Next to the small packets of locusts, someone quickly weighed them. Zhao Qian and his comrades-in-arms rubbed their sore arms, pounded their waists, and rested beside them.

After each long period of labor, Zhao Qian was able to fully realize the weakness of his body and spirit, and the importance of systematic new exercises and training. As soon as he sat down, before his butt was hot, the correspondent ran over, "Squad Leader Zhao, the instructor asked you to go to his side." ”

"Just leaving me alone?" Zhao Qian asked. If he was very comfortable, Zhao Qian would feel that there must be something good about being called alone. When he was very unwell, Zhao Qian found that all he wanted most was to be able to rest with the fighters. No matter how good things are, they have to be enjoyed by life.

"It's all the platoon leaders and squad leaders who have to be there." The correspondent replied.

"Got it." Zhao Qian replied. Seeing that the correspondent was looking for the next target for notification, he forcibly cheered up, stood up and said to the deputy squad leader: "You arrange for everyone to rest and record the number of catties we have exterminated locusts." ”

After arranging the work, Zhao Qian took a step towards the instructor. Some muscles were sore, some muscles were swollen, sore, painful, numb, itchy, and all kinds of negative feelings made Zhao Qian upset. It didn't take long for the platoon commanders and squad leaders, who also looked gloomy to look at them, to assemble.

The instructor glanced at the audience, and then said, "Comrades have worked hard. According to intelligence, the locusts have begun to move northward on a large scale. We have been exterminating locusts for three days in a row, and when we go back, we will be able to tell our comrades that the operation has ended today. ”

In an instant, the tension dissipated, and more than half of the faces showed heartfelt smiles. At this moment, the instructor raised his voice, "Comrades, do you think you can pick a pick and lie down and rest now?" ”

When Zhao Qian heard this, his spirits perked. This kind of conversation sounds quite familiar, and Zhao Qian's father, Zhao Jiaren, often said this after Zhao Qian thought he was 'done with things'.

The instructor exclaimed, "Pack up the tools and summarize the data." You, as squad leaders, platoon leaders, arrange for the return of troops. It's all your job. This part of the work is to spend time and energy to arrange and check. It's the same as fighting a war, it doesn't mean that if the enemy retreats, we can herd the sheep. At such a time, all that is done is to quickly gather troops, check the casualties, and prepare for the next battle. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." Including Zhao Qian, some people replied.

"Do you understand?" The instructor shouted.

"Got it!" This time, the vast majority of personnel answered, but not so neatly.

The instructor's sharp gaze swept over, especially the dejected guys, who were particularly focused on for a moment. Zhao Qian, like other comrades-in-arms, followed the instructor's gaze. The bans of those guys are always evaluated at the bottom in the company, and the impact of these three days of high-intensity labor on them seems to be extraordinarily great.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, these people finally got rid of their numbness. The instructor shouted for the third time, "Do you understand? The crowd replied in unison, "I understand!" ”

"Disband!" The instructor said. Zhao Qian was about to leave, when he heard the instructor shouting, "Zhao Qian and Zhu Xin stay." ”

In the dispersed crowd, the two went up the river and arrived in front of the instructor. The instructor looked at the two of them for a moment before he spoke, "Did you know that germs are transmitted through the food chain?" ”

"I learned it in school." Zhao Qian replied.

"Yes." Hu Xin replied, but after listening to Zhao Qian's answer, he followed again, "I learned it in school." ”

Students who have attended high school have been taught about ecosystems in biology classes, including infectious diseases. The same bacteria do not have the same effect on all living things, for example, a fly carrying a large number of bacteria that are very deadly to humans will be safe and sound. Bacteria that are very harmful to humans often have no effect on earthworms.

If a bird eats a live fly, it is infected with the germ. Humans do not heat the bird meat enough, and the drama will be infected from the birds. The same is true for earthworms, if the earthworms are not matured, they are directly made into feed and fed to livestock, and humans will also get sick from eating infected animals.

Making sure that both were educated in this area, the instructor said: "After the drought there is a plague of locusts, and after the plague of locusts there is a plague. The locusts pass through many inaccessible areas and drink a lot of sewage that humans would not drink. There are a lot of germs in and out of the body. Comrades, we should pay attention to our health after exterminating locusts. Take this opportunity to tell you this knowledge in the company. ”

"Yes." Zhao Qian replied. As a relatively highly educated member of the company, he undertook the work of a study committee. It's a very familiar thing.

"Instructor. When I was popularizing hygiene knowledge with my comrades before, the comrades said that if we did what we said, there were bacteria everywhere and there were dangers everywhere, wouldn't it be impossible to survive? How do I answer at such a time? Hu Xin asked questions.

"At this time, you tell people, we tell them this, so that people can pay attention to themselves and get less sick. If you are afraid of anything, it is really better to live than to die. But you can't be afraid of anything. The instructor replied very simply.

Zhao Qian couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Then I heard the instructor say: "Zhao Qian, why don't you be afraid?" ”

Zhao Qian was taken aback, he didn't expect that the instructor would be like a roundworm in his stomach, as if he had seen through his thoughts. As the instructor said, Zhao Qian also raised this issue when they were in high school, so the school teacher told them about the body's own immune system.

Human skin, body fluids, white blood cells, immune bodies, and other systems are all effective against bacterial and viral invasions. Now, with the help of surgical treatment and medication, injuries and injuries that cannot be handled by the human body alone can be reduced to the extent that the human body can handle them.

After that class, at least Zhao Qian got rid of the senseless germ panic. But what surprised him at this time was the sharpness of the instructor. So Zhao Qian said: "Instructor, I just think that what you said is not good if you are afraid of anything, what you said is very right." ”

The instructor was not moved by Zhao Qian's prevarication, he responded: "I can't use this word because I don't know why." Since you have learned, I will take this opportunity to tell you about it. ”

After accepting the extra task, Zhao Qian returned to the class. By this time the order to retreat had spread, and everyone was smiling. Many of the combatants were already in the mood for retreat. Zhao Qian hurriedly stopped everyone, "There is an order, these locusts must be burned before leaving." ”

"It's a lot of trouble to burn." The fighters immediately objected.

At this time, Zhao Qian immediately understood why the instructor asked Zhao Qian to take on the extra task of lecturing and burning these killed locusts, the purpose was to burn the source of germs. Deep burial does not have a complete effect on the killing of germs, and I said in school that if you accidentally let those things that slowly decay into the groundwater, it is likely to cause more long-term pollution.

"The locusts must be burned, and only the ashes must be buried."

"Squad leader, why bother with such a thing?"

"We'll talk about why when we go back, and now let's prepare to burn the locusts first."

Willingly or unwillingly, the troops began mass burning of locust carcasses. Fortunately, the troops have set up a lot of relatively professional incineration devices, and Zhao Qian and the others only need to send the locusts.

As the squad leader, Zhao Qian was the last in the entire squad to leave the front line of locust extermination. After all the items on the long list were dealt with, Zhao Qian knew that he had done his best. As far as he is capable of at the moment, he has done everything he can do at this time. Even if there is something that is not in place, he has already admitted it. Be honest when you should be criticized.

On the way back, I felt that there were fewer and fewer locusts. When I arrived near the barracks, I saw that in the peasants' fields, the chickens, ducks, and geese raised by the troops were all slowly strolling around the fields with satisfied steps. They have the picky posture characteristic of a full eater, occasionally pecking at something.

If you look closely, the plants in those fields don't look very complete, at least they all maintain their general appearance. The peasants are all working with farm tools, and there is no figure of the dancing god in sight. Seeing the return of the large army, the peasants also greeted the more familiar soldiers. When passing by them, Zhao Qian felt that the spirit of these peasants was very different.

The troops quickly reported on the work of exterminating the locusts. After reading the report, Zhao Jiaren asked the secretary, "Is there any new report over there in Kaifeng?" ”

"Nope." The secretary hurriedly replied.

"If so, bring it to me." Zhao Guanjia commanded.

Looking at the back of the secretary leaving quickly, Zhao Jiaren leaned back in the chair. He didn't quite understand what hard work was before, but now he kind of understands it. To be faithful is to fight hard, and if the army was only for the result of victory over the locust plague, or just for the reward, they would not have made such a choice.

Now the army is just to accomplish its mission and do their part within the scope of their ability, which is to be loyal to their duties, this is hard struggle. That kind of 'screw spirit' once made Zhao Jiaren very unappetizing when he was young. Now Zhao Jiaren understands what it means to be called 'XX Department is the Hades Palace'. The propaganda that was supposed to be good to motivate people can make the Hades Hall seem to have lost personal freedom and personal will.

The spirit of the screw is the personal personality and quality that people can believe in, and the personal ability that supports this personality and quality. Just like Zhao Jiaren's father named his eldest son Zhao Jiaxin. Faith is the most basic virtue. A person who is full of words has no future.

Firmness in keeping one's word and being forcibly crucified by others are two completely different things.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiaren picked up the pen and wrote about his feelings. After writing it, he added another title, "The Basic Spirit of the Song Army in the New Era - Keeping Promises".