Episode 127 Successors (54) Paid service
The squad leader, as the smallest officer in the army, can be called the 'head of the soldiers', and the soldiers are under the leadership of the squad leader in their daily work.
After Guo Xiaosong became the squad leader, he rarely had the opportunity to go out, and he has been looking for time to train his own 'army', so that these people under his command can become 'strong soldiers'.
On the last Saturday of May of that year, Guo Xiaosong asked Lian Li for leave, left the 'Iron Blood Group' early, took a taxi to Beijing City, walked into the 'Shangri-La Hotel', and sat in the cafΓ© in the lobby.
The person Guo Xiaosong wanted to meet was not an outsider, it was his female classmate Ai Xiaomeng in high school, he called the women's dormitory of the 'Jingcheng University Law School', and after waiting for more than ten minutes, Ai Xiaomeng replied on the phone, 'She is free. β
Today, Guo Xiaosong came out very early, and after waiting for more than an hour, Ai Xiaomeng was late, and as soon as she saw the door, Ai Xiaomeng said anxiously, "Am I late?" β
"No, I've just arrived," for this date, Guo Xiaosong ironed his 'summer clothes' that he was usually reluctant to wear many times, until there was no pleats, he was very satisfied with the change, the 'corporal' rank on his shoulders was just issued when the title was awarded on May Day, Guo Xiaosong was reluctant to wear it on weekdays, but he wore the pair that he bought in a military service agency in Beijing during the New Year. β
"I didn't come late, I didn't expect the bus on Saturday to be so crowded, I waited several times, but I didn't squeeze in," the white long-sleeved knitted sweater made Ai Xiaomeng's already snow-white skin even more snow-white, and she put on a slight layer of light makeup today. She looks like a 'professional woman' and a white-collar woman. β
'Waiter, come here. β
'What would you like to drink?' β
Guo Xiaosong pouted at the waiter, and the waiter's head turned to Ai Xiaomeng.
'A cup of hot cocoa. β
'Please wait. β
'You've been okay lately! Almost at the same time, Guo Xiaosong and Ai Xiaomeng both said such a sentence, and after finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then stopped talking.
'I'm okay, I'm looking for you today. I'm going to have bad news for you,' Guo Xiaosong got straight to the point and took a sip of the 'latte' that had become cold.
'Let me guess, don't you want to go to military school?' The sensitive nerves unique to legal workers made Ai Xiaomeng guess at a glance.
"Yes, there are only two places in the company to teach the team this year, and I don't want to compete with my comrades in the same year, so I gave it to him." After Guo Xiaosong finished speaking, he leaned on the back of the sofa relaxedly.
If it had been before, Ai Xiaomeng would always lower her head and think carefully for a while, but today she didn't. She looked at Guo Xiaosong intently, "I think of it, you are not a person who loves to compete with others. β
'I'm the squad leader now, and that's my rank of corporal. I was the tallest of our fellow soldiers. β
'Do you want me to congratulate you,' Ai Xiaomeng looked at Guo Xiaosong with a smile.
Not really. You've been okay lately! β
'The course of the law major is very busy, I have to go through one subject at a time, and in my spare time, I go climbing mountains with my classmates, which is okay! β
"Is Da Zhuang still pursuing you now?" Guo Xiaosong finally said what was in his heart.
Wised his long hair, Ai Xiaomeng turned it into a ponytail, looking very refreshing, "I have an ordinary classmate relationship with him, at most I am a good friend, I heard him say a while ago, during the Chinese New Year, the bad guy who smashed his father's car turned himself in, for this matter, your father reprimanded him fiercely, and now he is the same as me, K books all day long." β
'The bad guy who smashed the car turned himself in?' As soon as he heard this, Guo Xiaosong asked nervously, because he knew that the case of smashing the car was done by Hao Bin and Guo Xiaoshan.
Yes, I heard that it was a laid-off worker in City A, who drank a few more glasses of wine that day, and when he saw a car with a Beijing license plate, he smashed it, but fortunately, the car money was lost, and it should be fine. β
Guo Xiaosong thought for a while, and immediately became clear that Liu Sheng must have been pressured by the City A Police Department to find someone to come and carry out the top bag for his son, such a good luxury car can be paid by a laid-off worker, this is really a joke.
In college, Ai Xiaomeng has now experienced a qiΔ as a woman, including learning to make up, dancing, participating in social activities, from being chased by those ill-intentioned men, 'school flower', raised into a loving, beautiful and generous 'school name', but she is still her after all, she Ai Xiaomeng' 'One blood' is still being kept for Guo Xiaosong, and this concept is still there.
"Manager, I really can't find a cleaning company willing to take on this job," a young man in a hotel uniform ran into the lobby door.
'No, you didn't say we could add money, if the glass was properly cleaned, we could pay them double,' the lobby manager seemed to be in trouble.
The time was too tight, and when I heard that I was done in the day, I said that there was not enough manpower. β
Then you won't go to the labor market to look for it, seeing that the leaders of the headquarters are coming on Monday, you will go immediately, hurry up! β
The cafΓ© is not very far from the lobby, Guo Xiaosong clearly heard the conversation between the two at the door, stood up, and walked over.
'Does your hotel have glass to wipe?' I am the squad leader of the 'Iron Blood Regiment', 'Guo Xiaosong took out his 'soldier' card. β
'Oh, that's the same thing, comrade of the People's Liberation Army, you come out and see, this, and this, the windows and glass of the exterior walls of our hotel have to be wiped before Monday, and by Monday, the leaders of the headquarters will come to check it,' In the early nineties of the last century, Cheng DΓΉ's trust in the military was still there.
'Then how many people can you need, we have more than a hundred, if not enough, we can still find a way!' This is the first time Guo Xiaosong has said 'big words' since he joined the army, and he tried his best to let the lobby manager know that he could do this.
In the last few days, our people have been working overtime to clean the glass, and if you can come tomorrow, there will be about twenty or thirty people. β
"That's great, tomorrow, tomorrow we'll be there early," Guo Xiaosong was the only one squad he could mobilize, but he said this on behalf of the platoon commander.
'That's great, as long as I have your help, I won't worry,'
Returning to their seats, Guo Xiaosong and Ai Xiaomeng explained, and after settling the account, the two left.
Early the next morning, at the gate of the 'Iron and Blood Group', a 'Jiefang Brand 141' drove out very early, and the whole of the second row was sitting in the car, and Guo Xiaosong and the second row leader sat in the cab, and after about half an hour of driving, they finally drove into the 'Shangri-La Hotel'. β
'Manager, you see if we are enough!' β
'Enough, great, you soldiers are really a promise! β
Then please assign the task, and we will definitely complete it with quality and quantity. β
Rather than Guo Xiaosong's report to himself yesterday, the second platoon leader was skeptical, but as soon as he saw that the lobby manager was so enthusiastic, he also let go of the worries in his heart.
The style of cultivation of soldiers lies in the variety, and a platoon of soldiers, when they come to the hotel to wipe the window glass, can naturally do a good job, which is equivalent to three o'clock in the afternoon, and the work has been done.
'Well, check it out!' From beginning to end, Guo Xiaosong was the 'talker' of this operation, and the second platoon commander stood beside him.
'It's really good, the behavior of the troops, I have known for a long time, comrades of the People's Liberation Army, thank you so much,' the lobby manager repeatedly expressed his gratitude.
'Old platoon, the work is done, why don't we get in the car?' Guo Xiaosong glanced at the second platoon leader.
When the second platoon commander sat in the cab, the soldiers had already gotten into the car, and through the rearview mirror of the car, the second platoon commander saw Guo Xiaosong receiving a brown paper envelope from the lobby manager's hand.
"Here, old platoon," got into the car, Guo Xiaosong gave the envelope to the second platoon leader.
'What do you mean?' β
'Labor fees. β
"Didn't you tell me yesterday that it was a good deed for the military and the people to build together!" The second platoon commander felt that Guo Xiaosong had deceived him.
"The squad leader drives," Guo Xiaosong got into the car and hurriedly urged the driver to drive.
'I'll talk to you,' said the second platoon commander again.
"Tool money, old platoon, should you work next week let us pick it with our hands, here is two thousand yuan, enough to buy tools, squad leader, just the front, the bun shop in front, the big guys are hungry, you have to eat a few bites of steamed buns in a while," Guo Xiaosong didn't want to explain anything, although this 'military-civilian co-construction' is a paid service, but it also solves the urgent need of the hotel, in his opinion, it is a win-win situation.
The big meat buns were eaten by the whole platoon of soldiers for more than 100 yuan, which was a rare way to eat at one time, and each person ate at least six or seven lower stomachs.
The brand-new tools of the second row appeared at the tree planting site for a county in the capital area, and the comrades-in-arms in the first and third rows were very greedy.
The platoon commander Xiao Hui said to the squad leader under him, "If Guo Xiaosong is in our platoon, it will be good." β
The three squad leaders looked at each other, and the first squad leader said, 'Old platoon, do you think we won't take the job, if you want us to make money, we will also go out on Saturdays and Sundays, Guo Xiaosong can do it, we can do it." β
"Yes, that's good, then it's up to you next week," platoon commander Xiao Hui finished speaking, walked to the side of the second platoon leader, and the two muttered something together. (To be continued......)