The life of the farmhouse is leisurely, and Ren Laifeng, who has accepted his real identity, seems to enjoy everything here except that he is not satisfied with his name. The autumn harvest season is approaching, and the endless crops in the fields are swaying like waves in the wind, and even the fragrance of grain wafts in the air.

The adults of the families in the village are busy packing up their farm tools to prepare for the autumn harvest, while the children are busy running and playing outside the village. At the end of summer, there are so many interesting things in the countryside that they dare not go to the riverside, but they can go to the fields to catch birds and hares, and they can compare whose corn cobs grow the biggest and best.

Quiet and beautiful days are always short-lived, and on the third day when Ren Lai was rescued, an army and a ** army came from outside the village. This ** unit is here to order autumn rations.

Now the children have a job to do, and dozens of older children led by Ren Laifeng look around these soldiers wearing the same costumes, and they can't get enough of it. The soldiers pasted a big red paper on the threshing floor at the entrance of the village, with words on it, and whenever anyone came to see it, the soldiers read the words on the paper aloud. This is a conscription notice, and the army is to recruit soldiers in Meijiakou Village.

In these years of war, the young people in the village have already let the army comb it I don't know how many times, where are the young people of the right age? If you insist on having it, I'm afraid it's almost the same as Ren Laifeng, right?

Ren Lai was born tall and big, and his stature was not much worse than that of an adult. As soon as he came to see the notice, the veteran guarding the notice immediately grabbed him as if he had found a treasure.

"Little brother, do you want to be a soldier? Being a soldier can eat military rations, and you can be promoted and make a fortune. If you become a soldier, as long as you mix well in the army for a few years and wait for a good time, your whole family will have to be looked down upon in the village. Your family is a military family! Come and be a soldier! Isn't that enough? Well, you can walk everywhere as a soldier, and you can see the scenery all over the country. Willing to do it? That's great! ”

The veteran patted his thigh happily, pulled Ren Laifeng to the table on the spot, filled out the form, and asked him to go home to prepare after giving him a settling-in allowance of two oceans. Ren Laifeng went back to talk to his father and grandfather, and his father and mother shook his head like a rattle and disagreed, but his grandfather didn't seem to have much objection to his grandson becoming a soldier.

"Xiaofeng should have a good future. Although a good man is not a soldier and a good iron is not nailed, but if he can have a future in the army, is it not much better than at home? Grandpa stroked his gray beard and looked at his eldest grandson happily, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't get enough of it, "I will always have to leave in the future, who can our family rely on?" Not a little wind yet? Do you want Xiaofeng to be an honest farmer for the rest of his life, just like us? If you want me to say, this is an opportunity, we can't let Xiaofeng miss it! ”

Grandpa had supreme authority in this family, and no one could change what he decided. Ren Laifeng's mother prepared bedding, shoes and socks for her son overnight, and the father helped on the side, and the two of them were busy all night and didn't sleep much. The next day, the whole family went out together and sent Ren Laifeng to the army recruitment office.

Put on a new military uniform, put on a new military hat, put on new shoes, and let the wind come and go, and you will be a majestic soldier.

The army stopped at Meijiakou Village for two days before it was launched, and before leaving, the whole village went to the village entrance to see them off. Ren Laifeng looked at the reluctance of his family and the envy of his friends, and for the first time he felt that he was connected to his flesh and blood here. The past is gone, and although this small village called Meijiakou has only lived for two days, it is already his real home.

Leaving Meijiakou Village, the troops drove all the way to the barracks outside Dezhou City. Ren Laifeng thought that he could go to Texas City in this era, but he didn't expect to receive an order to build fortifications in the same place before he had time to rest in the barracks, and the troops entered a state of combat readiness!

Is the little devil coming? Ren Laifeng was nervous and excited, his heart was filled with an indescribable emotion, and he took a round-headed shovel and began to dig trenches with the soldiers. Ren Laifeng had never done this kind of work before, but he knew the structure of the trenches in his heart. Isn't it just a long trench, and the excavated soil is filled to one side, and you can climb into it and shoot out, what's so difficult about that?

It's one thing to think about it, it's another thing to actually do it. Although Ren Laifeng is only sixteen years old, his body is very strong, and he is no slower than the veterans when he picks up a small round shovel to dig up the soil. But after a long time, these two hands became a little uncomfortable. Spread out your hands and take a look, okay, there is an extra blister on each of the palms of each hand, which makes the grinding bubble!

The veteran who lobbied Ren Laifeng to be a soldier was nicknamed Smoking Gun, a bearded veteran, and he was always seen holding a cigarette stick in his hand. The cigarette gun looked at Ren Laifeng's palm, and said that the recruit baby was like a trick, and he didn't know where to take out a needle. Struck a match to burn the needle, and carefully punctured the blisters on Ren Laifeng's two hands. Squeeze out the water, put away the needle, and tell Ren Laifeng that he should not work so hard and be leisurely.

The blisters are also considered to be injured, and the speed of Ren Laifeng will naturally not be able to get up when he starts working again. At this time, the squad leader of his class was picky, "Hey, people are crazy, you don't want to be lazy here, hurry up and work!" This guy deliberately changed his tone and called Ren Laifeng crazy.

Ren Laifeng's most annoying thing in the past few days is that when others call his name, he can't spit out clearly, and when he hears the squad leader deliberately shouting like this, he was annoyed, and his body was about to get angry, and the smoking gun hurriedly came over to play the round, "Squad leader, squad leader, extinguish the fire." Ren Laifeng didn't be lazy, he worked too hard just now, and both of them had blisters on their hands. I told him to take his work at a leisurely pace. ”

"Grinding out bubbles? Let me see. ”

Ren Laifeng reluctantly spread out his hands.

"Hehe, it's really blistering! Isn't the little cub from the village? Why are your hands so tender? It seems that he is also naughty and mischievous at home. Boy, this is in the army, you learn to be smart! Don't go up and lose your life when you're in a battle! ”

Is there such a squad leader? Curse people before you go to war? Ren Laifeng was extremely dissatisfied with the squad leader's style! However, he also knew that he was a newcomer, and he offended the squad leader when he came up, and it would definitely be difficult for him to live in the future. So he pretended to be scared, shrunk his neck back, and said nothing.

The squad leader snorted twice and walked away with his hands behind his back. Ren Laifeng continued to pick up the shovel and slowly dug the trench.

At lunchtime, the cook brought over two large pots of stewed tofu with winter melon, which was mixed with a little minced meat. Eat white flour steamed buns in two large baskets. Ren Laifeng grabbed four steamed buns and filled a big bowl of vegetables, not to mention the deliciousness. The two steamed buns were not finished, and the squad leader came again.

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