"Didn't you take leave to go home? Didn't go? I changed the topic and asked Yang Tian with some curiosity, Yang Tian got married some time ago, and after getting married, the two lived in the county town a few kilometers away from the company, so Yang Tian could go home every weekend.

"I'm going to leave, come and see you, discuss something with you, see if you agree?"

"What's the matter?"

"You didn't break up some time ago, my daughter-in-law has a friend, and my daughter-in-law asked me to see if I could introduce you two to each other. Let me ask you, when will I have time to meet? ”

"I'm so busy now, preparing for the assessment, how can I have time to talk about friends?" I was a little sad when I mentioned my sadness, but fortunately, I had let go, and my heart didn't feel pain or pain, and it had all dissipated with the wind.

"Work is work, feelings are feelings, what is the impact. Isn't it time to rest tomorrow, you ask for a leave of absence from the company commander instructor, come to Muhe County, and I will arrange for you to have a meal and meet. Yes? That's it! Before I could react, Yang Tian left.

I sat there a little dazed, a little overwhelmed, in the last period I have been working hard, at work, in training, in order to achieve my goals, I have made a plan for myself, and every day I am determined to implement the plan. Once, during the day, I had a plan to run 10 kilometers because of a meeting, and I went out at night to implement the plan. Although all kinds of chores always affected my plans, I overcame them. Later, in order to avoid having too much to do during the day and not having time to implement my plan, I decided to wake up an hour early, which was enough time for me to train. During this time, I was so involved that I didn't even think about my life events.

After Yang Tian's mention, I was a little panicked. Could this be the legendary blind date? Men and women are like turnips and cabbages in the vegetable market, picking each other to see if they like it.

Suddenly, I thought of my appearance, I reached out and touched my face, dry and rough like sandpaper, made in the sky like a wild man, who can look at it?! I am quite self-aware of my own conditions, the age of my twenties, the appearance of my thirties, overwork, low wages, rural families, the reality of separation between the two places, unless I am a fool and a blind person, or it is really difficult for anyone to look at myself, unless it is really fate, it is arranged by God, that is, God wants to harm a certain girl, or a certain girl must have done a great evil in her previous life, so that she can marry a soldier and marry me in this life. I don't know when I'll meet such a fool. I thought to myself.

Since Yang Tiandu said it, it would be too bad to give him face if he didn't go. Of course, I also want to feel the feeling of a blind date, and it doesn't matter if I don't succeed, I should go out for a walk.

The next day, I came to the Muhe County Sisters Restaurant as promised, and I came early, so I sat there and waited for Yang Tian and them. But in my heart, I recalled the scene when I asked for leave before, and the more I thought about it, the more embarrassed I became. After breakfast, I went to the office to ask the company commander for leave, and the instructor asked what to do with the leave. Because I was going out to see someone, I was a little embarrassed, and I didn't make up any other excuses before, and I sometimes couldn't turn my brain, so I didn't react to what to say at that time, so I paused, and I didn't know how to speak, and there were not only company commanders and instructors in the office, but also four or five other soldiers who were going to take leave to go out, so I was even more embarrassed to speak. After not hearing my answer for a long time, the company commander turned his head to look at me, saw that I was a little embarrassed, and asked me if Yang Tian introduced me to the object and asked for leave to go out to see the object? was guessed by the company commander, and I could only nod yes. And the surrounding soldiers, including the company commander instructor, all smiled, laughing at me, who was embarrassed, and I was embarrassed to go home. Moreover, the company commander also said that if I didn't see it this time, the company commander and instructor would introduce me to a few more next time.

I left the company as if I were on the run. Sitting in the restaurant, I could still feel the sweat on my face.

Just thinking about it, Yang Tian and they came over. I quickly got up and took a look, there were three people in total, except for Yang Tian and Yang Tian's daughter-in-law, the rest were naturally Yang Tian's daughter-in-law's friends.

A few people sat down, ordered food, and started chatting, and after introducing each other, I didn't know what to say. Although I usually talk a lot with Yang Tian and the soldiers, and I can talk a lot, but at this time I really don't know what to talk about, the first time I look at the object, I am seriously inexperienced, I can only sit and listen to Yang Tian and his daughter-in-law and her friends chatting about messy and irrelevant topics.

"Xiaofei is so deep today?" Yang Tian judged the situation and tried to lead the topic to his good buddy.

Glancing at Yang Tian and then at Yang Tian's daughter-in-law's friend, I said, "I'm stupid in the mountains, just listen to what you say." "I thought to myself, what should I say on such an occasion? Is it difficult to introduce yourself, I can now run 5km to 21 minutes, horizontal bar 20, parallel bar 20, with six-pack abs, or ask the other person, do you usually run 5km? How long can you run? If I asked, people wouldn't think I was sick.

Because I am Yang Tian's friend, I don't speak, so Yang Tian can only come out to find something to say, Yang Tian thought about easing the embarrassing atmosphere, so he made a joke, he asked the girl: "How big do you think Gao Xiaofei looks?" Yang Tian pointed at me and said to the girl.

The girl also looked at me with a thoughtful look, and said with a smile: "The appearance of a soldier generally does not match his actual age, I guess he is almost thirty, right?" ”

"Hahaha......" Hearing her answer, a burst of laughter rang out at the table. Although I was a little unhappy, I still laughed, which I had expected before I came, and my appearance and age must be everyone's talking point, or joke.

"Xiao Feichang is really in a hurry, but our training intensity is too great now, and it is not decent every day. Xiaofei, you tell her how old you are. Yang Tian smiled, as if he was explaining for me, but this explanation seemed very weak.

Since this situation was already expected, and people were kind enough to introduce themselves to their partners, making fun of themselves should be used to relieve the embarrassing atmosphere, and I don't think I should be angry and embarrass everyone. So, I smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "When others see me, they guess that I am forty, and you say that I am indeed conservative at the age of thirty." ”

In this way, the atmosphere gradually became much more relaxed and pleasant, except for me, of course, which was not very pleasant. After a brief noon, I said that the company had something to do, so I hurried away.

The next day, the girl sent me a message saying that she hoped to be friends in the future. Although I haven't had a few girlfriends, I also understand the meaning of this sentence, she doesn't really want to be friends with herself, and I don't really care, from the first time I saw the girl, I knew that this girl was not a fool, nor was she blind, and it was impossible to find me.

This failed blind date did not affect my enthusiasm for work, and I still trained, learned, and improved myself according to my plan. The goal I set for myself in the first stage was to improve my training performance as soon as possible, to rank in the top 10 among all platoon commanders in the regiment in the year-end assessment, and to strive to be transferred to the deputy company within one year and the regular company within two years.

Life is never peaceful, it never follows your thoughts. Just when our company was united in preparing for the year-end assessment, a major incident happened in the company, which can be said to be a bad thing or a good thing.

This was a month after the Northern Military Region commended our company commander and awarded him a third-class meritorious service award, and it was already the end of August, and it was September in a few days, and it was only about a month before the assessment. This is a good thing for our company commander. Our company commander has worked in the company for more than three years, and has led the company to win the advanced unit of military training in the whole regiment for three consecutive years. Moreover, this time the handling of border emergencies was decisive and resolute, and they were all commended by the Northern Military Region, and it was definitely mentioned, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. Promotion is naturally a good thing for the company commander, but it is not a good thing for our company, there is still a month to be assessed, and the company commander is transferred, so how to prepare for this month? However, we are all very happy that the company commander can be promoted. The day before the company commander left, all the cadres and backbones of our company gathered together to see off our company commander.

At that time, the army was not strictly controlled, and drinking was relatively casual, and we used to drink a lot, and we would get together on weekends, holidays, or when we came back from vacation. When the company wins the first place in the assessment and is rated as advanced, the company commander instructor will also organize the cadres and backbones to celebrate.

On this night, our theme was to send us company commanders. A total of 12 people participated that night, and all the squad leaders, old squad leaders, and platoon leaders participated. That night everyone drank too much, and drank a lot of wine, and it was said that there could be a hundred bottles. The company commander has been in the company for more than three years, and he has really paid a lot for the company, although the company commander usually has very strict requirements and training is particularly ruthless, but the company commander is really good for the company and everyone, and when the company commander really wants to leave, many people cry. I'm a very emotional person, and I'm very easy to be moved, and sometimes I can be moved to cry when I watch a sketch. On such an occasion, I naturally cried a lot, holding the company commander's hand and saying thank you repeatedly, thanking the company commander for his care and care for more than two years.