Wang Yong stared at him with disbelief on his face: "Did I hear what you said correctly?"
Chen Erhu said in a panic: "Old squad leader, you, did you drink too much, your mind was confused, and you said the wrong thing?"
Lin Hui stared at him with a serious face: "I can pretend I didn't hear anything."
Xu Da looked a little lonely, turned around and walked to the back room, took out an envelope and placed it in front of Lin Hui.
The envelope was clearly written in five characters: Application for Change of Job.
Lin Hui's body trembled violently, and these words were like nails piercing into his eyes.
Wang Yong and Chen Erhu stared at Xu Da without saying a word for a long time, their faces full of disbelief.
Xu Da smiled bitterly: "Actually, I am planning to finish these two days and want to hand it over to you after I go back. Now that you are here, I will hand it over to you in advance. I hope you can approve it."
boom!
Wang Yong slammed his fist on the table and pointed at him angrily: "Old squad leader, you are a fucking bastard! How can you be a deserter?"
Tears welled up in Chen Erhu's eyes for no reason: "Yes, old squad leader, how could you abandon us and become deserters?"
"It's not easy for you to get to where you are today. You have put in so much sweat and hard work. Others don't know it, but don't you know it yourself?"
Wang Yong pushed him away and said angrily: "What did you tell us back then? You said you never wanted to come back here, never wanted to face the loess and turn your back to the sky, and be a farmer all your life."
"You said that if you want to get out of here, you will die in the army for the rest of your life."
"Now that you're running away, what you said in the first place is just a fart, right?"
He slapped the table angrily: "Xu Da, you are a fucking bastard. I wish I could punch you to death!"
Xu Da didn't speak, his eyes were always staring at Lin Hui.
Lin Hui didn't say anything, and stared at him closely.
After Wang Yong and Er Hu finished going crazy, he picked up the application and said, "Why, give me a reason?"
Xu Da smiled bitterly: "I don't have much education. I haven't even finished junior high school. It's all because of you that I became an officer with you."
"But I know that there are a number of job transfer quotas this year, and my name is already on the list, right?"
Lin Hui's expression changed, and then he nodded: "Yes."
There is indeed a list down there.
Some officers who are unable to adapt to the current military environment and have weak comprehensive capabilities are required to change careers in advance.
Xu Da's name is indeed in it.
If nothing else, it’s because of low cultural level.
As the army develops and the quality of its soldiers continues to improve, of course the quality of its officers must also improve.
Lin Hui looked at Xu Da: "But I can suppress that list!"
He said coldly: "You are very diligent, everyone can see it, and our Tiger Regiment is different from other troops. Even if your education level is low, I can let you stay."
Xu Da shook his head: "I know it's very difficult and you have to ask for help. Let's forget it and let me change my job."
"The army needs to develop and be informatized, and the people who come here are all college students. Even if someone like me can stay, he will have to be transferred to the logistics department and can no longer be a chief officer. It is better to change careers."
"For those of us with a fighting background, if we can't keep fighting, we will be like an eagle with its wings broken, and we will be nothing more than useless."
Chen Erhu was anxious: "No, old squad leader, you have made so many contributions, and we even went to the military academy together. Brother Hui will help you find someone, it will be no problem!"
Xu Da waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "There are so many top students from military academies in the army, can they stay in the army for the rest of their lives just by thinking about it?"
"As for those military achievements, outsiders don't know about them. Don't we ourselves still know about them?"
"No matter how many contributions we have made, it is only an honor that belongs to us. I can become an officer at my age, and the army has taken good care of me."
"If it weren't for these achievements, how could someone like me, who had never graduated from junior high school, have the opportunity to go to a military academy and become an officer? It's just a fantasy?"
He said sincerely: "Actually, I am quite satisfied, but the army is developing rapidly, and the pace cannot be slowed down by me alone."
Wang Yongyong said: "Then you can learn! Aren't you often reading with a flashlight in the middle of the night? Aren't you also making progress..."
"It's too late." Xu Da waved his hand, with a bitter look on his face: "My foundation is here, but I'm having a hard time learning now, and I can't keep up with the development speed of the army."
He looked at Lin Hui and reluctantly said: "Don't work in vain, just let me change my job. I don't want you to beg for help for me."
Wang courageously slapped the table: "It's Brother Hui's business to ask for help. It has nothing to do with you. Why are you here just eating carrots and worrying about it? You just stay well. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Seeing that he was getting angry, Chen Erhu quickly pulled him aside.
Lin Hui stared at Xu Da and said coldly: "What is the reason?"
Xu Da looked at his scrutinizing eyes and knew that he could no longer lie. He could only sigh and said: "There shouldn't be any secrets between us. I will tell you the truth."
He sighed and pointed around: "You have all seen our family's environment. The village is very poor, and our family is even poorer."
"My father passed away early, and it was my mother who raised me up. When I was in the second year of junior high school, my mother left for the town market in the early morning and was hit by a car and broke her leg."
"Although the driver later paid compensation, her leg was never cured, and she could no longer travel far away. She could only do some needlework and threadwork at home."
"Since then, I have gone out to work, for her and for this family."
"Later, I joined the army because I heard people say that as long as you work hard after becoming a soldier, you will be assigned a good job..."
Xu Da looked outside, his eyes full of memories and a smile on his face: "At that time, I had nothing else to think about. I just wanted to go to the army and work hard. When I come back, I can be assigned to the county."
"Even if you just work as a worker, you can still get out of the mountains."
"When the time comes, take my mother away from here. She won't have to work hard farming anymore. I can support her for the rest of her life."
The three of them all remained silent and stared at him.
"Later, you also knew." Xu Da said lightly: "I am stupid. I am not as smart and flexible as you, and I am not as educated as you are. I can only work hard!"
"I've been paranoid and I've gone through dead ends. It's really not easy to get to where I am now."
He stared at Lin Hui closely: "Seriously, I really, really thank you."
"If it weren't for you, I might have come back and not be an officer at all."
Lin Hui clenched his fists, and the two people next to him stared at him closely, breathing extremely heavy.
Xu Da smiled: "It's enough now. I can be a company commander. For a person like me, this is the best state I can achieve. It's time for me to come back."
He sighed: "I have been away these years, and my mother has lived a very hard life by herself. She has to work hard all by herself, and she has to do odd jobs to save money."
Xu Da's nose was slightly sour, and a bitter smile appeared on his face: "She didn't spend any of the money I sent back before. She kept it all for me, saying that it would be used for me to marry a wife in the future."
Hearing that his voice was choked, the three of them felt a little uncomfortable.
"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have not been complete. Loyalty to me is already loyal, and the next step is to fulfill filial piety."
He laughed and said to Lin Hui: "As you can see, the people in our village are very enthusiastic."
"They took care of my mother a lot when I was away. I owe them all these years."
"Since the above has already said this, I am willing to obey. If you have to trouble you to find various connections to let me stay, then you might as well let me come back."
Xu Da smiled: "When I come back, I will definitely be able to get an official position. I will do nothing else and just take root in the village."
"I want to take care of my mother, I want to bring the whole village to get rich, I want to make future children no longer as stupid as me, I want them to read and write, I want to make them all walk out of the mountains!"
He stared at Lin Hui closely: "Captain!"
Then he grabbed his hand and said, "Lin Hui, please help me!"
The two of them looked at him fiercely, then turned away and stopped talking.
They couldn't argue with Xu Da's reason.
For them, becoming an officer and returning home with glory is a sign of honor for their ancestors.
But to Xu Da, who lives in this simple mountain village, what do these honors mean?
Maybe less than two kilograms of meat is real.
And what he wants is different from others.
Very simple and very practical.
Lin Hui stared at him coldly, and after a long while, he finally spoke: "Old squad leader, when we first met, I was forced to become a soldier. At that time, I hated the army, but you regarded the army as everything. .”
"The army is everything to you!"
The corners of Xu Da's eyes twitched twice, and the hand holding him trembled inexplicably.
Lin Hui stared at him: "What you just said is very important to you, but I know that in your heart, you care more about the army. It is the uniform and glory that you have exchanged for your blood and life."
"The wound on your back hurts like hell every time it rains, but you always smile."
"Because that is the honor of your life."
"I don't believe that you just left so willingly, and I don't believe that what you just said came from the bottom of your heart."
Xu Da looked at him suddenly, the corners of his eyes becoming even more moist.
Lin Hui's words struck a chord in his heart and penetrated into his heart.
Lin Hui took a deep breath and stared at him closely: "Old monitor, I will give you one last chance to choose..."
