Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Three

At Beijing West Railway Station, a farmer’s soldier’s son who was packaged with a famous brand, wandered in the tunnels extending in all directions under the station, but he still couldn’t find the exit where he could see the sky. Xu Sanduo stopped again to identify the direction, and checked the multi-functional sports watch that someone gave him, which had a compass on it. He looked blankly at the people coming from this direction and the people going in that direction. What's the use of knowing the latitude and longitude to the centimeter here. The capital reminds me of the drill where I made a fool of myself and felt like hitting a wall with every step I took.The captain will be ecstatic if he gets here, and he will definitely use such a rare and complex terrain to arrange his anti-terrorism drills.

Xu Sanduo finally found out how easy it is to go out, he gave up his own cognition, and he could see the sky when he went out with the crowd, instead of going out, he was pushed out. Xu Sanduo, who finally saw a ray of sky light, looked at the building pressing on his head in surprise, so much so that he stretched out a hand to press down on the non-existent military cap. Buildings, streets, more buildings and streets, buildings and streets against the sun, buildings and streets against the sun seemed to be spinning, spinning so hard that he couldn't breathe. Xu Sanduo fell from a daze to an even bigger daze, but he definitely couldn't see any satisfaction.

Xu Sanduo was attacked as soon as he got out of the station. Several people rushed up from all directions at the same time. Xu Sanduo took a step back, grabbed the wall behind him, and at the same time assumed a defensive posture. "Do you want a car?" "Do you want to stay?" "..." Xu Sanduo quickly went through the mess in his head, confirmed that there was nothing he wanted, and immediately figured out a way out of the predicament for himself, a bus was passing by, he jumped up, grabbed the door, That stance is common when getting on a tank or a helicopter.

The car braked suddenly, and the driver poked his head out and cursed angrily, "Say you're going to die and change to another car!" The car drove away, Xu Sanduo was at a loss. By the way, this is not tanks and helicopters.No one here tells you to attack the whole army, people here just say let's go. Finally realizing that he had done something terribly wrong, Xu Sanduo bowed his head in embarrassment, and didn't dare to think about where he was going until all the people who looked at him were gone. The license plate with the fighting ants on it gave him more headaches than anything else.

So a man of infantry background chose the way he was most used to, and he walked along the circle. Let's go, as long as you walk, you can always go where you want. There is a lot of traffic and a sea of ​​lights. A fool is dazzled in the middle, and a fool is measuring the ring line of this huge city with his legs.Two steps and one meter, a standard pace, neither fast nor slow, but one step followed by the next step, without pause or intermission, using a kind of trot pace for urban people. There are intersections one after another, never-ending intersections, never-ending novelties.until bored.

Xu Sanduo finally found something he was familiar with, but that was not a good sign.He saw the huge station, the Beijing West Railway Station that he started from. One thing I found out, the capitals are round.Six hours later, I returned to where I started.In a circle, the end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end.The barracks are all square, in rows and columns, from several rows to several rows, from goal A to goal B, we will never allow life in circles. People who walked into the underground passage turned into swarthy shadows, a tired guy was wandering around, and Xu Sanduo was exhausted physically and mentally.Walking in the tunnel and seeing the sky is a victory.But in such a big city, what is victory when you see it?The singing in this empty underground passage made people feel clear, and it also made Xu Sanduo feel nostalgic at this time.

A vagabond singer, young, sad, and vicissitudes like Xu Sanduo, sat on the ground with a backpack, a guitar, and a morning newspaper.Sad and confused, Xu Sanduo squatted down, and he listened to the song until the end. Looking at Xu Sanduo from that side, he smiled, feeling very tired.Compared with the upstart Xu Sanduo, he is considered shabby. Singer: "Thank you for listening. Everyone else seems to have a lot of big things to do." Xu Sanduo watched, this person reminded him of Shi Jin, Wu Liuyi, and many people, but this person had nothing in common with those soldiers he knew who walked like wind and sat like clock.

He examined the other party's luggage and patched it up, just keeping it at a level that shouldn't be too depressing. "can I help you?" "No. Definitely not." The singer was so decisive that Xu Sanduo was almost taken aback. Xu Sanduo: "Then, can you help me?" Singer: "It seems that I can't." Xu Sanduo was so frustrated that he was about to cry: "I just want to go to Tiananmen, I can't find it." The singer was so surprised that he almost laughed: "Just walk along Chang'an Avenue!" "I don't know the way at all. I just need to know the direction, and I only know the direction. But everyone only tells me the place name, not the direction."

"Take this." An old map of Beijing, with many circles and crosses stamped on it, Tiananmen Square is painted with a conspicuous five-pointed star, which is exactly what Xu Sanduo needs. Well, now that he has a direction, Xu San strides forward, nibbles on a piece of bread he just bought, and at the same time sips a carton of milk in a nutritious way. When the lights were on and the night was lazy, among the people walking the streets and walking their dogs to pass the time, a person passed through like an arrow, going straight to his target who would be laughed at if he said it.

In the capital, like in the wilderness, it is easy to get lost, people are busy in their own way, and grasshoppers and locusts are never related.When we were soldiers in the wasteland, we believed in the sacredness of Obo like herdsmen, because it was the only sign when we lost our way. Here, Tiananmen Square is the only sign I know. Now he saw it at last, big and vast, dotted with lights, crowded with people and cars, guarded by sentries.Xu Sanduo calmed down, let his already blistered feet rest for a few seconds, and calmed down his anxious mood. This naive pilgrim lingered under the Huabiao, was squeezed away from the Jinshui Bridge by the crowd, and finally found the underground passage to go to the opposite side he had seen through, and was stunned by the huge auditorium on the opposite side.

The last thing that attracted him was the Monument to the People's Heroes, of course it could only be the Monument to the People's Heroes, because there were soldiers carved on it. Then a fool tried to observe the monument from all angles, as far away as the watchtower, so close that he needed to look up, and so far that he could see the corners of the monument. If there was a helicopter, he might even try to overlook it. Viewed horizontally as ridges and laterally as peaks, the distance and height are different—so I am even more at a loss. The last few kites float in the night sky. The changing of the guard at the monument. A small figure squats far away from a new angle. The flow of people has disappeared, it is already late at night, and the traffic flow has finally ceased to flow, like water drops from a closed faucet.The only ones still haunting the square were the two-man garrison soldiers. Xu Sanduo is squatting, the angle is new, but the posture is old. He needs to look up at the monument from his current position, so that he can see the starry sky above. It is a depressed and sad expression. I'm not stupid enough to believe that our names will be engraved on the monument, and certainly not on the floor tiles, it's just a metaphor.Let me find out, or take a step back, cry and laugh, and then, a direction, a sign should at least tell people the direction below.But I'm just in a daze here, like anywhere else. A person in this square will appear so small, a grain of sand mixed in the sea, a small black spot wrapped in the night. The black dot walked aimlessly along the entire square, and was dotted with another slightly larger black dot behind it. The latter were two garrison soldiers standing side by side. A pair of casual shoes, even a famous brand can't withstand such a toss, Xu Sanduo raised his foot to look, and the engraving on the sole has been completely worn away. A voice came from behind: "Hello." Xu Sanduo turned around, and there were two straight guard soldiers standing there like a wall, majestic and solemn, as meticulous as their post requirements, leaving Xu Sanduo at a loss. Xu Sanduo: "Hello." Soldier A: "Can I help you?" Xu Sanduo: "No." He looked at the two with mixed feelings. Soldier A was a little older, and soldier B was a little younger. He might have never shaved his beard in this life. The military uniform was of a texture that Xu Sanduo had never worn. All of these made Xu Sanduo feel kind and friendly. Nostalgia. Soldier A: "Then, please show your ID." The last five words immediately brought Xu Sanduo back to reality, a little stunned and a little accustomed to it.They checked his papers very carefully and shone with a flashlight, just missing his face. Soldier A: "Why don't soldiers wear uniforms?" Xu Sanduo: "Because... yes, I didn't wear it." That's hardly an answer.The questioner is not a question, but a question. Soldier A: "You have been here for more than four and a half hours. Can I help you?" Xu Sanduo: "No." Soldier B: "What do you want to do?" Xu Sanduo met those two people's eyes: "I want to see the flag raising." Soldier A: "The flag will be raised in five hours." Xu Sanduo: "Oh. Thank you." The other party returned the certificate to him.Xu Sanduo tried to return to the state of mind just now, he looked towards the empty square, and the two soldiers stood motionless on the spot.Uncomfortable, Xu Sanduo decided to change places, but the footsteps of the two behind him sounded like the same person, and he knew without turning his head that those two were exactly within fifteen meters of him.Xu Sanduo stopped, and the two of them shortened the distance to five meters and stopped. Xu Sanduo finally got a little angry: "I don't understand...whether we can't wait here to watch the flag go up." Soldier: "This is a public place. You are free to wait here, but overnight stays are prohibited." Xu Sanduo: "I won't stay overnight, I just want to watch the flag go up." Soldier: "You can wait here, we won't disturb you." Xu San took one more step, and saw those two men planning to take another step.He stood still and crouched.Those two stood motionless at the original distance, seeing Xu Sanduo's expression, he thought he was in a stalemate. At this time, except for the soldiers, no one else could be seen in the square, except for an occasional car passing by the tranquility.Xu Sanduo was restless, he was still squatting, with his back facing his two watchers.The two soldiers didn't move their fingers, or even the direction of their gaze. He said he would not disturb, but he would never leave. For Xu Sanduo now, that was the biggest disturbance.The current Xu Sanduo is not Xu Sanduo who obeys what he says, but Xu Sanduo who will fight to defend something, and no matter what it is. He stared at those two faces, deadlocked, one face was as young as him, and the other face was younger than him.The eyes of the two men did not meet his, for such a contest would be detrimental to their dignity in this position. Such a stalemate will have no result, just like the stalemate with Xu Sanduo who is building roads on the grassland will not have results. Xu Sanduo stared at them blankly, the two still didn't even have eye contact, they just stared straight ahead monotonously like any sentinel, Xu Sanduo looked at the direction they were looking at, there was nothing, except a monument and the sign in front of the monument. Sentinel has nothing. Xu Sanduo had no choice but to squat down, the standard infantry squatting posture, he also looked at the monument, his eyes were almost as calm as those two guards. I saw two answers, and I wanted to talk to them. Their silence made me understand that ordinaryness and silence can be so solemn. Two standing soldiers watched a squatting soldier, and it seemed that they must spend the night in this way. Xu Sanduo looked at the monument. He saw himself standing at the end of that lifeless path, a small black dot on the fifth class of wilderness road. I saw Shi Jin weeping quietly in a military vehicle driving past Tiananmen Square. I saw Wu Liuyi jumping and running with his broken leg. Seeing the dispersed Seventh Company, soldiers saluting the military flag, seeing the lurking old A, who seemed to grow together with stones and woods, seeing Shi Jin alone blocking the attack of a group of old A, the last chance left by being killed , Seeing the muzzle of a talented gun, seeing the pair of eyes behind the gun that won't blink even if needles are pricked. The rushing traffic stopped in the early morning, and the flag guards and flag raisers crossed the streets, completing all the daily routines with millimeter-accurate movements. When the flag is hoisted, it's another day for everyone in this country. Xu Sanduo had already stood up, looking at him from a distance, he couldn't help but already had the strictest posture of standing at attention.A plainclothes man gave the New Day flag the longest salute of his military career in a corner of the plaza, and gave no thought to whether the plainclothes complied with the rules. He turned back, and the two guards were still standing there. Xu Sanduo walked in the direction of leaving, and never planned to turn back.The garrison resumed their section of duty, walking and patrolling the area at their standard pace. The traffic begins to move, the brooding night passes, and the troubled day begins. A child crawls down the aisle of a train carriage and grabs a man's standard combat trousers until he is picked up by his mother. Xu Sanduo watched and smiled gently. He had already changed back to his military uniform, and the chances of being seen were still high, but so what. There are very few people in the car, because the outside is getting more and more desolate, this is the route from the city to the wilderness. A chariot loaded on the flatbed outside attracted Xu Sanduo's full attention. Old A has always been used to living a light life, and those chariots have become a long-lost thing. The gate of the 353rd Regiment seemed to have remained the same, except that there was a new batch of sentries at the gate. The second lieutenant on duty stared at Xu Sanduo's ID card, but he was obviously more interested in people than ID cards. The combat uniform made him curious: "If you leak the secret, you don't need to answer. What is your military class?" "infantry." The ensign shrugged, and knowing that asking further questions would get nowhere, he went about his routine. Second lieutenant: "Where you come from... You can fill in the documents yourself, XXXXX troops... I want to ask what XXXXX is, but you won't tell me?" Xu Sanduo smiled, everything here made him so relaxed and kind: "I'm sorry." Second Lieutenant: "It's okay. What's the reason for your visit?" Xu Sanduo's mind was not here, he looked at the troops coming and going inside and outside the gate with bright eyes: "Visiting friends." Second Lieutenant: "Receiver. Tell me someone so I can call you." Xu Sanduo didn't hesitate, those names had been in his mind for many days: "One Company Secretary Chief Wu Liuyi." The second lieutenant was more straightforward than him: "There is no such person." Xu Sanduo: "How could it be? There is a series of opportunities." The second lieutenant dialed the phone: "I have stayed in the first company, and I know all the long characters in the whole company. There is no such person." On the phone, "Guard company. What is your chief secretary?" Wrong number." Xu Sanduo began to feel a little dazed. Second lieutenant: "Who will the receiver write?" "Squad leaders of three consecutive five classes become talented." "The class in the desert, right? Even if I can get in touch, I'll see you tomorrow." He joked, "You might as well find a guest house and stay first." That doesn't seem to work, Xu Sanduo racked his brains and thought, "Silian Gan Xiaoning." The second lieutenant made a phone call, and after a while: "Transferred away." Xu Sanduo didn't even have the strength to be amazed, he was getting more and more lost: "Jiulian Ma Xiaoshuai." Chariots were coming in and out of the door, and he seemed to be from another world. The second lieutenant made another phone call to check: "Same, transferred too." Xu Sanduo became more and more frustrated, which made the people around him anxious for him. Second Lieutenant: "Think about it. It's not that I won't let you in, but I can't do anything without a pick-up." Xu Sanduo: "Why are they all gone? He is a bit confused. I have stayed in 353 for more than two years. I am coming back to see the old army!" "Just after the reorganization, new recruits came in again. They come more and leave more, so..." He closed the registration book sympathetically, "I'm sorry." Xu Sanduo stood by the door, he was looking forward to an acquaintance, a familiar face, but there was none. In this place he was so familiar with, all the people entering and leaving were brand new military uniforms, new soldiers, and strangers.The soldiers in the regiment compound were lining up, exercising, training, there were voices of passwords, and laughter, all of which made Xu Sanduo envious and jealous. He watched through a door, like a child who would never get a piece of cake. of sugar. Sentinel: "Please stand outside the cordon." Xu Sanduo walked away sullenly, already at dusk, he spent the whole afternoon searching and looking forward to it. Twilight is a time of relaxation for an army. There are more laughter and laughter than before. The supper horn is played, and there is the sound of singing from Chenglian. Xu Sanduo squatted under the wall, watching the twilight on that wall, and listening to all the sounds coming from the wall. It all nearly melted him. It's very quiet here, it's the back wall of the group of three, five, and three. He has walked around the huge courtyard for a few more times. There is no one around, only a dog from the same village came looking for it. The sound of singing before dinner in the distance was like the tide, which made him crazy. I want to go in, I really want to go in.I have never wanted to go to a place like this in my life. It's so easy to think about going in, take a few steps back, start running, kick up two feet, reach the top of the wall with your hands, Xu Sanduo found that he only needs to do another pull-up to go in.He climbed on the wall for a while, mainly trying to convince himself——I just want to go in. Pulling up, he landed lightly over the wall. The parking lot, a place Xu Sanduo is familiar with. When Xu Sanduo landed, the chariot and support vehicles were parked quietly, and a heavy truck was parked right in front of him, no one could be seen. Now that he had already done the first grade of junior high school, Xu Sanduo went inside. There was a soft sound from under the truck, and a soldier covered in oil slid halfway out of his body with a roller, looking at him in surprise. Xu Sanduo also looked at the person on the ground, it was extremely embarrassing for a moment, so he could only squeeze out a forced smile, nodded, and walked inside pretending to be indifferent. There was a full squad of soldiers on the other side of the car, squatting forward and back sitting on the ground to observe the car repairer under the car, Xu Sanduo was immediately stared at by more than ten pairs of eyes, and now he couldn't even force a smile, so he had to force himself out. A righteous scene. He walked about five meters safely. "stop!" "What are you doing?" "Catch him! He came over the wall!" "Don't run!" Xu Sanduo didn't run away, just turned around and was immediately surrounded by a class, he raised his two hands to his chest, otherwise those two hands would be twisted. Xu Sanduo: "I am a veteran of the Seventh Company of the Third Battalion. I was wrong, please send me to the headquarters of the Third Battalion." "He dares to call you a veteran before he has even hair? It's a good idea. This is the first battalion yard. If you want to send it, you can also send it to the battalion headquarters." "It's obviously a twist. Twist!" "Go call the guard company!" "Call the battalion commander first." "The battalion commander and the instructor are all on the shooting range." "Associate instructor." Xu Sanduo made the routine observation of this class full of excitement and surprises, while he himself was surrounded by a group of soldiers with a look of dying before he was able to complete his mission. In the first battalion headquarters, Xu Sanduo sat blankly in this room, the window was closed, the door was closed, and there was a figure flickering outside the window. A dialogue came from outside the door: "Deputy instructor!" "How do you close the storage room?" "Report, the windows of this house are made of frosted glass, so as not to let him spy on more military information." "You guys are very thoughtful." "All the equipment has been changed, please pay attention to the confidential details." When the door opened and people entered, Xu Sanduo bowed his head dead. It's not that he has never lost anyone in his life, but he has never lost this kind of person.Looking at the ground, there are several pairs of shoes standing on the ground in front of him, a pair of officer's standard leather shoes, and several pairs of soldiers' training shoes. Xu Sanduo slowly raised his head in embarrassment, and then faced a very homely and ordinary face. If it wasn't for the military uniform, he could easily be regarded as an ordinary person. Xu Sanduo stared at He Hongtao, and He Hongtao stared at Xu Sanduo, both of them were astonished, and then He Hongtao's face was distorted by a smile. He Hongtao laughed loudly, and spread surprise to every soldier who was waiting and excited inside and outside the house: "Thank you everyone! I have been looking for him for a long time! Well, this kid was arrested as a special forces lieutenant colonel, and now he is caught by the auto repair team. The combat effectiveness of the auto repair team is better than that of the special forces brigade." The soldiers were astonished, and some of them were slow-witted and still pleased with themselves. He Hongtao: "You didn't bother them much, did you, Xu Sanduo? They all went out, the guards inside and outside the gate were withdrawn, and told the guards that even the guards would not be used anymore." A group of soldiers went out awkwardly, He Hongtao turned around and faced Xu Sanduo: "What's going on? Haha, Xu Sanduo." "I want to come in, but no one will let me in. I wandered outside all afternoon, only separated by a wall... I was dizzy, I was wrong, but I really wanted too much..." His depression was mixed Panicked, "I've thought about it all the way, but what about people?" He Hongtao: "I'm not human? You won't mention me? He Hongtao, the former instructor of the third company, is now the deputy instructor of the first battalion, or have you always regarded me as an outsider?" Xu Sanduo choked on his grievances, blushing and thick neck. He Hongtao: "Okay, okay, I know we haven't had a chance to get close. It's been a lot of movement during this time. It's hard to beat the soldiers in the camp. Last week, some veterans came back to see and fell down crying at the gate of the regiment...You If that's the case, then come in." Xu Sanduo: "I can't do that." I really want that. He Hongtao looked at him, his eyes became more and more gentle, just like when he discovered that Xu Sanduo was a loyal and weak soldier: "The meal is over, Sanduo. Shall we chat here? You have a big worry. " "I want to see them." "I'll help you find them, change places now." "I'll go find them." "You soldier doesn't know the rules, I'm your old superior, you have to listen to me." Xu Sanduo hesitated for a moment, what He Hongtao said was indeed the truth, and He Hongtao now also acted like a battalion commander. When He Hongtao went out, Xu Sanduo followed awkwardly, and a few soldiers who were still on guard in the corridor hurried out of the way. The setting sun turned the three-five-san compound into a piece of golden yellow. The trainees and the unemployed seem to be the same as before, but things are right and people are different.There is nothing that does not make Xu Sanduo pay attention, even a fallen leaf makes him carefully walk around, all things in memory are so fragile and illusory. He Hongtao just walked, and when Xu Sanduo was haunted by something that brought back memories, he stopped and waited. He knew exactly what kind of mood a veteran who came back here would have. In the end, Xu Sanduo was completely attracted by a queue on the playground, not only because of the surprising youth of that queue, but also because of the two flags at the head of the team. "Seventh Company of Bloody Pioneer Steel, Seventh Company of Armored Tiger Steel". He Hongtao didn't wait at the same place this time, he approached Xu Sanduo because he knew it would not be a matter of a while.What was going on in that queue was a ceremony, a recruit's admission ceremony, presided over by the chief of the first company himself. "Zhang Yi, do you understand the honor of the Seventh Steel Company?" "I will use my life to understand the honor of the Seventh Steel Company." "How many people are there in Steel Seventh Company?" "There are 5,103 soldiers in the 7th Steel Company. I am the 5,103rd soldier of the 7th Steel Company, and 5,102 soldiers have passed before me. There are many people we have lost his name, but we will remember them." He Hongtao looked at Xu Sanduo's dream-like eyes: "It's still the Seventh Steel Company. The people have changed, but their company commander has passed down your ceremony. Things are different, right?" Xu Sanduo's answer was a long sigh, which made He Hongtao a little dazed. But He Hongtao is referring to the fighters, and the commanders and fighters will talk endlessly about the history of soldiers: "Xu Sanduo, the Seventh Company is not an armored reconnaissance company now, but an electronic reconnaissance company. Ground work vehicles, a few unmanned reconnaissance planes in the sky... At the beginning we I also sighed, the most capable troops in the regiment were overpowered by toys, and later...their efficiency is indeed higher than yours, by a few numbers." Xu Sanduo: "I understand." He Hongtao smiled wryly: "You understand...it seems really helpless." "I understand that's probably the case." He Hongtao patted him on the shoulder to show comfort: "The bayonet function of the old seventh company is distributed to each company, that is, each company strengthens the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers and company platoons. I think the current Red Third Company may be able to compete with the Old Seventh Company on the battlefield...do you want to go and see your barracks?" He was talking about the dormitory of the No. 7 Steel Company, a row of quiet buildings, nothing has changed, and the soldier's declaration is still in the open space in front of the house, making people feel that walking in may see the gang who used themselves as steel to quench themselves in the fire scouts. Xu Sanduo: "I won't go... I can't go back." The family area of ​​the 353rd Regiment does not match their ever-changing equipment, and it can be said that it is still completely at the level of the Tongzilou in the 1970s. A two-year-old cub staggered and bumped into He Hongtao head-on. He Hongtao squatted down exaggeratedly: "Son, if you do it again, Dad will be banned from family planning." The cub yelled quickly: "Daddy, Daddy!" He Hongtao hugged his son and wanted to bite him hard, but he couldn't help being stunned. Someone painted a delicate and stylish beard on his son's mouth. He Hongtao: "Which bastard did this? I'm sorry, son, you didn't hear those three words." Little boy: "Dad and the others. They said that they will shave with dad in the morning." He Hongtao: "They are uncles! You are just a father." Xu Sanduo watched from the side, not even in the mood to laugh. He Hongtao: "Today I brought you back another uncle called Uncle." The little boy said generously to Xu Sanduo, "Father!" He Hongtao smiled wryly, and now it was his turn to be embarrassed: "My mother is not in good health, and my wife always goes home to take care of her. This kid rolls around as soon as he can walk. That's good. If he doesn't teach well, he will be his father in military uniform." Xu Sanduo smiled, and extended a hand to He Hongtao's son to play with. The boy studied it seriously: "This father also has calluses." "Come on, let's make some face for your father...Xu Sanduo, do you have a place to live?" Xu Sanduo looked blankly at the twilight, patted the boy's head: "No." He Hongtao: "Do you dislike me? My wife is not here. The three of us have a double bed, which is spacious." Xu Sanduo did not speak, and He Hongtao was delighted by the silence. He Hongtao lives in a room that does not exceed fifteen square meters.Naturally, such a large place will not have much space for the necessary supplies for a family, but He Hongtao is busy in it like a bat walking through the forest, setting up a table, the so-called table is what we call a few folds As for the furniture, put a chair, and the double bed can naturally fit the other two buttocks. A gas tank is moved in and connected to the simple gas stove on the table.Naturally, there is nothing more to put in a gas stove, so mutton, cabbage, tofu and so on are piled on the ground. While He Hongtao was busy, he felt a little embarrassed. "The place is ugly. The sub-battalion just mentioned will change rooms soon. I have a room when you come three months late." Good!It is very good.The pot on the gas stove was steaming, the TV was turned off and the silent news was playing, and the crowd was so warm. He Hongtao's son aimed and shot Xu Sanduo with a toy gun, making electronic noises flickeringly. He Hongtao said in a hurry: "You have to lie down, you have to say I'm dead, or he won't finish." Xu Sanduo spread out the vegetables on the ground and lay down on the ground.Let the little boy toss on him. He looked at the steamy ceiling. I see another answer.Ordinary, trivial, bitter cold, but it is an answer. He Hongtao went out of the room and yelled at someone next door: "Youngest disaster relief. Support eggs... How many pots are there... You have bird flu and biochemical weapons... By the way, I will toss my son to shave your eyebrows later, wait You are asleep, I have your house key... By the way, all the people you want are in my house... Who, if you think about it carefully, it's best not to think about it after we finish eating." The three men, two big and one small, finally had dinner, and He Hongtao was the busiest person, busy adding food to Xu Sanduo's hot pot, busy feeding his son, and he had to be careful of his fussy son making trouble in this small space . Xu Sanduo: "How about becoming a talent?" "I don't know." He Hongtao looked at Xu Sanduo, and took advantage of this moment to stuff himself, "When I go to the battalion headquarters, there will be an extra floor every three companies. I only know that he is still in the third and fifth shifts. Why did he come back?" gone?" Xu Sanduo asked again: "How is June 1?" "Let's talk slowly, shall we? Are you in a hurry to go back?" Xu Sanduo was at a loss, the steam in the hot pot made him squint his eyes, and at this moment those who were killed by the bullets and those who were killed by his punches reappeared vividly. He Hongtao sniffed vigorously: "Is the gas turned up? It smells like you're about to cry." Xu Sanduo didn't say yes or no, and got up to help He Hongtao adjust the gas. The door was knocked lightly twice. "Get out," He Hongtao smiled at Xu Sanduo, "Don't you want to know about the June 1st situation? Here you go." When Xu Sanduo stood up in a panic, he almost knocked over his chair. He stared at the door, surprised and frightened. He mistakenly thought that Liu Yi was about to appear. If you don't speak on June 1st, you may be able to lift a mountain.You can always borrow his strength when you are weak. The door was pushed open, and the captain of Ji Yi Lian stood outside the door with half a dozen beers in both hands. He was not surprised to see Xu Sanduo, but Xu Sanduo was completely surprised. Xu Sanduo saluted: "Good morning, Captain." The company commander relaxed as if he was in his own home: "Come on, you, how big is this room? If you say big, his son is the biggest." He giggled and poured the wine for Xu Sanduo and He Hongtao, and Xu Sanduo had been looking out the door until now, expecting another person to come in. "Drink, Xu Sanduo, welcome home." The company commander followed Xu Sanduo's line of sight, then reached out and pulled Xu Sanduo's neck back. The first company commander: "It seems that you don't know where the armor-piercing bullet went." Xu Sanduo: "What... armor-piercing bullets?" The first company commander: "Wu Liuyi. That guy with the same name and serial number will be demobilized if he says he will be demobilized. I will let him die." Xu Sanduo: "Go to hell... demobilized on June 1st?" The company commander didn't look angry, He Hongtao winked at that guy vigorously. He Hongtao: "Yilian has been looking for you, and found the company cadres who informed the whole regiment. Whoever saw you immediately stopped you. Because June 1 has been demobilized, after demobilization, a remittance slip was sent to their company headquarters, which was to be handed over to you. " Xu Sanduo was astonished and smiled bitterly, and took out a money order and put it on the table. The first company commander: "This is your business, and you have to take care of it. The money is not much, only three thousand, but it is a sum, and the task is completed." Xu Sanduo: "I don't understand. Demobilized on June 1st? How could... be demobilized?" He asked bluntly, but the expression on his face was not blunt at all, it was almost fierce. Yi Lianchang looked at him unwaveringly, poured himself a glass of wine and said, "You look at me like that too, Lao Qi looked at me as if he wanted to kill me. Do you know how much effort it takes to arrange a Chief Secretary? I'm just a small company long." "So you demobilized him?" The company commander almost broke the cup on the table: "I let him? I let him?!" He Hongtao patted Xu Sanduo with his hands, and comforted the first company commander with his eyes. Now he wants to deal with two people at the same time: "You two, handle with care. Don't blame the youngest, this matter is handled by the first company, the first battalion, and the seventh in the division." Yes, it's not easy, but it's finally done. Lao Qi has never begged anyone before, this time he has begged all over, and everyone wants face, but it depends on what it is for." Xu Sanduo: "Then blame Liu Yi?" The first company commander laughed dryly, and He Hongtao smiled wryly: "Don't blame him. To be honest, we obey him. But it is true that the matter has been settled, and he can write a demobilization report. He said that he can walk farther with one and a half legs, which is farther than we thought. It's still far away. Can you dry that cup and put out the fire? My son is watching." The little brat slapped the table shamelessly and laughed. Wu Liuyi's departure was so resolute that even He Hongtao, the first company commander and Gao Cheng begged him to stay, but he still left, limping away. "It's so comfortable to be the chief of staff, it's so comfortable, I really thought about staying here for the rest of my life, but a soldier... I mean, a lame man, I don't dare to be too lazy, or... In the future, it will not only be lame Leg." This is what Wu Liuyi said after being slapped by Gao Cheng. The hot pot at He Hongtao's house was steaming. The three adults were staring at the steam in a daze. A young boy knocked on his empty bowl to protest: "Daddy is hungry!" The company commander came to his senses, picked up the good and put it in the boy's bowl, He Hongtao stroked his son's hair in a daze. He Hongtao: "The old seven hugged and cried after the fight. The youngest and I knew that everything was over. If even Gao Cheng was defeated, we would be fine...Xu Sanduo, is it true that Qilian is broken up and the reliance we have always had is gone? , you are more responsible for yourselves... I can't say anything to Liu Yi, because he lives a more serious life than us, which makes me ashamed." The company commander resentfully said: "I'm ashamed, wipe his ass until I'm ashamed." He Hongtao: "Forget about being the youngest, you like that person, and you are deeply responsible for your love." The first company commander stuffed his mouth angrily: "I heard that when I go back to my hometown, I will give up the disability treatment. Don't make arrangements. Say you are free and travel around the world. Cut it!" Xu Sanduo's throat choked. The taste of freedom, the captain has already told me that you can be responsible for yourself, or not.Liu Yi is a truly free person, he is responsible for himself... what he abides by, I gave up when I left the base. In the darkness, He Hongtao's son shouted: "Dad! Poo!" When the light came on, the two men sat up, He Hongtao looked at Xu Sanduo and smiled wryly. "Xu Sanduo, what did he call daddy?" Xu Sanduo smiled mischievously and lay down.The bed in He Hongtao's house could see the moon when he lay down on the bed, which felt like the open air. He heard He Hongtao chatting with his son. He Hongtao: "Be brave, son, if you want to poop, go yourself." Little boy: "Hei Hei." He Hongtao: "You hit it. Beat Hei Hei away." 小崽子掂量了一下，端着玩具枪自己去了，与其说是便便不如说去打仗。 何红涛蹑着手脚跟出去，如同在查暗哨。 许三多翻了个身，他睡不着，不光因为心情，也因为身下的床垫。 太软，睡不着，睡在板上或者地上，坐睡甚至站睡，但士兵的睡眠与席梦思无缘。 许三多就像在自己留守七连时一样自言自语道：“我命令你睡着。” 但是很遗憾，这次的命令失效了。在下了命令后的两秒钟，他再次睁开了眼。 小崽子噼里啪啦地跑了回来，进门后还摆了个警戒后方的持枪POSE，看来他已经击败了他惧怕的黑黑，然后踩过地上的一团什么，回归了他的床铺。 保卫者何红涛在之后贼头贼脑钻了回来，看来他对儿子的英勇甚是满意，但他在上床之前也踢到了儿子踏过的东西。 何红涛打量着那团东西，那团东西是许三多，在很短的时间内他用背包和背包里的衣物为自己搭筑了一个可以睡着的便铺，并且已经成功地睡着。 许三多睡着的脸像个孩子，但是咬肌咬得很紧，眉头皱得打结，即使睡着了也还在与睡眠中的什么作战。 他笑得有些忧愁了：“我儿子怕黑，你怕什么，许三多？” 这问题没答案，灯灭了，何红涛睡了。 许三多蹙着眉头，黑暗中也能听到他咬牙的声音，不是磨牙，是咬牙。 我怕空洞，怕失落，怕丢失了始终，怕不在乎……那天晚上我一直梦见六一，六一很强，什么也击不倒他。 工地的顶端，一个现代都市的最高处，与这灯海中任何一处相比也是最璀璨的地方，因为工人们在赶夜工，完成这栋未完建筑的顶层架构。 伍六一在工作，他很专心，像对他的战车和机枪一样，偶尔抬头看看脚下的那片灯海，甚至更远的地方，他的眼神就很温和，一个有很多怀念的人才有那样的温和。 口令，整齐的脚步，纷沓的脚步，汗湿了的迷彩背心和裸露着的铜色膀臂。 三五三的晨练仍然像以前一样朝气。 畏缩在操场角落的许三多是最委靡的人，即使他身边的小崽子也在有模有样地蹦蹿：“爸爸早操！爸爸早操！” 许三多心不在焉：“爸爸不早操。” 小崽子：“每个爸爸都早操！” 许三多望着那些被汗湿了的人们，像个投胎转世的家伙望着上一个轮回。 许三多：“这个爸爸不操……别学这个爸爸，这个爸爸不乖。” 何红涛脱离了一帮晨操的人跑过来，即使跟许三多说话他也还维持着原地抬腿，那主要是为了避免抽筋：“他好带不？他不烦吧？” “好带。他真的很乖。” “我今儿回来又早不了啦！我儿子又要麻烦你啦！” “明明是我在麻烦您。” “笑话笑话。对了，七连长想请你参加他们连会，聊聊。” "..." “又是兵王，又是七连故人，你去还不有的说吗？” 许三多纯是一种哀求的语气：“不去好吗？” 何红涛愣了一下：“那是你说了算……七连长可要失望了，他没少听我们吹你。” 许三多：“别吹我，我是七连最次的兵……吹我干吗？” 何红涛：“哈哈，就算是本性难移，你这也谦过头了。” “没谦。您是不知道……”许三多郁郁走开，小崽子知道今天的看护人是谁，绕着许三多一个个跑着圈子。 何红涛今天是仍然不在，一个教导员每天的四分之三都得泡在营房和训练场，副的恐怕更忙。许三多和小崽子在吃饭，吃的是军队食堂打回来的东西。那小子路都不太走得稳，掉的比吃得多。 许三多呆呆看着他，无疑，在一个成年人的目光注视下，小崽子的吃饭很有些人来疯的意味。 一天又一天，每天我都跟自己说，换个地方，换个不会烦着别人的地方。 许三多现在正翻着何红涛从七连帮他抄回来的一堆信，几十个早已经打算埋在心里的名字，他翻开一张生日卡，那是史今寄出的，音乐轻轻响着，许三多变得僵硬。 一辆似乎还带着硝烟和征尘的越野车，两个全副伪装还未去尽的人。通过大门，在家属区楼下停稳。 何红涛从营房区匆匆赶来，和车上的两人显然早有默契，到了连招呼都不用打的程度。三个人风风火火地冲进了宿舍楼。 许三多正在和小崽子玩着幼稚到无聊的游戏。 门被猛然推开，那两个人冲了进来：“是真人吗？核实一下。” 许三多哑然，直到被人把手伸到脸上狠拧了一把，才透过那两位脸上的油彩认出是甘小宁和马小帅。 欢喜和羞涩几乎是同时涌上来的，欢喜因为重逢，羞涩源于潦倒：“你们……” 那两家伙已经一边一个把他架了，使了蛮力便往外拖。 何红涛一脸微笑或者说一脸奸细相地站在门外，顺便抱了跟着看热闹的儿子：“好走好走，不送不送。” 甘小宁：“副教导员，我们副营长说您告密有功，有空上他那领赏。这是他原话，不是我没上下级观念。” 何红涛：“我赏他个巴掌。许三多，你该去的地方找你来了，你就好好去吧。” 许三多挣扎着：“怎么也没个招呼……” 何红涛：“招呼了你就又要多想。儿子，说叔叔再见。” 许三多已经被架上了车，他知道挣不过，面对着这两名老战友也并不想挣。 何红涛轻轻拍打着儿子，平静而满足地看着那车驶走。 甘小宁和马小帅把一切搞得像场绑架，即使上车亦然，甘小宁闷头驾车，马小帅则把许三多摁在后座搜身。 许三多：“干什么？好好说话行不行？我就是想跟你们说说话！” 马小帅：“废话少说，先行检查。嗳，我说小宁，死老A的作战服是比咱们强点。” 许三多已经放弃抵抗了，干脆一言不发地瞪着他。 车正驶过大门，哨兵敬礼，几个家伙终于稍歇，还礼，这总算让他们不那么纠缠成一堆。 三条路，甘小宁径直扎向往草原的方向。 后座上两位终于安静下来，但那似乎也是暂时的。 许三多：“咱们上哪？” 甘小宁：“少问。没给你眼睛蒙上已经是优待俘虏啦。” 马小帅看着军营渐行渐远，再没人来揪军纪，又开始蠢蠢欲动。 许三多摆出个防御姿势：“干什么？休息啦。别再搞啦！” 马小帅怪叫一声扑了过来，也难为他在并不宽敞的后座上能搞出如此动静。许三多惨叫，因为马小帅不折不扣在他额头上亲了个响。 许三多防备着，并且继续压抑了一下子，但几个月来的渴望并不是那样就能压下去的，马小帅吱哇轻叫了一声，因为在许三多结结实实的拥抱中被挤出了肺里的一口空气。尽管仍是郁郁，但在许三多的脸上也在许三多的心里，某些东西已经化冻，那真不是任何道理或者说教讲得通的。