Guo Xiaosong's comrade-in-arms Kong Xiangwu in the same year, after hard work, finally at the end of the year, the big fat pigs served had results, and there were piglets in the pigsty of other companies, but only the piglets of the seventh company were growing up vigorously day by day, which was inseparable from Kong Xiangwu's careful care.

If the 'Iron and Blood Regiment' does not value the top military training personnel, it is not surprising that it values a person who can raise pigs; if there is a comparison, it has the right to speak; when the battalion reported Kong Xiangwu's pig-raising deeds to the regiment, the deputy political commissar in charge of propaganda was very enthusiastic about this matter, and the propaganda officer came to Lianli to interview Kong Xiangwu on the same day.

"Instructor of the Seventh Company, I want to ask you, other pig breeders are looking for veterans, why do you even want to find a new recruit to raise pigs?" The Communications Officer also appears to be meticulous in preparing the press release.

"I saw from Kong Xiangwu's recruit file that their family is a professional pig breeder in the village, and let him raise the pigs of our company, and he specified that he could raise them well, so I discussed with the company commander and let him raise them."

"Then you are not afraid that Kong Xiangwu's military training will not be able to keep up, this first year of soldiers did not lay a good foundation, and if you want to train in the future, you will not be able to practice," although the propaganda officer has never been a soldier, he still has an understanding of the training of soldiers.

"We have all thought about this, Kong Xiangwu, a comrade, himself was a top-notch cap among the recruits in the same year, this pig raising is just a sideline, and he usually follows the company for training," the instructor became more and more energetic, and stopped Kong Xiangwu himself, who was standing aside.

'Then do you plan to kill a pig and open meat when the veterans are demobilized at the end of the year?' ’

"How big is this pig, if you don't kill it, you have to keep it for next year." It is necessary for veterans to be demobilized and open meat, and we have arrangements for this. ’

'Then shall I interview Comrade Kong Xiangwu again?' ’

'You please. When the instructor saw that people said this, he had no choice but to let Kong Xiangwu come to the front.

'Comrade Kong Xiangwu, your pigs are raised so well, the family must be relatively wealthy, right? ’

"It's okay, when someone in the village called 10,000 households, our family was it, and my parents lived by raising pigs," Kong Xiangwu put the family's economic situation several times, in fact, his family is also an ordinary pig farmer.

'Since your family situation is so good. Then why do you want to be a soldier? ’

'It's been my dream to be a soldier since I was a child, to serve the motherland with a steel gun in hand, there's nothing to say. ’

"Okay, that's great, Comrade Kong Xiangwu, let's go, let's go to your pigsty, I'm going to take a set of photos of your usual work." ’

Kong Xiangwu became famous. And he became famous, and even the reporters of the 'Beijing Garrison' came to the 'Iron and Blood Regiment' to interview him, in order to reward the advanced. Encouraging the backwards, the regiment also gave Kong Xiangwu a 'personal third-class meritorious service', which is a supreme honor for a recruit who has only been in the army for less than a year.

"Kong Xiangwu, this kid is trembling. I heard that he was the first of our group of soldiers to join the party, and Wang Yali only needs to be free. will hide in the corner of the big playground with Guo Xiaosong to chat, and there are too many people in the dormitory.

'Join the party? Just him? Don't talk about it, why don't I know, if he is really allowed to join the party, can even the military conference in it not say anything, 'Guo Xiaosong doesn't believe in this, if he joins the party, he thinks he should be the first, because he is the veritable 'king of recruits'. ’

"Really, the clerk told me that the party form was filled in, just like Kong Xiangwu's kid stuffed 200 yuan into the instructor," Wang Yali eats grapes and doesn't say that grapes are sour, and in the past few days since he came back from the teaching team, he can be regarded as a 'mother and son', and he has spread false rumors everywhere.

Guo Xiaosong has seen Kong Xiangwu's inferior methods, and it is not surprising, "Whoever joins the party first and does not join the party will not have a dime to do with me, the first thing I think about now is that when the veterans are demobilized and left, when can I go home, this year's New Year will be early, and the New Year will be in January, and I will be able to go to my partner in a few days when I go home." ’

"I've heard of it, if you are really good, in our batch of soldiers, you Guo Xiaosong is this, he Kong Xiangwu is a JB, don't you know how to raise pigs, this pig can fight, I heard that he also wants to be admitted to the military academy? Wang Yali is really a person of right and wrong.

'yes, what's the matter, why can't he take the test?' When it comes to the military academy examination, Guo Xiaosong is still a little interested.

'Your home is far away from his house, you don't know, he, I know the roots, he didn't finish high school, his high school diploma was bought by his father, if he can be admitted to the military school, I write the word Wang upside down. ’

"Pull it down, the king is written upside down and read the king, do you mean that he wants to be bluffed if he wants to take the military academy, and he can't pass the exam at all, right?" ’

Wang Yali nodded, "That's it, I think he wants to join the party in the army, be a squad leader or something, go back to their village, you can plan for the future, become a village party secretary or something, don't you know, it's hard to join the party in this place, there is no one in the village at all, they don't develop party members, just like us, we haven't developed party members for more than ten years, the village party secretary is almost seventy, and they still cling to power." ’

Although Guo Xiaosong is a rural hukou, he has never really lived in the countryside, and after listening to Wang Yali's words, he smiled and said nothing more.

As for Kong Xiangwu's joining the party, after a few days, the whole company has been spread to the gods, and even the company commander has asked about the matter, "Instructor, I heard someone say that Kong Xiangwu has joined the party?" ’

As far as the indicators of joining the party are concerned, a company can have two soldiers a month, and there are more than 20 soldiers in a year, so that a new recruit can join the party and become a 'probationary party member', which has to be communicated by the company's 'branch committee', and the instructor does not dare to admit it in any case.

"Don't lie to me, the paperwork told me, did that kid Kong Xiangwu bleed for you?" The company commander whispered to the instructor's ear.

"It's a fart blood, this is the first step in the regiment, I don't believe you go and ask the fourth, he said that he finally came up with a news pacesetter, which is good for our iron-blooded regiment, originally I wanted to wait for the veteran to be demobilized and announced, since you all know, then open a branch committee to make up for it." The instructor can use the No. 4 leader to suppress the company commander, of course, he has a number in his heart, so the last 'branch committee' of the seventh company this year was held, and there were two soldiers who joined the party, although the company commander nominated the recruit Guo Xiaosong, but let the instructor veto, because Guo Xiaosong was too proud and did not serve much, and temporarily added a second-year military squad deputy, plus Kong Xiangwu and the two joined the party.

The instructor's veto on the 'ward committee'. Guo Xiaosong was very breathless, he thought that there was no disobedience to management, maybe he was not like Kong Xiangwu 'will come to things', fortunately, the company commander had also approved his New Year's visit to his home, which was regarded as a 'consolation prize'. ’

The 'demobilization fee' is the state's subsidy reward for soldiers who serve as soldiers for three years, although the amount of money is not much, but there are also eight or nine hundred yuan, and the veterans who have received the 'demobilization fee' for three years. It is equivalent to becoming a 'quasi-demobilized soldier', and they no longer need to go out for training, all day in groups of three or five. With the ordinary camera hanging on his chest, he wandered around the major attractions in the regiment, leaving the last memories of being a soldier in their lives.

As Guo Xiaosong, who is about to become a second-year soldier, they are. During the demobilization of veterans, it was also an active opportunity for them, and Guo Xiaosong specially spent more than a dozen yuan. After washing dozens of photos that he thought he had taken well, he walked from the first class to the ninth class, and then into the cooking class, exchanging with the demobilized veterans, this is the best thing he enjoys.

With money, there is naturally a new way to play, veterans will always after dinner, squeeze to a no-man's place, buy a deck of poker, carry out 'small betting', 'Zakin flower', 'pinch one', 'fill the big hole', the way to play is also varied, even if there are cadres walking by, will laugh for it, by the way, 'don't play too big, just a dime,'

Guo Xiaosong, as the third generation of the old Guo family, he was born with a talent for gambling, although his father Guo Kaiming died of gambling, but he still couldn't hold it back, and went to sell it. ’

"Two, three, five, I can hold the bottom," for the "Zakin Flower", the best game is a veteran from the "S" city, although his military training is not good, but as soon as he sits down, he will win money, a dime of the bottom money, the maximum pressure of ten yuan each, although this is not big, but he won more than 1,000 yuan in a few days.

Guo Xiaosong's eyesight has always been very good, the veteran's shuffling action, but also let him pay attention, a few days to win money, all in this veteran's shuffle ability, as long as he shuffles the playing cards, no matter who moves the cards at his home, good cards will eventually reach his hands, while looking at a long time, Guo Xiaosong's hands are itchy.

"Come, Guo Xiaosong, it's boring to just look at how much, play two, why don't you play big, one dime or two cents," this is still a winning veteran 'sitting in the village', he saw that the people around him were almost losing, so he wanted to look for a new target.

'I don't know how to play, I don't know which card is bigger,' Guo Xiaosong said, but he still sat down.

At the end of a dime, Guo Xiaosong threw it down, which made him a total of eight cents, because no one else followed.

"Look, how easy it is, you'll get the bottom at once, the cost of this dime, what's the matter, a few ice creams will come in a blink of an eye," not far from the gate of the Iron Blood Group, there is an ice cream factory, as long as they are free, the soldiers will go to buy some ice cream to eat, the wholesale price is three or four cents, and it will be sold for a dollar outside, this is a 'hot dog'. ’

The second Guo Xiaosong lost a bottom, he had a pair of 'K' in his hand, he didn't ask for it.

"Let me see, what cards you have, ah, two K, don't you want it, Guo Xiaosong, you are too careful, you look at me, two eight, I won," said the veteran unveiled two of his cards, but he did not let Guo Xiaosong see the third one.

In the next few handfuls, Guo Xiaosong won more and lost less, and the most he lost was only a dime, that was a bottom, but he won more, and he won a total of nearly 100 yuan.

When it was time to go to bed, Guo Xiaosong was ready to set up an armed belt and go to the sentry, the reason is that it is impossible for the veterans who are about to be demobilized to stand guard again, not only their recruits have worked more shifts, but also a little more, fortunately, they don't have to go out for training the next day, otherwise it is impossible for the recruits to persevere. (To be continued......)