Everyone sat down in the canteen, and Company Commander Wang immediately arranged for meals.
When squad leader Gao Min and the female soldiers in the cooking squad heard that Wang Ke was here again, they didn't even bother to cook. They immediately crowded into the kitchen to see Wang Ke.
After talking for a while, at Gao Min's urging, he went to the back hall to get ready.
Professor Wen and Professor Ye Rongguang did not expect Wang Ke to be so popular because Wang Ke was only stationed in Xishan for training and was not in the same unit as the army. How could he be so familiar with him?
When Company Commander Wang came back, he was carrying five "clinking" military kettles and a bag of tea in his hand. She called out Gao Min and warned: "When we leave later, make five pots of tea for them, and let Platoon Leader Wang take away this tea too."
"yes!"
Gu Maolin hadn't come back yet, so the food was served first. Wang Ke took a look and saw that the good thing was fried rice with egg and oil.
"Captain Wang, we have brought dry food." Wang Ke quickly pointed to the corn pancakes on the table.
"Save your dry food for dinner. This rice is also leftover from lunch." Gao Min, the cooking squad leader, walked out with another basin of soup.
"No, you don't have much refined grains. Every time we come here, it's not good to eat refined grains." Wang Ke suddenly felt a little embarrassed that he was causing trouble like this.
"What's good? Who told you to be my brother?" Captain Wang Ke joked, picked up a bowl and served food to everyone.
The egg fried rice had an alluring aroma, but Wang Ke felt something else in his heart. Life in the mountains and valleys is already very hard, but many female soldiers from cities are willing to endure the hardships here. There wasn't much fine grain in the first place, but every time he came, they would take out the fine grain they couldn't bear to eat, and he couldn't bear to pay for it.
"What are you waiting for? Eat quickly!" Captain Wang urged again. She first picked up two bowls and placed them in front of Professor Ye Rongguang and Professor Wen. Then the third bowl, which contained the most, was pushed to Wang Ke.
No one wanted to pick up the bowl or chopsticks, but Ye just rolled his eyes and said, "Wang Ke, can I take a work photo of the female soldiers?"
At that time, everyone was ignorant, but everyone still understood "work photos". Ye just wanted to express his gratitude in this way.
"Okay, okay." Gao Min shouted excitedly, which girl doesn't love stinky beauty. She turned around and pulled up Company Commander Wang and said, "Let's go, Company Commander, you come over and guide our cooking team."
Ye Xianxian put on a film, carried the camera, and followed the female soldiers to the operation room.
Outside, although they were very hungry, everyone still didn't eat.
"Platoon leader, I'm back." Gu Maolin rushed in from the door. The female clerk of the third company accompanied him to the military service agency and bought a pile of four washbasins, including a set of teapots with cups, and There were towels, soap, and an umbrella. The female military clerk was holding a bag in her left hand and a pile of straw hats in her right hand.
The two of them carried everything on their hands and on their bodies, and returned home with a full load. When Wang Ke came forward, he discovered that Gu Maolin was carrying something on his back, which surprised him. It turned out to be an air gun.
"You, Gu Maolin, why did you buy an air gun?" In front of the two professors, Wang Ke couldn't blame Gu Maolin for spending money randomly, but the thirty yuan he gave him, plus his own twenty Diversity, if you buy these things, it is obviously not enough.
Sure enough, Gu Maolin walked up and said quietly: "Platoon leader, give me another twenty yuan and return the paperwork."
"Gu Maolin, you can buy some things, but you buy some things randomly." Wang Ke was a little reproachful. This guy never felt bad about spending other people's money. Obviously, when he just took out the money, he saw that he still had a lot of money.
"Platoon leader, this is all useful. I'll talk to you later."
Wang Ke quickly took out twenty yuan and handed it to Gu Maolin. Gu Maolin took the money and handed the female soldier the paperwork.
The female soldier clerk was still a little shy and didn't want to accept the money.
"You don't have to be polite if you borrow something and want to return it." Wang Ke stood aside and said, stepping forward to take the things they bought and put them on the table next door.
"Oh, it smells so good." When Gu Maolin saw the fried eggs and rice on the table, he immediately took off the air gun from his shoulder, picked up the bowl and wanted to eat.
When Wang Ke saw it, he couldn't give in anymore, so he said to Ye Rongguang and Professor Wen: "Uncle Ye, Godfather Wen, Teacher Xiao Ye, and Teacher Xiao Zhang, hurry up and eat."
Everyone didn't expect to interfere with the group and had a meal of fried eggs and rice.
Soon Ye Xianxian also came out, followed by a group of female soldiers in aprons, all with smiles on their faces. It seemed that Ye had already become one with them.
After eating, wipe your mouth. Company Commander Wang said to Wang Ke: "Platoon Commander Wang, we won't keep you today. The regiment will come for inspection later in the afternoon, and the company needs to make some preparations."
"Thank you, Captain Wang. I have already troubled you so much. Let's say goodbye then. We will wait for you at Longquanzhuang the day after tomorrow." Wang Ke stood up, raised his chest and saluted Captain Wang. Then he turned around and saluted Gao Min, the cooking squad leader, and the female soldiers in the cooking squad. The female soldiers were so flustered that they quickly put on their aprons and returned the salute.
Wang Ke was given a kettle and a straw hat to each person, and he carried the air gun on his back. The washbasins, towels, teapots, etc., along with the remaining corn biscuits, were all carried by Gu Maolin.
Without too much politeness, the group left the interference group. After leaving the door, Uncle Geng took the ration bag from Gu Maolin's shoulder. Wang Ke glanced at it and saw that there were more than half a bag of tea leaves in the basin. He really brought back Company Commander Wang's tea leaves.
"Maolin, come forward. I have something to ask you."
When Gu Maolin heard this, he ran up happily.
"Why did you buy this air rifle? How come the Military Service Society sells air rifles?" Only then did Wang Ke have the opportunity to ask Gu Maolin.
"That's right, platoon leader. When we went shopping today, we happened to catch up with people from the county department store delivering goods, so I helped unload the goods."
"Tell the important point."
"Okay, let's get to the point." Gu Maolin swallowed, and without stopping, his little eyes rolled a few times as he hesitated.
Wang Ke knew that even though this folding air gun was relatively cheap in that era, he couldn't buy it without forty or fifty yuan.
What is a folding air gun? The barrel is folded down to load a solid lead bullet the size of a soybean grain. Then it is closed, and the lead bullet is automatically loaded. There is a compression chamber at the back, and when the trigger is pulled, the bullet is pushed out by compressed air.
"Are you going to say it?" Wang Ke glanced at Gu Maolin. Although his voice was not loud, it still made Gu Maolin tremble.
"Tell me, tell me, I'll tell you." Gu Maolin's heart skipped a beat and he said, "This is a broken gun, so I bought it at a discount."
"You bought a bad gun? What a bad idea? Why did you buy a bad gun?" When Wang Ke heard this, he immediately stood down. When he just put the gun on his back, he took a look and saw that it was obviously a new gun. , how could it be a bad gun?
"What a bad gun. When I was unloading the goods, I found this gun. This gun was exchanged by the department store from the department store below."
"Oh? What's wrong?"
"Actually, it's not a big problem. I checked and found two problems. One is that the gasket in the compressed air chamber is not tight and there is some air leakage after firing. The other is that the sight is off and they can't adjust it?" Gu Maolin was a little proud. , he believes that these two problems do not affect the performance of this air gun at all, the key is in whose hands it is.
"Are you sure it can be fixed?"
"Of course, platoon leader, you have forgotten that Wang Mingsheng and I can even repair the gaskets of gas masks. We can do this easily..."
"Wait a minute, Gu Maolin, you and Wang Mingsheng made the gas mask together? But Wang Mingsheng said it was him...ah? It turns out that you two made it together, but you, a veteran, let Wang Mingsheng take the blame?"
"Ah...ah, platoon leader, I'm sorry. Wang Ming was afraid of affecting me, so he insisted on saying that he did it alone." Gu Maolin was so frightened that he quickly reviewed it. He used bicycle inner tubes to repair the gaskets of some of the company's gas masks, which almost caused a major accident. Wang Ke was also poisoned and almost died because of this. If Wang Ke hadn't insisted, Wang Mingsheng would have been lightly punished for this.
To this day, few people in the company know about it. If Gu Maolin hadn't spilled the beans, Wang Ke wouldn't have known the truth.
"Platoon leader, I promise, it won't happen this time. I took a look and found that the gasket in the air cylinder is made of leather. It's not hard to find. I calibrated the front sight when I was in the high-tech machine company. "
Now that the matter has come to this, any complaints are useless.
"Then why did you buy this airsoft gun?"
"For self-defense, I heard your military dagger..."
"Stop it!" Wang Ke shouted in a low voice immediately. Ye Zhanzhan was here. If she leaked anything again and let her know that Shi Hanlu had taken away the military dagger, another turmoil would inevitably happen.
"I know, I know, platoon leader, I'll fix the air rifle when I get back. Your marksmanship is the best. We encountered wolves and snakes during our inspection. Why do we need someone to defend ourselves?"
"What about the bullets?"
Gu Maolin smiled proudly. He patted his trouser pockets and said, "I had thought about it earlier and bought four boxes, which is enough."
When Gu Maolin said this, he said proudly: "Platoon leader, we made a huge profit on this air rifle. Because it was a broken gun, we only charged me more than 30 yuan to dispose of it."
"What?" Wang Ke shouted, because he gave Gu Maolin fifty yuan, and including his own, it was seventy yuan.
"Platoon leader, don't worry. In your name, I bought two bags of milk powder for Company Commander Wang and a pound of toffee for the female soldiers in the cooking class. I have already asked them to hand over the paperwork."
"Why in my name?"
"Platoon leader, we have eaten and drank from others several times, right? It's a kind of thanks!"
Wang Ke nodded, the money was well spent. Take the fried rice for lunch today, and there are so many eggs. Thanks are due and long overdue.
However, this air rifle is a luxury item. How can any soldier in the company still hide an air rifle privately?
"Brother Bing, when the inspection is over, can you give me this air rifle?" Perhaps seeing through Wang Ke's thoughts, Ye Qianqian shouted. At this time, the military kettle on her body already made her happy. Incredibly beautiful. If you add this air gun and carry it on your back, it will be called "a five-foot gun with a dashing and heroic appearance, but you don't like red makeup and prefer armed weapons."
"Okay, Teacher Xiaoye, what else do you want? Just say it." When Gu Maolin saw the rescuer coming, there was no reason not to help.
The fortress is easiest to break through from the inside. Gu Maolin has already given Wang Ke a big headache, and now there is Ye Pianpian.
Several young people were bickering here, and Professor Wen and Ye Rongguang were also whispering there. What are they talking about? That is, seeing that Wang Ke spent his own money to buy so many things for the inspection team today, the two professors couldn't bear it.
Wang Ke only received an allowance of ten yuan, and he paid for the food. It was really unreasonable to buy washbasins, towels, soaps, teacups, and straw hats for everyone. Although it was Ye Xianxian who paid for it, both Ye Rongguang and Professor Wen knew that Wang Ke's reward of several thousand yuan had been "kept for safekeeping" by Ye Xianxian.
The university can reimburse some of the money, so Professor Ye Rongguang quietly discussed with Professor Wen how to return the money.
Professor Wen smiled and said, "Old Ye, I think you won't be able to get this money back. Why don't you buy Wang Ke something that can be used by the army?"
So what can be used in the army? The two professors rolled their eyes, you looked at me, I looked at you, no one could figure it out.
