The most beautiful life is the army

Just as the Spring Festival cannot stop training, training also cannot deny the arrival of the Spring Festival.

Just as the recruits were carrying the Ninth Five-Year Form, the footsteps of the Spring Festival had already arrived.There are sporadic firecrackers coming from the nearby villages, but children who can't bear their temper, welcome the arrival of the New Year early in this way.

In the afternoon of the thirties, the recruits no longer trained, and the holiday came quietly.They took off the training uniforms they had worn for a week, and put on winter uniforms uniformly.Some hard-working recruits are washing clothes in the water room, and some are just chatting or reading in the dormitory.

Li Wanting is one of the laundry workers.He firmly remembered that when he was at home, the house had to be cleaned every New Year. In his mother's words, it was necessary to welcome the New Year cleanly. There should be no dust, let alone dirty clothes.

At that time, he often fought wits with his mother, just to clean less, or to keep a few propaganda posters in his house.But now, all the public health departments are in charge of the day shift, so he can only use the laundry, which he was least willing to do, to miss the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year that day.

The comrades in the fourth class have long recognized Li Wanting's cleanliness. It is better to have a comrade who pays attention to hygiene than a sloppy comrade.Zhang Xiaomao had already washed his clothes sloppily, and came to the water room again, just to share the latest news he got with Li Wanting: "I heard that tonight, the team cadres will take over the post." He was amazed.

Li Wanting didn't think there was anything strange about it, it was the tradition of the army.In order for the soldiers to watch CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in its entirety, not only the cadres of the new training brigade, but also the leaders of the division will also stand in for them.

Zhang Xiaomao was a little dissatisfied with Li Wanting's reaction: "It's a replacement. I'll be a replacement all night."

Li Wanting smiled cooperatively: "That's not true, so everyone can watch the whole party."

Zhang Xiaomao was still a little upset: "I don't know which shift is on duty tonight. I'm lucky."

It turned out that it was because of this, Li Wanting was a little amused by his childishness, and quickly changed the subject: "I heard that I can still talk to my family on the phone tonight, have you thought about what to say to my family?"

Thousands of miles away from home, you can't celebrate the festival with your family, no matter what kind of words you say, they are pale and powerless.Especially in rural areas where traditions are emphasized, even if they are thousands of miles away, if there is a slight possibility, everyone will find ways to go home.But they can't go back.

As soon as he uttered his words, Li Wanting realized that he had made a stupid mistake, but he couldn't think of what words he should use to divert this heavy topic again.Fortunately, Brother Xiao Mao's thoughts were all focused on what to say: "Of course I have to tell my parents about our guns."

Yes, talk about their guns.Is there a soldier who has become a soldier and has not touched a gun?No.But for the recruits' families, this is a brand new experience, and it is not only the recruits themselves, but also their families who are proud of this experience.Just this one topic is enough to fill up the call time.

Standing in front of the cafeteria again, the soldiers were directed to sing "We Serve as Soldiers", "What is the difference between us as soldiers, just because we all wear plain military uniforms..." because of our own Illusion?Li Wanting felt that what his comrades sang today was not the same as in the past. It was a little less blunt and more tender.

If it weren't for this military uniform, would they have been reunited with their relatives at home, eating meals carefully prepared by their parents, and talking about homework?But they are soldiers, and the military uniforms on them make them only spend the annual festival in this military camp.

Don't they miss home?Thought.Don't they miss their loved ones at home?miss.But they understand that the road under their feet may go very far, as far as the frontier.There are also soldiers in the same uniform as them in the frontier, and when they will enter the cafeteria for dinner, they still stick to the gate of the country.Like themselves, they are full of tenderness for their families under the iron bones, but they forcefully keep this concern in a small corner of their hearts.

Not for forgetting, but for deeper protection.

With a bit of sadness, but also some joy of the festival, Li Wanting walked into the cafeteria with everyone.The dishes on the table are more abundant than those on New Year's Day.Smiles appeared on everyone's faces—no matter who prepared the meal, it is a good way to overcome the loneliness in a foreign land with a satisfied stomach.

"Comrades, today may be the vast majority of comrades. It is the first time that we have not celebrated the Spring Festival at home. But I want to say that you are not alone, because there are so many comrades in arms with you. There are still so many people at the border post. My comrades-in-arms, stay with us!" The deputy commander, who came to celebrate the festive season with the recruits again, came to the restaurant of the Second Squadron, and sent his sincere wishes to the recruits:

"In the big family of the army, you will spend your best youth years. Let us raise our glasses and thank the big family of the army for giving us the opportunity to get together, let us be here together, and wish our motherland prosperity, Best wishes to our parents! Cheers!"

"Cheers!" The recruits echoed loudly. They used their voices to drive away the loneliness of being alone in the barracks, and they also used their voices to closely connect with their comrades!

The dinner this time took longer than it did on New Year's Day. Everyone happily sat at the dining table, talking and laughing in low voices.Zhang Xiaomao picked up an elbow and gave it to Li Wanting: "Why don't you eat vegetables?"

Li Wanting took another sip of his drink. He doesn't eat meat skin, so he kept his elbows at arm's length.But this was Brother Xiaomao's wish, he had to smile at people: "Don't worry about me, I'm almost full."

Li Kai felt that he was too polite: "How much food you ate just now, you should eat quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold in a while."

eat it.Li Wanting said to himself in his heart, it's just an elbow, it's just skin, and I heard that skin is still beautiful.So he acted casually, picked up the trembling elbow meat, and carefully put it into his mouth.

The elbow is stewed very badly, and the taste of the mouth is not as fatty as imagined.Li Wanting swallowed it smoothly, without any discomfort.It was the same when she was a female soldier. In that life, Li Wanting ate more food, but except for a few things such as meat skin, he ate all of them after entering the army.

If you don't eat, there are only two words waiting: hungry!The army eats from a big pot and pays attention to a balanced diet, but it cannot take into account the subtle differences in tastes of each individual.Seeking common ground has been well reflected in the army canteen.So Li Wanting knew that he could supplement collagen in large quantities in the future.

I remember the female soldiers jokingly said at that time that the army canteen was dedicated to all kinds of dissatisfaction: Northern soldiers like steamed buns or rice?But there is often only rice at noon, do you eat it?Sichuan soldiers love spicy food, but the cooking team has to take care of the majority who don't like spicy food. At most, they will fry the chili peppers for you to take.

Seeing that Li Wanting had eaten his elbow, Li Kai was in a daze again, and asked him, "Is it delicious?"

Li Wanting nodded vaguely: "I think it tastes similar to homemade."

Everyone ate the food.Tonight, home has become a taboo topic, if you can not mention it, it is best not to mention it.

"Guys, how is your meal?" The deputy teacher came to the table of the fourth class with a drink at some time.Everyone stood up at a loss, Zhang Ziyang took the lead to grab his own drink, and said to the deputy division commander with a smile: "Report to the chief, just now we said that this elbow tastes the same as the one at home."

The deputy division commander was amused: "Well, if you have a family, you are a small family, and the army is a big family. The two families have something in common, that is, I hope you don't want to go home when you are full."

After hearing the deputy teacher's witty words, the restraints of the comrades in the fourth class flew away, and they realized that there was only a kind elder standing in front of them.Zhang Ziyang gestured to the comrades in the class, and said to the deputy teacher: "Deputy teacher, all the comrades in our class wish you a happy new year and good health."

Comrades in class four raised their drinks to the deputy teacher: "I wish you good health."

"Okay, everything is going well for everyone." The deputy division commander happily took a sip of his drink, and said to the squadron leader who was following him: "The soldiers in your squadron are good. They have courage and eloquence."

The squadron leader was also happy, and introduced to the deputy division commander: "This soldier is called Zhang Ziyang, a college student who enlisted in the army. Now he is the deputy squad leader of the fourth class."

The deputy division commander nodded again: "Hello, college students. Our troops just need such knowledgeable soldiers. Now no one dares to say that we are martial arts. Anyone who dares to say that, let him come to our barracks to see Look, the average education level is not worse than other places."

This is what the deputy division commander said with confidence. Not only are there more and more soldiers who joined the army directly, but which cadre does not have a college degree?Some of them are top students from key universities.

The comrades in the fourth class let the deputy teacher speak with a deep smile on his face, and when the deputy teacher took the squadron leader to another class, Liu Dongxi whispered to Zhang Ziyang: "Actually, we are at this table. You are not a warrior."

Liu Nanbei yelled at his brother: "Do you think you are a qualified martial artist? I think you are not even a martial artist at your current level, and you are not a cultural person. Oh, you are the one who can accomplish nothing without civility or martial arts."

The brothers quarreled, and the comrades in class four always just watched from the sidelines, lest they would unanimously speak out and make them villains in vain.Bai Xingchuan picked up a prawn for Lei Hongxing: "I think today's braised prawns are not bad, and they are more delicious than last time."

Liu Dongxi said to his younger brother unconvinced: "Why am I not even qualified as a martial artist? My training performance is no worse than yours."

Liu Nanbei said bluntly: "If you want me to say, the comrades participating in the martial arts competition in other people's divisions must have speed and skill, and then they can be called qualified martial arts. How can you compare with others?"

Liu had nothing to compare with, so he had to pick a chopstick of green vegetables and chew them silently.