Zhang Wei has never asked about salary.

As soldiers, few people in the army are embarrassed to ask these questions, because they all know that joining the army is not to make money.

At the end of the two-year compulsory service, more than half of them will leave the army, and where they will go back, the army must maintain its vitality, and parents do not want their children to suffer in the army for a few more years.

Zhang Wei's parents are the same.

In particular, since the outbreak of the July Five-Year Plan Incident, there have been many rumors about Xinjiang in the hinterland, and there have been many reports on the news, saying that people will die here today, and police officers and other public servants will die there tomorrow.

Every report can always stir the nerves of people in the hinterland who have been living a peaceful and stable life for a long time, and when there are too many reports, they always think that Xinjiang is in chaos, and every day is like a war.

Zhang Wei's parents have been in such worries and anxieties for more than a year, they want to receive a call every day, but they are afraid of receiving a phone call and are afraid of hearing bad news.

In the armed police mobile unit, there is a lot of training and tasks, and I can't make a phone call once a month.

Zhang Wei's parents hope that he can go back, and he can understand, but if he can do his parents' work, he wants to stay and complete the unfinished mission.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Wei dialed the phone again.

"Dad, I have something to tell you."

"Is the time to come back set? When. Answering the phone, Zhang Wei's father was a little happy, and he eagerly looked forward to his son being able to go back immediately.

What he wants to say is heartbreaking for his parents, even if Zhang Wei has secretly decided again and again before the phone call, he must explain to his parents about staying in the team, but when he hears his father's voice, it is still difficult for him to say his decision.

"Speak." My father sensed that something was not quite right in the atmosphere, and his tone suddenly changed slightly.

When the matter came, it had to be said no matter what, Zhang Wei gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and said: "The squadron leader wants me to stay in the army and transfer to a non-commissioned officer." ”

"Transferred to a non-commissioned officer?" The father was surprised, he didn't know what a non-commissioned officer was, but when he heard that his son was going to stay in the army, he knew that things had changed dramatically.

The phone was silent for a few seconds, and the air froze.

"We all hope that you can come back and live in peace, it's too dangerous over there."

"I'm doing well in the army, it's much better here than last year, it's back to normal a long time ago, it's safe in the army, you don't have to worry."

Seeing that his father did not lose his temper as expected, Zhang Wei felt a little more relaxed.

Then, he immediately said: "Dad, the treatment of transferring non-commissioned officers in the army is not bad, I heard the squad leader say that after transferring to non-commissioned officers, there are 15,600 yuan per month, and this money should be enough for the second and third children as living expenses." ”

"After I became a non-commissioned officer, I have family leave every year, and when I am not busy, I can ask for leave to go back and have a look, and I can go back next year."

After Zhang Wei finished saying what he wanted to say, his heart was a lot happier.

In front of his father over the years, he didn't express his wishes much, and even gave up going to college, not out of his heart, and it was his choice to join the army.

Now he has made his choice not to rely on his parents for protection.

His father was silent, although he had no plan for Zhang Wei's life, but before that, he had considered Zhang Wei's future, and now he was silent, because his considerations had nothing to do with what Zhang Wei said.

"You've grown up."

There was silence on the phone for a long time, and my father said this calmly, and then hung up the phone.

For a moment, Zhang Wei felt very aggrieved, and tears rolled in his eyes.

In the end, he held back and didn't let the tears flow.

After running a few laps on the training ground, Zhang Wei's mood gradually stabilized.

On the third day of Chen Yao's conversation with Zhang Wei, the instructor Tang Wenyi found Zhang Wei and wanted to have a good talk with him.

"I've talked to Lei Zengrong and Zeng Hongda in the past few days, do you want to know what they think?"

Zhang Wei knew what Tang asked him to talk about, but he didn't think of talking about his comrades-in-arms first.

"I don't know, I decided to stay."

Hearing Zhang Wei's answer, Tang asked one by one, why did he agree before he started talking?

"Good. Your consciousness is very high, keep working hard, and you can become a full party member next year. He couldn't say what he wanted to say, and Tang Wenyi was a little embarrassed.

"Yes, I will definitely make positive progress and strive to join the party as soon as possible." Overcoming the obstacles in his heart, Zhang Wei's mentality is much better now.

"You'll know later that your decision today was absolutely the right one. You must have done something in the army, and I am very optimistic about you. The train of thought was disrupted, and Tang Wen could only have an awkward conversation.

"Thank you, Instructor, I will continue to work hard."

"Okay, let's do it for today. You can take these materials back and look at them. ”

Zhang Wei took the information in Tang Wen's hand, and then left the office.

What Tang Wenyi gave him was not special information, but some things related to the study of political discipline and the duties and treatment of non-commissioned officers, and promotion, but he roughly flipped through them and did not read more.

Although the discharge period is approaching, the training intensity of the entire squadron has not weakened.

However, those who are determined to be discharged from the army have fewer tasks to arrange.

After more than half a month, the veterans were discharged, and in addition to the compulsory soldiers who had completed two years, there were also non-commissioned officers of the first and second phases whose service period had ended, and the number of discharged soldiers was much higher than last year.

Lei Zengrong, Zeng Hongda and others, who were in the second platoon and the second squad at the same time as Zhang Wei, did not transfer to non-commissioned officers and chose to retire from the army.

In this regard, Zhang Wei was lost for several days.

After sending them away for more than a week, Zhang Wei's condition improved during high-intensity training.

It didn't take long for the squad leader Chen Yao to take home leave and go home for the New Year, and there were only five people left in the class, Zhang Zhicheng, Zhang Wei and three recruits.

Although there are few people, the training must not be left behind, and the duty on duty must be carried out as usual.

In fact, every time it comes to the discharge season, before the recruits leave the company, the mobile squadron is not enough, which is related to the source of the squadron.

The vast majority of the recruits who come in the squadron every year come from various provinces in the interior, and when the two years expire, there are very few who choose to stay, so they can only keep recruiting new recruits.

Xinjiang is remote and has always been insecure in the hearts of the Chinese people, and few parents would want their children to remain on the border.

Therefore, this situation of lack of troops is difficult to change in a short period of time.

In fact, there is another key reason, that is, the squadron itself does not have so many non-commissioned officer quotas, and if there are no quotas, they can only be discharged when they expire.

In the end, a situation was formed in which the veterans did not want to stay and could not stay.

According to instructor Tang Wenyi, this year, the squadron was expanded to include non-commissioned officers, but the final quota was not used up.

That is, the number of transferred non-commissioned officers this year is no higher than last year.

At the same time, it means that there are only a few veterans left in the squadron who have experienced the 75 incident.