In the newly built wooden house, three bank workers from China are busy working with more than a dozen soldiers who have been dispatched out. Everyone was writing, pens were scribbling across paper, and the room was rustling.

The wooden house is a long strip with a door at each end of the left and right ends, and there is a long counter three meters away when you enter. One third of the counter is divided into two parts by a layer of one-meter-high wooden planks.

Therefore, there is a door at each end of the counter against the wall, which can enter and exit separately.

The area on the right is used as a working area for the bank, with five windows for savings business. There are also three windows, which are the accounting window and the cashier window for the public unit.

There was no glass above the counter, because two heavily armed fighters were on duty directly at the door. has the strength to rob banks, and has already overturned the 291st Brigade, and there is no need to smash the glass to work hard to rummage through the counter.

The counter on the left is the postal work area, where there are three counters, and there is a sorting area at the back. The postal service is not as troublesome as the bank, and a few little girls, led by two old postal workers from China, set up tables, chairs, filing cabinets, etc., and laughed and talked non-stop.

"Quiet, it's noisy!" In the next bank work area, a soldier who writes anxiously slaps his pen and yells.

"What are you fierce! You blame us for not being able to sit still, don't you think? "Girls have an instinctive talent for helpers, and the female warrior who roared back immediately pulled a few of her companions to win their support.

"That's it! Xie Guoping, you hurry up and write, if you can't complete the task, hum, see if Director Jiang doesn't scold you to death! A baby-faced female warrior crossed her waist and reprimanded.

"Yes, yes, don't write it yet, we're still waiting to get the payroll and buy a scarf and a small mirror." Another female warrior also said.

"Oops, don't you say I forgot, my mirror broke during the last retreat, I'm going to buy another ......"

A group of little girls chirped, completely ignoring the threat next door.

Xie Guoping rubbed his temples in pain, and he felt the blood vessels here throb rapidly and suddenly, and there were bursts of pain.

In front of him, there were several thick stacks of blank passbooks, waiting for him to write.

He looked at the payroll sheets that had been handed to him, twenty-two in all, each with thirty names. This is the third page, with a tick next to the first few names to mean that it has been completed, and there is a long list waiting for him to deal with them one by one.

It's horrible!

There are 6,000 cadres and fighters in the brigade, and more than 600 people in the civil affairs department, three teachers and 12 soldiers with their names written well, and 15 people each have to complete the account opening procedures for more than 400 people. On the title page of each passbook, "291 Brigade Longkang Branch" should be written on the header, and then below is the name and the number of the unit (unit) to which it belongs.

On the next page is a table, which is the date, business content, deposit, withdrawal, and balance.

Like the one he is now, he is a soldier named Zou Yongdong, and his unit is the Ninth Company of the Engineering Battalion, plus the header, a total of nineteen words.

That's not all, the table below should be filled in with the dates in order: "77." 4。 6", Business: "Account Opening", Deposit: "20", Balance: "20".

This amount is not just written as a number, but also a dot at the end, and then a float diagonally upwards to avoid tampering.

More than 400 people did this again, it was simply exhausting!

This is the passbook part, and everyone has to build a base card after the end, which is the part retained by the bank for comparison. In the future, the soldiers will take the passbook to deposit and withdraw money, and they will need to turn out the bottom card and confirm that the amount is correct before they can handle it.

"How much is my allowance?" Xie Guoping was itching in his heart, wanting to know the amount of his allowance.

Speaking of which, his unit is a squad of five companies and four platoons in the field, an ordinary soldier, so the amount of allowance should be the same as that of this Zou Yongdong.

But he was transferred to work in a bank, which is considered a public institution, will the salary be a little different?

As a soldier, the allowance of 20 yuan a month is quite a lot, and it is only 5 yuan a month in China. Even according to the 24-level wage standard for regular workers in China, new workers who enter the factory can only receive 19 yuan and 7 cents in the first year, and the allowance for these soldiers is already equivalent to that of new workers.

There are also high salaries, and there are quite a few of them, and the salaries of those teachers are very high, and I heard that they are paid according to the salary level when they used to be in school.

The tallest one, Professor Li, heard that he used to be a second-level professor, and his monthly salary reached an astonishing two hundred and eighty-five yuan, eight cents and three cents!

Other teachers were also well paid, and I heard that this was an order from the brigade commander. Originally, the salary of new teachers was only 24, and the brigade commander insisted that the minimum salary of teachers should be adjusted to 30, so the lowest batch of teachers who came could get 57 yuan a month, and an average of 80 yuan, which was more than the allowance of four soldiers.

However, the brigade commander also said that the students trained by these teachers will become scientists, engineers, technicians, and management cadres in the future, which is related to the future of the 291 Brigade. Whether or not they can teach wholeheartedly is related to whether the 291 Brigade will have qualified personnel in the future and whether it can meet its needs, so it is natural that the salary will be high.

Well, respect the teacher, the higher the salary.

The only thing Xie Guoping was dissatisfied with was that the salary set by the brigade commander for himself was too low, only one hundred and fifty yuan, which was much lower than that Professor Li!

The brigade commander has made so many contributions to the hard work of the whole brigade day and night, but only gets this salary, which is really unfair! If he could volunteer, he would rather take a little less for himself and let the brigade commander get a little more.

It's got to be thousands!

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Xie Guoping was indignant that Guan Fei's salary was too low, and a group of people in the military service club were also busy.

"Listen, everyone, we are in one hall, and it is impossible to spread out all the goods, so we must be focused." A female cadre of a domestic supply and marketing cooperative, clapping her hands vigorously to let others concentrate on listening to her, "Our container should be half a meter away from the wall, leaving room for the salesman to move around." From left to right, there are five glass counters on each side, which are placed in the order of cigarettes, recreation, sports and entertainment, learning utensils, fabrics, plastic products, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other daily necessities, and commonly used medicines.

The middle piece is the grain and vegetable area, and the grain is just a pocket and placed directly on the ground. Vegetables should be placed on a cutting board and placed according to the variety.

Did you hear it all? ”

"Hear me clearly!" A group of female warriors replied crisply.

"Okay, just do as I say. Be careful when moving the counter, only we have glass on the counter here, don't break it! The female cadres of the supply and marketing cooperatives clapped their hands and asked everyone to start working.

The military service club has not yet opened, and signs have been hung outside, and many soldiers passing by are looking at it with antiquity, pointing and discussing what good things can be bought.

Some fighters who had planned to use the holiday to go to the county towns in China to buy chess, poker, table tennis rackets, badminton, football and other entertainment supplies also came over and looked through the crack in the door, trying to see if there was anything they wanted.

"It's going to be open for business in two days!" The silver bell-like laughter of the female warriors was heard inside, mocking these monkey-anxious warriors.

"If there is no basketball, if there is, I won't go to the county seat!" A soldier shouted through the crack in the door.

"Yes, there are three of them, and there are many colors." The kind-hearted female warrior replied.

"What about football?"

"I want to buy a pair of checkers!"

"This comrade, help me see if there is an elastic band, the elastic band on my pants is broken, and now I can only tie it with a rope, which is very inconvenient!"

Hearing that the soldier in front of him had received an answer, the others also leaned over the crack in the door and asked loudly.

The cheerful laughter of the girls came from inside, and someone asked, "You tie it with a rope, isn't it very inconvenient to untie your hands?" ”

"Yikes!"

A burst of screaming and laughter came from the crack in the door, and a soft girl's voice said, "Yanan, you are shameless and say such unshy words!" ”

"Am I shameless? I'm concerned about my comrades, isn't it, the soldier with a broken belt? The girl, named Yanan, said with a big grin.

"Yes, yes, we are pure revolutionary friendship, they are talking nonsense, don't care. So, comrade, is there an elastic band? There are also sewing needles and threads! The warrior was concerned about the question, insisting on asking for clarification.

"Yes, long and short! The day after tomorrow, you will be fine the day after tomorrow! The elastic band is a penny for two cents, a penny for a sewing needle, and an eight-cent tube for thread. ”

"Thank you! Then I'll come the day after tomorrow! ”

The warrior left contentedly, and the others gathered around him, shouting through the crack in the door.

The news of the imminent opening of banks, post offices, and servicemen's service cooperatives has stimulated more than 6,000 commanders and fighters of the 291 Brigade to be excited.

There wasn't before, everyone just lived like this, their thoughts were very simple, they just wanted to complete the training tasks with quality and quantity every day, and then take a break to brag and play poker with a few comrades.

Now that I heard that the allowance was about to be paid, the soldiers were so happy, whether they were usually active or calm, they were trying to find out how much the allowance was.

Knowing that the amount of allowance was four times higher than that of the domestic troops, reaching the level of new factory workers, everyone grinned non-stop. Immediately, they began to wonder what the store was selling.

There are many old smoking guns in the army, and many soldiers are asking what brands of cigarettes they have, how much is a pack, and how many packs of cigarettes they can buy with their monthly allowance and how long they can smoke them.

Some of the good drinkers were a little sorry when they heard that the service company was forbidden to sell alcohol, and then they also began to wonder if there was anything else they needed.

Inside and outside the store, some people asked, and some people answered. Later, some people simply took out a pen and paper and wrote down the content of the answers one by one, as well as the price code, and listed them into a product list. When they put one out, they pasted it on the wall, and countless soldiers gathered around it, carefully recording it, more attentive than they usually did in political study classes.

The front door is three cents and five, and the Red River is three cents and one, and a few smoking guns go around asking others who has smoked the Red River and how it tastes.

The homework book is five cents, the ink is eight cents a bottle, and the hero pen is five cents......

The girls gathered together to discuss whether it was better to buy soap or soap. Soap is three cents and six pieces, but soap is only three cents, why is soap more expensive than soap, obviously soap is still fragrant.

Mussel shell oil is one hair and two cents, and alabaster is three cents and three, in fact, clam shell oil is enough, and it is not cold here......

A few sturdy soldiers were concerned about how to sell rice, and the troops were given a ration of rice. Although they can also eat eight cents full, but they still feel that it is not enough, I heard that the price of rice per catty is one and a half cents, and after calculating their allowance, they can buy more than 140 catties of rice, and they can still have a little surplus, so they left happily.

In the same way as the service cooperatives, the banks and post offices are also full of people.

There was no commotion at all, hundreds of soldiers stood at the door of the post office, staring at them stupidly, many still with words in their mouths.

"Dad, Mom, it's been five years since I came out, are you two old people okay now? Woo, I miss you so much, I really want to eat my mother's cooking......" One of the warrior's lips trembled, tears streaming down his face, and he didn't wipe it, just looked at the door, as if the next moment, it would open.

"How long will it take for this post office to open?" Several fighters whispered.

"It seems that it will officially open the day after tomorrow, as will the bank and the military service club." His companion inquired and whispered.

"I want to write a letter to my father, he has a bad waist, and I don't know if he has gotten better after all these years......" One of the warriors looked at the door panel wistfully, his lips pursed.

"When I left, my youngest brother was born, and it was time for elementary school...... said another warrior to his youngest brother, but his eyes were red with tears in his eyes.

Not everyone is immersed in memories, and some soldiers are full of energy, talking and laughing with their comrades-in-arms: "If I tell my mother, I have earned money now, twenty yuan a month, and she doesn't know what expression is." ”

"You must be happy, you will be skinned when you are a child, either smashing the glass of the east house, or kicking the door of the west house, and asking your mother to come to the door every day to make amends. She's afraid that if you don't study well, you won't be productive when you grow up, and now that you have become a warrior and can earn money again, she doesn't know how happy she will be! He laughed and said with a small smile.

"Yes, yes, and tell her that we are all going to go to night school. As long as you get a high school diploma, you can get a package! Maybe I can even become a cadre in the future, wear four pockets, and my mother doesn't know how proud I should be when I go back! The warrior smiled and looked forward to a bright future.

His words resonated with the other warriors around him, and everyone felt much less homesick on their faces, and they also exchanged ideas with each other.

Assigning jobs, becoming workers, and maybe becoming cadres are all good news, and we must tell them to our families so that our parents and relatives will not worry about them.

Also, they are going to create a new city with their own hands, a new type of high-tech city, in the words of the brigade commander!

They don't know much about what high-tech is, but the word sounds exciting: technology, it's still high, it's definitely better than ordinary technology. Can those of them who have dropped out of junior high school and high school after half of their studies be able to build such a city?

It's exciting!

They almost watched the days of the 291 Brigade getting better and brighter day by day, and the future was getting brighter day by day.

This life is really interesting, and being a member of the 291 Brigade is the greatest happiness in their lives......

Then let the letters, with their satisfaction with the present and their vision for the future, fly back to their loved ones, and let them share their happiness too!

Tomorrow, it must be better!