Chapter 20 1931 Long Zhu - joined the army

one A young soldier who had just shaved, wearing a new cotton military uniform, stood with his feet crossed against the door of the enlistment room, looking at his chin with a small mirror, and squeezing the pimples.This is a beautiful young man. While he is squeezing acne in front of the mirror, he is admiring his youth. There were voices in the room. "Wang Wu, Wang Wu, Wang Wu." one After shouting three times in a row, the soldier seemed to be caught by the voice, and he crawled out of his intoxicated appreciation of himself, and promised loudly, "Hey!" After agreeing, he hurriedly stuffed the mirror into his pocket, adjusted his belt and went into the army room.

The enlistment room is a map except for an old enlisted soldier.Sitting in the army room, with maps hanging on the walls, Wang Wu, who entered the room, first saw the map with countless red X characters, and then looked back at the face of the army.To understand today's situation, it is easier to see the face of the army than the position of the big red X on the map. If the scarlet letter is moved to the left, the war has entered the local area again, and the brows of joining the army are also gathered, and if it is moved to the right, everything is reversed. Now that he joins the army, he seems to have only one eyebrow under his forehead.Wang Wu understood that things were bad.As a result, Wang Wu was distressed before he could speak.The guess is that joining the army must say unlucky words.In this romantic and unrestrained life of a soldier, there is no other word that is less pleasant than "on business".It seems that joining the army has to say this, and it is not wrong at all.

This young soldier, standing in a corner near the door of the house like a green onion, probably smiled slightly when he saw his newly shaved face and mouth when he joined the army. Joining the army said, "Wang Wu, the map has been rolled up, and I have to go on a business trip in the afternoon." It was like thunder struck, and Wang Wu was dumbfounded.Before the thunder sounded, he could clearly see the haze on the army's face, and knew there was thunder.Even though he was well prepared, he was still shocked when the time came. It was the young man who saw another situation from the thunderstorm, and he didn't expect the time to be so fast, so he was stunned.He quickly agreed yes.

So the young man rolled up the map of the room, moved a chair to and fro, took a thumbtack from one corner and pushed it into the other corner, as if changing the nails there.He did it all wrong.In misbehavior the youth thinks only of what is to come after the errand.The army was supposed to be moved from one place to another, so he moved the thumbtack while thinking about it.Things went on for a while but a map was never taken down and rolled up. Joining the army sitting in the room is a fifty-year-old old joining the army, and he just shaved his face this morning. He turned from the problem on his own face to the problem on the soldier's face. This very clear young man shaves The general, who was more diligent than Xia Cao, knew that running on business was one of the things that young people didn't want to hear, so he said, "Okay, okay, don't be on this board for pushpins, young man. , if you want to go out to do something, go quickly, I will roll up this map myself."

"..." This young man didn't know what to say.He stood on a bench and adjusted his collar and wiped his chest.Without saying a word, he actually took down a large map and rolled it into a tube shape. "Let's go, let's go, go and come! We're going to go a long way soon, and it's impossible to stay there." "Thank you for joining the army. I'll come as soon as I go. Look at them and pay them back a little." "Yes, pay the debt, that's fine. Take a look, that's fine. It's just that you can't do stupid things. I'll tell you again and again, the weather is not right, and a person who travels a long way should know the importance of his body."

"Yes, yes. I'll come as soon as I go." As the soldier stood there talking, his heart was already flying out.He jumped off the ground and said, "Is there anything to do with joining the army? Do you want to buy something?" Joining the army thought about it for a while, put his hand on his shaved chin, remembered the acne on his face, and said, "When you turn around, bring a small hand mirror, like a woman's, not too big. " "Joining the army, Wang Wu has one." The young man who said this, regardless of whether he joined the army to look at his mirror, immediately took the mirror out of the front pocket of his military uniform.He handed it to Canjun, looking at Canjun and smiling.

Joining the army took the mirror in his hand, turned it over and looked at it, and tried to take a picture again.The pimples on the side of the nose had matured, but he didn't do anything, but asked Wang Wu first, "Is the mirror a gift from a woman?" "Back to the army, yes." "What a mirror! (Looking in the mirror) Go ahead, I'm afraid it won't work if you're too late. Go early and come back early, we should leave around four o'clock." When joining the army, he looked at the big gold watch on his wrist. Wu also revealed the gold on his wrist at the same time. "Is it half past eleven?

You are about to go.Don't last long!Don't do stupid things.Listen to me! " Repeatedly saying yes, Wang Wu went out.After joining the army, he sat down at his desk, pointed to the small mirror that Wang Wu's lover gave Wang Wu, and squeezed a knot on the side of his nose. At the same time he thought of the behavior of the young man. But soon, he thought to himself... A young man is always capricious.Even though I said a few words face to face, it is still inevitable to do stupid things when I turn around in front of the woman!Thinking of the behavior of the young man, he worried about this soldier.

one A strong and strong young man, walking twenty or thirty miles back and forth to meet his lover once, this is the bravery that soldiers should have besides fighting bravely.It is also very common for a soldier who got up from his lover's bed to run ten miles in one breath to catch up with the brigade and sleep there. But this old man who joined the army was a loose man, and now he can no longer be loose. Seeing that young people don't know how to take care of themselves, they can't help feeling worried. After thinking about it, he was always worried about Wang Wu.First he refused to let the young man leave his side, but he seemed unable to bear it, thinking that it would be unreasonable for someone who didn't know to scold him as an officer, so he let him go.In order to fulfill this man, now he regrets that he has indulged this Wang Wu too much.

So he thought again. ... When a person is ill throughout his life, even though it is not his own illness, the matter still seems to be his own. ...And this time, since they knew that they were about to break up, the enthusiasm between the two of them was not the usual thing to let go after eating and sniffing.It's not enough if you don't eat enough. Do the two young people know what is similar to hurting food? The thing is that it is obvious that you have to stop it yourself.He had only one way to find that place and catch Wang Wu back.Otherwise, the young man had to be monitored.As for why he felt he had to go, that was still very ambiguous to him, and he definitely had to go just out of the responsibility of fearing that the young man would get sick.

After a while, the veteran school left the yamen and was on the street.The street is very lively.Because of the news of the business trip, there are a lot of soldiers buying things for money everywhere.All the soldiers who didn't know the uniform of the old lieutenant colonel who joined the army had to stand up to attention and stand by the side of the road to salute when they saw this soldier who joined the army.Joining the army returned the salute while walking, and arrived in front of Wang Wu's lover's house. He first put his ear against the door and listened to the voices inside.Someone was talking inside, and it seemed that Wang Wu was there.He knocked on the door with his hand. The door was knocked three times, only to hear the woman inside answer as if unhappy.But after a while, no one came to open the door. He shoots again.Because it was the second time, he also doubled his force. Then I heard the woman inside say, "Here we come! Who is it?" "I!" Wang Wu's voice inside said, "It's the water bearer, don't bother with him." "It's not for carrying water!" Can Jun yelled outside. Wang Wu, who was separated by a heavy door and who was doing so-called stupid things with his wife, was so confused that he couldn't hear the voice of his superior, so he used the might of a soldier to order loudly: "No matter what happens tomorrow Come." "Wang Wu, it's me!" At this moment, the person who knocked on the door could be heard inside, as if it was a mess, only some noises were heard, and a woman's laughter was heard. After a while, Wang Wu opened the door and stood respectfully in the door of the low house, Listen to your boss's orders. Wang Wu, who opened the door, stood at attention without losing his appearance as a soldier, but the neatness that could be called a "model soldier" was completely lost due to the haste.At this time, the collars of the military uniforms were not straightened, the buttons were not buttoned properly, and the belts were hanging down first, especially the look on the face, which was nothing.It seems that it has been less than two minutes since I fought with someone to persuade him to make peace. Joining the army saw the situation of this model soldier not being a model, and realized that Wang Wu was doing something a minute ago.When he joined the army, he saw the soldier shaking his head and smiling gently. "Jianjun, please go in and sit down, I want Jin Zhi to heat a cup of tea." "..." Can Jun laughed. "It's okay for you to sit down. I'm trying to settle accounts with her, and I still can't figure it out after a long time. I was just thinking about why you would be in a hurry!" "..." Joining the army still laughed. "Wait a minute, I'll be back in a while." "I'm here, didn't I delay your plan?" "There, there," said Wang Wu, who saw from the words of joining the army that his situation had been understood by joining the army, so his face was a little feverish. Joining the army was embarrassed to take Wang Wu away, so he had to go into the hut to sit and sit. If you don't know the account, you can't settle it in front of your boss.However, the woman who settled accounts had to meet because her lover's boss came.And since he said he was settling accounts, he had to act as if he was settling accounts with Wang Wu, and come to join the army and count one by one.Wang Wu pretended to say yes or no, and deliberately got angry to show his boss that the situation seemed very serious. Joining the army always smiles without saying a word. All accounts settled with money will never last long, so after the account is settled, there is no excuse, so Wang Wu has no choice but to resign his wife and follow the army out of the house. Joining the army could see Wang Wu's annoyance, but pretended not to see it. When he joined the army on the street, he pulled Wang Wu to his side, and asked softly, "Have you settled the score?" Wang Wu said in a daze, "I see." "Idiot, what I'm asking is what you guys settled when I didn't come!" Wang Wu, whose face was flushed red, remained silent. "Say it, of course the account must be settled! Let me ask how long you have been calculating it." "I have a clue. As soon as I knock on the door to join the army, I will..." "Ha, how can this work. Don't get sick in the future and say that joining the army has alarmed you. You still have to settle your score yourself, come back quickly that is!" Wang Wu was pushed through the door in a daze to be with the accountant again. Joining the army still hurried back to the camp of the military headquarters alone, and on the way he still answered other people's salutes while walking. Returning to the camp to join the army, I met a confidential adjutant, and the news was that my army would not be dispatched, and if it were to be dispatched, troops from three or four hundred miles away would need to come here to take over.Depending on the situation, it is natural that they will not be able to leave for another four or five days.When joining the army, he thought of the personnel affairs that were easy to get sick and had to settle accounts hastily, and immediately left the camp again.He walked to the original road, walked outside the door of the house where Wang Wu was, knocked on the door, and called Wang Wu loudly. The accounts inside are naturally confused and confused.Joining the Army knew about this situation, so he said outside the door, "Wang Wu, Wang Wu, settle your account slowly." Inside, Wang Wu seemed to be on the bed. He thought he was joining the army and was waiting outside the door. He was in a hurry because it had been too long, so he confessed his crimes while still going about his business and said, "Join the army, which one do you want to press, it will be clear soon." "Idiot! I told you that I'm going to work another day, so you can stay here today and settle your score slowly!" "Thank you for joining the army! Why don't you sit down, I'm here." "Don't come out. Be careful of the cold! The weather is bad, and young people shouldn't be too brave!" "Yes, join the army. Why don't you come in and sit down and have a rest. I'll open the door." When it was time to put on the military uniform hastily, get up and open the door, the shadow of joining the army was gone. Many orderlies who were shopping on the street, some of whom had already raised their hands three times in this section of the street, were unwilling to pay their respects when they saw the general coming back from the other end of the street. They all hid in the shop.The old general didn't notice the reason why he didn't have to raise his hand on the road this time, and walked back to the army room.Back in the army joining room, after repeatedly standing on the bench and nailing a rolled-up map, the old joining the army sitting where he is now looks refreshed. He remembered the mirror in his pocket, took it out and looked at the powder knot next to his nose, and saw a part of his face in the mirror smiling. 1928 Winter Solstice