Chapter 20: Pilots
Zhang Junbao's surgery ended at about 11 a.m., and the whole process took less than an hour, and he was in a state of local anesthesia in his right leg.
When he returned to the ward, there were two strangers in the empty room.
A middle-aged man with rough skin and a scruffy beard was half-lying on a hospital bed near the door in a hospital gown, while a private sat on a stool in the room, who was about the same age as Zhang Junbao.
The two nurses wanted to move Zhang Junbao, who was physically anesthetized, to the bed, but found that the strength was too small to do it at all.
The private sitting on the stool ran over in three or two steps and carried Zhang Junbao on the bed steadily.
"Thanks." Zhang Junbao said to the private with a smile.
"It's okay, little thing." The private smiled and walked back to his original position, and the two nurses also left the room panting and pushing the operating cart.
The man half-lying on the bed turned his head to look at Zhang Junbao a few times, put down the mobile phone in his hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"Broken toe."
"Broken toe? Will this work? The private turned his head to look at Zhang Junbao, his face full of incredulity.
"Awesome."
"What's wrong?" Looking at the inexplicable appearance of the two people, Zhang Junbao asked puzzled.
"I said brother, you are really ruthless, how do you practice? Broken toe, this technique is really amazing. ”
"That's right, brother, pass on the experience, I don't want to train in the future, if I break my toe, I can come to the little nurse."
With a strong lewd expression on his face, the private walked to Zhang Junbao's bedside with a big grin, and his two eyes stared at his right foot as if there was a flower growing on it.
Zhang Junbao glanced at his right foot wrapped in plaster, like a big white zongzi, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Originally, according to his idea, his feet did not need to be put in a cast, as long as they were fixed with gauze, so that he could still move around, but the doctor put a cast on him, and walking and eating became a problem.
"It was an accident, do you believe it?"
Zhang Junbao's explanation was a little weak, and the soldier and the man lying on the bed just smiled and didn't ask anything more.
The man lying on the bed had four stainless steel nails the thickness of his little thumb stuck in his calf, and there were even more dense knife edges at the heels, which looked a little terrifying, Zhang Junbao couldn't help but ask curiously: "Squad leader, what's wrong with you?" ”
"The boss can't be called the squad leader, but the chief knows?"
Zhang Junbao looked up at the private, and then turned his head to look at the man lying on the bed, his eyes were full of surprise.
He didn't expect the other party to be an officer.
"The boss is a pilot, you know? We are from the Army Aviation Brigade, which unit are you from? ”
"I'm from the 385th Regiment, and you're pilots?"
"Wrong, the boss is a pilot, I'm a tower radio cadet, you know?"
After the private's words were finished, Zhang Junbao nodded as if he didn't understand.
There is only one army aviation brigade in the entire group army, and I can't imagine that we can meet here, but looking at the tragic appearance of the pilot's injury, Zhang Junbao can't help but feel that the legend of the pilot is a little exaggerated.
"My name is Peng Cheng, what's your name?"
"What?" Hearing the private say his name, Zhang Junbao was a little dumbfounded, just yesterday he met another Peng Cheng, but that Peng Cheng was just an officer.
"I ask you what your name is."
"No, your name is Peng Cheng, I think of a person, the commander of the tenth company of our regiment is also called Peng Cheng, with the same name and surname as you."
"Hold the grass, really?"
Hearing Zhang Junbao's words, it was Peng Cheng's turn not to be calm.
"Okay, don't you, I can't you, there are more people with the same name and surname, as for so biao?"
The pilot spoke a little anxiously this time, and the Mandarin was mixed with a northeastern accent, which immediately let people know his hometown.
"Chief, are you from the Northeast?"
"Uh-huh."
"And what happened to your legs like that? It looks quite oozing. ”
"It's not a big deal, don't call me the chief, I'm just a captain, we're all buddies here."
"Hey, that Peng Cheng, you go buy some food for this buddy at noon and come back, see that his foot is injured, and he probably won't be able to move."
The pilot wanted to call Zhang Junbao's name, but found that he didn't know it yet, so he had to replace it with a buddy.
"Chief, my name is Zhang Junbao."
"Hold the grass, Tai Chi Wudang? Awesome, Zhang Sanfeng. ”
"scared me."
Hearing Zhang Junbao's name, Peng Cheng and the pilot were startled at first, and then laughed with a malicious "hehe", and finally Zhang Junbao also smirked.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Zhang Junbao, it's an infusion."
Just as the three of them were giggling, two nurses walked into the ward with a small cart for infusion.
After rewarding the three people with a hygienic eye each, the beautiful nurse sister picked up a needle and plunged it into the back of Zhang Junbao's hand.
"Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
"It's okay if it doesn't hurt, and when the effect of your anesthetic wears off, come to me if you feel uncomfortable, you know?"
"Got it, thanks."
The two nurses were about to leave the ward after Zhang Junbao was busy, but they didn't expect the pilot to suddenly call them out.
"What's wrong?" The nurse looked at the pilot in bewilderment.
"Well, let me ask, when will I have surgery?"
"You mean the nail removal?"
"Yes."
"Wait for the notice, and ask your attending doctor during the ward rounds in the afternoon."
With that, the nurse turned and left the room.
"Damn, you can really pretend to be forced."
Seeing the nurse walk away, Peng Cheng waved his fist twice at her back, not knowing what he was thinking.
At noon, Peng Cheng ran out of the hospital and brought back a steaming lunch for the three of them.
The three of them sat around to eat, and the relationship instantly enhanced a lot.
In the process of chatting, Zhang Junbao learned that the pilot's name was Wang Manchu, a very earthy name, looking at the unshaven beard, in fact, he was in his thirties.
His profession is a pilot of the army aviation brigade driving a helicopter gunship, and he is the spokesperson of the awesome.
As for how Wang Manchu was injured, it was more of a comic process.
Four months ago, Wang Manchu and several of his pilots were drinking together, and on the way back to the unit after drinking, a car accident occurred, and Wang Manchu, who was the driver, suffered a comminuted fracture of his left heel and heel.
After three months of recuperation, Comrade Wang Manchu recovered smoothly, and his superiors were ready to let him join the training, and his life was on the right track.
As a result, several pilots drank too much in order to celebrate their physical recovery, and Comrade Wang Manchu jumped directly from the third floor and injured his left foot again.
On that day, the brigade commander and political commissar of the angry Army Aviation Brigade all slapped the table, and the prohibition of alcohol is still being enforced.
And Wang Manchu became the bird that Zhang Junbao saw.
Peng Cheng is a recruit who enlisted in the army at the same time as Zhang Junbao, but according to his words, the relationship between the family is very hard, and entering the army is gold-plated, if he is admitted to the military academy, he will stay in the army, and if he can't pass the exam, he will go home.
With a well-spoken mouth and a delicate and clear mind, Peng Cheng is very comfortable in the Army Aviation Brigade, so this time Wang Manchu's "heavy responsibility" of accompanying the bed also fell on him.
In one day, the three of them quickly turned from strangers to good friends and good brothers who talked about everything.
Such a speed made Zhang Junbao's heart can't help but feel a little emotional, is this what he is a soldier?