The day before Chinese New Year's Eve, Tangshan, Hebei Province, this day should be the busiest day of the year on the streets of the mall. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The railway station, bus station, and airport have no distinction between day and night, constantly welcoming homecoming wanderers to send off the returning workers, big burdens and trolley boxes abound, and fatigue and excitement exist on every face, regardless of age and appearance.

The taxi driver held back a soak of urine and grinned, pulling several waves of guests in a row, the toilet was close at hand, but he didn't care, and a wave of customers came up immediately. After luck, I held back my breath again, lifted the clutch and stepped on the accelerator, and once again merged into the traffic like a fish in water.

The chengguan changed into casual clothes, took his wife and children to stop frequently at the roadside stalls to select New Year's goods, and was occasionally recognized by the stall owner, grinning I don't know whether it was a grudge or a secret ridicule - yo, where is the usual spirit, why don't you go to the big shopping mall to do New Year's goods?

On the side of the road on the bustling street, police cars are idling and pulling over, red and blue police lights are flashing alternately, and the policeman uncle stands next to him, his hands clasped and his armed belt scans the crowd vigilantly, beware of possible bad guys. People with things on their bodies quietly walked past the police uncle, frightened and had to pretend to be casual and accompany their families to go shopping and buy New Year's goods.

In the hypermarket, all the checkout counters are open, and customers queuing up to pay for the bill have been lining up to the other side of the shelf, and the carts are full of New Year's goods. The high-end liquor and toilet seat that can only be seen a few times are thrown into the cart at this time, and even then it is not difficult to calm the desperate desire to squander in the chest.

In the atrium of the shopping mall, the pedestrians who came and went suddenly flashed away, I don't know from which corners walked out of the tall beauty, wearing a microphone, opening their mouths is a good New Year, and suddenly replaced it with a strong sense of rhythm of skewers, more and more dancers join the happy dance, flash mob, attracting customers to take pictures and small videos Circle of friends to work.

In the quiet café on the fifth floor, on the street, Zhao Xu, who was dressed in casual clothes, sat opposite a tall and beautiful woman full of femininity.

The beauty has a calm temperament that does not match her age, and there is a smell of eight strands between her gestures. A toothy smile is as beautiful as a press spokesman, and it rejects people thousands of miles away.

It's quiet, even though everyone's heart is pounding for the upcoming New Year.

"Although you don't wear a military uniform, you have a military smell all over your body, Mr. Zhao, I'm not wrong when I say that, right?" Tang Li said with a smile, her little finger cocked, and she slowly stirred the cat poop coffee produced in Nha Trang, Vietnam with a spoon.

Zhao Xu adjusted his sitting posture slightly, trying to make himself as natural as possible, not as serious as when he was in the army, he smiled slightly, his bronzed face bloomed, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "That's right." I have been in the army for several years, and I have not had much contact with society, so I am indeed a little unaccustomed to it. ”

Although Zhao Xu, who was thirty years old, had no idea of getting married, he couldn't stand the nagging of the two elders in the family, and he went home for less than half a month, and had five blind dates in succession.

The Tang Li in front of her looks like a woman with taste.

"What unit do you work in?" asked Tang Li.

Zhao Xu knew that the Q&A session had begun, and the questions were similar, and the answers had become subconscious actions, he said, "Over there in the southeast, the specific number is inconvenient to disclose, and we have discipline." ”

"Understood. Every year on 1 August and during the Spring Festival, our municipal party committee and government visit the officers and men of the military sub-district, and basically our municipal party committee office is responsible for liaison. It is very hard and great for soldiers to stand guard for the people of the motherland. Tang Li said, and asked, "Which city is it?"

"Well, if you have to talk about a city, the nearest city is Jinling, and our troops are in the mountains. Zhao Xu said with a smile.

Tang Li sighed and asked again, "I don't know much about the army, what level are you now?"

"Camp. Zhao Xu said.

"Zhengying...... That is......"

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Oh, the corresponding local administrative level should be Zhengke." ”

Tang Li's eyes lit up.

"But it's different. Zhao Xu said, "The cadres of the army are usually demoted to half a level when they are transferred to the local government, and the level of our army is not the same as the level of the local government organs." Your place is a little higher. ”

It's not modesty, it's true. Of course, if it's a wartime state, everyone in the local area has to stand aside, and if you are in charge of the deputy department, the gun is the king of his-mother-.

"There are so many sayings in this, I have worked in the municipal party committee office for three years, and I have never understood it, because I am lonely and unheard. Tang Li smiled slightly, "I take the liberty of asking, how is the income of a cadre like you?"

"Five or six thousand yuan, our troops don't have much money. Zhao Xu said with some embarrassment.

A flash of disappointment flashed in Tang Li's eyes, but she concealed it well, but her tone involuntarily became a little cold, and she said, "In this era, if you want to live in a decent coastal city, five or six thousand yuan is barely enough to maintain food and clothing. As for buying a house and a car for the children to go to school, I'm afraid it will be very hard. ”

Slightly stunned, Zhao Xu came back to his senses and nodded slowly, "Miss Tang is right. There is a real disparity between the level of salaries in the troops and those at the local level. However, in the past few years, measures have been introduced to solve the problem. In the past few years, the salary of the battalion commander was less than 4,000 yuan. Relatively speaking, it's good now. ”

Tang Li nodded slightly, and suddenly asked, "Are you willing to change jobs to a place?"

Immediately, Zhao Xu's brows furrowed, but he was not an ordinary person after all, so he quickly stretched out and said in a very ordinary tone, "I don't have this plan yet." I haven't thought about taking it off since the day I put on my uniform. Well, that's my ideal. ”

"Ideal?" Tang Li nodded slightly, "There are really not many people of Camp Commander Zhao's age who still yearn for ideals." However, don't you think that you have to choose one over the other?"

After a moment of silence, Zhao Xu said, "I don't think there is anything to choose. The reality is that a country must have a strong armed force, and the ideal is that those of us are committed to contributing to such a strong armed force. The two are not contradictory. ”

"Battalion Commander Zhao's words are really interesting. Tang Li's smile was a little cold, with a hint of disdain, "You don't still think that you have the opportunity to become a hero after the war that day, right?"

Zhao Xu didn't care about Tang Li's mocking gaze, and said calmly, "As long as you need me, I will definitely block the front." And, I'm sure all those who are soldiers think so. ”

"It's good to give up a small family for everyone. Tang Li took a sip of coffee, but the bitter taste made her feel sweet, she said, "In that case, why did you go on a blind date?"

Zhao Xu was stunned, "This doesn't seem to have much to do with blind dates, right?"

Tang Li smiled, crossed her legs, supported her elbows on her knees, supported her chin with one hand, and looked at Zhao Xu with a sneer, "Camp Chief Zhao, you and I are both here to get married, in this case, I think let's spread it out and say it, wasting everyone's time for free." I still have to be on duty tonight, and I can't relax for a moment in the affairs of the municipal party committee. ”

"In that case, why don't you get busy with Miss Tang first?"

Tang Li was stunned for a moment. (To be continued.) )