returns from abroad, a meeting will be held to discuss the award of military ranks. He, the platoon deputy, will also be awarded the rank of second lieutenant.
He consulted the instructor and learned that his family could be allowed to join the army and that the army would arrange work, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to his daughter-in-law in his hometown and asked her to come over!
This time, I followed He Yuanchao, and I also heard that his buddy had bought a house and officially moved to a new house, and he planned to follow him in the name of He Xi to see how the house was. If it is not expensive, he is also going to buy a set and let his daughter-in-law come and have a place to live.
"This road was a dirt road before, right?" Suning, who seemed to be a little distracted, seemed to find out that there was a cement road in front of him, and said in surprise.
Obviously, the newly built highway is very busy with cars coming and going.
"Well, I asked, it's been newly repaired in the past two months. One end is connected to Xincheng, the other end is to Longkang, and then turns north to lead to the Jiehe River. From the university district, there is also one, which goes around and connects to the main road. The military sub-districts rushed to build the roads before the rainy season, for fear that the roads would be muddy and hinder the transportation of materials. Now with the cement road, buses can go to the towns below, and it is much more convenient for ordinary people to enter the city. Xue Zhen, who works at the radio station, delivered the news and was well aware of the new developments in the military sub-division.
The development of the military sub-division is changing with each passing day, and he is also proud to be proud.
Through the rain curtain, Suning looked at the surrounding scenery that was becoming increasingly unfamiliar, and his expression was a little trance. He Yang and the others didn't pay attention to him, and talked with He Yuanchao about the new changes in the military division, smiling. Influenced by them, the soldiers of several other military subdivisions waiting for the train on the platform also enthusiastically discussed the future, and their words were full of longing for the future of the military subdivision.
As he spoke, a red bus came out of the rain, slowly leaned onto the platform, and opened the front door.
"Up the front door, under the back door, up the front door, down the back door! Buy a ticket and get on the bus! A middle-aged woman sitting by the front door poked her head out and directed the two soldiers who had run to the back door to get into the car.
For He Yuanchao, this way of getting on and off is very novel.
No matter which door in the country, you can squeeze into the car, and after you go up, the conductor will walk back and forth to sell tickets. If there is the fare evader, he will get into the crowd and pretend to have gotten on the bus, and let the conductor shout back and forth hoarsely, but he will not say a word.
The way in front of me to get on the bus and get off at the back door makes the person who tried to evade the ticket have nothing to hide, so he can only honestly pay for the ticket.
He Yuanchao and others lined up in the bus in an orderly manner and bought tickets one by one.
The ticket is not expensive, it only costs four cents to the first phase of the Seiko community where Kong Lingchen and Xue Zhen live, and it only costs a dime to the terminal commercial avenue.
"That's good, just a few of us!" He Yuanchao found that the huge carriage was empty, and there were only a few of them, so he occupied a window seat at the front with a smile on his face.
He Yang didn't pick either, sat down beside him, and turned his head curiously to look at the back: "There are two carriages in this car, why is there no one?" ”
"People in the towns and villages have no money, they would rather walk dozens of miles than sell tickets and take a car." The conductor signaled the driver to close the door, and said angrily, "It's a loss to open this line, and there are more than a dozen villages in the two townships, if it weren't for the occasional encounter with your soldiers, you could only drive empty cars back and forth." ”
"How can you lose, anyway, there are few people, and they don't all get so many wages. It's easier for you to have fewer people. Suning looked at the empty carriage, his brows relaxed, and he deliberately sparked a topic.
"There are many people, and there is a big difference!"
It's okay that he didn't say anything, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the conductor and the driver shouted. Maybe it was the loneliness on the road, but the two of you said a word, so that He Yuanchao and them quickly understood the situation.
The military sub-district purchased dozens of buses from the country and formed a bus company. The income of drivers and conductors is composed of two basic salaries and bonuses, and only 37 basic salaries can be obtained for completing normal line operation, in addition to fuel-saving incentives and subsidies for heat prevention and heat reduction in summer.
Empty cars like them go back and forth, and they only have about forty yuan a month, and they can't get any additional rewards, and the crew members are all angry.
"The company had also planned to get on articulated buses, which could seat up to 300 people in two-car carriages. Later, I found that no one was sitting at all, so I quickly changed to the current one to save a little gas money. After a while, if the car is still empty, the number of trains will be reduced again, and I will say that it is better to cut it, and I will earn more money by running the city line. By the way, there will be three buses a day, one in the morning, one in the evening, and the departure times are seven o'clock, twelve o'clock and six o'clock in the evening. The young female conductor chirped in her mouth, complained about it, and kindly reminded her.
On the spacious six-lane cement pavement, the East Wind, Jiefang, and the Yellow River run back and forth. Most of the people heading towards the city are carrying daily necessities, steel bars, construction equipment, and occasionally a huge fuel tanker. More than half of the people who left the city were transporting earthworks.
After a distance of travel, a bus staggered by, and He Yuanchao and others found that there was no one on the bus except for the driver and conductor.
"I'm still poor!" Suning furrowed his brows and smiled.
"Poor is weird! It's they who are too picky! The conductor was not grateful for his understanding at all, and said angrily, "Many people in the township have gone to work on the construction site and earn a lot." Originally, it was five cents a day, and later wages were paid according to the type of work and workload. As long as you are willing to work hard, a strong laborer can earn two to three yuan a day. If you have the skills and do a good job, it is not uncommon to get five or six yuan a day...... All the towns and villages have gone to work on the construction site, and now the work in the fields is handed over to the elderly and children at home, and they no longer plant the food that is laborious to find them, but plant some vegetables, sorghum, and corn. Some of the dishes are eaten by themselves, and some are sent to the market to be sold. Sorghum and corn are crushed and used to raise pigs and chickens, and they earn a lot. They are just used to being poor, and they are reluctant to spend money even if they have it! ”
Suning and the others opened their mouths wide and were dumbfounded.
The other fighters were also shocked by the wages of the migrant workers, and there was no sound in the carriage.
"I said, let's go to the construction site and work on it!" It took He Yang a long time to come back to his senses, half joking, half serious.
The driver glanced back at him, and quickly turned his head again: "Being a soldier is such a good way out, what are you going to do on the construction site, we haven't even thought about changing jobs." Don't look at how much migrant workers earn, but it's hard. In order to earn more money, I don't rest when it's windy and rainy, and after a day of drying, I'm so tired that I can't straighten my waist. ”
"We have to train when it's windy and rainy." He Yuanchao was not convinced.
The driver and conductor laughed.
"Your training is hard, but you have a good way out in the future. In the future, when they change jobs, their starting wages will be two percent higher than those of others, and under the same conditions, salary increases and promotions will be given priority to demobilized cadres. According to the development momentum of the military division, when you work, the development is much better than working on the construction site. We're not in a hurry, we're still slowly boiling, why are you in a hurry? After two years, the people are gradually getting richer, and they are willing to spend money, and this line is indispensable for people who take the car, and our income will increase. "The driver is in his early thirties, speaks unhurriedly, and has a feeling of experiencing vicissitudes and seeing through the world.
He Yuanchao and the others looked at each other, saw the shining light in each other's eyes, grinned, and a feeling called happiness gradually permeated their hearts.
Looking out of the windshield, in the drizzle, the silhouette of a city is revealed.
This is our city!
In the future, we are the masters of the city!