In the dormitory of the first class of the second company of recruits, all the recruits had left the dormitory and went to the new company, but only Li Xiang was left sitting alone on the bed because he had not waited for the notice. At this time, Li Xiang had packed all his luggage and daily belongings, and was waiting to go to the new company.
"Why hasn't anyone come to pick me up yet? Where is the first squad leader? The reconnaissance company doesn't want me anymore, right?"
Li Xiang was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart. He was afraid of loneliness and being abandoned by the army.
After thinking about it, Li Xiang fell asleep lying on the bed.
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"Hey! Wake up."
At some point, an officer came to the dormitory of the Second Company of Recruits and found Li Xiang asleep on the bed, so he stepped forward to wake him up.
Li Xiang opened his eyes, looked up and saw an officer, and immediately stood up and saluted.
"Hello, Chief!"
"Are you Li Xiang?" the captain officer asked Li Xiang.
"The person reporting to the chief is me." Li Xiang replied immediately.
"Put your duffel bag on and come with me."
Before Li Xiang could react, the captain officer turned around and walked out of the dormitory. Seeing this, Li Xiang quickly picked up his luggage and greeted him.
Walking out of the door, Li Xiang found that in addition to himself, there were three recruits standing at the door. They seemed to be recruits going to the reconnaissance company.
"The four of you stand in a line and follow me to the reconnaissance company. The reconnaissance company is not far away, right in front." The captain officer said to the four recruits.
Then, the captain officer led the team and five people walked towards the reconnaissance company. The reconnaissance company is not very far from the recruit company. They are both in the same camp. After leaving the gate of the recruit company, you only need to walk on a cement road and you will be there quickly.
The five people walked into the reconnaissance company, where several veterans were drying their clothes. The veterans didn't even look at the arrival of the new recruits, showing disdain.
"Wang Ming, where are you going?" A short veteran was about to go out. When the captain saw him, he immediately stopped him.
"Company Commander, I want to go out for a run and get some exercise."
Through the mouth of this veteran, Li Xiang learned that the captain officer who had just come to pick him up from the reconnaissance company was the commander of the reconnaissance company. However, this reconnaissance company commander gave people a very serious feeling. He had not said a word to him since he received him until now.
"Stop running now, come here and bring the new recruits from your class." Zhao Jianming, commander of the reconnaissance company, ordered Wang Ming.
"A new recruit in our class?" Wang Ming touched his head and looked at the company commander Zhao Jianming with some surprise.
"Didn't Lao Hei tell you before he went on vacation? He wanted this soldier, and he specifically asked me to put him in your class." Company Commander Zhao Jianming explained.
"Oh, it turns out that this soldier is the Li Xiang that Lao Hei mentioned. He told me about this before, but later, Lao Hei didn't say that this soldier would definitely come to our class, and I didn't ask about what happened next. Yes." Wang Ming seemed to remember.
"Hey! I spent a lot of effort for this soldier. The commander of the third tank company kept holding on to this soldier. In the end, I still spent a pack of good cigarettes and kept talking to the people from the Military Affairs Section. I only got this soldier here by saying good things."
With that said, Zhao Jianming, commander of the reconnaissance company, lit another cigarette for himself.
"Lao Hei? Is this Lao Hei the squad leader of his recruit company?" After hearing the conversation between the reconnaissance company commander and the veteran, Li Xiang wondered who Lao Hei was.
"Oh, that's right. But company commander, we have just the right number of soldiers. If one more new soldier comes, we will have one more person in our squad. So where will he sleep?" Wang Ming pointed at Li Xiang, asked the company commander a question.
"Let's see. You transfer Xu Feng from your class to Class Three. Class Three happens to have an empty bunk." Company Commander Zhao Jianming thought for a moment and said.
"Okay! Company commander, I'll do it right away." Wang Ming responded immediately.
"Li Xiang, follow Wang Ming."
Company commander Zhao Jianming finally spoke to Li Xiang. This was the first sentence Zhao Jianming said to Li Xiang since he took over the army.
"Yes, company commander."
Li Xiang politely saluted Zhao Jianming, then picked up his luggage and followed Wang Ming into the gate of the reconnaissance company.
On the way to the dormitory of Class 1, Wang Ming looked at Li Xiang. Judging from his appearance, he didn't see anything outstanding about Li Xiang. However, Lao Hei said that this soldier was excellent. I really don’t know what aspect Lao Hei meant by excellence.
"Li Xiang, is your luggage heavy? Let me carry one for you." Wang Ming said to Li Xiang politely.
"Thank you monitor, no need, I can do it myself." Li Xiang quickly refused. "Monitor, can I ask you something?"
"What's the matter? Just ask." Wang Ming looked at Li Xiang with a smile.
"Who is Lao Hei that you and the company commander just mentioned?" Li Xiang wanted to know if Lao Hei was his squad leader in the recruit company.
"Hahaha... So you don't know who Lao Hei is." Wang Ming laughed and said, "Lao Hei is actually your squad leader in the recruit company. Now, he is still your squad leader, but he has taken a leave of absence. Well, you can’t see him now. How about it? Surprise or surprise?"
"Oh, hehe..." Li Xiang responded with a smile.
"Also, I am the deputy squad leader of our first class. During Lao Hei's absence, you can come to me if you need anything."
"I understand, deputy monitor."
After passing a corridor, Wang Ming took Li Xiang into the dormitory of Class 1.
"Hello fellow monitors!"
After entering the door, Li Xiang very politely saluted the veterans in the dormitory with a standard military salute and said hello to all the veterans. However, Li Xiang's enthusiasm did not result in the veterans being treated with courtesy. On the contrary, the veterans looked at Li Xiang with contempt. One of the sturdy veterans asked the deputy squad leader: "Wang Ming, this Who is this guy? Why did he come to our class?"
"Let me introduce to you. This is a new recruit in our class. His name is Li Xiang. I would like all old comrades to take good care of this new recruit in the future. Later, he will train and live with all of us. Everyone applauds and welcomes him."
After finishing speaking, Wang Ming took the lead in applauding. However, the veterans did not give him any respect and no one applauded with Wang Ming. Suddenly, the atmosphere at the scene became very awkward.
In order to resolve the embarrassment, Wang Ming led Li Xiang to the burly veteran. "Li Xiang, let me introduce to you. This veteran's name is Lu Gang. He is the veteran with the strongest physical fitness in our company. If you want to improve your physical fitness during physical training in the future, you can ask him for advice."
"Hello, monitor."
Li Xiang immediately stretched out his hand and wanted to shake hands with Lu Gang. However, Lu Gang ignored him at all and instead turned around and left to do other things. Li Xiang was rejected on the spot.
Wang Ming knew that Lu Gang had always been very arrogant. Since he didn't want to see Li Xiang, he had to give up.
Then, deputy squad leader Wang Ming took Li Xiang to another veteran. "This veteran's name is Wu Di. He is very good at basketball. Li Xiang, if you have time, you can compete with him on your skills."
"Hello, monitor."
Li Xiang politely extended his right hand again, but Wu Di still didn't give him any face. He was busy with his own affairs and ignored Li Xiang.
Next, deputy squad leader Wang Ming took Li Xiang to other veterans one by one and introduced him to Li Xiang. Basically, they all received the same cold reception. Only the last veteran had a good attitude and took the initiative to shake hands with Li Xiang.
"Hello! My name is Xu Feng."
Seeing that the other party took the initiative to shake hands with him, Li Xiang quickly greeted him with both hands. In this class, someone was finally willing to date him.
"Hello, monitor."
However, after Li Xiang and Xu Feng shook hands, deputy squad leader Wang Ming said to Xu Feng: "Xu Feng, please pack the quilt and luggage on the bed. The company commander asked you to report to the third squad."
"Why?"
Xu Feng looked at Wang Ming in surprise.
"Because there is a new recruit in our class, we need you to give up your position." Wang Ming explained.
Upon hearing this, Xu Feng immediately changed his attitude towards Li Xiang and glared at Li Xiang. After all, he is also a veteran, but he has to give up his position to a new recruit.
"I'm not going." Xu Feng turned his face and turned his back to Wang Ming.
"Are you sure you don't want to go? Then I have to go to the company commander and tell him that you don't want to go to the third squad." Wang Ming threatened Xu Feng with the company commander.
"Hmph! Just go, no big deal."
Hearing Wang Ming say that he was going to find the company commander, Xu Feng immediately turned around to pack his luggage, and at the same time, he did not forget to bump Li Xiang on purpose. If it hadn't been for Li Xiang, he wouldn't have been assigned to class three.
Li Xiang was hit by Xu Feng and did not dare to refute. After all, it was his fault that caused the veteran to change classes, and Li Xiang could only endure it silently.
After Xu Feng arranged the quilt, he hugged the quilt and luggage and left angrily.
"Li Xiang, this bed will be your sleeping place from now on. Please make the bed first." Deputy squad leader Wang Ming pointed to Xu Feng's bed and said to Li Xiang.
Afterwards, Li Xiang put down his luggage bag and began to make his bed.
