It has been more than ten days since the recruits came to the army, and these more than ten days can be described as years for the recruits, and the daily overload and endless training are simply purgatory-like life for them. Several recruits in the first squad of recruits of the Second Artillery Company suffered a great crime, because they had a devilish squad leader, an almost perverted squad leader, and several recruits naturally became a few bitter gourd eggs hanging on a vine.

However, there is happiness when there is suffering, and in addition to pain, the recruits have learned to find joy in suffering, and giving people nicknames is to have fun: Li Hai, who loves to please the squad leader, the squad leader's clothes are dirty, he rushes to wash, as soon as the squad leader takes off his shoes, he will immediately bring a basin of foot washing water, other recruits seem to pout, but he doesn't think so, everyone gave him the nickname "Little Plum", I heard that there is a eunuch named "Little Plum" next to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and it is very appropriate for Lehi to call Xiao Plum, but Lehi doesn't know the story behind Little Plum, So I happily agreed, and when I realized that it was too late, Xiao Lizi's nickname had been finalized, and Xiao Lizi did this to save him a lot of flesh and skin suffering, and he also had a reputation as a "master of drawing", however, when he heard someone call him a master of drawing, he was anxious, but he could barely agree to call him Xiao Lizi; Wang Gui is keen on writing poetry, immersed in the fantasy of poetry every day, he wrote four or five poems within a few days of coming, and the poems he writes always love to share with everyone. When I was in elementary school, I could write a few poems, you see: leave his hometown, come to the barracks, realize the dream in his heart, train hard, defend his family and country, and dedicate his beautiful youth, ・・・・・・but after reading these poems, you can't bear to discourage his enthusiasm, and you will inevitably compliment a few nice words, so he will become extremely modest and say: "No, no, there is still a distance from publication." It was as if it would be published in a few days, and he was nicknamed the "Great Poet"; Iva is a big man in Guizhou, and his movements are always slow during training, and the nickname given to him by everyone is "slow half a beat"; Zhang Ran is a native of Guangdong, nicknamed "Little Guangdong"; The Yi warriors took the horse and made the capital nicknamed "Old Horse"; Sun Jiashu is nicknamed "telephone pole"; …… Even the squad leader is no exception, his nickname is "Zhou Papi". However, the recruits only dared to shout behind their backs, so it would be strange if he heard that the sky did not turn over. In fact, to be honest, in addition to being strict with recruits during training, squad leader Li Xiwa still cares about recruits after training.

According to the company's training plan, the recruit platoon arranged a 10-kilometer cross-country run in the afternoon, and when she was about to start running, Li Xiwa held a stack of letters in her hand and said to everyone: "Whoever runs to the finish line first today can come to me to receive the letter." ”

"There's a letter from home!" The recruits seem to have been injected with stimulants one by one, and what could be more exciting than receiving a letter from home? Everyone looked at the letters in the hands of the squad leader, just like a child seeing a sugar gourd, and everyone firmly believed that one of them was their own, even though there were only 5 letters in the squad leader's hand. Sun Jiashu is even more convinced that there is his letter, the first letter he wrote has been sent for more than ten days, and he should have received a reply from Luye a long time ago, and early this morning, his left eyelid was always jumping, his left eyelid was jumping, good luck arrived, this is the precursor.

The long-distance run began, usually the whole class is in formation, no one will pretend to lead in front, leading is very tiring, today is different, the first running formation is chaotic, everyone rushed forward, like herding sheep, let Li Xiwa shout loudly to no avail.

Running at the front is Sun Jiashu, somehow, he has an inexhaustible energy, he just wants to run to the finish line quickly, and when he runs the last lap, he is already about to catch up with the last little plum.

After reaching the finish line, he didn't care about wiping his sweat, so he ran to Li Xiwa panting: "Squad leader, give me my letter." He stretched out his hands like a beggar.

Li Xiwa squinted at Sun Jiashu, and it took a long time before she spoke: "I remember that there seems to be no letter from you?" He carefully read the letters one by one, and finally shook his head in disappointment.

"Won't it?" Sun Jiashu's heart felt like he was suddenly poured into a basin of cold water, "How can there be no letter from me?" How could there be no letter from me? ”

Li Xiwa pretended to be deep and said: "I still have one in my pocket, I don't know if it's yours, the name of the letter writer is very special." He said as he literally took a letter out of his pocket.

"That must be mine." Sun Jiashu blurted out.

"It's just that the handwriting doesn't look like a boy's writing, and there is a rule in our class that all letters from girls must be read in front of the whole class."

Damn, what bird rules, so what privacy is there.

Sun Jiashu didn't speak, he slowly approached Li Xiwa, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the letter when the squad leader was not paying attention. Li Xiwa didn't expect Sun Jiashu to dare to make a move, he chased and scolded behind him angrily: "You turtle son, dare to sneak attack the squad leader, see if I don't kill you." ”

Li Xiwa symbolically chased for a distance and stopped. Sun Jiashu was like a frightened monkey, he jumped over the 400-meter obstacle ditch briskly, flew up the high board wall, rode on the high board wall with both legs, and saw that there was no one chasing behind him, so he couldn't wait to tear open the envelope and pull out the letter. He looked around, not to mention female soldiers, even if there is a military wife who walks from here, it can be regarded as a feast for the eyes, and the veterans joked: After three years as a soldier, the sows are all sables. When a few years of soldiers looking at the old sow with double eyelids, let alone seeing a woman, the idea of green leaves is simply ridiculous.

In the evening, it should have been a time of rest, but it was a time of great disaster for the recruits. First of all, practice the queue action in situ, Li Xiwa created a "Li Xiwa training method", after the "Li Xiwa training method" training out of the recruit queue action is absolutely good, what collar needles, sleeping leggings, these are pediatrics, our Li Xiwa squad leader has a new invention, training is kicking the leg he tied a brick to the toe of the recruit, put a basin of water under his feet, one foot on the ground, the other foot straightened and hung on the basin, who if the stand unsteady "plop" foot will step into the basin, the shoes will be wet immediately, In winter, it's not a good thing for your shoes to get wet, as long as you're not afraid of getting your shoes wet, you're not afraid that you won't practice basic skills. After the queue action training, it is physical training, 1000 push-ups, 1000 sit-ups, listening to it is scared to death, let alone doing it, when he first came, Sun Jiashu's heart was like a fire burning, and he was full of energy for everything, but after a few days, the fire in his heart gradually went out, almost every day, his patience had been worn out, and his body and mind were on the verge of collapse. Is this what you want to do in the barracks? There is no dignity, no freedom, being driven around like a donkey all day long, even going to the toilet must be more than two people, seeing the veteran to say "good squad leader", where is there any dignity, not to mention, every night is a physical training that can never be completed, this is actually a kind of physical abuse, prison inmates will not be like this, right? Sun Jiashu even moved the idea of escaping, just forced by the pressure of the family and the outside world, this idea is just a flash, a few days ago Xiao Guangdong looked for him, deliberately took out a self-drawn map, in the middle is a box, crooked marked with the word "barracks", there are two lines on both sides of the box, respectively, two highways, marked with arrows: the direction of the bus station, the direction of the railway station. This is the crystallization of Xiao Guangdong's hard work for several days, this kid has long had the idea of escaping, secretly reconnoitred many times, and has been mobilizing Sun Jiashu to join the gang for several days.