Chapter 24 Chapter Six (3)

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head and stared at Zhong Yuemin, without speaking for a long time. On the day Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun left, Zhong Yuemin didn't go to send them off, because these recruits were likely to be assigned to a large unit, and they would get to know each other sooner or later. Female soldiers are more sensitive to such things, especially those from Zhou Xiaobai's background. Jiangmen, a beautiful female soldier, always attracts people's attention to her every move.Zhong Yuemin was afraid that his appearance would affect Zhou Xiaobai's future. The army has discipline, and soldiers are not allowed to fall in love.

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, and Zheng Tong registered at the school's "registration office for jumping into the queue and settling down in northern Shaanxi". During the interrogation, Yuan Jun also said cheap words to the people at the registration office: "Teacher, is there a problem with approval for such an honorable thing as going to northern Shaanxi to join the team? Our brothers are not from good backgrounds. If the organization does not approve us When we go to northern Shaanxi, we will never carry our thoughts and guarantee that we will not cause trouble to the organization, and we will fend for ourselves in the city."

These few are well-known thorns in the school, and the people at the registration office don't bother to pay attention to them. They wish to keep them far away, and it is best not to come back for the rest of their lives. Zhong Yuemin remembered that it was time to visit Li Kuiyong. He and Li Kuiyong were not from the same school, nor even from the same district. According to the situation of Li Kuyong's family, he had absolutely no possibility of staying in the city. Where are the graduates going to jump the queue. Li Kuiyong's injury was much better, and he was able to walk on the ground. Zhong Yuemin helped him to walk in the recuperation area of ​​the inpatient department of the hospital.They didn't talk about the conflicts that happened before, they just talked about their childhood and the future.Li Kuiyong's greatest wish is to become a skilled worker in a heavy industry enterprise in the future, to support his family, provide for his mother until the end of his life, and bring up his younger siblings smoothly.He asked Zhong Yuemin what he planned to do in the future, Zhong Yuemin said that he didn't have a clear plan, and he was a little ideal when he was a child. For a while, his father kept beating him, so he thought that the profession of "father" was quite authoritative, and he could arrest his son at any time if he didn't like it. I came over for a pounding, so I decided that I must be a "father" when I grow up in the future.Later, when he grew up, he found that "father" is not a profession. It seems that anyone can be a father, and no professional skills are required, so he gave up this ideal and envied the pirate captain. The images of pirates in human books are very fascinating. Those pirates wear huge earrings on their ears, have thick chest hair on their chests, daggers on their waists, and are always accompanied by beautiful women. Life seems to be very happy, Zhong Yuemin fantasizes I will grow up to be one of them in the future.Later, Zhong Yuemin simply lost his ideals.

Li Kuiyong was puzzled, how could he have no ideals?When I was young, I wanted to be a pirate, which was a bit ambitious, but how come the bigger you get, the less promising you become?It's like raising bastards in a jar-the more you raise, the more pumping. Zhong Yuemin also couldn't figure it out, how could he have no ideals?Does enlisting in the military count?Growing up to be a glorious soldier of the People's Liberation Army is the dream of many boys, but Zhong Yuemin never had such an idea when he was a child. He wanted to be a soldier a few days ago, but it was out of a very realistic purpose. It is better to be a soldier than to jump in the queue, which is not in line with ideals.

Zhong Yuemin told Li Kuiyong that although he didn't know what he was going to do in the future, he definitely knew what he wasn't going to do in the future.For example, watching his wife and children live a stable life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, but he feels quite boring. Instead of doing this, he might as well be a pirate. A few years later, Zhong Yuemin read American Kerouac's novels, and his brain suddenly opened up. It turned out that what he liked was the feeling of "on the road".It's a pity that Zhong Yuemin was already a battalion-level officer in the army at that time, and he couldn't be "on the road" anyway.

Zhong Yuemin left to Li Kuiyong the one hundred yuan that Zhou Xiaobai had left for him before he left. He knew Li Kuiyong's family background, and the hospitalization for this injury would make the family worse.Li Kuiyong didn't refuse, but just thanked him lightly. It's a shame to be grateful from a man. Li Kuiyong heard that some students from his middle school went to Shanxi and Yunnan to join the queue, but not many went to northern Shaanxi, but when he recovered from his injury, he also wanted to sign up to go to northern Shaanxi, because Zhong Yuemin had already gone, so he should go too.Zhong Yuemin said that northern Shaanxi is too big, and he may not be able to meet it when he goes there. Li Kuyong said that it doesn't matter if he doesn't, since they are all in the same province anyway.

Before parting, Li Kuiyong was a little excited, he held Zhong Yuemin's hand tightly and said: "Yuemin, take care, you must take care of yourself, don't make troubles after you go to the countryside, and be an honest person who keeps your own position. " Zhong Yuemin joked half-truthfully: "I don't do fighting anymore, and I can't change the problem of filming my mother-in-law for a while. I have made up my mind to marry a wife and have children in northern Shaanxi. Otherwise, how can I build a new socialist countryside?" ." The days of waiting for departure were long and boring. Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong were bored with idleness, but they were really looking forward to going to the countryside as soon as possible, as they were a bit bored in Beijing.On the contrary, Yuan Jun hadn't shown up for a long time because his father was reinstated.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong came downstairs to Yuan Jun's house. Zheng Tong picked up a stone and was about to inform him, but Zhong Yuemin stopped him: "Don't throw it, his father will be in trouble if he is at home. The old man has been locked up for more than a year for no reason. My son is growing up, and you can vent your anger on us again." Zheng Tong shouted: "Yuan Jun." Yuan Jun's voice came from upstairs: "Who is it?" Zheng Tong: "The police station has something to do with you." Yuan Jun's head was sticking out of the window: "Fuck, it's you guys, why do the police officers in this police station sound like hooligans? Just wait."

After a while, Yuan Jun walked out of the corridor in high spirits wearing a brand new grass-green military uniform. Zheng Tong pushed his glasses: "Oh, where did you get such a national defense green suit, or a soldier's uniform with two pockets?" Yuan Jun said triumphantly: "Send it, my buddy is now a soldier." Zhong Yuemin nodded: "It doesn't look like the clothes were picked up, this kid is really a soldier." Zheng Tong looked displeased: "Fuck, your dad just got back to his post, and you became a soldier. This is too fast? A few days ago, you could educate your children well. In just the blink of an eye, you You will become a child who cannot be educated well."

Yuan Jun was a little embarrassed: "Originally this year's conscription is over, hey, time has come, my dad has been released from the number, and after inquiring, these soldiers are going to the A army, which is my dad's old den. Dad has been in this army since 1938, and he is an old acquaintance from the army commander to the division commander. Is this okay? Isn’t it the opposite if the A army recruits soldiers and recruits his son? Find the army commander, and the matter will be settled. The army commander told me to go a few days later and spend more time with the old man at home. Anyway, the recruits have been training for three months, so why not report a few days later."

Zheng Tong put his hands behind his back: "If there is such a good thing, don't you tell me? This is a mistake that seriously violates the organizational principles. After discussion, we think that we should give you a chance to correct the mistake. You can follow the next matter." ." Yuan Jun knew that he was sorry for his buddy, so he hurriedly said: "I treat you, I treat you, and I want to apologize to you, tell me, where are you going?" "Of course it's Lao Mo, we'll go home and sharpen our knives right away, and we'll kill you as you die." "Yuemin, it's not that I don't want to notify my brothers. I'm afraid that my brothers will be stimulated. I signed up and went to northern Shaanxi with you to jump in the queue. No matter how hard life is, my brothers will stay together and take care of each other. But I suddenly changed my mind, which is a bit dishonest." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "Yuan Jun, this is a good thing. It's good if one of our buddies gets out. If you become a teacher and brigade commander in the future, don't forget the brothers." "In the future, our two brothers will have nothing to eat, and you will come to beg for food, you won't bombard us, will you?" Yuan Jun's eye circles were a little red, and he held Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong's hands tightly: "I'm sorry... I blame me for this matter, I am not righteous." Zhong Yuemin pushed Yuan Jun: "What are you talking about? Who doesn't want to be a soldier? If you have the opportunity, of course you will go. Brothers are happy for you. How did you wipe away your tears? You really don't look like a man." Zheng Tong didn't forget to run on his old rival at this time: "Why are you acting like a woman? It's so boring, does it hurt to invite us to dinner?" Yuan Jun immediately scolded back: "You're a bitch, you're looking for smokes, aren't you..." Zhong Yuemin felt that almost all the things that should be done were done, and the last thing should be to visit his father. Zhang Haiyang's news was indeed accurate, and indeed a group of veteran cadres had been released, but Zhong Shanyue was not among them.It is said that his problem is very complicated, and he still can't figure it out for a while. Zhong Yuemin hadn't been here for a long time, and this segregation review class seemed to be more formal than before, becoming more and more like a prison.Zhong Yuemin sat opposite his father, with a table between them, and two guards in plain clothes stood aside to monitor the conversation. Zhong Yuemin told his father that he was going to jump in the queue in northern Shaanxi, and asked his father what he wanted to explain. Zhong Shanyue was very happy to hear that. He had stayed in northern Shaanxi and had great affection for it. He smoked the cigarette brought by his son and said, "Oh, go to northern Shaanxi. It's a good place. Although it's poor, the people there He is kind, kind, and simple, and he can make friends with his heart. In 1942, when our army was resting, we stationed in northern Shaanxi. I know the people there." Zhong Yuemin didn't care much about this. What he cared about was his father's case. He asked tentatively, "Dad, Yuan Jun's father has been liberated and the official has returned to his post." Zhong Shanyue replied: "I know that. He was fine. He was a cadre in 1938. He has never left the army since he joined the army. Even if he wanted to rebel, he would have no chance. Calling him a traitor is pure nonsense." "But why are your questions always unclear?" "My situation is different. Back then in the Hexi Corridor, the troops were dispersed. Most of my comrades died in battle, and some were captured. I was one of the few who succeeded in breaking through. I was injured in a fellow villager's home for half a year, and then returned to the Yan'an, I was censored during the Yan'an rectification campaign in 1942, and I was censored again after the liberation, this is the third time." Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why didn't you find that fellow villager to testify? Wouldn't it be clear once you asked?" "I'm no more stupid than you in terms of organization. People don't know how to investigate? But that fellow villager has long since been found. During the Anti-Japanese War, that village was burned to the ground. I'm afraid there are no people left." Zhong Yuemin said loudly: "If you don't understand the problem, it's too unreasonable to lock people up for no reason!" Zhong Shanyue slapped the table to stop him: "Yuemin, you are not allowed to speak like this. There are organizational considerations in the organization. How can you talk about the organization in such a tone? Trust the people, trust the party, and my problem will be cleared up. " Zhong Yuemin yelled: "Dad, don't be stupid, they are trying to trick people on purpose. If there is no such thing, they will come up with other ways." Zhong Shanyue was furious: "Shut up! Get lost..." "dad……" "Don't call me daddy, get out..." The guards pushed Zhong Yuemin out of the meeting room. Zhong Yuemin shouted sadly: "Dad, I'm leaving tomorrow, I want to see you again, don't tell me to leave, Dad..." Zhong Shanyue closed the door firmly, his face was full of anger. This meeting took less than ten minutes in total. The day of departure finally arrived, and the Yongdingmen Railway Station was crowded with people, with drums and gongs blaring.A red banner hangs above the platform, which reads "Warmly welcome Beijing educated youth to go to northern Shaanxi to jump in and settle down".Songs composed of Chairman Mao's quotations came from the loudspeaker, and the singing was passionate.The educated youths who jumped into the queue all wore big red flowers on their chests, and a group of organized elementary and middle school students, led by the workers' propaganda team members, chanted slogans: Resolutely respond to Chairman Mao's great call! Warmly welcome the young intellectuals to go to the mountains and go to the countryside! ... The parents who saw off crowded in front of the window of the train to bid farewell to their children with tears. Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong sat at the window, and Yuan Jun, wearing a new military uniform, stood on the platform to see them off.He held the hands of the two of them tightly with both hands: "Yue Min, Zheng Tong, you have to take care, and you must write to me if you need anything." Zheng Tong said: "Nonsense, what can you do with your six yuan allowance? If our brothers have nothing to eat, can you send us biscuits? You can brag." Yuan Jun argued, "I can't fucking get a six-yuan subsidy forever, can I? If my buddy raises it, the salary of fifty-two yuan will be enough to buy biscuits, right?" Zhong Yuemin patted Yuan Jun on the shoulder. He knew that this guy was the most impulsive, and also the least reassuring: "Go back, Yuan Jun, and communicate frequently in the future. You can't cause trouble in the army." The bell rang on the platform, and the train was about to leave, and the crowd who saw them off suddenly burst into earth-shattering cries.The educated youths on the train cried and stretched out their hands from the window to bid farewell to their relatives. The grief of parting instantly enveloped the entire platform. Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong shook hands and said goodbye tearfully. Zhong Yuemin smiled and stared at the weeping crowd. He lit a cigarette and took out a double-bang firecracker from his satchel. The train slid forward slowly. The cries in the crowd became louder, and many send-off people were running with the sliding train. boom!Snapped!The double-bang firecrackers were lit by Zhong Yuemin. The crowd was stunned, and the crying stopped abruptly. Zhong Yuemin looked up to the sky with a long smile: "You're petty, you're not going to the execution ground, why are you crying? It's just a little interesting for a man to run rampant in the world, and the fun hasn't started yet..." Yuan Jun clasped his fists in the crowd and shouted: "Good job, Yuemin, you are a man..." His words fell silent, but tears welled up in his eyes...