Chapter 8: I Can Only Live to Be Thirty-Eight! (Above)



I'm laughing little! Funny laugh, little one's small!

Every time I introduce myself to others, I have to take the trouble to explain it so constantly, and some people, when they hear my name, look suspicious, as if I have made up a fake name to deceive them.

My family environment is quite good, my grandfather was a capitalist, I am really curious, how a big capitalist like him, who is said to have done the textile business all over the country, with 13 factories and thousands of workers, survived the 70s and was not criticized to death by people in the streets.

In the 80s, as soon as the wind of reform and opening up blew, my grandfather, who had seen the world and had a different mentality, joined the army of gold panning in the south without hesitation, and then became the first batch of people in China to get rich with his countless people, deep calculations, and proficient management.

In the nineties, my grandfather divorced my grandmother, and then married a woman who was twenty-three years younger than him, but who really liked him and was willing to take care of him, and since then he has lived a happy newlywed life. At that time, the parents and uncles at home also fiercely objected, but the grandfather widened his eyes and said: "Lao Tzu has never taken care of you, do you still want to ride on Lao Tzu's head now?" If you don't like it, get out of here! ”

The big capitalists are the big capitalists, this staring, the anger, the momentum, is by no means something that my uncles can resist. What's more, in the 70s, in order to protect herself, my grandmother once drew a line with my grandfather, I think that I can't share the hardships and hardships, and my temper is too bad, which is the biggest reason why my grandfather and grandma finally divorced.

And I am a child who was spoiled by my grandfather since I was a child. As for my biggest dream, at first I wanted to be a scientist, then I wanted to be a teacher, and then I wanted to be a policeman, and finally once, I accidentally watched a movie "First Blood" starring Stallone, and I was immediately attracted by the special forces who held a heavy machine gun in his hand, crisscrossed the small town in the United States, and was more awesome than Zhao Yun in Longbanpo.

From that moment on, I vowed to be a special soldier!

Sorry, at that time, China did not have special forces in the formal sense, and the Chinese special forces vs. Vietnamese special forces that were blown on the Internet were even more cute. You know, at that time, the so-called Chinese special forces, more precisely, should be called scouts, in essence, they were not much different from the conventional field army, but the military technology was better, the physical fitness was more outstanding, and the training was more rigorous.

Don't spray me, everyone, my biggest advantage and biggest disadvantage is that I am straightforward and fast-talking, and I just have something to say.

So, at that time, I was determined to be a good scout!

In 1991, at the age of 18, I finally stepped into the barracks and became a glorious soldier of the People's Liberation Army. On that day, we ate the terrible "get off the bus noodles", received our first brand new military uniform, and were assigned to the recruit company. And our class leader, a man from the mountains, gathered all of us in the class that night for a class meeting, and the first thing he did was to let us take turns to report how much money we had brought from home.

If I didn't miscalculate, this class leader wants to start from the perspective of how much of your parents' hard-earned money you have brought, and spend at least two hours talking to us about the three major points of attention and eight disciplines, revolutionary soldiers should be hard and simple, Comrade Lei Feng's socks are torn and torn, and he is reluctant to change them to new ones.

Everyone is a soldier, everyone brings different money, urban soldiers, generally bring one or two hundred yuan, rural soldiers, generally bring thirty or fifty yuan, and a rural soldier, only brought three catties of national food stamps, because his mother told him that after arriving at the army, the troops eat, live, wear, sleep, and even toothpaste and soap are regularly distributed, and these three catties of national food stamps are enough!

I laughed three times in my heart, but I sat there with a serious face, and I deliberately waited until the end, when the whole class had finished reporting how much money they had brought from home, and then slowly reported their family wealth: "150,000!" ”

I vividly remember that there was silence at that time, including the squad leader who came out of the remote mountains to serve as a soldier, and everyone was stunned. After a long time, someone finally asked me, "Xiaoxiao, why are you carrying so much money as a soldier?" ”

Nonsense, being a soldier is to be a man, of course, it is easy to do things with money, it is easy to make friends with money, and only with money can I get into the reconnaissance company!

I originally wanted to give us recruits that day, a hard and simple class, the squad leader, sat on the small bench for more than an hour, stunned and didn't say a word, that night, I clearly heard that the squad leader who slept on my top bunk was talking in his sleep, he muttered to himself, 150,000, how many cows can you buy?!

I don't know how many cows I can buy for 150,000, but 150,000 is enough for me to mix in the army. I invite my superiors to dinner every day, and I have become a regular at the wine table when the junior officers gather. From time to time, I would carry famous cigarettes and liquor into the room of the instructor and the company commander. Every time I was too lazy to get out of bed and didn't want to get out of bed, I would hide in the company commander's officer's dormitory, and every time I made a mistake, the squad leader wanted to criticize me, punish me, and stab me at the company commander, and the company commander would help me excuse me lightly.

Half a year later, even the head of the regiment would smile at me when he saw me. At that time, people were really not greedy, they had eaten a few good meals from you, and they had taken good cigarettes and drinks that you couldn't bribe a few times, and they would be kind to you. They were all recruits, and when others were still washing their socks for veterans, I could have walked out of the barracks and gone out for a stroll without asking for leave.

I even got a camouflage uniform and a pair of high-waisted Marine boots through the regiment commander, and put these things on my body, and walked on the street, I don't know how many girls would secretly look at me, that feeling was really good!

In the whole barracks, I played like a fish in water, but there was only one person who didn't like me, and that was Wang Dabeard, the company commander of the reconnaissance company directly under the division. He said that I was just a gentleman, and that I was a donkey dung and eggs, and that the surface was shiny. When I finally broke through the joint and was able to blend into the reconnaissance company, he kicked me back to the original company without hesitation without saying a word.

But I'm not in a hurry, he doesn't like to waste time at the wine table, he never accepts gifts from his soldiers, it doesn't matter, I heard that he is a filial son, and his wife has been seriously ill for many years, and his family has long been poor. If I ask my grandfather to help me break through the joints in a roundabout battle, he will have to accept me even for the sake of his mother, right?

Besides, I'm a bit cynical, but this doesn't mean that I joined the reconnaissance company and finally fulfilled my dream, and the effort I put in on the training ground will be less than those rural soldiers.

It was with this idea and plan in mind that I continued to play in the barracks until, on one occasion, I walked out of the barracks and went out shopping without reporting to my superiors in a camouflage uniform and high-waisted Marine boots......

There was a sudden commotion on the side of the road, and I don't know what was going on, and a group of people formed in a circle. I walked in with a big grin across the crowd, only to see four hooligans flirting with a girl. The girl looked beautiful, she was obviously frightened, but in the face of four men in their early twenties, who looked powerful, the people around her dared not speak out. When the girl saw me, and saw my military uniform and my combat boots, which represented a special meaning, she immediately pounced and hugged my arm.

And an uncle, who had long been blind to me, found out about my existence and immediately came over to me and said to me: "Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, these hooligans are talking in broad daylight, and they are flirting with girls from good families, you can help take care of them." ”

Tube, or not?

This question does not allow me to think at all, the girl is holding my arm, her eyes are full of joy of salvation, she trusts me, she trusts me in this military uniform. And everyone around me was looking at me with encouraging eyes, and in this case, there was no way for me to retreat. Although I clearly know that with one against four, I am simply a dish!

Seeing me suddenly appear, and then looking at the outfit on my body representing the special forces, the four hooligans were obviously startled, and their arrogance was also subdued a lot, but as soon as the two sides moved, in a few seconds, I was knocked down. I will never forget the stunned faces of everyone around me, and the fact that the girl couldn't adapt to the changes in front of her, and I will never forget the cynicism that the four rascals kicked me hard and said in their mouths.

"This is the PLA?"

"Torture, it's still a special soldier, damn it, if this is a special soldier, then I'm a special soldier and his grandfather!"

……

Their cynicism made me worse than the kicks that hit me. At this time, four hooligans were suddenly knocked down.

A pair of feet appeared in front of me, I looked up along the foot, and I saw a pair of eyes full of disdain and contempt, and the owner of these eyes was Wang Dabeard.

The bearded man only said one word to me: "You are really a disgrace to be a soldier!" ”

After saying this, Wang left without looking back.

From that day on, I made up my mind that I would follow the reconnaissance company while it was training. They split bricks, I also split bricks, they ran ten kilometers of cross-country backs, although I was so tired that I almost fainted for the first time, but I used the action of climbing, followed them back to the camp, it was at that time, I finally saw a wisp of disdain in the eyes of Wang Dabeard.

From then on, I became an observer outside the reconnaissance company. Fourteen months later, I was able to split seven green bricks with one palm, and in hand-to-hand combat, I was able to draw with anyone from any reconnaissance company except Wang Dabeard. I met the criteria for Wang Dabeard's recruitment, and I could finally become a scout.

But in the end, I still did not enter the reconnaissance company, I have been in the army for two years, and I am also a squad leader. With qualifications, coupled with my grandfather's non-stop activities in the outside world, I obtained the qualification to apply for a military school from within the army. In the words of grandpa, it will be much easier to have a high starting point, whether you want to enter the reconnaissance unit or enter the special forces that China finally has.

I want to be a real special forces!

The day before I left the army and went to the military academy for further study, Wang Dabeard and I were drunk all over the place. On that day, when Wang's beard was noticeably taller, he patted me on the shoulder and gave me a few words: "Soldiers, you have to be like a nail in a plank, and where you nail it, you have to drill into it!" ”

I remembered the words of the bearded king.

When I was in the military school, I still did not give up self-training, my hand-to-hand combat was one of the best in the entire military school, and my military reconnaissance skills also made every student around me look up to me, so there were many female cadets who secretly gave me love letters to this former gentleman. If I hadn't experienced that life-changing fight, I really wouldn't mind, in school, play a few loves, but, I remembered Wang Dabeard's parting words, I rejected all the female students, I want to work hard to enrich myself, I set myself the goal, that is, the "Southern Sword" of the Guangzhou Military Region, or the "Southwest Falcon" special forces of the Chengdu Military Region.

They need a high-quality member like me, who has been trained in professional skills at a military academy and has the skills of a scout!

I firmly believe that.

However, the god of fate played a big joke on me when I was about to step out of the gate of the military academy and fulfill a dream I had since childhood. Before taking the test, I underwent a comprehensive medical examination, and the test report said that I was sick, although I felt that I was in good health, as strong as a cow, but the damn high-tech equipment said that I was sick, and very sick, and some experts even asserted that with my condition, it was impossible to live past the age of thirty-eight!

I still can't figure out what generational inheritance, what genetic things, I only remember one sentence, I can't live past the age of thirty-eight!

I just don't fucking understand, my grandpa is fine, my dad is fine, my uncle who drinks and smokes marijuana every day is fine, why is it just me, when I see that my dream is about to come true, something happens?!

The day I got the notice, I was almost crazy, I looked for all the female students who had secretly stuffed me with love letters, I didn't care about 3721 hugging them and kissing them, that night, I took a female student who didn't turn her face and slap me on the spot, and went to bed in the hotel outside.

The next day I changed another one.

On the third day, I continued to change.

On the fourth day, I used my own brazenness, plus the surname of the gentleman, to pull two female students and go to bed with me.

Day 5...... I'm a graduate!

After five days of indulgence, I finally saw it, I can't fucking be a special soldier, I won't live to be thirty-eight years old anyway, it's better to be heroic and be a martyr. It's better than this, and in the end the whole body is shriveled and dehydrated and dies in the hospital bed, becoming another case in the hospital.

Therefore, everyone else sharpened their heads and transferred to the organs, but I went the opposite way and tried every means to get myself to the border and become a glorious border guard in Tibetan Province. Because of my "nobility", because of my "selflessness", because of my "self-dedication" spirit, and because of my excellent military skills, as soon as I arrived at the border line, I was promoted to the rank of company commander, and I was in charge of more than 100 soldiers.

From the moment I set foot on that land, I had already planned to sacrifice, to wear the national flag, and to die a clean death in the low singing of all my comrades. So, I am the whole regiment, no, the whole division, recognized as a super madman.

When I was training, I played with my life better than anyone else, and when I was attacked by terrorists, I single-handedly dared to chase and kill more than a dozen of them, I don't understand, aren't they terrorists, don't they kill soldiers when they see them, they obviously have guys in their hands at that time, why did I rush out alone, just yelled "kill", they ran faster than rabbits one by one, and finally let me alone, from the end of the team to the head of the team?

In the end, because I was "brave" in battle, I dared to fight and rush, and won a first-class military merit, and when the division commander put the medal on my shirt, he also told me in a serious tone that I should also pay attention to self-protection when I am brave, and don't be so impulsive next time.

My nose was really sore...... When I chased after the last terrorist, I deliberately slowed down and waited for him to turn around and give me a shot, in which case, I might be a martyr again, a first-class military merit, and because of my death, I would become a first-class military merit!

It's a pity, that guy is dying, don't say turn around and give me a shot, he didn't even dare to turn his head back!

In the end, the medical examiner said that he died of a myocardial infarction, to put it bluntly, he was scared to death, hearing the news, I looked at myself in the mirror for a long time, do I look so terrifying?!

Later, near our defense zone, a little thing appeared. There was a wolf that jumped out of nowhere, and kept attacking passers-by, biting seven or eight people to death one after another.

There are many wolves in Tibetan Province, this is what you know, I know, everyone knows. The wolf was hungry and wanted to hunt, but instead of hunting rabbits, it hunted people, and this is its fault, not ours! But some people have said that wolves eat people, which is [***] to make the heavens angry and resentful, and it is the divine punishment of the true God. Even the wolves that bite people at sight have become messengers of God in their mouths!

This kind of propaganda sounds nonsense to us, but after all, some people still believe that once when I was leading troops on patrol, a Tibetan compatriot aunt directly smashed an egg in my face. The soldiers around me are frightened, who doesn't know, I smile a little, just a temper up, I am the boss, and the sky is the second master? Everyone was desperately pulling me, I shook off their hands, walked up to the Tibetan compatriot with stiff movements, showed a smile to her, and said with a smile: "Auntie, how expensive eggs are here, next time you hit me, is it okay to use potatoes, they are hard and firm, so good!" ”

My soldiers swore by the curse, and my smile at that time was as fake as it was, and how stiff and stiff my face was.

(To be continued)