Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen

According to the order from above, Gao Cheng was promoted to serve as the deputy battalion commander of the division's armored reconnaissance battalion. Gao Cheng couldn't see any joy in the head's office, nor could he see anything else.Wang Qingrui stared, and he was satisfied that he didn't hear Gao Cheng's objection.The two looked at each other silently for a while, Wang Qingrui spoke first, and said, "What do you want to say?" Gao Cheng replied calmly, "I obey the order." Wang Qingrui smiled: "It seems that there is still some emotion, because of the Seventh Steel Company?"

Gao Cheng said: "In the past two days, I have just understood a truth, don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself, just now I understand another truth, no job is a job, no picture is a picture." The head of the group didn't understand, Gao Cheng explained "The most important thing is to do the thing at hand first. I just met a person in the past two days, the king of mistakes. Every time I do a small thing right, he grabs it like a life-saving straw. One day I see, okay, What he is holding is already a towering tree that I look up to. He taught me this."

"It's Xu Sanduo?" "Well. I have always looked down on him for what he did. Stubbornness is the vitality of a fool. But now it seems that belief is really not shouted out, but made. We are too smart...you Remember him?" "Especially remember that you yelled at me when he went to Qilian." "That's a thing of the past. I have a request. I want to bring a few cadres to the Armored Reconnaissance Battalion." The group leader smiled immediately: "Tell me about your candidate." "The first one, Xu Sanduo." Wang Qingrui smiled again: "There are no doors. Qilian still has supplies, and Xu Sanduo is under the management of the regiment headquarters to guard the supplies."

Gao Cheng was stunned for a moment: "Then, I want Wu Liuyi." "That's also a ruthless angle." Wang Qingrui thought for a while, "There is no door. It's a pity for you to leave, especially after we chatted with you. Go if you have nothing to do. Three years of military school, one Platoon leader for one year, company commander for three years, I hope you can live up to these seven years." Gao Cheng had no choice but to leave, but couldn't help turning around when he reached the door.Wang Qingrui was fascinated by the chariot model on the table.Gao Cheng finally expressed his worry that if he left again, Xu Sanduo would be left alone in Gangqi Company.The leader nodded and said yes.Gao Cheng couldn't say anything more, he could only close the door quietly.

Gao Chengdu faced the enlistment declaration of the soldiers standing outside the open space of the Seventh Company. It was originally just to show the characteristics of the Seventh Company. Now, after saying so many bold words, these simple and unpretentious words made him feel more deeply. Gao Cheng seemed to be looking at something completely strange. Xu Sanduo is cleaning the entire Seventh Company. This job can be light or heavy. If you want to be sloppy, the job is very light.Xu Sanduo made this job very heavy. Xu Sanduo looked outside, Gao Cheng was still standing in front of the declaration.

After digging around and cleaning the aisle for a while, Gaocheng took a broom and was sweeping the open space outside. This is a big deal, unless an officer at the level of a collective activity company commander would take a broom to make a fuss.Gaocheng is sweeping the ground in a down-to-earth manner. Xu Sanduo hurried over: "Company commander, I'm coming!" Gao Cheng: "You are inside, I am outside. Two places, let's do it together." Xu Sanduo was stunned by Gao Cheng's expression for a while, but Gao Cheng was so serious that he had no room to refute, so he nodded and continued to deal with his aisle.

Every fallen leaf, every speck of dust is enough for two people inside and outside to clean until dusk. That night, he didn’t live in Xu Sanduo’s dormitory anymore, but Gao Cheng sent his own CD and cassette-in-one portable stereo, some music discs and cassettes, and a stack of books to Xu Sanduo’s dormitory. Xu Sanduo's half-table has been piled up in private property. That night, the company commander was very strange and said a lot of strange things, even more strange than last night.He didn't explicitly tell me to leave, probably we all understand that the other's wound is slowly recovering and shouldn't be torn open again.

After waking up, without Gaocheng's troubles, Xu Sanduo didn't need to clean up so much, so Xu Sanduo went straight to the preparations before the long-distance run. Xu Sanduo moved his joints and walked past the gate of Gaocheng, and remembered what he had promised to run together.He knocked on the company commander's door, but nothing happened.He had to give up.Today is the same as yesterday, jumping, lifting, and horizontal bar movements are used to activate blood, and then run to the playground in the regiment compound. Xu Sanduo was running, a lonely soldier in the morning exercise queue.

Today is the same as yesterday, 12,000 meters, 400 meters of playground, 30 laps.There is a goal but no goal, and one more step seems to be one step closer to it.Today I won't be so stupid as to ask the class monitor what is the meaning, that's really a stupid thing to say. The sweaty Xu Sanduo came back from the outside and knocked on Gao Cheng's door again.There was still no movement, so Xu Sanduo had no choice but to go back to his dormitory. Just as he took off the weight he had put on while running, someone knocked on the door outside.Xu Sanduo naturally thought that outside was the company commander who woke up late, but when he opened the door, it was Wu Liuyi, who was as gloomy as ever, this is now the third squad leader of the machine-step company.It would be a surprise for anyone from the original Qilian to appear here. Xu Sanduo smiled, and then was taken away by Wu Liuyi.

Wu Liuyi: "I'll bring a letter for the company commander." Xu Sanduo subconsciously looked at the door of Gao Cheng's room. "Not here, let's go, already at the division headquarters, while you are running." He carefully looked at Xu Sanduo's expression, "Deputy battalion commander of the armored reconnaissance battalion of the division. To be precise, he was promoted. Are you unhappy? Well, you I also understand, you are the only one left in Qilian." Xu Sanduo was still stunned, but the pile of belongings left by Gaocheng made him no longer stunned. When the stunned disappeared, he felt powerless, so he found a chair and sat down.

Wu Liuyi: "Fight with me, Xu Sanduo." Xu Sanduo looked at him in surprise. "I've always wanted to tell you this, fight with me. Find a place where no one interferes, forget about fighting skills, that is, you punch me and kick me, and you will forget a lot of uncomfortable things after eating pain. Follow me A fight will make you feel much better. A fight with you is my comfort and care for you. Will you fight with me, Xu Sanduo?" Xu Sanduo was no longer surprised, but still looked at Wu Liuyi. We look at each other.Silence looks at anger, anger looks at silence, both silence and anger are sad as if they have suffered internal injuries. "No." Xu Sanduo shook his head, "Thank you." Wu Liuyi turned his head away, he had some disdain and some pity: "Then you have to take care of yourself." In the activity room of the company headquarters, a recording disc was put into the machine.What started on the TV screen was that Xu Sanduo who was so dizzy after the 333 rounds, weeping, moaning, persevering, falling and getting up again. The former instructor Hong Xingguo's failed work was filled with crowds, Qilian used to have so many people.Xu Sanduo's bloody hands were shaking on the screen.Xu Sanduo watched blankly. Xu Sanduo walked through the aisle, every dormitory door was left open for cleaning, and every dormitory was empty.On Hong Xingguo's camera footage the crowd floods, the activity of young soldiers nearly blowing up the building. Xu Sanduo, the former acting squad leader, was sitting on a Maza, surrounded by Maza in a square formation as if in a meeting.Xu Sanduo was doing pull-ups while holding on to the upper and lower bunks. He grabbed the bed rails and flipped onto the upper bunk, where he lay blankly on the empty bunk.Then put the face on the rough planking.Xu Sanduo opened the empty lockers one by one. Xu Sanduo was somersaulting in the corridor, and Xu Sanduo was holding the big top on the table. A man who lives in groups does what he would do in isolation. The horizontal bar under the moonlight was creaking, and Xu Sanduo was doing horizontal bar slalom one by one on it. Xu San fell down heavily and lay on the ground. The barracks on a moonlit night was completely silent. Xu Sanduo looked at his palm, it was intact. I did not know how many loops that day.My hands won't hurt anymore, and the calluses on my hands are so thick that thumbtacks can't pierce through them.The squad leader said that the cocoon was made from guns, chariots, and everything in the barracks, and it was called a soldier cocoon.Those with calluses are called veterans. The cheers in his hallucination suddenly sounded, and it came from some time two years ago. When no one is around, I suddenly understand what I used to be, the spoiled child of the company.Now there is really no one to favor, veterans are not favored. Xu Sanduo stood by the driveway in the courtyard, smiling.The object of the smile was the chariot troop passing by the driveway. That column was obviously going to the shooting range or practice range. The people in the car were loaded with live ammunition, Wu Liuyi, Gan Xiaoning, and many soldiers from the former Seventh Company were among them. Wu Liuyi turned his head away when he saw Xu Sanduo, Gan Xiaoning was silly. Xu Sanduo was also silly. When the chariot drove away, the smile on Xu Sanduo's face also faded. It was a purely mechanical reaction. Xu Sanduo's real expression was expressionless, and as a person who mainly guarded the vacant room, he didn't need any expression. day after day.It's a good day, and when you learn something, you can always use it. Xu Sanduo has now become a miscellaneous soldier, or miscellaneous soldier for short.Watching the house, cleaning, maintaining equipment, borrowing from officials, helping out in private, everything that may be used.There have been people from generation to generation, and within a quarter, the three-five-three people quickly forgot that the miscellaneous soldiers were once top-notch.In his drawer, there is already a stack of thank-you letters written by such unknown brother units to his company commander. night.The hard part is the night.It doesn't matter what you've done, no matter how much you've learned, when it's time to rest, it's all the same. Every night, Xu Sanduo is washing clothes crazily, every day!What else can you ask a little bachelor with no one to manage? What Xu Sanduo is borrowing now is military training for a group of students. There was a random gunshot, and almost all flew away, and the stones around the target suffered a lot.The iron-faced squad leader watched with a stern face, neither angry nor disappointed, as if it should be taken for granted: "The next group is ready." Behind him was Xu Sanduo, who took the gun, turned it over, half disassembled it, checked the chamber, and his movements were extremely neat. In this brief moment, the shooters from just now had surrounded them. It was only natural for a group of military training students to achieve the results just now. Student: "Squad leader, you are really good at playing cool." Xu Sanduo: "I'm not the squad leader. I acted as an agent, so I'm withdrawn." The student giggled: "When you meet a soldier, you call it the squad leader, and when you meet the squad leader, you call it the company commander. Do you understand?" Xu Sanduo could only smile mechanically.Obviously, he was more popular than the iron face, and there was a lot of chatter between breaks. Student: "Why didn't you teach us?" Xu Sanduo: "I'm here to help, try not to delay their normal training." Student: "Aren't you training?" Xu Sanduo: "Practice too." Student: "Are you better than him?" Xu Sanduo: "I can't." Student: "I bet him you're a recruit." Xu Sanduo: "It's not long." The student picked up a book from his side and waved at Xu Sanduo: "Is this yours?" It was Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". Xu Sanduo: "Yes." "Are you watching or using it as a pad?" "Look," Xu Sanduo took the book with a bit of heartache, "Be careful, I borrowed it from the library." The student was a little strange: "What are you looking at?" Xu Sanduo smoothed the book, and said sincerely as he wiped it: "He is really good, he lives alone." At that time, Xu Sanduo almost made a few friends—students in military training.They said that one month of military training was too long, and asked Xu Sanduo to help find some books to read.The group library of the 353 Group may not be called a "library", and there are only about 30 shelves of books, but to Xu Sanduo, this is indeed a library. One day after the military training was over, a few sneaky guys stood in a corner, and Xu Sanduo took out a stack of books from his bag very preciously, all of which were old and outrageous books. Xu Sanduo: "Be careful. Don't let me borrow so much, I'll just say good things..." The students looked very disappointed: "That's all? It's so old. The version is not good, what kind of font is this? It makes my eyes hurt. Look at this paper, hehe." Xu Sanduo was surprised: "No way?" Student: "How many books do you store in your library? How come you have even borrowed them?" Xu Sanduo: "More than 20,000 volumes." Student: "Then where is the library? Our school has more than 600,000 volumes and we dare not call it a library. No wonder you saw Z from A, it scared me." Xu Sanduo was very ashamed: "So you have seen it all?" Student: "How can there be such a waste of time? Look at the end of the sequence. Hugo is too long-winded, and Tolstoy has more words. Are there MARGARETWERS, TRACYHICHMAN? VERNOSVINGE? J.K is also fine." Xu Sanduo was tongue-tied, admiringly: "No... I don't read much..." So he was patted on the shoulder by the students, like a follower: "Wait, I will send it to you when I get back. Let you know what a book is! Put away the old stuff. Give you a book that can be called a book." So Xu Sanduo put away the book in trepidation, he even forgot to be ashamed, he just felt happy: "That's great——it's really great." Before long, the students were about to leave. The bus stopped, and the students on the bus and the soldiers under the bus were beating each other and crying. The squad leader with a tough face was crying, Xu Sanduo was crying, and the students who were close to Xu Sanduo were also crying.Xu Sanduo was slapped and rubbed by the students. Student: "I will definitely send you the book! Wait! We will come and see you!" Xu Sanduo cried, crying shamelessly. When we were crying, the car drove away, and there was a lot of crying. Xu Sanduo wiped away his tears, only to find that the iron-faced squad leader was looking at him with red circles around his eyes. Iron-faced squad leader: "Let's go." Xu Sanduo: "Yes." Iron-faced squad leader: "Why are you crying? Xu Sanduo." Xu Sanduo was surprised: "They...were crying." Iron-faced squad leader: "Why are they crying? Isn't a week too long?" Xu Sanduo: "Why are you crying?" Iron-faced squad leader: "I don't know." They were somewhat uninterested as they walked back. Half a year has passed, and the students' books have not been sent.Not a single postcard. In the courtyard of the regiment headquarters, each company still lined up, singing and waiting for the meal.Xu Sanduo still represents Qilian alone.The singing came and went, and when Xu Sanduo changed to solo, no one even gave him a second look. After half a year, everyone has become used to him.The miscellaneous soldiers, the ghosts of the Seventh Company, exist for no reason like the empty house he guards. Xu Sanduo always sorts out his military appearance slowly in front of the military appearance mirror. He likes to focus on himself.He even sometimes reaches out with a hand to try to touch himself in the mirror. I always look in the mirror, always worrying that one day I will never see myself in the mirror again.I was forgotten. Xu Sanduo was still wearing a sand vest and sand leggings, and started running at dawn. On his face, there was a blank silence. A group of morning training soldiers watched in astonishment as Xu Sanduo surpassed them with a heavy load on his body. This almost caused public outrage, so an invisible competition began on the playground.Xu Sanduo was unaware of the pursuit behind him, and while running, he muttered to himself: "Who are you from the Seventh Steel Company?...I am the 4956th member of the Seventh Steel Company A soldier....The Seventh Steel Company is an armored reconnaissance company...I am a soldier in the third battalion, seventh company, first platoon, and third squadron of the 353rd Regiment...Well, do you understand the Seventh Company?" The soldiers chasing him had gradually given up because they could not catch up. Xu Sanduo ran and chanted, this kind of chanting was neither majestic nor heroic, at most it was a reminder of existence.Xu Sanduo himself was still running non-stop, and he kept muttering to himself: "...I know the Seventh Company...the Seventh Company has one thousand one hundred and four martyrs...well, I'm still alive... ...well, to live with honor and dignity..." Finally someone overtook him, and it was also carrying a weight.That was Wu Liuyi.Wu Liuyi is still like that, forever dissatisfied with him, dissatisfied with that kind of absent-mindedness. He said, "Xu Sanduo, what are you doing?" Xu Sanduo looked at it: "You said you were Wu Liuyi?" Wu Liuyi said: "It's an honor to be confused!" Xu Sanduo seemed to have returned to the time when he first joined the Seventh Steel Company and his reaction was sluggish. He looked at Wu Liuyi blankly. Wu Liuyi kicked him and said, "Run your mother! Xu Sanduo!" He said and accelerated.Xu Sanduo seemed to be woken up by someone, and started to chase after him with all his strength. Finally, they had a goal, and the two chased desperately on the runway. Xu Sanduo finally got one step ahead of Wu Liuyi, and after running the last lap, he stopped suddenly from the sprint and sat down on the edge of the playground.Wu Liuyi didn't sit down, he jumped beside him, continuing to exercise his muscles and bones. "Get up! I won't carry you back with leg cramps!" Xu Sanduo was indifferent, his military uniform was soaked with sweat, and he lowered his head listlessly.Wu Liuyi suddenly felt that something was wrong, he knelt down and took off Xu Sanduo's military cap, he found Xu Sanduo under the brim of the cap, his eyes were extremely blank. "What's the matter with you? Xu Sanduo?" "I'm watching Qilian." "You've lost your soul!" "I don't say ten words to people this month. The rest of the time I'm talking to myself." Wu Liuyi: "Fool!" Xu Sanduo said: "I can't stand it anymore. I really can't stand it anymore. The regiment headquarters told me to transfer to a non-commissioned officer, and I said transfer. My father wrote a letter saying that he was demobilized and returned home, and I said back." Xu Sanduo suddenly paled and covered his feet.Sure enough, he had a cramp, and it was extremely severe. Wu Liuyi picked him up without saying a word, and walked around the playground, cursing as he walked: "You idiot! You have a convulsion! These two things are completely behind the scenes. Yes, transferring to a non-commissioned officer is an extension of service, and you said demobilization?" "I know, I can't help it. The regiment headquarters told me to transfer to a non-commissioned officer, but didn't say to change places. I was alone. I closed my eyes and thought you were all around, and the room was full of you. When I opened my eyes, I was alone." "Look at you, that's all you can do." Wu Liuyi pushed him away violently. "My dad is coming...he's on his way." Wu Liuyi crossed his arms and stared at Xu Sanduo limping and moving his cramped legs. "Didn't tell my dad that Qilian is gone. My dad said demobilization. I said yes. I didn't want to be demobilized, I just didn't know what to do. I told my dad that I don't know whether to be demobilized or not. My dad said get out , he came to give me advice." Wu Liuyi didn't answer, he walked away, stopped after taking two steps and asked, "When are you coming?" Xu Sanduo looked at him blankly. Three days passed quickly, Xu Sanduo stood at the gate of the regiment staring at the empty road in a daze, and then looked at the sentinel, who couldn't help but smile on his always serious face.Wu Liuyi stood beside Xu Sanduo with his arms folded, and he also had a strange expression. Everything belonged to Xu Baishun, and the bag was thrown aside. Xu Baishun, who had just met his son, crossed his hips, took Xu Sanduo as the axis, and wrapped Wu Liuyi in it, sizing up and down like buying a pig in the market. Xu Sanduo dodged the kick that kicked his butt from behind, and Xu Baishun, who dodged in vain, slammed headfirst into Xu Sanduo's arms. Xu Baishun was a little bit dissatisfied: "Are you so filial? Don't give me a break before we meet?" Xu Sanduo helped him while calling Dad!He wanted to cry. Xu Baishun ignored him and said, "You are very familiar with hiding, people often kick you here?" While talking, he glanced at Wu Liuyi, and Wu Liuyi did indeed look like the person who often kicked his son. Xu Sanduo took his father directly to the tavern.However, what surprised Xu Baishun was the gun carriages rumbling past the door. He raised his butt from the chair from time to time: "Those guys are your tanks?" Xu Sanduo said it was a self-propelled howitzer from the Artillery Battalion.Xu Baishun didn't understand. Wu Liuyi said, "Take a hundred and ten tractors." Xu Baishun glanced at Wu Liuyi, and asked Xu Sanduo: "What did you say you were the acting squad leader? Is this your soldier?" Xu Sanduo said, "He is Wu Liuyi, a fellow from Shangyan." Wu Liuyi said: "I am the monitor of the third class of Jibuyi Company." Xu Baishun scratched his head. He didn't understand the relationship and didn't want to understand it, so he changed the subject and said, "Why don't you eat vegetables? What's the matter? I'm afraid I won't be able to pay you?" He grabbed the bottle of wine that the waiter had just brought over, but he couldn't unscrew it.Wu Liuyi took it, rubbed his fingers together, and poured a full glass for Xu Baishun. When Xu Baishun wanted to pour wine for his son, Xu Sanduo refused. The troops did not allow him to drink liquor. Xu Baishun refused to listen and said, "You will be demobilized immediately." Wu Liuyi patted Xu Sanduo and gave him a wink, which meant that Xu Sanduo didn't have to be so stubborn. After pouring the wine for Xu Sanduo, Xu Baishun began to touch Xu Sanduo's fat and thin body. He thought that there would be plenty to eat in the army. He thought that Xu Sanduo should be full of fat, but he found that he was not much fat.But Xu Sanduo told him that he was strong. Xu Baishun still looked at Xu Sanduo, who hadn't changed much: "Others are promising, but you still can't get a fart with a big hammer. That's right, what's so good about being a soldier? Isn't it, you guys?" Xu Sanduo told him: "I have seen more than before." Xu Baishun's eyes widened, and he said, "Can I be as many as I am? I have been to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and I have been in the World Park, and I have had photos taken there. I even rode the Ferris wheel and drank foreign wine worth 40 yuan a glass! When I come back, there is no discount on the air ticket, or I have already taken the air bus!" Wu Liuyi strained his smile. Not as much as you.Xu Sanduo was willing to obey him.So the old man's words came, he said: "So, son, as soon as you tell me you are homesick, I will make up my mind immediately! The service period is over, right?" "It's full, but..." "I know, it's a formality. What do you want me to handle? It's done, demobilized. If you don't go home, your second brother will pay for it, and we will go to the capital to see each other!" "I do not want." Xu Baishun is a standard person who doesn't listen to others: "The eldest brother is not very promising. I told you that your second brother is like a dog, but he sent it back. He told me, the money is saved? It is earned! Yes! , he went to the south to make a trip to the mountain goods of his hometown and earned tens of thousands. He said that he could trust his family and work together. Now you look at our house, five rooms, red bricks and blue tiles! Go back and talk to you about your daughter-in-law, also red bricks and blue Wa, five more rooms!" "The boss married a wife late, his male roots are exhausted, and he has no children! Your second brother didn't marry at all, and made it clear that he wanted to reject Xu's family. Just pointing at you, a strong and strong boy, you only have Yang Qi left, and you two have fun!" "..." The reception banquet finally ended with frequent toasts from Wu Liuyi and Xu Baishun. When Xu Baishun came out of the tavern, he took a shower in the public toilet next to him.Xu Sanduo and Wu Liuyi were waiting by the roadside. Xu Sanduo looked at Wu Liuyi very distressed. The latter had an expression of wanting to laugh but was too lazy to laugh. Xu Sanduo finally couldn't help complaining: "He said he was here to help me, but he didn't speak for me." Wu Liuyi: "You don't even know what you want. Who can help you? If you want to stay, just wait for the old man to come out and just call him that." Xu Sanduo: "You saw how he treated me, he hit me right after he said a few more words. He is really my nemesis. I thought it would be better now, but just now when he stared at me, I was bleeding all over... June 1 you I don't know, I've slapped my kid more than I've walked..." Wu Liuyi: "I believed it when I didn't join the army, but when I joined the army, I counted you 12,000 every morning. Even if you take 24,000 steps, after running for more than two years, you will be 22 this year, and you can share a few thousand a day. A slap in the face, really a pig's head." Xu Sanduo: "You never joke with me, why are you joking today?" Wu Liuyi: "Because I think you are funny." Xu Sanduo looked at Wu Liuyi in disappointment, Wu Liuyi's expression was cold, Xu Sanduo turned his head away, determined to endure such insult as before. Wu Liuyi: "It's also because I want to tell you that the things you have accumulated over the past two years are not something your father can stop. When I see him, I feel pity for him, because he is destined not to take his son away. But now I pity you , to be dragged away with a chain.” Xu Sanduo was in a daze. Wu Liu couldn't stand it anymore and turned to leave.And he said that he was walking for real, and the meteor gave him a back view with big strides, and the direction was straight back to the group. Xu Sanduo was so choked that he didn't even have the courage to shout, so he turned around and Xu Baishun just came out. Xu Baishun: "What about that one?" Xu Sanduo: "I'll go back beforehand." Xu Baishun: "I'll go back when I get back. Now take me to discuss with your leaders and see how I can take you away." Xu Sanduo was grabbed by one sleeve by his father, with a bitter face, like a thief who was caught on the spot. After entering the company camp, the sleeves were finally let go, Xu Sanduo desperately tried to squeeze something out of his empty mind, so as to attract his father's eyes looking at the dormitory. Xu Sanduo: "Dad, this is the horizontal bar..." Xu Baishun: "Next to the horizontal bar is the parallel bar." Xu Baishun had a serious face, and Xu Sanduo could only scratch his head. Xu Baishun: "I don't know this is a horizontal bar? Where is your leader?" Xu Sanduo: "I mean... I'm playing a horizontal bar, you see." Xu Baishun: "I don't want to watch it. Why is there no movement in this area?" Xu Sanduo: "That's an open space... I mean, it's the venue for our company's activities..." Xu Baishun: "I want to find someone! Find land and go home and circle around!" Xu Sanduo: "Dad, our current situation is not very good, but it has a glorious history of fifty-seven years..." Xu Baishun: "Okay. I have a glorious history of fifty-eight years when I was shot out of my mother's womb, which is one year more than that! Why don't you let me go after the service period is over? Tell me! Which door?" Xu Sanduo had no choice but to point to Qilian's empty doorway, Xu Baishun didn't even stumble, and just walked in.Xu Sanduo followed closely, and before entering the door, he looked back helplessly at the open space he had just passed, with farewell already written in his eyes. Xu Baishun entered the Qilian dormitory. The quietness here made him suspicious, like a devil who was afraid of stepping on a landmine. Xu Sanduo followed closely behind: "Dad, it's not that I won't let you go, it's because I don't want to leave..." Xu Baishun stared: "Looking for a slap..." The slap was halfway up, and the neat applause rang out, Xu Baishun trembled with fright.Xu Sanduo was also frightened, so frightened that he was dumbfounded.All the soldiers of Yuangang Seventh Company who were still in this regiment were all standing on both sides of the aisle. They were all in straight military uniforms, as if they had been standing for a long time.The Gangqilian dormitory, which had been empty for several months, suddenly gathered at least two classes again. There is no doubt that this was arranged by Wu Liuyi.Wu Liuyi yelled a password: "Stand at attention! Rest! Salute!" Everyone gave Xu Baishun a military salute in unison. "Warmly welcome Xu Sanduo's father to visit and guide our company!" Everyone shouted. Although Xu Sanduo was in a daze, Xu Baishun was happy. He pushed Xu Sanduo away, looked at the dozens of people in front of him with great interest, and said, "What is Xu Sanduo's father? Is it okay for me to follow my son?" Wu Liuyi corrected immediately: "Warmly welcome old man Xu to come to visit my relatives!" Xu Baishun nodded triumphantly: "I'm not visiting relatives, I'm here to pick up people. Where are your leaders?" Wu Liuyi: "Report to Uncle Xu, this is our leader. But we are not called leaders, but chiefs." Wu Liuyi refers to Xu Sanduo.Xu Sanduo was stunned. "Well, the chief sounds good." Xu Baishun turned to look at his son, and for the first time in his life, he was a little appreciative, "You care about so many people?" Wu Liuyi: "That's right, so many people will be in charge if you become a non-commissioned officer!" Xu Baishun: "Hasn't he turned yet?" Gan Xiaoning: "If he's capable, let him take care of it first. If you transfer, take care of more!" Xu Baishun: "That's the case." He seemed very satisfied, but Wu Liuyi glared at Gan Xiaoning, and if he continued, he would have to wear it out. Wu Liuyi: "Take the chief's father to see the environment!" Ma Xiaoshuai immediately put Xu Baishun on the shelf: "Mr. Xu, this is our soldiers' dormitory. Mr. Xu, have you seen that we even have the flag? This flag is still flying for 48 years handed down." Can Xu Baishun not believe it?All he could do was nod his head!Seeing that Xu Sanduo was still in a daze, Wu Liuyi kicked him on the butt: "Why don't you open the door quickly? You have all the keys to the company!" "You..." Xu Sanduo was dumbfounded. "We have colluded, what's the matter?" Xu Sanduo hastily opened the door.He felt something warm flowing from his eye sockets. Dozens of soldiers surrounded him back and forth, which was probably something Xu Baishun had never experienced in his entire life.He was so proud that he didn't know what to do. Ma Xiaoshuai took a fool's camera and took pictures of the old man while walking: "Old man, turn around and smile." He took pictures without hesitation. An infantry chariot turned and retreated in the open space. Although the venue was small, it was majestic.This is Wu Liuyi driving out of the garage at the risk of making a mistake. Wearing Wu Liuyi's hat and Gan Xiaoning's clothes, Xu Baishun stood on the turret holding the machine gun like a king of the mountain.Following the chariot majestically, it moved forward and rotated. "Old man, look this way." Ma Xiaoshuai held the camera and looked back and forth. The soldiers under the car applauded tacitly and praised loudly. "Old man Xu is so majestic! A natural armored soldier!" "You have ridden a Ferris wheel, and almost sat in an Airbus, but there are not many people who have ridden a chariot!" Xu Baishun said: "That's right, I've ridden a Ferris wheel, I've ridden a chariot, I've even touched a heavy machine gun, I'll tell them when I get home!" "It's all thanks to your third child!" Wu Liuyi said. Only then did Xu Baishun turn his head and glance at Xu Sanduo who had been supporting himself in the cabin. "Chief, come out and take a table with the old man!" Wu Liuyi shouted to Xu Sanduo when he saw that the opportunity was ripe. Xu Sanduo handed over Xu Baishun's balance to another soldier, and got out of the hatch by himself.Xu Baishun had an idea, and desperately tried to turn the muzzle of the machine gun over, but he didn't move. Gan Xiaoning had no choice but to open the latch, Xu Baishun immediately turned the machine gun over, and shouted at Xu Sanduo who had just gotten into his side: "Surrender! Surrender! Hand in the gun and don't kill!" Xu Sanduo was stunned, and everyone was a little stunned.Everyone looked at Xu Sanduo. Everyone looked at Xu Sanduo, Xu Sanduo froze on the roof of the car, moved his hand, and squeezed his fist: "Dad, we never do this kind of movement." The old man raised his hands himself: "This one? Why?" Xu Sanduo said: "Whoever wears military uniform will not surrender!" "You can't do it to your own father? Are you so filial?" The father and son froze. Gan Xiaoning tugged at Ma Xiaoshuai, and shouted to Xu Baishun: "Old man, look this way, hurry up! One, two, three..." Xu Baishun turned around cooperatively, and Ma Xiaoshuai randomly took another photo of him. On this day, Wu Liuyi was really very active. He asked Xu Sanduo to get into the cockpit quickly, and let his father enjoy the car driven by his son!Xu Sanduo got into the cabin without saying a word, and then turned forward and turned in the open space of tens of meters, passing the nearby artillery vehicles and chariots. It seemed that Xu Sanduo's driving skills were really good.The happiest one was of course Xu Baishun, he was so overjoyed, he said, "Young bastard really knows how to drive?" Wu Liuyi responded for Xu Sanduo: "The meeting is going! It's going well!" Gan Xiaoning hurriedly said, "I learned it all in the army, old man." Wu Liuyi said: "He can still fire this cannon and fire this heavy machine gun... He can also repair cars. Shooting inside a car is the most difficult thing to do, but he can shoot bursts inside the car." Gan Xiaoning said: "He is the number one shooter in the group army at night, with a machine gun, 200 rounds of ammunition and 117 rounds hit the target. It is said that he was a gunner in his previous life..." Xu Baishun nodded happily. Wu Liuyi and Gan Xiaoning kept talking. They told the old man that Xu Sanduo was the first in the armed cross-country army, the first in the 400-meter obstacle-crossing army, and the second in the scout skill army.Gan Xiaoning said: "The best infantry! We obey what our squad leader says..." He was kicked by Ma Xiaoshuai, but Xu Baishun reacted very quickly to this kind of thing. Xu Baishun's eyes widened: "Squad leader, isn't he the chief?...You call the squad leader the chief now?" Wu Liuyi hurriedly interjected: "He said me. I was the squad leader. I said Xu Sanduo was good, and they all accepted it. But I obeyed Xu Sanduo. Xu Sanduo became the chief when he was transferred to a non-commissioned officer, and the chief was in charge of the squad leader." Xu Sanduo was driving the car in the cockpit, hearing that the donkey's lip was not right with the horse's mouth, and his expression was weird. "Uncle, please let us... the chief stay with us, we have come through adversity for such a long time." "Yeah, you don't know how difficult it is for us, it's really not easy. You don't know how difficult it is for Xu Sanduo..." Xu Baishun remained in a state of uncertainty, and suddenly slammed on the hood of the car: "Stop! Stop! Don't stop, bitch! If you don't stop, I'll just jump!" Xu Baishun broke free and was about to jump down.Xu Sanduo stopped the car. Judging from his expression, he had expected this. No one here knew his father better than him. As soon as Xu Baishun got out of the car, the soldiers surrounded him without leaving the car. Xu Baishun seemed to disdain them, pointed at Xu Sanduo, and shouted loudly: "You, follow me! Take me to find someone who can be in charge and reason. people go!" Xu Sanduo looked at them silently, and could only follow behind his father... Seeing that he was about to leave the parking lot, Wu Liuyi became impatient and shouted loudly, "You ruined him!" Xu Baishun: "I want him to become a human being. I'm not blind, but I can see that he has also become a human being. Enough is enough, enough is enough for mediocrity." Wu Liuyi: "No one who comes out here wants to mess around!" Xu Baishun slapped haha. Xu Sanduo: "Forget it, June 1st... I thank you all." "Don't put this kind of fart on me!" He turned to the soldiers again, "Is there still Zhe to keep the old man?" Ma Xiaoshuai smiled wryly: "Catch the prisoner, take the old man down." Wu Liuyi punched Xu Sanduo, yelling, "Fight back! Let your father know that you are not a good-for-nothing here!" Xu Sanduo absent-mindedly punched each other. Xu Sanduo started to hide in a daze, Wu Liuyi punched and kicked, the whistling of the wind made a strange impact. This move was really useful, Xu Baishun turned his head and stopped: "Greeting to me! Why did you hit him?" "Uncle, how do you know that Xu Sanduo has learned a lot from us, and Wu Liuyi is very good, he beats him seven times a week, and he cleans up well..." "Liar! I don't know about my son?" Wu Liuyi punched him with strength and precision, but Xu Sanduo subconsciously avoided it, "Let me see what you want!" Xu Sanduo glanced at him, and started to fight back, punching Wu Liuyi on the chin, Wu Liuyi stopped, and wiped away a streak of blood from the corner of his mouth. There was silence around, and the two people surrounded by everyone seemed to be desperate.Wu Liuyi kicked him with a spin, this time for real. Xu Sanduo hugged him and kicked him on the knee. Wu Liuyi was thrown a few meters away, and hit a chariot heavily. Xu Sanduo stood numbly.Xu Baishun looked at him very carefully, not so much to see his son's ability, but to see the strong sadness in his son's expression.Only then did Wu Liuyi struggle to get up from the side of the chariot. Xu Baishun: "It's useful, you've made it up." He turned around and walked away, but the frivolousness before was gone from his expression, and his son's sorrow seemed to be contagious on his face.Xu Sanduo stood blankly, not following, but his expression was full of despair. Wu Liuyi suddenly said to the soldiers next to him: "Look for bricks! Find bricks!" There is a garage next to it that is being repaired.Wu Liuyi raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Xu Sanduo, chop it! Let your father see your ability! Uncle, look at Xu Sanduo." Xu Baishun stopped, turned his head, and expressed his disdain as much as possible: "Where are you peddling on the street?" "Not for sale, Dad. Just to say... I know what I want." "You can't get anything in exchange for what you want." Xu Baishun's words seemed to be full of philosophy. "But I can't do without it anymore—Dad, look at this!" He roared out the last four words, and when he slapped down, the bricks flew, and the pile of bricks collapsed in two.The bottom one was left, which was burnt to black foam, and this kind of brick was stronger than the knots of dead trees.Xu Sanduo looked at his father, Xu Baishun was still like that, with a mocking expression as much as possible. Xu Sanduo looked at the brick in his hand, and the helplessness on his face suddenly turned into anger.He said: "Dad! Look at me!" He slapped the brick on his forehead, half of the brick flew out amidst Xu Baishun's exclamation, and the other half of the brick was caught in Xu Sanduo's hand.His head was fine, Xu Sanduo reached out to wipe the brick dust off his forehead. Xu Baishun: "Are you... playing tricks on me?" Xu Sanduo stared at his father, his eyes were so monotonous that there was only stubbornness: "No. Scouts are overtrained, but I don't mean to say this. Dad, I never knew how to talk to you since I was a child. Now I have a saying When you really want to say it, you have to say it.” Xu Baishun also stared at his son, with stubbornness of the same blood as Xu Sanduo in his eyes.For a while it seemed that only father and son were left. "Why don't you go back with me?" Xu Baishun asked. Xu Sanduo nodded, he looked at all the comrades around him, they were silent: "I can't do without them." “你爸你哥，加一块还不如他们？” “不止这个。我好容易明白点人生，知道它特别该去珍惜。我今年二十二岁，我想不起别的地方可以让我好好过这几年。” 许百顺从许三多的脸看到许三多的脚，从许三多的脚边看见一小摊血，再看回许三多的手上，许三多脑袋没破，手可破了，血从指尖上往下滴滴答答。 再看看伍六一，看看甘小宁，看看马小帅，看看周围的兵，终于叹了口气：“你们对他这么好，干吗不给他把手包上？” Ma Xiaoshuai gave a shout of joy first, and several soldiers rushed up at the same time, with all the handkerchiefs and tissues, and wrapped Xu Sanduo's right hand.At this time, Xu Baishun had already walked away.许三多看着父亲，忽然喊道：“爸，您上哪？” 许百顺回答说：“我，回家去！” Xu Sanduo was startled, broke away from the soldiers beside him, and chased after his father's desolate back.许百顺说：“你二哥给我看他的钱，说他用不着儿子；你给我看你的兵，说你不要儿子，我不回去干啥？”许三多央求着：“爸，您别走。” “住这让你们哄着，我心烦。” “爸，我送您。” “老子不用人送。你再跟我身边，我就揪你回去。” Xu Sanduo hesitated and stopped, watching his father stride away. 许三多几个兵从门口追出来，许百顺已经在登记室取了自己的包走远。许三多在后边跟着，甘小宁捧着他那只伤了的手。伍六一神情很沉郁。 许百顺上了路边的一辆公共，走得可称义无反顾。 在和爸爸的无数次交战中，我生平的第一次胜利更像一场惨败。 他们看看天色，黑了，七连的人已经很少能聚在一起，但也到了各忙各的时候。大家纷纷回了各自的连队。伍六一又恢复了以往专为许三多准备的冷面。伍六一横他一眼，径直走，许三多跟上做了双人成行。 六一因为私自动用装备被记过一次，他军事生涯上的唯一一次。他笑着跟甘小宁说，判轻了。六一不说话，但总想扛起一座山。 一个月后，他终于转成了士官。 许三多知道，他会继续这段军事生涯，直到军队有一天像对史今那样，说：“你走吧，我们需要更好的。这地方有无数人在走同样的路。” Xu Sanduo had worn the rank of private for three years, and finally changed to a first-class non-commissioned officer.宣誓那天，是在团部礼堂。看着许三多士兵衔换成了一级士官，一边的团长王庆瑞若有所思地揉着下巴。 王庆瑞：“这兵看物资多久了？” 干事：“整半年。” 王庆瑞：“有什么突出表现吗？” 干事：“没有，平平常常。” 王庆瑞看着台上那个平静如水的士兵感慨。平平常常，那还真不是件容易事啊。 许三多仍然在七连扫地，转成士官对他来说并没太大区别，一样是看守、维护、打扫，和以前一样。扫帚从地上划过，轨迹没有重复，也没有错漏，许三多安静地做着这繁琐的事情。 费尽力气才争来继续在七连扫地的权利，以前最难忍受的孤独也就变成了平静。它不再是落在头上的命，而是我争来的，值得珍惜。 许三多仍然是独自一人在跑步，但不再呆滞，眼睛很活跃地观察着其他队列的情况。甘小宁活跃地向他挤眼，伍六一仍形同陌路，面无表情。 转了这么大弯后得到的东西叫平常，什么都没有变，只是不再心烦意乱。不怕失去，不怕得到。 他超过那几个老战友的队列，跑开。一辆有着奇怪标志的越野车与他擦肩而过。 那辆越野车成了操场上两名执勤目光的焦点。车自己停了下来，摇下的车窗里露出戴着墨镜的特种兵指挥官铁路，他自己开车。 执勤肯定会先看到铁路肩上的上校军衔，但敬礼的时候他仍对着那两套见所未见的军装有些疑惑。 “团部在哪？” “右拐，到头东行一百米。” "thanks." 铁路的车开走了，那两名执勤竟然弄不清楚他的军种了。 王庆瑞正在看着面前的一摞士兵简历，手上拿的正是许三多的简历，铁路进来了。 The last item on Xu Sanduo's resume is still stationed in the No. 7 Steel Company. 铁路敲门进来了。 “坐。”王庆瑞说着扔盒烟过去，“烟，等我这看完。” 铁路：“少来了。” 王庆瑞：“什么？” 铁路：“你我，或者互损，或者玩笑。可你现在一副公事公办的脸，是想看看我的反应好下药吧？我可不信该看的资料你现在还没看完。” 被戳穿的王庆瑞绝无难堪，资料往桌上一放，先用个镇纸压上。 王庆瑞：“好吧。师部通知是接到了，可我准备讨价还价。” 铁路：“好吧，我也是一路算盘打过来的。” 王庆瑞：“嗯，话说前边，有几个兵我是绝对不给的。” 铁路：“嗯，那我也先说，有几个兵，我就是冲他们来的。” 王庆瑞：“好极了。你是要拿师部的命令压我吗？” 铁路冲王庆瑞那个好斗的表情微笑，并且把他的茶缸子拖过来喝了一口。 “先别生气，”铁路敲敲镇纸下压的简历，“你当宝贝护着的那几个在我眼里还未必合格呢。” 王庆瑞：“对对，适合装甲兵的未必就适合特种兵。” 铁路：“别忙转移。不分兵种，好兵就是好兵。我只想告诉你不是带着绳子来抢人……怎么样？我只希望你我公平一点，下星期在贵团西面的草原演习场上能看见他们。” 他又一次敲敲那摞简历。王庆瑞也看了看那摞简历，心情有些沉郁：“你会看见他们。你我的公平小事一桩，对他们一定得公平。”