Zhou Xiaobai sat on a bench by the pond in the garden of the recuperation area, she held a photo in her hand, carefully examining it, this is a group photo of her and Zhong Yuemin in front of Yunshui Cave in Fangshan, Beijing, the photo Zhou Xiaobai affectionately held Zhong Yuemin's arm, and both of them were full of youthful smiles on their faces.

Zhou Xiaobai's vision blurred again, and she took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears...... She carefully tucked the photo into a notebook and looked up.

Yuan Jun was standing in front of her: "Xiaobai, someone brought me a letter, saying that you are looking for me." ”

Zhou Xiaobai smiled: "I'm really sorry, I let you walk another 5 kilometers, please sit down, I don't have anything serious, I just want to talk to you, don't bother me." ”

"Where? Aren't we friends, don't be so polite. ”

Zhou Xiaobai asked, "Have you received Zhong Yuemin's letter recently?" ”

Yuan Jun said warily: "Why are you asking this? Xiaobai, listen to me, the matter has passed, so don't think about these unpleasant things anymore. ”

"Yuan Jun, please answer me, how is he now?"

"Very good......"

Zhou Xiaobai accentuated his tone: "If you want to treat me as a friend, tell me the truth, otherwise, I don't have you as a friend, you can do it." ”

"Don't worry, okay? I didn't say or not tell you, I just received a letter from Zhong Yuemin, he has left northern Shaanxi to serve as a soldier in the C Army, I was afraid that you would be sad, so I didn't say anything to Luo Yun. ”

Zhou Xiaobai said to himself: "He really left northern Shaanxi, it seems that my feeling is right." ”

Yuan Jun said cautiously: "Yes, you are really amazing, I received the letter just before yesterday, yesterday our second platoon commander told me, 'Xiao Yuan, there is a female soldier surnamed Zhou in the hospital called you', I was stunned at that time, and said in my heart, this Zhou Xiaobai is simply a spy, why did I just receive the letter, she knew." ”

"It's probably telepathy."

"Xiaobai, forget it after the matter is over, don't think about him anymore, why bother yourself?"

Zhou Xiaobai said proudly: "Forget it? It's not that easy, I want him to say to me in person, 'Zhou Xiaobai, I don't love you anymore', hmph, I think he's embarrassed, Zhong Yuemin, I'll see where you can hide. ”

Yuan Jun was shocked: "What, you still plan to go to him." ”

Zhou Xiaobai snorted: "It's not easy to find him, the unit he went to, from the army commander to the division commander, are my father's old subordinates." ”

Yuan Jun suddenly beat his chest: "Ouch, it's over, it's over, how can I tell you the number of the unit?" This can pit Yuemin. Xiaobai, you can't take revenge on him, I told you when I took you as a friend, can I beg you to succeed? ”

Zhou Xiaobai showed a victor's expression: "Then you tell him that he hurt me and must apologize to me." Hmph, I'll give him a chance, and it's up to him to see if he's well-behaved. ”

"Didn't you let me get scolded? He must have thought that I had betrayed him, and that he had not jumped into the Yellow River......"

"I don't care about that, didn't you tell me?"

"Xiaobai, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, this makes me unable to be a man."

"You deserve it, who let you be buddies, who let you do bad things on the ice rink, who chased me with a dead face in the first place, and I want to admit it now? There are no doors. ”

Yuan Jun pleaded in a low voice: "Let's discuss it again......

Zhou Xiaobai refused: "No discussion, anyway, within 1 month, if I can't receive his letter, I will write to their military commander and tell him to abandon the chaos and return this bastard to northern Shaanxi." ”

Yuan Jun stood up and left in a rage.

Zhou Xiaobai looked at Yuan Jun's back, and suddenly covered his mouth with his hand and smiled.

Zhong Yuemin spent a difficult three-month training period in the recruit company, and he was assigned to the first company of the military reconnaissance battalion.

On the day of the first company's report, he was sorting out the housekeeping with two recruits, when two more recruits with backpacks walked in the door.

One of the recruits asked, "Excuse me, is this the fifth class?" ”

Zhong Yuemin didn't raise his head: "It's the fifth class." ”

The recruit was stunned and blurted out, "Yuemin? ”

Zhong Yuemin raised his head suddenly: "Oh, it's you, Zhang Haiyang." ”

Zhang Haiyang threw away his backpack and opened his arms: "Is it really you?" What a coincidence, you're alive? ”

The two hugged warmly.

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Where did you join the army?" ”

"Beijing, I was in the queue in Yunnan for a year, and as soon as I calculated, it was almost time for conscription, so I bought a ticket and went back to Beijing. My dad asked me, 'Which unit would you like to go to?' I said, of course, the C Army, the Ace Army. ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Where were you during the recruit training, why didn't I see you?" ”

"Our army has more than 3,000 recruits this year, divided into several training areas, I am in the South Camp area, when I arrived, the recruit company had already been training for a month. What about you, where did you join the army? ”

"I enlisted in the army in northern Shaanxi."

Zhang Haiyang said excitedly: "Dude, this time we have to mix together for a few years." ”

The recruit who came with Zhang Haiyang called a basin of face wash and said earnestly: "Old Zhang, wash your face." ”

Zhong Yuemin took a closer look at the recruit, he was a short man, his appearance was not good, he always seemed to be hunched over, and he looked like he had enlisted from the countryside.

Zhang Haiyang wiped his face with a towel: "Manho, there is a buddy here." ”

The recruit nodded and said, "I'll go right away, you wait a while." He picked up Zhong Yuemin's basin and walked out.

Zhong Yuemin looked at his back strangely: "This person is very diligent." ”

"His name is Wu Manchu, he is from Yimeng Mountain, he is stupid, and he likes to work."

"This name is very strange, it was originally a full hoard, and the surname Wu is over, and Wu Manho has become a dissatisfied hoard."

Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "This kid grew up in the mountains, the first time he went out of the mountain, everything was fresh, the recruits even ate steamed buns last time, this kid was so stunned that he had never seen steamed buns, he was reluctant to eat them, he hid the buns, and said that he was going to take them to his father, and finally covered them up." ”

Zhong Yuemin was so happy that he sat on the bed.

"There's a lot of things to do, when I first arrived at the recruit company, this kid was running around the barracks with his pants, and I asked him what he was looking for, and he said he was looking for dirt. I said what to do with the dirt? Guess what he said? He said, wipe your ass. ”

Zhong Yuemin and a few recruits burst out laughing.

Zhang Haiyang came to the spirit: "I'll learn from you his speech at the first class meeting: 'Thanks to Mao's **, I also do the eighth road, and my mother said before I went out, don't come back to see me if you don't kill a few Japanese devils." At that time, I was stupid, and I said, "This grandson is sick, right?" It's been more than 20 years since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended, where did the Eighth Road and the Japanese devils come from, where is this? ”

Zhong Yuemin and the others were so happy that they couldn't straighten their waists.

Man Hoard came in with a basin and put it in front of Zhong Yuemin: "Brother, the water is here, wash it." ”

Zhang Haiyang began to take the full hoard to find fun: "Full hoard, what kind of guy do you guys do to fight devils in your village?" ”

Man Hoard whispered: "I heard the old generation say that the land is mine." ”

"Then why didn't you bring two mines, you don't know when Balude brought his own guys? What do you do to fight devils? ”

Man Hohan smiled: "Don't tease me, the instructor said that the devil had already run away." ”

The recruits burst into laughter.

In the early hours of the morning, the whole class of fighters was asleep, sitting up and getting dressed gently.

Zhong Yuemin woke up, he looked at his watch, and the hands of the watch pointed to 5 o'clock.

The full hoard has already gone out.

Zhong Yuemin looked out the window and saw that Man Hoard was cleaning the yard diligently in the hazy morning light, Zhong Yuemin shook his head suspiciously, and fell asleep again.

While eating breakfast, Zhong Yuemin poked Zhang Haiyang and whispered: "Man Hoard gets up early every day to sweep the yard? ”

Zhang Haiyang said: "Not to mention sweeping the yard, he also took care of the toilet, and he also went to the cooking class to help cook on his days off." ”

"Is this kid really sick?"

"Don't underestimate him, he has a lot of eyes, and he plans to strive for a good performance, so that he can be promoted in the future and stay in the army."

Zhong Yuemin squirted out a mouthful of porridge: "Rely on this? ”

"What else can he rely on? After 3 months of training, this guy can't even react to turning left and right. The last time I hit the target, not to mention the number of rings, the bullets missed the target. If you want to talk about the level of education, I only went to elementary school for one year, and I am almost illiterate. ”

Zhong Yuemin asked puzzledly: "You are full of hoarding and hoarding all day long, you seem to be quite affectionate, what are you doing with this old man?" ”

Zhang Haiyang blinked and said: "You don't understand this, doesn't he like to work, he will wash clothes, remove a quilt or something in the future, he is the best candidate." ”

Zhong Yuemin suddenly realized: "Yo, why didn't I think about it, this is really a cultivation object." ”

"What kind of brains are we buddies? I've thought of it for a long time. ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "It seems that I also have to talk to him well, if you want to do it, you can't just wash Zhang Haiyang's clothes, Zhong Yuemin's clothes also have to be managed, he can't divide his comrades into three, six, nine and so on, how can he make progress in this way." By the way, does he know Lei Feng? Should I tell him the story of Comrade Lei Feng? ”

"Dude, can I relax in this kind of ideological education class? To tell you, the first lesson I gave him was the story of Lei Feng, I said, when Comrade Lei Feng was a soldier, he wrapped the clothes of the whole class. ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "You are really enough for your grandson." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang decided to carry out heart-to-heart activities with Wu Manchu because they urgently needed Wu Manchu's friendship.

Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, and Wu Manchu were walking on the playground of the barracks, and Zhang Haiyang affectionately put his hand on Manho's shoulder and said: "Manho, there are three of us, just count you old, we plan to recognize you as a big brother, and the two of us as brothers." To tell the truth, in our batch of recruits, except for the two of you, I don't like anyone, if you two can afford me, we will be brothers in the future. ”

Zhong Yuemin also made a sincere statement: "Ocean, let's think of a piece, I can see that you are a very righteous person, and you are also very real, at first glance, you are a reliable person, I didn't say it, we will be brothers in the future." ”

Man Ho was a little flattered: "The two brothers think so highly of me, from now on, if there is anything to do with my brother, even if the brothers speak, if I don't do it, I will my eighteenth generation ancestors." ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "If we have anything to do as brothers in the future, we have to ask the eldest brother to take care of it more." ”

Manchu was so excited that he was touching all over his body.

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Big brother, what are you looking for?" ”

Man Ho said: "I still have two yuan here, the two brothers will wait for a while, and the elder brother will go buy a bottle of wine." ”

Zhang Haiyang asked: "What are you buying wine for?" ”

"According to the rules of my hometown, I have to burn incense and cut my wrists to drink blood wine, if I don't drink blood wine, I don't count, I drink blood wine, I change my post, and the brothers don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but only want to die on the same day and ......month of the same year."

Zhong Yuemin didn't expect Man Ho to take it so seriously, he hurriedly persuaded: "Big brother, big brother, you listen to me, we just have to get what we mean, and we will be exempt from drinking blood wine." Let's burn incense here and cut our wrists, so we have to recruit the instructor. ”

Zhang Haiyang desperately held back a smile and said: "Big brother, the troops are not allowed to worship the master, we must not tell others about you as a big brother, once it spreads, your efforts will be in vain, don't you still want to mention it?" ”

Man Ho nodded desperately: "I understand, I understand, I don't say anything about this in my stomach." Two brothers, the elder brother went first, and the company's toilet hadn't been cleaned yet. Manchu hurried away.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang looked at each other and laughed.

In the early hours of the morning, a shrill whistle pierced the silence of the camp. The platoon commander on duty shouted in the courtyard: "The whole company is urgently assembled. ”

The warriors leaped out of their beds and dressed at breakneck speed, packed their backpacks, and put on their weapons...... This kind of emergency assembly is a routine subject of the whole training company, and each soldier has to jump up from the bed within five minutes, pack up his backpack, put on his guns, ammunition, water bottles, and satchels, and then rush into the playground to stand in line.

Man Ho, who had already gotten up, helped Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, who were in a hurry, to pack their backpacks and handed them weapons, Zhong Yuemin jumped out of the house without wearing a military hat, and Man Ho picked up his hat and chased him out.

This is a routine training subject of the reconnaissance battalion, 5 km armed cross-country. The company ran out of the barracks in four columns and onto the road, and the speed of the company's running gradually increased, and the recruits were already exhausted and out of breath, and the formation was gradually disorganized.

The company commander shouted: "Pay attention to the formation of each squad and keep up." ”

Zhong Yuemin in the queue gasped for breath and struggled to run forward. Zhang Haiyang fell behind breathlessly. Wu Manchu, who grew up in the mountains since he was a child, had stronger physical strength than all of them, he gasped for breath, took Zhang Haiyang's *** and carried it on his back, a veteran snatched Zhong Yuemin's gun, and two veterans ran forward with Zhang Haiyang on the left and right.

After the training, Zhong Yuemin heard the squad leader say that he had been a soldier for three years in a 5-kilometer armed cross-country subject like this, and he did this every day, except for visiting relatives and rest days, he had never seen any exceptions. Zhong Yuemin was taken aback, oh my God, how have you spent the past few years?

Zhou Xiaobai is making duty records in the duty room of the ward.

Luo Yun angrily pushed the door in.

Zhou Xiaobai beckoned: "Luo Yun, you sit, I'll be fine right away." ”

Luo Yun asked angrily, "My eldest lady, what are you doing?" Completely messed things up. ”

Zhou Xiaobai became nervous: "He...... Has he had news? ”

"Well, he sent a letter to Yuan Jun, and his words were very unpleasant."

Zhou Xiaobai asked repeatedly: "What did he say?" Luo Yun, tell me quickly. ”

Zhong Yuemin said that he was never afraid of threats, not to mention that he was a small army commander, even the commander of the military region did not pay attention to him, and if he had the ability, he would return him to northern Shaanxi and apologize? There are no doors. ”

Zhou Xiaobai sat down weakly: "Luo Yun, you know, I just want to scare him, I want him to change his mind, I still love him, this time it can be faked, he must hate me, you say, how could I hurt him." ”

Zhou Xiaobai cried in despair.

Luo Yunxun said: "Didn't I say you, is there such a scare as you?" You should know him, his self-esteem is so strong that it can scare you? You, this eldest lady has to change her temper. ”

Zhou Xiaobai sobbed and said, "Luo Yun, what should I do, there is really no room for recovery?" ”

Luo Yun sighed: "It's difficult, you stupid girl, you offended Yuan Jun, and Yuan Jun even got angry with me, saying that he couldn't have a relationship with us women." ”

Zhou Xiaobai whispered: "Then can't I apologize to him?" I'll go tomorrow. ”

"Let's talk to Yuan Jun, he's easy to do, but Zhong Yuemin ......"

Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help crying: "It's me who did it myself, I ...... I confessed ......"

Man Ho was washing clothes in the company's water room, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang came in with a basin, pretending to wash clothes, Zhang Haiyang also asked Man Ho to help him roll up his sleeves as if it was a real thing, Man Ho snatched the dirty clothes in their basin and threw them into his basin without saying a word, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang pretended to push ......

The hoard pushed them out of the water room.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang thought that they should be polite and polite, and seemed to have fulfilled their responsibilities, so they rushed into the basketball court with peace of mind and played basketball with a group of fighters.

After washing the clothes, he returned to the dormitory of the fifth class, he spread a freshly dismantled and washed quilt on the bed and sewed it up carefully, this is Zhong Yuemin's quilt, Zhang Haiyang's quilt will be washed on the next rest day.

Fang Hong, the leader of the cooking squad, pushed the door in: "Manho, why didn't you go to the cooking class to help cook today?" I'm waiting for you. ”

Man Hoi said with a smile: "Squad Leader Fang, I'll sew the quilt and go, and it will be over in a while." ”

As soon as Fang Hong heard the anger, he didn't fight: "It's Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang again, where are they going?" ”

"Playing basketball."

"I said full hoard, why are you like their old mother? They play basketball, you sew quilts for them, you deserve theirs, isn't this bullying? ”

Man Hohan said with a smile: "Squad Leader Fang, you can't say that, the three of us came together, they are all good comrades-in-arms, I am the oldest, I am the elder brother, they are young, they are my brothers, why do you do some work for the brothers?" ”

Fang Hong said: "Okay, okay, I'm talkative, I can't buy it with money, you kid will continue to do it." Hmph, today is a quilt, tomorrow you should feed these two boys, right? ”

Fang Hong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has made the unpaid labor force of Man Hoard easy, as soon as he does not see Man Hoard to help cook on his rest day, he feels abnormal, because he has already counted Man Hoard, a supernumerary labor force, into the establishment of the cooking class, and today Man Hoard actually went to help others work, Fang Hong suddenly felt that he was offended. He thought about it, turned around and went to the company headquarters to find the instructor to complain.

In the evening, the soldiers of the whole company lined up for a routine roll call, and after the company commander took the roll call, he talked about a few small things about training. At this time, the instructor took over: "The company commander has just talked about what should be said, and I would like to add that recently, I have heard some feedback, and I want to talk to you about it here." There are a few recruits who engage in some very vulgar activities in the company, calling each other brothers, brothers and brothers, and never calling comrades, what kind of place is this? This is a company of the People's Liberation Army, not the Qinghong Gang of the old society, nor a den of bandits sitting on a mountain. Also, there are a few people who are also very problematic in terms of life, and I won't name whoever it is, anyway, it's a word, lazy. How lazy is it? Too lazy to run oil......"

There was laughter in the queue. Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang looked at each other and smiled.

The instructor continued: "I don't wash my own clothes, I give them all to others. For this kind of person, I would like to ask, what is your background? If it weren't for the landlord and capitalist background, how could there be such a stinky problem? Using other comrades-in-arms as servants, is this like words? If someone behaves like this, I hope he will take the initiative to talk to me, but I would like to hear his explanation, so I will stop here and disband. ”

After the queue was disbanded, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, and Wu Manchu met on the playground, and they planned to discuss countermeasures.

Man Ho said: "Leave them alone, just say whatever you like, can we still stop people's mouths?" We, brothers, are doing well? If I am the eldest brother, I will not take care of the brothers, who will take care of them? What should we do in the future? ”

Zhang Haiyang began to point out the hoard: "Big brother, the instructor has already ordered us, and we have to save some face for the instructor, right?" In the future, we will throw the dirty clothes under the bed, and when you take them, you have to see if there is anyone around, and if there is anyone, you don't move. ”

Zhong Yuemin added: "If the instructor asks you again, you will say that you are uncomfortable and stole our clothes to wash, and we don't agree, and you are still in a hurry with us." ”

Man Ho patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother, my brother won't sell you." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang came to the company headquarters after getting the full hoard, and when they saw that the instructor was waiting for them, the two explained according to the unified caliber in advance.

Zhong Yuemin looked very aggrieved: "Instructor, Manho washed our clothes, and the three of us came together, and we usually get along well." There is a problem with this person, that is, he can't be idle, and when he is idle, he will feel uncomfortable, so he has to find some work to do. We don't want him to wash clothes, Zhang Haiyang and I are very clean people, full of hoards and can't be cleaned, we have to wash it again if it's not good, isn't this a waste of money? We hid the dirty clothes, but no matter how we hid them, he could turn them out, and he was in a hurry with us. ”

Zhang Haiyang added: "That is, last time he took my clothes away, I begged him directly, I said, 'I received your heart, but this impact is too bad, people who know understand that you are uncomfortable, and those who don't know think I'm lazy, and I beg you to wash your clothes, I beg you', but guess what he said?" He glared at me and said, 'Why are you so annoying, aren't you just a few torn clothes?' I'm so idle, I'm willing to wash, and no one else cares.'" Instructor, you say, what else can I say? ”

The instructor looked at the two of them and said, "According to what you say, the hoarding is a bit cheap, isn't it?" You can't be idle, it's uncomfortable to be idle, you see that he is uncomfortable and unbearable, so he is very reluctant to let him wash clothes, right? ”

Zhong Yuemin said without changing his face: "This is true, I won't tell you, there is no place to hide our clothes, and he can turn them out wherever they are hidden." Once, my clothes had just been worn for a day, and they were still clean, so I went to the toilet without paying attention, and when I came back, everyone had washed them and dried them out. ”

The instructor sneered: "It seems that you are quite aggrieved, as if you have been bullied by a full hoard." Well, in the end, it is a literate Beijing soldier, the mouth is a good one, I really admire your mouth, a good mouth, the dead can be said to be alive. ”

Zhong Yuemin said in his words: "Instructor, don't believe it, Man Ho is such a person, he goes to the cooking class to help cook on his day off, and he is spoiled by the cooking class." The last time I saw it with my own eyes, when the squad leader Fang saw that he was full of hoarding, he immediately stopped working, moved a chair and sat down coolly, stilted Erlang's legs, held a cigarette, and hummed a little song in his mouth. I can't stand it anymore, is there anything so appealing? You should really criticize the cooking class......"

The instructor became serious: "You two rest for a while, talk about your own business first, don't talk about the cooking class, these are two different things." Helping the cook is to work for the company, it is for the public, and washing your clothes is for personal use, because you are lazy. The two of you have been talking nonsense here for a long time, and you have also pulled Fang Hong from the cooking class to cushion your back, I see that you are about to become fine, and you treat me, the instructor, as a dry meal? I solemnly remind you, pay attention, I want to see your performance in the future, do you hear? ”

"I hear you." Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang replied immediately.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang found a group of chickens looking for food on the hill behind the barracks, and Zhong Yuemin stared at the chickens, his eyes a little straight. Recently, the food in the company has been very bad, and I have been eating cabbage boiled in water for two months.

Zhang Haiyang saw that his eyes were straight, so he asked strangely, "What are you looking at?" ”

Zhong Yuemin pointed to the chickens and said, "What is this?" ”

"Jibei, what's wrong with not seeing it?"

"You're wrong, it's roast chicken."

"What do you mean......"

Zhong Yuemin grabbed the neck of a hen like electricity, and the hen was twisted off before she could make a sound.

Zhang Haiyang didn't expect him to come to this hand, and he was a little dumbfounded.

Zhong Yuemin plucked his hair and instructed: "You go and tell Man Ho and let him get some spices." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang lit a bonfire on the hill behind the barracks, Zhong Yuemin pasted the chicken with thin mud, set it on the fire and kept turning it, it was very simple to make this kind of flower chicken, and the tempting fragrance wafted out after a while.

Man Hoard climbed up from below with a soy sauce bottle, he took out a packet of seasonings from his trouser pocket and handed it to Zhong Yuemin, instructing: "Brother, don't bake it well, don't spoil your stomach, I still have to go to the cooking class to help cook, you go back early after eating." ”

Zhang Haiyang let in hypocrisy: "Big brother, you can't go, it'll be cooked in a while, and then you can leave after eating." ”

Man Hoard said, "What is a chicken? You guys eat, I'm eating in the cooking class, my brother wants to have a good performance, doesn't he? ”

Zhong Yuemin responded and said: "That's right, big brother, you've been sweeping the yard and helping the kitchen every day for so long, you can't give up halfway, we have to persevere." ”

"Brother is right, I'm leaving."

After the hoarding left, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang burst out laughing.

Zhong Yuemin took the roast chicken out of the fire and said, "You are really enough for your grandson, invite people to eat chicken, there is a fake energy, if people really don't leave, you will be in a hurry." ”

Zhang Haiyang smiled: "This is true, how do I think it is redundant for you to stay here, do you also go to the cooking class to help the cook?" ”

"Fuck your uncle, what do you want?"

The two of them couldn't wait to peel off the mud, tear off the chicken thighs, dip them in the spices and gobble them up.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang didn't expect a chicken to cause such a big thing, in their opinion, there is occasionally one less chicken in a group, and it will not attract the attention of the owner at all, who has nothing to count in the chicken flock every day? Besides, even if there is one missing, it is quite normal, and the owner may think that it was taken by a weasel. In any case, you can't make a big deal about a chicken.

If they raise chickens, they are likely to lose a few and don't know, but this chicken is raised by the wife of Deputy Director Yu of the Political Department, and they are counted every day. This is a hen laying eggs, Deputy Director Yu's wife is from the countryside to join the army, a hen in her eyes, its weight is heavier than a grinding plate. What's more, Deputy Director Yu is well-known for his fear of guilt, and his wife is in charge of all major and small matters in the family. His wife reacted very quickly when she found out that she had lost the chicken, and this little thing was reported to the security department. Officers of the military security department found chicken feathers and bones on the hill behind the barracks, as well as traces of fire. The Security Service preliminarily concluded that the incident was the work of the reconnaissance battalion. Instructor Sun of the reconnaissance battalion summoned the instructors of the three companies below to find out the situation, and at this time, Dong Ming, the instructor of the first company, suddenly remembered that someone in the cooking class had reported to him yesterday that Wu Manchu had gone to the cooking class to get spices, so he understood eight or nine points in his heart.

Dong Ming has been leading the army for seven or eight years, and he knows too well the soldiers like Wu Manchu who enlisted in the army, and all their hopes are to be promoted in the army, so as to jump out of the impoverished environment. Dong Ming thought, just with Wu Manho's little courage, he didn't dare to steal chickens if he was killed, the key to the problem was the two bad boys around Wu Manho. In all fairness, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang usually perform well in military training, but they are young masters all over their bodies, and they are too lazy to deal with internal affairs, and everyone can see that their friendship with Wu Manchu is full of utilitarianism. According to some people, these three people also worshiped their brothers in private, and they usually call each other brothers, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang's purpose is very clear, that is, they want to find a servant in the military camp, although they think they are doing it very secretly, especially Zhong Yuemin, when they see Wu Manho, it is like smearing honey on his mouth, and he praises Manho and others are numb to it, but these things can't be hidden from Dong Ming's eyes. He wanted to find a chance to solve this problem, but he didn't expect something to happen this time. Dong Ming was 100% sure that Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang did this matter.

After the late roll call, Dong Ming made this matter clear to the whole company, and his attitude was very calm when he spoke: "Comrades, the training has been very hard these days, everyone is very tired, and I don't want to take up everyone's time more. Now I will only say one thing, yesterday, the Political Department lost a hen that was laying eggs at the house of Deputy Director Yu, and this morning someone found chicken feathers and chicken bones on the hill behind our barracks, as well as traces of a fire. Now we have preliminarily concluded that this matter was done by a few people in our company, and I will not name whoever it is, I will save some face for him. I hope that the people who are doing this will take the initiative to come to me or the company commander and talk things clearly, and the company commander and I will be waiting at the company headquarters at any time. We have to see his attitude of admitting his mistakes, he has a good attitude, he can deal with it lightly, if he doesn't take the initiative to come to us, I'm sorry, I should look for you, and at that time, this matter must be dealt with seriously. Okay, that's all I have to say, disband! ”

The discussion of the soldiers dispersed, Zhong Yuemin glanced at Zhang Haiyang, and the two walked to the playground one after the other.

Next to the parallel bars on the side of the playground, Zhang Haiyang whispered: "Is there a leak?" The instructor seems to have pointed something. ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "If you really leak the news, you are also full of hoarding this kid, I'm afraid that this kid can't withstand the instructor's deception." ”

Zhang Haiyang was a little worried: "Instead of letting him get the two of us out, let's turn ourselves in, isn't it just a chicken anyway?" At most, he was criticized and lost money. ”

Zhong Yuemin disagreed: "If the instructor doesn't know who it is at all, but it's just a fraud, don't we get ourselves out?" If you want me to say, love is what you want, as long as you don't open your mouth, we won't admit it to death. ”

"What if Man Hoard admits it?"

Zhong Yuemin said coldly: "Then we can't spare him." ”

After Dong Ming finished speaking, he returned to the company headquarters and opened the newspaper, and the company commander Liu Yonghua disassembled the pistol and wiped it carefully, they were waiting for the perpetrators to take the initiative to surrender, and Dong Ming was even thinking about how to take them lightly.

Half an hour passed, Dong Ming browsed several pages of the newspaper, and the company commander Liu Yonghua's pistol was also polished and put into the holster, and the person who surrendered did not come, which greatly surprised Dong Ming's expectations. He looked at his watch, suddenly slapped the newspaper on the table, and scolded angrily: "Damn, no one has come to admit it? We've been waiting for half an hour, it's too unusual. ”

Liu Yonghua roared: "Communicator." ”

The company correspondent walked in.

Company commander Liu Yonghua ordered: "You go to the fifth class to see, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang have slept." ”

The correspondent came back in less than 3 minutes: "Report, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang have fallen asleep, and Zhong Yuemin is still snoring." ”

Dong Ming and Liu Yonghua were suddenly furious, these two bastards were so angry, they waited for half an hour in vain, who knew that they fell asleep early, people only let you talk as a fart, and they don't care at all.

Liu Yonghua ordered the correspondent: "You go and call Wu Manchu from the fifth class." ”

Dong Ming said: "Don't be so angry first, when he comes, I'll ask first, this is an honest man, don't scare him." ”

After a while, Man Ho walked in timidly: "Instructor, company commander, are you looking for me?" ”

Dong Ming said in a calm tone: "Well, you can sit down." ”

Man Ho nodded and refused to sit: "Instructor, you sit, I just stand." ”

Dong Ming said: "Full hoard, since you arrived in the first company, you have been performing well, and I have praised you a lot at the company commander's meeting." ”

Man Hoard replied hurriedly: "I know that you and the company commander are cultivating me, I know it in my heart, and I know it." ”

Dong Ming really couldn't bear to scare him, so he simply made his words clear: "Okay, I won't go around in circles with you anymore, just say it directly, do you know who did the chicken that Deputy Director Yu's family lost?" ”

Manchu's face immediately turned pale: "This ...... Instructor, I don't know. ”

Dong Ming enlightened with a pleasant face: "Man Ho, you are an honest man, we don't want to deceive you or scare you, we just want you to tell the truth, I promise you, as long as you tell the truth, the company commander and I will never embarrass you." ”

Man Hoard held on and said, "Instructor, I really don't know. ”

The company commander was on fire, slapped on the table, the water tank on the table was shaken and jumped, Man Hoi was so frightened that he looked at the instructor and the company commander in panic.

The company commander said angrily: "Wow, you honest man has learned to lie too, haven't you?" I ask you, what do you do with seasoning in the cooking class? ”

"This ......"

Company commander Liu Yonghua showed his trump card, which was the most lethal for Man Ho, and he coldly spit out a sentence: "You don't have to say this, I only ask you one word, you listen to me, do you still want to do it in the army?" ”

Man Ho cried all of a sudden: "Company commander, instructor, I said, I said, please, don't let me leave the army......"

The decision on the handling of Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang was quickly approved, and each of them was given a warning. When instructor Dong Ming stood in front of the queue to read out the handling decision, Zhong Yuemin, who was standing in the queue, had no expression on his face. Zhang Haiyang squinted at Wu Manchu viciously.

Wu Manchu secretly glanced at Zhong Yuemin, his face full of panic.

After the queue was disbanded, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang came to the parallel bars on the side of the playground one after another, Zhang Haiyang gritted his teeth and scolded: "Damn, just because of the hoarding, each of us will have a warning punishment, this bastard, I have to clean him up." ”

Zhong Yuemin smoked a cigarette casually: "Isn't it just a warning, what's the big deal?" You're taking it too seriously. ”

Zhang Haiyang was still angry: "I'm angry, this is called playing with eagles all my life, and the eagle pecked at the eyes, we are so good, how did we get planted in the hands of a soil bun?" This can't just be the end of it. ”

Wu Manchu came here timidly, and he really wanted to explain it to the two brothers.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang stared at him fiercely and didn't say a word.

Man Ho stopped hesitantly: "Brother...... Brother, listen to me......"

Zhong Yuemin said with a pleasant face: "Man Ho, don't say it, you are right, we should really thank you, if it weren't for you, we would have slipped farther and farther on the wrong road, and you would have to help us more in the future." ”

Zhang Haiyang clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and took a step forward.

Man Ho was so frightened that he took a step back, Zhong Yuemin pressed Zhang Haiyang's shoulder and asked Man Ho, "Are you okay?" ”

Man Ho was speechless and walked away silently.

Zhong Yuemin stared at Manchu's back and suddenly smiled: "Ocean, what is the training subject for next week?" ”

"Sanda, the most tiring subject."

Zhong Yuemin smiled coldly and said, "How about getting together with Manchu when you are practicing in sanda?" ”

Zhang Haiyang slapped the back of his head and shouted in surprise: "Good idea, this kid looks like a bear, I can clean him up with one punch." Yuemin, you're yin enough. ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled faintly: "Dude, how can you say that, this is training, don't your superiors often say, sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime, if you also bleed a little in peacetime, wouldn't it be more beneficial to training?" ”

Hand-to-hand combat training is the main training subject of the reconnaissance unit, and a recruit begins to enter sanda training after being trained in such routines as capturing and grappling with the enemy. The veteran scouts who have served for more than two years think that the capture and grappling fists are some pediatric things, and that set of actions is dazzling and can scare the layman into a daze, but in fact, the actual combat effect is not very good. And the real kung fu is in sanda, which is like a martial arts character fighting in the ring, seeing kung fu on his fists and feet, and if his skills are not as good as others, he has to be knocked out of the ring.

The roar on the training ground shook the sky and the dust was flying. The scouts were all doing one-on-one sanda drills, and the fighters were moving and flashing, and they were in a mess.

Zhang Haiyang and Man Ho stood face to face and prepared to practice, Man Ho looked at Zhang Haiyang at a loss, he already felt a kind of fear.

Zhang Haiyang said very sincerely: "Comrade Wu Manchu, my military technology is still far behind yours, you have to help me well." ”

These insincere words were obviously for others, and Man Ho seemed to feel that something was wrong, and he looked around hesitantly.

Zhong Yuemin was practicing with a fighter on the side, and he threw the sparring fighter out with a slung movement, and then turned around, staring at the hoard with his hands on his waist.

His gaze met the eyes full of pleading, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhong Yuemin's mouth......

Zhang Haiyang half-squatted down to make a fighting posture, and raised his fists to make a protective posture. Zhang Haiyang suddenly flew up and kicked at Man Ho's abdomen, Man Ho hurriedly dodged, who knew that Zhang Haiyang used a false move, he slammed his legs, his left arm shot like lightning, and a beautiful left hook hit Man Ho's nose, with a muffled sound, Man Ho fell on his back...... Zhong Yuemin, who was watching from the side, was stunned, and hurriedly rushed over to help Man Ho's head, and the blood spurting out of Man Ho's nose splashed Zhong Yuemin's face.

Zhong Yuemin yelled at Zhang Haiyang: "Quick, help me, send me to the hospital quickly." ”

Zhong Yuemin rushed out of the training ground with a full hoard on his back.

In the hospital's emergency room, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang stood aside, watching several medical staff hustle around the injured man.

Company commander Liu Yonghua and instructor Dong Ming hurried over.

Liu Yonghua glared at the two fiercely, turned his head and asked the doctor, "Doctor, is his injury serious?" ”

A middle-aged doctor said: "Nasal bone fracture, if the force of the blow is greater, it is dangerous, the broken bone can easily hurt the motor nerve, but now it is not a big problem." ”

Dong Ming looked at Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang.

Zhang Haiyang whispered: "Instructor, I blame me for this matter, I missed it, and I ask for punishment." ”

Dong Ming said in his words: "Why are you two again?" What a coincidence. ”

Liu Yonghua also stared at Zhang Haiyang and said, "Punishment, who is the punishment?" It stands to reason that I should be praised for practicing military skills so hard, but ...... Isn't there something else going on here? ”

Zhong Yuemin looked very aggrieved: "Company commander, if you want to say that, we will be wronged, it is common for us to miss in practice, if we investigate the reason, we will not be able to practice in the future." ”

Man Ho propped himself up from the hospital bed and testified: "Company commander, instructor, Zhang Haiyang did miss his hand, he also shouted when he punched, ask me to pay attention, my movements were slower, and I didn't dodge." ”

Dong Ming waved his hand: "I'll talk about this later, you guys go back first, don't participate in training recently, heal your injuries first." ”

In the evening, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang sat by the parallel bars in the playground with a depressed expression, and the two smoked cigarettes silently, neither of them spoke.

Zhang Haiyang took a long breath: "Yuemin, am I going too far?" I ...... in my heart It's awkward. ”

Zhong Yuemin also sighed: "Ocean, don't blame yourself, blame me for this matter, I came up with the idea." Alas, this is a bit too much. ”

Zhang Haiyang's voice trembled a little: "If you think about it carefully, this person is still very good, I really shouldn't be a black hand." ”

The two men were silent again.

In the evening of the next day, the soldiers of the first company returned from the training ground covered in mud and exhausted, and Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang finally entered the courtyard of the camp.

As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they suddenly froze, as if they were greatly shocked......

They saw Wu Manchu, whose face was wrapped in gauze, drying his wet military uniforms on a rope......

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang recognized it, this was the military uniform they changed into yesterday, and their eyes were filled with tears for a moment......

That night, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, and Wu Manchu sat on the playground together, and they reconciled before the lights out horn sounded.

Man Ho came to the playground at the appointment, he cried when he saw Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, he felt sorry for the brothers, as soon as the company commander slapped the table, he sold the two brothers, it was really shameless.

When he cried, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang's noses were also sour.

Zhang Haiyang grabbed Manho's hand and said ashamedly: "Manho, I'm sorry for you, I made a black hand that day, you ...... Don't hate me, I'm boring. ”

Zhong Yuemin also whispered: "Man Hoard, it was my idea, I apologize to you, can you forgive my brother?" ”

Man Ho covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly: "I'm sorry for the brothers, the company commander said that if I don't tell the truth, I will be discharged from the army and return to my hometown." Brother, I can't go back. You haven't tasted the taste of poverty, I've grown so big, I haven't even dared to eat stick noodles, I have 6 younger brothers and sisters below, for me to be a soldier, my father has worked for the branch scrivener for 3 years, chopping wood, carrying water, cooking pig food, 3 years, I don't dare to delay a day. The branch secretary still has a conscience, and went to the Armed Forces Department of the Commune to ask for a place for me, and on the day I got the enlistment notice, my father knelt in the branch academy and knocked his head bleeding......"

Zhong Yuemin hugged Man Ho sadly: "Man Ho, don't talk about it...... Why didn't you say these things earlier......"

"When I arrived in the army, I felt like I had entered heaven, with clothes to wear and food to eat. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm really scared of eating wild vegetables, so I count on doing a good job in the army, mixing an official and a half-job, and my father and mother and younger siblings also have a hope in the future. I have no disciple or culture, but I have the strength and ability to work, isn't Lei Feng just doing it...... Brother, I can't forget the day I left the village, the whole village saw me off at the entrance of the village, I walked a trip and turned around and kowtowed 3 heads, and then walked another trip and kowtowed......"

Man Hoard was crying so much that he couldn't go on.

Zhang Haiyang couldn't help crying.

Zhong Yuemin didn't cry, but for the first time in his life, he felt that he had done something wrong, and he also learned to repent for the first time.

At the beginning of 1969, the Sino-Soviet border war broke out in the Zhenbaodao area on the northeast border, and the eyes of the whole world turned to this small island of only 0.74 square kilometers located in Hulin County, Heilongjiang Province, on the Chinese side of the center line of the main channel of the Ussuri River. The armies of the two once-close socialist countries fought a limited border war in this region, and the soldiers of both sides showed a high degree of patriotism and a decisive attitude of death without fear of sacrifice. Despite the huge disparity in equipment between the armies of the two sides, the Soviet soldiers were really taken aback by the Chinese soldiers' desperate combat posture. After the war, a Soviet major who had participated in the battle of Zhenbao Island said in horror that he had seen a Chinese bazooka player actually fire at a distance of seven or eight meters from the Soviet tank. In China's army, which has a total strength of more than 5 million, even 1/10 of this kind of unfathomable soldier is a terrible number.

Although this limited border war has ended temporarily, on the long border between the two countries, the Soviet Army's 55 motorized infantry divisions, 12 campaign rocket divisions, 10 tank divisions, and 4 air force corps, with a total strength of 1 million, are eyeing the border with their troops, and the shadow of war looms over the national border.

In 1969, China had been reduced to a sprawling barracks, and military spending had soared by 38 percent that year, and China had no choice but to move into a wartime economy. The Chinese army, with a total strength of 5 million, has completely entered a state of imminent war. All servicemen on active duty have been canceled on leave, the first and second chiefs of units at all levels have entered the combat duty room, and ammunition has been delivered according to the prepared base. The Strategic Missile Forces entered into reciprocal preparations with the Soviet troops in accordance with the order, and all ground guidance stations established to control the direction of missile flight were also opened.

In the past year, almost all branches of the armed forces have launched combat readiness construction, and 60 percent of the troops have become "engineering troops." The reason is very simple, the professional engineering units are really too busy, because each unit needs to have its own air defense shelters and assembly fortifications, and the tunnel tactics that played a huge role in the Battle of Shangganling in Korea are still fresh in the memory of the Chinese soldiers, so digging tunnels has become the main work of the Chinese soldiers this year.

A tunnel under construction leads deep into the mountain, with railroad tracks in the center. Some soldiers in hard hats pushed dump trucks full of rubble from deep in the tunnel, and truckloads of rubble were dumped into the valley. This is a combat readiness construction site of a certain field army, and Yuan Jun's tank regiment is working here.

On the excavation face in the tunnel, Yuan Jun was wearing a hard hat and covered in mud and water, and was holding a pickaxe to retreat from the excavation face, and behind him was a row of well-laid cannon holes, and two soldiers were stuffing a barrel of explosives into it, and were installing detonators and wires...... The safety officer blew the whistle, and the fighters ran out of the depths of the pit and retreated to safety.

Yuan Jun and a few soldiers who had just withdrawn from the tunnel sat near the mouth of the tunnel to rest, he took out cigarettes and distributed them to everyone, and complained while lighting cigarettes: "Damn, aren't we tank soldiers, how can we change engineering troops?" It's been almost 3 months to compete with this broken tunnel, right? ”

Wang Daming, who was in the same platoon as him, said: "It's early, it won't be finished in another three months, I heard that this is the fortification of our regiment, once the battle starts, the whole regiment can even withdraw with men and equipment." ”

A Henan soldier named Wang Baocheng said: "Do you think our regiment will dig a tunnel? Tell you, the whole army is digging tunnels, this is called 'digging deep holes, accumulating grain', my brother is a soldier in the northeast, and he wrote that they are also digging tunnels. ”

Yuan Jun said: "Let's change the way of the whole army, don't call it the People's Liberation Army, call it the engineering army." ”

Squad leader Duan Tiezhu said, "Yuan Jun, are you here again?" If you don't say a few strange words, you feel uncomfortable, don't you? ”

"I said squad leader, why do you keep looking for me? If you keep looking at me unpleasantly, let the instructor transfer me to a class. ”

Instructor Wu Yunguo just walked over: "Yuan Jun, where are you going to transfer?" ”

"Instructor, you better change places for me, our squad leader looks at me horizontally and vertically."

Duan Tiezhu glared: "Yuan Jun, you don't have nothing to do, how can I see that you are not pleasing to the eye?" ”

Wu Yunguo asked, "Yuan Jun, where do you think it is more suitable for you to transfer?" Tell me about it. ”

"Why don't you let me raise pigs, why are the pigs we raised getting thinner and thinner? Last time I ran a pig, good guy, 1.5 meters high circle wall, that pig jumped past, absolutely agile, but is that called a pig? It's pretty much the same to be called a weasel. You're going to let me raise the pigs, and I'll promise to raise them like elephants within two months. ”

Wu Yunguo smiled: "Let me ask you, what is your purpose in asking for pigs so resolutely?" ”

"Look at what you say, what purpose can I have? I've always loved animals since I was a child, and I think pigs are also a cute animal. ”

Wu Yunguo smiled and said: "Hey, we even have an animal lover, it is said that people who like animals are generally quite kind, do you mean that you think you are very kind?" ”

"Instructor, you still know me."

"Of course I know you, you think the pig raising is a good job, you don't need to dig a tunnel, you don't even have to participate in the morning exercise, don't you? Yuan Jun, I know your fancy intestines too well, I think you should honestly dig the tunnel. ”

As he spoke, a continuous explosion could be heard from the depths of the tunnel, and the soldiers were silently counting the number of explosions.

The explosions stopped. Yuan Jun stood up: "It's broken, there are two cannon holes that don't go off." ”

Duan Tiezhu put on his helmet and said, "You are all waiting here, I'll go in and eliminate the squibs." ”

Yuan Jun stopped the squad leader: "I was also present when the explosives were installed, I understand the situation, and I should go." ”

Duan Tiezhu said: "Listen to yours or listen to me?" You dodge. ”

Yuan Jun stubbornly blocked him and said: "It's not a question of who is the big official and the little is small, whoever understands the situation will go." ”

Duan Tiezhu glared again: "Yuan Jun, are you still doing the opposite, dare to disobey orders?" You get out of the way for me......"

"I said squad leader, let me go, anyway, you don't like me, in case you up, don't you have to worry about it? Besides, if I become a martyr, if our class is not in trouble, we can get the title of 'Yuan Jun Class'. As the squad leader of the 'Yuan Jun Class', you have something to do this time, such as going to various parts of the country to give a report and talk about how you cultivated a hero. At that time, there will definitely be many young women who will offer you flowers and confess their love to you, so you can pick and choose......"

Duan Tiezhu couldn't cry or laugh, Yuan Jun's mean words were enough damage, he told such a serious and life-and-death matter as a joke, and he couldn't forget to make the squad leader happy. But...... Yuan Jun, this kid is still very courageous at the critical moment, maybe he underestimated him before, Duan Tiezhu said fiercely: "Yuan Jun, you kid wait, I will settle accounts with you at the class meeting tonight......"

Instructor Wu Yunguo stood up: "Second squad leader, I think I can let Yuan Jun go, he was present when he was charging, and he is familiar with the situation." Another point, this is very important, Yuan Jun's performance just now made me change my consistent view of him, he can show a heroic and fearless spirit at a critical moment, he is a man, worthy of the respect of each and every one of us. ”

All the officers and soldiers present were silent and solemn.

Duan Tiezhu gently hugged Yuan Jun, and he moved emotionally: "Good brother, be careful, don't take it to heart when you stumble in the past." ”

The comrades-in-arms hugged each other, hugged Yuan Jun one by one, and repeatedly told Yuan Jun to say goodbye to his comrades-in-arms one by one and walked into the tunnel step by step......

The instructors looked nervously at their watches, and the fighters stared intently at the mouth of the tunnel.

Suddenly, a dull explosion was heard from the depths of the tunnel, and a puff of smoke and dust poured out of the mouth of the tunnel.

Duan Tiezhu, the second squad leader, shouted heartbreakingly: "Yuan Jun......" He led the soldiers into the pit with thick smoke.

Zhou Xiaobai had just pushed an inpatient number to the inpatient area that day, and when she pushed the wheelchair back to the main building of the hospital, she saw a Jiefang truck driving into the hospital at high speed, stopping the car in front of the main building, making a screeching sound, and a group of soldiers covered in mud and water rushed to the emergency room with a stretcher.

Zhou Xiaobai saw drops of blood spilled on the stretcher on the corridor......

People working in the hospital are used to this kind of seriously injured person, Zhou Xiaobai didn't care, she pushed the cart back to the internal medicine clinic.

There were several patients in the injection room waiting for Zhou Xiaobai to hang up the bottle, and she couldn't take a breath, so she was busy disinfecting and injecting the patients.

At this time, Luo Yun rushed into the injection room: "Xiaobai, something happened to Yuan Jun!" ”

Zhou Xiaobai was shocked, the syringe in her hand fell to the ground, and she grabbed Luo Yun: "What's wrong?" Say it quickly. ”

Luo Yun's face was pale: "I heard that the squib was eliminated during the construction, and he was seriously injured, and now he is being rescued in the operating room, and Dr. Zhang of the surgery is the chief surgeon." Xiaobai, do you think he will die? ”

Zhou Xiaobai comforted: "Don't worry, Dr. Zhang is the best surgeon in our hospital." ”

"Xiaobai, will he be crippled?"

Zhou Xiaobai was anxious: "Oh, why are you asking these now?" You have to save your life first, why do you think so far? Let's go, let's take a look. ”

Luo Yun and Zhou Xiaobai walked to the door and stopped.

Zhou Xiaobai asked strangely: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Luo Yun hesitated: "No, I can't go, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, if others know about my relationship with Yuan Jun, my joining the party will be over." ”

Zhou Xiaobai stomped his feet angrily: "Luo Yun, when is it, do you still care about these?" If you don't go, I'll go, I'm not afraid of what others say. She slammed the door and left.

Zhou Xiaobai came to the door of the operating room in a hurry, and she saw that the comrades-in-arms in Yuan Jun's company were standing quietly in the corridor, silently looking at the door of the operating room.

The door to the operating room opened, a nurse walked out, and the fighters gathered around to ask questions.

The nurse shouted: "The spare plasma has run out, the wounded have lost too much blood and urgently need a blood transfusion, who is blood type O?" Please follow me. ”

Zhou Xiaobai blurted out: "I am type O blood." ”

Duan Tiezhu, the second squad leader, also raised his hand: "I also have type O blood." ”

The nurse asked aloud, "Just these two?" Anything else? ”

The warriors looked at each other and shook their heads anxiously.

Instructor Wu Yunguo was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Quick, drive back to the regiment and bring all the people with blood type O." ”

A warrior ran as fast as he could.

The nurse said helplessly: "There are too few people, let's save the emergency first." ”

Zhou Xiaobai was lying on the bed in the blood collection room, watching the thick needle pierce his blood veins, and the bright red blood was drawn into the needle tube......

A nurse in the operating room pushed the door in with an anxious face: "Hurry up, the wounded's blood pressure is almost undetectable, ...... Hurry up ......"

Zhou Xiaobai asked, "Xiao Zhang, is this 400 milliliters of blood enough?" ”

"It's far away, we have to find a way, the dean has already sent someone to the local hospital for help, I'm afraid it's too late."

Zhou Xiaobai asked Duan Tiezhu again: "Second squad leader, are you okay?" ”

Duan Tiezhu replied dryly: "No problem, pump me another 400 ml." ”

Zhou Xiaobai stretched out his arm again: "Quick, pump me another 400 ml." ”

Xiao Zhang's eyes widened and said, "Xiaobai, don't you want to die?" Pumping 600 ml of blood at once will be dangerous. ”

"It's okay, smoke it, I can't die."

Duan Tiezhu, the second squad leader, couldn't bear it, and said to Zhou Xiaobai hesitantly: "Otherwise, I will smoke all of them, and I can withstand it if I smoke 800 ml." ”

"Smoke another 800 ml? Do you want to figure it out? With the addition of 200 ml just now, it is 1000 ml, which must be killed. ”

Nurse Xiao Zhang didn't dare to start: "Xiaobai, I can't do this, I have to ask for instructions." ”

Zhou Xiaobai stomped his feet and shouted: "You are fast, the wounded are dying, you want to delay people's lives, quickly smoke ......"

Xiao Zhang made up his mind, gritted his teeth and pierced the needle into Zhou Xiaobai's veins...... Another 400 milliliters of blood were drawn into the blood collection bottle, which gradually filled up.

Zhou Xiaobai felt dizzy, and the surrounding scenery gradually rotated and blurred......

Outside the window, a truck full of fighters stopped in front of the main building, and the fighters who donated blood jumped out of the truck one after another.

Zhou Xiaobai's vision blurred even more......

At this time, far away in the Zhiqing Point of Shichuan Village in northern Shaanxi, Zheng Tong was sitting under a tree reading a book.

There is not much farm work in the village, because there is a habit of relying on the sky for food, and as long as the seeds are planted, the villagers will not care. If there is a lot of rain this year, it will be harvested in autumn, and as for how to increase the yield of crops, the villagers are too lazy to think about it, and they have no money to buy fertilizer, nor can they change the loess slope into watered land, anyway, there is not enough food to eat, and there is still a way to go out to beg for food.

Jiang Biyun came out of the cave, she found Zheng Tong reading, so she greeted: "Zheng Tong, are you still reading "General History of China"?" ”

Zheng Tong raised his head and said: "I have already finished reading "General History of China", and now I am reading "Ming Tongjian", I find that the history of the Ming Dynasty is very interesting, not boring at all. ”

Jiang Biyun said: "I found that since Zhong Yuemin left, you seem to be a different person, and you spend all your spare time studying, I don't understand, when did you start to learn well?" ”

Zheng Tong showed a rare seriousness: "You don't know, I was depressed for a long time after Zhong Yuemin left, this is a sense of loneliness, the longer the loneliness becomes, I have no way to solve it, only to read." Later, I found that I really liked reading, and reading became a necessity of life. ”

"Haven't you thought about going to college in the future?"

"I have thought about it, but it is in vain to think that the current system of recommending workers, peasants, and soldiers to go to university actually pushes out all those who have no way, and those who have a way are often recommended to straw bales. I really don't know who came up with this solution, but it's unique in the world. ”

Jiang Biyun encouraged: "I think we still have to think of a way, opportunities will not fall from the sky, we all need to give it a try." ”

"You want to go to college too?"

"Who wouldn't? I'm afraid this is also our only chance, otherwise we will have to stay here forever in this life. Zheng Tong, from today onwards, let's study together, okay? ”

Zheng Tong refused: "No, I won't study with you." ”

Jiang Biyun was surprised: "Why? ”

Zheng Tong laughed evilly: "I'm afraid of being tempted, you are always dangling in front of my eyes, I will inevitably be distracted, and when the time comes, my studies will be delayed, and I will make mistakes." ”

Jiang Biyun said with a smile: "Look, your rogue nature has been revealed again, and it has only been a few days since you learned it, and you have committed the old problem again." ”

"Shall I make a suggestion, then?"

"Tell me about it first."

Zheng Tong came to the spirit, he closed the book, moved the bench and approached Jiang Biyun and said: "It's too monotonous to just study together, let's have an all-round partner, and even live together, how about it?" ”

"You mean study together, eat together, and more?"

"This is too superficial, our cooperation can be deeper and more extensive, life seems to be more than just learning and eating, right?"

Jiang Biyun said quietly: "You don't need to inspire my intelligence anymore, just say it clearly, what more specific cooperation is there?" ”

"Isn't there still an abandoned broken cave in the east of the village? Let's clean it up, you and I move in, and experience the life of male farmers and female weavers? ”

Jiang Biyun said with a pleasant face: "You have been around for a long time, and you finally said what was in your heart, this idea is quite good, and it is strange and warm to look forward to." Zheng Tong, you are an imaginative fellow, and even a little poet-romantic, would you like to hear my opinion on this suggestion? You come, I tell you. ”

Zheng Tong leaned his head over, Jiang Biyun slapped Zheng Tong in the face, and turned to leave.

Zheng Tong covered his face and was stunned.

Yuan Jun, who was in a coma, was lying on the bed in the intensive care unit covered in bandages. Luo Yun and Zhou Xiaobai sat on the side and looked at Yuan Jun, Zhou Xiaobai's face was pale and he looked very weak.

Luo Yun whispered: "Doctor Zhang said that Yuan Jun's life was saved, but whether he would be crippled or not depends on his recovery. ”

Zhou Xiaobai's voice was very weak: "Luo Yun, if he is crippled, will you still be good with him?" Are you mentally prepared for this? ”

Luo Yun whispered: "No, you can only take one step at a time." ”

"Then it's time for you to think about it, but whatever happens to you in the future, you should take good care of him while he's recuperating."

Luo Yun looked at Zhou Xiaobai and said hesitantly: "Xiaobai, I just want to discuss with you, my problem of joining the party has just been solved, but there is still a one-year preparatory period, during which there must be no problems, otherwise there will be trouble when I become a regular." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I can't let others know about my relationship with Yuan Jun, can you help me?"

Zhou Xiaobai asked in surprise: "You mean to let me take care of him instead of you, and you have to pretend to be an ordinary friend?" ”

Luo Yun's face flushed: "I can't come over often, otherwise others will suspect it." ”

"But if I come forward to take care of him, others will also doubt me, have you considered this?"

"Of course I have considered it, but compared with me, you have many advantages, with your father's status in the army, your future is always guaranteed, no matter whether you do well or badly, whether you work hard or don't care about your life, the result is the same anyway, join the party, be promoted, and be sent to college, you don't need to worry about this. My situation is different, everything has to be done on my own, just because my father is only a division-level cadre, and there are many cadres of this level in the army. ”

"Luo Yun, you really have a heart, I have known you for so many years, I only found out this, what can I say about you...... Well, I promise you, I'll always come and take care of him. ”

"Thank you, I know you'll help me."

"However, Yuan Jun will never see you after waking up, what will he think? He needs you more than anything right now. ”

Luo Yun said, "You explain it to him." He'll understand. ”

Zhou Xiaobai stood up: "I can help you, but I don't like your way of dealing with the world, making you sneaky." You, you want to occupy everything, you don't want to give up anything, hum, say what is good for you. ”

"Okay, okay, my eldest lady, you've already agreed, why do you still say this? You are like this, good things have already been done, but they are not good. ”

Zhou Xiaobai suddenly shouted in surprise: "Luo Yun, he's awake." ”

Yuan Jun opened his eyes and was looking at the ceiling, as if wondering what kind of place this was.

Luo Yun touched his face and said, "Yuan Jun, thank God, you finally woke up, you have been in a coma for three days and three nights. ”

Zhou Xiaobai tucked the quilt corner for Yuan Jun and whispered: "Yuan Jun, Luo Yun's application to join the party has just been approved, and now it is the probation period, she is inconvenient to take care of you often, I will take care of you in the future, okay?" ”

Yuan Jun was noncommittal and closed his eyes tiredly.

Chang Gui, the branch secretary, sat cross-legged on the kang, thinking about something with a cigarette pouch in his mouth.

Zheng Tong's voice came from outside: "Is Chang Zhishu at home?" Zheng Tong came in with a bag.

Chang Gui looked very enthusiastic: "Zheng Tong, come, sit on the kang, have you eaten?" ”

"Eat, are you resting?"

Chang Gui asked, "Is there something wrong?" You young people, don't look for me if you have nothing to do. ”

"Chang Zhishu, look at what you said, I'll be fine today, didn't I come to see you too?"

"If you kid has something, just talk about it, don't talk nonsense with me, I don't know you yet, you have a lot of flowers and intestines in the young baby."

Zheng Tong opened the bag, took out two bottles of Erguotou and a big front door cigarette and put them on the kang table, and said nonsense: "This is what I just sent from my home, these two pots are famous wines, there are eight famous wines in China, Xifeng in Shaanxi is counted as one, and Erguotou in Beijing is counted as one, this kind of wine cannot be bought in Beijing, it has to be related, Chang Zhishu, you can taste it." ”

Chang Gui glanced at Zheng Tong, and his heart was opened, since Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong threatened him last time, Chang Gui found that these two boys were bad among these young people, especially Zhong Yuemin, who was so bad that his eyes rolled and bad ideas followed. After Zhong Yuemin left, Chang Gui felt that a stone fell to the ground, and there was only one Zheng Tong left, and he couldn't afford to make big waves. He smoked a dry cigarette and said lukewarmly: "Well, you baby has something to do with me, why don't you give me famous wine for no reason?" You say, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zheng Tong said straight to the point: "Branch secretary, you go straight to the point, I wanted to go around the bend for a while, since you are so happy, then I will also say it clearly, Chang branch secretary, I want to go to college, I hope you can help." ”

Chang Gui didn't react for a while: "What are you doing in college?" ”

"Learn something."

Chang Gui knocked on the cigarette pouch and said: "I see that you have enough knowledge, you haven't come to northern Shaanxi to farm, and the land is not well planted. ”

Zheng Tong was anxious: "Hey, I can't tell you clearly, anyway, I want to go to school, you have to recommend me to the commune." ”

"What do I say to the Commune?"

"Let's just say that after I went to the countryside, I worked hard to accept the re-education of the poor and middle peasants, actively reformed my world outlook, worked actively and willingly, endured hardships and stood hard work, led the villagers to carry out production to help themselves when I ran out of food, did not stretch out my hand to the country, and also set up literacy classes in the village to help the vast number of poor and middle peasants eliminate illiteracy......"

Chang Gui snorted: "You are performing so well, why don't I know, and you are still leading the villagers to engage in production to save themselves?" You've done all the good things, what are I going to do with this book? ”

Zheng Tong enlightened: "Then you add a clause in front, 'under the leadership of the village party branch'." I said branch secretary, this is not a meritorious service award conference, afraid that I will rob you of your merit? It's going to school. ”

Chang Gui muttered: "Anyway, it's a good thing, why don't you bring wine to me?" ”

"Ouch, why don't you understand? Let me tell you this, I will go to school, it will not cause any harm to you and the village, on the contrary, it will be beneficial, you just need to recommend me to the commune. ”

"I have to think about this, you kid has too many flowers, 36 hearts, 72 reels, I'm afraid you're going to go around and around to get me in."

Zheng Tong patiently helped Chang Gui analyze: "You still can't understand such a simple thing?" Let's settle the accounts, isn't there more people in our village and less land, there were originally 417 people, plus our 10 educated youths, it became 427 people, Zhong Yuemin is gone, and now it is 426 people, right? But has the grain production increased? No. That is to say, the rations of the original 417 people are now eaten by 426 people, so as soon as you calculate, the problem arises, which is equivalent to our educated youth robbing you of your rations, you can't eat enough, and our conscience is not at ease, what should we do? We have to think about it, and think of kicking out the educated youth, kicking out one by one, so you kick me and Jiang Biyun out of college first, so that you can save hundreds of catties of food every year, and then have a chance, such as recruiting workers or something, you will kick Cao Gang and them out again. In short, you can save hundreds of catties of food for every time you get one, you can always calculate this account, right? ”

Chang Gui lowered his head and thought for a while, then agreed: "This is also true. ”

"Branch secretary, you finally figured it out, so this wine ......"

"You can put it there, and I'll mention it to you next time I go to a meeting in the club."

"Thank you, Chang Zhishu."

Yuan Jun was lying on the bed in the intensive care unit, covered in bandages, and the nurse was feeding him with a spoon.

Zhou Xiaobai came in with some fruits and food, and she said to Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, you rest for a while, I'll feed him." ”

Xiao said: "Xiaobai, let's come, Director Zhang of the Political Department asked me yesterday, what is the relationship between Zhou Xiaobai and this wounded?" ”

"He likes to ask or not, I'm not afraid, you give me the spoon." Zhou Xiaobai took the spoon and continued to feed Yuan Jun.

Yuan Jun whispered apologetically: "Xiaobai, don't come, this is enough to trouble you, and it will be even worse if you cause any misunderstanding." ”

Zhou Xiaobai said angrily: "Yuan Jun, you shut up for me, I'll feed you and eat, don't bother me." ”

Yuan Jun's temper also came up: "You still annoy me, who asked you to come, did I invite you?" ”

Zhou Xiaobai said loudly: "You're still annoyed, I'm being amorous, isn't it, I'm in a hurry to wait for you?" Without...... Forget it, don't talk about it, you open my mouth. ”

Yuan Jun closed his eyes and refused to eat.

Zhou Xiaobai said angrily: "Yuan Jun, are you still energetic, are you still eating?" If you dare not eat, I will put the bowl in your face. ”

Yuan Jun said to the nurse: "Less, please go out for a while, I have something to say to Zhou Xiaobai, I'm sorry." ”

Less than nodded and walked out the door.

Yuan Jun sighed and said, "Xiaobai, do you have to change your temper?" No wonder Zhong Yuemin ......"

Zhou Xiaobai immediately jumped up: "What's wrong with Zhong Yuemin?" Don't mention him, don't ask me to scold you. ”

Yuan Jun smiled bitterly: "If you are upset, if you want to scold me, you can scold me, as long as you can feel better." ”

Zhou Xiaobai was silent.

Yuan Jun said: "Actually, I know that you are not coming for me, you are angry with Zhong Yuemin, right?" Why are you doing this? You haven't been together for long, you don't have any commitments to each other, it's gone, don't think about it anymore. ”

Zhou Xiaobai whispered: "I'm sorry, Yuan Jun, I shouldn't be angry with you, I apologize to you, you don't know, I am very ...... in my heart Sad......" Zhou Xiaobai cried bitterly, "I tried, I wanted to forget him completely, but I couldn't do it." ”

Yuan Jun looked at her sympathetically: "This is not like your personality, in my eyes you are an arrogant person, you have to grit your teeth and cheer up." ”

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head with tears in his eyes and said, "Yuan Jun, you are Zhong Yuemin's friend, you know him, you say, is our relationship really over?" ”

Yuan Jun sighed deeply and did not speak.

Director Chen of the Political Department of the hospital was sitting at his desk flipping through the documents, and Luo Yun walked in and saluted: "Director Chen, are you looking for me?" ”

Director Chen took off his glasses and said, "Oh, Xiao Luo, you can sit." ”

Luo Yun sat down in a proper manner.

Director Chen said: "Xiao Luo, you have done a good job, you are the first to join the party, you are very promising." ”

"Director Chen, I am grateful to the organization for cultivating me, as well as for your help and education for me."

"The main thing is that you perform well, and the organization is always clear about everyone's performance, and it will never bury your achievements. By the way, Deputy Political Commissar Shao in the army is your father's old comrade-in-arms, right? ”

Luo Yun lowered his head and said, "Yes, Deputy Political Commissar Shao and my father worked in the same regiment, and that was when I was fighting in Jinzhou, and I was not born at that time." ”

Director Chen said: "Deputy Political Commissar Shao greeted me and asked me to care more about you and cultivate you politically. Deputy Political Commissar Shao is my old superior, and I do everything he explains, but the problem is that there are too many children of our hospital cadres, and we still need to be cautious about some things, so as not to gossip about others. ”

"Don't worry, I know that."

Director Chen was very embarrassed and said: "This year, there is only one place for our hospital to escort workers, peasants and soldiers, and the competition is very fierce, the army, the military region, and even the Beijing headquarters have greeted them, there are no outsiders here, let me tell you clearly, Zhou Xiaobai from the Department of Internal Medicine is your main competitor." ”

"But...... Zhou Xiaobai's problem of joining the party has not been resolved, if I recommend it based on performance, I should be more qualified than her. ”

"But do you know her father's position in the military? Not to mention the head of our army, even the current head of the military region, there are several subordinates who have been her father. ”

Luo Yun stood up nervously: "Director Chen, this opportunity to go to college is very important to me, Zhou Xiaobai will have opportunities in the future, but I only have this time." I heard that Deputy Political Commissar Shao is about to leave, and I won't have any chance as soon as he leaves, so please help me. ”

Director Chen said: "Recently, some people reported that Zhou Xiaobai had a special relationship with a hospitalized wounded, do you know about this? ”

"I ...... I know, it was Yuan Jun of the tank regiment, and they had a good relationship before they joined the army. ”

"Are they in a relationship?"

"I don't know about this, anyway, I know that Zhou Xiaobai goes to take care of Yuan Jun every day."

Director Chen said dissatisfiedly: "This is a problem, the seriously injured have special care, why is it necessary for her to go every day, this is probably not an ordinary relationship, right?" ”

Luo Yun whispered, "Director Chen, I don't know about her. ”

Director Chen said: "Soldiers are not allowed to fall in love during their service, this is a clear regulation of the army, Zhou Xiaobai, as the child of a leading cadre, should set an example, and not engage in specialization, I still have to investigate her problem." ”

Luo Yun said, "Director Chen, can I go?" ”

"Okay, do it well, Xiao Luo, you are very hopeful, you should be cautious during this time, but don't have any problems."

"Yes, Director Chen, I remember."