As usual, he loaded everything into the pickup truck, and Section Chief Chang Gaofeng drove back to the apple orchard in less than half an hour.
The little black donkey was used to riding in the car, and his nose twitched from time to time along the way, as if he smelled the smell of alcohol.
It has become the closest partner of the reconnaissance team. Now the Pili Surveying and Mapping Team all know that it is very understanding of human nature and has once saved Wang Ke. During the surveying and mapping in the past few days, whenever they had a break, Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong and Ma Zhu Zhao Mingming would pull some tender grass and bring it to the car, and then go back to give it extra food.
Back in the apple orchard, Song Ruimin, Niu Suozhu and the two recruits went to cook. But Section Chief Chang Gaofeng was stuck in the house, nervously laying out the next survey and mapping of ditches and acres of fertile land on drawings.
Wang Ke talked about inviting Uncle Liu and his daughter to dinner together in the evening and thanking Section Chief Chang. Then, Wang Ke dragged Gu Maolin with him, and the two walked along the inner path of the orchard.
On the north side of the orchard is a small arched soil slope covering an area of more than an acre and about ten meters high. Compared with the hillside of Nanshao Village Primary School, it is much smaller. According to Uncle Liu from the orchard, when the flood came, the orchard also flooded, and they ran to this slope to take shelter.
Looking at this slope now, it looks very abrupt. The two climbed up the slope and sat in the sunset, looking at the orchard to the south. This orchard is forty or fifty acres in size. The apple and pear trees inside are already bearing fruit.
"Maolin, if one day we go to the battlefield, will you be afraid?"
"Squad leader, this is also a question I want to ask you. If one day, you and I are the only ones left, will you be timid?"
"What do you think?" Wang Ke stared at Gu Maolin's eyes and Gu Maolin stared at Wang Ke without blinking.
"Are you comparing your eyes to mine?" Wang Ke lightly punched Gu Maolin.
"We are both members of the Small Eyes Association. There is no question of who is older and who is younger. However, you are more focused than me because your eyes are small, right? Monitor?" Gu Maolin still cleverly gained the upper hand in his words.
"I didn't expect that the bald Maolin would now become a flat-headed Maolin." Wang Ke continued to tease him.
"There are many things that I didn't expect. We fought floods together, we vomited blood together, and we raised a black donkey with a baby in its belly..."
"Stop it, don't bother with this black donkey. He is my comrade just like you. Besides, this donkey has nothing to do with you at all!"
"Squad leader, what are you going to do with this donkey after this mission is completed? Take it as a soldier, or kill it."
"Look, you're here again. Again, this black donkey has nothing to do with you. I would like to take it as a soldier, but is it possible? After the mission of the Perak Surveying and Mapping Team is completed, the donkey will be returned to the godfather."
Gu Maolin was shocked, "Squad leader, are you really going to give up? I still hope to drink a bowl of raw donkey blood, or I will drain a bowl of blood myself tomorrow."
"You dare?!" Wang Ke's voice was stern, and he thought for a moment and then said: "Let's go to my godfather's house when I have time one day and ask him to put a bowl for you. As agreed, without my permission, if you If you dare to let it go secretly, we will never end it."
"Okay, monitor, that's all I'm saying. Look, brother, my status in your heart is real or fake? Do you really care about me?"
"What do I care about you? The things I lend you have always been like meat buns beating dogs, and they will never come back. Who cares about you will be the unlucky one!" Wang Ke was angry. There was a reason for him to say this. Gu Maolin is good everywhere, but it's not too particular. After the Spring Festival, Gu Maolin was transferred from the machine gun company to the command platoon, causing a sensation in the machine gun company no less than an earthquake. Some veterans of the machine gun company applied a lot of bad medicine to him through various channels, so that many people in the artillery company knew that Gu Maolin was a thorn, even the bearded company commander Tian knew it.
It's no wonder, originally, he was definitely demobilized from the machine gun company in advance, but through some unknown relationship, he actually transferred out of the machine gun company a few days before the demobilization order was to be issued. Not to mention, he was transferred to the artillery company's reconnaissance squad, which is famous among all the directly affiliated units. The squad leader is the well-known Wang Ke. What's even more exaggerated is that in less than two months, he actually achieved a third-class meritorious service, which made even the machine gun cadres unable to lift their heads. The soldiers of the machine gun company all suspected that it was due to bad feng shui or the incompetence of the cadres. Otherwise, how could they explain the "chemical reaction" that occurred in Gu Maolin?
The environment creates the current situation, and the current situation creates the heroes.
As we walk, the road becomes straighter and wider.
You now and you in the future have the same heart. Let the heart that belongs to you in the future grow longer and let those flowers bloom again. When you meet me, it will be the most beautiful time.
"Yo yo yo, squad leader, are you saying that about me? Some people are like dogs that cannot spit out ivory. I am a treasure in my own right, just like that black donkey. It depends on whether you know the goods or not." Wang Ke grinned, and Gu Maolin also realized that this metaphor was inappropriate, and quickly said: "Squad leader, you are not vulgar, this is an emotional investment, you may go to the battlefield, I will pay you back once and for all."
"Go away, bah, bah, bah, you're just a little shy of what you want to say, so why don't you speak more auspiciously?"
"Squad leader, I have one more thing. Please give me some advice."
"What's the matter?"
"Look at me, look at me, can you get closer to the organization?" Gu Maolin's question hit the mark, hitting the target. It hit the most painful spot in Wang Ke's heart. As soon as Wang Ke heard someone mention the issue of joining the party, his scalp immediately exploded. But this is Gu Maolin. In his eyes, squad leader Wang Ke should have been a party member long ago. Not long ago, Gu Maolin heard that even Hu Yanlou, who was transferred to the cooking class, had written an application, so today, as an opportunity, he wanted to ask Wang Ke if he could do it?
"Maolin, this is okay. The door of the organization is open to anyone."
"Okay, monitor, I'll listen to you. I'll write it when I get back. Once I've finished, I'll leave it to you." Gu Maolin stabbed him again. This guy is a guy who doesn't know how to open or lift any pot.
"You don't have to leave it to me. You leave it to the wireless squad leader."
"Okay, squad leader, let's go. It's getting late, and dinner is probably almost done. We're late, and Song Ruimin, the loudmouth, might have finished all the delicious food." Gu Maolin was worried about the dishes he bought in the afternoon. Anxious to leave.
"Do you think they are all the same as you?" After saying that, the two of them walked down the slope and walked towards the orchard.
Soon after I returned to my place of residence, I smelled a scent from afar. Uncle Liu and his daughter were back over there, dusting themselves off at the door.
"Uncle Liu, don't cook at your house tonight. Section Chief Chang and our reconnaissance team will treat you two to dinner." Wang Ke hurried over and greeted Uncle Liu.
"Oh, we can't help it. We can just deal with the two of us at home, and you eat what you have." Uncle Liu said, and walked back into the house, carrying out a basket with seven or eight kilograms of orange-red apricots in it. "Squad leader Xiao Wang, these are early-ripening apricots. They may be a little sour. They will be delicious after being stored for two days. They are so sweet."
"Thank you, Uncle Liu, let's go. We've done everything. We went to buy two bottles of wine today!"
Wang Ke took the basket and came up to pull Uncle Liu.
"Okay, let me put together another dish." He turned back to his daughter and said, "Daughter, take out the wolfberry heads we picked at noon."
When they came to the room where the reconnaissance team lived, Niu Suozhu had already vacated a kang, and moved all the quilts aside. There was a short-legged kang table on the kang mat. Under the not-so-bright electric light, there were actually seven or eight dishes on the kang table.
Four cold dishes: one plate of fried peanuts, one plate of braised pig ears, one plate of shredded roast chicken, and one plate of cold wolfberry heads. Four stir-fried dishes: fried pork slices with zucchini, fried pork slices with carrots, a pot of braised pork, and even a braised fish.
In the army at that time, eating fish was very rare.
Wang Ke quickly invited Section Chief Chang Gaofeng and Uncle Liu to the top. The other soldiers in the squad sat around the kang table. Song Ruimin wanted to watch the steamed buns outside, so he sat directly on the edge of the kang with Sweet Potato and Liang Xiaolong.
Wang Ke took out two bottles of white wine from the cabinet, bit off one bottle cap with his teeth, and poured a little into the bowls of nine people. Then he raised the bowl.
"Chief Chang, Uncle Liu, you two are elders. Today I have dinner with our reconnaissance team. First of all, I want to thank you. Thank you Chief Chang for sharing life and death with us and with Nanshao Village during flood fighting and rescue operations. This friendship will be appreciated by our whole class. I will remember it forever. Secondly, thank you Uncle Liu, we came to live in your orchard and caused so much trouble to your family..."
"Don't say that." Section Chief Chang was very excited after hearing Wang Ke's words. The six young soldiers in the reconnaissance squad not only held a heavy weight in Chang Gaofeng's heart, but also everyone in the entire Nanshao Village knew and disapproved of them. "Squad Leader Xiao Wang, maybe this is the intersection of our lives, and you are also an example for me to learn from. Your class risked your life to save the whole village, risked your life to deliver letters, and risked your life to grab food and medicine from the water. You Class Leader Xiao Wang was so tired that he vomited blood. , I heard that this time the third-class collective merit was recorded for your class, which is too low, and the second-class collective merit is not an exaggeration!"
Uncle Liu was confused by what he heard, but he had heard about the fact that Nanshao Village had been besieged for ten days and no one died or got sick. "Squad leader Xiao Wang, you have been here for just three days. If my yard is not clean and the water tank is full, I will come home when passing by the orchard and pick whatever you want from the tree." .”
Wang Ke nodded, "Chief Chang, Uncle Liu, another reason why we have a dinner together today is to celebrate our class. In addition to the third-class collective merit, Gu Maolin personally received a third-class merit, and the other four comrades each received a group award. I As the squad leader, congratulations to everyone. Come on, finish the first bowl!"
"Do it!" All nine people, except Uncle Liu's daughter, drank it in one gulp.
Afterwards, they had free time. Except for Section Chief Chang Gaofeng, Uncle Liu, Niu Suozhu and Gu Maolin, the five people quit drinking and ate the steamed buns as soon as they were served.
After eating, Wang Ke put away the other two bottles of wine, turned around and walked out of the house, looking at the stars in the sky, his heart fluctuating.
He remembered again what Gu Maolin asked him in the afternoon. Even Gu Maolin was about to write an application. Instructor Ding, instructor Ding, why did you have to stop me? Is my performance like this not enough to join the party organization? Am I capable, ambitious and capable only if I continue to remain silent?
It’s really hard to figure it out!
