Chapter 27 Chapter Seven (3)

Zhou Xiaobai also happened to go to the military service agency that day, and as soon as she entered, she saw two recruits walking out, talking nonsense.Zhou Xiaobai was taken aback, why is this voice so familiar?She immediately realized, isn't this Yuan Jun? Why did this guy come here?She blurted out: "Yuan Jun." At this moment, the wine was pouring upwards for Yuan Jun, and the "Wuliangye" wine had a strong aftertaste. He didn't think it was a problem just now, but now it's a little bit bad. He looked back and felt that this female soldier looked familiar, and his brain was a bit strange. Confused, he couldn't remember who it was for a moment, so he thought that the female soldier was here to persuade the fight, and he said with a drunken eye, "Don't worry about anyone, whoever cares, I'm in a hurry."

Zhou Xiaobai understood in his heart when he saw the smell of alcohol in his mouth.She shouted: "Yuan Jun, I'm Zhou Xiaobai, you can see clearly." Yuan Jun was still confused: "What... Bai? I don't know." Zhou Xiaobai was angry and funny, this bastard was confused, he didn't even recognize her, she shook Yuan Jun's shoulder and shouted: "Zhong Yuemin, don't you remember?" Thank goodness, Yuan Jun has not forgotten Zhong Yuemin at last, he tried his best to control his gradually blurred thinking, and only remembered Zhou Xiaobai from Zhong Yuemin: "Oh... I remembered, it seems that there is such a person... called Zhou... what is it? "

The recruit from Beijing got impatient: "Hey, are you going? What are you talking about here?" Zhou Xiaobai grabbed Yuan Jun and said to the recruit, "Are you trying to take advantage of him because he is drunk? Which unit are you in? Can you tell me?" The recruit didn't want to make matters worse, so he went down the steps by himself: "Well, let him remember that he still owes me a debt, and I can ask him to pay it back at any time in the future." After speaking, he turned his head and left. Zhou Xiaobai dragged Yuan Jun to the hospital involuntarily. She knew that if Yuan Jun returned to the company drunk like this, he would be in big trouble. She had to sober up this guy.

On the way, Yuan Jun asked in a daze, "Yuemin is here too? Which unit is he assigned?" Zhou Xiaobai said angrily, "He's assigned to the headquarters, he's the commander of the army." "...Isn't it? Zhong Yuemin can be the commander of the army? Isn't the commander Li Zhenyun?... Don't fool me... Zhong Yuemin's grandson... can be a deputy political commissar at most..." Zhou Xiaobai was amused: "You really flatter him, Zhong Yuemin is Dangdang's political commissar of your group, it's not enough to make troubles in Beijing, you even made troubles in the army, what should I say about you?"

That day Zhou Xiaobai took Yuan Jun to an empty ward in the hospital's internal medicine department and lay there for two hours before Yuan Jun woke up.Fortunately, the nurse on duty was her good friend, otherwise even Zhou Xiaobai would not be able to explain where this drunk came from. Fortunately, I met Zhou Xiaobai. Otherwise, it would be hard for Yuan Jun to return to the company. He has only been in the army for a few months, and he has become a backward model of the tank regiment. From the regiment to the company, the leaders pay close attention to him. He is usually fine. The leaders kept their composure, just waiting for him to commit a crime. Once he was caught breaking discipline, the company would use him as a model.This is due to grassroots cadres' prejudice against backdoor soldiers, because in their eyes, enlisting in the army is a very honorable thing, and many outstanding young people can't get this opportunity, but these cadres' children easily come to the army, Moreover, they are all assigned to the best departments, which makes them very unbalanced. People from the lower classes often have a strong desire for equality, but in real life, it is impossible to achieve complete equality.Therefore, backdoor soldiers like Yuan Jun are destined to attract attention.

Yuan Jun is a real backdoor soldier. He came from Beijing by himself by train one month after the recruit company started training. When he came, he went directly to the army headquarters, and he wanted to see the army commander. Several chiefs were not there, and it was a director of the Military Affairs Department surnamed Zhao who received him.Director Zhao was transferred from the military region a few years ago, so he didn't know Yuan Beiguang's name. He recently received several similar backdoor soldiers, which troubled him a lot.The children of some leading cadres often come from Beijing to ask to be soldiers only by a handwritten letter to the head of the army. Chief No. 2 has a huge spectrum.The army commander and political commissar were so annoying and couldn't refuse, so they often pushed Director Zhao to receive and make arrangements. However, this Director Zhao was a combat staff officer, and he had never led soldiers in the army. Compared with cadres at the same level , what he lacks is the intricacies of personnel relations in the army, and he also lacks the necessary tolerance for this.He was extremely disgusted with this kind of ethos of joining the army through the back door. These cadres and children simply regarded the army as a big car shop.

A few days ago, Director Zhao received two young men from Beijing. When arranging their work, he was polite and asked them what they thought. The two young men told him bluntly that they only wanted to stay in the army. Ministry of agencies, do not want to leave the company.Director Zhao held back his breath and asked them what they were doing in the office. The two young men thought for a while and said, go to the communication station. Because the wired connection often climbs the electric pole, it is better to connect wirelessly.Director Zhao was almost mad with anger, but he didn't dare to explode. He knew that since these two guys dared to be so arrogant, it meant that their background was very strong, and it would be unwise to offend them.He ended up assigning them to the wireless company to learn radio

Maintenance, but he felt as if he had eaten a fly in his heart. He felt uncomfortable for several days, and before he recovered, Yuan Jun arrived again. Yuan Jun didn't know Director Zhao's views on people like him. He only remembered that this army was his hometown. He was born in the military camp and grew up in the military kindergarten. There is no feeling of joining the army, only the feeling of returning to my hometown.So when he heard that the heads of No. 1 and No. 2 were not there, he asked in a big way, are No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 there?Anyone among them is fine, and his tone of voice made Director Zhao suddenly feel bad for him.In particular, Yuan Jun wore a yellow woolen military uniform under the soldier's uniform that day. The woolen military uniform with shoulder pads made the soldier's uniform on the outside very stiff. When Director Zhao saw him dressed like this, he was very angry. He knew that this kind of military uniform was issued to general officers when they were awarded the rank in 1955, and Director Zhao was only a lieutenant back then, so he was not qualified to enjoy the treatment of wearing a woolen uniform. The recruit in front of him dared to wear it This military uniform came to join the army, which is clearly an act of challenging grassroots cadres.Director Zhao decided to embarrass this ignorant bastard without showing his face. After hearing Yuan Jun's self-introduction, he said politely: "The army commander and political commissar are not here today. I am the director of military affairs. This is my job." Please show me your enlistment procedures." Yuan Jun was taken aback for a moment, he didn't seem to have the concept of enlistment procedures in his consciousness, he remembered that his father Yuan Beiguang only made a long-distance call to the army commander Li Zhenyun, and Li Junchang said that his son is welcome to join the army. Bing, I can just make a call with the comrades who receive the soldiers. As for the procedures for the cadres who receive the soldiers, Yuan Jun can't afford to worry about it.At this moment, the chief of military affairs actually asked him for the formalities, which made Yuan Jun very unhappy. He said casually, "I'm originally from here, and I didn't leave until the first class in the kindergarten of the military department."

Director Zhao said without humility: "You can't have military status when you go to kindergarten, right? I'm asking about your enlistment notice." Yuan Jun said carelessly: "No one gave me a notice. Commander Li asked me to come. All my enlistment procedures should be in your military affairs office." Director Zhao seemed very patient: "Young man, I don't have your enlistment procedures here. Yuan Jun shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Then you can ask the army commander. Of course, the political commissar is also fine. Since they are not here, I will stay and wait. Anyway, the recruit company will end in two months. Hurry up, Director Zhao, go do your work."

He spoke very arrogantly, but he didn't realize it. This sentence offended Director Zhao. It was unprecedented in the history of this army that a recruit dared to speak to a regimental cadre in such a tone.However, Director Zhao's anger didn't show. He just nodded and told Yuan Jun to go to the guest house. He couldn't offend these cadres and children. He knew the intricate relationship in the army too well. A new recruit was nothing to worry about, but you made trouble. I don't know the relationship between the old man of his family and the chief. If you ever stirred a spoon in a pot with the chief, or saved the chief's life on the battlefield, if you offend him, it is tantamount to offending the chief. Such a stupid thing, Director Zhao would not do it. He decided to treat Yuan Jun coldly. He would neither offend him nor help him. Let him wait in the guest house.

Director Zhao, who was full of resentment, really left Yuan Jun in the guest house for three days. Fortunately, Deputy Commander Yao came back three days later, and Yuan Jun was assigned to the recruit company.After the recruit company was over, Yuan Jun was assigned to the tank regiment. Director Zhao privately told the cadres in the regiment about his performance. Therefore, before Yuan Jun joined the tank regiment, everyone in the regiment knew about him. Yuan Jun somewhat regretted joining the army. He felt that life in the army was unbearably boring. The key was that there was no group of friends who got along well with each other. He felt that everyone in the company was watching him, and his every move was subject to Pay attention, from the company commander Ji Changhe, the instructor Wu Yunguo to Duan Tiezhu, the squad leader of Yuan Jun's second squad, they all have a lukewarm attitude towards Yuan Jun. They all know Yuan Jun's family background, especially the relationship between his father and the army commander, but No one at the grassroots cadres accepts this, and they even dislike him more and more. This seems to be a natural prejudice, and it is also a common phenomenon in the army.There is a natural barrier between soldiers who enlist from the countryside and those who enlist in the city, and this barrier is difficult to eliminate in a peaceful environment. Yuan Jun lived in the barracks since he was a child and was familiar with the life of the army. He knew that he had to go through the life of recruits. After a year, the next batch of recruits entered the barracks before he could survive.The army is like this, even if the army commander is your father's old comrade-in-arms, he can't protect you in everything, and the squad leader is an official, you can't make it through no matter what.Yuan Jun understands this, he thinks that after becoming a soldier, he has restrained himself, and he even hopes to establish a good relationship with Duan Tiezhu, the squad leader, to improve his current situation, but Duan Tiezhu dismisses Yuan Jun's olive branch and treats him the same Very harsh.Yuan Jun hated the squad leader ever since. Duan Tiezhu, the second squad leader, looks very similar to his name. He is 1.7 meters tall, as thick as a cannonball, and has a very hot temper. He, company commander Ji Changhe, and instructor Wu Yunguo are all from Shandong, and they are all from the same county. Yes, since they are fellow villagers, they usually walk around more among themselves, so they are suspected of forming cliques.Yuan Jun believes that this company has been controlled by the Shandong gang, and non-Shandong fighters will not be able to get ahead in this company.Regarding squad leader Duan Tiezhu's temper, Yuan Jun sees it this way. This old-fashioned brat with a head full of sorghum flowers must have had a good temper before he joined the army. After becoming the squad leader in the army, he became what he is now. There is only one conclusion. The recruits were so spoiled that they couldn't hold fire when they saw someone. Yuan Jun decided to wait until the time was right and then find an opportunity to deal with him, so that he could understand exactly how many eyes Lord Ma had. In the past few days, the relationship between Yuan Jun and the squad leader has reached the point where fire and water are incompatible.Yuan Jun works as the loader on the "103" tank. Among the four crew members of the "59" tank, this is the most thankless job. Needless to say, the commander of the tank is the commander of the whole tank. Everyone Only for the sake of obedience, the driver and the gunner are technical jobs, so they are naturally more respected, especially the driver, soldiers who enlist in the army in the countryside are willing to do it, because after demobilization, they can drive crawler tractors, which is a rare thing in the countryside. Respectable profession.After all the calculations, the job of the loader is not very good. In name, he is a reserve gunner, but if he really wants to touch the gun, unless the gunner is killed in battle, in other words, if the gunner is alive and well, Yuan Jun The only ones who pout their butts and load cannonballs portion.He had never noticed before that the cockpit of a majestic-looking tank was so narrow. In such a narrow space, the loader had to use his arms to push the 30-kilogram shells into the barrel. Yuan Jun thought that this job was simply impossible. No one did it.He knew in his heart that even if he was the only backdoor soldier in the company, he would be able to handle the loader. Yuan Jun practiced loading shells over and over again in the cockpit, and his whole body was already drenched in sweat. It was really miserable for a 30-kilogram training shell to be repeatedly pushed into the barrel and then withdrawn.He felt that the canopy was opened and a ray of sunlight shone into the cockpit. He didn't look up and continued to load. "Yuan Jun, is there anyone who loads shells like this? How did the gunner teach you?" Duan Tiezhu said from the cockpit. Yuan Jun didn't even lift his head: "Squad leader, if you have something to say, just say it, there's no need to set the stage, what do you really want to say?" "How many times have I told you? Your thumb should protect the fuze of the shell, especially when you push the shell into the chamber. If you take off the fuse of the shell with the safety cap, the impact force of a few kilograms can cause an explosion." Duan Tiezhu taught . "I said monitor, isn't this a coach bomb? It doesn't seem to blow up, does it?" Duan Tiezhu's voice became severe: "What did the instructor say? Sweat more in normal times, and bleed less in wartime. You must treat every practice as actual combat in your mind. Are you just ignoring what the company commander said?" "Hey, are you still the chief? Why am I so awkward hearing this? Just call the company commander and instructor, and return to the chief? Don't you think it's a bit disgusting? If I hurry up tomorrow, I will call you the squad leader." Yuan Jun was mean Said sarcastically. "Yuan Jun, as a recruit, you have a serious tone. Don't think that your father's high official status means that you can ignore the grassroots leaders. I'm afraid it won't do you any good if you continue like this." "Okay, why don't you find a cool place to stay for a while? What are you looking for, that is, now, my temper is much better. In the past, I would have made you find your teeth all over the place." "What did you say? Dare you say it again?" Yuan Jun picked up a large wrench and slowly crawled towards the hatch: "Let's talk outside." "What's the matter? You still want to hit someone? You wait, I'll go to the instructor, I can't take this soldier..." The canopy was closed with a bang, and Duan Tiezhu went to the company headquarters to file a complaint. Yuan Jun sat down weakly, and said bitterly: "It's really a fucking tiger that fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs..." Zhou Xiaobai finally received a letter from Zhong Yuemin. She was trembling with excitement. She grabbed the envelope and ran all the way to the garden of the rest area. Yes, Zhong Yuemin's letter is very simple, dry, without any emotional color. Xiaobai: Hello! Zheng Tong and I have settled down in northern Shaanxi, which is very close to the Mu Us Desert, so there is a lot of wind and sand. The mountains in northern Shaanxi are all loose loess mounds. Due to drought and little rain, each mountain bag is a big The ash pile, when people walk up, it is like walking into a pile of loose cement, the dust is flying, and the sky is blocked out. There are a total of ten people in our educated youth spot, all from different schools in Haidian District. We didn’t know each other before, and now we have nothing to talk about. Only Zheng Tong can talk to me. The life of the farmers here is very hard, and they basically depend on the sky for food. There are no irrigation channels, and there is no decent flat land, let alone terraced fields. In spring, the grain seeds are scattered on the loess slopes, and the rest is to wait for the next step. Rain, if there is no rain within 20 days, the seeds will die due to drought, and there will be no harvest this year. Even in the best harvest year, the grain is only enough to last for eight or nine months. People go out to beg in groups, which has become a tradition in Shichuan Village. Our educated youths currently have enough food for a week or two. When the food is finished, everyone should go out to beg. Zheng Tong and I are discussing, is it right? Prepare some programs, such as model plays or something, and you can also perform as a performer while begging.This kid Zheng Tong is thinking about foolish tricks all day long. He says he wants to practice swallowing iron balls, and he wants to get some gasoline to practice breathing fire. Come to northern Shaanxi to fool the villagers.I once proposed to perform hard qigong and put a few bad bricks on his head to practice opening bricks, but Zheng Tong resolutely refused, and I haven't come up with any more creative ideas until now. I am now learning to sing Xintianyou with the old man Du in the village. This old man is like a grocery store in his stomach. He can sing seven or eight versions of the same lyrics in different tunes. His lungs are swollen, he can hear his lungs snoring when he gasps, and his voice is like a leaky bellows, but his broken gong voice is simply excellent in singing folk songs in northern Shaanxi. The charm is really unforgettable, I am obsessed with Xintianyou. We have started spring sowing now, and it seems that there will be no rain for the next few days, and the sown grain seeds are likely to die of drought. The village party secretary is secretly preparing for the rain prayer ceremony, because he is a party member and cannot openly participate in such activities. Activity. In short, although life is a bit bitter, we are very happy, especially bickering with Zheng Tong every day before going to sleep, which is a lot of fun. This guy has become more and more talkative recently. I'm sleepy, and the oil lamp is almost out of oil, so I'll write next time. I wish: all the best. Zhong Yuemin 1969.4.15 As far as this dry letter is concerned, there is no greeting or any expression of emotion. If an unrelated person reads it, they will think it is a correspondence between two men.However, Zhou Xiaobai is already very content, she is fascinated by watching, sometimes laughing loudly Laugh, and sometimes cry.She was shocked by the level of poverty in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi, which was beyond her imagination. She couldn't imagine what would happen if she was in that environment.Zhong Yuemin's letter only contained ordinary narratives, and did not show the psychological state of people enduring suffering in the midst of suffering. She seemed to be able to see the scenes of Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong, two living treasures, having fun in the midst of suffering. Zhou Xiaobai really wanted to know their story The living environment, what they eat as their staple food, whether they have food, whether they are tired from working, but these details are not mentioned in the letter at all.Zhou Xiaobai suddenly discovered that she really liked Zhong Yuemin. This guy has a very special temperament, which is both romantic and realistic. Mixture, get along with him, you will feel very happy.He found something interesting to do wherever he went, and he was having fun right away, and doing it seriously, like that.A person who was once obsessed with Tchaikovsky's music turned out to be obsessed with folk songs in northern Shaanxi in a remote area, and he still doesn't know how to solve his rations for the next month.Zhou Xiaobai believes that begging is a painful and helpless thing, and the dignity and self-confidence of a normal person will be replaced by humiliation, but Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong actually regard begging as a carnival festival, and even prepare for street performances in a serious manner. They had so much fun, they really deserved to be the "players", this is Zhong Yuemin. Zhou Xiaobai suddenly felt tenderness in her heart. She carefully put the letter into her shirt pocket, thinking in her heart that she must find time to write him a long letter, and hoped that he would not get carried away and forget himself. up.