Early in the morning of September 30, Bai Jinguo and Huo Jianguo were ordered to go to Daheishan to comfort the soldiers there, and this trip was a total of two cars, Bai Jinguo and Huo Jianguo were in the jeep in front, followed by a truck, all of whom were comrades of the art troupe.

When it was done to Lijiaba, which was ten kilometers away from Daheisheng, the jeep that Bai Jinguo and Huo Jianguo were riding suddenly stopped, no matter how the driver started, there was no fire, and after half an hour of repair, Bai Jinguo had to tell the comrades of the art troupe behind them to let them go to Daheishan first, and they went to the nearest Chengping County to ask for help, and seriously instructed the comrades of the art troupe to call the leaders of the division headquarters after arriving in Daheishan to report, in order to avoid causing unnecessary worries, they said that they had arrived safely all the way.

Watching the big truck full of comrades from the art troupe drifting away, Huo Jianguo took out a large plastic bucket from the trunk, opened the front cover of the car, and poured gasoline into it.

After lighting the fire, Xiao Fang asked, "Two leaders, where are we going now?" ”

"U-turn, face east, and go to Juliang County." Huo Jianguo said.

"Try to hurry." Bai Jinguo instructed.

Along the way, the car galloped, and it took two hours to arrive at the county seat of Juliang County.

Xiao Fang got out of the car and found a passer-by to ask for the direction of the Armed Forces, and arrived at the Armed Forces Department ten minutes later.

The leader of the armed forces department of Juliang County is called He Xiang, who is also a veteran who participated in the Liberation War and the Korean War, but because he was wounded on the battlefield, he was transferred to civilian work.

"It's Deputy Division Commander Bai and Regiment Commander Huo, right?" He Xiang stepped forward and grabbed Bai Jinguo's hand and asked.

"Yes, I'm Bai Jinguo."

"Huo Jianguo" said Huo Jianguo also stretched out his hand, He Xiang held Huo Jianguo's hand tightly, and said: "But I can look forward to you, I have prepared the information." ”

After entering He Xiang's office, He Xiang took out three file bags from the small cabinet under his desk and said, "This is the person with problems in Juliang County that I have found so far. ”

Huo Jianguo picked up the three file bags and looked at the names on them, took out the middle one, opened the file bag, and there was a photo pasted on it, which was his soldier, the young man named Gu Chengcheng.

"It seems that there is a problem within your armed forces department as well." Huo Jianguo said.

"Yes, otherwise it would not have been possible to change people so easily." He Xiang took a hard puff of his cigarette and said.

"Hmph, the tanuki for the prince." Bai Jinguo slapped one hand on the table and said, "Then now without further ado, let's go to this real Gu Chengcheng's house." ”

"Good"

"By the way, Lao He, how did you find out that there is something wrong with this Gu Chengcheng?" Huo Jianguo asked.

"On the way, didn't Regiment Leader Huo also find out that there was something wrong with this Gu Chengcheng?" He Xiang is in a good mood now, and he has sold a pass.

"Chiefs, where are we going now?" Xiao Fang asked.

"Go to Peach Blossom Village, you go straight first, and I'll show you the way." He Xiang laughed twice and said.

"Lao He, you can now tell me how you found out about this." Bai Jinguo pointed at He Xiang and said.

"What about this, it's a coincidence, that day I went to the post office to send something, and saw a female comrade also sending things, I saw that she was very familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was for a while, I knew that I heard her say to send these things to her son who was a soldier in the army, I remembered, I saw her when I was recruiting last year, and accompanied her son to report the name, but I thought carefully about her son didn't seem to be admitted, because there are only so many places in a county, so I can still remember clearly, for the sake of insurance, I also deliberately took out the information of the person who was admitted last year and looked at it again, only to find that Gu Chengcheng's photo had been changed to her son, and then I inquired again, this woman is a female worker in the county textile factory, and her husband is the deputy director of the non-staple food factory. After speaking, He Xiang also slapped his thigh fiercely and said: "I really didn't expect that there would be such scum in our people's army, favoritism for money." ”

"yes, how long have you been living a good life? He forgot the tribulations of the past, and patronized himself to enjoy his blessings. Bai Jinguo said with a sigh.

"By the way, Head Huo, how did you find out that there is something wrong with this Gu Chengcheng?" He Xiang was obviously more curious about this matter as well.

"Coincidentally, I found that he had a problem with the parcel in this mail, when this batch of recruits came last year, I also deliberately looked at their information, there were very few from the countryside, only three or four, this Gu Chengcheng is one of them, but I saw him go to get the package sent from home several times, and then I overheard the little soldiers say that the sausages sent by Gu Chengcheng's family are really delicious, I was suspicious at the time, and said that our rural people have lived so well?"

"Turn left at the intersection in front" He Xiang glanced at the road and said: "Peach Blossom Village is good in the various villages of Juliang County, Peach Blossom Village was originally called Gu Wangzhuang, and later an agronomic expert came to investigate, saying that the terrain and climate here are very suitable for growing fruits, and then the people planted peaches, the county's non-staple food factory will buy peaches here every year, make canned food, every spring a large number of peach blossoms bloom, very beautiful, so this Gu Wangzhuang was renamed Peach Blossom Village. ”

Turning a corner a little more, I saw a number of farmhouses, and it was now noon, and smoke was rising from the chimneys of each house.

Xiao Fang got out of the car and knocked on the door of a house and asked them for directions.

Drove the car to the end of the village, saw a small courtyard, low earthen walls, even the houses were very low, the group got out of the car, and in the middle of the low earthen wall was inlaid with a gate made of broken wood.

"Anyone?" Xiao Fang shouted loudly inside.

Xiao Fang shouted a few more times, and the wooden door of the room was pushed open with a "squeak", and a tall and swarthy young man came out.

The low door forced him to bend down when he came out and went in.

When He Xiang saw him, he was immediately happy and said, "Hey, this is our living distance!" ”

Gu Chengcheng walked to the door and looked at them through the broken wooden door, obviously he didn't expect that so many PLA troops would come to him.

"Who are you?" He asked, confused.

"You don't remember me?" He Xiang asked teasingly.

"Who are you?" Gu Chengcheng still looked puzzled.

"Last year, the Ministry of Armed Forces" He Xiang gave another hint.

Gu Chengcheng suddenly remembered who the person in front of him was, and subconsciously raised his right hand to salute, but he stopped halfway through his hand, and then said, "Good chief." ”

"Can we go in and sit?" Bai Jinguo said.

"Yes, you can." Gu Chengcheng said and moved the broken wooden door open, the room was very low, Huo Jianguo bent over fiercely when he entered, the room was very dark, only the light from a small window.

In that light, they looked at the food on the table, steamed potatoes and pickles.

Bai Jinguo and Huo Jianguo glanced at each other and didn't speak, at this time, there had just been a bumper harvest of corn, how could there be no food to eat?

In addition to them, there were two other people in the house, Gu Chengcheng's sister Gu Xiaolan and his father, hunched over, with ravines and ravines on their faces, full of vicissitudes, a typical image of a poor peasant.

Huo Jianguo couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart.

"So, we're here to ask you something?" He Xiang asked first.

"Good"

"How did you know the results after last year's conscription?" He Xiang asked.

"Our village chief told me that if no one came to me, I would be sent a letter of enlistment and I would not be recruited." Gu Xiaolan took out a few bowls, poured some boiled water, put them on the table, and motioned for them to drink.

Huo Jianguo smiled and said thank you.

"Did he say there was another way?" Bai Jinguo asked.

"No, I originally wanted to go to the county armed forces department to ask, but the village chief's uncle said that I should not cause you trouble." Gu Chengcheng said sullenly.

Huo Jianguo and Bai Jinguo glanced at each other, and the matter was already eight or nine.

"Okay, Gu Chengcheng, now I officially inform you, you were admitted, but you were replaced, now are you willing to go back with us to testify?" Huo Jianguo asked.

"What? You said that you could be a soldier, but you were given a top? Gu Chengcheng asked with a big mouth.

"Yes, I'm sorry," Huo Jianguo stood up and saluted him solemnly.

"I'm willing to go with you and get him out."