After the conversation, Wang Ke felt relieved.
He originally thought that deputy company commander Lu Zeran would bring him some good news. After leaving the company for so long, he missed the comrades he used to get along with day and night, and missed the company leaders.
In the company, the special position of calculating soldiers in the reconnaissance squad can be said to start from the time when the recruits get off work. They are selected at all levels, and only one of them wins in the end. When he arrived at the command platoon, he was like a proud man. Whether it was training or daily company life, he was always the focus of everyone's attention.
At the same time, I thought I was doing a pretty good job, and I kept in mind what my parents said: be a good person with your tail between your legs, actively get closer to the organization, do the dirty work first, and take the blame later.
But what is the logic of the company now? They know that you have done the best, but they don’t reward you for your merits. They deliberately suppress you and call it "focusing on greater training". What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that the trees that are beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, or are you afraid that I am too proud to be lazy? Deputy company commander Lu Zeran revealed this information to himself simply because he wanted to prepare himself and not give up on himself.
Wang Ke now really wants to know his future, but there is no "scene" in his mind.
At half past nine in the evening, it’s time to go to bed again.
Wang Ke took out a pen and paper, lit his pony lantern, and went to the outhouse. He will read a book first, then write a few letters to his parents, relatives and friends, and ask the health worker Yu Deshui to mail them to him tomorrow.
This is a privilege given to him by the platoon leader Hu Zhijun. Whenever his comrades turn off the lights, he can quietly read a book in the outer room. Because he was used to standing guard in the middle of the night, whenever the reconnaissance squad was on duty, he would grab the post in the middle of the night.
Picking up a pen, he first wrote a letter to his parents, reporting on his meritorious service and receiving two awards. Then he wrote a letter each to his two female classmates, Yan Liu and Deng Xuemei. These two classmates are both his high school classmates, and Yan Liu is now strictly a comrade-in-arms. She is serving as a soldier in Hainan, and she is thousands of miles away from him. She also wears a green military uniform and protects her family and country.
Deng Xuemei has always cherished the dream of going to college. She heard that the country is going to resume the college entrance examination. She hopes that Wang Ke will retire from the army in the future and serve the country with knowledge like her. She also sent herself some review materials, so this letter must be written. .
After writing three letters in one go, Wang Ke hesitated whether to write one to Wu Xiangyu?
She has helped him a lot, let's just say this is the smallest lantern, which is only as big as a palm, as well as the flashlight, enamel basin, mattress, and large teapot that she left for herself. All these things were taken out and used when the cooking was cut off. If they are returned in the future, they will not be returned. She also sent herself ten letters. Although she only read one (not finished yet), she should respond to it out of politeness. But Wang Ke was afraid of causing her to misunderstand, mistook friendship for love, and made things worse in the future, making both parties unable to extricate themselves. The impact is not good, and it would be embarrassing for both parties.
How could he not know how good Wu Xiangyu was to him? When she grew up, besides being hugged by her mother, Wu Xiangyu was the first woman to hug herself. There is no need for a real man to have a wife. Now is the time for both parties to work hard. I have been a soldier for a full year. From now on, I will be a real two-year soldier. Two years is not a long time or a short time. Tonight, Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran told himself that he is far from the organizational point. The requirements are still far away, and they need to be suppressed. The relationship between children is really not suitable now.
Maybe others will be happy to see themselves being suppressed, but how can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan? I don't live for others, all my efforts are for myself.
Thinking of this, Wang Ke picked up the pen and wrote the first letter of his life to Wu Xiangyu. From the beginning of the address, he deliberately kept a certain distance. We talked about life, our ideals, the adventures of the command platoon on the farm, catching birds and fish and making snowmen. We didn’t write a single word about the difficulties and life-and-death tests we encountered. Just like that time when we were run over by a big car, understatement is the best way to describe it. real.
I wrote more than a page eloquently and made a difference.
Wang Ke folded and packed the four envelopes, affixed stamps, and prepared to hand them over to the health worker Yu Deben tomorrow.
After packing up the paper and pen, Wang Ke stood up with the lantern. Today, if you have coal, you must seal the stove to prevent gas poisoning. There are also dog snares left outside. You have to take a look. Don’t forget about famine when you have food.
Wang Ke walked out of the house, a gust of cold wind hit him, and he felt a little cold.
Suddenly, he felt his head "sudden", and it was as clear as a mirror. But it's not dizziness. What's going on? Listening carefully again, there was another "squeaking" sound of mice and running sounds coming from the warehouse.
Is there going to be another earthquake?
It is now eleven o'clock in the evening, and everyone has just fallen asleep. Should we call the platoon leader and tell him to be more vigilant and prepare for earthquakes?
At this time, a person came over and said, "Wang Ke, are you still awake?" It was Xiao Gao from the telephone class.
"Xiao Gao, I noticed something was wrong tonight."
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Why do I always feel like there are earthquakes?"
"I think you drank a little too much at night. Look at how bright the stars are in the sky and how bright the moon is. Generally speaking, earthquakes must be caused by extreme weather. There is not even a breath of wind now, how can there be an earthquake? Deputy Company It's hard to raise them, so don't torment them or be suspicious."
Wang Ke smiled and said it was right. But be careful and make some preparations.
"You're right, let's put some beer bottles in each room."
"If you want to let him go, then let him go, and I won't help you. I'll go to the field department for a walk." Xiao Gao turned around and left, while Wang Ke carried the lantern to find the beer bottle.
When he arrived at the kitchen next to the small warehouse, he heard a crackling sound in the water tank from a distance. Is there a cat stealing fish?
He raised the lantern and looked inside. He saw the loaches and eels in the water tank rolling up and down in the water. Some loaches are still struggling to jump up. This is not right. Could this be a sign of an earthquake?
We have been here once last time. It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not there. The most important thing is to prevent earthquakes!
He picked up a few empty beers and walked out. He first went to the stove of the telephone shift and placed an empty wine bottle upside down, and then placed a washbasin under the stove. Next, the wireless class was released, and finally came to the reconnaissance class. Tonight, except for squad leader Yueyang and Da Guo, several other people gave their seats to four people including deputy company commander Lu Zeran and health worker Yu Deben.
Wang Ke put down the lantern and went to place the wine bottle. He didn't know whether it was because the stove was uneven or the mouth of the wine bottle was uneven. He placed it upside down several times and couldn't stand it up. It doesn't matter if you put it down, it will fall down as soon as you loosen your grip.
This is hell.
At this time, there was only a "rumbling" sound coming from the horizon in the distance. Wang Ke thought, where did this thunder come from? Is there still thunder in this winter? He felt a little dizzy and seemed to have a feeling of being unable to stand.
Suddenly, he realized that this was an earthquake, a longitudinal earthquake wave!
Wang Ke raised the curtain of the inner room and shouted inside: "Deputy company commander, there's an earthquake, get up quickly."
After saying that, he opened the door and ran out, shouting at the wireless class because platoon leader Hu Zhijun lived there. "Everyone, get up quickly, it's an earthquake, it's an earthquake!"
There was a burst of noise from various rooms, and some people ran out of the room.
Turning his head to look south, he saw only the dark sky, the red light reflected on the horizon, the "rumbling" sound getting closer and closer, and the ground had begun to shake under the action of longitudinal waves.
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran reacted relatively quickly. He was the first to rush out of the room wrapped in his coat, carrying two shoes and barefoot.
Next came the snowmobile driver from the division, and then squad leader Yueyang, Yu Deben, Da Guo, no, there was one more person.
At this time, all the comrades in the command platoon rushed out, and the house began to shake. The warehouse in the distance actually made a "squeaking" sound, which was the twisting sound of the roof beams.
"Quickly count the number of people! Stay away from the house." Platoon leader Hu Zhijun shouted.
"The wireless class is here!"
"The phone team is here!"
"The reconnaissance squad is also here." Squad leader Yueyang nodded a little late because his squad was divided into two rooms and people were in a mess.
"No, one is missing." Wang Ke shouted, turned around and rushed into the house.
"Wang Ke, don't go, it's dangerous!" Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran grabbed Wang Ke, "Are you crazy?"
At this time, some people could no longer stand and took the opportunity to sit on the snow and put on their shoes.
Wang Ke broke away from deputy company commander Lu Zeran and strode into the room, shouting: "Squad leader Tan is still inside."
Only then did everyone realize that Tan Xiaoqing, the deputy driver's squad leader, was indeed not there, and everyone had forgotten about him.
There was no light in the room and it was completely dark. Wang Ke rushed in but couldn't see him. He could only shout loudly: "Monitor Tan, I am Wang Ke, where are you?"
"I'm here!" Two hands were handed over in the darkness. At this time, things were already "cracking" falling down from the roof.
Wang Ke's open hand finally touched the hand of Tan Xiaoqing, the deputy driver's squad leader. It turned out that when the panicked Tan Xiaoqing lived in the barracks, the room door opened on the left, but tonight when he stayed at the farm, the door opened on the right. As soon as he heard the shouting of an earthquake, he jumped out of bed. It was pitch dark. He could not touch the door with his bare feet on the left wall. The more he touched, the more anxious he was. He touched the wall again and again, and almost cursed his mother in anxiety.
Wang Ke grabbed Tan Xiaoqing, the deputy driver's squad leader, and rushed out the door. As he ran, he didn't forget to pull a quilt from the bed. He left the inner room, kicked open the door of the outer room, and the two of them rushed out. He passed by because Wang Ke heard a gust of cold wind blowing behind his head. With a strong movement in his hand, he pounced. The two of them threw themselves down outside the door with their quilts. The house behind them collapsed and a gray mist rose.
"Wang Ke, Wang Ke, Tan Xiaoqing, where are you?"
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran and platoon leader Hu Zhijun all gathered around.
Fortunately for Wang Ke, Tan Xiaoqing, the deputy driver's squad leader, was thrown so hard that he lay on the ground unable to get up because he was slightly behind. The falling wall behind him still injured his leg. Fortunately, Wang Ke dragged out the quilt, otherwise both of them would have been seriously injured. Wang Ke got up, pulled the quilt out from under the ruins, handed it to Tan Xiaoqing, and helped wrap him up first. Hygienist Yu Deshui hurried over to check the injury.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Deputy company commander Lu Zeran was in shock. Who would have thought that staying here for one night would almost cost him his life again, but he still lost his life to Wang Ke at the critical moment.
This earthquake was much more severe than the last one, so platoon leader Hu Zhijun made arrangements immediately. "Everyone, hurry up and take out your clothes, quilts, and shoes first. Don't worry about the rest. At the same time, save food and food."
Save yourself first, then talk about other things.
