Chapter 8 Stand at attention, take a rest, look to the right

Six months later, Feng Jiachang became the squad leader, the squad leader of the fourth squadron of the Independent Regiment of the military region, with the rank of sergeant. At that time, the little company commander Hu had just been promoted to battalion commander.When he left the company, he said to Feng Jiachang: "I'll tell you another trick, this is the second trick of being a soldier: endure hardship." Feng Jiachang smiled. Commander Hu reprimanded, "What are you laughing at?" Feng Jiachang made a sullen face and said seriously: "I didn't laugh." But he said in his heart, hammers are all peasant children, don't they know how to endure hardship?

Battalion Commander Hu said: "—a dog-like worm!" At this time, Feng Jiachang talked casually with the little fellow, and he said: "Battle Commander, you can bring the 'basket' now." Battalion Commander Hu smiled and said, "Luo'er?" Feng Jiachang said: "The 'basket' in your house is fine flour?" Commander Hu laughed, waved his hand and said, "Hey, isn't it just a 'bamboo'? Thick and fine noodles are the same. It's been ten years, and I've been waiting for a whole ten years..." Then, Battalion Commander Hu glanced at him and said meaningfully: "Don't underestimate those two words. Remember, suffering is to be eaten, rush forward, and die!"

Soon, Feng Jiachang discovered that the two words that Battalion Commander Hu said were not simple.Here, "enduring hardship" is an attitude, and it can even be said to be an art, an art of the limit.Think about it, most of the soldiers in the company are rural soldiers, and they are all children from poor families. Fuck, who is afraid of suffering? !Besides, that was the time to learn from Lei Feng. In the morning, whenever the call to get up sounded, those soldiers who grew up in the countryside rushed out like hungry tigers one by one: some rushed to carry water, some rushed to Those who sweep the floor, some rush to feed the pigs (unfortunately, there are only two pigs in the company), some rush to help the cooking team chop vegetables, and some go to the company headquarters to bring wash water to the instructor and are scolded by the correspondent by pointing their noses... ...God!

Under such circumstances, Feng Jiachang knew that even if he endured hardship, he had to use his mind. So, in the season when dripping water turned into ice, Feng Jiachang started running.Every morning, at half past four, Feng Jiachang would sneak up alone and go for a run on the playground.When running, he only wears unlined underwear.The playground is huge, and Feng Jiachang runs ten laps each time, which is equivalent to five kilometers.After running five kilometers, my body became hot.Afterwards, Feng Jiachang quietly went back to the class, put on a cotton cap, cotton clothes and trousers, and went to write the blackboard newspaper.

At that time, the sky was gray and the surroundings were still gray, so he had already written the blackboard newspaper.He borrowed the blackboard and its stand from the battalion headquarters.It was a broken blackboard, and it was thrown behind the room of the battalion headquarters. He repaired it on Sunday, and then he bought a small can of black paint with the allowance he saved and re-oiled it. Pulled to the company without a sound.From that morning on, he voluntarily became a full-time reporter in the company. According to the regulations of the company, the trumpeter usually gets up at 5:30 and blows the reveille at 6 o'clock.Before he blew the reveille, it was time for the company commander and the instructor to take turns going out to pee.And during this time, it was when Feng Jiachang was squatting there writing a blackboard newspaper.At that time, two-thirds of his blackboard newspaper had been written, and the company commander and the instructor ran out one after another "sizzling" with urine in their hands... At first they didn't pay much attention, and when there was a rush of urine, they also I jumped past him, but every day, I saw such a soldier squatting in the snow nest writing blackboard newspapers, the season when dripping water turned into ice!In the fifth watch, that is, the coldest time of the day, I just hold a small piece of chalk and write word by word. Is that hand still a hand?I felt a little sorry.So, one morning, the company commander clamped down on the urine, stood beside him for a while, looked at him, and said, "Squad Leader Four!" The commander had nothing to say, and the company commander said: "Okay. Okay." Then came the instructor. The instructor covered his arms and looked more carefully. He looked at the "poster" and then looked at each title, and then said: "The fourth squad leader "Feng Jiachang stood at attention again: "Here!—" The instructor said one more word, and the instructor said: "Not bad. Not bad." The words were few, but the impression was planted.Especially the instructor, he praised Feng Jiachang twice at the whole company meeting!

At the beginning, the soldiers in the company were not very interested in this blackboard newspaper.When passing by, some people will stand in front of them and glance at them, and some will not look at them at all.Isn't it just chalk?However, gradually, more and more people watched.Because the names of some people will appear on the blackboard newspaper from time to time, such as: "So-and-so" learned from Lei Feng and did something good, "So-and-so" took money without hesitation, "So-and-so" participated in training with illness, etc.In this way, people began to pay attention to this blackboard newspaper.Yes, when the name appears on the blackboard, even though you don’t say a word, you will feel "beautiful" for a while in your heart. It is a display of moral character!

In this way, invisibly, Feng Jiachang suddenly "protruded" from the company.Of course I am happy that my name is on the "blackboard newspaper".But not one person reported on the blackboard. The title and name were changed from time to time, so more and more people were praised.Naturally, everyone who went to the blackboard remembered him in their hearts, and the gratitude generated by joy naturally concentrated on him alone. "Blackboard newspapers" increased his popularity, and "blackboard newspapers" also strengthened his affinity.So, when he was young, someone called him "Old Feng".Someone said: "Old Feng, what a good handwriting!"

The power of "praise" is infinite.Ever since, when commenting on the "Five Good Soldiers", people all said in unison: "Old Feng, Lao Feng." People, once they "protrude" out, they become rafters. "Outcropping rafters" will naturally be envied.Some people were not convinced and said: "It's really a trick, Qiu, don't you just write a few words?!" One day, when Feng Jiachang was squatting there again writing a blackboard newspaper, the third squad leader "Wang Dazui" came in front of him. "Wang Dazui" is a famous big guy in the company, with big shoulders, wide shoulders and thick throat, he can eat eight steamed buns in one meal!That is, the one who injured "Dust Root" during recruit training.Relying on his great strength, he never took Feng Jiachang seriously.At this moment, he knelt down and said into Feng Jiachang's ear: "Old Feng, a dog that can't bark bites!" Feng Jiachang turned his head, glanced at him, but held back.He didn't say anything, just smiled. "Wang Dazui" stood up and said loudly on purpose:

"Fuck, is it a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk?!" Feng Jiachang was still writing strokes on the blackboard, but he just pretended not to hear.But his "heart" heard it, and it was really in vain! "Just take a walk." In the following days, Feng Jiachang has been waiting for this opportunity. The opportunity came.It was the period of large-scale military training, and the troops were fashionable to conduct surprise training.Often in the middle of the night, when I was sleeping drowsily, the horn for emergency assembly sounded, and within thirty seconds, the troops were pulled out.It's still a mountain road, and it's hundreds of miles!At this time, Feng Jiachang's iron feet pierced with thorns came in handy.For a while, because he was very active in running blackboard newspapers, the company commander really treated him as a talented soldier. Of course, there was also a trace of contempt for him, thinking that he would definitely not be able to do training, so he was assigned to the "internment squad." ".However, when the troops were about to finish their trip, his behavior shocked the whole regiment!

On that rugged mountain road, Feng Jiachang, the monitor of the "Containment Squad", actually carried nine rifles on his back!From a distance, it doesn't look like a person at all. It is a walking "firewood bundle", a moving "gun rack", and a "camel" moving among the mountains!Nine rifles, that is almost the equipment of a squad. He just hunched over like this, walking step by step in the marching team... The sun was setting, and on the winding mountain road, from time to time, soldiers from the regiment pointed at Feng Jiachang said: "Fuck, camel! Camel!"

For long-distance training, when comparing leg strength and endurance, he really complied with the sentence: "It's a mule or a horse for a walk!" At this time, Feng Jiachang was going all out. The spine was not made of iron either. There were streaks of blood ridges on his back, and the heavy pain turned into stinging wasps after repeated frictions.As he walked, he said in his heart, "My mother, let me see how much you can hurt?" !Fortunately, he has a pair of iron feet, and those iron feet that have never been soaked can step on the pain step by step, go on!He has only one target in his eyes, and that is the third squad leader "Wang Dazui" who is carrying a machine gun... Although "Wang Dazui" is strong, he is "meat-footed". As I walked, I fell behind.Feng Jiachang knew that "Wang Dazui" was not convinced in his heart, so he didn't insist on overtaking him, but followed him dead on, step by step like driving a "donkey", chasing him away!In this way, he heard "Wang Dazui" panting heavily like a pig, wheezing all the way until he reached the campsite, where he forced "Wang Dazui" into a pile of mud! That day, when approaching the destination, Feng Jiachang intentionally landed at the end of the whole company.He wanted to give those eight backward fighters a little bit of dignity... Besides, he was the squad leader of the "Containment Squad".However, when he came to the soldiers of the whole company, under the leadership of the company commander, the officers and soldiers of the whole company paid attention to him! Nine rifles... At that moment, he felt like crying. However, it was Feng Jiachang's "Camel Behavior" that won honors for the guards in the training. In that training, no one was left behind. This incident actually alarmed the military newspaper reporters accompanying the team.The reporter of the military newspaper pays attention to "ideas", and the man had an idea and included "Wang Dazui" who was carrying a machine gun.In order to enhance the publicity effect, the military newspaper reporter added a machine gun to "Wang Dazui" temporarily when taking pictures.In this way, a half-truth and half-fake photo was "conceived": in the long training team, one is Feng Jiachang with nine rifles on his back, the other is Wang Dazhu with two machine guns, in the glow of the setting sun , Walking "highly" in the training team... This photo was later published in a newspaper with the title: "Armory Walking in the Training Team"! It was a good thing to be published in the military newspaper, but there was an uproar in the company!Regarding Feng Jiachang's behavior, no matter what, people still admit it, saying that it must be true.Nine rifles, you try to memorize them? !It's different with "Wang Dazui", there are all sorts of weird things to say.Some said: "Qiu, that's a fake, it's deceitful!" Some said: "That bastard, he's obviously lagging behind, with his head held high like a goose, and he's even published in the military newspaper? Bah!" Some Said: "Blow it, hang the urinal on the plane - only the 'mouth' is left!" "Wang Dazui" naturally felt very uncomfortable when he heard this.So, he went around to explain to people, saying that he didn't want to have a "day" for that matter, he didn't want to have a "day", but a reporter from the military newspaper insisted on him... He explained and explained in this way, and the result was It's because "Tao'er" became darker and darker, and the more he explained, the less he could explain it. Instead, there was a commotion. From the company to the battalion, everyone knew that his deeds in the military newspaper were "conceived"..." Wang Dazui "I was wronged, and I cried several times in front of the instructor... For this reason, the instructor spoke very seriously at the company's meeting, saying that this matter is related to the honor of the company, and no one is allowed to discuss it anymore.He said: "Some people say, Wang Ba makes up a fence? You try making one up?!" However, since then, "Wang Dazui"'s prestige in the company has plummeted, and no one voted for him anymore when he was evaluated as advanced.Therefore, "Wang Dazui" said to people again and again: "His own mother, that reporter Zhang, is the one who let me 'day'! I said I don't 'day', he insisted on letting me 'day' '! One day, something happened to 'Ri'..." Someone said next to him: "'Zhao', that's a 'Zhao', why did you wake up 'Ri'?" He repeated: "Ri died His mother, am I the one who wanted to 'day'?!" In the autumn of that year, when the leaves were turning yellow, Feng Jiachang performed another amazing feat.In summer, he took advantage of his lunch break alone to open a small piece of wasteland in the Yellow River beach near the station.The wasteland was half an acre in size, and pumpkins were planted there.During the dog days, he went back and forth for more than ten miles at noon every day, picking up manure in that field, and a big blood scab appeared on his shoulder!When the pumpkins were in bloom, he was like a widowed woman who sent her daughter away for many years, carefully serving them one by one: when the weather was hottest, he would watch the pumpkin field every noon, lying on the ground to watch the flowers bloom. Little by little, for fear of a little mistake.Later, he was afraid that the plot was too small, what if there was no pollination?In those days, he actually had a mouthful of burning foam!In desperation, he went to borrow a box of bees from someone else, and the flowers finally sat on the "fruit". From the time when his fingers were big, he guarded and guarded them meticulously, and when they grew bigger, he And made a straw circle mat for each melon.I was falling asleep at night, and when I heard it was raining, I rolled out like a donkey and ran towards the river beach with one deep foot and one shallow foot. ...Finally, in the fall, the pumpkins were harvested in abundance, and two big trucks were pulled full!When the pumpkin was brought to the cooking class, the old steward said in a daze, "This, this is..." Feng Jiachang said, "Pumpkins are grown on the river beach." The old steward said, "You planted them?" He said : "I planted it." The old chief patted him and said, "Brother, you have helped me a lot! I will find the company commander and ask him to credit you!" Feng Jiachang said: "No, no." That night, the whole company drank pumpkin soup... So, the "big belly men" in the company were full of praise for Feng Jiachang's "pumpkin deeds", saying: "Look at old Feng, 'advanced', Pulling back two big carts of pumpkins is all about human affairs!" Just as Feng Jiachang's prestige was getting higher and higher, news suddenly came that the company had assigned a "promotion" target.This news made him overjoyed. Anyway, he has been in the army for the fourth year, and he has almost suffered from "hardship", and he is recognized as "advanced" in the company...The "ban newspaper" has come out One hundred issues!When it came to the most critical days, it seemed to be a certainty: he had already filled out his "form", he was the one who reported in the company, he was the one who reported in the camp, and someone even clamored for him to treat him... However, when the time came In the regiment, it was "Wang Dazui" who was approved! In this way, an order came down, and "Wang Dazui", that is, Comrade Wang Dazhu, became the chief platoon chief of the company - all of a sudden "four pockets". A dog that can bark also bites! While Feng Jiachang was squatting on the river beach planting pumpkins, the third squad leader "Wang Dazui" would often go for a walk in the river beach alone.Sometimes I shouted twice, but it was just "Stand at attention, take a rest...".At that time, some people in the company once said that he was full, and others said that he was crazy!However, it was such a "stand at attention, rest a little, look to the right..." actually fulfilled him? ! Feng Jiachang seemed to have received a bad blow!The person also seemed to be stupid, lying on the bunk without saying a word.It has been four years since he joined the army, and he has never mailed a single letter... It's not that he doesn't want to write, he really wants to write, for a while, he almost went crazy thinking about Liu Hanxiang!But he has been "enduring" all the time, gritting his teeth and "enduring", how difficult it is for him to "endure"!He originally thought that if he could put on the "four pockets" this time, he would go back with dignity and marry Liu Hanxiang in style, but it turned out to be a dream! That night, he really had a dream, dreaming of Liu Hanxiang... his trousers were completely wet!When he woke up, he cried, wrapped his head in a quilt, and cried all night. For this matter, the little battalion commander went to the company to see him once.The battalion commander told him that he had already approached the regimental commander, and the regimental commander had his reasons.The "four pockets" of "Wang Dazui" were indeed not "photographed", he was promoted as a "password cadre".The head of the regiment said that the "password" is very important for a team, and the "password" is the soul and courage of a soldier.Shouting out with one voice can make tens of thousands of people pay attention and mobilize the enthusiasm of a team. Even if he is a fool, he must stay.Of course, of course, the head of the regiment knew about "Wang Dazui" from the military newspaper, "Wang Dazui" with two machine guns on his shoulder... only then did he know about his loud voice.Therefore, when the whole group assembled, the head of the group asked "Wang Dazui" to shout the password several times.So, "Wang Dazui" is a blessing in disguise.But someone said: "That 'photo' is very important!" Finally, Battalion Commander Hu patted him and said: "——Bastard bug! Don't be discouraged." What else can I say?He has nothing to say.At this time, he suddenly understood a truth, the fate of a person is not something you can decide by yourself.There are countless "accidents" in life, and that "necessity" is composed of countless "accidents".All you have to do is to do your best, and as for the result, you have to resign yourself to fate. When Battalion Commander Hu left, he said, "I still have a trick. Do you want to know the third trick of being a soldier?"