Chapter Eighty-Three: Successful Graduation
At the end of the winter vacation of the last semester, he returned to the college, and took a bus to Nanchang with his fellow villagers, and another fellow villager bypassed the old army, without peers, his mind was more active, and he had some small abacus, and he was about to graduate in activities, so he decided where to go.
With interest in the middle, I visited a famous Hongcheng market, established after the reform and opening up, retail and wholesale, complete categories, south and north goods, all kinds, everything, five uncles repair cars are from here into parts, the county wholesale department, clothing stores, the vast majority of them are purchased here.
Usually pay attention to exercise, passing by a sports store, bought a thick grip stick, unpacked, carried on the shoulder, winter clothes are wide, the stick is mighty, especially brave, big grinning, walking in the wholesale market, pedestrians look sideways, fellow villagers see, hey and teasing, but also infected, add some fearlessness.
Recruits are addicted to smoking, despite restraint, it is always difficult to quit, passing by a cigarette stall, full of famous cigarettes, the price is low, greedy for cheap, thinking about buying, I have heard that the Hongcheng market is full of fakes, I am afraid that it is a fake, and the boss said good, first open a pack, after tasting, if it is a real purchase, if it is a fake, do not.
The boss was not surprised, patted his chest to ensure that it was absolutely true, there was no fake, it was said that the sense of taste was sensitive at that time, and when he was still in the army, every time he took a cigarette and took a puff, he would be able to distinguish the brand.
At this time, seeing the boss so assured, in front of him, he opened a piece of Chinese, took out a pack, tore open the seal, pulled out one, took out a lighter and lit it, and the taste was wrong, and then there was a lump like sawdust appeared, a standard fake cigarette.
Speaking to the boss, explain the reason, it is indeed a fake cigarette, the boss seems to have been prepared, and does not admit it, insists that it is a real cigarette, forcibly asks me to buy it, the dispute starts, there are already people around the surrounding people, it seems that they have become a habit, in a similar situation, the group of coercion, Rong has to buy.
Even if the two of us take off the thick grip stick on our shoulders, point to the crowd, roar loudly, see which one dares to move, the shock is successful, and swagger out of the crowd, none of us dare to stop, the so-called thief is weak, probably so, also with the help of the military uniform, otherwise it will be difficult to be good, this time I don't think I have smeared the uniform.
In the last semester, there is the tension of meeting the graduation assessment, and the excitement of becoming an officer, the last return trip during the military school, and I don't know when and what identity I will come back again, and there is already a little nostalgia on the train.
The train seemed to change direction, stopping at the Guilin freight station for a short time to regroup, and the surrounding people seemed to be accustomed to it, and seized the opportunity to flock to the carriage and sell drinks and mineral water to passengers through the windows, as well as the unique local Guilin rice noodles.
I have never bought it before, but this time I have the urge to buy and taste, and the villagers seem to have a similar complex, follow the purchase to taste, do not forget the second hometown closeness, introduce the rice noodles to the surrounding travelers, authentic and pure, not to be missed, attracting competition to buy, the journey is far away, originally unfamiliar, but at this time there is a sense of familiarity, a vivid expression, cordial and natural.
Back in college, back into the ranks, disciplined, casual restraint in the society during the holidays, resumption of strict requirements, and sprint for the last few graduation exams.
Colleges and universities are semester system, a course of homework, with the end of the semester, often the end of the exam, the last semester, there are not many courses to meet the examination, the key is the actual military drill, to spare a lot of time for field marching and training to shoot targets, and finally the assessment.
In the last month, the field training was arranged, which was combined with the final live-fire target assessment, the tent was on top, the marching bed was erected in it, and the cooking class followed the support, and it should take nearly ten days to withdraw at the end of the assessment.
Dining in the open air, unique flavor, training is intense, dinner is often night has fallen, oil engines generate electricity, lights hung outside the tent are lit, sit around in shifts, on duty to bring meals, several large pots of dressing, gobble.
The army is traditional, the colleges and universities are concerned, there is a beer supply from time to time, at this time to drink heartily, parting is imminent, let go of the mind, cherish the friendship, push the cup and change the lamp, think about the results, after the unknown, there are worries, and the beer is easy to eat.
After three years of study, sharing weal and woe, eating in a pot, listening to lectures in a classroom, training in a venue, and assessing an environment, the feelings have been quite deep, and in the last semester, he re-served as the commander of the probationary company, learned lessons, deliberately strengthened mutual friendship, and led everyone to complete the task several times.
Friendship is not passed between the two trainee companies, the natural identity difference, can not be made up, can not be eliminated, future competitors, no one can convince whom, the canteen often has broken bowls and bottles, the original did not dissolve, but accumulated, tense and heavy training assessment, may affect the mood, from time to time, and finally break out.
I don't remember what day it was, and I don't know who it was, I broke the wine bottle, and the other side took it as a provocation, and in response, I ridiculed it with the difference in grades, and someone around me immediately followed and coaxed, how could the other party bear it, and the ridicule was passed back with a scolding.
Back and forth, there are leftovers spilled out, seemingly unintentional, but there is a direction, and then it evolves into intentionality, into a goal, into a beer bottle, into a forward question, into a sleeve fight.
The team leader followed the troops, but he couldn't stop it, perhaps the team leader was one of the reasons for the commotion, the local undergraduate background, daily management, task assignment, and work evaluation, were considered by the army students to be prejudiced, so they were dissatisfied and could not listen to the words of persuasion.
The incident alarmed the leaders of the college, and instructed the captain of the second brigade to come to mediate, and the regiment-level cadres, who are from Nanchang, are regarded as fellow villagers by us Jiangxi students, and their whereabouts are assigned after graduation, which is related to whether they can return to the old army, and they have made a special trip to visit.
The captain arrived that night, gathered all the trainees under the light under the black, and gave a vivid lesson on realistic ideological education.
Approaching the end of the semester, the assessment is completed, three years of hard work, the grades are qualified, and all the students graduate successfully, but the last few days, on the contrary, are the most nervous, because after graduation, it is the distribution, where to go, at this time by the college leaders to decide.
When quelling the incident, as one of the topics of concern, the brigade commander repeatedly emphasized in his speech that adhering to the principle of where to come from and where to go, some people are happy because of this, and some people are unhappy because of this, and not everyone wants to return to their original troops, hoping to be closer to home, hoping to go to economically developed areas, and hoping to go to cities.
All of the cadets who have been admitted to our brigade want to go back to their old units, and they most hope that the academies and universities will adhere to their principles, but there are more who want to go to our old troops, and Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Nanjing are all modern metropolises and economically developed areas.
The classmates are not quiet, the negative atmosphere is gradually rising, they are looking for acquaintances, we can't sit still, thinking about the implementation of the request "where to come and where to go", find the captain of the country, as a worry to confide, I was encouraged, thinking that it is not a change of whereabouts, just a request to return to the original army, there should be no worry.
The day before leaving the school, the whereabouts have not yet been announced, there has been gossip, who will go here, who will go there, my fellow villagers and I have been scheduled to go to Zhangzhou for a unit, can not go back to my Hangzhou and his Nanjing.
After dinner, night fell, never went out without permission, that night stepped on the stepping stone under the courtyard wall, climbed out, walked along the river avenue, there was a kind person by his side, comforted helpless, and accepted the reality.
As if aware of it, the captain anxiously inquired about my whereabouts among the students, and when he came back late at night, he was still waiting, smiled and said a relaxing word by the river, and went into the dormitory, waiting for the order to be announced the next day.
This captain is actually quite good to me, very recognized my hard work, he is actually the second captain after we arrived at the college, the second captain replaced, Shandong man, tall and mighty, the same as the first captain, local admission, undergraduate graduation and appointment.
Once, when he was checking on housekeeping, he opened my bedside table and saw a few history books lined up in it, which aroused interest and increased his affection for me, and when he came to the army after graduation, he also inquired about me, and in his opinion I would be good, but I disappointed him.
The next day, the order announced, a yellow file bag was handed over to each cadet, with a distribution table on it, stamped with the seal of the academy, and four of the cadets from the original brigade were assigned to the Zhangzhou unit, including me and my fellow villagers.
The others basically did "where to come and where to go", and the two cadets who were admitted to the original Zhangzhou army were also sent back to Zhangzhou.
Zhangzhou is known as the city of soldiers, stationed with many troops, close to the Taiwan Strait, known as the front-line troops, troops here for exercises, or rotation training, there is a more appropriate name, called wheel warfare.
Across the sea, a treasure island in the deep sea, called Taiwan, is the only land that has not been recovered since the founding of New China.