Chapter 32: Once You Were You
once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword, but was arrested ...... just after passing the security check.
Zhang Junbao saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd of the Thirteenth Company, and the brothers who used to sleep on the top bunk have now gone their separate ways.
The steaming meal was put on the table, and Yue Hua and Wang Min ate it with a snort, accompanied by Lao Geng.
The cooking squad of the 13th Company has already dug a field stove on the grassland and is cooking, and it will not be long before they will be able to eat.
In the kitchen, Da Fei and several of them were also eating, only Zhang Junbao was sitting at the door looking outside in a daze.
"Three madness, come over for dinner."
"Squad leader, you eat, I'm not hungry."
"What nonsense are you talking about, boy? I....... ”
"Soldier, why do you talk so much, eat your meal."
Da Fei, who was eating, glanced at Zhang Junbao twice, sighed, shook his head, and didn't say anything again.
……
The smell of food came from the grassland, and bursts of heat rose from the location of the thirteenth company cooking class, looking at their smiling faces, Zhang Junbao knew that they were about to start eating.
Da Fei and they didn't know when they finished eating, and by the time Zhang Junbao reacted, Brother Qiang was about to finish cleaning up.
"Squad leader, I'll come."
Watching Brother Qiang clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Junbao quickly stood up, his face a little embarrassed.
It would have been his job.
"It's okay, you can rest for a while."
"Thank you, squad leader."
Brother Qiang just smiled, and after cleaning up the kitchen, he patted Zhang Junbao on the shoulder and left.
The veterans seemed a little unusual, but they couldn't say what was going on.
Zhang Junbao sat at the door of the kitchen in a daze, perhaps only here could his heart calm down.
The sound of the officers and soldiers of the 13th Company eating, the sound of Yue Hua and Wang Min scolding their mothers, and the sound of the wind blowing on the grassland in the distance .......
In the small courtyard that is usually quiet, today is a little lively and unaccustomed.
Perhaps, what Lao Geng said is right, after being lonely for a long time, he forgot about the excitement.
Class 13 is like a peach blossom source away from the crowd, and it is a bit inappropriate to say that it is a peach blossom source, because birds don't here, and the environment is harsh.
This place is more like an island that no one cares about, and Zhang Junbao and the six of them are guarding an invisible and intangible thing called dignity.
After lunch, Yue Hua and Wang Min went to the dormitory for a lunch break, while the officers and soldiers of the 13th Company gathered in a pile in twos and threes, and each found a shady place to rest.
The originally lively courtyard became quiet again.
"Boss, it's really you?"
A familiar and unfamiliar voice suddenly exploded in his ears, Zhang Junbao was stunned for a moment, and then looked up and saw a familiar face.
Lin Tao, the guy who used to sleep with him in the recruit company, always said Hunan as "Funan", and his Mandarin was quite unacceptable.
The recruit company has a good relationship with Zhang Junbao, and Lin Tao is the only one left in the end.
"Lin Tao, you're here."
"Well, I was a little unsure when I saw you just now, but then I asked the veterans in the class, and I knew that this was the territory of the Eleventh Company, and I thought it might be you, so I came over to take a look."
As he spoke, Zhang Junbao took out a small Mazha from the kitchen and placed it next to him, and Lin Tao sat down.
"How are you now?"
"It's okay, I didn't follow Zhou Tao after the next company, now he is the seventh squad leader, and I am in the third shift."
"Oh," Zhang Junbao agreed, looked up at the crowd of the Thirteenth Company, glanced around, and finally saw the familiar little man under a foot chariot.
Seeing Xiao Jizi again, Zhang Junbao's heart trembled suddenly.
He thought that he would resent the guy who always cleaned himself up, and Xiao Zhenzi abandoned him and deceived himself, but when they met again, he found that he couldn't afford to raise a little resentment in his heart at all.
"How are you doing? I see you've darkened a lot, and you seem to have lost weight. ”
"This is the grassland, basking in the sun all day, it will definitely be dark."
"And what's going on with your legs? I saw it just now, you are limping when you walk, is the training of the 11th Company really so ruthless? Scrapped your drills? ”
Zhang Junbao looked down at his right foot, then turned his head to look at Lin Tao, smiled and said, "The leg is fine, and the training is not too ruthless, it's all nonsense." ”
"The veterans here are very good, and they are good to me, and they are doing well."
"Okay? You're saying it's okay to be lame and cook for the veterans? ”
"You're a soldier, not a cook, and your leg is injured, why don't you go to the doctor?"
Lin Tao was very excited, his two eyes stared at Zhang Junbao, as if he would hit him at any time.
Zhang Junbao looked at Lin Tao, with a heartfelt smile on his face, he knew that Lin Tao really cared about him.
"Lin Tao, my leg is really fine, it's a toe injury, I've been to the hospital to see it, and I just came back a few days ago."
"Really?"
"Really." Zhang Junbao nodded solemnly, he was afraid that Lin Tao would be in a hurry and do something impulsive.
"Where's your armband? Your 11th Company shouldn't have quit the exercise yet? ”
Lin Tao pointed to Zhang Junbao's left arm, where the armband belonging to the Red Army was empty.
Zhang Junbao smiled helplessly and said, "Don't mention it, this thing is so fucked." ”
"When I came back from the hospital a few days ago, I learned that our troops were exercising, and no one in the company picked me up, so I was ready to take a ride back by myself."
"On the edge of the grassland, I ran into a platoon commander of the air defense brigade, thinking that I would be able to come back, but I ran into a surprise attack on the air defense brigade convoy by the Blue Army Aviation Brigade, and as a result, I and the platoon commander were hanging."
"I didn't see my armband until I came back, but I already hung it up during the exercise, that's it."
"You're a tragedy."
"If you want to laugh, laugh, you're not afraid of being uncomfortable."
Zhang Junbao looked at Lin Tao's bulging cheeks, and knew that this guy was holding back a smile, so he could only roll his eyes helplessly, expressing his contempt for him.
"Hahaha......."
Lin Tao couldn't help laughing, and the corners of Zhang Junbao's mouth also brought a smile.
It is also quite funny for two comrades-in-arms to simply laugh at each other without a trace of malice.
The life of the army is originally boring and repetitive, and if you don't have some fun for yourself, you will be suffocated sooner or later, at this moment, Zhang Junbao's heart seems to have a new idea, no longer as lonely as before, and bear all the pain alone.
"Lin Tao, what are you doing here?"
Just when Zhang Junbao and Lin Tao were laughing happily, a very discordant voice sounded.
The two of them looked up almost at the same time, and when they saw it, there was a familiar figure.
Tao Jianmin, who used to be the squad deputy of the recruit company, was often called "the dogleg of the little man", and was nicknamed "Tao Slut". ”
"Ouch, isn't this Junbao?"
Before Lin Tao could speak, Tao Jianmin turned his head to look at Zhang Junbao, listening to his tone, the banter and ridicule were more than surprised.
Lin Tao wanted to stand up angrily, but Zhang Junbao grabbed his arm.
"Deputy squad, I'm here, I don't know what to order?"
"Boss, you are now a soldier of the 11th Company, and Tao Slut, the deputy of the squad who does not live up to his name, can't order you."
Lin Tao squinted at Tao Jianmin with a sneer on his face, and didn't seem to take Tao Slut to heart at all.
Seeing Zhang Junbao and Lin Tao singing and harmonizing, the corners of Tao Jianmin's mouth twitched twice unnaturally.
"Lin Tao, I'm here to ask you, how are you preparing for this recruit competition?"