"What did the company commander say?"

"He said, since we don't know what to do, don't blame him for not being a good person, and don't know how to do things in the blessings, then don't want to see us continue to be comfortable before we are discharged, and I feel that I am the master when I am too comfortable."

"You know, we were discharged in a month, a month. As has traditionally been, this month is used to adjust the state. Because of this trouble, the veterans of the entire brigade who were about to be discharged were all trained, and even on the eve of discharge, we were arranged to run a 20-kilometer armed cross-country, which is the last madness before discharge. ”

"Then squad leader, why did you become a non-commissioned officer?" Han Song asked the most critical question, and he thought that if he made a mistake in the army, it was impossible to stay in the army, let alone transfer to a non-commissioned officer.

Huo Lianjie's eyes showed unknown emotion: "I, am I lucky or unlucky." I was going to be discharged from the army, and I was also playing crazy, but it was a coincidence that I happened to be on patrol duty on the day of the accident, and I was on duty all day. I'm still wondering, I'm going to be discharged from the army, why are you yelling at me so much. ”

"Just when I was sullenly educating the recruits in the corridor, I heard the dull sound of wood hitting the flesh in every room of the company, and the angry scolding of all kinds of squad and platoon commanders, and the people who scolded were terrified."

"I hurriedly asked the recruit what had happened, and the recruit told me exactly what happened, and told me the decision made by the company commander instructor for the late roll call."

"At that time, there were 30 third-year veterans in the company, and there were only five non-commissioned officer places in the company, so the remaining 25 people could only be discharged. But after this incident, many people's applications were rejected without passing the company commander, and after layers of screening, in the end, I was left in those five places. Huo Lianjie took a hard drag on his cigarette.

"Left behind, you didn't volunteer to be the squad leader? Do you regret it?"

"Do you regret it? I don't know. I didn't submit an application to stay in the team, I wanted to leave a long time ago, we are brothers who have been together for three years, our relationship is the closest, and like you, I also have a sweetheart outside who is haunted by my dreams, waiting to go back and marry her. In the last few days of the month in which they were punished, my name appeared among the five non-commissioned officers who were finally confirmed, and the squad leader never gave me a chance to change it, forcing me to go to the non-commissioned officer school for further study, but I was discharged from the army. By the time I returned, they had already left, and they had gone cleanly, leaving me without a single thought. ”

Huo Lianjie didn't wait for Han Song to answer his words, and continued: "Because I was ignorant at the time, I stubbornly thought that the company didn't care for us, and the person I liked immediately proposed to break up after finding out that I couldn't leave the army, and he was also very resolute and didn't leave me with any thoughts. ”

Huo Lianjie fell into deep thought, and muttered: "She said she couldn't wait, and she couldn't wait, I didn't force it, I can't complain about it." So I spread my resentment to the company, and after I stayed, I always worked against the company commander's instructor, and the new squad leader couldn't do anything about me, I was already a non-commissioned officer, and the rank was the same as his. At that time, smoking every day broke the soldiers, and it stands to reason that people like me can't bring new soldiers. In the fourth year, the company commander insisted that I go. Said that I was the same age as this group of new recruits, so I was good to bring. Liu Tian (the eighth squad leader) was the soldier I brought that year, but he was not damaged by me, on the contrary, he cured my stinky body. ”

Han Song's eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "It's impossible, squad leader, he was a recruit at the time, and recruits can't behave casually, how can you be cured?"

Huo Lianjie had an unladylike expression, gritted his teeth and said: "Hey, this kid pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, when he first joined the army, he was well-behaved, what is it, but after a month, he changed from a good boy to a thorn, exposing his true nature." It's always a big thing to provoke me, I was young and vigorous at the time, and I thought to myself that you were a rookie and called the squad leader, isn't this looking for trouble, you have to practice hard. Let him understand what it means to respect the elders and the young, and learn to respect teachers and teach them! ”

"I started with physical fitness, the most basic five kilometers, and many recruits couldn't run. I found the deputy squad leader to run with him, wanting to hit him, so I privately told the deputy squad leader not to be polite and humiliated him fiercely. Who knew that he actually surpassed the deputy squad leader for a full 800-meter lap, his face was not red and his heart did not beat after running, and he said lightly that this was too pediatric, it was a small case.

"It's a coincidence that the company commander saw the game at the time, so he directly said that if he can outperform me, except for the recruit competition, he doesn't have to participate in all the training, and he can be the deputy squad leader of the recruits, and he can take leave to go out for a day. Obediently, the face of the deputy squad leader at that time was green, and I was angry in my heart, thinking that I can't do you a rookie egg, if I admit that I lose face, it will be big, and I also want to fight the arrogance of the company commander, let him know that there are still three catties of nails in the broken ship. ”

"So, I said don't bully you, let's play again tomorrow, hey, he's good, just say no, just compare now, I want to take leave to go out tomorrow to have fun." I said you're too crazy, isn't it just a five-kilometer run, and you can run ten kilometers. Guess what he said?"

"How?"

"He said, squad leader, I look at your body, it's enough!"

"That's what he said?"

"Yes, his expression at that time, not to mention Dorser, his head was raised to the sky, and he obviously looked down on me, as if I had never been in his eyes. I'm angry, too, so I can't be looked down upon by a half-grown kid, just compare. So we started the 10-kilometer race around the 1,500-meter lap. ”

"How's it going?!"

Huo Lianjie looked at Han Song with a sad and angry face: "What else, if you lose, and it's miserable, that kid is as fast as a rocket, I can't catch up no matter how hard I try." And what's even more annoying is that he deliberately hung me after running, and he surpassed me by 1,000 meters not far away. I'm fast and he's fast, I'm slow and he's slow. ”

"In the end, the company commander said that when I can surpass him, when will I be allowed to leave the army." Huo Lianjie took a hard puff of his cigarette and continued: "So I haven't been discharged from the army yet. Later, I learned that running marathons was a piece of cake for this kid to come out of the sports school, and this long-distance running for the recruit was really like a piece of cake for him. ”

Han Song was happy all of a sudden, feeling that the eighth squad leader was simply too black-bellied, and even Huo Lianjie was routined.

"That feeling is that I originally wanted to hunt, but I didn't expect to be molested by a fox, and this kid still relies on me, and when I get down, I have to ask to be assigned to our class, and I said with a big grin that I will be pleasing to the eye as a squad leader."

"Haha, squad leader, the eighth squad leader won't like you."

", as long as this kid sees a female than he sees me, the whole army can't find anyone who is more sexually light than him. And listening to him, you must analyze it carefully, otherwise it will be easy to be sold by him. At that time, there was a popular saying in the company, it is better to believe in the words of the eighth squad leader than to believe that the sow can go up the tree, and you imagine the scene of the pig going up the tree under the eighth squad leader. ”

Okay, Han Song imagined the scene of the eighth squad leader going up the tree, and when he saw the meaningful smile on the corner of the squad leader's mouth, he seemed to understand and laughed.

Han Song smiled and said, "Squad leader, why do you want to retire from the army so much." Isn't the army good? ”

"Okay, okay, I've almost forgotten what my hometown looks like, and I can't remember what the girl I love so much looks like. I don't know what my buddies have become. ”

"Squad leader..."

"I was tricked by my parents into joining the army, and my parents couldn't control it at that time, so I got into trouble all day long at home, and I stabbed a lot of baskets. It happened to be a winter conscription, my parents were ruthless, quietly signed up for me, entrusted the relationship to be exempt from formalities, and didn't let me participate in the physical examination or anything, and lied to me when I left that I was going to a good place, which was especially suitable for my fun-loving character, and there were a lot of girls to play with. At that time, I thought that my parents had become so good, so I agreed very happily. ”

"Then he was pulled into a big truck, transported to the train station, and made a green car for a day and a night to get here. On the first day I arrived, I found out that it was not like that, why were there camouflage-wearing big-headed soldiers all around, and I came to have fun, not to be a soldier. When I got off the truck, I began to play bastard, asking to go home, but the cadres who received the troops didn't care about this, and the recruits were not under his control when they arrived in the army, so they quickly separated the troops and left. ”

"I was making a lot of noise, but I felt like the soldiers around me were looking at me like fools. And soon, my recruit squad leader beat me up in the big playground, saying that if you don't want to cause trouble for your parents, stay in the army honestly. Three years later, you can go wherever you like, and he doesn't bother to care. ”

Huo Lianjie looked at the dim street lamp outside the window, "I can guess that you didn't come to the army voluntarily." But whether it's because of your so-called girlfriend, or your so-called buddy's righteousness, or the family affection and friendship that you can't give up. Since you're here, stay here for two years. In these two years, what you have learned is definitely comparable to ten years in society. ”

"Do you understand what I mean, what has happened has already happened and you can't change it, what you have to do is live in the present and live in the future. Forget it, you slowly experience and comprehend it yourself, and then you will naturally understand what I said. ”

"Squad leader, I'll adjust slowly." Han Song was a little ashamed, although he was in a similar situation to Huo Lianjie before he joined the army, he already understood that Huo Lianjie didn't want Han Song to follow his old path.

Huo Lianjie nodded, didn't answer his words, and looked out the window in a daze, the smoke between his fingers was quietly burning and smoky.

"Squad leader, those books..." Han Song suddenly remembered the contraband he brought.

"Those things, I threw them in the stove of the cooking class and let them be reincarnated. I took the cigarette off, and you didn't realize that the one you were holding in your hand was the one you brought, why, still thinking about going back?" Huo Lianjie seemed to be smiling.

"No, how to deal with it is all up to the squad leader." Han Song hurriedly got off the donkey, he couldn't wait to deal with such a good thing in private, what kind of trouble did the province settle after the autumn. Although Han Song later found out that these books were not destroyed but were detained by the cooking squad leader, and some old non-commissioned officers in the battalion were circulated to each other, this also made Han Song's "reputation" among the old non-commissioned officers spread, making it easy for him to go through the back door in the battalion, of course, this is a later story.

Huo Lianjie waved his hand to let him go back, and he continued to sit there and smoke. The smoke that rose from his face reflected the vicissitudes of life. Han Song is not wood, he will be able to adjust from his grief so quickly. But he also thought about his experience over the years, and realized that he was also quite a jerk. Zida and Li Xue realized that now, in addition to saying a bunch of useless words, they haven't even said a word of promise, and they are still stupid and feel good about themselves, this is not a relationship at all, it is more like a child's house. Therefore, I can't blame others about breaking up.

Thinking of this, Han Song's guilt towards Li Xue deepened.