Chapter 6 chapter Five
Xu Sanduo has been walking on the road for a long time. The road is long and the grassland has no boundaries. There are only tracks of wheels and no passing cars.It looks like he might not even reach for a car.Today's mood lost its usual.
Finally there was the sound of an engine, but it was an armored vehicle, and Xu Sanduo tactfully gave way to the entire road.
After driving a few meters, the car stopped again.An officer got out of the car and waved to this side: "Young man!"
It wasn't a salute or a question, Xu Sanduo looked left and right in surprise, there was nothing but a few startled grasshoppers, they were waving to him.Xu Sanduo straightened up quickly: "Report!"
The officer asked, "Where are you going?"
Xu Sanduo subconsciously touched the pocket with his ID card: "I am in the third and fifth shifts, and my task is to guard the maintenance station. My name is Xu Sanduo."
The officer patted the car body lightly, but Xu Sanduo didn't understand.
The officer became a little impatient: "Why don't you get in the car yet? Do you want to walk back?"
Xu Sanduo hesitated for a moment, he really thought so: "Report, I know the way."
The officer was amused: "Do you know the way? I am an officer for you. I am still looking for a calibration point with a GPS."
He patted the car body again, Xu Sanduo hesitated, climbed into the car clumsily, and then didn't know where to put himself, the officer smiled: "Look at the scenery. It's very beautiful to see the grassland from the car at this time."
The horizon moves with the speed of the car, shining brightly under the setting sun, which easily infected Xu Sanduo.The officer didn't look at where he was looking, but paid more attention to the face in front of him full of curiosity, amazement and longing.
Officer: "I really convinced you that you actually wanted to walk back on two legs. I also convinced you that you can stay in this place, and I also convinced you that it is impossible to let this car go to a place where there are no people. Scrap iron—it can be added with oil. Whether it is public or private, it is reasonable and reasonable, and I accept it.”
Then he stopped talking, lit a cigarette, looked at the horizon on the other side, and thought about his own thoughts.
Xu Sanduo looked at the back and turned to look at his side. He also had too many things on his mind.
At this time, in the dormitory of Class 5, Li Meng was muttering aloud, more clouded than ever, what a pack of playing cards in his hand.Xue Lin yelled: "You are finished, you are finished, soldier of the People's Liberation Army, you have started fortune-telling."
Li Meng closed his eyes and said slowly: "Li Meng will always be a staunch atheist. He doesn't count his fate. After seeing the majesty of the regular army, can a country boy like Xu Sanduo still concentrate on paving his ghost road? .”
The old horse was not happy: "Li Meng, you have to speak clearly, aren't we a regular army?"
Li Meng didn't even raise his eyelids: "Yes, of course, I belong to the part of the regular army that has a lot but not a lot. Our main way out is to recognize this situation, don't do things that shouldn't be done, and think about it." Don't even think about it, that's how an atheist lives in realism."
"According to what you said, don't yell about your giant novel in the future." The old horse couldn't help but stab Li Meng, "Also save some manuscript paper fees, don't keep chasing us for cigarettes."
Li Meng hurriedly interrupted: "It's a novel. The sky is Lingling, the earth is Lingling, this deck of playing cards tells us that Xu Sanduo's stubbornness is due to his short-sightedness and he sees a path ahead. He has never seen the world, but now he has seen it. Dian Dian, that heart is about to fly across the swing in a mess of red, and slap the egg yolk twice..."
The old horse was getting bored, and when he turned around, he saw Xu Sanduo appeared at the door, his head drooping a little: "I saw my comrades in arms, bought flowers, and came back."
"Why didn't you play for a while? Come back so late, what if you don't have a ride?"
Xu Sanduo answered irrelevantly: "I've read it all, and I'm back."
He found Maza to sit down a little depressed. Compared with what he saw today, the surroundings looked very shabby.
The old horse looked at him blankly, and the old Wei and Xue Lin also looked at him. Something died in his heart, and it didn't feel good.Li Meng happily stabbed Xue Lin, Xue Lin glared at him: "Don't bother me."
So Li Meng went to Xu Sanduo: "What did you see, Xu Sanduo?"
Xu Sanduo seemed to be still in a dream: "Tanks and armored vehicles, cannons and missiles... It's great to see them all."
"What about us?"
"It can't be compared. I have thought about it, and it is very meaningful."
He also seemed to have just figured it out, and stood up too decisively: "Squad leader, I'll go and see our road."
Those people were stunned for a moment.Li Meng's poker cards fell to the ground one by one: "You...still building roads?"
Xu Sanduo: "I can't fix it today, I'll see where the flowers grow before it gets dark."
The old horse shouted anxiously: "Wait, Xu Sanduo, just wait."
Xu Sanduo stood obediently.What should have been said a long time ago will become harder to say if it is not said.
The old horse said hesitantly: "It's like this, Xu Sanduo... About that road, your road, no, our road, can you first..."
Xu Sanduo suddenly remembered something: "By the way, monitor, I almost forgot to give it to you."
So Lao Ma was interrupted, and Xu Sanduo put a square paper bag on his desk: "Book, a book about bridge."
The old horse was surprised and delighted: "Ah yo ho! Why did you buy me something back? How embarrassing! How much I will give you."
Xu Sanduo was so honest that people couldn't get off the stage: "This book is 10% off. I want to give the money. The boss hasn't taken it yet. He said the soldiers took it away. Who wants it? Most of the bridge players in this place are crazy."
"Ah? Oh? That's good, that's good." The old horse was a little dazed, "You should be busy."
When Xu Sanduo went out, the old horse took out the book that the insane read and flipped through a few pages. It was a fake, he knew that those people were looking at him with weird expressions, and the old horse suddenly got an unknown fire: "Your heart is like Mingjing. It seems that I didn't buy something for him... You have to let me speak!... Don't think that you are justified because you have a lot of people!"
Li Meng made a silent grimace.
That road was still stretching unnoticed, and when the fifth class assembled, they had to be at the extreme end of the road to see the end of the road.Class 5 is different from the past today, that is to say, they actually formed a queue when they assembled.
The old horse was actually a little bit official to the four people under his command today: "Today is a routine, five kilometers off-road."
Three of the four people frowned and looked sad, as if they were dealing with a completely unnecessary matter.
The old horse said fiercely: "I think our fifth class is getting more and more outrageous!" Those who frightened him stood at attention.
"Physical training is also behind! Li Meng, Xue Lin, you are no different from ordinary people when you stand up, sit and walk. I want to increase the intensity of training today, just say you guys, you are so listless, there is one Armed off-road look?"
Those few were indeed none, except for the empty guns, the bags were open, and the armed belts were hanging, all of them were empty.
Xu Sanduo's body was tense and upright, as if he was about to experience a real 24-hour battle day.
The old horse was a little surprised: "Xu Sanduo, what is your backpack always full of?"
Xu Sanduo said happily: "Reporting to the squad leader, it's bricks! This is a trick. When running cross-country, put four bricks in the bag, which is almost the same as the real combat load..."
Li Meng pursed her lips: "Put bricks in the bag to increase the intensity of training, what kind of trick is this?"
The old horse glared at him: "Did you hear that! It's a brick! Look at your backpacks, if you can rummage out a piece of toilet paper, I will accept you!" Xue Lin looked at the old horse, a little in disbelief: "Squad leader, are you okay? ?”
The old horse yelled: "As a soldier, you should cultivate your professional quality at any time. Which document will tell you this? Go! Throw bricks! Four yuan per person!"
The old horse threw his backpack to Xue Lin: "See who dares to cut corners, I am also four dollars."
Judging from the expressions of those people, this is the end.
After running around the hill for more than half a circle, the formation also broke up. Li Meng and the three naturally gathered together, and the old horse fell behind.Xu Sanduo took a big lead and ran with ease and joy.
The old horse finally caught up with those who supported each other: "Still... run... run... can you run? Want...or...give me the gun...the gun."
"Squad...squad leader, it's...five kilometers early."
The old horse looked at Xu Sanduo in front of him: "I still... have to run, give me the gun... the gun."
No matter how heartless those few were, they wouldn't let him carry a gun.
Li Meng was out of breath: "Squad leader, can I...can I remove...remove two bricks?"
The old horse is similar: "Then... that's not acceptable."
"I'm talking about... the class leader, what are you... going to do? You're running... you can't run anymore."
The old horse tried his best to adjust his breathing: "Who... who said that? Looking back, I was running and playing, and found... now, I have broken with you stragglers."
Li Meng really didn't want to move: "Squad...Squad leader, you must have other plans. Tell me what's going on, let's listen."
The old horse said viciously: "Run, run hard, he won't have the energy to build the road."
When the bottom was revealed, the three of them sat down on the ground as if they were paralyzed.
Li Meng almost cried: "Grandpa, my class monitor, do you think that guy can't run? Look, he's still jumping!"
Old Wei: "If I had known about this, my grandson would have run away with you! You even stuffed bricks!"
The old horse looked at Xu Sanduo's back in a daze: "That's right. Is there such a thing as physical strength in this kid?"
Xu Sanduo stopped at a distance, looked back and ran back.
Xue Lin said viciously: "I'll say it this time. I know you're embarrassed to say it, but I'm embarrassed to say it."
The old horse was desperate: "Just say what you say."
Xu Sanduo came back: "Squad leader, how many kilometers have we run?"
Just as Xue Lin was about to start a conversation, his hand suddenly lightened. He saw that the guns had been carried by Xu Sanduo, and the guns of the four of them had already been carried by Xu Sanduo on his shoulders.
Xue Lin was embarrassed to speak, and tried to evade to let others talk about it. Old Wei looked left and right: "Then I'll say, Xu Sanduo...I said monitor, let's go back?"
The old horse suddenly got a big reason: "You can go back! Don't anyone complain to me about this!"
They gasped and nodded.When the fifth class pulled back, the four of them were like goats with their hips split except for the class leader who stood up.Xu Sanduo stopped outside the door: "Squad leader, I'll go and see our way!"
Several people were silent for a while, looking at each other.
On a newly paved road, three pairs of feet were walking cautiously outside the road surface, when suddenly a pair of feet crossed over and kicked hard, sending stone chips flying.
Both Li Meng and Xue Lin looked at Old Wei standing on the road with strange expressions.Old Wei was proud and flustered, he did something he knew he shouldn't but wanted to do.
Li Meng: "What's the use of you kicking it? Road repairs are made to be stepped on, and they wish you could step on them."
Old Wei stomped hard again. In Class 5, he was probably the second to last in terms of intelligence, and Xu Sanduo was the last. "I stepped on it? I can't wait...to dig it!" Old Wei was taken aback by his words, looked at those two, and those two also looked at him.
A flashlight suddenly lit up in the dark dormitory, shining on Li Mengyin's smiling face.That was Li Meng taking a picture of himself. He tried his best to look bad, and the two of them didn't sleep either, so they woke up.
The three of them walked in their own quarters like three thieves. They covered their flashlights with cloth, and then found that this was unnecessary, because the moonlight was so good that night, the black stones on the road were glowing with moonlight, and the white stones were glowing with moonlight. , the copper ore emits a metallic light.
All of a sudden, it was very calm, and calm had never been associated with these impetuous guys, but it suddenly fell on them tonight, and they were stunned for a long time.
The dullest old Wei said the most direct feeling: "It looks good."
Li Meng bit the bullet: "Our wasteland has always been beautiful."
Xue Lin gave them a big hiss, not to express contempt, but to hope that they would be quiet.
So quiet, so I stared blankly again.Beauty is not necessarily hidden in the heart, and no one knows what it will look like when you take it out, but the little miracle in front of you has something to do with those two words.
Xue Lin suddenly saw something: "Damn it, I can't even grow potted flowers in this place. He planted the flowers in the soil and sprouted." Indeed, several flower seedlings have sprouted by the side of the road .
Li Meng watched quietly: "He is a fool for planting flowers, and he is also a fool for paving the road."
Xue Lin: "Well, we are all smart." He didn't refute, but was more sad.
The dullest old Wei said what the few people didn't want to say: "Are you still digging?"
"Dig? Don't dig any flowers." Li Meng really wanted to say something harsh, but suddenly felt that the atmosphere was very gentle, and he couldn't say it.
So Li Meng looked at Xue Lin, Xue Lin looked at Li Meng, and they looked at the pick in their hands.
Old Wei was relatively more attentive. He planned to dig down with a pickaxe, so the two people looked at him, a little nervous and expectant, and more afraid that he would just dig down with a pickaxe. Then he didn't know how to clean up , face problem.
Old Wei suddenly threw away the half-raised pick: "To be honest, what does the three idiots have to do with paving his road? If we can find a river, Xu Mumu will build a bridge and do our shit? It’s already in his name, his name is Xu Sanduo, and he just does some superfluous things.”
He murmured the number: "Seven hundred and forty-four. Seven hundred and forty-four. Seven hundred and forty-four."
After chanting three times to ensure that he would not screw up again, he turned his head and glanced at the little figure on the sentry post: "Seven hundred and forty-four, two steps and one meter, divided by two, you get three hundred, three hundred and five, three hundred Seventy-two... three hundred and seventy-two meters."
He picked up a stone and carved this number on the wall in front of the door, which was the result of his tossing all night.
Three hundred and seventy-two meters.you fool.
No longer dazed, dazed has been forgotten, the old horse just stared blankly at the number.
The sharp whistle sounded suddenly this morning, but most of the people sleeping soundly on the bed had long since lost their consciousness. Just as the autumn wind passed by, Xu Sanduo, who had stood on guard in the middle of the night, got out of bed, put on his clothes and packed his backpack.
Xu Sanduo yelled, "Assemble urgently! Assemble urgently!"
Li Meng closed her eyes: "Don't make trouble."
Then the old horse's voice yelled loudly outside: "Urgent assembly! Fully armed, urgent assembly!"
Li Meng jumped up all of a sudden, he was sleeping naked at all, and ran to the window to look out naked: "What's the matter, class, is there a fight?"
The old horse immediately roared outside the window, not like an old horse: "Emergency assembly! I'm not asking you to watch the sunrise!"
Li Meng turned her head back in shock, and searched for her pants all over the world: "What's wrong with him? He's on fire?"
Xue Lin had no time to look after him, he was fighting with Old Wei for a pair of trousers that he didn't know belonged to. "What else are you talking about? I almost got caught last night!"
Old Wei was startled: "Did something happen?"
He was so frightened that he relaxed, and the pants immediately fell into Xue Lin's hands, and Xue Lin jumped and chased after Li Meng while wearing the pants.
Old Wei was alone in the room, so he had no choice but to continue searching for a pair of pants that definitely existed but couldn't be found.
When Lao Wei finally rushed out, the team outside had already stood up.The old horse put on camouflage early on and bound Zhou Zheng, so he looked like a soldier. "Old Wei, why are you wearing military uniforms?"
Old Wei looked at Xue Lin's trousers resentfully, wishing he could take them off with his eyes: "My training trousers were snatched by Xue Lin."
Xue Lin: "Report, there is a pair of trousers that have not been washed, but I don't know if they belong to me or Lao Wei, maybe they belong to Li Meng."
Li Meng cleverly made an appearance that had nothing to do with me: "Squad leader, why are you so grand? Are we fighting?"
The old horse ignored him, but according to past experience, as long as the fault is repeated, it will definitely become a joke between the army and the people.
"Stand at attention. All of Class 5, at eleven o'clock, hit at full speed! Let's go! - Go!"
The old horse has already rushed out, this is the kind of full-speed sprint without formation, Xu Sanduo followed closely, Li Meng and the three thought they could fart, but they fell far behind.
At this time, the moonlight had not receded at all, and the voices of the five people spread far away on the grassland.
The formation of five people stretched half a kilometer.
The old horse finally stopped on the top of the mountain sweating profusely, desperately trying to calm down his breathing.
Xu Sanduo followed him almost immediately.Li Meng stumbled over and immediately rolled and crawled on the grass and fell to the ground.
The distant sky finally revealed some light, the old horse looked at his watch, looked at the sky, and looked at his group of poor soldiers, "Assemble!"
This was an unformed team at all, Lao Wei supported his waist, Xue Lin leaned on Li Meng, Li Meng ran away with his backpack, dragged a few suspenders carelessly, and pushed Xue Lin to lean on Xu Sanduo.
"Look at each other," the old horse said, "don't laugh, you are each other's mirrors. There are only a few of us in the middle of the world. Seeing me is like seeing yourself. Xu Sanduo, stand aside, you is an exception."
I'm not kidding, those good guys immediately understood this, and subconsciously stood closer to each other, like penguins trying to resist the coming storm.
"Someone asked me just now if I was going to fight? Well, I will answer now, there is a fight, please disarm and return to the fields to save your life, and collect my body as ordinary people in the future. Welcome to my grave! Sentence, because that seems to be your duty in this uniform."
For those who were still wearing military uniforms, these words were too harsh, and Li Meng and Xue Lin's eyes were already sullen.
They didn't dare to attack, because the old horse's expression was out-and-out anger.
The old horse went on to say: "I just want to know, if you are a soldier, you don't do military work, why do you come here to mess around? Do a day's work and do a day's work, okay?"
He waved his hand, but tried his best to calm himself down, then looked at the still hanging crescent moon, and let out a long sigh: "I'm here today, I have something to do. I took a call from the regiment yesterday, and it's 5:30 today , the anti-aircraft regiment missile shooting aircraft, inform us not to hear the explosion and mistake it for the enemy's situation. I just want you guys to take a look, to see colleagues who know what they are doing. I am usually afraid of hurting your face, so I don't care about it today. I think I won’t even care about my own face in the future.”
He looked at those few, and there were anger, surprise, and grievances in those few, but there were also some things that the old horse had never dared to hope for, maybe it was understanding.
So the old horse's tone became more relaxed: "Don't blame me, I see you are in a hurry, just like I see myself in a hurry. I don't want you to be in the army for a few years, your eloquence will improve, your complaints will fly, and your whimsy is a masterpiece. Cynicalism is a characteristic... Speaking of which, he looked at himself very unwillingly--I am a good talker myself, so I will stay with you. I have to observe and study hard today. The missile shooting machine is a very arrogant thing! It is an advanced Technology! It is done by people who know what they are doing! Why do people..."
Before the old horse finished speaking, a black shadow flew by in the distance, a white smoke rose in the distance, and then there was a slight explosion.
The old horse turned around and glanced: "See? The first hit! Accurate is not enough to describe, it is called precise! Have you ever thought about the word "accurate" in your life? I really hope there is, but it is a pot of porridge. Like throwing snot on the wall with eyes closed, muttering something, fuck him, that's it..."
He spoke with concentration and dedication, but everyone watched helplessly as the black shadow was still flying behind the old horse's head.
Xu Sanduo: "Report to the squad leader, it's still flying."
The old horse was a little choked, but when he looked back, he was still flying, but fortunately, there was another white smoke.
The old horse sighed: "Two hits! Two hits are fine! Do you know how big the target drone is? It's not much bigger than Maza, and it's not easy to fire at a distance of more than ten kilometers! Anyway, it's still accurate! It has a sense of purpose! Think about the educational value of this..."
"Report to the squad leader, still flying!" It was Xu Sanduo again.He is still flying, but seeing the squad leader's distraught look, no one can bear to say it.
"I just want to tell you, don't waste your time here, and be a human being with a sense of purpose..." Lao Ma was still talking, and he almost seemed to be groaning after asking Xu Sanduo for repeated blows.
The formation is still maintained, but it has become a little scattered.The old horse sat listlessly on the ground with his back to everyone.The target drone in the distance was still buzzing around, and without the face of the old horse, a white smoke finally flew up, this time it really killed the target drone.
Xu Sanduo: "Report to the squad leader, it's shot down, it's shot down! It's so powerful, it's shot down in three shots!"
The old horse shouted angrily: "Shut up!"
Surprisingly, Lao Ma didn't see any gloating expressions on those three faces.
But the old horse was no longer emotional: "That's it, everyone understands what I want to say?"
Everyone's voices were surprisingly neat: "Understood!"
The old horse smiled bitterly: "If you understand, there will be ghosts. The whole class has them. Turn back and go back to the camp."
So everyone kicked and stepped down the mountain.
After a lot of physical exertion, it is usually a time when a person is exhausted and will relax, and the formation is very scattered.The old horse is half exhausted, and he is already walking with force.Li Meng looked back, and then looked back.
Old Wei leaned over: "Squad leader, I'll help you."
The old horse waved his hand: "No need."
But Xue Lin still stretched out his hand: "Squad leader, let's do another armed cross-country next week?"
The old horse was a little annoyed: "Go away, play the piano to the cow!... Are you gloating? I tell you, I have been looking for two years, and I have run one foot past you!"
Li Meng took the words: "Not really. Squad leader, we all feel... You see, the air in the morning is so good, shouldn't we be bored in the room every day... No, we just think it's good to run."
The old horse still didn't believe it: "You have cheated me again."
Xue Lin shook his head: "We are tired of hurting others. To be honest, I feel sick and want to vomit when I talk about it now. Li Meng, what do you think?"
Li Meng also knows why he only asked him, but his strength is that he can stay out of the matter from the spirit to the body: "In short, if you run, you can refresh yourself, and if you change the way, you will get rid of the turbidity. I have already drawn the card I feel sick and want to vomit, but Paixiang Road is quite frequent, other than that, it’s unbearable..."
Xue Lin: "It's worth it. You can also pave the way."
Li Meng looked up to the sky and haha: "Yes, we can all pave the way."
Old Wei: "Why can't we pave the road?" He asked too seriously, and the two were mocking each other, which made him stunned.
Xue Lin was overjoyed, and clapped hands with Old Wei. Both of them looked at Li Meng, and the quarrel was nothing more than a quarrel. The three of them were indeed bound together a long time ago.Li Meng hesitated and slapped her.
The old horse looked suspicious: "The three of you are definitely hooked up again, look at your fake faces."
Li Meng smirked, and when the smile disappeared, he continued to give advice to everyone as usual: "Let's yell. Shout out everything that's on your mind."
He roared when he looked at those few, and the sound shook the hills, then Xue Lin, then Lao Wei, and then fell silent, everyone looked at Lao Ma - Lao Ma stayed almost expressionless, just like watching them messing around .
Li Meng: "You are so reserved, you make us look like idiots."
The old horse thought about it too, took a breath, and let out a long roar, which was so gut-wrenching, piercing mountains and cracking rocks, its durability and equivalent were the sum of those three.Li Meng and the others were a little silly for a while.
Xue Lin: "The squad leader's worries seem to be the heaviest among us."
The old horse seemed very unwilling to be exposed like this. He was speechless for a while, and glanced at Xu Sanduo: "Xu Sanduo, you come here."
Xu Sanduo shrank back as usual: "Me? I won't."
Lao Ma: "Is there anything wrong with this? Who is not worried? Maybe you are more worried than me."
Xu Sanduo lifted his anus luck, brewing a little: "Yeah."
He didn't yell at all, and several people who were waiting for a yell were almost dodged by him.
Xu Sanduo began to worry about what he did wrong again: "How should I yell?"
Li Meng: "Everyone has worries and regrets. Without this, you are incomplete. You..."
Several people started bickering again.
Old horse: "Stop talking. There is no complete one here, only a few are missing this and that, and there is an extra piece for the one that shouldn't be too much. Let's go, I'm going back."
He turned around and left, so those guys had to stop talking and follow behind.
The poker cards that had not been collected for a long time on the table were finally put away, stacked in stacks.Old Wei was actually making the quilt.
Xue Lin was sweeping the floor, Xu Sanduo couldn't grab the broom, so he had to follow behind with a dustpan.
Li Meng found the beginning of the letter he had written hundreds of times in the bottom paper under the playing cards. He picked it up to look at the hundreds of words, and secretly tore it up.What he meant was not to be seen by others, but Old Wei saw it: "Great writer, stop writing?"
"Write, but it's better to write 2,000 words first."
Old Wei was stunned for a while: "Then I will have to call you Li Meng from now on."
The old horse jumped in: "I have something to tell everyone..."
Seeing the busy work in the room, he was stunned for a moment, with a half-smile expression on his face, and stepped out again.
The hasty whistle sounded outside again, matched with the high-pitched voice of the old horse: "Urgent assembly! Urgent assembly!"
"Mom, he shouldn't be addicted."
"Three times a day! He's addicted, he must be!"
A group of people rushed out, complaints belong to complaints, this time there are no procrastinators.
Lao Ma looked at the four soldiers standing upright in front of him.
He took two steps in front of the team, not like a squad leader but at least like a battalion commander, his soldiers gave him confidence, and he was as strong as a cow: "I have very important news to tell everyone, I just told the regiment On the phone, guess what? The regiment told me that today we fired missiles, but what we want to test is not the missiles, but the maneuvering and evasive capabilities of the new type of target drone! That’s right, the harder it is to shoot, the better it will be. Besides, our air defense regiment showed mercy, and tried to beat it down in the first shot? So bullishness is still bullishness, and we still have to learn from others, don’t you think? Hmm..."
Except for Xu Sanduo, those few people smiled so much that the old horse was a little hairy.
Lao Ma: "Don't believe me, I can't make up this reason. It's true, if it's fake, you will call me an old dog in the future."
Those few finally roared with laughter.
Now it is Lao Wei who is looking for stones, Li Meng is smashing stones, Xue Lin and Lao Ma are laying stones.
Xu Sanduo didn't know what to do, so he had to observe.
Later we had a class meeting.In order to separate from the small class meeting in the past, Lao Ma called it the big class meeting.Taipan will decide to build the road.There is only one road, and it has already been repaired. We didn't know what to repair at first.So everyone decided to build a five-pointed star along the original road, so from one end to the other, it took a longer distance than when there was no road.I don't understand why.Li Meng said, "Do you think we are really building roads?"
Different from Class 5's past, the road construction plan that was laborious but not expensive has been completed. Now, because of the patterns paved with various colored stones, because of the plants dotted along the roadside, and because of the overly complicated shape as a road, five Ban's road no longer looks like a road, but has more horticultural colors, it looks like a flower bed road.
Lao Ma stands at one end of the five-pointed star and looks at the other end of the five-pointed star. People with other ambitions will never be able to achieve such exhausting achievements, so Lao Ma feels satisfied because this kind of effort is half the effort.
Those few people were even more satisfied, Xu Sanduo was still puzzled.
Lao Ma: "There are still some shortcomings."
Xue Lin: "What's missing?"
Lao Ma: "Flagpole. Any military unit will have a flagpole."
Li Meng: "Yes."
Old Wei: "Look for the flagpole."
Work has made the language of these fart kings much more concise, and Lao Ma's eyes are full of satisfaction. This is the first time he has the confidence to call this place a military unit, and those few have not raised any objections.
Compared with paving the road, the flagpole is too simple a project, and a flagpole has been erected in the open space.
In order to show solemnity, the flagpole was set in the center of the five-pointed star, so it seemed that the territory of the fifth squad suddenly expanded by an unknown number of times.A few small figures walked towards the center of the territory.
The old horse held a flag, stood still, and first saluted the flagpole.Lao Ma deliberately made this ceremony last longer.
Old horse: "Stand at attention! Raise the flag!"
Then everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, because it was not decided in advance who would raise the flag.
Xue Lin: "Sir, of course you are the one to do such a great thing."
Lao Ma: "It's not me. Xu Sanduo, come here."
Xu Sanduo was taken aback: "I won't...I'm nervous."
Lao Ma: "Aren't you Chinese? Are you nervous about raising your own flag?"
Such a serious tone was second only to an order, so Xu Sanduo went over, and the flag was raised little by little, accompanied by Li Meng playing the harmonica. In all this, the warmth of daily life was more important than the solemnity of the country.
After the flag was hoisted, the old horse looked at his subordinates, feeling unfinished, and always felt that he should say something: "This is victory. Well, a small victory. Now we..."
Not quite sure what to do now, Ma hesitated a little.
Li Meng came up with another idea: "Celebrate first, let's celebrate."
Seeing the maliciousness in the boy's eyes, the old horse immediately became vigilant: "You can celebrate, but you are not allowed to celebrate my congratulations."
Xue Lin said bluntly: "Then celebrate the three idiots' wishes. Xu Sanduo, come here."
Few people smiled at Xu Sanduo, so the smiles on several people's faces immediately made Xu Sanduo vigilant, which he had done well since he was a child.
Xu Sanduo started to run away, dodging: "Squad leader! Squad leader! Squad leader?"
He was almost desperate, and the old horse was also actively chasing and intercepting him.A guy who has been chased since he was a child is not so easy to catch, he even runs and hides, and those few can't even touch him.
Lao Ma: "Xu Sanduo, stand at attention!"
So he stood at attention, and was immediately lifted up by those few pinching his hands and feet.
Li Meng: "Playing cards is a job for four people. You don't need to participate. It's a job for five people. You must have fun with the people."
"Nonsense, nonsense, fly up and fly up!" The old horse was more vigorous than anyone else, so Xu Sanduo flew up, repeated this, and finally landed with a bang, splashing sand and dirt.
Xue Lin: "Change to another one!"
The old horse was getting carried away, and was caught right away, and then he also flew up, this time he threw three times and one, and one was not stable, the old horse's first flight fell to the ground, and he rolled over halfway on the ground , and then stopped moving.
Suddenly dumbfounded.Old Wei's voice trembled a little: "Squad leader?"
After being silent for a while, the old horse finally pulled out a hand from under his body and covered his waist.
The graphics on the TV were still unclear, so Li Meng punched them hard twice, proving the principle that many home appliances need to be punched. It twisted out a few graphics that could at least be seen.
Several people looked at the old horse in the corner of the room. He was writing something at the table, with one hand covering his waist and eyes.
Seeing the old horse, Li Meng asked, "Squad leader, are you writing novels?"
"Dog egg novel. Discharge report."
Those few were stunned for a moment, and the joke couldn't continue, and no one even knew how to take this trouble.
Lao Ma also knows the reaction of the people behind him. He is still writing to let people know that he is serious. This is definitely not a joke.
Xu Sanduo was the first to speak: "Squad leader, stop writing."
Lao Ma looked back at Xu Sanduo, smiled, a little helpless and desolate, but he continued to write when he turned around.
So Old Wei was almost a little angry when he spoke: "You want to leave? Are you willing to leave?"
Xue Lin: "I know we're annoying."
Lao Ma: "You don't hate me, I will miss you when I get home."
Li Meng: "You said it yourself, some of us soldiers are like this, no one cares about what kind of human ghost? You don't care?"
Lao Ma: "There will be more suitable people to take care of you, or you will take care of yourself."
Xue Lin: "Of course, if you are determined to leave, you will prepare a whole bunch of excuses."
Lao Ma finally put down his pen with a wry smile, and he had reached the time when he had to say something clearly: "You guys, tell me something, I may be the squad leader with the longest tenure in the regiment, but am I a good squad leader?" ?”
Understandable people like Xue Lin and Li Meng hesitated for a moment, while confused people like Old Wei and Xu Sanduo said one word "forget" firmly at the same time.
Lao Ma: "Xu Sanduo, you have no right to speak, and you have never met a few people. Old Wei, you will not have a mind to compare, you are rarely confused. Such a squad leader, or such a cowardly soldier, has no principles. Let it go, I didn’t teach you well, but I was taught badly by you, even if I have made some progress recently, I really don’t care about myself. Is this good? Li Meng, Xue Lin, you two said clearly.”
Xue Lin bit the bullet: "Just a few of us think it's good. Isn't it?"
Lao Ma: "Is it because of you guys that I became a soldier?"
Xue Lin was choked there, so he could only glance at Li Meng and beckon for help.Li Meng felt a little weak, and licked his lips: "For yourself. Can you do it for yourself?"
The old horse smiled bitterly: "Okay, for myself, but what's the good thing? Xu Sanduo, you taught me to understand, we dawdle, but you force us to think about things, we hate you a little because of this, but we finally started to think about things. "
Xu Sanduo was a little dumbfounded because of this, it took a long time before he could understand what happened these days.
"I am no longer a good soldier, time, age, physical strength, brains...Old Ma smiled wryly and touched his heart - and this place is not good anymore, this place is a bit old. It is not easy to be a good soldier, and there are many requirements , I've done it well before, so I shouldn't lie to myself now. Xu Sanduo, if I lie to myself, I can't even do it well, right?"
Xu Sanduo was startled again: "Huh? I don't know."
也许认为许三多装傻，也许认为许三多真傻，老马只是笑了笑，他全部的决心和勇气都用来说下一句话了：“是的，我骗自己，也骗你们了。我说我留在这里，是奉献，为了你们，不是真的。我不知道怎么回去，不知道脱了军装怎么过，人习惯了这里就很难再习惯别的，真的。”
他看大家，那几个并不显得惊讶。老马只好又对自己苦笑，真是自己的心事只有自己知道。你们早就明白对吧？所以我在你们面前永远没有威信。谁会信一个把部下当由头混事的班长呢？
薛林：“可是……”
“就是明白。”老马打断了薛林，“明白就不要再说了。我在这做不了什么了，临走前就一句话送给你们，不要再混日子，小心被日子把你们给混了。”
谁都没说话，谁都看得出此事已成定局。
几条路，必要的主干和画蛇添足的支干都已经完工，但现在这条路对五班来说已经成了一件吹毛求疵的工作，就是说它永无休止，只要有一个人去稍作平整，另几个人就都会拿起镐和铲子。
李梦忽然捂住了胸膛，大叫一声，悲壮气十足地倒在地上。
别的人不大理会，许三多跳起来下意识地摸枪，他能摸到的只有一把镐，并且像端枪一样端着，然后在这一览无余的荒原上寻找着终于出现的敌特。
许三多看护着李梦，李梦捂着胸口吟哦歌唱：“一只蚂蚱撞在我的身上。一颗子弹打在我心上。哦，最后一枪！”
许三多只好讪讪地收手：“你可真……”
李梦坐了起来：“你是想说幽默。”
许三多羡慕地道：“真有想法。”
许三多仍羡慕，其他人仍不理，老马索性看也不看地走开了，李梦很无趣地闪开许三多，拍打着身上的灰，他更注意的是老马走开的方向。
薛林看着李梦：“这套小把戏就能把班长留下吗？”
李梦：“你以为人说他想明白了就真想明白了吗？我早想明白啦！”
他并不管这话又把自己绕到一个怪圈里，追着老马去，追上了便涎着脸笑笑，拿出帖麝香虎骨膏：“班长，这给你。”
老马：“谢谢你，我腰早好了。”
李梦：“拿着拿着，伤筋动骨一百天嘛。……班长，咱们对你怎么样？”
老马叹了口气：“挺好……我回家会想的。”
李梦：“可能以后都没人对你这么好了。你想我们，又看不着我们，怎么办？”
老马瞟着他：“你说怎么办？”
李梦又涎着脸笑：“别走了，班长。”
老马：“看不着就看不着。什么叫有得必有失？你们几个小猴崽子终于会成了人，班长在这里算老，出去了可叫年青，机会还有，搞不好是前程似锦。走着看吧，现在说那么多干什么？”——他回身对那几个嚷嚷“收工啦！回家整饭！”
几个人列着队拉着歌走向那几间简陋的小房，五班最近确实改变很大，即使在这无人地带也尽量做得像在团营地一样。
远处忽然传来嗡嗡的声音，那声音许三多听过，“直升机！”
薛林：“两天一趟，例行巡逻。别咋呼啦。”
许三多仍瞪着远处的那个小黑点。
老马：“不会飞过来的，咱们这又不是什么要紧的路段，离巡逻线老远了。”
这话对一个很少见过飞机的人来说没用，许三多仍看着，而似乎存心跟老马过不去，那架飞机已经掠了过来，已经近到能看清旋翼。
老马只好挠头：“今儿这是怎么啦？”
李梦已经跳了起来：“天上的！这边！这边来！”
似乎是听见他说话似的，直升机照直往五班驻地飞了过来。
对五班来说这是破天荒的大事，挥舞着帽子、衣服、镐头，追着直升机跑。
机徽和正往下俯瞰的驾驶员都已经看得一清二楚，它绕着五班的驻地转了好几个圈子。于是李梦几个跳着，打着滚，做着鬼脸，指望能被注意到。
老马终于想起一个班长的职责：“列队！列队！”
五个人终于成横队站好，老马一声令下，五人齐刷刷一个军礼，那份正式让只要穿军装的就不得不正视。那架直升机终于悬停下来，机头轻轻地往下沉了沉，看上去就像敬礼，它还以陆航的礼节。
飞机终于掉头飞远，归入原定的巡逻航道。
薛林呆望着：“我怎么忽然觉得咱们变得重要起来啦。”
老马：“一向就很重要！”
他掉头碰上了李梦打量他的眼神，立刻将头转开。李梦也许是不知道怎么对待自己的人，但他想做的事情让他喜欢琢磨人。
在直升机旋翼之下，五班驻地被道路分划成一个星形，中心是他们新竖的旗杆。这就是那架直升机改变航向的原因。
无线电静噪轻微地响着，直升机上的人在处理着例行之外的一个小小意外：“仓颉基地。我是瞭望五号。”
于是团部办公室的电话开始响；
一营营部的电话开始响；
一营三连连部的电话开始响；
三连二排五班的电话开始响。
李梦几个在黑地里看着屋里的老马，老马立正着，恭恭敬敬在接电话，显得甚是狼狈不堪。
薛林：“这回是营部越级来电话啦，问咱们到底在搞什么，怎么能惊动了师部来电话询问。”
老魏：“刚才是连长来电话，他说军部直接电话干到了团里。”
李梦：“我瞧咱们是乐极生悲啦。”
老魏：“咱们什么也没干啊？”
李梦：“是啊，咱们什么也没干，就干了这么一件事情。”
许三多傻呵呵地道：“什么事情？”
李梦看着他轻轻叹了口气，又看着眼前新修的路。
几个人看着老马，老马已经放下了电话，正在看着天花板发呆。他终于感觉到注视他的几道目光，便转过了头来，有点无奈地和他的兵们对视。
四个兵蔫头耷脑地站在屋里，捎带得老马更加没精打采。
老马：“我瞧咱们有点乐极生悲……”
许三多：“班长，李梦刚才也这么说。”
“他说我就不能说了！”老马忽然觉得尤其这时不能发火，“对不起，有些事我没琢磨明白，可说真的，我们就是乐极生悲了。我想这路不该修，可能犯了哪条纪律，比如说暴露目标，比如说破坏绿化什么的。两年前为了保护牧民一块草地，整个装甲纵队整整多绕了八公里。
薛林：“可这哪有牧场？”
老马也吃不太准：“那就是暴露目标了，这条路正好是导弹袭击的目标。”
李梦：“这几间屋值一发导弹吗？”
老马索性也不想了：“总之就是错，指导员说明天他过来瞅瞅……这是我的错，我不该下命令修这条路。”
许三多：“报告班长，路是我先修的。”
薛林：“屁话！你是说我们没动过镐头吗？”
许三多：“可就是我先……”
薛林：“许三多你记住，这路是五班修的，是我们一起修的。你和我们是一块儿的，说话就要统一口径——对不对，班长？”
老马是难得地赞同，甚至有些赞许：“不该说一块儿的，该说是一个战壕里的。”
薛林：“嗯，就是一个战壕里的。”
老魏：“有事要一起担着。”
薛林绝没忘了他们中间那个心眼最多的：“李梦你呢？”
李梦：“我？我正在想。我想我们是建设军营扎根边防来着。”
老马没他那么活络的脑筋：“啥？什么意思？”
李梦：“建设军营，以营为家，明天指导员来了咱也这么说！指导员还是护犊子的，最多咱们摊一出以好的目的做了坏的事情，如此而已。”
老马显得有些茫然：“如此而已？”
一辆三轮摩托行驶在草原上，上边坐着一身迷彩的指导员。
几个人坐在屋里，听着外边的引擎声越来越近，终于停下，几人面面相觑。老马脸上是如临末日的表情。许三多欲言又止，而且就这点动静，薛林已经瞪了过去。“不准认错。不准把事揽在一个人头上。”
许三多：“我只是……”
老马：“要揽也是我揽。班长是干什么的？班长就是认错的。”
许三多：“我只是觉得错了就是错了……”
李梦：“就算你有正义感吧，有时候得学会打打折扣。”
这话对许三多过于深奥，正愣怔间，外边的摩托已经熄火，一惊一乍地发出一个屁驴子应有的动静。
何红涛在外边嚷嚷：“五班有喘气的吗？”
老马怔怔地望着天花板：“反正是要走，只是走得光荣或不大光荣的问题……”
又“反正”又“只是”，他的语气里可充满了痛惜。
何红涛嚷得已有点上火：“五班，有活人来看你们啦！”
许三多按捺不住地站了起来，他没抢到第一个，薛林几个还抢在他头里，但老马胳臂一划拉，后来者居上，他第一个冲出去。
何红涛正站在车边，打量着这大为改观的小小营盘，几个一拥而出的人吓了他一跳。如果一间屋里的人千呼万唤不出来，而后以这种冲锋姿态出现，着实是有点吓人。
但人行渐近，老马仍怔忡着，身后几个却把一脸视死如归换成了笑脸。
李梦迅速地掏出烟来：“指导员，抽烟！”
薛林麻利地打着了火：“指导员，屋里坐。”
“指导员，指导员……”老魏他发现自己的节目都被抢光了，“今儿怎么想起来看咱们了？”
这似乎正好提起了何红涛的心病，狠瞪了几个一眼：“怎么想起来？你们几个能整呀。是整得不想起你们来不行了。”
老马长叹，叹得无奈叹得苍凉，何红涛不由得惊疑不定地看了他一眼。
老马：“我不知道我犯的哪门子糊涂心思……上次指导员您也说总得带大家干点什么，我这就是带大家干点什么……唉，得了，我不习惯把错事往人身上推。我压根不知道该带大家干什么，终于干了还就是个错！”
许三多立刻响应：“报告指导员，是我错！我不知道那是个错！”
何红涛着实愣了会：“错？什么错？”
老马：“指导员，路我下令修的，没动公款，犯什么纪律我不知道，这个不知道并不是说不知错……”
许三多：“报告指导员，路我修的，要处分处分我。”
薛林：“都闭嘴。路五班修的，出自建设军营的良好愿望。”
李梦：“扎根边防，以营为家……”
老魏：“前人栽树，后人乘凉……”
何红涛被这帮家伙吵得连退几步，挥手不迭：“歇歇！歇着！你们抢什么呢？又不是多大的功劳，一条路嘛！”
老马：“不止一条，指导员。”
李梦却听出了一激灵：“功劳？”
何红涛：“几条也都给你按一条算。只能说你们精神可嘉，又不是军事科目上拿了冒尖，最多也就是一团部嘉奖！”这回连薛林都听了出来。
何红涛对这几个很有些悻悻：“你还要什么？一等功吗？先看自己做过什么！”
李梦忽然不再急切了，很严肃，也很诚恳：“这路是班长一手抓起来的，事先我们开过动员大会，班长说，我们来军营一趟不易，总得给后来的人留下点什么。那种庄严的感觉渗入了我们每一个人的内心。为了表现五班扎根边防的决心，您看见的每条路都用战士的名字命名，您现正踩着老马路，那是薛林路，老魏路，许三多路，李梦路……”
老马：“别吹爆了！李梦路？你还梦露……”
何红涛却扬着手把他话头止了，一边微笑着思忖：这倒很有意思，可以让团里抓点先进材料。
李梦绝对是给鼻子上脸的人：“先进吗？用来形容我们班长可就太简单啦！他真的是以营为家呀，为了我们几个从来没想过退伍的事，他想家想到哭呀，可他抛头颅洒热血，为了培养大家对驻地的感情，他发动大家修这条路。对不对，薛林？”
薛林：“对！对！”
老马：“对毛！你们……”
何红涛立刻很严肃地瞪他：“老马，其实你哪儿都够先进的条件，就是那嘴……”
薛林：“他平常跟我们说话都很文明的，他现在是谦虚急了。”
老马：“什么叫谦虚急了？”
老魏：“班长手上磨出了血泡，腰也闪了，我们眼里含着热泪……”
老马诧异得喘不过气来：“说人话好吗，各位？”
许三多：“班长他还带我们看导弹打靶机，其实是靶机躲导弹，他搞错了……”
老马：“许三多，你怎么也这样了？”
李梦：“许三多，你缺乏语言组织能力就别说了。班长带我们武装越野，搞现场教育，号召我们向先进部队看齐，赶超国际水平，力争质量一流，豪言壮语绕梁三日，三日犹不绝啊……”
老马：“我没说！我是说我们做人有问题！”
何红涛笑着拍拍老马：“你没说，可你做了。五班长跟我来，有话跟你说。”
五班没会议室，所以要谈话的时候只好众人在外边回避。
老马被指导员大力拍着肩，仍在云里梦中，心里很不落忍地看着外边东张西望的那几个。
何红涛：“老马，什么叫做得对？这就叫做得对。像连长和我一直期待的那样，不，像人们一直期待的那样，老马，全团任期最长的班长，放在哪都不会让人失望！”
老马急得直叹气：“我说指导员，那几个浑小子不明白，难道您也不明白？”
何红涛：“你觉得我不明白？”
老马只好干瞪眼，确实，眼前的何红涛绝看不出半分不明白，倒是看多了他，你会觉得自己不够明白。
何红涛：“于公也于私，对三连也甚至是对全团，你功不可没，你带出的班长在各连都是骨干了。三连不想把你留下？错。三连一直在给你找留下的由头！现在你给了我个线头，弄好了，咱争取三等功，再弄好了……不用我往下说了吧？”
老马很困难地干咽着：“其实，这事跟我真的没多大干系……”
何红涛忽然叹了口气：“我也知道，你的想头已经在外头了。我们实在把你冷落了太久。”
老马愣了，傻了会，类似的话他在不久前是说过的，可那或是咬牙说的，或是无奈的选择。“不是。这事不怪连里。”
何红涛摇摇头：“得了。不怪战士有情绪，只怪我让战士有了情绪。我是指导员，这道理我知道。”
老马急了：“真的！我没想走！说一千道一万，我哪儿想走？您瞧我，瞧瞧我这样？我脱了军装是什么样？您想得出来吗？我想不出来！我……”
他没能说下去，何红涛一只手很柔和地拍上了他后脑，老马在那几个跟前也许老气横秋，但对了一连的指导员，老马低了头，像个终于找回家的迷路孩子。
“别说了……我知道。”何红涛怔忡着，又在老马肩上拍了两下，“大家都知道。大家都努力……我会努力的。”
老马低着头，他不知道会发生好或坏，他甚至不知道会发生什么，最后他从眼角瞟见在窗外窥探的许三多。
老马心情很沉重地看着指导员远去的一溜烟尘。几个人簇拥在他身边。
回过头来，茫然若失，看着那几个。
李梦笑着，现在他以功臣自居：“指导员说什么啦？”
薛林：“知道是好事，说出来听听。”
“我去整整咱们那路。”老马顾自拿了工具就走，那几个茫然互瞪了一眼，跟着。在这荒漠中芝麻大的事也要变了西瓜，何况是这样一件绝对大过西瓜的事。
今天五班的群益活动搞得很没趣，因为没一个人的心思在那条路上，老马心事重重，那几个则有一种窥私者的恶趣。许三多是个例外，他一般情况下都是例外。
老马又给路边的花苗松了松土，终于罢手扔镐。
老马：“许三多，你留下……其他人去整饭。”
每个人走的时候都很惊讶，每个人看许三多的眼神都带了几分猜疑之意，而那种眼神是他们在和许三多最对立的时候也没有过的。
老马有点不知道如何开口，于是许三多的心思仍游移在那条路上，对他来说这路是永不完整的，永远有可以修缮之处。
老马：“三多你别弄了，过来坐下……陪我坐会儿。”
许三多一时有些哑然，因为他还很少被人用这两字称呼过，但这种又亲切又尊重的感觉是很好的，许三多不再倒腾他的路面，在老马身边坐下。
老马：“一个你以为属于你自己的东西，忽然变成了公有的……不，我是说忽然成了晋升之阶，忽然那一下子……味道全变了。”
许三多很茫然，他看说话的人，说话的人比他更茫然。“班长，你想告诉我什么？”
老马：“如果……如果人们以后说这条路是班长抓起来的，你会不会有意见？”
许三多：“是你抓起来的呀！”
老马：“其实我在这个事里边是受教育的对象，你知道吗？”
许三多甩出了他这辈子说得最利落