Chapter 342 A thousand pounds kneel

"We're here to see you." Before seeing Xu Dashan, I felt that I had something to say, but I really met him, whether it was Cheng Zhichao or Zhao Jiyong, and suddenly found that no matter what I said now, it was redundant.

The person in front of them used to be their good friend and could be a good comrade-in-arms, but now he is a deserter. Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong have lived in the army since they were children, and they are imperceptibly hated deserters. After being silent for a long time, a thousand words finally turned into such a sentence.

Xu Dashan was full of shame: "Squad leader, Chao'er, thank you." ”

Gu Chuancheng sat down on the huán opposite Xu Dashan with a tiger face, silently smoked a cigarette, and asked slowly for a long time: "You didn't suffer anything on the road, did you?" ”

"No, they're all good to me."

"That's good." Gu Chuancheng didn't know what to say next, so he had to smoke in silence.

It can be seen that the handling of deserters by this training regiment is quite human. Normally, since Xu Dashan fled late at night and was caught at his hometown, he should be handcuffed as soon as possible to prevent him from escaping again. But now Xu Dashan is not only not handcuffed, but the army has also set aside a soldier's dormitory to detain him, and the conditions are much stronger than the confinement room.

Xu Dashan smiled strongly: "My dad heard that I met two good friends in the army, and when I came, I wanted to bring some local products to the two of you, but the people from the Armed Forces Department didn't let me bring them, and when you go back to visit relatives, you must go to our house to let you taste our authentic rural flavor." ”

Cheng Zhichao was noncommittal, but Zhao Jiyong rushed in front of him, grabbed his neck and shook it uncontrollably, and roared loudly: "Who is rare in your flavor?" Is your home far from the provincial capital? There's also a fart flavor. You deserted ......, why did you flee? Why? ”

Under his incessant shaking, Xu Dashan was as helpless as a bird in a rainstorm, but Cheng Zhichao and Gu Chuancheng did not stop Zhao Jiyong. What Zhao Jiyong did was originally what they wanted to do, but before they could do it, they were preempted by Zhao Jiyong.

Xu Dashan's eyes had been red all the time, but now that he was shaking him like this, tears finally fell, he pursed his mouth and twisted his head to the side, without saying a word.

Zhao Jiyong shook his hand more and more, suddenly reached out and slapped Xu Dashan twice in the face, choked and said, "You sue me, why do you want to escape?" Is the squad leader bad for you, or is the company commander bad for you? Or are our friends treating you badly? You didn't say a word and just threw us away and ran away, are you still not human? Do you know that Lao Gu could have signed a first-class non-commissioned officer again, but because of your bad breed, after taking this batch of soldiers, he will be discharged from the army ahead of schedule, which is all your fault, do you know? Do you know? ”

Xu Dashan's face changed greatly, and he turned his head to Gu Chuancheng with an expression of disbelief: "Squad leader, this ......, this is all true?" ”

Gu Chuancheng still had no expression on his face, but changed another cigarette: "Zhao Jiyong, what are you doing?" The results have not yet been issued, and he is still my soldier. In front of me, the squad leader, you toss my soldiers so much, you don't give me face, right? ”

Zhao Jiyong gritted his teeth and seemed to want to beat Xu Dashan hard, but after a bit of entanglement in his heart, he still let go of his hand and spit on Xu Dashan's face: ", you are a bad seed, I always look down on you." ”

Xu Dashan stood there like a wooden man, not wiping the spit on his face. After a while, he suddenly burst into tears, threw himself in front of Gu Chuancheng, knelt down and hugged his tuǐ: "Squad leader, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you." But ......, I really can't live up, if there is a little way, I won't run away, I can't live up, I can't live up, I really can't live ......."

The muscles on Gu Chuancheng's face twitched for a while, he sighed, his eyes were also red, he stretched out his hand and gently slapped him on the head twice: "Do you know, in fact, you don't need to run away at all." The people in the health team have written a report saying that you are not fit to be a soldier. After the Chinese New Year, after taking you to the brigade headquarters for inspection, if the report of the health team is correct, the army will consider returning you and sending you home. That's not even a removal from the list, but you haven't even lived for a few days. ”

No matter what he said now, Xu Dashan had already turned a deaf ear. When he fled, he had already weighed the pros and cons, and he also believed that what Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong said was true, once he became a deserter, it was impossible to turn back, even if he returned to the place, this big stain in his life would follow him for a lifetime, and he might not even have a household registration. But in his opinion, those things are later, and it is real to solve the immediate problems first. ,

It's just that he never thought that the result of his escape, not only was he punished, but Gu Chuancheng was also affected so much. Recalling the bits and pieces of the more than two months I spent with Gu Chuancheng, it was impossible for anyone with a little conscience to be indifferent. Originally, when Xu Dashan saw Cheng Zhichao and others at the beginning, he just felt ashamed, but now he has fallen into deep self-blame. Holding Gu Chuancheng's big tuǐ, he only knew that he could cry loudly, and he couldn't do anything else.

Gu Chuancheng sighed again and helped him up: "Dashan, no matter what, you are the soldier I once led, I have never blamed you for affecting me, not now, not in the future." I'm just sorry for you, if you can hold on for two more days, I'm afraid things will be a different result. People are like that, once something is done, there is no more 'if'. No matter what the army does with you, after you go back, you will work hard, and you will live for a lifetime. After you go back, you don't have to carry any ideological baggage, because you can't do great things. But remember, whatever you do in the future, you must think about it, think twice, and be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. ”

Many years later, when Gu Chuancheng reunited with Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong, even he admitted that when he guessed the thoughts of the two of them, he followed the picket class, with the intention of finding an opportunity to beat both of them painfully, otherwise it would not be enough to calm the anger in his heart. But when he saw Xu Dashan's bear-like appearance, he couldn't shake his fist anyway.

And many years later, many years ago, that is, now, in the soldiers' dormitory where Xu Dashan was imprisoned, several seven-foot-tall men all shed tears. And when Cheng Zhichao recalled this paragraph once, he was holding an apple grown by Xu Dashan in his hand, and Xu Dashan stood behind him with a smile on his face, introducing him to the basic situation of this orchard. But in the eyes of Cheng Zhichao, who thought of these inglorious years, Xu Dashan's smiling face was so annoying, and by the way, even the apples he grew with his own hands were also disgusted.

After a crisp sound of "click", half a catty apple was bitten off by Cheng Zhichao in one bite, which caused the people around him to exclaim: "Such a big mouth, such a good appetite, even ate the apple core." ”

- This man must have not eaten an apple in hundreds of years, how can he be so indiscriminate?

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After receiving a call from the political commissar, the regiment returned to the training regiment late that night. But Tai Jianyou and the others had already slept in the guest house, so it was not good to disturb others, so they had to not alarm them for the time being. Early the next morning, personnel from the local armed forces department, Xu Yinguang, and others met for the first time with the top leaders of the training regiment.

The place of the first meeting between the two sides was in the canteen of the regiment headquarters.

Last night's dinner, Comrade Political Commissar, was very richly arranged. Eight dishes and one soup, accompanied by the political commissar and chief of staff, the wine is specially sent to purchase the high-grade Luzhou Laojiao from the county, and it is sweet and mellow in the mouth, for Xu Guangyin, who doesn't drink much, the high-quality liquor is no different from the two-pot head for two yuan a bottle, and I will be dizzy after a few glasses.

But he still has to drink, he has to drink. Although he didn't have much experience at the officialdom table, he knew very well in his heart that there was no way out, and the only thing he could fight for was to reduce the punishment as much as possible. He didn't know much about the punishment of the army, but intuitively he knew which was the lesser or the heavier of the expulsion. On the way, he has inquired about Tai Jianyou more than once, and the answer he got is that it is very likely that he will be expelled from the army, and he must attack the key problems at this moment, and strive to get a punishment for his son to be removed.

There were not many people at the table, but there were six or seven people, including him, and everyone had to toast a glass, and after a circle, most of the bottles of liquor were poured into their stomachs. Xu Yinguang only felt that his eyes were black for a while, and the focus of his two eyes was out of balance, and he only relied on a trace of wisdom behind his heart to raise his noble hand and let go of his son with a tongue and political commissar.

He said a lot of good things, but what he said, what was the attitude of the commissar and the chief of staff, he couldn't remember it anymore, and he didn't even have the slightest impression of how he went back to the guest house. It's just that when I woke up the next morning, I felt a terrible headache, and I didn't want to get up so early, but for the sake of my son's future, I still gritted my teeth, got up staggeringly, washed my face with cold water, and went to the cafeteria to eat breakfast step by step. ,

The place to eat is still the reception room of the canteen of the regiment headquarters. The canteen of every organ and unit basically has such a place, outside the dining room, a separate hut is opened up, and one or two round tables are placed in it, the function is that when important people come, there can be a decent place to entertain people to eat. Although these people are not comparable to the important people above, they are also guests, and they are naturally qualified to eat in the reception room.

Xu Yinguang felt that he had come early enough, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at the cafeteria, he found that he was actually the last to arrive. At the round table where dinner last night, in addition to Tai Jianyou and others, as well as the political commissar and chief of staff, there was also a colonel officer with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was not angry and arrogant. At dinner last night, it was the political commissar who sat on the main seat to accompany him, but after the colonel officer was added today, the political commissar sat down at the head of the main seat and gave up the main seat to this person.

With intuition, although Xu Yinguang was not sure that this person was the head of the regiment, he also knew that this person must be a very important person. All of a sudden, the sense of innate and fear that the little people saw the big people came up again, and they involuntarily stopped at the entrance of the reception room. Not only did he stop, but he also subconsciously took a small step back.

Under normal circumstances, lunch and dinner in the reception room are much more sumptuous than in the restaurant outside, but breakfast is the same as outside, that is, a few plates of staple foods such as steamed buns and huā rolls are picked up from the cauldron, and then a few plates of side dishes and rice porridge, beef nǎ and other things are added, and the time of the meal is also synchronized with the warrior restaurant outside. Now is the time to start the meal, and the food has already been served, but since Xu Yinguang did not arrive, everyone else sat at the table and waited for him without moving chopsticks.

As soon as his figure appeared at the entrance of the reception room, he was already seen by the chief of staff, and he stood up with a smile: "Oh, Lao Xu, when you get to the entrance, why did you stop?" The breakfast conditions of the troops are a little worse, so let's just take a break. Walked to the entrance and welcomed Xu Yinguang in.

Xu Yinguang laughed dryly, and as he walked into the reception room, his eyes stayed on the body of the group seat: "This must be the head of the regiment." ”

"Let me introduce you, this is the head of our training regiment, I went out to run errands, but when I heard that you were coming, I rushed back overnight." The commissar said to him with a smile. Then, he lowered his voice and said to Tuanzuo: "Commander, this is Xu Dashan's father." ”

The desertion of the troops did not have much impact on the reputation of the regimental commander, and his superiors did not punish him for this. Compared with Gu Chuancheng, Tuanzuo does not have that kind of pain, and he is not so resentful of Xu Dashan. He didn't have much resentment against Xu Dashan, and he didn't have any superfluous views on his father. Originally, the political commissar was worried that the head of the regiment would show people his face after seeing Xu Yinguang, but the head of the regiment was quite satisfied with him, and after listening to his introduction, although there was not much smile on his face, he still stood up and held Xu Yinguang's hand politely.

Xu Yinguang suddenly felt a lot more relieved, the political commissar and the chief of staff had already beaten him yesterday, and he drank at the wine table without knowing who was going on, but the people were fine, which showed that the amount of alcohol was quite outstanding. In the past, his social circle was very narrow, and there were not no people who could drink, but they were all people who were easy to beat, so Xu Yinguang had a rather simple idea in his heart: People who could drink were good talkers. Since the political commissar and the chief of staff are both people who can drink, as long as they give up this old face and beg the troops, they should be able to turn around.

As for this regiment leader, although he doesn't know how much he drinks, he doesn't seem to be disgusted with himself, and he doesn't look down on himself because of his son, and he is also a person who knows the general situation, so he should be able to win it easily.

After having this idea, although Xu Yinguang was apprehensive about eating this meal, it was much better than last night. There was no wine prepared for breakfast, and some of the culture on the wine table naturally could not be brought into play, and many people put down their chopsticks.

After the meal, it is natural to talk about some serious things. The head of the regiment asked about Xu Yinguang's family situation very close to the people, and after the crop harvest and other problems that even he felt were messy, before he could change the topic and end the conversation, he heard Xu Yinguang ask cautiously: "Regiment commander, I know that our mountains are not angry, and we have smeared the troops, and my old face is also dull." I wonder what the troops are going to do with him? ”

He took the initiative to change the topic, and the head of the regiment no longer bothered his brain cells to draw an arc with him, pouted his teeth, and asked: "You are Xu Dashan's parent, this matter was originally to be discussed with you, how do you think he should be handled?" ”,

Xu Yinguang was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "How to deal with it, that's a matter for your troops, anyway, no matter how you deal with it, he deserves it." ”

"Well, you guys go back to the guest house and wait a while, and we'll have a meeting to study it right away. Once you have the result, you will be notified as soon as possible. "Compared with talking around the bush, the head of the regiment obviously likes to speak straight. After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xu Yinguang to react, he immediately got up and floated out of the reception room like a gust of wind.

The head of the regiment was resolute in handling things, as if he ran away without even finishing his words, and Tai Jianyou and other military cadres who wanted to say a few words to him were flashed there, and they all looked at each other. Seeing this scene, the political commissar was angry and funny, and apologized to Tai Jianyou and others one after another. It was easy to bring Tai Jianyou and the others back to their senses, and then turned to Xu Yinguang and said: "Old Xu, you have to believe in the troops, and I promise with my head that I will deal with Comrade Xu Dashan's problem fairly and justly." ”

Xu Yinguang was also puzzled by the sudden departure of the head of the regiment, and just nodded blankly. Looking at the figures of the political commissar and the chief of staff and others leaving, I faintly felt that something was not good. It seems that the previous understanding of the wine table culture is going to be completely subverted this time, and the previous view that the more people who can drink, the easier it is to speak, is wrong, and it should be that the more people can drink, the more untrustworthy what they say at the wine table.

The idea was finally confirmed in the early evening.

In fact, for a whole day, Xu Yinguang was restless in the guest house, standing at the window from time to time, looking at the office building of the regiment headquarters in the distance, wishing that there was a telescope that could let him see clearly how the regiment commander and others were studying. It wasn't until just before dinner that someone called them to the regimental headquarters.

It's still that conference room, and the people are still those people, it's just that there is one more group leader, but as soon as Xu Yinguang entered this conference room, he immediately felt the heaviness of the atmosphere, and his heartbeat became heavy.

After everyone was seated, the chief of staff opened his mouth and spoke: "Vice Minister Tai, first of all, thank the local comrades for their hard work for so long. ”

Under normal circumstances, the regiment commander and the commissar do not speak, but the chief of staff greets everyone, basically the matter has already had a result, and the chief of staff is just an executor. Tai Jianyou and the others sat up straight, politely laughed, and then listened to the results, Xu Yinguang also pricked up his ears.

In the following time, the chief of staff did not say much, but every word was like a hammer hitting his heart, hitting the ears of the village chief, who commanded two or three hundred villagers: "The party committee of the regiment has studied and determined that Comrade Xu Dashan's desertion from the army without authorization is an out-and-out act of desertion. After study, it was decided to expel him from the military. Then, he handed a red-headed text to Xu Yinguang and the others.

Xu Yinguang couldn't make out what was written on the text, and the village chief only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and he stood up unwillingly, grabbed the hand of the group seat, and begged: "Regiment leader, he is still just a child, although it is wrong for him to escape, but for the sake of his youth and ignorance, I also ask the army to give him a chance and be lenient." ”

The head of the regiment didn't say a word, just shook his head slowly.

"Commander, Commander, I beg you." Xu Yinguang burst into tears, and suddenly knelt in front of the head of the regiment with a "tom".

The political commissar and chief of staff were startled, and hurriedly jumped up to support him: "Lao Xu, Lao Xu, what are you doing, get up." ”

Under the support of the two people, Xu Yinguang still didn't get up: "Leader, leader, I beg you, give the child a chance...... give the child a chance, give the child a chance......

Tuanzao still shook his head slowly, and said word by word: "What the regimental party committee has decided on has been reported, and it is impossible to recover." ”