received the company commander's affirmative response, and the whole company sergeants who were lining up couldn't help cheering, and their excited faces flushed.

After the morning exercise, several people in the second squad were surrounded by the soldiers of the whole company.

"Old Xiong, help me bring two cigarettes, na, this is money, you take it."

"Xiao Zhao, you go to the county seat, help me get some melon seeds, just bag them, and I wrote some daily necessities on paper, you can help."

"New brother, hehe, you are taken care of by the company commander, the next trip to the mountain is not easy, help me bring something back, it's not much, the money is in the paper, thank you."

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Dozens of people surrounded Chen Ming and them, stuffing handfuls of change one after another, accompanied by one list after another.

Good guy, Chen Ming was dazzled, what melon seeds, sugar, shampoo, cigarettes, toothbrushes, needles and threads, cotton swabs, toothpicks, nail clippers, and a lot of them were written.

He didn't even see clearly who stuffed himself with money, who stuffed himself with notes, and his whole body, pockets, and hands were stuffed.

The enthusiasm is outrageous.

At a glance, these guys knew that someone was going down the mountain on their birthday, so they made all these lists in advance.

It is no wonder that there are no small shops on the side of the border garrison, let alone the military service club, everything is simple.

Usually the allowance can't be spent at all, it all depends on this opportunity.

By the time the crowd had dispersed, each of them had slips of paper stuffed with them and money in their pockets.

Faced with this kind of scene, the more Chen Ming thought about it, the more wrong it became, the company commander just said that it was to take care of him, so he arranged for the second squad to go down the mountain, saying that it was a walk.

But this situation is still a hammer, purely to buy, and to climb the steep section of the road to bring all this stuff back.

Isn't that right!!

Really.

The squad leader Xiong Jiuchang scratched his head, sighed innocently and smiled: "Yes, this time it can be regarded as a pit porcelain by the company commander." ”

"Let's be a hard porter again, helping our brothers carry a little bit of daily necessities."

"How?" Chen Mingle said.

He had never experienced this kind of thing in the army before, and the military service club was very close, and it was very convenient to buy instant noodles or something.

The first time I encountered this kind of thing, although I felt that I had been cheated, I couldn't say it.

Seeing his puzzled look, "Martial Arts Master" Li Yan pursed his lips and said speechlessly: "What else can you say, do you think the company commander is really giving us a holiday?" ”

"Just go down to the cooking class for purchasing materials, let us go down, it's the porter, this kind of thing used to come in turns every shift, and I didn't want to go."

"This is good, the company commander uses you as an excuse, and we don't even have a chance to refute."

As he spoke, Li Yan casually folded all the notes on his body and stuffed them to Zhao Haojie, a medical soldier.

"Brother Zhao, please, list all the items on this list, who wants as many as we can go to the big shopping mall to buy them all at once."

"If we look at it one by one, we won't be able to buy it until tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, Xiao Zhao, hard work, you can count it, and the finances of our class will be handed over to you, this is everyone's trust in you."

The bald man Shen Zufei was very eye-catching and stuffed things to Zhao Haojie.

I'm afraid that the plug will be slow and fall into his hands.

Immediately afterwards, the squad leader, Wu Bing, and Chen Ming also unceremoniously stuffed the note over, and the action was a peace of mind.

There's no way, who made him the nanny of the whole class, if you have difficulties, look for him, yes.

Medical soldier Zhao Haojie nodded silently,This kind of being a father and a mother,Take care of a good child in a class,He's used to it,As a third-phase non-commissioned officer,Ten years veteran,It's the big man in the class,Now he is in charge。

A few people laughed and didn't say anything more, in this extremely inconvenient place, when a class goes down the mountain, they usually bring each other's things.

Help each other, the company is better.

No one will really go to their hearts.

When it was the turn of the other classes to go down the mountain, they would not be polite either.

After breakfast, the six people in the cooking class, plus the six people in their second class, a total of twelve people, took more than 1,000 yuan approved by the secretary general, as well as a list of the soldiers of the whole company, and a bunch of change, and set off.

The descent of the mountain is still on foot, the winding mountain road is not at the entrance of the company, only half the distance, when Chen Ming came, he walked up the mountain from the town for more than four hours.

But when I went down the mountain, I walked for more than six hours, because the road is steep, and when I went up the mountain, I only needed to look in front of me, climb up hard, and walk along the path.

But it was not possible to go down the mountain, and he carried a rope on his body, and carefully went down the hillside.

By the time I came back to the town, it was already afternoon.

Before the shuttle bus departed, more than a dozen people ran to the noodle stall and ate a bowl of noodles happily.

Chen Ming, who had been fasting like a monk on the mountain for nearly a month with oil and water, took the entrance with oil and water, after eating a bowl of noodles.

There is only one feeling in my heart, comfort!!

This is completely different from eating three bowls in a row when he came, but he hasn't eaten greasy things for too long, and he doesn't dare to eat so much at one time.

With the departure of the shuttle, everyone followed the shaking shuttle bus to the county seat.

The soldiers of the cooking squad aimed directly at the county vegetable market, buying seasonings, buying meat and vegetables, all of which were concentrated there.

Chen Ming: Their task is much simpler, there is a supermarket next to the passenger station, and you can buy it all at once.

With a list of daily necessities that everyone needs, because there are too many things, when checking out, I asked the supermarket cashier for two large boxes to fit them.

This is also to be expected, all of them are daily necessities, only a small number of snacks, and in order to be durable, they buy all the largest ones, the kind that a person can use for three or four months.

Plus the cooking class to buy vegetables, half a fan of pork, vermicelli, seasonings, rice, and a few more boxes.

Even if they came down with more than a dozen people, the average weight of each person would be at least fifty catties or more, and with the manpower of one class alone, there was no way to bring so many things up the mountain.

A group of people were busy going down the mountain, and after buying things, they were busy going up the mountain, but fortunately, the staff at the passenger station knew that the border company on the mountain would come down to purchase, and when they took the shuttle, they would not cause other troubles because they brought too many things.

The road was dusty, and by the time Chen Ming and the others climbed halfway up the mountain again, it was already more than ten o'clock in the night.

Fortunately, the Second Frontier Company arranged for twenty or thirty soldiers to come down to greet them, so that Chen Ming and the others could smoothly get so many things to the station.

It only took one trip to understand why there were no compressed biscuits or self-heating pans or anything like that.

It's just too difficult to transport up and down.

What surprised him even more was that when the supplies were transported, the cooking team immediately started the fire and was busy packing up the pork and preparing to cook.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the entire border guard was busy as if it were noon, and soon the smell of meat filled the entire camp.

In just over an hour, the soldiers of the cooking squad began to hold the basin, banging and calling for everyone to gather in the cafeteria, and the stewed pork stewed vermicelli was filled with a large basin on every mahogany table.

I saw a lot of fighters with green eyes.

By the time Chen Ming and the others came over, the other classes in the cafeteria had already been dazzled.

The bald man unceremoniously picked up the chopsticks, rubbed them on his body, and directly greeted the people in the class: "Why are you stunned when you sit and sit, hurry up and eat." ”

The squad leader Xiong Jiuchang also sat on the chair with a smile, grabbed the steamed buns on the plate and began to eat.

Chen Ming frowned, although he felt that eating in the middle of the night was not quite right, he didn't think much about it, and sat there eating without a match.

After eating a little flour during the day, he already had a little oil and water in his stomach, and the attraction of fat meat to him has plummeted.

Seeing that he was not interested, the squad leader directly picked up two pieces of big fat meat and stuffed them into Chen Ming's bowl.

"Eat, what are you doing in a daze?"

"Let me tell you, in our second border company, if there is a holiday, it is still an important holiday, and it can be finished the night before."

"Early tomorrow morning, the people of the cooking squad are here to be on duty and stand guard, and all of us have to go out to patrol, the more important the festival, the more we must pay attention to it, and we must not take it lightly."

"So hurry up and eat it, you won't be able to eat it tomorrow."

"It's twelve o'clock now, and I'll leave at five o'clock, wait until I finish eating and go back to sleep, don't think so much, the most important thing is to fill my stomach."

No wonder

Chen Ming suddenly realized, it turned out that the whole company was going out to patrol tomorrow's birthday, no wonder he was cooking stews here at night.

Mention the national birthday.

The bald man ate a few bites of the sea, and said vaguely: "Alas, festivals like ours are the most lively, because there are scenic spots near us." ”

"The family will also have a reunion on the National Day, and cook a table of good dishes, you haven't eaten it, my mother's cooking skills are good."

The bald man said with his eyebrows fluttering, but as he spoke, his expression darkened violently, and after swallowing the food in his mouth hard, his eyes were red and he said with some resentment: "I'm a little homesick." ”

A sentence of homesickness, everyone's actions are stagnant.

Feeling that the atmosphere at the dinner table was not quite right, the "martial arts master" Li Yan raised his foot and kicked him, and deliberately said in a sour tone: "You kid are content, how long have you been here?" ”

"You have just been promoted to non-commissioned officer this year, and the non-commissioned officer will have annual leave, maybe you will be able to rest next year, or you will have the opportunity to rest this year."

"I haven't been home for three years, so I'm still here to be good, with my brother with me, and the land guarded, how can a big man be so sentimental."

A few people were talking there, Chen Ming was silent, he had been here for almost a month, and he knew very well that the border guards could not be short of people, even if it was the New Year, they had to patrol.

If they are full, there are actually two vacation places in the class every year.

However, for them now, the full number is just a dream, and there are only about six or seven people in each class.

Originally, the number of people was small, and if there were two more walks, there would be no one in the class, and in order to be able to function normally, they had not been able to take a vacation for a long time.

At this time, the squad leader, who had been sitting next to him and eating non-stop, smiled innocently: "Bald, don't be sad, I heard the company commander say before, if there is no accident this year, you will be on the leave list." ”

"Because you only became a conscripted soldier this year, you don't have a chance to go back, so even considering your situation, I will give you leave this year."

When the bald man Shen Zufei heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly looked at the squad leader and asked excitedly, "Really?" ”

The squad leader smiled, scratched his head and said, "If there is no emergency, it must be true." ”

As he spoke, he also took out a pocket watch from his hand and looked at it carefully, his eyes changed from a smile at the beginning to a full of kindness.

Chen Ming sat in front of him, looking amazed, it was really not easy to see the kind eyes from this squad leader.

He had also found out before that the squad leader would always carry this pocket watch with him, and he would stare at it for a while before going to bed every day before falling asleep.

It may be that he touches it too many times a day, and over the years, this pocket watch has been shiny from the oil of his plate, and the original paint color on it is not visible.

Every time I look at this pocket watch, I will show a silly expression, just a pocket watch, as for looking so fascinated?

Chen Ming chewed the fat in his mouth, and curiously leaned over to take a look, only to find that the squad leader Xiong Jiuchang was not holding a pocket watch at all, but a photo.

The photo shows two immature children, about a year old, with a smirk on the boy's face, just like the class leader.

And the girl looks much smarter, combing her pigtails, big eyes are shiny, very cute.

"Who are these two?" Chen Ming opened his mouth curiously.

Although he already had a guess in his heart, he hadn't heard the squad leader mention it, and he wasn't sure about it, so he still had to ask.

Hearing Chen Ming's inquiry, the squad leader smiled innocently: "My son and my daughter, hehe, dragon and phoenix fetus, what's the matter, it's very similar to me, right?" ”

When he said these words, Xiong Jiuchang was a man with five big and three thick, and the gentle expression on his face was about to melt.

Chen Ming looked at the photo, and then at the squad leader.

The boy's simple smile is a fight with the class leader, but the girl is not very similar, she looks very smart, and she is a very smart girl at first glance.

Chen Ming quietly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately, if the girl grows into the fierce appearance of the class leader, who will not be stunned when she sees it?

I'm afraid it won't be easy to get married when the time comes.

But he couldn't say this, but looked at the squad leader in surprise, and asked in a stunned tone: "Damn, are you married?" ”

This squad leader looks like a bear, and he has a simple face, and he can't say anything, so he can get married?!!

Xiong Jiu listened to Chen Ming's surprised tone and glanced at him, "What's the matter, I'm twenty-six, isn't it normal to get married?" ”

Forehead.

If it weren't for the fact that he did have the epaulettes of the second phase of non-commissioned officers on his shoulders, Chen Ming really couldn't tell that he was only twenty-six.

Hurriedly shook his head.

He was just surprised, it was naturally best for the squad leader to be able to start a family, but with the squad leader's emotional intelligence, he could still find a wife, and the ability of this pickled girl was not low.

It doesn't usually pretend, does it?

Chen Ming came up with this idea inexplicably.

Xiong Jiuchang ignored his doubts, but said with a smile: "My pair of sons and daughters, but they are well-behaved, they should go to the small class this year, and this time next year will be the middle class." ”

"You rabbit cubs are not fathers, you won't understand my feelings."

When he said this, the squad leader's face was full of pride, this was the only other expression that Chen Ming had seen him show in the past month, except for Han.

"Congratulations, squad leader, you now have both children and daughters, work hard in the army, and retire directly when the time comes, how good."

Xiong Jiuchang smiled and scratched his head, as if he was very useful to Chen Ming's arrangement.

Just when the two of them were chatting energetically.

Li Yan next to him stared at Chen Ming, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Old Chen, I haven't asked you yet, your physical fitness is so good, and your fighting skills are quite high, how did you practice?" ”

"Tell me?"

"Me?"

Chen Ming was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and didn't know how to answer.

It is no secret that he was in the artillery brigade and in the dragon's tooth, and many people in the Eastern Theater of Operations knew about it.

But he couldn't say that.

Before setting out for the National Defense University, Vice President Lin Qingyuan specially exhorted that he absolutely should not reveal his identity unless necessary, and that he should carry out the tasks of the grassroots units to the end.

But seeing Li Yan ask this question, all the soldiers in the second class looked at him with anticipation.

Chen Ming didn't want to prevaricate directly, hesitated for a while, and began to talk nonsense: "This, in fact, I learned it from a good big brother in our village." ”

"We are not our family, his name is Wang Shuaibing, but he is an amazing character"

At this time.

In the artillery brigade of the 71st Army of the Eastern Theater, Wang Shuaibing, squad leader of the first company and platoon of the second battalion of the Yuanhuo Second Battalion, was asleep and woke up with a violent sneeze.

He looked around blankly, muttered, and continued to cover the quilt and snore like thunder to sleep.

In the canteen of the Second Frontier Company, Chen Ming was talking eloquently, boasting to several comrades-in-arms.

"My good big brother, he is really not an ordinary person, he was only admitted to a junior college in Pengcheng during the exam, and he was still obsessed with love all day long, but the woman didn't care about him at all."

"Not long after I went to college, the woman fell in love with an instructor and insisted that my good big brother go to the army, and he went obediently."

"However, when I arrived at the barracks, the trajectory of everything in my life changed."

"When he was in the recruit company, his talent for being a soldier broke out, just like opening up the second line of Ren Du, with full marks in various assessments, and all departments of the entire brigade were rushing to get him."

"Later, he was promoted to work during the private period, and he was fortunate enough to go to the special forces, as far as I know, the most powerful thing is that his father-in-law is a colonel in the navy of the war zone, and he can't do it."

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Chen Ming hung his experience on Wang Shuaibing's body with half-truths and half-truths, and bragged vigorously to the people in the second class.

Everyone, including the squad leader, gathered around Chen Ming, listening to it as if they were fascinated, their faces full of shock and envy.

They didn't expect that there were still people who could be so strong, and the people who were present with them were simply heaven and earth.

When he was a private, he was promoted to major at the age of twenty-four, not to mention his fame, he could still be chased by the colonel's daughter, and by the way, he got all the major events in his life.

Isn't this Nima a proper typical inspirational character?

Halfway through the story, the pork stewed vermicelli in the basin in front of him was no longer fragrant, and the excitement in everyone's hearts was beyond words.

But listen to it, at first everyone thought that what Chen Ming said was true, but later they thought he was telling a story, and they listened to it for fun.

Chen Ming was also happy.

They are all comrades-in-arms who know each other, maybe tell them about their own affairs in this way, whether they believe it or not, they always get together.

It's worth it.

(End of chapter)