Reborn in the 70s / Reborn in 1978

The troops stationed there, and Zhang Xingming's father's original troops, were both a field army, which was later unified and restructured to become the Engineering Corps, sometimes called the Construction Corps.

During this period, the engineering troops produced during the disbandment of the field troops were the troops that should be remembered, extolled, and moved forever by the world. Unfortunately, they silently disappeared in the river of time, except for a small number of people in this period. Remember them, think about them once in a while, and there is no record of them anymore.

However, the national defense roads, railways, and countless great projects and buildings recorded in history are all printed with the sweat and blood of engineers.

They are the most respectable, loveliest, and greatest group of people in this period, none of them, and no one or any organization can replace their great achievements, and future generations will never know that in their happy life, boiling With the sweat of engineers, soaked in the blood of engineers.

From the time they came to Guojiabao in May 80 to the autumn of 83, the troops lived in this building for more than three years.

Just a few months after Zhang Xingming’s house went upstairs, the army built a new barracks on the open space upstream of the train station on the other side of the river, and all moved there. use.

At that time, Zhang Xingming’s family had already moved away, and since then, he seldom came to this area, and he rarely went to the army again. For the children, it was a bit far away, and they had to cross the entire Guojiabao residential area. Then cross the river and go up, the whole journey is several kilometers.

Zhang Xingming didn't know what happened to the army later, but in 86, the barracks became a welfare housing for employees of the mining construction company, and two of his classmates lived there.According to my father, some of them have been demobilized, and I have corresponded with them for several years.

Zhang Xingming is very familiar with this army in his last life: Uncle Jin is Korean, and he can always bring out Korean handmade caramel for him and his brother. It is long and yellowish-brown. years, gave Zhang Xingming and his brother sweet memories;

Uncle Miao, very handsome, with a cheerful personality, loves to joke, can do poker magic tricks, and can make so many toys with wood and wire;

Company Commander Xing and his wife are both from the south, and they prefer to make dumplings from the north. They are either boiled into wontons or eaten before they are cooked;

Uncle Zhang Aiping, the first person Zhang Xingming met in this army was the squad leader, a gd man, he was very kind to Zhang Xingming, took him to the movies, led him to eat in the army, and watched TV in the army.

At that time, eating meat and watching TV was an extremely luxurious thing, and it was a big color TV, which Zhang Xing enjoyed every day in the army for the past three years;

The stern leader, every time he saw Zhang Xingming wandering in the army building, he would give a few words of reprimand, but he never really drove Zhang Xingming away. Sometimes Zhang Xingming would watch him on TV for a while longer;

The cute battalion commander, with a big face and a smile all day long, always likes to seduce Zhang Xingming by watching TV, Zhang Xingming has been fooled countless times and still falls for it;

The army left so many happy memories for Zhang Xingming in the past three years. Later, until the death of his grandparents, the bed Zhang Xingming and his brother lived in was still the bunk bed that Company Commander Xing gave him when his family moved out.

Hearing the rumbling sound of steam and the sound of engines mixed with the sound of horns in the boiler room, and then a series of passwords came, and the soldiers' slogans sounded, Zhang Xingming left the unfinished pastry and went out to run over there.

He drilled through the iron gate of the building's backyard familiarly. The backyard is the boiler room of this building. Now that the troops have just entered, there is no one here.

The whole building has only one main entrance, but there are three back doors, one big, two small, and three stairs, one wide and two narrow. Zhang Xingming went directly through the small back door of the Xitou Annex building, and went up the stairs to the second floor.

The people in the corridor were all soldiers, a green shadow was shaking, some were carrying things and shouting, no one paid attention to the little guy Zhang Xingming.

Zhang Xingming went up to the second floor and walked along the corridor to Uncle Zhang's room in his memory.

The furnishings in the room are different from those of the soldiers, except for two cabinets and an extra desk.There are two upper and lower bunks for military use (narrower than civilian ones), but Uncle Zhang's upper bunk is used for storing things, and only he and the deputy squad leader live there.

In Zhang Xingming's memory, Zhang Xingming didn't have a deep impression of this deputy squad leader. He only knew that his surname was Huang.

"Who are you looking for, little friend? Is there something wrong?" He heard someone asking when he entered the room, and when he turned around the desk, which was a little bigger than Zhang Xingming's current physique, he saw two people sitting on the bed tidying up the housework.

"Uncle Zhang." Seeing Zhang Aiping, Zhang Xingming was a little excited. After the army moved out in the previous life, Uncle Zhang was demobilized and went to Guangzhou. He also sent several letters to his family. He was too young at that time, and he died later. news.

"How do you know my surname is Zhang? Do you know me?" Uncle Zhang looked surprised, put down the quilt in his hand and lowered his head to ask Zhang Xingming.

"I know. Because I'm also surnamed Zhang." Zhang Xingming couldn't say that I knew you in the previous life, and I always fell for you as a bastard, so he had to use his own money as a child to let him go.

"Haha, the kid is interesting," Uncle Zhang said cheerfully, pointing to Deputy Huang on the opposite bed and asked, "Then what's his last name? Also Zhang?"

"He's Uncle Huang." Zhang Xingming glanced at Vice Ban Huang, climbed onto Uncle Zhang's bed and sat down familiarly, looked around, and asked, "Why isn't there a piano? Where's the piano?"

Uncle Zhang's harmonica and old-fashioned guitar were the first precious musical instruments he came into contact with in his previous life.

"Little friend, how do you know I have a piano?" Uncle Zhang was distracted by Zhang Xingming, and forgot to call him Uncle Huang.

"I saw it when I went upstairs, you are so stupid." After saying this sentence, Zhang Xingming felt goosebumps all over his body, thinking that he couldn't talk like that anymore, and he couldn't take it anymore because others were fine.

"Little friend, do you live near here?" Vice-ban Huang finished packing his luggage and sat down to rest, looking at Zhang Xingming and asked.

"Well, it's downstairs." Zhang Xingming ran to the window, climbed onto the radiator and looked downstairs, pointed to the house and said, "That's right there, it's blocked by the boiler, so I can't see it."

"What does your father do? Are you not afraid to come here alone?"

"My father works in a mineral processing plant. Originally my father was also a soldier, but he stopped serving and went to work. My mother said that the army always ate sheep (meat), and my father didn't like it." This is what Zhang Xingming's mother said to Zhang Xingming If you have passed, it is just what you said in your previous life.

"Your mother is also in the army?" Uncle Zhang became interested, and those who brought their families were also company ranks and cadres.

"Well, it's been a few years, and then I came here. It's so far away from my grandma's house, and I don't have any relatives." Zhang Xingming fumbled here and there, talking nonsense.

"Which unit is your father?" Deputy Huang asked.

"Railway soldiers, those who build large trains, build trains that are far away from here." When Zhang Xingming's father was in the army, he traveled as far as Bashu and Shanxi, and was a railway engineer.

Deputy Huang said to Uncle Zhang: "Yo, it must be in the same unit as ours. I don't know which division it is."

"What is your father's job?" Uncle Zhang also seemed friendly. As a soldier, he has a strong sense of belonging to the army. When he heard that he belonged to the army, he felt a lot closer. This is where Zhang Xingming ate and drank in his previous life. The main reason no one cares about him.

"I don't know. Anyway, it's a cadre with four pockets. I've seen photos." At that time, the troops hadn't changed their uniforms, and soldiers and cadres all wore military uniforms of the same fabric, but the cadres had four pockets, and the soldiers had one. two pockets.

The squad leader dresses the same as the soldiers, with a red collar badge and a red five-star cap badge. There is no difference between soldiers and cadres except for two more pockets. (I have no memory of ranks, strange)

In this way, Zhang Xingming sneaked into the army again, and after having a sumptuous dinner here, he ran to Company Commander Xing's house on the first floor to cook another meal, and finally Company Commander Xing sent him home.

As a result, Dad and Company Commander Xing got to know each other earlier than in the last life. The two men who had devoted half their lives to the army and the country's construction met each other with hatred and kept chatting until midnight before Company Commander Xing reluctantly returned to the camp.

Zhang Xingming's father was in the army when he was in the army. If his grandma hadn't forced his mother to let his father go back to his hometown, his father would definitely be promoted. To be honest, his character is more suitable for being in the army.

(My father is 6 years older than my mother. In 79, my mother was 28 and my father was 34.)

Soon, like the previous life, the leaders in the army knew that there was a child of a comrade-in-arms who came out of the army who always liked to run here, helping sweep the floor and pouring water, mixed eating and drinking, mixed watching TV, and played chess and military chess. The sweet little mouth greets everyone with a salute and calls uncle hello.

So Zhang Xingming got mixed up, and no one was in charge of going downstairs. After all, this is the engineering army. If it is a field army, it would be useless to run in every day like Zhang Xingming. How could a child be so serious in such a serious place? Run upstairs and downstairs.

In this life, Zhang Xingming has another surprise. Uncle Jin is still a master. He was a scout in the old army, which is the predecessor of the special forces of later generations. Army.

Later, due to some incidents, he was transferred to an ordinary company and became an engineering soldier after being rebuilt. However, he did not throw away the style and still practiced hard. In his own words, he got used to it and couldn't let it go.

Zhang Xingming tried his best to learn boxing from Uncle Jin. Uncle Jin didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a child's curiosity. Unexpectedly, after a while, he found that Zhang Xingming was really studying and practicing hard, so he became serious.

Zhang Xingming simply dragged his brother to practice together, but unfortunately his brother is too young and a bit half-hearted, but don't worry, it will be fine when he grows up, lay the foundation first.

There are three delicacies in Zhang Xingming's memory, which are the most memorable. One is sauerkraut fried by grandma, the other is stewed pork with cabbage vermicelli from the army, and the third is kidney beans and potato ribs steamed in the factory steamer.

There are also big mixed vegetables that are delicious. I don’t know how many people still remember them.

It was the leftovers from the wedding banquet, fried peanuts, black fungus, fried meat, garlic, pork, elbow, grilled chicken, etc., mixed together in a mess and heated up. At that time, it was really delicious.

Go to school, go to the army to eat.

Watch TV, practice boxing, go home and sleep.

This is Zhang Xingming's happy life at this time.