A week of continuous toilet cleaning was finally over. Gao Jie changed into a new set of clothes, then put the dirty clothes to his nose and smelled them.
"Ah! Why does it smell so bad? Can I still wear these clothes?"
As he spoke, Gao Jie threw all the clothes he had changed into into the trash can outside the door without even thinking about it.
After a while, the squad leader came back and suddenly found the recruits' training uniforms in the trash can at the door of the dormitory. He immediately returned to the dormitory and asked everyone: "Who threw the training uniforms in the trash can at the door?"
The first squad leader looked at every recruit in the first squad very seriously.
"Squad leader, I threw away the training uniform."
Gao Jie quickly stood up and admitted with a smile that he threw the clothes away.
"Why did you throw the clothes in the trash can? If you throw these clothes away, how will you change your clothes when you come back?" the squad leader still asked sternly.
The recruits only had two sets of training uniforms. Throwing away one set meant that Gao Jie would not have a change of training uniforms.
"Monitor, these clothes are smelly. You can't wear them anymore. Besides, it's just a training uniform. It's no big deal if it's gone. I'll just ask my mother to buy me two more sets later."
"Snapped-."
The squad leader slapped the table hard.
"Comrade Gao Jie, I tell you very seriously now, don't think that just because you have a little money at home, you can do whatever you want? You are a soldier in the army now, not at home, and not everything in the army is easy. It can be solved with money.”
Gao Jie didn't know why the squad leader was so angry about this trivial matter, but he really didn't want to wear the smelly training uniform.
"Squad leader, there doesn't seem to be any rule in the army that says you can't throw away clothes you don't like to wear. Besides, it's my freedom to throw away clothes or not. Why do you control me and prevent me from throwing away clothes?"
Not only did Gao Jie not reflect on his mistakes, he actually made excuses. The squad leader immediately became furious. Since reasoning with Gao Jie didn't make sense, the squad leader directly issued an order to Li Xiang.
"Gao Jie, I order you to get the clothes from the trash can immediately."
Gao Jie stood there and thought for a while, and saw the squad leader giving an order to him, indicating that this matter was very serious for him. However, Gao Jie looked back on what he had done and did not feel that he had done anything wrong. He was not afraid even if the Emperor came. Now that the squad leader was angry, Gao Jie decided not to compromise easily on this matter.
"Monitor, I was not wrong. Why should I pick up the clothes?"
For a while, Gao Jie and the squad leader were fighting over the clothes in the trash can. At this time, Li Xiang saw that the situation was about to get out of control, and quickly invited Li Erniu, Liu Gang and others to come over to advise Gao Jie. After all, disobeying military orders was a very serious matter.
"Gao Jie, please admit your mistake to the monitor right away. If you find your clothes smelly and don't want to wash them later, I'll wash them for you."
With that said, Li Xiang took the initiative to go to the trash can and pick up the clothes Gao Jie had thrown away.
When the squad leader saw that Gao Jie did not move, but Li Xiang went out to pick up the clothes, he immediately put the clothes back to their original place, came back and said to Gao Jie: "Gao Jie must go out to pick up these clothes today, no one else is allowed to help. "
At this time, Gao Jie just stood there and didn't move. He thought that the squad leader was targeting him, so he just continued to fight with the squad leader to the end. The class leader couldn't solve the problem if he continued like this, so he decided to take a bigger step and called the whole class to sit down and hold a class meeting to discuss the issue of whether clothes should be thrown away.
"Everyone in class one, please bring the stools over immediately. Now we are holding a class meeting to discuss whether the training uniforms should be thrown away."
The squad leader issued the order, and everyone in the squad immediately moved their stools to gather, sat down, and waited for the squad leader to come and hold a class meeting for everyone. The soldiers knew that the next squad meeting would be a very difficult process, because the squad meeting was not only for Gao Jie, but also for everyone in the squad. Because everyone needs to speak on this matter at the class meeting. If everyone’s thoughts still don’t make sense after everyone speaks, then continue the class meeting until Gao Jie’s thoughts are made clear.
"Liu Gang, please tell me first, should we throw our clothes into the trash can?"
After everyone was seated, the squad leader first called Liu Gang and asked him to speak, because Liu Gang also had a good relationship with Gao Jie. Liu Gang stood up from his seat immediately after being named.
"I..., I don't think clothes should be thrown in the trash."
Liu Gang was very embarrassed about the questions discussed in the class meeting, but he had to answer them.
"Why? Tell me your reasons."
The squad leader asked relentlessly.
"ah?"
Liu Gang looked troubled, it was really difficult to answer this question.
"Clothes, he must not throw them in the trash can, because clothes are used to protect our skin. If we don't wear clothes and we train with our bare buttocks, wouldn't it be scars all over our bodies..."
"Okay, Liu Gang, please sit down."
Seeing that Liu Gang did not get to the point, the first squad leader interrupted his speech and asked the next person to continue the discussion.
"Li Erniu, tell me whether I should throw away my clothes?"
Li Erniu stood up, looked at Gao Jie, and then said, "I also agree with Liu Gang's point of view."
As soon as Li Erniu said this, he was about to sit down, but Lao Hei immediately stopped Li Erniu.
"Li Erniu, don't worry, tell me your reasons."
The squad leader also asked Li Erniu to tell his reasons.
"Huh? Oh!"
"I think throwing clothes in the trash can is retribution from God..."
Li Erniu's words immediately made all the recruits in the class laugh. In this age, Li Erniu still has the same old feudal ideas.
"Okay, okay, Li Erniu, please sit down."
If I had known this, it would have been better not to let Li Erniu speak.
"Li Xiang, tell me."
Li Xiang stood up slowly.
"Clothes must not be thrown into the trash can. Although it is said that clothes can be bought again after they are thrown away, but since we have come to serve as soldiers in the army, we are here to experience the fine tradition of hard work in the army. If we indulge in extravagance and waste, It’s still the same way we did at home before joining the army, and we have lost the meaning of being a soldier.”
What Li Xiang said was exactly what the squad leader was thinking, and his expression immediately turned into a smile.
"Well, very good, next one..."
At this time, Gao Jie suddenly stood up and decided to take the initiative to admit his mistake in order not to involve everyone with him.
"Let me talk about it next."
The whole class of recruits looked at Gao Jie in surprise.
"Squad leader, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have thrown away the clothes. Although the clothes are not worth much, they are indeed made by the hard work of the working people. If you throw away the clothes easily, you don't value labor too much. The people’s labor has paid off.”
Hearing these words coming from Gao Jie's mouth, the squad leader immediately stood up excitedly.
"Very good. Comrade Gao Jie said it's very good. Come, let's all applaud and welcome Gao Jie."
Afterwards, Gao Jie walked to the door of the dormitory and picked up the clothes he had thrown into the trash can amid applause from the entire class.
