Chapter 80: Recruiting cadres

The rest of the time was really just a tour. The mystery that Xichan Temple that I couldn't understand the most was solved, so I accompanied Xiaoying to wander around the temple and had a vegetarian meal in the temple. Before leaving, I actually bought Xiaoying a small gift in the store selling souvenirs at the door. Xiaoying immediately felt happy like something.

In the evening, I sent Xiaoying to No. 813 towards Xiaoying's house. Since my uncle and aunt knew that she was back, she naturally could not live in my company anymore. She was going to get a taxi for her, but the sensible Xiaoying said she didn't want me to spend money and insisted on taking the bus, so I didn't force her.

I also called a taxi and returned to the company.

The National Day holiday was a bit dull, and I don’t know if Wei Jinyan’s injury has healed. Anyway, he was staying in the hospital and refused to come back, so of course I was happy to be quiet.

As the company commander, I can't always run out without any trouble. After all, the instructor is not here! So most of the time, Xiaoying comes to find me, and in the evening I send her back. Every time I see her working so hard, I feel full of guilt, but Xiaoying has no complaints. She comes to see me almost every day during the seven-day holiday. It was not until the last day that I had to board the plane and return to Chongqing, that I took a day off and took her to the airport with my dad's car.

At the airport, Xiaoying stroked my right hand with plaster with heartache and said:

"Changfeng, I'm not by your side. You must take care of yourself, otherwise I will be very worried about you."

In fact, the injuries on my hand have healed. After returning from Xichan Temple, I used the perverted internal force to heal myself every day, and the effect was much more obvious than before. So after six or seven days, except for the possibility of a little pain in the bones, my right hand can basically move freely - otherwise I wouldn't dare to drive out.

I said with a smile:

"Don't worry, although I always do something this and that, I have always turned bad luck into good luck. So far, have I been doing well? I promise you that I will be more careful in the future."

Xiaoying nodded, probably because she thought that we were going to separate again and we would not meet until the Chinese New Year. Her eyes turned red, and she lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. I hugged Xiaoying and said softly:

"Good Xiaoying, you are the only one in Chongqing. You must pay attention to safety and take care of your health. If you have any problems, go find Brother Hai..."

Xiaoying nodded and said nothing. At this time, the airport broadcast prompted that the flight to Chongqing could enter the clearance. I handed my luggage to Xiaoying and said:

"Go in, call me when you arrive in Chongqing..."

Xiaoying took the luggage silently, reached out to hug me, and raised her head. I clearly saw two crystal tears in her eyes slowly sliding down. I reached out with pity to wipe the tears, patted her shoulder, and said:

"We will meet again a few months later. When you graduate, I will marry you. From now on, we will be together forever..."

Xiaoying nodded and choked and said, "Changfeng, I will miss you..."

After saying that, she dragged her luggage and turned around step by step. I watched her until I could no longer see it. I walked out of the airport hall, sat in the car, took out a cigarette, and smoked silently. After a while, I saw a plane soaring into the sky, and a feeling of loss surged in my heart. I sighed, extinguished the cigarette butt, and drove away from the airport.

When I got home, I sat and chatted with my parents for a while, and then I returned to the company. I had no choice but to take a half-day leave and had to go back to pay off the leave before lunch.

After the long holiday, the training of the troops began to be in full swing. I fully used some of the military training reforms used in the four-person group to the military training of the entire company. When the soldiers counted rice for the first time, many people were stunned. I don’t know what I mean. However, soldiers are soldiers after all, and their command awareness quickly made them obey unconditionally. In other aspects, whether it is shooting or tactical coordination, I made some changes that are closer to actual combat based on the original basis. At the beginning, the soldiers were a little uncomfortable, but over time, the training effect came out. It turned out that the company with average overall results had improved by almost everyone after two months of training. My training was not for the assessment items, but it actually improved everyone’s assessment results.

After a long period of time, Wei Jinyan finally returned to the team. When he returned to the company again, he seemed to know how to keep a low profile than before. Although he still spoke so sarcastically, he didn't speak easily and rarely saw him in the company again. He either went to the General Hospital for a review or ran to the agency. I had let him go to his behavior. It was not that I didn't dare to care about it, but that I really didn't want to waste energy and time. Anyway, he had a few days of good days, so I might as well manage my own company to be realistic.

Since Ye Xiaoyan saw Xiaoying after the competition, she has never come to see me again. Sometimes when I am free, I will think: How did the article assigned by the section chief to her be completed? In that competition, there were many places where publicity officers like her were not allowed to go, and the information they could get was limited. However, since she did not come to see me, I was happy to be idle, so I would not be overwhelmed when I saw her. Anyway, there are so many people in the entire division participating in the competition, and besides me, there are many people who can provide her with information.

Life is so dull and fulfilling, and the weather gradually turns colder. The fallen leaves begin to float down from several big trees in the yard. After a few weeks, a thin layer was laid under the trees. The soldiers who cleaned the yard every day complained about this.

The clothes we wore from long-sleeved shirts to summer clothes, and then changed to winter clothes. This was the first time I wore the winter clothes of the cadre who wore breeches. That day, after I struggled to put Jin Cancan's rank in the winter clothes, I couldn't help but intoxicated myself in front of the mirror. There were not many officers in the yard, but three of them wore brand new breeches. Lin Feng and Xiao Hanbing were all new cadres who graduated this year, but I was already the company commander, and Lin Feng was a popular candidate for the deputy company commander. Xiao Hanbing was also a platoon leader, and he seemed much younger than us in all aspects. The gap was often widened at the starting point.

On December 10th, there are about twenty days before New Year's Day. If I'm not mistaken, my superiors are already making final preparations. A big cancer in the army and even the country is about to be removed. Although I have not contacted Beijing, the feeling of a storm coming and wind is still very strong.

On that day, my superior notified me to attend a meeting. When I arrived at the venue, I realized that this year's recruitment work was underway. This meeting was to convey some of the spirit of the superiors' training on recruitment and recruit training. My superior appointed me as the company commander of the Xinshang Company. The instructor assigned to me was Yu Chengzhi, who was the deputy instructor of another regiment. The backbone of the Xinshang Cadres were all drawn from various units, and it was impossible to air all the cadres in a company.

What surprised me was that I was actually assigned to the county in my hometown in the mountainous area of ​​northern Fujian to receive troops. The time was tight. I was about to set off this afternoon. There were two of us, and there was also a second lieutenant Gao Tian. We were the platoon leader of the first company. He was a new platoon leader of the division communications battalion and had just retired from the red card.

After the meeting, Political Commissar Yang specially kept me and said:

"Xiao Lu, the county you went to this time seems to be your hometown. You just went back to find an old friend and talk about the past. You just need to keep a close eye on your work. For details, please tell Xiao Gao to do it!"

I straightened my chest and said:

"Don't worry, political commissar, I will cooperate with the local armed forces department to do a good job in this conscription work, and I must put my own private affairs second."

To put it nicely, in fact, my parents have moved to Fuzhou, and most of my uncles go out to work, and only my grandfather and grandfather live in their hometowns. I won’t have too many things when I go back. As for my old classmates, they either go to college or go out to work. Few people are at home at this time.

Political Commissar Yang nodded in admiration and said:

"I just remind you not to work too hard, haha, go and wish you a good journey!"

I saluted Political Commissar Yang, then turned around and left the conference room.

After making an appointment with Gao Tian, ​​I went back to the company and simply sorted out my luggage, then took out an I card and went to the door to make a phone call. After becoming the company commander, I felt embarrassed to secretly use the mobile phone in the safe. Although no one knew, I always felt that the company commander should set an example and set a good start for the soldiers.

"Hey, dad, where are you?"

My dad seemed a little absent-minded and said, "I'm playing cards in the team!"

When I heard it carefully, there was indeed a noise next to him, all the voices of the masters of the team. My father was also a strange person. Although the family’s money was not too much, he was also a person with a house and a car. He liked the team’s job with a meager salary and refused to quit no matter what.

I said with a smile:

"Dad, I'm going to go back to my hometown in the afternoon. Do you want to bring some things for grandpa?"

I heard my dad say on the other end of the phone:

"Old Huang, come here to help me make a few moves, I'll answer the phone."

Then he became much quieter. He probably walked out of the door, and his father said:

"What? What are you doing when you go back? Isn't the army very busy? If you take a vacation, stay in Fuzhou. Anyway, we have a house, and I'll bring your grandpa up to live in a while."

I smiled and said, "I have no such a good life, and I'm on vacation! I'm on a business trip! I'm going to get soldiers, and I'm going to be exhausted next time. I'm going to be the company commander of the recruits."

My father was also a soldier. In the 1970s, he was a car soldier. He almost took him to the front line of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. When their cars were waiting at the freight station to join the army, the war ended, so they returned to their own stations. Many years later, my father sighed that if the war ended a few days later, he would be a combat hero now. A group of comrades who went to the front line earlier than him transported several vehicles of ammunition, and even had a few hairs missing. When he came back, he made a second-class merit.

So my dad knows the army quite well. When he heard that I was going to pick up the troops, he immediately said:

"Son, this is not easy to do. You have to take control of yourself. Our family is not short of money."

Of course I understand what my dad meant, and I said with a smile:

"Don't worry, even if you are corrupt, I won't be corrupt. You don't know your own son yet? That's a righteous spirit, haha... I'm asking you what you want to take to your grandfather and grandfather. I'll go there by the way. It's not corrupt to do some private affairs during the army, right?"

Dad thought for a while and said:

"By the way, when I sold those houses last time, the boss thanked me so much, and finally gave me two boxes of old ginseng. Otherwise, you can go home and give this to the two elders!"

I said, "Okay! I'll come here now, and I'll go to Xijia Station to take the bus later."

After entrusting the work in the company to Liu Yi and Lin Feng, I took a taxi back home - my dad actually lived in the dormitory of the convoy, saying that the house and my villa were being renovated.

When my mother heard that I was going back to her hometown, she naturally told me many words. She also searched for me and took a bunch of things. This time, I gave it to my aunt and the one for my aunt. I quickly picked up two boxes of old ginseng and rushed out of the house like a escaping. No matter what my mother said behind me, I turned around and shouted:

"It's too late, and my comrades are still waiting for me at the station! I'll help you with my help next time!"

If I don’t leave my bag, I will expand at least ten times. Many things for women are not as cheerful as men. I am as virtuous as mothers. I just don’t have a dad…

When I arrived at Xijia Station, I looked at my watch. It was still thirty minutes before the agreed time. It was all my mother's fault. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to escape so quickly. I went to the ticket office to buy two bus tickets to my hometown P County after thirty minutes. I was not worried that Gao Tian would be late. If the officers of the field troops did not even have this concept of time, it would be impossible for them to make a good fortune. They also selected the recruit company to serve as platoon leader.

Sure enough, he stood in front of me almost at the pinch point. Gao Tianren was as tall as his name, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a honest face. His military experience was even longer than me. He first worked as a soldier in the army for two years, and then he was admitted to the junior college class of the Army Academy. After studying infantry squad command for three years, he was assigned to return to the original unit to serve as platoon leader this year, so he was also an old qualification in the xx division.

I handed him the ticket and said:

"Get in, you're about to drive."

Gao Tian simply took the ticket and followed me to pick up my simple luggage and walked into the station.
Chapter completed!