In a strange place, in a strange army, Guo Kaiqing lived in the compound of the military headquarters for more than a month, during which he went to the chief in charge of "housekeeping", but he asked the chief's 'secretary' to block him back, and said to him, "The chief is very busy now, and I will meet him as soon as I have time." ”

Since most of the troops in the army are on the front line, naturally the first few ranking chiefs are all commanding the battle on the front line, Guo Kaiqing's addiction to smoking is committed again, he wants to call his wife Chen Shuqin, and wants her to send him some money, but when he calls the capital, they all say that Chen Shuqin is no longer working in the material department, and where he works is a secret, they are a confidential unit, even if they are two people, they cannot provide specific contact information, and in desperation, Guo Kaiqing had to hang up the phone.

Guo Kaiqing has been a soldier for so many years, he has some savings, he will send money to his family every month, let Chen Shuqin save it, Chen Shuqin told him that the passbook is in his name, his salary is saved for him, and the child can be supported by her salary alone.

Thinking of this, Guo Kaiqing came to the banks in the station, inquired one by one, and blocked him back on the grounds that he could not find out in other places, and he was completely helpless.

The people in the finance department will be scared when they see Guo Kaiqing, because Guo Kaiqing often comes to ask for wages, there is no way, no one will give the public money to this unclear 'Guo instructor', fortunately, there is an officer who sees Guo Kaiqing pitiful, lends him fifty yuan, and then says, "If you have it in the future, give it to me, forget if you don't." ”

Fifty yuan of 'great unity', Guo Kaiqing only took two days, on the first day he walked into a good restaurant, ate and drank, and when he left, the boss gave him a discount and said a word. "Brother, I used to be a soldier, and when I come to drink in the future, just mention me."

On the street of a small town in southern Xinjiang, the drunk Guo Kaiqing swayed, he was wearing a military uniform, he was not wearing a hat on his head, and the hat was lost somewhere, he felt very painful, and he scolded as he walked. "Lao Tzu has worked hard as a soldier for so many years, and he has tied his head to the waistband of his trousers, what is good, this time I must change jobs, no one will tell me to stay."

The doorman of the military compound. Seeing Guo Kaiqing coming over with a drunken smell, he hurriedly reported to the 'combat duty room'. Fortunately, the staff officer on duty knew Guo Kaiqing. Helped him back to his dormitory.

The day after he woke up, Guo Kaiqing bought the rest of the money into cigarettes, and he distributed them whenever he met people, regardless of whether people wanted them or not, he didn't know who he was. I thought he was rich, and most people would laugh and refuse his cigarettes, because of these 'official masters'. will think that Guo Kaiqing's cheap cigarettes are 'too cheap'.

In the next few days, Guo Kaiqing's position problem has not been resolved, and Guo Kaiqing is embarrassed to go to the finance office to ask for money again, so he has to play basketball with a group of soldiers on the basketball court in the compound every day to pass the time.

Most of the soldiers in the military compound are not ordinary 'soldiers', these people are either the "personal soldiers" of any chief, or the "relatives" of which section chief, these people usually spend money lavishly, and the cigarettes they smoke are also very high-end.

Guo Kaiqing didn't understand the situation at first, every time he stopped after playing, and when he sat aside to rest, he would take out his own cigarettes and give everyone points, these fighters also had a good impression of Guo Kaiqing, but few people smoked the cigarettes he handed over, and most of them pinned the cigarettes to their ears, which was accepted.

Despite this, there are also soldiers who can't hold back and want to smoke one, they will also follow Guo Kaiqing's example, take out the good cigarette from the clothes, 'send it around', when the good cigarette is handed to Guo Kaiqing, Guo Kaiqing is very happy to take it and smoke it, he doesn't care too much, his heart and eyes are not so much, he always thinks that 'cigarettes are all the same good to smoke, no matter what its value is.' ’

As soon as people have difficulties, they will think of their relatives and mother, Guo Kaiqing is the same, he has thought of Guo's mother in his sleep several times, and dreamed that Guo's mother patted Guo Kaiqing lying on his lap while looking at him with a smile.

"Yes, I'll call my eldest sister and ask her to send me some money." Thinking of this, Guo Kaiqing called the eldest sister through the phone of the 'combat duty room'.

"Is it Little Five? I'm an older sister. ”

As soon as he heard his sister's voice, Guo Kaiqing's tears flowed involuntarily, and he endured his grief and tried not to let his sister find out that he was crying.

"It's my eldest sister."

"You're pretty good in the south, aren't you?"

"It's good, we've had several big wins recently."

"That's good, that's good, where are you now?"

"Oh, me, I'm resting in the army, and I might have to go on a big mission in a few days."

"The family is fine, you can rest assured."

"Eldest sister, I have something I want to ask you?"

"Say it."

"Chen Shuqin, I can't contact her, she has transferred her job, my money is all with her, I want to use some money recently, can you send me 500 yuan?"

"Okay, you leave me an address, I'll mail you when the money is ready."

Guo Kaiqing left the address of the military compound to the eldest sister, and then hung up the phone after a few more greetings.

Seeing that Guo Kaiqing finished calling, the staff officer on duty said jokingly, "Okay, Instructor Guo, what's the matter, the salary is not enough to spend, and I asked my sister for money?" ”

"Enough flowers, can it not be enough flowers? I haven't had a fund for two months. ”

"Your job hasn't been done yet?"

"Yes, I go to them every day, and they all say that the chief is not at home."

"No, the first and fifth came back yesterday."

"Really, are they upstairs?"

"What time is it, people have already gone home, you have something to do tomorrow."

Guo Kaiqing was like getting a baby, he ran back to the dormitory, washed his face well, and washed his clothes, fortunately, the weather in southern Xinjiang was so hot that it dried overnight.

The next day, Guo Kaiqing ran to the door of the No. 5 chief's office and was stopped by a staff officer.

"I'm looking for No. 5, my name is Guo Kaiqing."

"No. 5 is not here, I went to the province for a coordination meeting."

"I'm here to report and look for a job."

"Oh, I'll show you this, you wait a minute."

In the office next to Chief Five, there is a small sign that reads "Headquarters". Guo Kaiqing was led by the staff officer and walked in.

"Yes, this is a note written by the fifth when he left, go, I'll take you to the cadres and let them arrange it for you."

This time when he walked into the office of the cadre department, Guo Kaiqing was a lot tougher, he didn't lower his head, no matter how the cadre director asked him, he was 'humming and ha'.

"I said Guo Kaiqing. It's not that I don't send you to work, you can take a look, the cadre materials of this deputy battalion position, stacks after stacks, some of them participated in the study. There are those who have graduated from the middle-level cadre class of military academies, and there are also those who have been approved by the chiefs. What do you want me to do with you? You've only been waiting for two months, and there's still half a year to wait, so I don't believe you'll come and see. "The little cadre director threw a book of materials in front of Guo Kaiqing, and it was obvious that he was 'playing official' with Guo Kaiqing.

"I'm not in a hurry right now. I just want you to give me a certificate or something, so I can go to the finance department to get my salary. ”

"It's easy, I'll give you a call first."

"Hey, it's finance. I'm from the cadre department, the matter of Instructor Guo, the fifth instruction has been given, you can pay him his salary. ”

Withholding the phone, the cadre director smiled at Guo Kaiqing, "How is it?" It's all done, you go back and listen to the letter, if you want to ask for a family leave or something, you can go to the seventh to ask, we take care of this here. ”

'Thank you, I'll go. Guo Kaiqing knew that this cadre director was not a good thing, and he didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he went directly to the finance department.

"Instructor Guo, we have to verify your matter, and when the calculation is completed, we will reissue it to you." The person who met Guo Kaiqing was the official who borrowed his money, and he was still very 'professional'. ’

"Okay, I asked my sister to send me money, don't worry about it, if you want to calculate it, deduct the fifty that I borrowed from me last time, thank you so much."

"Don't say that, they are all comrades-in-arms, I don't have more, I can still take it out if I don't have it, I'll tell you the truth, my family is a tigress, I borrowed your money last time, it was my pocket money for half a year, just for this, she went home and fought with me, you see, this is what she scratched me." The finance officer pointed to the scar on his neck.

"I'm so sorry for you, I really didn't expect that this person who doesn't go to the battlefield can be injured."

"Well, it's called 'non-combat attrition.'"

"Ha Lu Ha."

'Ha Lu Ha. ’

Both laughed.

The remittance of the eldest sister of the Guo family arrived soon, Guo Kaiqing took the money and invited the basketball fighters to have a big meal, these soldiers have changed their views on Guo Kaiqing, they used to think that he was very 'picky', but now they don't feel it, it turns out that he "really has no money".

In the days to come, Guo Kaiqing did not walk out of the military compound again, he wanted to wait for the chief to come back and see him for the first time, only then could he 'resume work' faster.

The inside of the mailroom on the first floor is the dormitory of the staff on duty, which has become a 'battlefield' during the day, because the 'chess fans' in the building will run here to play chess along the urethra.

For playing chess, Guo Kaiqing is not good, he will only watch, but he is not 'annoying', because most people, while watching chess, will carry out 'support moves', Guo Kaiqing will not, he will never help any party, even if he sees the chess player's 'missed move', he will not remind them, he is a "chess watcher" and silent.

At lunch time one day, Guo Kaiqing was about to go to the cafeteria to eat with the people who had just finished playing chess, when he saw a middle-aged officer and pushed open the glass door on the first floor in a hurry.

Guo Kaiqing's eyes were very 'sharp', and he immediately rushed to the officer's face, "No. 1 is good." ”

Guo Kaiqing gave a standard military salute, which confused the visitors, he looked Guo Kaiqing up and down, and then smiled, "It turned out to be you, why did you come here?" ”

"Aren't you here too? By the way, Chief, are you here for a meeting? ”

The officer nodded, "I'm now the deputy commander of a certain division, it just so happens that I want to go to logistics in the afternoon to order something, you can go with me." ’

The person who came was Guo Kaiqing's original old chief, who had imprisoned him as the 'Red Army Commander', the sun and the moon changed, and now he has been promoted to the deputy division commander of the main division under a certain army, and their division has also been pulled up this time, as the deputy division commander, in charge of logistics, urging grain and grass, and today he came to find logistics to ask for something.

Eat with the chief. Guo Kaiqing spent 'blood', he found a clean restaurant and ordered a few hard dishes.

"Okay, I'll eat you today, what's the matter, I haven't seen you for a long time, what is your position in the army now?"

"Vice-battalion."

"That's right, when you were under me, you were still a deputy company, and you came out in a flash."

"Where, where. Or you are prosperous in official luck, and now you are the leader of the third division. ”

Someone patted the horse, and the deputy division commander was naturally happy, and he asked Guo Kaiqing about his current situation, and Guo Kaiqing only replied that it was due to a job transfer. Go back to the army and listen to the 'Xuan'.

"Are you looking for that little man?" The deputy division commander refers to the 'small cadre chief'.

"yes, he told me to wait a few days. I've been waiting for more than a month. Guo Kaiqing didn't dare to say that it had been almost two months. He only said it for a month.

"This thing is a guy who drinks human blood, if you don't give him a gift, you just wait, it just so happens that I have only been in the division for a short time, and I don't have any old subordinates. How are you, do you want to do it with me? ”

"It's exactly what I want, Xie Lu Xie is promoted."

The deputy division commander thought for a moment, "But I've only just arrived in the division." I can only arrange a logistics officer for you, do you want to do it? ”

"You can do anything, I'm afraid that I won't be able to learn, and if I can't do it, I'll be embarrassed for you."

"Look at what you said, who are you, I don't know what to do, you don't want to rely on relationships, now your father-in-law is still in power, you didn't look for him, he spoke last time he went back to the front-line combat meeting."

Guo Kaiqing woke up like a dream, it turned out that the deputy division commander took him away, not because he was his old minister at all, his vision was very long-term, and the old man he was referring to was Chen Shuqin's "godfather".

After lunch, when the deputy division commander personally brought Guo Kaiqing to the cadres, the face of the little director was like a ball of flowers.

"Brother Guo is really blessed, he found his home so quickly."

"Originally, he was my soldier, don't you believe him, is it his regiment commander?"

'Okay, then I'll come with you, it just so happens that I'm still having a headache about his business.' The little cadre chief told the truth, in order to arrange the work of these young officers, he took a lot of effort, and most of the troops below were unwilling to accept the cadres who were 'airborne,' which would affect his own promotion, and Guo Kaiqing would find a 'buyer' by himself, and his work would be easier.

"Guo Kaiqing." The deputy commander shouted.

"Here."

"You go to the first floor and wait for me, I'll go downstairs in a while, I have two words to say to the director."

Guo Kaiqing strode down the stairs.

At this time, the deputy division commander pulled the cadre director, "Brother, you said you are not stupid, such a baby bump, why don't you take advantage of it, your eyes are white and blind." ”

"Brother, where did you start with this?"

The deputy division commander made a "seven" gesture with his right hand, "This old man surnamed Guo is him." ”

"Oh, he didn't mention it." The face of the little cadre director turned pale with fright for a long time.

"And you don't know what to do, this is his uncle." The "seven" of the deputy division commander became "eight".

The little cadre director sat down on the chair, he really didn't expect that Guo Kaiqing's backstage would be so "hard", whether it was 'seven' or 'eight', he could beat him as the director to the end and let him roll up and roll home.

"Brother, you wait in my house for a few minutes, and I'll come when I go."

When Guo Kaiqing saw the deputy division commander going downstairs, the little cadre director ran over, and he had an extra brown paper envelope in his hand, "I said Xiao Guo, eldest brother, I have a lot of things at home these days, and I don't care about you very much, this time it's okay, I and your deputy division commander are good friends, just now I went to the finance, and I calculated your salary for you, you take it, your file, and then send someone to your division, don't blame my brother." ”

Guo Kaiqing looked confused, he took the brown paper envelope, only to see a few words on it, "Guo Kaiqing", it seems that it is right, he looked at the 'salary slip' again, and counted some money, and found that the fifty yuan was not deducted, so he walked to the 'combat duty room', asked for a pen and paper, wrote a letter to repay the debt, entrusted the staff officer on duty, and returned the money to others.

Everything was done, Guo Kaiqing walked to the deputy division commander and the little cadre director again, "Let the chiefs wait for me, I have lived for more than two months, I owe people money, I want to return the money to others." ”

"Look at this Xiao Guo, righteousness is righteousness." The little cadre director remained motionless and looked at Guo Kaiqing's actions just now. Finally it was his turn to speak, he didn't want to offend Guo Kaiqing, so he quickly said a few good words to make Guo Kaiqing happy.

"What's righteous, people are righteous, not like you, always fooling me."

"Look at what Xiao Guo said, as if I didn't arrange a job for him, I arranged you, and later I saw that the official position was too small. It's not for you, I'm not embarrassed to tell you, if your chief doesn't come today, I will definitely arrange a good job for you tomorrow. ”

It is obvious that what the cadre director said is a lie, but it is also very useful to listen to. So Guo Kaiqing saluted him again, and went to the logistics with the deputy division commander to pull things.

The military department issued several truckloads of strategic supplies. All the way to the division headquarters. The division headquarters is now located in a small remote county town, which is very close to the front line, in order to transport supplies to and fro conveniently and safely.

In the next few days, Guo Kaiqing, under the leadership of the deputy division commander, traveled back and forth to various places on the border front, bringing boxes of supplies. Delivered to his comrades-in-arms, his heart was particularly comfortable.

"Xiao Guo, are you going to stay in the division with me, or go down?" After everything is back to normal. The deputy division commander talked to Guo Kaiqing.

I wanted to go to the grassroots level, and sitting in an office wasn't for me. ’

"Okay, I have three positions here, you can choose one." As he spoke, the deputy division commander spread three pieces of letter paper on his desk, the first of which was written "Deputy Director of the Logistics Department of a certain regiment", the second was "Director of the Strategic Reserve of the Division Headquarters", and the third was "Director of the Division's Livestock Farm."

"Chief, I'm a platoon commander, I want to go to the front line, I can only fight, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything else."

"Battalion-level military commander, I can't speak, you have to understand me, I can only do this situation."

"Then you give me a company, and I'll be a company commander."

The deputy division commander shook his head again, indicating that he could not handle this matter.

"Then I'll be the company commander's deputy, I'll be the deputy company commander, it's really not good, it's good to be a platoon commander."

The deputy division commander still shook his head, his fingers pointed at the desk, and made a 'dangdang' sound.

"Then I want to know what this is for?" Guo Kaiqing pointed to the 'director of the division livestock farm'.

"Our division is different from other troops, we have our cavalry battalion, which is used as a reserve for cavalry, which is considered to be the work of raising horses."

"Alright, chief, I'll go there."

The deputy division commander frowned, and after a few minutes, he finally spoke, "You have to think about it, this boundary is hundreds of kilometers away from us, on the plateau, there are no ordinary people living in that place, and it is very difficult." ”

"Chief, I'm not afraid of hardship, I'll go there, you give orders."

"Okay, this is my soldier, the harder it is, the more it charges, Comrade Guo Kaiqing, I order."

Guo Kaiqing immediately stood up straight and accepted the order issued by the chief.

"I order you to be the acting director of the Shishi Livestock Farm, and you will take up your post immediately."

"Yes."

In the eighties of the last century, most of the troops in the north of our country have canceled the "cavalry" this type of troops, but the southern Xinjiang is different, this long border line, rugged and steep mountain roads, between the exchanges, still need the existence of war horses and cavalry, when the jeep of the division headquarters sent Guo Kaiqing to the edge of the southernmost corner of the SC Basin, the plateau without a trace suddenly opened up, Guo Kaiqing stepped off the jeep, he ran to a small hill, shouting.

"Ahh

Just as Guo Kaiqing was singing loudly, a few war horses ran in the distance, and there were several mighty soldiers sitting on the side, led by an officer of the same age as Guo Kaiqing, who jumped off the horse and saluted Guo Kaiqing.

"It's Director Guo, I'm here to pick you up."

"I'm Guo Kaiqing, are you?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm the political coordinator of the ranch, my name is Li Yong".

"Okay, let's go."

Guo Kaiqing said a few goodbye words to the driver of the jeep, and then took his luggage and walked to Li Yong's side.

"You two, take the backpack, Chief Guo, you sit up, I'll pull you away."

"How can it be done, you are all here on horseback, I still walk on the ground, you go first, I will follow behind."

"This is still dozens of kilometers away from our ranch, you better get on the horse."

"Tens of kilometers is nothing, I can do it." As soon as Guo Kaiqing heard that it was only a few tens of kilometers, he wanted everyone to see how his 'leg strength was', and he was ready to run behind.

"If you don't get on the horse, then we'll go." Li Yong saw that Guo Kaiqing was so polite, so he took the reins of the horse and walked with Guo Kaiqing.

Along the way, Li Yong explained the situation in the ranch to Guo Kaiqing, Guo Kaiqing was very happy, he liked Li Yong's voice very much, this person did not lose the bel canto in the high, strong without losing penetration, on the high hills, they talked and laughed, Li Yong also helped Guo Kaiqing on the horse from time to time, taught him how to control the war horse, but unfortunately Guo Kaiqing's brain was too stupid, several times almost jumped off the horse, but he thought it was not too difficult, he would learn to ride a horse one day. (To be continued......)